2019-2020 Season
Sanderson Theatre Ensemble Spring Musical
April 22 - 25, 2020
When wealthy widow Mrs. Tottenham hosts the wedding of the year, she gets a lot more than a write-up in the society pages: Janet Van de Graaff, glittering starlet of Feldzieg’s Follies, is leaving the stage for love, a turn of events which horrifies the angry and anxious Mr. Feldzieg, whose chief investor has sent two gangsters disguised as pastry chefs to make sure he stops the wedding. Hiring Aldolpho, a Latin lover more vain than virile, to seduce the bride, is unsuccessful, as Janet’s chaperone, a drunken diva, gets herself mistaken for the bride and seduced in Janet’s place. It is left to the eager best man, George, to quite by accident break up the happy pair, when he sends groom Robert Martin out to the garden, blindfolded, and in roller skates. Such are the antics of The Drowsy Chaperone, a fictitious 1928 musical comedy. This magical piece of meta-theatre and playful, heartfelt parody of the 1920s musical comedy.
CAST
Man in the Chair: Ethan Page Janet Van De Graaff: Sarah Bedini Robert Martin: Camden Trimmer Drowsy Chaperone: Claire Spickard George: Dallin Cox Aldolpho: Kenneth Fabian Nava Trix the Aviatrix: Elena Rodriquez Maribona Mrs. Tottendale: Rachel Mathers Underling: Xander Barnes Feldzeig: Ethan Kring Kitty: Kate Sinsley Gangster 1: Allison Moreau Gangster 2: Barbara Romo Superintendent/Reporter 1: Jacob Purdy Reporter 2: Eden Duffy ENSEMBLE Featured Dancers - Nathan Lund, Ainsley Parsons, Katharine Peck, Elena Rodriquez Maribona, Amelie van Deth Nightingale Shadow Puppeteers/Reporters - Jessi Andrews, Eden Duffy, Ella Headrick, Owen McDaniels, Jacob Purdy, Camden Sluder Staff - Jessi Andrews,Kate Bloom, Sonny Brown, Lila Haller, Ella Headrick, Nathan Lund, Allyson Moore, Kelsey Moore, Eliza Owen, Ainsley Parsons, Katharine Peck, Camden Sluder, Chrisoula Theodorou, Amelie van Deth Wedding Guests - Eden Duffy, Helen Gaitan, Lily Harper, Kaya Hassell, Maggie Howard, Fletcher Kays, Melanie Johnson, Sutton Jones, Marianna Lundy, Owen McDaniels, Alex Miley, Bailey Osborn, Supriya Sinah, Gia Soltesz, Joan Wagner |
CREW
Student Technical Director: Kiara Cooper Stage Manager: Mary Frances Vincent Assistant Stage Manager: Savannah Gunter Assistant to the Director: Ava Kline Set & Props Crew: Grace Tomasino (Chief) Mackenzie D'Allesandro (Chief) Jack Floyd Sidney Crouse Alex Nicholas Sarabeth Peachey Abigail Bennett Turner Rodgers Fernando Cuevas Eli Kays Amelia Morgan Costume and Makeup Crew: Martie Surasky (Chief) Oliva Hobgood Alex Wright Lily Myers Light Crew: Sam Owens (Chief) Anna Hofelt Landon Rikakoske Sound Crew: Hunter Haakenson (Chief) Morgan Mears (Chief) |
Sanderson Advanced Theatre Ensemble
Competition One Act Play Sanderson Auditorium, October 29 and 30 North Carolina Theatre Conference, November 1-2 North Carolina Theatre Conference, States, November 21-22 Inspired by the likes of Edgar Allan Poe and Alfred Hitchcock, ‘Ernest and the Pale Moon’ is a spine-chilling tale of obsession and murder based upon a short story by Oliver Lansley about a man who spends his days watching the beautiful young woman who lives in the apartment block opposite. Upon seeing her with another man he is thrown into a jealous rage and driven to murder, though all is not what it may at first seem and slowly Ernest’s guilt sends him on a spiraling descent into madness. This play is performed by Sanderson High School’s Advanced Theatre Ensemble which is comprised of the highest achieving theatre students in the school. After the play’s run at Sanderson High School, the students will perform the play at the Regional North Carolina Theatre Conference High School Play Festival on November 1-2, where they will be adjudicated by professional theatre artists.
