ALTER CASTLE PLAYERS PROUDLY PRESENT March 2021 To my incredible seniors…. ALTER CASTLE PLAYERS You will be missed beyond belief! Thanks for four amazing years of joy, PROUDLY PRESENT talent and love!!! CJ Delgado Brigid McKenna Michael Ferguson Renee Palmer Abby Foppe Aidan Plate Christine Gulas Caitlyn Porter Sophia Imundo Caroline Rentz Sam Johnson Julia Ruffolo Theresa Junker Maddie Rupper Peyton Kuntz Lauren Shenk Marie Lunne Taylor Thornburg Isabella Magnusen Annabel Wildermuth Love you all! Mrs. Sears March 2021 Tim Rice Alter Castle Players Proudly Present Tim Rice has worked in music, theatre and films since 1965 when he met Andrew Lloyd Webber, a fellow struggling songwriter. Rather than pursue Tim’s ambitions to write rock or pop songs they turned their attention to Andrew’s obsession—musical theatre. Their first collaboration (lyrics by Tim, music by Andrew) was an unsuccessful show based on the life of Dr. Barnardo, the Victorian philanthropist, The Likes Of Us. Their next three works together JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING were much more successful—Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita. Tim has since worked with other distinguished popular composers such as Elton John (The Lion King, TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Aida), Alan Menken (Aladdin, King David, Beauty and the Beast), Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (Chess) and most recently, Stuart Brayson (From Here To Eternity). Lyrics by Tim Rice, Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber A new production of From Here To Eternity made its début at the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre, New York, in June 2016, and played in the Fall of 2017 at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine. In December 2016, selections from the score were performed at three official events to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the attack on The Christine Connor and Fred J. Miller Conservatory of the Arts Pearl Harbor. Further US productions are in the works. The Suttman Theatre on the Father Edward Haskamp Stage In March 2017, two films with new Tim Rice material were released. Disney’s fresh interpretation ofBeauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon, features three new songs written with Alan Menken, and the latest Roger THE PRODUCTION STAFF Goldby film, Time of Their Lives, starring Joan Collins and Pauline Collins, features “Morty and Me,” a song Director/Choreographer: Mrs. Megan Wean Sears written with Pete Hobbs, sung by Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Music Director: Mr. David Brush Rice formed his own cricket team in 1973 and was President of MCC in 2002. He is a regular broadcaster/ Stage Manager: Sam Johnson presenter on BBC Radio 2, drawing on his extensive knowledge of the history of popular music since Elvis was a Assistant Stage Manager: Genevieve Bacarella lad. He has won several awards,* mainly for the wrong thing or for simply turning up, but in 2018 became one of Scenic Design/Painter: Mr. Seth Wade only 15 people to reach EGOT status, when the NBC production of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert won Head Carpenter: Mr. Steve Russ an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special. *3 Oscars, 3 Tonys, 3 Golden Globes, 5 Grammys, 13 Ivor Novello Lighting Designer: Mr. Matthew Benjamin Awards, Hollywood Walk of Fame, etc. Sound Engineer: Mr. Ryan Burgdorf Andrew Lloyd Webber Sound Board Operator: Sarah Theewis Andrew Lloyd Webber is the composer of some of the world’s best-known musicals including Cats, Evita, Light Board Operator: Caitlyn Porter Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Phantom of the Opera (which Costume Designers: Mrs. Lori Watamaniuk & Mrs. Kim Harvey celebrates its 32nd anniversary on Broadway this year) and Sunset Boulevard. Properties Designer: Mrs. Jessica Pettit When Sunset Boulevard joined School of Rock – The Musical, Cats, and Phantom on Broadway in February Playbill Design: Ms. Sarah Portman 2017, he became the only person to equal the record set in 1953 by Rodgers and Hammerstein, with four shows Vocal Captain: Annabel Wildermuth running concurrently. Dance Captain: Eric Pettit As well as The Phantom Of The Opera and Cats, his productions include the groundbreaking Bombay Archivist: Mr. Dave Homan Dreams, which introduced the double Oscar-winning Bollywood composer AR Rahman to the western stage. As a composer and producer, Lloyd Webber is one of an elite group of artists to have achieved EGOT THEATRE BOOSTERS status by receiving an Emmy; four Grammys, including Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Requiem, President: Jessica Pettit his setting of the Latin Requiem mass; an Oscar; and eight Tony Awards, including the 2018 Special Tony for Treasurer: Megan Wean Sears Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. He has won seven Oliviers