BIG BOLD NOTE: The show dates are Fridays May 5th and 12th and Saturdays May 6th and 13th at 8pm, as well as Sundays May 7th and May 14th at 2pm Tickets are now on sale and pricing information, as well as information on advertising, boosters, and our upcoming season of summer camp, can be found here at our theater's website at www.northportcommunitytheater.com
ALSO IMPORTANT: This Sunday, April 30th, the Northport-East Northport Community Theater will be hosting a fundraiser at the Barnes and Noble located in Huntington Square (or the Sears Mall if you prefer to call it that) at 4000 Jericho Turnpike, from 1pm to 5pm. Be sure to mention that you're there for the NCT fundraiser when you purchase something. Some of the cast will be onhand to sing songs from the show and it will be tons of fun (it always is)!
Written by: Justin Murphy
It's almost midnight, our show is opening in eight weeks, and it's time for the latest edition of the blog, one day ahead of schedule!...Ok, just barely, but let's see what this week had to offer!
There were two rehearsals that I attended this week. The first one was on Monday, April 24th. This was another full cast rehearsal and it was primarily focused on choreography work. Holly added a few refinements to the Merry Old Land of Oz song, plugging in the little sections where the quartet are "spiffed up" by the Ozians, as well as rehearsing all the dancing, which some cast members had not previously been present for. We also performed the song each time we did the dance, with the Guards (John Morale and myself) leading the song along with the quartet and Ozians. Following this, she worked again with the munchkins, as well as Dorothy, on their elongated song number, which included three songs: "The House Began to Pitch", "Ding-Dong, the Witch is Dead", and "Follow the Yellow Brick Road", as well as little individual sections of the songs for characters like the Lullaby League and the Lollipop Guild.
During this time, Jim would take a few people into the hall again to work on scenes with them, and while I did not witness what happened myself, I do know that he worked with the poppies and flying monkeys on how their scenes would go. While not called for anything, actors were free to go through and rehearse their own scenes at times. I worked on the farm scenes during this time, along with Uncle Henry (Joel), Auntie Em (Theresa), and Miss Gulch (Stephanie and Casey) (Dorothy was busy working onstage at the time, while Hunk and Hickory were unavailable for the evening).
The second rehearsal was on Tuesday, April 25th. This was primarily for the Munchkins and younger kids to work on their scenes with Jim and Holly, making sure they had all the dancing, singing, and performing down. Both the A and B casts (or East and West casts as they're called now) took turns running the big munchkin scenes, as well as their respective Dorothys, Glindas, Wicked Witches, and Totos.
The quartet spent most of their time this evening running their scenes in the gym. They went through most of act 1 and a good chunk of act 2 during this time. Eventually, the witches and I joined them (initially, I ran scenes outside the gym with Casey). It was definitely a productive session, and it allowed the cast to see the vast difference in some dual performances, which isn't a bad thing at all. For instance, the two Cowardly Lions, John and Larry, have very different approaches to the character, but they're both really really good at playing him onstage. In truth, this is just one example, as many more of the double casted roles are played very differently, such as the Witches, the Tin (Wo)Men, even the Dorothys are played very differently, but they're all phenomenal. In addition, the cast were introduced to John's Lion costume for the first time on this night, which looked awesome.
Speaking of costumes, Courtney was quite busy tonight as it was the deadline for everyone to have their costumes all checked out, paid for, and that all the forms were filled out. Some people would be supplying their entire costumes and some people would be renting their entire costumes. In some cases, such as the Winkies, the costume pieces were specially ordered/rented so they would all look the same, while some others provided their own interpretation. For instance, I am supplying my entire outfit when I'm an Ozian and when I'm Zeke, the farmhand, but the Winkie outfit is provided from an outside source and I will be sharing the Guard outfit with John Morale (my double). Because of how extensively large this show and its cast is (very few cast members have only one costumes), one can imagine the costume racks will be very full come Monday evening (or possibly already).
We're getting closer and closer and closer! The show's just 8 days away now, yikes! Be on the lookout for a blog either on Sunday or Monday hopefully, which will detail our huge all-day rehearsal on Saturday the 29th (and maybe even a little description of our upcoming Barnes and Noble fundraiser, which is sure to be quite awesome)! See you soon!
"Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking!" -Scarecrow
CAST
Dorothy Gale: Bella Donneruno (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Meaghan Maher (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Scarecrow: Justin Autz (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Sam Schoeps (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Tin Man: Barri Feuer (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Tess Robinson (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Cowardly Lion: John Walsh (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Lawrence Palevsky (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Wicked Witch of the West/Miss Almira Gulch: Stephanie Sultana (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Casey Savin (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Wizard of Oz: Rich Lau
Glinda: Kim Sultana (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Avery Infranco (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Emerald City Guard: John Morale (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Justin Murphy (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Aunty Em: Teresa Morale (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Barbara Schulman (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Uncle Henry: Joel Ackerman (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Joe Centamore (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Hickory: James Roche
Hunk: Gerald Quigley/John Morale*
Zeke: Justin Murphy
Crows: Taryn Feuer (5/5, 5/6, and 5/7), Quincy Jackson, and Suzie Walsh (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Amelia Lau (5/12, 5/13, and 5/14), Dana Schoeps, and Jake Kalinowski (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Trees: Judy Avena, Elise Autz (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13), and Patsy VanDyke (5/5, 5/7, and 5/14)/Noel Dillon, Cynthia Piacentini (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14), and Kathy Lau (5/6, 5/12, and 5/13)
Winkie General: Gerald Quigley (5/5, 5/12, and 5/14)/Kathy Lau (5/6 and 5/13)/Vinny Dillon (5/7)
