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Something-Rotten-Program-.Pdf PROGRAMLive from the Schottenstein Theater BEXLEY, OHIO Our Lion Hearted Administrators Dr. Dan Good, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Harley Williams, Director of Staff and Student Relations Kristin Robbins, Principal, Bexley High School Jason Caudill, Principal, Bexley Middle School Jeannine Hetzler, Principal, Cassingham Elementary School Susan Drake, Principal, Maryland Elementary School Melissa Klosterman-Lando, Principal, Montrose Elementary School Eli Goldberger, Athletic Director Jill Abraham, Chief Academic Officer Sam McMasters, Director of Student Services John Eikenberry, Business Office Manager Kyle Smith, District Treasurer Brad Pettit, Director of Technology Julianna Carvi, Food Service Director Tyler Trill, Public Information Coordinator Steve Shapiro, Experiential Learning Coordinator Bobby Moore & the Bexley Schools Maintenance Staff Board of Education, Bexley City Schools Marlee Snowden, President Victoria Powers, Vice President John Barno, Board Member Michelle Mineo, Board Member Alissa Mitchell, Board Member BEF Supports Excellence in the Performing Arts The Bexley Education Foundation (BEF) encourages private support to enhance excellence in the Bexley City Schools. BEF grants to the arts have renovated school theatres and created practice and performance spaces, funded visiting musicians, actors, composers and dancers, wireless microphones, an orchestra clinic day, percussion instruments, band uniforms, a mobile recording studio and the purchase of an acoustical shell and intercom system for the Schottenstein Theater. Please consider supporting the BEF by making a gift to the Annual Fund for Excellence campaign and/or attending BRAVO! where the Bexley community gathers to raise funds for its outstanding public schools. With your support, there’s no limit to what Bexley students can achieve. Visit our website, www.bexleyeducationfoundation.org, Like the BEF on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram! 348 South Cassingham Road Bexley, Ohio 43209 614.338.2093 www.bexleyeducationfoundation.org 1 SOKOL EISENBERG INSURANCE PROTECTING YOUR ASSETS. PERPETUATING YOUR WEALTH. Since 1925, our focus has been on protecting you and your family, your assets and your business. Our agency is composed of specialists in every facet of risk management and our depth of knowledge comes from advising multiple generations for nearly 100 years. OFFERINGS Home Health Insurance Disability Auto Employee Benefits Long-term Care Commercial Life Annuities 1620 E. BROAD ST. SUITE 103, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43203 614.235.1111 OFFICE | 614.235.8768 FAX | SOKOLEISENBERG.COM 2 3 Bexley Theatre Parents We are introducing donation categories during these unprecedented times to fund the things that make our theatre program so special, including but not limited to, fees for thespian conferences, the end of the year awards show, the ice cream social, special effects equipment, costs for special programming such as Broadway artist workshops and so forth. Ticket sales for shows do not fund the Bexley Theatre Parents. The new donation categories may help bridge the pandemic gap that caused a reduction in candy gram sales. HONOR A 2021 SENIOR $50 AUDIENCE up to $99 PLAYWRIGHT $100-$249 DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $250-$499 *RED CARPET $500+ The Baith/Heller Family The Cohen Family The Doyaga Family If you knew that a $25 contribution would help carry this program and these creative theatre kids until we can resume our fundraising-as- The Gonzalez Family usual, would you donate? Noah Grischkin The Johnson/Thompson Family The Klingelhofer Family All Donations can be made on the Bexley Theatre Parents website www.bexleytheatrteparents.org/product/donate-to-btp/ *You will also get one free zoom code / ticket per production! 4 A Special Thanks to all the Bexley Theatre Arts Supporters Senior Honors Mimi Calhoun Isadora Gonzalez Gabrielle Nelson Audience Brandy Abrams The Howes Family Russ Abrams The McGuire Family The Borges Family The Pliskin Family Zoe Brown Nick Rediger & Joe Pimmel The Eisenberg Family Wren Ruckel Jack Elias Ru Sivaraman The Grischkin Family Todd and Phyllis Stone Playwright The Baith/Heller Family Tracy Lawson Shaun and Renee Stevenson The Cohen Family The Long Family Aiden Tann The Doyaga Family The McDow-Norris Family The Wasserstrom Family The Gonzalez Family The Merzel Family Phoebe Wasserstrom Noah Grischkin The Sivaraman Family The Winer Family The Johnson/Thompson Family The Spector Family The Young Family The Klingelhofer Family Director’s Circle Lennox Buxton The Kay Family The Robinson Family The Blumenfeld Family Paul & Laura Martin Cyrus and Charlotte Turner Red Carpet The Kessler Family Ava Marzich The Schrimpf Family Shannon Nelson 5 A Message from Bexley Theatre Parents Welcome to all the students participating in Bexley Theatre Arts productions, and to their parents. The goal of the Bexley Theatre Parents is to make everyone’s theatre experience productive and rewarding by providing support and assistance to the cast, crew and staff. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President: Tracey Marzich Vice President: Jen Robinson Treasurers: Suzanne Klingelhofer, Deborah Grayson & Kelly Salmon Communications: Chris Carleton Secretary: Rebecca Lacki President Emeritus: Christy Newman 7 2020/21 Troupe 88658 Jr. Thespian Board President: Jakob Robinson Vice-President: Lucy Robinson Scribe: Wren Ruckel Treasurer: Gwen Goodney Philanthropist: Gracie Kay Communications: Thurston Archibald Historian: Jessica Shnayder Tech Rep: Cyrus Turner 2020/21 Troupe 2512 Thespian Board President: Nate Eisenberg & Coco Gonzalez Vice President: Gabby Nelson Scribe: Anna Appling Treasurer: Jackson Klingelhofer Communications: Tovah Blumenfeld & Olivia Millard Historian: Lin McDow Philanthropist: Mimi Calhoun Tech Rep: Ellie Rauschenberg Can you spot these musical references in Something Rotten ? Throughout the show there are many references to Broadway productions from “the future” amongst many many Shakespeare plays, sonnets, and characters. We have made a list of some of the references we have noticed. See if you can find all the references on this list and add your own if you see something we missed ! 42nd Street Les Miserables All Shook Up Lion King Annie Little Shop of Horrors Anything Goes Mary Poppins Avenue Q Miss Saigon Bye Bye Birdie Music Man Cabaret Newsies Cats Nice Work if You Can Get It Chicago Oedipus Rex Chorus Line Phantom of the Opera Crazy For You Pippin Dream Girls Rent Drowsy Chaperone Seussical Evita Sound of Music Fiddler on the Roof South Pacific Godspell Sunday in the Park with George Guys and Dolls Sweeny Todd Gypsy Sweet Charity Hair The Fantastiks Hello Dolly The King and I Jesus Christ Superstar West Side Story Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Wicked Lady, Be Good 9 SYNOPSIS Act I The musical opens with The Minstrel welcoming the audience to the English Renaissance. He introduces the audience that to Nick Bottom, who runs a theatre troupe with his brother Nigel. They are rehearsing for their upcoming play “Richard II”, while William Shakespeare is opening Romeo and Juliet. Lord Clapham, a patron who trusts the brothers and raises funds for their troupe, enters to announce that Shakespeare is doing “Richard II”. The news outrages Nick, as Shakespeare has already done “Richard III”, and the thought of going backwards seems absurd to him. He rants about his hatred of Shakespeare to the troupe members, who are horrified. Lord Clapham leaves, telling the brothers he is stopping their funds unless they have another play by the next morning. Nigel and Nick go home to their small house, and on the way Nick encounters Shylock the Jew. Shylock expresses a desire to help fund the troupe, but Nick rejects him as it is illegal to employ a Jew. Bea, Nick’s wife, tells them the events of her day and how she acquired their dinner as she serves it. They are saving for a better life, and when Nick tries to open the Money Box, Bea smacks his hand away. Bea tells him how she could help them out, but Nick is ambivalent. Despite Nick’s arguments, Bea goes out to do jobs that Nick claims are for men. As Nigel sleeps, Nick faces the real reason he hates Shakespeare: “The Bard” makes Nick feel self-conscious. He wishes there was a way to top Shakespeare, and steals from the Money Box to see a soothsayer. He finds a soothsayer named Thomas Nostradamus (the nephew of the famous soothsayer Nostradamus). Nick asks him what the next big thing in theatre will be, and Nostradamus says that it will be “A Musical”, a play where an actor is saying his lines, and out of nowhere he just starts singing.... Nick thinks it is ridiculous but quickly warms up to the idea. Later, Nick meets Nigel on the street. Nigel has just met Portia, a Puritan and the daughter of Brother Jeremiah, and they immediately fall in love. Nick tells him that he shouldn’t pursue her because she is a Puritan. The Puritans leave and Nick tells Nigel what the soothsayer said, but neglects to tell him that it was not Nick’s own idea. Nigel wants to do “The Brothers from Cornwall”, the story of the two brothers’ lives, but Nick vetoes saying it has to be bigger, and decides to do a play about the Black Death. The troupe performs a song for Lord Clapham, who is disgusted and deserts the troupe. Nigel sits down to try to write a new play. Portia sneaks out to see him, and they discover more about their similarities, especially in the way they both love poetry. A messenger arrives with an invitation for Nigel to attend “Shakespeare in the Park” and an after-party. Nigel explains to Portia that he sent one of his sonnets to The Bard for feedback. Nigel asks the messenger if Portia can be his “plus one”. In the park, Shakespeare performs for the people. Nigel and Portia go to the after party, where Portia accidentally gets drunk. Shakespeare asks to read Nigel’s journal of poems and writings, but Nick runs in with Shylock and chastises Shakespeare for trying to steal Nigel’s ideas, as well reprimanding Nigel for his naiveté.
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