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Cedar Cliff High School Musicals C E D A R C L I F F P R O D U C T I O N S Copyright © 2021 Playbill Online Inc. All marks used by permission. ADS Copyright © 2021 Playbill Online Inc. All marks used by permission. Cedar Cliff High School PRESENTS INTO THE WOODS Book by Music and Lyrics by JAMES LAPINE. STEPHEN SONDHEIM PROPS / DÉCOR SCENIC DESIGNER MASTER CARPENTER CHRISTINE REPETZ AMY HEINLY DAVE MASER SOUND DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGNER DEREK JAMES PHIL MCLEOD COSTUME LEAD WARDROBE COORDINATOR HAIR & MAKEUP ELLYN CAMPBELL AMY BOESHORE STACEE TRAPP STAGE MANAGER ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS HANNAH GARDNER KRISTEN BATES & SYDNEY WILCOX FUNDRAISING COORDINATOR SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR BUSINESS MANAGER TRUDY SARAIVA DEB GRAY DALE ANN PERRY CHOREOGRAPHER / ASSOCIATE PRODUCER PRODUCER / MUSIC DIRECTOR MEGAN McGEE YINGER MATT TOPPING ARTISTIC & TECHNICAL DIRECTION BY TAYLOR C. A. SARAIVA Original Broadway Production by Heidi Landesman, Rocco Landesman, Rick Steiner, M. Anthony Fisher, Frederic H. Mayerson, Jujamcyn Theaters Original Produced at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, Ca. Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick Into the Woods Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com SONGS ACT I Act 1 Opening, Part 1 Narrator, Cinderella, Jack, Baker, Baker's Wife, Stepmother, Florinda, Lucinda, Jack's Mother, Little Red Ridinghood Act 1 Opening, Part 2 Little Red Ridinghood, Baker's Wife, Baker Act 1 Opening, Part 3 Cinderella, Florinda, Lucinda Act 1 Opening, Part 4 Narrator, Baker, Baker's Wife, Witch Act 1 Opening, Part 5 Jack's Mother, Jack, Narrator, Witch Act 1 Opening, Part 6 Witch Act 1 Opening, Part 7 Stepmother, Cinderella, Cinderella's Father Act 1 Opening, Part 8 Baker, Baker's Wife, Cinderella Act 1 Opening, Part 9 Cinderella, Baker, Baker's Wife, Jack, Jack's Mother, Little Red Ridinghood, Stepmother, Florinda, Lucinda, Cinderella's Father Cinderella At The Grave Narrator, Cinderella, Cinderella's Mother Hello, Little Girl Wolves, Little Red Ridinghood I Guess This Is Goodbye Jack, Baker, Baker's Wife Maybe They're Magic Baker's Wife Rapunzel Narrator, Rapunzel, Witch, Rapunzel's Prince Baker's Reprise Baker, Narrator Copyright © 2021 Playbill Online Inc. All marks used by permission. SONGS ACT I (continued) I Know Things Now Little Red Ridinghood A Very Nice Prince Cinderella, Baker's Wife Giants in the Sky Jack Agony Cinderella's Prince, Rapunzel's Prince It Takes Two Baker, Baker's Wife Stay With Me Witch On the Steps of the Palace Cinderella The Potion Jack, Witch, Baker's Wife, Baker, Mysterious Man Act I Finale Narrator, Florinda, Stepmother, Cinderella's Mother, Lucinda, Baker's Wife, Cinderella's Prince, Narrator, Company ACT II Act II Opening Narrator, Cinderella, Jack (Baby), Baker, Baker's Wife, Stepmother, Florinda, Lucinda, Witch, Jack, Jack's Mother, Steward Little Red Ridinghood Agony Reprise Cinderella's Prince, Rapunzel's Prince Witch's Lament Witch Any Moment Cinderella's Prince, Baker's Wife Moment in the Woods Baker's Wife Copyright © 2021 Playbill Online Inc. All marks used by permission. SONGS ACT II (continued) Your Fault Jack, Baker, Witch, Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood, Baker Last Midnight Witch, Cinderella, (Baker), Little Red Ridinghood No More Baker, Mysterious Man No One Is Alone Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood, Baker, Jack Act II Finale Company Copyright © 2021 Playbill Online Inc. All marks used by permission. CAST Cast Members Narrator Luke Stitt Cinderella Tajae Lee Jack Alex McQuade Jack's Mother Juliana Alvelo-Davies The Baker Aiden Lacey The Baker's Wife Adriana Salazar Cinderella's Stepmother Izzy Reeser Florinda Kassidy Kramer Lucinda Sydney Angus Little Red Ridinghood Sophie Freeman The Witch Lilliane Campbell Cinderella's Mother Natalie Delavan Mysterious Man Elias Domanski-Ferris Wolf #1 Jordan Pacella Wolf #2 Tannis Trump Rapunzel Lauren Giovagnoli Cinderella's Prince AJ Frownfelter Rapunzel's Prince Victor Adeyemi Giant Tara Lingle Cinderella's Father Chris Lerch Granny Sophia Kraynak Steward Tristan Metherell Snow White Annastazia Manley Sleeping Beauty Keira Nalepka Fox Magsil Cagle Little Piggy #3 Kaylee Kramer Snow-White Maryn Chambers Thumbelina Olivia Coffey Little Match Girl Natalie Delavan Copyright © 2021 Playbill Online Inc. All marks used by permission. CAST Cast Members (continued) Little Piggy #1 Maddie Hodge Rose-Red Olivia Drozd Graine O'Malley Claire Farrell Gretel Kayla Harrigan Brave Little Tailor Matthew Kollas Hans My Hedgehog Sophia Kraynak Pied Piper Kimberly Twigg Rumpelstiltskin David Kulp Hansel Elijah Palmer Shoemaker's Elf Asha Woolright Little Piggy #2 Kaitlyn Wickenheiser Queen Bee Genevieve Calderone Steps of the Palace Dancers Maryn Chambers Natalie Delavan Maddie Hodge Olivia Drozd Mountain Mary Lily Herbert Snow-White & Rose Red's Mother Kaitlynn Wilt