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Mrs.
Lauren Tobiason, Director Theatre Classes Howard County STARS Spring Musical - Hello, Dolly! Fall Play Theatre Patron Program Dramastics! 2009-10 Photo Gallery l New! Dolly Pics! (Picture at left: Graduating Seniors at the Theatre Banquet, May 19, 2009) |
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The Hammond High School Theatre Department is comprised of students in theatre courses as well as students involved in the department's production and activities. HHS Theatre produces two major productions each year - a fall play and a spring musical. Any student who is academically |
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In addition to these productions,
one-act plays are written and performed by Advanced Theatre students and an improvisation group (Dramastics) performs in the spring. We seek to be an inclusive, creative, and collaborative department where artistic and personal growth are our highest goals. |
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Performances: New! Thu. March 4: 7:30pm Fri. March 5: 7:00pm Sat. March 6: 2:00pm & 7:00pm Tickets: In Advance and for children 12 and Under: $8 At the Door: $10 |
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HELLO DOLLY! Calendar (PDF) Plot Synopsis: HELLO, DOLLY! is the story of Mrs. Dolly Levi's efforts to marry Horace Vandergelder, the well-known half-a-millionaire, and send his money circulating among the people like rainwater the way her late husband, Ephraim Levi, taught her. Along the way she also succeeds in matching up the young and beautiful Widow Molloy with Vandergelder's head clerk, Cornelius Hackl; Cornelius' assistant, Barnaby Tucker, with Mrs. Molloy's assistant, Minnie Fay; and the struggling artist, Ambrose Kemper, with Mr. Vandergelder's weeping niece, Ermengarde. ~~~~~Mrs. Levi tracks Vandergelder to his hay and feed store in Yonkers, then by train back to Mrs. Molloy's hat shop in New York, out into the streets of the city where they are all caught up in the great Fourteenth Street Association Parade, and finally to the most elegant and expensive restaurant in town, the Harmonia Gardens. There, Dolly is greeted by the waiters, cooks, doormen and wine stewards in one of the most famous songs in the history of American musical comedy, Hello, Dolly! ~~~~~What happens in the end? Dolly gets her man, of course. Even makes him glad she caught him. Dolly leaves the stage at the end of Act II with a wink to the audience as she takes a peep into Vandergelder's bulging cash register, and promises that his fortune will soon be put to good use. She quotes her late husband as she says, "Money, pardon the expression, is like manure. It's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow." ~~~~~HELLO, DOLLY! is an ebullient and irresistible story of the joy of living, glittering with happy songs, shining with loving scenes, alive with the personality of one of the most fabulous characters on the musical stage...Dolly Gallagher Levi! ~~~~~Classic musical numbers include Put On Your Sunday Clothes, Ribbons Down My Back, Before the Parade Passes By, Elegance, It Only Takes A Moment and So Long, Dearie. |
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Role Dolly Levi Horace Vandergelder Cornelius Hackl Irene Molloy Barnaby Tucker Minnie Fay Ambrose Kemper Ermengarde Ernestina Rudolph Stanley The Judge Court Clerk Mrs. Rose Finale Soloists |
Actor Taylor Washington Eric Bricker Charles Freeman Katy Patchan Brian Nabors Adrianne DuChateau Ben Eve & Paul Fedynsky (Double Cast) Corey Birk & Kyla Sokoll-Ward (Double Cast) Lindsay Hammond David Kaiser-Jones Daniel Bolton Michael Nugent Sarah O'Malley Caitlin Rose Katie Lippitt & Riley Nichols |
Understudy Valerie Kamen Charlie Brodine Andrew Murti Tracy Kamen Jason Schoenfeld Madeleine Borowski |
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| Featured
Dancers: Caitlin Rose Julie Rose Katie Guzman Elizabeth David Sarah O'Malley Vanessa Mbonu Male Chorus: Andrew Murti Bo Mitchell Charlie Brodine Chris Dilmore Gary Malveaux James Rogers Jason Schoenfeld Jesse Trainor Jon Beahm Justin Clayton |
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Chorus (Cont'd): Matt Marang Miguel Rodriguez Nate Jackson Patrick Campbell Patrick Hogan Female Chorus: Aine Mangan Alexis Harris Audrey Zahlis Brittany Smith Brooke Wible Colleen George Corinne Zahlis Danielle Fraser Elizabeth David Gwen Parish Hong Bien Luu Janet Dabu |
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Chorus (Cont'd): Jayda Simmons Julie Rose Kaitlyn McKay Katie Guzman Katie Weathers Kayle Cossa Kelly Butterfield Laurie Adler Madeleine Borowski Megan Fulkerson Melissa Nickolaus Mercy Evans Stephanie Murti Stephanie Thomas Tracy Kamen Valerie Kamen Vanessa Mbonu |
