Sarah, Plain & Tall Program
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Oregon City High School Audience Theatre Arts Information Department Upcoming Events: No food or drink allowed in theater - we want to keep our theater looking beautiful. Please do not talk during the Final performance - we want everyone in the audience to hear every word spoken on stage. Please turn off all cellular Curtain phones before the performance begins and again after intermission. Call Please do not take flash photographs during the performance - it is distracting (and sometimes dangerous) for the actors on stage. June 6, 2018 No video tripods or power cords - it is unsafe to block any aisle. Also please do not use 6:30 p.m. camera lights or LCD screens when taping. An invitation-only evening Please remove noisy children where we honor our from the theater - we want graduating seniors from everyone in the audience to be able to enjoy the show. the Drama program and present our end of the year Please keep the aisles clear during the performance for awards. Held in our Black actor entrances and exits. Box Theatre. Please notify the house manager or an usher immediately if you have a problem. Who’s Who in the Cast Letter from the Director Cody Shier (Jimmy Breyerson/Dancer) This is Cody’s first show at Welcome to Sarah, Plain and Tall. We are proud to share this sweet, OCHS onstage, but he ran Sound Board for Lost in Yonkers and The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge and Spotlight for Miss Chudderley’s Fairy tender and romantic play with you. Even though our story is set in 1910, the Tales with a Twist! He is a junior in his second year of the Drama class characters and their personal joys and struggles are completely relatable sequence and is a carpenter in our Technical Theater class. Cody today. enjoys woodworking, drawing, gardening and kayaking. Sarah, our main character, is at a stand still. She loves her life in Maine with her Aunties and her brother, William, and his new wife, Meg. Phoenix Stroup (Hazel Breyerson) This is Phoenix’s first show at She is happy enough, but in her heart, she knows there is more out there for OCHS, but she was Ensemble in Oklahoma Jr. at Gardiner Middle her to experience and conquer. She is a very modern woman for her time and school She is a sophomore in her second year of the Drama class she wants to be useful, she wants to make a difference and be a part of sequence and a member of Art Club and International Seminar. something special. She wants a chance to be all she knows she can be and Phoenix enjoys drawing, writing and playing video games. hasn’t had the opportunity to try. I admire a woman like Sarah. She is not afraid to strike out on her own, to try something she might not be good at. She does not let fear of Ms. Bonita Jordan (Mrs. Titus) Bonita’s previous roles at OCHS were failure rule her. She sees a chance for something new and potentially life Mrs. Myrtle Russell in The Homecoming, Galion in The Hobbit and changing and she decides to throw caution to the wind and have an Mrs. Martini in It’s a Wonderful Life. Bonita teaches Physical Education and AVID. Bonita enjoys painting, hiking and stand up adventure. She speaks her mind, she doesn’t let anyone or any conventional paddle boarding. norms governing women in 1910 stop her from achieving her goals. As the character Jacob says in the book our play is based on, “Sarah is Sarah. She does things her own way, you know…” Kendall Morrow (Pearl Titus/Dancer) This is Kendall’s first show at I not only admire Sarah, I relate to her as well. At this time in my OCHS but she has appeared as Rosalind in Inside the Mind of Artekus Krumbe and Foghorn Chicken in Red! with a Twist with Krayon Kids life I find her courage and adventurous spirit inspirational. After going to and Ensemble in both Oklahoma Jr. and Alice in Wonderland Jr. at Oregon City High School as a student, being a student teacher here with Gardiner Middle School. Kendall is a sophomore in her second year Arlie Holt and teaching here for thirty years, it is time for me to see what of the Drama class sequence and in our Technical Theater class, Art else is out there for me! Sarah, Plain and Tall is the last show I will direct Club and AVID. She volunteers at the West Linn Library and is a for Oregon City High School and the last one Mark Schwahn, our Technical Girl Scout. Director and my husband (who I met right here in drama class my senior year) will design. Jeni Bronson (Ruby Titus/Dancer) Jeni’s previous role at OCHS was We want to thank you for thirty years of support, thirty years of Sam in True Colors from Word Play 6. She has ushered for both Lost seeing our shows, thirty years of students being in and working on the in Yonkers and