NCCT Presents its 26th Annual Teen Production
Support provided by The Byrne Foundation and The Brundage Foundation
Director: Lanni Luce West Music Director: Jane Woods Choreographer: Susan Lamontagne Cast: Over 50 talented Upper Valley teens!
Music and Lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin Book by Ken Ludwig Co-Conception by Ken Ludwig and Mike Ockrent Inspired by Material by Guy Bolton and John McGowan Originally produced on Broadway by Roger Horchow and Elizabeth Williams
The worldwide copyrights in the music of George and Ira Gershwin® for this presentation are licensed by the Gershwin Family. GERSHWIN is a registered trademark and service mark of Gershwin Enterprises. CRAZY FOR YOU is a registered trademark and service mark of CRAZY FOR YOU Enterprises.
Director's Message
For the past two months I’ve been surrounded by noise. Noise coming from teens chatting their hellos as they enter rehearsal. Noise soaring down the hallway as voices try to find the right notes. Noise from tap shoes banging on the ceiling above me as I try to direct a scene, from saws and hammers as the set is put together, from fifty plus teenagers eating dinner in a cramped green room. Noise of lines being run backstage and from dressing rooms as actors get ready. There has been noise circling, surrounding, and encompassing me for eight weeks, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. George Gershwin once said, “I frequently hear music in the very heart of noise.” I couldn’t agree more. For the noise that has echoed through NCCT is the noise of hard work and dedication. It is noise of budding relationships forming and lifelong friendships being built. It is noise of determination to get the dance move correct or the note just right. It is a noise of passion, of community, of belonging. In that noise, I too hear music. We live in a noisy world. We are being bombarded every day with noise from the news, from our work, from our families, from our friends. It is difficult to muddle through all of that and not become disheartened or overwhelmed. Hopefully today you can sit back, tune out the rest of the world, and listen instead to the incredible noise these teenagers have created. I hope you too can hear their inspiring music. - Lanni Luce West
Special Thanks
Underwriters
The Byrne Foundation The Brundage Foundation
Show Supporters Thank you for providing us with a place to rehearse! Lebanon Ballet School Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church
Show Friends Thank you for donating supplies, helpers, and space for our production!
Chandler Center for the Arts Dartmouth College Music Department Dartmouth Dining Services Great Eastern Radio/Bob Sherman Hanover High School Hartford High School Home Depot James Roeder/Northern Stage Lebanon United Methodist Church Richmond Middle School Music Department
to our Teen Angels for supporting Crazy for You
Sponsors ($250 - 499) Ann and David Kynor Napier Family Ro and Bill Wyman
Patrons ($100 - 249) Matthew Fulton Gibbs Family Mickey and Sharon Luce Amy & Scott Roy Stone and Zerphy Family
Friends ($50 - 99) Judith and James Bernat Liz Borger The Caccavaro Family Cassell Family Jennifer Carter Danielle Cohen and Stephen Pidgeon Tom & Paula Gray Evan and Lee Oxenham
Supporters ($25 - 49) Jolene Carter-King Deschamp Family Janet Dracksdorf Dawn & Dana Silver
Production Staff
Director …………………………………………... Lanni Luce West Choreographer………………...... Susan Lamontagne Music Director…………………………………..…..... Jane Woods Production Manager…………………………….….. Amye Mason Stage Manager……………………………………. Maria Kennelly Tech Director/Set Designer/Builder……………… Seth Stoddard Costumer…………………………………..….………. Lynn Martin Graphic Designer/Asst. Set Designer/Ad Sales…… Amy Fortier Lighting Designer……………....………….……….. Craig Mowery Make-Up and Hair Designer………………….... Meredith Alvarez Props Coordinator…………………………………. Emma Hadden Sound Designer.……………………………….….. Seth Stoddard
Other Staff & Volunteers*
Audition Pianist…………………….………………...... Da-Shih Hu
Cabaret Co-Chairs ……………………….... Chris Hall and Peggy Stone
Cabaret Helpers: Amy Cheevers, Julie Davis, Marianne Densmore, Carol Dunne, Kim & Jeff Gibbs, Meg Falcone, Jonica Leuthauser, Tina Nadeau, Mia Sentman, Tricia Stott, Crystal Zimnick and so many dessert donors!
