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Saturday, December 10, 2011

DEATH OF A SALESMAN Cast List

Congratulations to all who auditioned. We will have our first cast meeting this Friday (Dec. 16) after school. I'm hoping to do a full read-through that day so it may go until around 5 or 6. Let me know if this won't work for you.

Willy Loman, a salesman. . . . . . Bradley Mackay

Linda, his wife. . . . . Grace Carlson

Biff, their oldest son . . . . . Sam Spainhower

Happy, their younger son. . . . . Elias Gerber

Charley, their neighbor. . . . . . Ben Graul

Bernard, Charley’s son. . . . . Jacob Viramontes

The Woman, from Willy’s past. . . . . Krista Spainhower

Uncle Ben, Willy’s older brother. . . . . Warren Jensen

Howard Wagner, Willy’s boss. . . . . Max McLeod

Stanley, a waiter. . . . . Bryce Murphy

Miss Forsythe, a call girl. . . . . Marcela de Moraes

Letta, a call girl. . . . . Becca Ashton

Jenny, Howard’s secretary. . . . . Becca Ashton

Thursday, December 8, 2011

DEATH OF A SALESMAN Call-Back List

Call-Backs begin at 2:30pm in the Theatre Room and will go until I feel like I know what to do. Sides (copies of the scenes we will be cold reading at call-backs) will be available in the Theatre Room at 7:00am. Feel free to get online and study the characters you’ve been called back for ;-)

WILLY
--study side #’s 2,3,4,7,8
Ben Graul
Bradley Mackay
Russell Wadsworth

LINDA
--study side #’s 3,5,9
Becca Ashton
Grace Carlson
Krista Spainhower
Hannah Turpin

BIFF
--study Side #’s 1,2,7,8
Tyler Emeney
Elias Gerber
Ben Graul
Bradley Mackay
Sam Spainhower

HAPPY
--study side #’s 1,2,6
Brytt Blatter
Elias Gerber
Ben Graul
Max McLeod
Bryce Murphy
Warren Jensen
Sam Spainhower
Adam Tanner
Jacob Virgin

CHARLEY / HOWARD
--study side #4
Roscoe Ashurst-McGee
Elias Gerber
Ben Graul
Warren Jensen
Max McLeod
Bryce Murphy

WOMAN
--study side #7
Becca Ashton
Grace Carlson
Marcela de Moraes
Krista Spainhower
Kendal Sudman

BERNARD
--study side #2
Brytt Blatter
Colin Daurelle
Tyler Emeney
Nate Morley
Bryce Murphy
Adam Tanner
Jacob Viramontes
Jacob Virgin
Russell Wadsworth

BEN
--study side #4
Roscoe Ashurst-McGee
Tyler Emeney
Elias Gerber
Ben Graul
Warren Jensen
Max McLeod
Russell Wadsworth

MISS FORSYTHE / LETTA / JENNY
--study side #6
Becca Ashton
Makayla Conner
Marcela de Moraes
Kendal Sudman
Dani Vondrak
Emma Xu

STANLEY
--study side #6
Brytt Blatter
Colin Daurelle
Tyler Emeney
Elias Gerber
Eli Ghaeini
Max McLeod
Bryce Murphy
Adam Tanner
Jacob Virgin

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

“MOMENTS” Presented by the 2011-12 HHS Productions Company

OUTLINE/CAST LIST (subject to change)