The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge and is a painter in our Technical Theater class. Jeni is a senior in her third year of the Drama shows. We appreciate all of the many people we have worked with and all class sequence and enjoys working at Vineyard Place Retirement the things we have learned on the job. We have loved telling stories here at Home. Oregon City High School and we appreciate every single one of you who helped us along the way. Now, after both of us have gone to high school here as students and worked here as staff members, we feel ready to take all we have learned and experienced at OCHS and embark on a new adventure! Just like Sarah! With much love and gratitude, Enjoy our last show! Karlyn Love www.facebook.com/OCHSDramaDepartment Who’s Who In The Cast Design Team Darya Wasserman (Mildred Barkley/Dancer) Darya’s previous roles at OCHS were Hazel in True Colors from Word Play 6, Holly/Skunk in Miss Chudderley’s Fairy Tales with a Twist!, and Sara in Send from The Bully Plays. She appeared as Asi in Goodnight Moon with Northwest Children’s Director .................................................. Karlyn Love Theatre and Yertal the Turtle in Seussical, the Musical Jr. at Gardiner Middle School. She was an usher for The Giver, Word Play 5: Fright Night and Little Women and is a senior in her fourth year of the Drama class sequence. Darya is Assistant Directors ............................. Alanis Graham a member of Cheer Team, Student Council and Tennis Team here at OCHS. Alex Kaster Jenna Greenwood (Myrtle Barkley) This is Jenna’s first show at OCHS and Music Director & Choreographer ....... Melissa Harris her first show ever. She ushered for Lost in Yonkers and The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge and is a painter in our Technical Theater class. Jenna is a senior in her second year of the Drama class sequence and a member of the Art Club. She Scenic Designer.................................. Mark Schwahn enjoys writing, drawing and hiking. Costume Designer .......................................Gina Piva Mr. Allan Brown (Mr. Moffet) Allan’s previous roles at OCHS include Juror in To Kill a Mockingbird, Mr. Pringle in The Homecoming, The Great Goblin Assistant Costumer...............................Haley Phillips in The Hobbit, Bert the Cop in It’s a Wonderful Life, the Bartender in Wild Oats, Head of the Air Force in The BFG, Jacob in Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Pirate in Peter Pan, Old Joe in Damn Yankees and Lighting Designer............................... Mark Schwahn Constable Warren in Our Town. When not acting in one of our shows Allan finds time to teach German and serve on the TAG International Seminar, OCHS Scholarship Committee & the Political Action Committee at OCHS. Sound Designers..................................... Karlyn Love Ron Stearns Ms. Karmin Tomlinson (Mrs. Moffet) Karmin’s previous roles at OCHS were Miss “Frutti” Barber in to Kill a Mockingbird, Mrs. Harper in The Homecoming, Turnkey in The Hobbit, the Madame in Wild Oats, Mrs. Props Designers...................................... Karlyn Love Clonkers in The BFG, a Townswoman in Our Town and (as a high school student in 1968) a Dancer in Annie Get Your Gun. Karmin taught Social Adam Marl Studies, was the Director of TAG International Seminars and a SAT Test Center Supervisor. She is also our Production Photographer for the Drama Program and enjoys her recent retirement by golfing, biking, traveling and Production Photographer.............. Karmin Tomlinson taking photographs. Mr. Rocky Smith (Mr. Breyerson) Rocky has appeared as The Marshall in Wild Oats, Father in The BFG, Flint in Peter Pan and a Fireman in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Rocky teaches Art at OCHS and is the Advisor for the Gay/Straight Alliance. He is a former OC City Commissioner and has been the Drama Department’s House Manager since 2000. Check out the Drama Ms. Cyndi Borgmeier (Mrs. Breyerson) Cyndi’s previous roles at Department’s website: OCHS were Miss “Tutti” Barber in To Kill a Mockingbird, Mrs. Pringle in The Homecoming, Essie the Troll in The Hobbit, Mrs. Hatch in It’s a Wonderful Life and Mummy in The BFG. Cyndi is the www.ochspioneers.org/drama Principal at Gaffney Lane Elementary School. Who’s Who In The Cast Acknowledgements Dillin Eikmeier (Judson Moffet/Dancer) Dillin’s previous roles at OCHS were Bob Cratchit in The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge, Dylan/ Beaver in Miss Chudderley’s Fairy Tales with a Twist!, Eric in • Alumni volunteers Alanis Graham and Alex Kaster for Bystander Blues and Zombie Teen in Mindless, Drooling Teenage assisting the director with all rehearsals and working backstage Zombie Bullies from The Bully Plays, Mr.