RANGELEY — A nostalgic nod to London’s Swinging ’60s takes to the RFA Lakeside Theater stage from May 23-26, with “SHOUT! The Mod Musical.” Since the original production debuted off-Broadway, this hip musical comedy revue has sold out all over the U.S. and U.K.

The musical follows five young female subscribers to a fictional magazine called “Shout! – The magazine for the modern woman” – as they come of age during the liberating 1960s that made England swing. From cover to cover, Shout! unfolds like a musical magazine and travels in time through the decade, chronicling the dawn of liberation of women.

The show is set in London between the early 1960s and 1970, and follows the lives of five women only known as: the Red Girl (Marie Hyfield), Green Girl (Brenda Honey Rogers), Blue Girl (Pam Ellis), Yellow Girl (Erin Smith) and Orange Girl (Sue Downes-Borko) who all face tough situations, usually involving relationships.

Throughout the story, all five women send letters to Gwendolyn Holmes (Joanne Dunlap), who works for the magazine Shout! and gives them advice on how to deal with said issues.

The Yellow girl is the only American character in the show, who travelled all the way to Britain in order to see Paul McCartney. The Orange woman is shown as a mature woman who is married and in her 40s. The Blue girl is gorgeous and wealthy, and while she can go on and on about how perfect her life is, she does face some questions regarding her future. The Green girl makes a shocking discovery about her secret desire: it’s just one man. Finally, the Red girl is the youngest and most hopeful character; she is a bit hopeless in the beginning, stating she is not good-looking like other girls, until the man of her dreams comes along.

Just as Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, Cilla Black and Lulu were independent women with major careers, English (and indeed American) women were redefining themselves in the face of changing attitudes about women. Shout! and its all-female cast reflects that change through the unforgettable music of the era.

Shout! contains show-stopping new arrangements of classic pop anthems of the decade, including, “These Boots are Made for Walkin’,” “Downtown,” “Son of a Preacher Man,” “Goldfinger,” “I Only Wanna Be With You,” “To Sir With Love” and of course, the titular “Shout!”

The songs, and each girl’s own unfolding story, are tied together by hilarious sound bites from the period – from ’60s advertisements for anything and everything – to lonely hearts letters answered by Shout! magazine’s advice columnist, who thinks each girl’s problem can be solved with a “fetching new hairstyle and a new shade of lipstick.”

Though Shout! wears its heart on its sleeve, it also has its tongue firmly planted in its cheek. The groovy blend of foot-stomping songs, eye-popping fashions, bouffant hairstyles, hilarious stories and mod musings, will make you want to throw your head back and SHOUT!

“SHOUT! The Mod Musical” opens Friday, May 23rd and runs through Memorial Day. Shows are at 7 p.m. Reserved tickets are $15 and are available at Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce at 6 Park Road. RFA Lakeside Theater is at 2493 Main Street.