Toto: Ella Smith (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Michael Deaner (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Mayor of Munchkin City: Luke Frisoli (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Luca Bergin (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Coroner: Luca Bergin (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Luke Frisoli (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Barrister: Andrew Geres
City Fathers: Anthony Shah and Nathan Zarko
Teachers: Carlie Rees and Alexandra Curatolo (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Annabelle Deaner and Lacey Zaharis (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Lullaby League: Amelia Eisenberg, Lily Rankin, and Cami Rees (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Goldie Centamore (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)/Emma Morale, Ayla-Schulman Hughes, and Vivian Sultana (Unsure if all shows or "B" Days)
Lollipop Guild: Carter Eisenberg (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Kieran Brown (5/7, 5/13, and 5/14), Ryan Brown, Ryan Dean, and Jacob Karp (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)/Jude Centamore (All Shows)
Ozians: Joel Ackerman, Elise Autz, Judy Avena, Joe Centamore, Michelle Centamore, Noel Dillon, Vinny Dillon, Barri Feuer, Jillian Graci, Honey Hecht, Kimberly Lapidus, Patricia McCarthy, John Morale, Theresa Morale, Justin Murphy, Lawrence Palevsky, Cynthia Piacentini, Mia Femia Pizzo, Gerald Quigley, Kellsey Roy, Casey Savin, Barbara Schulman, Shira Schweitzer, Kim Sultana, Stephanie Sultana, Angie Tomala, Patsy VanDyke, John Walsh, and Corrie Ann Young
Jitterbugs: Justin Autz, Sarah Caulfield, Bella Donneruno, Taryn Feuer, Avery Infranco, Quincy Jackson, Arianna Keating, Grace Keating, Meaghan Maher, Sarah Meade, Tess Robinson, James Roche, Maggie Saum, Liana Scala, Dana Schoeps, Samantha Schoeps, and Celia Spero
Middle School Chorus: Julie Barbier, Luca Bergin, Juliette Bonchonsky, Bridget Caulfield, Natalie Ceonzo, Kailin Donnelly, Luke Frisoli, Riley Gayer, Andrew Geres, Jennifer Golder, Alyssa Infranco, Amelia Lau, Ava Mackey, Kyra Perles, Caitlin Rees, Nikki Scala, Nina Scala, Amelia Semple, Leeva Slevin, Emily Starin, Clare Vogt, and Suzie Walsh
"East" Flying Monkeys (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13): Sydney Aguirri, Kylie Balezos, Gabrielle Blum, Isabell Colaccio, Michael Donatelli, Lily Eagen, Julia Eisenberg, Markus Fehrenbacher, Rayna Feuer, Ava Olsen, Elliote Salisbury, Olivia Scannapieco, Grace Sewell, Tara Weiss, Gabrielle Weissman, and Fallon Young
"West" Flying Monkeys (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14): Sienna Boden, Lily Brown, Maya Burget, Mairead Camas, Elizabeth Ceonzo, Katie Conway, Julia Dean, Rayna Feuer, Lindsay Grabowski, Ethan Hoerning, Sofia Kabacinski, Katie Karp, Liam McLaughlin, Lily Majewski, Kelly Ricciardi, and Luc Wagner
"East" Poppies (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13): Goldie Centamore, Alexandra Colacicco, Quinn Fehrenbacher, Juliet Morale, Joey Pizzo, Reilly Salisbury, and Juliet Scannapieco
"West" Poppies (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14): Juliette Bergin, Casey Bernson, Liam Caulfield, Hannah Feinstein, Chloe Gucciardo, Brody Mackey (5/12, 5/13, and 5/14), Trixie Moran, Cate Ricciardi, Ella Smith, and Chloe Wagner
Munchkin Wranglers: Jillian Graci and Mia Femia Pizzo
* = Gerald Quigley will not be available for the shows on 5/6 and 5/7. It is unknown at this point if John Morale will only be portraying his role of Hunk on those days or another so the part is split evenly.
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Monday, April 24, 2017
Ruby or Silver? You decide.
BIG BOLD NOTE: The show dates are Fridays May 5th and 12th and Saturdays May 6th and 13th at 8pm, as well as Sundays May 7th and May 14th at 2pm Tickets are now on sale and pricing information, as well as information on advertising, boosters, and our upcoming season of summer camp, can be found here at our theater's website at www.northportcommunitytheater.com
ALSO IMPORTANT: Next Sunday, April 30th, the Northport-East Northport Community Theater will be hosting a fundraiser at the Barnes and Noble located in Huntington Square (or the Sears Mall if you prefer to call it that) at 4000 Jericho Turnpike, from 1pm to 5pm. Be sure to mention that you're there for the NCT fundraiser when you purchase something. Some of the cast will be onhand to sing songs from the show and it will be tons of fun (it always is)!
Written by: Justin Murphy
My sincerest apologies for the blog being late (and for the blog not being up at all last week). I was a very busy little bee during the vacation and the past week and I completely lost track of the blog. So to make it up to you all, I'm going to put both weeks of the blog here into this one blog. First up, the review on the Wizard of Oz book, and then the rehearsal from this past week!
Ok, did I seriously type busy little bee? Yeesh
The Wizard of Oz book is certainly very different in many ways from the movie and show. There's many things that are done much quicker and many things which take a longer time. For instance, Dorothy is already in Oz by page 5. The Wicked Witch shows up for the first time halfway through the book, and she's gone 12 pages later. However, the journey back to Oz from the Witch's castle takes a longer time, whereas the movie doesn't even show up. Then they have to travel to an entirely different section of Oz to meet up with Glinda, who isn't seen until about the last 5 pages, for she is the Witch of the South in the book (the earlier Witch of the North is unnamed and meets up with Dorothy when she first arrives in Oz, much like Glinda did in the movie). The main trio is also less goofy than they are in the movie, though never to the point where they feel like they have no character. The backstories for the trio are also gone into a bit more, kind of like they were for the stage production. Some things are explained a bit better in the book admittedly, such as why the Wicked Witch has dozens of opportunities to kill Dorothy but never actually does it, or Glinda never telling Dorothy that the slippers would take her home until the end (because as I said, in the book, they don't meet Glinda until the end). It's not a particularly long or hard book, but it is still a very good read, with a lot of message and morals to it, hidden beneath the moments of wonder and excitement, as well as some pretty dark moments (such as battling against the Witch's minions and the Tin Man's rather tragic backstory, which I mentioned in an earlier edition in the blog).
Is the book as iconic as the film? Honestly, probably not as the film is much more well known and celebrated than the book, but that does not mean that the book deserves to be overlooked. It's definitely a fascinating read and is very easy to find. I'd recommend buying it online, as it's very cheap, but I'm sure you could find it at your local bookstore as well (such as Barnes and Noble, where NCT will be hosting a fundraiser next Sunday, April 30th, from 1pm to 5pm!!). Give it a read and decide what you think of it yourself. As for me, I really enjoyed it.
