STERLING – Two years ago, it was a spirited father/son tango and 60’s do-wop moves. Last year it was creating a carousel out of 30 people and a series of poles. This year it’s recreating the look and feel of a 1970s television variety show. For the third year in a row, New York City performer/choreographer Travis Nesbitt is traveling to Sterling to work on a musical for Sterling College Theater.

After Little Shop Of Horrors and the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Carousel, Nesbitt is now tackling the new musical Catch Me If You Can. The show is based on the popular movie of the same title centering on the true story of Frank Abagnale Jr. who traveled the globe posing as a jet pilot, an attorney and a surgeon. The lively, pop score is by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, the team behind the popular musical Hairspray. 

Audiences may catch Sterling’s Catch Me at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 25. 

Tickets to the Sterling College Theatre production of Catch Me If You Can are $15 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets are available online at sterling-college.ticketleap.com or at the door before each performance. 

“Good choreography can be fun, interesting, challenging, and doable, without being super technical. The students at Sterling have definitely proved that. It just takes a little perspective on behalf of the choreographer,” Nesbitt said. “I will say that I have thrown some challenging moves at the students in the past here that have made me very pleasantly surprised.”

The students at Sterling are ready to work,” he said. “That is the most important quality in any performer. I’ve worked with many performers that are incredibly talented but just not worth the trouble. The students at Sterling show up with a seriousness to learn and create great theatre. That makes working with them enjoyable regardless of how many times I have to review a section of choreography.”