Vocal Director Vocal Director MICHAEL ROSE TAMARA MEADOWS
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LETTER FROM GHPRD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR After a year of uncertainty, we are so excited to see the return of outdoor community theater to the Ritter Park Amphitheater. The HART volunteers from directors, producers, set designers and set builders have been working for over a year to bring the 2021 season to fruition. It has been a long journey but they are thrilled to be returning to the stage. It is wonderful to see the hard work of all these exceptional individuals. As you watch the performances you only see a small portion of all those who had their hands in the making of this wonderful entertainment. It takes a small village to put together all the pieces for these performances. Our community is blessed to have such dedicated volunteers who work so hard to provide a wonderful performance for our community. A huge thank you to all who participated in making this 2021 season possible. Leslie G. McElroy is the inspiration for our troupe, Choose Joy Players. She was a long standing member of our theatre community and an GHPRD is so thankful for Mary & Tommy Smirl for their amazing human! As we kick off this year with Hart Jr’s 101 Dalmatians leadership, vision and dedication in providing our community with we are reminded of the positive influence she was on all of our theatre an amazing arts experience. kids. I know she is smiling down on us as we support and celebrate our kiddos. We would like to welcome her grandchildren, Charlie, Cooper, Bebe, Dot, Henry, and most recently Gus, into our theatre family as Enjoy the show! honorary Choose Joy Players and who knows, maybe one day they will share this stage space with us! Kathy McKenna Choose Joy! ♥ HUNTINGTON AREA REGIONAL THEATER Presents Pre-Show Director Co-Directors RILEIGH SMIRL MARY & TOMMY SMIRL Choreographer Choreographer AINSLEY MEADOWS TIFFANY MCCULLOUGH CARROLL Vocal Director Vocal Director MICHAEL ROSE TAMARA MEADOWS Music and Lyrics by Mel Leven, Randy Rogel, Richard Gibbs, Brian Smith, Martin Lee Fuller, Dan Root BOOK BY MARSHALL BRICKMAN & RICK ELICE Book Adapted and Additional Lyrics by MUSIC AND LYRICS BY ANDREW LIPPA Marcy Heisler BASED ON CHARACTERS CREATED BY CHARLES ADDAMS Music Adapted and Arranged by Bryan Louiselle Based on the Screenplay by Bill Peet Based on the Novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith The Addams Family is presented through special arrangements with Disney's 101 Dalmatians KIDS is presented through special arrangement with Theatrical Rights Worldwide ©, by whom all authorized performance Music Theatre International (MTI). materials are also supplied. All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. LETTER FROM DALMATIAN’S DIRECTOR Of all the years to choose to direct my first show, 2020 certainly was an interesting choice. I’ve watched my parents direct shows for as long as I can remember, so I felt as prepared as I possibly could have been going into auditions for 101 PRODUCTION STAFF Dalmatians all the way back in January of 2020. Nothing that they taught me in their years of directing could have prepared me for the amount of effort and Director.………………….………………...………….…….…… RILEIGH SMIRL dedication that this show would need throughout the year and a half ahead of me. Producer.……...…………………………………...…….……. BETHANY ADKINS Through the multiple times rehearsals were shut down, the mask wearing, the Assistant Producer…………….……………………………….…. KATIE COUNTS constant changes and uncertainty of the future of the show, there was only one Vocal Director…………………………………...…….…… TAMARA MEADOWS thing that kept me going and made me unable to stop pushing for this show to Choreographer…………………….………….……….…… AINSLEY MEADOWS happen: this cast of kids. Through it all, they were there ready to learn and work Stage Manager………………….…………………………….………. SOPHIA FRY with me to create something wonderful out of such a difficult year. As a full-time Prop Master …………………………….…………...……………PHILIP WRIGHT Costumes ……….……………...…...… RILEIGH SMIRL & BETHANYADKINS college student during the pandemic, I didn’t think it would be possible to give Set Construction………….……….…… DAVE OWENS & JOHN MCCORMICK this show the attention and love it needed, but every single one of these cast Set Design & Set Painting…………....……KAREN FRY & CASSIDY SULLIVAN members met me halfway and made this show possible. I grew up in children’s theatre, and I know how difficult it can be as a kid to put so much time into something that can be so hard and exhausting, but this cast truly gave it their all DALMATIANS PRODUCER’S NOTE for a full 18 months, and that’s one of the most amazing things I’ve seen come out of this year. So, thank you to my cast for always trusting me and giving me your It has been both an honor and privilege to be the producer for the summer 2021 all at every rehearsal, no matter how exhausting they were; I couldn’t have done children’s pre-show, 101 Dalmatians. This was my first opportunity to serve in this without each and every one of you. Thank you, Bethany for being my right- this type of capacity with HART and the Choose Joy