Girls, girls and a few brave boys. These are players of Hazen High School’s spring play, “It Happens Every Summer,” by David Rogers.

The show runs at 7 p.m., May 3, 4, 5, 11 and 12 in Hazen High School Auditorium, 1101 Hoquiam Ave., NE in Renton.

Tickets are $6 for students with ASB, school district staff, seniors 55 and up, veterans and children under 12. Tickets are $8 for all other students and adults.

Brett Crueger, the school’s social studies teacher and theater director, chose the play to accommodate his numerous strong female actors in the drama program.

“It Happens Every Summer” is the tale of a group of college ladies working as guest editors for the July issue of “Debutante,” a New York fashion magazine.

The women are all prize winners of a contest from colleges around the country.

The show is upbeat, full of funny situations and punctuated by witty lines.

This year’s crop of winners features wacky and wonderful personalities including that of Jennifer, played by senior Jessica Dinkins.

This is Dinkins’ fifth show at Hazen and, she said, “Usually the character I play is a lot like me and this time I had to adapt to a new personality style.”

Although she would summarize her character as being sensible, hard-working and dedicated as she is, Dinkins said she’s more outgoing than the role she plays.

Junior Samantha Barber’s character, Flippy Wonder, provides the comic relief with her made-up words such as “luxury-ish” and “romancible.”

Barber gets a lot out of performing, “just making friends and it’s a lot of fun to wear the costumes and pretend to be somebody you’re not,” she said.

Seventy-seven different costumes depicting the styles of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s were rented for the performances from a company called Norcostco.

There are about six wardrobe changes.

There are 30 students in the play, with about 18 named parts.

“Most drama programs have a lot more females,” said Crueger. “It’s usually two females for every male who tries out. So what I’ve usually done is I have strong female actors, who’ve been with me for multiple years, so I pick strong female cast shows.”

Senior Shane Thompson said it’s a little different one of few guys in the drama program, but it does have it’s perks.

“I’m pretty sure most of the guys in this one have a date except for the bodyguard, so it’s kind of cool to have that,” he said.