CAST
ERNEST HEMEL Camden Trimmer GWENDOLINE BERTRAM Lissa Pope THOMAS THISTLE Ethan Page DR. EDGEFORD Owen McDaniels NURSE GREEN Kate Sinsley OFFICER Hunter Haakenson ERNEST’S CHORUS 1- Allison Moreau 2- Jacob Purdy 3- Barbara Romo 4- Dallin Cox 5- Eden Duffy GWENDOLINE’S CHORUS 1/Mother- Jessi Andrews 2- Sarah Bedini 3- Rachel Mathers 4- Helen Gaitan 5- Eliza Owen THOMAS’S CHORUS 1- Xander Barnes 2-Camden Sluder 3- Claire Spickard 4- Joan Wagner 5- Sarabeth Peachey |
CREW
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Kiara Cooper STAGE MANAGERS Mary Frances Vincent Anna Stutts SET DESIGNERS Mackenzie D'Allesandro Grace Tomasino LIGHT DESIGNER Sam Owens SOUND DESIGNER Morgan Mears PROPS DESIGNER Anna Hofelt ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER Martie Surasky |
Sanderson Theatre Ensemble Fall Play
October 17th, 18th, 19th
An award-winning motion picture adapted for the stage retells the strange, appealing, and utterly fascinating story of two mentally disturbed adolescents: David, the only son of wealthy parents, who is tortured by his mania against being touched, and Lisa, the waif with a split personality. The play follows their exhilarating progress and heartrending defeats during one term at Berkeley School. Laughter, heartbreak, and suspense abound.
Sanderson Theatre Ensemble Fall Play
October 17th, 18th, 19th
An award-winning motion picture adapted for the stage retells the strange, appealing, and utterly fascinating story of two mentally disturbed adolescents: David, the only son of wealthy parents, who is tortured by his mania against being touched, and Lisa, the waif with a split personality. The play follows their exhilarating progress and heartrending defeats during one term at Berkeley School. Laughter, heartbreak, and suspense abound.
CAST LIST
DAVID: Xander Barnes - Understudy: Fletcher Kays LISA: Barbara Romo - Understudy: Lily Harper DR. ALAN SWINFORD: Ethan Page - Understudy: Ethan Kring JOSETTE: Eden Duffy - Understudy: Sutton Jones CARL (CARLOS): Jacob Purdy SANDRA: Rachel Mathers - Understudy: Katharine Peck SIMON: Camden Sluder - Understudy: Fletcher Kays KATE: Sarah Bedini - Understudy: Sonny Brown ROBERT: Dallin Cox MRS. CLEMENS: Lissa Pope - Understudy: Allyson Moore MAUREEN HART: Allison Moreau - Understudy: Allyson Moreau JOHN: Camden Trimmer BARBARA: Kate Sinsley MRS. FERRIS: Eliza Owen BRI (BEN): Allyson Moore MR. CLEMENS/1st BOY Ethan Kring SECRETARY: Sonny Brown PORTER/ENSEMBLE: Joan Wagner GIRL/ENSEMBLE: Gia Soltesz WOMAN/ENSEMBLE: Amelie Van Deth 2ND BOY/ENSEMBLE: Fletcher Kays ENSEMBLE: Lily Harper, Sutton Jones, Katharine Peck, Supriya Sinah, Chrisoula Theodorou |
CREW LIST
Student Technical Director: Kiara Cooper Stage Manager: Helen Gaitan Assistant Stage Managers: Sidney Crouse Ava Kline Assistant to the Director: Ella Headrick Set Crew: Mackenzie D'Allesandro (Chief) Grace Tomasino (Chief) Paige Curtiss Sarah Jaber Alex Nicholas Ansley Parsons Victoria Sullivan Props Crew: Mary Francis Vincent (Chief) Erin Casey Amelia Morgan Costume and Makeup Crew: Oliva Hobgood (Chief) Martie Surasky Alex Wright Light Crew: Sam Owens (Chief) Jack Floyd Landon Rakoske Sound Crew: Hunter Haakenson (Chief) Anna Hofelt |