The only rehearsal to go over that I was called for in the past two weeks is the one Full Cast rehearsal which took place on Monday April 17th. Tonight would be a very dance heavy night, as Holly was there to monitor choreography for the two big group numbers. First she worked on the Munchkins big scene bit by bit, with the sections for the Mayor, Coroner, Barrister, City Fathers, School Teachers, Lullaby League, and Lollipop Guild, as well as the sections where everyone would sing and dance at once. Both Dorothys were unavailable for the evening, so Avery Infranco and Kim Sultana took turns standing in for Dorothy while the other played Glinda. They would transition right into the following scene with the Wicked Witch and then from there, would go into the ending of the Munchkins scene where they told Dorothy to follow the Yellow Brick Road, which they didn't take too long to learn. Extra projection points must be given out to Jude Centamore, one of the Lollipop Kids, who was projecting (but not yelling) his singing for the songs so much that I genuinely thought he had a microphone on.
After this song number was over, Holly took the adults and older kids to work on the Merry Old Land of Oz song number, which was all finished and put together, but hadn't been worked on since it was first done 2 weeks prior. Quite a few of the adults remembered the dance and helped out some of the people that didn't remember right away, and the high school kids did awesomely as usual. In addition, the little singing sequences were rehearsed during this time, from the Guard, to the quartet, to the chorus parts, to the full cast parts.
All throughout the night, Jim would grab certain people to work on certain scenes. For about the last half hour, he worked on the final few scenes which hadn't been fully blocked, including when Dorothy sees the true Wizard, the balloon scene, and the final Kansas scene. The scene did not yet have any of the props such as the balloon or Dorothy's bed or anything, but it was still blocked out with the actors. I believe that during this time Holly grabbed the Jitterbugs for their dance as well, but didn't see it for myself. Also throughout the night, Courtney was available to check on people's costume progress, tell the actors what would be provided and what wouldn't be, and figuring out which people would be renting and which people would be providing their own costumes. In addition, forms for things such as the picture books for the shows, T-shirt forms, Boosters and Ads for the shows, were available to be picked up and filled out, though the boosters, and ads, are all due by tonight, April 24th, with no exceptions.
We're now approaching crunch time, and there will be very few days going forward without rehearsals attached to them, as the show is now just 11 days away!!! AAAAAH! Look forward for the next blog that will hopefully be up this Friday, and then I plan to release a special blog dedicated to our big all-day rehearsal on Saturday the 29th! See you then!
"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!" -Wicked Witch of the West
CAST
NOTE: Maggie Fitzmaurice and Samantha Madden have withdrawn from the production. We wish them the best in all of their future endeavors.
Dorothy Gale: Bella Donneruno (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Meaghan Maher (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Scarecrow: Justin Autz (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Sam Schoeps (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Tin Man: Barri Feuer (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Tess Robinson (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Cowardly Lion: John Walsh (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Lawrence Palevsky (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Wicked Witch of the West/Miss Almira Gulch: Stephanie Sultana (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Casey Savin (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Wizard of Oz: Rich Lau
Glinda: Kim Sultana (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Avery Infranco (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Emerald City Guard: John Morale (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Justin Murphy (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Aunty Em: Teresa Morale (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Barbara Schulman (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Uncle Henry: Joel Ackerman (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Joe Centamore (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Hickory: James Roche
Hunk: Gerald Quigley/John Morale*
Zeke: Justin Murphy
Crows: Taryn Feuer (5/5, 5/6, and 5/7), Quincy Jackson, and Suzie Walsh (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Amelia Lau (5/12, 5/13, and 5/14), Dana Schoeps, and Jake Kalinowski (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Trees: Judy Avena, Elise Autz (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13), and Patsy VanDyke (5/5, 5/7, and 5/14)/Noel Dillon, Cynthia Piacentini (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14), and Kathy Lau (5/6, 5/12, and 5/13)
Winkie General: Gerald Quigley (5/5, 5/12, and 5/14)/Kathy Lau (5/6 and 5/13)/Vinny Dillon (5/7)
Toto: Ella Smith (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Michael Deaner (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Mayor of Munchkin City: Luke Frisoli (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Luca Bergin (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Coroner: Luca Bergin (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Luke Frisoli (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Barrister: Andrew Geres
City Fathers: Anthony Shah and Nathan Zarko
Teachers: Carlie Rees and Alexandra Curatolo (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Annabelle Deaner and Lacey Zaharis (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Lullaby League: Amelia Eisenberg, Lily Rankin, and Cami Rees (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Goldie Centamore (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)/Emma Morale, Ayla-Schulman Hughes, and Vivian Sultana (Unsure if all shows or "B" Days)
Lollipop Guild: Carter Eisenberg (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Kieran Brown (5/7, 5/13, and 5/14), Ryan Brown, Ryan Dean, and Jacob Karp (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)/Jude Centamore (All Shows)
Ozians: Joel Ackerman, Elise Autz, Judy Avena, Joe Centamore, Michelle Centamore, Noel Dillon, Vinny Dillon, Barri Feuer, Jillian Graci, Honey Hecht, Kimberly Lapidus, Patricia McCarthy, John Morale, Theresa Morale, Justin Murphy, Lawrence Palevsky, Cynthia Piacentini, Mia Femia Pizzo, Gerald Quigley, Kellsey Roy, Casey Savin, Barbara Schulman, Shira Schweitzer, Kim Sultana, Stephanie Sultana, Angie Tomala, Patsy VanDyke, John Walsh, and Corrie Ann Young
Jitterbugs: Justin Autz, Sarah Caulfield, Bella Donneruno, Taryn Feuer, Avery Infranco, Quincy Jackson, Arianna Keating, Grace Keating, Meaghan Maher, Sarah Meade, Tess Robinson, James Roche, Maggie Saum, Liana Scala, Dana Schoeps, Samantha Schoeps, and Celia Spero
Middle School Chorus: Julie Barbier, Luca Bergin, Juliette Bonchonsky, Bridget Caulfield, Natalie Ceonzo, Kailin Donnelly, Luke Frisoli, Riley Gayer, Andrew Geres, Jennifer Golder, Alyssa Infranco, Amelia Lau, Ava Mackey, Kyra Perles, Caitlin Rees, Nikki Scala, Nina Scala, Amelia Semple, Leeva Slevin, Emily Starin, Clare Vogt, and Suzie Walsh
"A" Flying Monkeys (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13): Sydney Aguirri, Kylie Balezos, Gabrielle Blum, Isabell Colaccio, Michael Donatelli, Lily Eagen, Julia Eisenberg, Markus Fehrenbacher, Rayna Feuer, Ava Olsen, Elliote Salisbury, Olivia Scannapieco, Grace Sewell, Tara Weiss, Gabrielle Weissman, and Fallon Young
"B" Flying Monkeys (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14): Sienna Boden, Lily Brown, Maya Burget, Mairead Camas, Elizabeth Ceonzo, Katie Conway, Julia Dean, Rayna Feuer, Lindsay Grabowski, Ethan Hoerning, Sofia Kabacinski, Katie Karp, Liam McLaughlin, Lily Majewski, Kelly Ricciardi, and Luc Wagner
"A" Poppies (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13): Goldie Centamore, Alexandra Colacicco, Quinn Fehrenbacher, Juliet Morale, Joey Pizzo, Reilly Salisbury, and Juliet Scannapieco
"B" Poppies (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14): Juliette Bergin, Casey Bernson, Liam Caulfield, Hannah Feinstein, Chloe Gucciardo, Brody Mackey (5/12, 5/13, and 5/14), Trixie Moran, Cate Ricciardi, Ella Smith, and Chloe Wagner
Munchkin Wranglers: Jillian Graci and Mia Femia Pizzo
* = Gerald Quigley will not be available for the shows on 5/6 and 5/7. It is unknown at this point if John Morale will only be portraying his role of Hunk on those days or another so the part is split evenly.
