Music, theatre and mathematics.

Those elements compose the new musical comedy, Logger-Rhythms.

Seniors Adam Boll and Josh Hertel are co-authors of this production, which debuts tonight.

Boll, a music education major, said he and Hertel, a music and math double major, began writing the script last fall.

“Last September, we would sit down two days a week in Davies in Little Niagara, eating and writing the script,” said Boll, who is also the orchestra conductor for the production.

Around November the pair finished the script and had also written four of the 26 musical numbers, he said.

“Most of the music was done by spring break,” he said.

However, he admitted that writing the script did result in some time management.

“I sacrificed a whole lot of personal stuff with friends and hanging out,” Boll said. “Josh student-teaches and is committed to that at North High School.”

Hertel commits his nights to the production, he said.

“It’s definitely worth all the work,” Boll said.

The production is about a logging camp in the 1880s that is not making ends meet, so the owner brings in a mathematician, to help solve the problems, he said.

The mathematician ends up falling in love with his boss’s daughter while working at the logging camp.

“It’s a classic love triangle between the boss’ daughter, the boss and the mathematician,” Boll said.

According to the production’s Web site, the owner of the logging camp resorts to hiring “Al Phabeta,” a mathematician, to help get them out of the red.

“There are 14 (actors) onstage, plus Josh is a total of 15,” Boll said.

Among the instruments in the 24-member orchestra are flutes, clarinets, saxophones, trumpets and drums.

The production is a fundraiser, with the community trying to bring the arts to Chippewa Falls.

“The cast, crew and orchestra are 100 percent volunteer,” Boll said.

“The audience participates in the over-the-top script and production,” Boll said.

It doesn’t go as far as Monty Python, but eccentric humor could attract students, he said.

Not many people have seen a show like this before, Boll said.

Gretchen Peters, associate professor of music, said she plans to attend one of the performances.

“I’m really interested to see what students are doing with music composition,” she said.

She also commended the pair for writing a musical.

“It’s not a small endeavor,” she said. “I know Josh and Adam are very interesting students with creative ideas.”

Boll said they want the audience to step back into the days of shows written by Rogers and Hammerstein.

“(It’s) for anybody taking a math course or whose had a bad experience with a math class,” he said.

The prices are usually higher for a dinner theater, he said.

“It’s $12 with the meal,” he said. “That’s like a drunk trip to Perkins.”

The menu includes lumberjack food, such as chili, apple crisps and corn bread, he said.

It’s definitely within the budget of students, and costs less than you spend on Water Street, he said.

“It’s entertainment,” he said. “It’s the only chance to experience math humor in a drama.”