ACT 1:
Introduction:
-A New World (from “Songs For A New World”)
SOLOISTS: Malia Morley, Ben Graul, Gregory Jack, Katie Maxwell, Sarah Larsson
-Elementary school moment
-Brad/Eli meeting moment
“Into the Woods” section:
WOLF/PRINCE: Warren Jensen
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: Jaclyn Thompson
BAKER: Bridger Freeman
BAKER’S WIFE: Malia Morley
CINDERELLA: Linda Smith
JACK: Tyler Emeney
WITCH: Emma Xu
-Small mistakes moments
-Hello, Little Girl (Wolf, Little Red)
-Scene from “Into the Woods” Act 2 (Baker, Baker’s Wife)
-Moments of realization
-I Know Now (Little Red)
-Any Moment/Moments in the Woods (Prince, Baker’s Wife)
-Grief/denial moments
-Scene from “All My Sons”
ANNE DEAVER: Katie Maxwell
KATE KELLER: Grace Carlson
-Scene from “Into the Woods” into Your Fault (Witch, Jack, Cinderella, Baker, Little Red)
-Loss/death moments
-Scene from “Rabbit Hole”
NAT: Rachel Croft
BECCA: Hannah Turpin
-No One Is Alone (Cinderella, Little Red, Baker, Jack)
Relationship section:
-Brad/Eli moment
-Brotherhood of Man (from “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”)
J. PIERREPONT FINCH: Gregory Jack
WALLY WOMPER: Michael Kershaw
MRS. JONES: Cindy Manwill
-Brotherhood moments
-Scene from “All My Sons”
CHRIS KELLER: Ryan Humphrey
ANNE DEAVER: Katie Maxwell
-Scene from “Lost In Yonkers”
UNCLE LOUIE: Ben Graul
JAY: Adam Tanner
ARTIE: Tyler Emeney
-Brother moments
-Scene from “Beyond the Horizon”
ROBERT MAYO: Taylor Larsen
ANDREW MAYO: Bradley Mackay
RUTH ATKINS: Dani Vondrak
MR. MAYO: Michael Kershaw
MRS. MAYO: Krista Spainhower
DICK SCOTT: Jordan Tollison
-Sister moments
-Some Things Are Meant To Be (from “Little Women”)
BETH: Rachel Croft
JO: Lizzy Palmatier
SOLOIST: Katie Maxwell
-Friendship moments
-Haka moment
-Being Alive (from “Company”)
BOBBY: Bradley Mackay

ACT 2:
Being A Teenager section:
-Coasting (from “Edges”)
SOLOSITS: Ian Burrows, Sarah Larsson
ADDITIONAL SOLOISTS: Krista Spainhower, Jared Scheid
-Embarrassing moments
-Brad/Eli moment
-Triumph moments
-Crush moments
-I’ve Had The Time of My Life (from “Dirty Dancing the Musical”)
SOLOISTS: Warren Jensen, Hannah Woolley
-Travel moments
Parents section:
-Emma’s parent moment
-Fathers & Sons (from “Working”)
SOLOIST: Ben Graul
-Father moments
-Scene from “Henry IV, Part 1”
HENRY IV: Eli Gerber
HAL: Jacob Virgin
-Scene from “All My Sons”
JOE KELLER: Bridger Freeman
CHRIS KELLER: Ryan Humphrey
-Absent fathers moments
-Single mother moments
-I Once Knew (from “Edges”)
SOLOIST: Alex Leon
ADDITIONAL SOLOISTS: Grace Carlson, Jared Scheid
Wrap-up
-Brad/Eli summary moment
-Future moments
-A Little More Homework (from “13”)
SOLOISTS: Eli Gerber, Bradley Mackay, Mallori Swenson, Hannah Woolley, Cindy Manwill

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

35th Annual National High School Shakespeare Competition results


1st Place Overall Sweepstakes:
Hillcrest High School

1st Place Ensemble Scene:
Hillcrest High School - King Henry VI, Part 1

$1000 Larry Lott Scholarship for Best Actor in an Ensemble Scene:
Bradley Mackay as Talbot - King Henry VI, Part 1, Hillcrest High School

1st Place Duo/Trio Scene ($1000 scholarship awards):
Malia Morley, Cory Goates, Elias Gerber - King Henry VIII, Hillcrest High School

1st Place Monologue ($1000 scholarship award):
Grace Carlson - Measure for Measure, Hillcrest High School

3rd Place Monologue:
Hailey Unice - Coriolanus, Hillcrest High School