ALSO IMPORTANT: Next Sunday, April 30th, the Northport-East Northport Community Theater will be hosting a fundraiser at the Barnes and Noble located in Huntington Square (or the Sears Mall if you prefer to call it that) at 4000 Jericho Turnpike, from 1pm to 5pm. Be sure to mention that you're there for the NCT fundraiser when you purchase something. Some of the cast will be onhand to sing songs from the show and it will be tons of fun (it always is)!
Written by: Justin Murphy
My sincerest apologies for the blog being late (and for the blog not being up at all last week). I was a very busy little bee during the vacation and the past week and I completely lost track of the blog. So to make it up to you all, I'm going to put both weeks of the blog here into this one blog. First up, the review on the Wizard of Oz book, and then the rehearsal from this past week!
Ok, did I seriously type busy little bee? Yeesh
The Wizard of Oz book is certainly very different in many ways from the movie and show. There's many things that are done much quicker and many things which take a longer time. For instance, Dorothy is already in Oz by page 5. The Wicked Witch shows up for the first time halfway through the book, and she's gone 12 pages later. However, the journey back to Oz from the Witch's castle takes a longer time, whereas the movie doesn't even show up. Then they have to travel to an entirely different section of Oz to meet up with Glinda, who isn't seen until about the last 5 pages, for she is the Witch of the South in the book (the earlier Witch of the North is unnamed and meets up with Dorothy when she first arrives in Oz, much like Glinda did in the movie). The main trio is also less goofy than they are in the movie, though never to the point where they feel like they have no character. The backstories for the trio are also gone into a bit more, kind of like they were for the stage production. Some things are explained a bit better in the book admittedly, such as why the Wicked Witch has dozens of opportunities to kill Dorothy but never actually does it, or Glinda never telling Dorothy that the slippers would take her home until the end (because as I said, in the book, they don't meet Glinda until the end). It's not a particularly long or hard book, but it is still a very good read, with a lot of message and morals to it, hidden beneath the moments of wonder and excitement, as well as some pretty dark moments (such as battling against the Witch's minions and the Tin Man's rather tragic backstory, which I mentioned in an earlier edition in the blog).
Is the book as iconic as the film? Honestly, probably not as the film is much more well known and celebrated than the book, but that does not mean that the book deserves to be overlooked. It's definitely a fascinating read and is very easy to find. I'd recommend buying it online, as it's very cheap, but I'm sure you could find it at your local bookstore as well (such as Barnes and Noble, where NCT will be hosting a fundraiser next Sunday, April 30th, from 1pm to 5pm!!). Give it a read and decide what you think of it yourself. As for me, I really enjoyed it.
The only rehearsal to go over that I was called for in the past two weeks is the one Full Cast rehearsal which took place on Monday April 17th. Tonight would be a very dance heavy night, as Holly was there to monitor choreography for the two big group numbers. First she worked on the Munchkins big scene bit by bit, with the sections for the Mayor, Coroner, Barrister, City Fathers, School Teachers, Lullaby League, and Lollipop Guild, as well as the sections where everyone would sing and dance at once. Both Dorothys were unavailable for the evening, so Avery Infranco and Kim Sultana took turns standing in for Dorothy while the other played Glinda. They would transition right into the following scene with the Wicked Witch and then from there, would go into the ending of the Munchkins scene where they told Dorothy to follow the Yellow Brick Road, which they didn't take too long to learn. Extra projection points must be given out to Jude Centamore, one of the Lollipop Kids, who was projecting (but not yelling) his singing for the songs so much that I genuinely thought he had a microphone on.
After this song number was over, Holly took the adults and older kids to work on the Merry Old Land of Oz song number, which was all finished and put together, but hadn't been worked on since it was first done 2 weeks prior. Quite a few of the adults remembered the dance and helped out some of the people that didn't remember right away, and the high school kids did awesomely as usual. In addition, the little singing sequences were rehearsed during this time, from the Guard, to the quartet, to the chorus parts, to the full cast parts.
All throughout the night, Jim would grab certain people to work on certain scenes. For about the last half hour, he worked on the final few scenes which hadn't been fully blocked, including when Dorothy sees the true Wizard, the balloon scene, and the final Kansas scene. The scene did not yet have any of the props such as the balloon or Dorothy's bed or anything, but it was still blocked out with the actors. I believe that during this time Holly grabbed the Jitterbugs for their dance as well, but didn't see it for myself. Also throughout the night, Courtney was available to check on people's costume progress, tell the actors what would be provided and what wouldn't be, and figuring out which people would be renting and which people would be providing their own costumes. In addition, forms for things such as the picture books for the shows, T-shirt forms, Boosters and Ads for the shows, were available to be picked up and filled out, though the boosters, and ads, are all due by tonight, April 24th, with no exceptions.