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Dramastics is an extracurricular improvisational group made up of talented performers who love playing wacky characters in outlandish situations. Show Dates: Friday, March 19 at 7pm Friday, April 16 at 7pm Friday, April 30 at 7pm |
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| Adrianne DuChateau Caitlin Rose Caity Wallace Charles Freeman David Kaiser-Jones Eric Bricker Jason Schoenfeld |
Jayda Simmons Kyla Sokoll-Ward Lindsay Hammond Sarah OMalley Stacy Wetmore Tara Nolan |
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Our Theatre Department is proud to be participating in the Howard County Student Theatre Association of Reviewers (STARS) this year. |
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Eric
Bricker David Kaiser-Jones Riley Nichols Tara Nolan Sarah OMalley Katy Patchan Sara Pecas |
Kyla
Sokoll-Ward Nediva Sokoll-Ward Caity Wallace |
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| Performances: Thu. Nov. 12 7:00 pm Fri. Nov. 13 7:00 pm Sat. Nov. 14 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm |
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Tickets: $7 in advance (purchase at school or through a cast member) $9 at the door |
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| Rehearsal Calendar Plot Synopsis JACK Worthing, who lives in the country, pretends to have a younger brother, Ernest, whose escapades frequently call Jack to London. Algernon Moncrieff pretends to have an invalid friend, "Bunbury," whose attacks call Algernon into the country whenever there is a distasteful social function in prospect. This activity Algernon refers to as "Bunburying." Jack has managed to hide from Algernon the location of his country place and the existence of an attractive ward, Cecily Cardew. In Algernon's bachelor flat at the tea hour, Jack confesses he has come to town to propose to Algernon's cousin, Gwendolyn, who knows him as "Ernest." Algernon refuses his help unless Jack explains the inscription on his cigarette case which Algernon has found. Thus Cecily's existence is revealed, but Jack stubbornly refuses to reveal her whereabouts. Gwendolyn accepts Jack, confessing she has always felt that a man named "Ernest" was her fate. During a subsequent catechism by Gwendolyn's mother, Lady Bracknell, Jack gives his country address which Algernon takes down with the intention of going "Bunburying" during Jack's absence from home. When Lady Bracknell learns that Jack's identity dates from the discovery of a baby in a large black handbag in Victoria station she refuses to consent for the marriage. Cecily, alone in the country with her governess, Miss Prism, is agreeably surprised at the appearance of Algernon in the guise of the much-discussed "Ernest." The young couple lose no time in becoming engaged for, Cecily admits, the name "Ernest" has always fascinated her. When Jack returns unexpectedly to announce "Ernest's" sudden death in Paris, he is disagreeably surprised to learn that "Ernest" is at the very moment in the house. While Jack and Algernon are separately arranging with the rector for a rechristening, Gwendolyn arrives. The discovery of Gwendolyn and Cecily that they both seem to be engaged to "Ernest Worthing" results in a strained situation. The appearance of both young men clarifies the matter of engagements, but also reveals that neither is named "Ernest." When the girls learn that their fiancés had been about to be rechristened for their sakes, they forgive the deception. With the arrival of Lady Bracknell the question of consent again comes up. Lady Bracknell is quite willing that Algernon shall marry Cecily and her fortune. Jack, however, as Cecily's guardian, refuses his consent unless Lady Bracknell permits his marriage to Gwendolyn. The appearance of Miss Prism who is recognized by Lady Bracknell, results in the identification of Jack Worthing as Algernon's lost elder brother, Ernest, thus settling matters to everyone's satisfaction. The Importance of Being Earnest was originally produced at the St. James Theater, London, on February 14, 1895. ~From: http://www.theatrehistory.com/irish/importance_of_being_earnest.html x |
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| Gwendolen: Jayda Simmons/Caitlin Rose Cecily: Kyla Sokoll-Ward/Katy Patchan Bracknell: Sarah O'Malley/Corey Birk Prism: Nell Kropf Jack: Shane Johnson/Eric Bricker Algernon: David Kaiser-Jones/Brian Nabors Chasuble: Ben Eve Lane: Nate Jackson Merriman: Mikey Nugent Prism Understudy & Maid: Tara Nolan Chasuble Understudy & Serving Man: Jason Shoenfeld |
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