If rehearsals are an indication, the curtain will rise this Friday on another polished, and guaranteed amusing, Pilgrim Players performance.

This time it’s “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a parody of American musical comedy of the 1920s that was first performed in 1998 in Toronto. And as has been the norm, Pilgrim students have clicked with the show from the design and construction of sets to the singing and dancing that will surely have some reminding themselves, yes, these are high school kids.

They’ve had some solid coaching; English teacher Richard Denningham has pulled it together.

Denningham has run the Pilgrim Players for the past 10 years, staging about 20 plays and musical comedies. The musicals, like “The Drowsy Chaperone,” are the big-ticket productions. Between props, coaches, rights and the rental of the music, he estimates he’ll have spent $6,500.

“That’s why the Shapiro fund saves us, otherwise we’d lose money,” he said, referencing the fund named for the late Superintendent Robert J. Shapiro that supports the performing arts. The fund provided $1,000 for the show. Other revenues come from the sale of advertising in the playbill and, naturally, tickets at $9 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens. There is also a raffle that helps the cause.

Money is part of what it takes. Time is even a bigger factor.

Denningham estimates about 200 hours have gone into the show. Rehearsals started in October. Jenna Tremblay, choreographer, keeps the kids hopping, often standing in front of them going through the motions while giving directions and words of encouragement. Musical director Jacqueline Soares likewise is helping the young performers. On Saturday she got some assistance from her 2-year-old daughter, Angelina, who couldn’t contain herself and danced along with the performers. She surely was the youngest to be gaining from the experience.

As the cast went through their routines, a retinue of students engaged in a variety of tasks. Casey Cokely worked the soundtrack off an iPad as Emily King meticulously worked on painting a floral pattern on one of the sets. Still others were on stage painting even as the cast rehearsed.

“I do this for them,” Denningham says of the students. “I view this as another way I can teach. For some the production and the camaraderie is a home and, in a sense, a family.”

The curtain rises Friday at 7 p.m. Showtime on Saturday is also at 7, and there’s a matinee performance Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the door.