Cast Photo Display……………………..……………... Robin Robicheau
Fight Choreography ……………………………………………Paul West
Guys with Pies Donations: Aurora Bakery, Dazzle Cupcakes, Hartland Diner, Lou’s, Salubre, Umpleby’s, Windsor Station
Costume Helpers….…………Dawn Archambeault, Candice DeFelice, Skye Martin
Candygrams…………………………………………………… Ann Kynor
Flowers………………………………………………….………. Sara Tally
Make-Up/Hair Helpers……………………Kory Cazeau, Carol Lang, Anna Morse, Brian Oconnor, Laura Santana, Mia Sentman
House Manager…………………….………………...... Tricia Stott
Pancake Breakfast Coordinators………. Tricia Stott, Todd MacKenzie
Pancake Breakfast Helpers: Karen Carter, Joe Cheevers, Marianne Densmore, Wesley Leuthauser, Lisa MacCullough, Mike McCrory, Suzy Psomas, Tricia Stott, Grace Stott, Kevin Tally, Robert Zimnick and everyone who donated supplies!
Photography…………………….………………...... Evan Oxenham
Raffle Basket Coordinator…………………………..… Robin Robicheau
Set Painter………………………………………………. Abbey Goodrich
Assistant Set Builder………………………………………. .Stevie De
Load In/Set Building: Andrew Carmichael, John Crossley, Julie Davis, Marianne and Lee Densmore, Amy Fortier, Matthew Fungi, Kim and Jeff Gibbs, Emma Hadden, Margaret Hunton, Chris Lamontagne, Todd Mackenzie, Jeff Meyer-Lorentson, Stephen Pidgeon, Suzy Psomas, Amy Roy, Clayton Teal, Robert Zimnick
Tech Crew: Aiden Bettwieser, Kenzie Caulfield, Zoey Doyle, Chloe Ferguson, Andrew Landry, Kenzie Leuthauser, Maverick O'Meara, Annika Pixley, Ethan Sullivan-Dupuis
Teen Advisors: Andrew Carmichael, Amy Fortier, Emma Hadden, Peggy Stone, Greg Stott
*known at the time of this printing
Thank you to all the parents & others who lent a hand whenever a hand was needed - chauffeuring teens/working backstage/helping with fundraisers/donating time, talent, and treasure.
Orchestra
Music Director/Conductor………………………...... Jane Woods Reed 1…………………………………………………. Da-Shih Hu Reed 2………………………………………………… Kevin Colon Reed 3………………………………………………… Gary Rothe Reed 4. ……………………...... Frank Valente Trumpet 1…………………………………………. Paul Merchant Trumpet 2…………………………………………. Jim Tonkovitch Trombone……………………………………………. Chris Goding Bass………..……………………...... Gerry Grimo Drums…….……………………...... Norman McMullen Violin………………………………………………………Judy Wild Cello……………………………………………………. Barb Rothe Piano…..………………………...... Jeanne Chambers
ACT 1
Overture K-ra-zy for You ……………………………………………... Bobby I Can't Be Bothered Now .…………….…. Bobby and Follies Girls Bidin' My Time ……………………….. Cowboy Trio and Cowboys Things Are Looking Up ……………………………………... Bobby Could You Use Me ………………………………. Bobby and Polly Shall We Dance? ………………………………….………… Bobby Entrance to Nevada…………………... Follies Girls and Cowboys Someone to Watch Over Me ………………………………… Polly Slap That Bass ……….… Bobby, Pete, Patsy, Tess and Chorus Embraceable You ………………………………... Polly and Bobby Tonight's the Night ………………………………………….. Chorus I Got Rhythm ……………………………………. Polly and Chorus