We're now approaching crunch time, and there will be very few days going forward without rehearsals attached to them, as the show is now just 11 days away!!! AAAAAH! Look forward for the next blog that will hopefully be up this Friday, and then I plan to release a special blog dedicated to our big all-day rehearsal on Saturday the 29th! See you then!
"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!" -Wicked Witch of the West
CAST
NOTE: Maggie Fitzmaurice and Samantha Madden have withdrawn from the production. We wish them the best in all of their future endeavors.
Dorothy Gale: Bella Donneruno (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Meaghan Maher (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Scarecrow: Justin Autz (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Sam Schoeps (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Tin Man: Barri Feuer (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Tess Robinson (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Cowardly Lion: John Walsh (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Lawrence Palevsky (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Wicked Witch of the West/Miss Almira Gulch: Stephanie Sultana (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Casey Savin (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Wizard of Oz: Rich Lau
Glinda: Kim Sultana (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Avery Infranco (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Emerald City Guard: John Morale (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Justin Murphy (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Aunty Em: Teresa Morale (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Barbara Schulman (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Uncle Henry: Joel Ackerman (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Joe Centamore (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Hickory: James Roche
Hunk: Gerald Quigley/John Morale*
Zeke: Justin Murphy
Crows: Taryn Feuer (5/5, 5/6, and 5/7), Quincy Jackson, and Suzie Walsh (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Amelia Lau (5/12, 5/13, and 5/14), Dana Schoeps, and Jake Kalinowski (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Trees: Judy Avena, Elise Autz (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13), and Patsy VanDyke (5/5, 5/7, and 5/14)/Noel Dillon, Cynthia Piacentini (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14), and Kathy Lau (5/6, 5/12, and 5/13)
Winkie General: Gerald Quigley (5/5, 5/12, and 5/14)/Kathy Lau (5/6 and 5/13)/Vinny Dillon (5/7)
Toto: Ella Smith (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Michael Deaner (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Mayor of Munchkin City: Luke Frisoli (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Luca Bergin (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Coroner: Luca Bergin (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Luke Frisoli (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Barrister: Andrew Geres
City Fathers: Anthony Shah and Nathan Zarko
Teachers: Carlie Rees and Alexandra Curatolo (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Annabelle Deaner and Lacey Zaharis (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Lullaby League: Amelia Eisenberg, Lily Rankin, and Cami Rees (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Goldie Centamore (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)/Emma Morale, Ayla-Schulman Hughes, and Vivian Sultana (Unsure if all shows or "B" Days)
Lollipop Guild: Carter Eisenberg (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Kieran Brown (5/7, 5/13, and 5/14), Ryan Brown, Ryan Dean, and Jacob Karp (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)/Jude Centamore (All Shows)
Ozians: Joel Ackerman, Elise Autz, Judy Avena, Joe Centamore, Michelle Centamore, Noel Dillon, Vinny Dillon, Barri Feuer, Jillian Graci, Honey Hecht, Kimberly Lapidus, Patricia McCarthy, John Morale, Theresa Morale, Justin Murphy, Lawrence Palevsky, Cynthia Piacentini, Mia Femia Pizzo, Gerald Quigley, Kellsey Roy, Casey Savin, Barbara Schulman, Shira Schweitzer, Kim Sultana, Stephanie Sultana, Angie Tomala, Patsy VanDyke, John Walsh, and Corrie Ann Young
Jitterbugs: Justin Autz, Sarah Caulfield, Bella Donneruno, Taryn Feuer, Avery Infranco, Quincy Jackson, Arianna Keating, Grace Keating, Meaghan Maher, Sarah Meade, Tess Robinson, James Roche, Maggie Saum, Liana Scala, Dana Schoeps, Samantha Schoeps, and Celia Spero
Middle School Chorus: Julie Barbier, Luca Bergin, Juliette Bonchonsky, Bridget Caulfield, Natalie Ceonzo, Kailin Donnelly, Luke Frisoli, Riley Gayer, Andrew Geres, Jennifer Golder, Alyssa Infranco, Amelia Lau, Ava Mackey, Kyra Perles, Caitlin Rees, Nikki Scala, Nina Scala, Amelia Semple, Leeva Slevin, Emily Starin, Clare Vogt, and Suzie Walsh
"A" Flying Monkeys (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13): Sydney Aguirri, Kylie Balezos, Gabrielle Blum, Isabell Colaccio, Michael Donatelli, Lily Eagen, Julia Eisenberg, Markus Fehrenbacher, Rayna Feuer, Ava Olsen, Elliote Salisbury, Olivia Scannapieco, Grace Sewell, Tara Weiss, Gabrielle Weissman, and Fallon Young
"B" Flying Monkeys (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14): Sienna Boden, Lily Brown, Maya Burget, Mairead Camas, Elizabeth Ceonzo, Katie Conway, Julia Dean, Rayna Feuer, Lindsay Grabowski, Ethan Hoerning, Sofia Kabacinski, Katie Karp, Liam McLaughlin, Lily Majewski, Kelly Ricciardi, and Luc Wagner
"A" Poppies (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13): Goldie Centamore, Alexandra Colacicco, Quinn Fehrenbacher, Juliet Morale, Joey Pizzo, Reilly Salisbury, and Juliet Scannapieco
"B" Poppies (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14): Juliette Bergin, Casey Bernson, Liam Caulfield, Hannah Feinstein, Chloe Gucciardo, Brody Mackey (5/12, 5/13, and 5/14), Trixie Moran, Cate Ricciardi, Ella Smith, and Chloe Wagner
Munchkin Wranglers: Jillian Graci and Mia Femia Pizzo
* = Gerald Quigley will not be available for the shows on 5/6 and 5/7. It is unknown at this point if John Morale will only be portraying his role of Hunk on those days or another so the part is split evenly.
