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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)
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
Adrianne DuChateau
Caitlin Rose
Caity Wallace
Charles Freeman
David Kaiser-Jones
Eric Bricker
Jason Schoenfeld
Jayda Simmons
Kyla Sokoll-Ward
Lindsay Hammond
Sarah O’Malley
Stacy Wetmore
Tara Nolan
Our Theatre Department is proud to be participating in the Howard
County Student Theatre Association of Reviewers (STARS) this year.
David Kaiser-Jones
Riley Nichols
Tara Nolan
Sarah O’Malley
Katy Patchan
Sara Pecas
Nediva Sokoll-Ward
Caity Wallace
Performances:
•Thu. Nov. 12
7:00 pm
•Fri. Nov. 13
7:00 pm
•Sat. Nov. 14
2:00 pm &
7:00 pm
Tickets:
$7 in advance
(purchase at school or
through a cast member)
$9 at the door
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
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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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