15 Minute Intermission
ACT 2 Entr'acte The Real American Folk Song is a Rag ..… Cowboy Trio/Chorus What Causes That? …………………………... Bobby and Zangler Naughty Baby………………………. Irene, Lank, Cowboy Quartet Stiff Upper Lip …….. Eugene, Patricia, Bobby, Polly, and Chorus They Can't Take That Away from Me ……………………… Bobby But Not for Me …………………………………………………. Polly But Not for Me (Reprise) ……………………………………… Polly New York Interlude Nice Work If You Can Get It …………… Follies Girls and Bobby Bidin' My Time (French Reprise) …………………… Cowboy Trio Things Are Looking Up (Reprise) …………………………. Everett Finale ………………………………………………………… Chorus
Cast
Bobby Child…………………………………………... Tommy Page Polly Baker………………………... Romaney Granizo-Mackenzie Bela Zangler…………………………………………... Kai Renshaw Irene Roth……………………………………………… Ellie Hackett Lank Hawkins……………………………………….….. AJ DeFelice Eugene Fodor……………………………………………Clay Kynor Patricia Fodor………………………………………Charlotte Sturm Everett Baker……………………………………….. Calvin McCrory Mother (Lottie Child)……………………………… Skye Robicheau
Featured Showgirls Tess………………………………………………… Annabelle Stott Patsy………………………………………………. Samantha Gibbs Mitzi………………………………………………… Elizabeth Napier Elaine…………………………………………………… Ella Falcone Louise…………………………………... Lilly Kendall-Bergstresser Susie……………………………………………. Ana Laura Santana Margie………………………………………………. Maddi Giberson Sheila……………………………………………….Caroline Cassell Vera.……………………………………………………. Zofia Zerphy Betsy……………………………………………. Isabelle Ackerman
Cowboys Moose …………………………………………. Keenan Leuthauser Mingo………………………………………………….. Ben Rushton Sam.……………………………………………………. Mykel Fungi Harry…………………………………………………… Owen Rhoad Billy ……………………………………………………… Zach Carter Wyatt…………………………………………………. Deveon Martin Junior ………………………………………………... Lee Densmore Pete ………………………………………………….. Vothanak Prak
Custus …………………………………………………. Johnny Lang Jimmy………………………………….. Matthew Jachim-Gallagher Cowboy 1………………………………………………. Axel Huepler Cowboy 2………………………………………………… Clay Kynor
Chauffeur ………...…………………… Matthew Jachim-Gallagher Perkins…………………………………………………. Axel Huepler
Dream Showgirls & Town Showgirls Mia Caccavaro, Heike Chaney, Emily Cheevers, Katie Davis, Chandra Delano, Katie Genzer, Emily Nadeau, Lauren Pidgeon, Dory Psomas, Julie Sentman, Catie Somoza, Keira Cheroff Wilson
Town Showgirls Sarah DeSchamp, Evelyn Fleming, Cayley North, Ember Pikramenos, Sydney Read, Skye Robicheau, Alecia Roy, Charlotte Sturm, Lily Sylvestre, Madeleine Tally, Hannah Weintraub
Cast Bios (aka quotes or fun facts!)
Isabelle Ackerman: Sophomore at Lebanon High School. Second Teen Show. Brought to you by Throat Coat tea.