and a Golden Globe, and his honors include Members: Joe and Sarah Abouzeid, Angela Bacarella, Betsy Brenner, Mike and Louise Carter, Jim the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre, a BASCA Fellowship, and Lisa Collins, Maggie Paxson Collins, Kimberly Contreras, Bill and Karen Fasoli, John and Judy and the Kennedy Center Honor. He owns seven London theatres including the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and the London Palladium. He Gochenaur, Cyndi and Ron Hale, Nicole and Paul Issler, Megan Johnson, Don Klosterman, John and is the only theatre owner to re-invest every cent of profits into his buildings. Sarah Kunesh, Lourdes and Tom Lambert, Kelly Leone, Deb and Bryan LiBrandi, Teri Linden, Eric and He is passionate about the importance of music in education. The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation has Carrie McHenry, Mikki Mihok, Mary Ellen and Anthony Miley, Bonnie Miller, Neeta Monteiro, Teresa Carroll become one of Britain’s leading charities supporting the arts and music. In 2016 the Foundation funded a major Parker, Bill and Coleen Petrello, Jessica Pettit, Kelly and Jeff Plate, Steven and Debora Roth, Kristen new national initiative which endowed the American Theatre Wing with a $1.3 million, three-year grant to support and Steve Russ, John and Christine Schramm, Matt Shenk and Lydia Denslow, Anne Marie Singleton, theatre education opportunities for young people and public schools across the U.S. Katherine Thornburg, Cari Wallace, Brian and Jane Wildermuth He was knighted by Her Majesty, The Queen in 1992 and created a life peer in 1997. To mark his 70th PRODUCTION SPONSORS birthday, his bestselling autobiography, “Unmasked” was published by HarperCollins in March 2018. We have been so fortunate to continue the performing arts at Alter during the pandemic. The following sponsors are ensuring that the Castle Players are moving forward, meeting program needs, and providing SPECIAL THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS quality theatre experiences for students and patrons alike. A HUGE THANK YOU TO AND DAVE AND MAX HOMAN Wednesday’s Performance - PETTIT FAMILY This production would not be possible without all the behind-the- Thursday’s Performance - LAMBERT FAMILY scenes work from our cast, crew, and their families and friends! Friday’s Performance - SHENK FAMILY Alter’s Fine Arts Department Alter Faculty and Staff Epiphany Lutheran Church Saturday’s Matinee Performance - SCHRAMM FAMILY Theater Boosters Lordes Lambert Mary Ellen and Tony Miley Saturday’s Night Performance- PALMER FAMILY Don Klosterman Amy Miller Marisha Osowski Sunday’s Performance- WILDERMUTH FAMILY Kandis Gibson Debbie Portman Meredith Russ Costumes- MIHOK FAMILY Deb LiBrandi Sarah Portman Catherine Bryan Props- LINDEN FAMILY Jason Hamen Sophia Harvey Todd Tucker Cast and Crew Celebration- THORNBURG FAMILY Bobby Morgan 1 2 SCENES/SONGS PROLOGUE / ANY DREAM WILL DO ................................Narrators, Joseph, Children’s Company Ryan Burgdorf (Sound Designer/Engineer) joins the Castle Players after recently designing Breaking the JACOB AND SONS / JOSEPH’S COAT ..............................Company Fifth Wall: Theater in a New Age, Once on this Island, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. His recent professional credits as a sound engineer include: The Frog Princess, Fun Home (Ensemble Theater of Cincinnati), JOSEPH’S DREAMS ..........................................................Narrators, Joseph, Brothers Lizzie (Human Race Theater Company), and The Music Man (Asolo Repertory Theater). Ryan was also POOR POOR JOSEPH ......................................................Narrators, Joseph, Brothers the audio supervisor for the Hudson Valley Shakespeare company this spring. He also works part-time ONE MORE ANGEL IN HEAVEN ........................................Narrators, Rueben, Jacob, Angel, for local production companies in the area. Ryan is a recent graduate of Wright State University where he Brothers, Angel Wives received a BFA in Sound Design from the Theater Design and Technology program. He is thrilled to be JOURNEY TO EGYPT ........................................................Narrators, Solists, Joseph once again working with the talented students of Alter! POTIPHAR .........................................................................Narrators, Potiphar, Mrs. Potiphar, Joseph, Kim Harvey (Costume Designer) has been with the Alter Castle Players for three years. Her favorite shows Potiphar Women, Potiphar Men to costume have been Thoroughly Modern Millie with the Castle Players and Why We Tell the Story with CLOSE EVERY DOOR .......................................................Joseph, Children’s Company the Epiphany Players Drama Ministry. She has had a love of costuming since she was a young adult when GO GO GO JOSEPH .........................................................Company