Players. It has been a hand man ever since last January, I truly don’t know how we would have made wonderfully rewarding experience to watch this production come to life. This it here without your help every step of the way. Thank you, Tamara for stepping cast of kids are nothing short of amazing. They had a short window of time to in at the last minute when I desperately needed a vocal director to teach these learn all the music, their lines and choreography but they have executed kids all of the music in such a short amount of time and making sure they always beautifully under the pressure. To see them learn, grow, and become more sound beautiful. Thank you, Ainsley for giving so much of your time during an confident every day has been a delight and I am so proud of each of them. A huge extremely busy year for you to teach these kids so many amazing dances and thank you to Mary Smirl and Rileigh Smirl for trusting me with this task and for completing the most important moments in this show. And most importantly, bearing with me when I had a million questions. Thank you to Katie Counts and thank you to my mom, Mary Smirl, for showing me how to be a teacher, a Rachael Epling for being wonderful resources and shining examples of what a director, and a champion for children’s theatre for as long as I can remember; good Producer looks like. Thank you to all the parents of the cast members who you’re the one who trusted me to take on this experience, and I would have had have trusted me with your children and for giving me the opportunity to watch zero idea where to start if it weren’t for you. Thank you, if you’re reading this, them grow their talents on stage. Thank you to Lauren Patrick, Anna Browning for coming to support live theatre at a time when it needs your support more than and all the staff at the GHPRD for putting up with me while I learned and ever before. I hope you enjoy our production that’s been 18 months in the navigated this role. I hope you all enjoy the show as much as I’ve enjoyed the making! process of bringing it all to the stage. Rileigh Smirl Bethany Adkins CAST Cruella De Vil…………………………………….………………... JESSIE JASKO Roger……………………………………………..………… CHRISTIAN GARNES Anita……………………………………………………..……. BAYLEE PARSONS Perdita……………………………………………..…..…... MADDIE BROWNING Pongo……………………………………………………...…………….. SILAS FRY Horace…………………………………………………...……….. ALLIE HAYTON Jasper……………………………………………………..………... CHLOE DIXON Nanny…………………...…………………….. BRENNAN ADKINS-COLEMAN Boxer Narrator…………………………………………………… CHLOE PREECE Scottie Narrator………………………………………..……… CHARLEE ADKINS Poodle Narrator……………………………………………...……… RYLAN DAVIS Chihuahua Narrator……………………………………. MARIEANNE ROBINSON Lucky…………………………………..………………………… LILLY JIMISON Patch…………………………...…………………………… LONDON HATFIELD Penny…………………………………………………...…….…. EMELIA ADKINS Pepper…………………………………………………..…...… STEVIE CARROLL Sergeant Tibbs………………………………………..……...…….. OLIVIA CISCO Freckles………………………………………………….…… KIPTYN MAYNARD Spotty……………………………………………..…… MARGARET CRABTREE Police Officer………………………………………....……… RILEY MULVANEY Dogcatcher………………………..……………………...……… MARLEE LUCAS MUSICAL NUMBERS “Dalmatian Conga” ………………………………………....…………...…. Company “Thunderbolt Adventure Hour” …………………….……...…………….… Company “Kanine Krunchies” ……………………….…………...………… Dalmatian Puppies “Cruella De Vil” …………………………….…………………………………. Roger “Cruella's Scheme” ……………………………...………...… Cruella, Horace, Jasper “Kanine Krunchies (Reprise)” ………......………… Cruella, Horace, Jasper, Puppies “The Fur Vault” …………………………………………………….….…... Narrators “Twilight Bark” ………………….….………. Boxers, Scotties, Poodles, Chihuahuas “My Beautiful Coat” ……………...……. Cruella, Horace, Jasper, Sgt. Tibbs, Puppies PUPPIES OF LONDON “The Chase” …………….………………….…….… Jasper, Horace, Cruella, Puppies “Dalmatian Vacation & Finale” …………….……………………….………Company DREW ADKINS, NATASHA CARPENTER, JACK CREMEANS, “Bow Wows” ……………………………………………...…….…………. Company KAMIYA JACKSON, PAYSON LOWE, SHREEYA PRAMOD, ADRIANA BOU ZGHEIB Creative Team Bios Cast Bios Tamara Meadows, Vocal Director Usually on stage performing, Tamara is Jessie Jasko, Cruella De Vil enjoying being behind the scenes in a directorial role for 101 Dalmatians Kids. Years See Addams Family: The Musical bio. of directing church youth choirs brings her to working with the HART Jr. This group of young people have been a lot of fun and she looks forward to more preshow opportunities in the future! Ainsley Meadows, Choreographer Ainsley is 18-years-old and just recently graduated high school. She has performed in Christian Garnes, Roger a few of H.A.R.T. Shows in the past, including Mary Poppins, The Wizard of Oz, and Beauty See Addams Family: The Musical bio. and The Beast; however, Ainsley is working behind the scenes this year as a choreographer. She began taking dance classes at the age of three and has been dancing ever since. She is currently a member of Bridget’s Dance Academy’s Competition Company. Ainsley has also attended a variety of dance events across the county, such as: Youth America Grand Prix, Disney Performing Arts, Project Dance Orlando, Playground LA, etc. She is very excited to be a part of the directing team for 101 Dalmatians Kids.