Mia Gabriela Caccavaro: Sophomore at Newport High School. Second Teen Show. “Did somebody say my name? Because I am always ready for attention.” - Isabelle Hall
Zach Carter: Sophomore at Hanover High School. First Teen Show. “Failure is not falling down, but refusing to get back up.” - Chinese proverb
Caroline Cassell: Junior at Hartford High School. Third Teen Show. "Cooliosis ma dude" - Julie Sentman 2k18 ;) <3
Heike Chaney: Junior at Hartford High School. Third Teen Show. “The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.” - Frank Sinatra
Emily Cheevers: Junior at Lebanon High School. Third Teen Show. “If you sing in musicals, you’re going to end up in my mom’s refrigerator” - High School Musical
Keira Cheroff-Wilson: Junior at Hanover High School. Third Teen Show. If it’s not Phnom Penh, I don’t want it.
Katie Davis: Freshman at Hanover High School. First Teen Show. "Chocolate comes from cocoa which comes out of a tree. That makes it a plant. Therefore, chocolate counts as salad." – Anonymous
A.J. DeFelice: Junior at Hartford High School. Third Teen Show. "Being a part of something special does not make you special. Something is special because you're a part of it." - Rachel Berry Chandra Monique Delano: Sophomore at Lebanon High School. First Teen Show. “I’m already tracer.” – TikTok
Lee Densmore: Freshman at Lebanon High School. First Teen Show. I spend most of my summers camping all over New England and in the Adirondacks as well.
Sarah Deschamp: Freshman at Windsor High School. First Teen Show. I have been dancing for 8 years and am so happy to be a part of this year’s NCCT Teen show.
Ella Falcone: Junior at Lebanon High School. Third Teen Show. “Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. No other path, no other way, no day but today.” Jonathan Larson, Rent
Evelyn Fleming: Freshman at Homeschool and Oxbow High School. First Teen Show. "Nevertheless, she persisted" - Mitch McConnell, in response to Elizabeth Warren
Mykel Fungi: Junior at Hartford High School. Third Teen Show. I grew up with 7 siblings and that's where I learned to dance... waiting for the bathroom.
Katie Genzer: Sophomore at Hanover High School. First Teen Show. Iridocyclitis.
Samantha Gibbs: Junior at Hartford High School. Third Teen Show. "I'm the best board partner." - Ellie Hackett
Madison Giberson: Junior at Sunapee High School. Second Teen Show. I play the tuba.
Romaney Granizo-Mackenzie: Senior at Hanover High School. Fourth Teen Show. “Don’t smile because it happened, cry because it happened.” – Me
Ellie Hackett: Senior at Hanover High School. Fourth Teen Show. "I'm the better board partner."- Samantha Gibbs
Axel Huepler: Sophomore at Hartford High School. First Teen Show. I'm a lax bro and a ski racer.
Matt Jachim-Gallagher: Sophomore at Newport. First Teen Show. “Time is money. Money is power. Power is pizza. Pizza is knowledge.” - April Ludgate
Lilly Kendall-Bergstresser: Sophomore at Hartford High School. Second Teen Show. “I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.” - Victoria Woodhull
Clay Kynor: Junior at Hanover High School. Third Teen Show. “Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” - Elbert Hubbard
Johnny Lang: Freshman at Hanover High School. First Teen Show. “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.” - Henry Ford
Keenan Leuthauser: Junior at Lebanon High School. Second Teen Show. “Kindness is a virtue that is often times ignored” - Ordinary Days
Deveon Martin: Senior at Hanover High School. First Teen Show. "What's fun for me is to try new things and push myself and not get stuck in one genre or another. Or stuck with one character or another." - Steven Strait
Calvin McCrory: Sophomore at Hartford High School. Second Teen Show. "That is why you fail." – Yoda
Emily Nadeau: Freshman at Hanover High School. First Teen Show. “Determine to live life with flair and laughter.” - Maya Angelou
Elizabeth Napier: Senior at Hanover High School. Fourth Teen Show. I spent last semester abroad in Tbilisi, Georgia
Cayley North: Freshman at Hartford High School. First Teen Show. "Courage is not the absence of fear, but the realization that something else is more important." - Princess Diaries
Tommy Page: Senior at Hartford High School. Third Teen Show. "The more you do stuff, the better you get at dealing with how you still fail at it a lot of the time." - John Mulaney
Lauren Pidgeon: Sophomore at Hanover High School. First Teen Show. "Immigrants, we get the job done." - Lin Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Ember Pikramenos: Freshman at Windsor High School. First Teen Show. "If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong." - Groucho Marx
Vothanak Prak: Senior at Hanover High School. First Teen Show. It’s just me, my family, and my ten step skincare routine.