Copyright © 2021 Playbill Online Inc. All marks used by permission. CREW Crew Members Stage Manager / Production Manager Hannah Gardner Assistant Stage Manager Kristen Bates Assistant Stage Manager Sydney Wilcox Props Coordinator Glory Adeyemi Tech Lead Percy Baucum Sound Effects Connor Holjes Spotlight Operators Taylor McClure Izabella Wolfe Stage Crew D'Shire "Dee" Cadette Abby Collett Tiffany Gross Chris King Emma Migala Addison Mohnkern Olivia Mohnkern Keaton Manley, Jr. Marissa Ohl Allie Patterson Erin Sassaman Kyla Sellers Tanner Shade Katrina Weltmer Copyright © 2021 Playbill Online Inc. All marks used by permission. Producer’s Message: I am honored to welcome you to our production of Into The Woods and what a treat we have in store for you! Over two years ago we began Into The Woods and what a journey it has been! From the very beginning, this beautiful story has taken our production team to new levels of artistic creativity and after closing our doors on the fateful March 13th, 2020, we had no idea what would become of our show. We have had many hard times over the last year of the coronavirus and saying goodbye to the 2020 cast and crew seniors was undoubtedly one of the hardest experiences of a career. If there was ever a show that was relevant to processing this past year and pulling us together as a team, it is Into the Woods. Weaving together several of the most well known fairy tales, it teaches us all lessons about how life may not turn out the way you intended, but it’s worth making the journey. As I have said many times throughout this production, "It takes a village” and this show is certainly without exception. A hearty thank you to our record number of volunteers, staff, administration, parents and most of all, the one-of-a-kind students of the cast and crew. I am truly grateful to all of you for what we have collectively accomplished and for how we have learned and grown together. These experiences will last us a lifetime. And last, but certainly not least, a warm thank you to you, our audience. Thank you for supporting our school and live theatre in the middle of a pandemic. I truly believe that the high school musical is among the most multifaceted educational experiences we can offer our students. A successful show requires excellence from everyone involved; from the artistry of music, acting, dance, and design to the physicality involved in every performance. Team work, problem solving, individual and joint responsibility - it's all there. As you leave our hall, remember that “no one is alone” and be encouraged by the hard work and perseverance of the young people in our show against incredible odds. They are the future, and from where I am sitting, it looks more and more bright. - Topp From the Director: On the surface, Into the Woods is a clever blend of some of the world's most beloved folktales and a beautiful score brought together by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. Like all of our favorite stories, the best folktales contain light...and darkness. They become a metaphor for our own personal journeys in life: what paths we take, what wishes we make and ultimately what we discover along the way in regards to loss, values, choices, responsibility, and love. Each of our journeys can have a profound effect on everything around us; our story never truly ends. Past decisions and actions, both large and small, guide us through paths like the characters in the show. In life, we continually find ourselves having to return to the woods, faced with new challenges, new perspectives and new choices. This year, more than ever, we have had to endure the woods in a way that none of us ever expected with COVID-19. This furthers our passion that Into the Woods is a show for this time; a show to illuminate our hardship and strengthen our growth. Into the Woods is filled with fun and familiar characters, Lapine's ingeniously and intricately woven plot and Sondheim's spectacular music have succeeded in making it one of the most popular, most produced and most beloved shows. Now, I would be a fool to say that all of you sitting in the audience are here because you love this show. After revealing our show at the Choral Concert last spring, there were many of you who I had to beg to give this production of Into the Woods a chance. For those of you who resonate here, I would like to direct your attention to the details of this show...the symbolism of this show. As an Artistic Director, my job is to find the themes of each script and score to guide a team of beautiful people into the vision of what this work of art could be. This year, we focused everything on the word: journey. I invite you to listen to the orchestra as each character enters the stage, the leaf drop coming into the stage crafted by hands of countless volunteers, the choreography of not only the cast but also our crew, the special effects combined with lighting and sound to further lead you into a certain kind of environment.
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