Friday, April 7, 2017
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BIG BOLD NOTE: The show dates are Fridays May 5th and 12th and Saturdays May 6th and 13th at 8pm, as well as Sundays May 7th and May 14th at 2pm Tickets are now on sale and pricing information, as well as information on advertising, boosters, and our upcoming season of summer camp, can be found here at our theater's website at www.northportcommunitytheater.com
Written by: Justin Murphy
Date of Rehearsals Listed: 3/30, 4/3, and 4/4
After last week's blog detailing my thoughts on The Return to Oz, it's time to once again venture back to covering rehearsals for it. This time we've got three rehearsals to go over, and very interesting things happened during each of them.
On Thursday the 30th, the cast of Act 1 with speaking lines (with the exception of the Munchkins) were called in. Most of act 1 was covered, and a few scenes were blocked for the first time. The farmhands, played by myself, Gerald Quigley and James Roche, went through the opening Kansas scenes for the first time and were blocked properly for them. We also got to see how many things would be done, such as how Ella Smith and Michael Deaner would be portraying Toto (I won't spoil it, but y'all are gonna love it). Professor Marvel's scene seemed just about done and finalized, Rich Lau even already had a turban he could use for the part. Some blocking was finalized as well for people like the Tinman and Lion introduction scenes. A lot of scenes got unexpected laughs from the cast who hadn't seen them yet, whether it be the Trees during the Tinman scene (again, not gonna spoil it) or Toto's small interaction with Professor Marvel. There were several points where we expected laughs and yet it was still hilarious, the most obvious being the introduction scene of the Lion, thanks to the great comedic timing of the Scarecrow, Tinman, and Lion.
Some time was also taken on Thursday to run the songs during act 1. The "If I Only" songs were all laden with a bit of comedy and performed awesomely by the trio, as well as with a bit of heart (and no, that wasn't initially intended as a pun). They had yet to fully block the songs, but that will be taken care of during the April break. Meaghan Maher's rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow was also really nicely done, with a nice combination of wondering, loneliness, and dreams for the future underlied throughout the song. A lot of work was accomplished on this night thanks to our musical director Donna and our grand stupendous poobah super special awesome director extraordinare Jim, as a lot of song sections and blocking improvements were made this evening.
On Monday the 2nd, there were certain points where Jim would bring certain characters into the hall to do some scene work, but most of the evening belonged to the choreographer, Holly Maddock. Tonight was all about choreographing the group song at the beginning of act 2, The Merry Old Land of Oz. First she went step by step walking through each dance move used at each part of the beginning, incorporated with the Guard, played by me and John Morale, both of whom would be in the front at the beginning of the song, with the rest of the Ozians on the stage. Then the Ozians took some time outside to rehearse the steps with the help of Avery Infranco. Holly would take this time to work on the dance in the middle of the song with the high school kids, most of whom had dance training and thus were able to do much more elaborate dance moves. Then we were brought back in to learn the steps at the very end of the song, all the while performing the song each time with the help of Donna.
On Tuesday the 3rd, we worked on the first two scenes of act 2. It was the first time that the guards would be working on this scene. John Morale had his character voice down already, while one of my missions during the Easter break is to workshop the voice I'm going to use (mostly so it doesn't sound like Gilbert Gottfried eating a cat). The scenes themselves are full of humor, thanks to the awesome lines, the delivery from John and me, and Jim's direction on how to play it. The quartet also played their parts spectactularly, countering the guard's weird contradictory arguments. Donna also took time to work with the lions on their songs, "If I Only Had The 'Noive'" and "King of the Forest". The lions (John Walsh and Larry Palevsky) performed the completely blocked song of "King of the Forest" to close the night.
We're now just 4 weeks away (eeep!). Next week is the Easter break, and though we have access to the theater a few days next week, most if not all of the work is going to be done with the quartet. My initial idea was to watch and write a review of the Wizard of Oz film, but because there are so many similarities to the play, I don't think I'd be able to be fair and unbiased. So instead next week, my plan is to read the original Wizard of Oz book by L. Frank Baum and write a little review on that instead. See you then!
"Nobody can see the great Oz! Nobody's ever seen the great Oz! Even I've never seen him!" -Emerald City Guard
CAST
Dorothy Gale: Bella Donneruno (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Meaghan Maher (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Scarecrow: Justin Autz (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Sam Schoeps (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Tin Man: Barri Feuer (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Tess Robinson (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Cowardly Lion: John Walsh (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Lawrence Palevsky (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Wicked Witch of the West/Miss Almira Gulch: Stephanie Sultana (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Casey Savin (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Wizard of Oz: Rich Lau
Glinda: Kim Sultana (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Avery Infranco (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Emerald City Guard: John Morale (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Justin Murphy (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Aunty Em: Teresa Morale (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Barbara Schulman (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Uncle Henry: Joel Ackerman (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Joe Centamore (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Hickory: James Roche
Hunk: Gerald Quigley/John Morale*
Zeke: Justin Murphy
Crows: Taryn Feuer (5/5, 5/6, and 5/7), Quincy Jackson, and Suzie Walsh (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Amelia Lau (5/12, 5/13, and 5/14), Dana Schoeps, and Jake Kalinowski (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Trees: Judy Avena, Elise Autz (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13), and Patsy VanDyke (5/5, 5/7, and 5/14)/Noel Dillon, Cynthia Piacentini (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14), and Kathy Lau (5/6, 5/12, and 5/13)
Winkie General: Gerald Quigley (5/5, 5/12, and 5/14)/Kathy Lau (5/6 and 5/13)/Vinny Dillon (5/7)
Toto: Ella Smith (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Michael Deaner (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Mayor of Munchkin City: Luke Frisoli (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Luca Bergin (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Coroner: Luca Bergin (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Luke Frisoli (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Barrister: Andrew Geres