Dory Psomas: Senior at Hanover High School. Second Teen Show. See Amye! I did my bio in time! :)
Sydney Read: Junior at Hanover High School. First Teen Show. Singing in the shower is all fun and games until you get shampoo in your mouth, then is just becomes a soap opera.
Kai Renshaw: Senior at Hanover High School. Fourth Teen Show. “Please, come and see my film. If it not success, I will be execute.” – Borat
Owen Rhoad: Sophomore at Windsor High School. Second Teen Show. Don’t wait for the perfect day, make everyday the perfect day.
Skye Robicheau: Senior at Home School. Fourth Teen Show. You don’t have to be perfect to be amazing.
Alecia Roy: Freshman at Lebanon High School. First Teen Show. It may look like I'm having deep thoughts, but 99% of the time I'm thinking about what I'm going to eat next.
Ben Rushton: Sophomore at Hartford High School. Second Teen Show. “You can’t fool me. I listen to public radio!” – Squidward
Ana Laura Santana: Senior at Lebanon High School. Third Teen Show. “Hi, my name’s Ana Laura, and I really like body rolls.”
Julie Sentman: Junior at Lebanon High School. Third Teen Show. "Stressing is not chicken soup for the soul." - Emily Cheevers
Catherine Somoza: Sophomore at Hanover High School. First Teen Show. I love my sister, Claire!
Annabelle Stott: Senior at Lebanon High School. Fourth Teen Show. "What I hear when I'm being yelled at is people caring loudly at me." - Leslie Knope
Charlotte Sturm: Sophomore at Hanover High School. Second Teen Show. Thank you to everyone in this amazing cast and crew for making NCCT what it is!
Lily Sylvestre: Freshman at Lebanon High School. First Teen Show. “Laughter is timeless, Imagination has no age, and Dreams are forever.” - Walt Disney
Madi Tally: Freshman at Hanover High School. First Teen Show. “Humpf!” - said the young kangaroo...
Hannah Weintraub: Junior at Hanover High School. First Teen Show. Ask me about Appalachian folk music.
Zofia Zerphy: Junior at Hanover High School. Third Teen Show. Boosh! *and or kakow*
to the generous donors who gave to NCCT *
Underwriters ($2,500 and up)
The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation Mascoma Savings Bank
Sustainers ($1000 - 2,499)
Wyman Family
Benefactors ($500 - 999)
Peter Armstrong Da-Shih Hu Brucie Hubbell Munsey Family Napier Family Philip Pierce Roby Family Wasson Family
Sponsors ($250 - 499)
Grimo Family Margaret Hunton Kynor Family Jennifer Langhus Jane Woods
Patrons ($100 - 249)
Anonymous, Susan Almy, Anderson & Williams Family, Archambeault and Marquay Family, Dorothy Campion-Corcoran, Jackie Dadourian, Matthew Fulton, Greene Family, Griffiths Family, Janet Miller Haines, Hall Family, Stanley Hunton, Christine Morin, Ogrinc Family, O'Leary Family, Evan and Lee Oxenham, Barbara Payson, Susan W Pierce, James Rushton, Sentman Family, Madlyn Smith, Budney & Stanger Family, Tonkovich Family, Zerphy & Stone Family
Friends ($50 - 99)
Anderson Family, Bernat Family, Cassell Family, Cohen Family, Jane Conklin, Cronce Family, Megan Culp, Patricia Eckels, Elizabeth Edson, Amy Fortier, Andrew Garthwaite, Tom & Paula Gray, Joe Guarino, Emma Hadden, The Grant Family, Laurie Harding & Peter Mason, Mastro Family, Randall Family, Barbara Smith, Trimpi Family, Ellen Wilber, Young Family, Zuttermeister Family
Supporters ($25 - 49)
Anonymous, Memory Apata, Deborah Berryman, Alison Cheroff Wilson, Deschamp Family, Janet Dracksdorf, Emily Galeva, Luce West Family, Suzy Malerich, Kay Morton, Munro Family, Rathburn Family, Andrew Richmond, Dawn & Dana Silver, John Wheeler, Wolfe Family
* Includes total giving by individuals, families and organizations to our 2019 Teen Angels, Summer Angels and 2018 Annual Appeal. If you feel you have been missed or misrepresented on this list, please email [email protected].
