"Gee, I'm nervous. Aren't you scared?" These and other such expressions will be heard backstage at Maine West's production of "Brigadoon" Friday and Saturday nights May 17 and 18 at 8 p.m.

Tickets for the musical are $1.25 and reserve seats are $1.75. They are on sale in the bookstore, Maria Schaefer Music store in Des Plaines, and Scharringhausen Pharmacy in Park Ridge.

Scottish Setting

Brigadoon is a musical fantasy which appeals to the imagination as well as to the senses. The scene is a Scottish village; the time is the present. Tommy, played by Glen Jackson '63, and Jeff, portrayed by Davis Hall '64, are two American travelers on a vacation hunting trip to the Scottish village, Brigadoon, on the day of a festival and wedding. There is an eerie feeling about the village that puzzles the hunters. John Schafer '63, as Mr. Lundie the schoolmaster, finally tells that Brigadoon comes back to life once in a century and only for a single day.

Two centuries earlier, in 1775, the dominie prayed that the village would be preserved from witchcraft by remaining unchanged. A miracle then occurred and the village remained as it had been at that time, preserved from the turmoil of the rest of the world.

One of the reservations of the miracle was that if a native of the village should leave it, it would cease to exist. And if an outsider wants to enter Brigadoon he must become a part of the miracle also. And to become a part of Brigadoon, he must be in love with someone of that town.

Tommy has fallen in love with a pretty villager, Fiona, Barb Jersey '63, despite the fact that he is already engaged to a girl back in New York. The factors involved in the miracle and true love create a moving theme in an engaging and poetic play.