City Fathers: Anthony Shah and Nathan Zarko
Teachers: Carlie Rees and Alexandra Curatolo (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Annabelle Deaner and Lacey Zaharis (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Lullaby League: Amelia Eisenberg, Lily Rankin, and Cami Rees (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Goldie Centamore (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)/Emma Morale, Ayla-Schulman Hughes, and Vivian Sultana (Unsure if all shows or "B" Days)
Lollipop Guild: Carter Eisenberg (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Kieran Brown (5/7, 5/13, and 5/14), Ryan Brown, Ryan Dean, and Jacob Karp (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)/Jude Centamore (All Shows)
Ozians: Joel Ackerman, Elise Autz, Judy Avena, Joe Centamore, Michelle Centamore, Noel Dillon, Vinny Dillon, Barri Feuer, Jillian Graci, Honey Hecht, Kimberly Lapidus, Patricia McCarthy, John Morale, Theresa Morale, Justin Murphy, Lawrence Palevsky, Cynthia Piacentini, Mia Femia Pizzo, Gerald Quigley, Kellsey Roy, Casey Savin, Barbara Schulman, Shira Schweitzer, Kim Sultana, Stephanie Sultana, Angie Tomala, Patsy VanDyke, John Walsh, and Corrie Ann Young
Jitterbugs: Justin Autz, Sarah Caulfield, Bella Donneruno, Taryn Feuer, Avery Infranco, Quincy Jackson, Arianna Keating, Grace Keating, Meaghan Maher, Sarah Meade, Tess Robinson, James Roche, Maggie Saum, Liana Scala, Dana Schoeps, Samantha Schoeps, and Celia Spero
Middle School Chorus: Julie Barbier, Luca Bergin, Juliette Bonchonsky, Bridget Caulfield, Natalie Ceonzo, Kailin Donnelly, Luke Frisoli, Riley Gayer, Andrew Geres, Jennifer Golder, Alyssa Infranco, Amelia Lau, Ava Mackey, Samantha Madden, Kyra Perles, Caitlin Rees, Nikki Scala, Nina Scala, Amelia Semple, Leeva Slevin, Emily Starin, Clare Vogt, and Suzie Walsh
"A" Flying Monkeys (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13): Sydney Aguirri, Kylie Balezos, Gabrielle Blum, Isabell Colaccio, Michael Donatelli, Lily Eagen, Julia Eisenberg, Markus Fehrenbacher, Rayna Feuer, Maggie Fitzmaurice, Ava Olsen, Elliote Salisbury, Olivia Scannapieco, Grace Sewell, Tara Weiss, Gabrielle Weissman, and Fallon Young
"B" Flying Monkeys (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14): Sienna Boden, Lily Brown, Maya Burget, Mairead Camas, Elizabeth Ceonzo, Katie Conway, Julia Dean, Rayna Feuer, Lindsay Grabowski, Ethan Hoerning, Sofia Kabacinski, Katie Karp, Liam McLaughlin, Lily Majewski, Kelly Ricciardi, and Luc Wagner
"A" Poppies (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13): Goldie Centamore, Alexandra Colacicco, Quinn Fehrenbacher, Juliet Morale, Joey Pizzo, Reilly Salisbury, and Juliet Scannapieco
"B" Poppies (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14): Juliette Bergin, Casey Bernson, Liam Caulfield, Hannah Feinstein, Chloe Gucciardo, Brody Mackey (5/12, 5/13, and 5/14), Trixie Moran, Cate Ricciardi, Ella Smith, and Chloe Wagner
Munchkin Wranglers: Jillian Graci and Mia Femia Pizzo
* = Gerald Quigley will not be available for the shows on 5/6 and 5/7. It is unknown at this point if John Morale will only be portraying his role of Hunk on those days or another so the part is split evenly.
Written by: Justin Murphy
Date of Rehearsals Listed: 3/30, 4/3, and 4/4
After last week's blog detailing my thoughts on The Return to Oz, it's time to once again venture back to covering rehearsals for it. This time we've got three rehearsals to go over, and very interesting things happened during each of them.
On Thursday the 30th, the cast of Act 1 with speaking lines (with the exception of the Munchkins) were called in. Most of act 1 was covered, and a few scenes were blocked for the first time. The farmhands, played by myself, Gerald Quigley and James Roche, went through the opening Kansas scenes for the first time and were blocked properly for them. We also got to see how many things would be done, such as how Ella Smith and Michael Deaner would be portraying Toto (I won't spoil it, but y'all are gonna love it). Professor Marvel's scene seemed just about done and finalized, Rich Lau even already had a turban he could use for the part. Some blocking was finalized as well for people like the Tinman and Lion introduction scenes. A lot of scenes got unexpected laughs from the cast who hadn't seen them yet, whether it be the Trees during the Tinman scene (again, not gonna spoil it) or Toto's small interaction with Professor Marvel. There were several points where we expected laughs and yet it was still hilarious, the most obvious being the introduction scene of the Lion, thanks to the great comedic timing of the Scarecrow, Tinman, and Lion.
Some time was also taken on Thursday to run the songs during act 1. The "If I Only" songs were all laden with a bit of comedy and performed awesomely by the trio, as well as with a bit of heart (and no, that wasn't initially intended as a pun). They had yet to fully block the songs, but that will be taken care of during the April break. Meaghan Maher's rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow was also really nicely done, with a nice combination of wondering, loneliness, and dreams for the future underlied throughout the song. A lot of work was accomplished on this night thanks to our musical director Donna and our grand stupendous poobah super special awesome director extraordinare Jim, as a lot of song sections and blocking improvements were made this evening.
On Monday the 2nd, there were certain points where Jim would bring certain characters into the hall to do some scene work, but most of the evening belonged to the choreographer, Holly Maddock. Tonight was all about choreographing the group song at the beginning of act 2, The Merry Old Land of Oz. First she went step by step walking through each dance move used at each part of the beginning, incorporated with the Guard, played by me and John Morale, both of whom would be in the front at the beginning of the song, with the rest of the Ozians on the stage. Then the Ozians took some time outside to rehearse the steps with the help of Avery Infranco. Holly would take this time to work on the dance in the middle of the song with the high school kids, most of whom had dance training and thus were able to do much more elaborate dance moves. Then we were brought back in to learn the steps at the very end of the song, all the while performing the song each time with the help of Donna.
On Tuesday the 3rd, we worked on the first two scenes of act 2. It was the first time that the guards would be working on this scene. John Morale had his character voice down already, while one of my missions during the Easter break is to workshop the voice I'm going to use (mostly so it doesn't sound like Gilbert Gottfried eating a cat). The scenes themselves are full of humor, thanks to the awesome lines, the delivery from John and me, and Jim's direction on how to play it. The quartet also played their parts spectactularly, countering the guard's weird contradictory arguments. Donna also took time to work with the lions on their songs, "If I Only Had The 'Noive'" and "King of the Forest". The lions (John Walsh and Larry Palevsky) performed the completely blocked song of "King of the Forest" to close the night.