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Past Shows
1973 - The Music Man 1974 - Mame, Butterflies are Free, The Tavern 1975 - Fiddler on the Roof, Dirty Works at the Crossroads 1976 - The Undiscovered King, Bicentennial Musical Review, The Zoo Story/Thurber Vignettes/Bounded in a Nutshell, No, No, Nanette 1977 - Workhouse Ward, Happy Journey, Hello, Dolly!, The Velveteen Rabbit, You Can’t Take it With You 1978 - The Hasty Heart, Anything Goes 1979 - The Public Eye, Panther Pieces: The World in Mud Season, Oklahoma!, You Don't Have to Be Irish 1980 - The Tavern, The Tree Spirit's Problem, The Pajama Game 1981 - The Dragon's Theft, Godspell, Cabaret 1982 - You're A Good Man Charlie Brown, Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Annie Get Your Gun 1983 - Potter’s Notch (World Premiere), Broadway Magic, Carnival 1984 - My Fair Lady 1985 - Mary, Mary, The Boy Friend 1986 - A Chorus Line 1987 - The Art of Dining, Chicago 1988 - Carousel, A Christmas Carol 1989 - Man of La Mancha, A Christmas Carol 1990 - Guys and Dolls, A Christmas Carol 1991 - Camelot 1992 - The Music Man, The Odd Couple 1993 - The King and I 1994 - Tom Sawyer (T), Kiss Me, Kate, Company 1995 - Bye Bye Birdie (T), Anything Goes 1996 - Good News (T), Me and My Girl, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 1997 - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (T), Hello, Dolly!, The Foreigner 1998 - Li’l Abner (T), 25th Anniversary Gala, Peter Pan, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 1999 - Once on This Island (T), Gypsy 2000 - Once Upon a Mattress (T), The Wizard of Oz, South Pacific 2001 - Starmites (T), Oklahoma! 2002 - Wish You Were Here (T), Crazy for You, 30th Anniversary Gala 2003 - Bye Bye Birdie (T), Honk! (F), Brigadoon 2004 - Kismet (T), Nunsense, The Pirates of Penzance 2005 - The Wiz (T), Fiddler on the Roof 2006 - Singin’ in the Rain, Seussical (T) 2007 - Disney’s High School Musical on Stage! (T), The Pajama Game 2008 - Stop the World - I Want to Get Off, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (T), Singin’ with NCCT (35th Anniversary Gala), State Fair 2009 - 42nd Street, Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, Grease (T) 2010 - The Mikado, Footloose (T) 2011 - Oliver!, Bye Bye Birdie (T), Flood Benefit Show 2012 - Music Man (T), Sweeney Todd, Jesus Christ Superstar 2013 - Anything Goes (T), The Sound of Music, Rent 2014 - Seussical (T), Carousel 2015 - 42nd Street (T), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A Walk in the Woods (F) 2016 - On the Town (T), The Secret Garden 2017 - Once On This Island (T), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 2018 - Footloose (T), Curtains 2019 – Crazy for You (T), Big Fish
T = Teen Production F = Fall Production
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