We're now just 4 weeks away (eeep!). Next week is the Easter break, and though we have access to the theater a few days next week, most if not all of the work is going to be done with the quartet. My initial idea was to watch and write a review of the Wizard of Oz film, but because there are so many similarities to the play, I don't think I'd be able to be fair and unbiased. So instead next week, my plan is to read the original Wizard of Oz book by L. Frank Baum and write a little review on that instead. See you then!
"Nobody can see the great Oz! Nobody's ever seen the great Oz! Even I've never seen him!" -Emerald City Guard
CAST
Dorothy Gale: Bella Donneruno (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Meaghan Maher (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Scarecrow: Justin Autz (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Sam Schoeps (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Tin Man: Barri Feuer (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Tess Robinson (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Cowardly Lion: John Walsh (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Lawrence Palevsky (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Wicked Witch of the West/Miss Almira Gulch: Stephanie Sultana (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Casey Savin (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Wizard of Oz: Rich Lau
Glinda: Kim Sultana (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Avery Infranco (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Emerald City Guard: John Morale (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Justin Murphy (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Aunty Em: Teresa Morale (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Barbara Schulman (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Uncle Henry: Joel Ackerman (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Joe Centamore (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Hickory: James Roche
Hunk: Gerald Quigley/John Morale*
Zeke: Justin Murphy
Crows: Taryn Feuer (5/5, 5/6, and 5/7), Quincy Jackson, and Suzie Walsh (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Amelia Lau (5/12, 5/13, and 5/14), Dana Schoeps, and Jake Kalinowski (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Trees: Judy Avena, Elise Autz (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13), and Patsy VanDyke (5/5, 5/7, and 5/14)/Noel Dillon, Cynthia Piacentini (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14), and Kathy Lau (5/6, 5/12, and 5/13)
Winkie General: Gerald Quigley (5/5, 5/12, and 5/14)/Kathy Lau (5/6 and 5/13)/Vinny Dillon (5/7)
Toto: Ella Smith (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Michael Deaner (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Mayor of Munchkin City: Luke Frisoli (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Luca Bergin (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Coroner: Luca Bergin (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Luke Frisoli (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Barrister: Andrew Geres
City Fathers: Anthony Shah and Nathan Zarko
Teachers: Carlie Rees and Alexandra Curatolo (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Annabelle Deaner and Lacey Zaharis (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)
Lullaby League: Amelia Eisenberg, Lily Rankin, and Cami Rees (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Goldie Centamore (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)/Emma Morale, Ayla-Schulman Hughes, and Vivian Sultana (Unsure if all shows or "B" Days)
Lollipop Guild: Carter Eisenberg (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13)/Kieran Brown (5/7, 5/13, and 5/14), Ryan Brown, Ryan Dean, and Jacob Karp (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14)/Jude Centamore (All Shows)
Ozians: Joel Ackerman, Elise Autz, Judy Avena, Joe Centamore, Michelle Centamore, Noel Dillon, Vinny Dillon, Barri Feuer, Jillian Graci, Honey Hecht, Kimberly Lapidus, Patricia McCarthy, John Morale, Theresa Morale, Justin Murphy, Lawrence Palevsky, Cynthia Piacentini, Mia Femia Pizzo, Gerald Quigley, Kellsey Roy, Casey Savin, Barbara Schulman, Shira Schweitzer, Kim Sultana, Stephanie Sultana, Angie Tomala, Patsy VanDyke, John Walsh, and Corrie Ann Young
Jitterbugs: Justin Autz, Sarah Caulfield, Bella Donneruno, Taryn Feuer, Avery Infranco, Quincy Jackson, Arianna Keating, Grace Keating, Meaghan Maher, Sarah Meade, Tess Robinson, James Roche, Maggie Saum, Liana Scala, Dana Schoeps, Samantha Schoeps, and Celia Spero
Middle School Chorus: Julie Barbier, Luca Bergin, Juliette Bonchonsky, Bridget Caulfield, Natalie Ceonzo, Kailin Donnelly, Luke Frisoli, Riley Gayer, Andrew Geres, Jennifer Golder, Alyssa Infranco, Amelia Lau, Ava Mackey, Samantha Madden, Kyra Perles, Caitlin Rees, Nikki Scala, Nina Scala, Amelia Semple, Leeva Slevin, Emily Starin, Clare Vogt, and Suzie Walsh
"A" Flying Monkeys (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13): Sydney Aguirri, Kylie Balezos, Gabrielle Blum, Isabell Colaccio, Michael Donatelli, Lily Eagen, Julia Eisenberg, Markus Fehrenbacher, Rayna Feuer, Maggie Fitzmaurice, Ava Olsen, Elliote Salisbury, Olivia Scannapieco, Grace Sewell, Tara Weiss, Gabrielle Weissman, and Fallon Young
"B" Flying Monkeys (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14): Sienna Boden, Lily Brown, Maya Burget, Mairead Camas, Elizabeth Ceonzo, Katie Conway, Julia Dean, Rayna Feuer, Lindsay Grabowski, Ethan Hoerning, Sofia Kabacinski, Katie Karp, Liam McLaughlin, Lily Majewski, Kelly Ricciardi, and Luc Wagner
"A" Poppies (5/5, 5/7, and 5/13): Goldie Centamore, Alexandra Colacicco, Quinn Fehrenbacher, Juliet Morale, Joey Pizzo, Reilly Salisbury, and Juliet Scannapieco
"B" Poppies (5/6, 5/12, and 5/14): Juliette Bergin, Casey Bernson, Liam Caulfield, Hannah Feinstein, Chloe Gucciardo, Brody Mackey (5/12, 5/13, and 5/14), Trixie Moran, Cate Ricciardi, Ella Smith, and Chloe Wagner
Munchkin Wranglers: Jillian Graci and Mia Femia Pizzo
* = Gerald Quigley will not be available for the shows on 5/6 and 5/7. It is unknown at this point if John Morale will only be portraying his role of Hunk on those days or another so the part is split evenly.
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