Book by Music & Lyrics by January DENNIS TIM 17-19 Orchestrations & Additional 2020 KELLY MINCHIN Music by Chris Nightingale Direction by Musical Direction by Choreography by DARNELL PATRICK MORRIS ARIELLE BAYER CARLY SCHWARTZ WELCOME Hello and welcome to the opening production of OVATIONS JUNIOR COMPANY’s 2019/2020 season; our FIFTH ANNIVERSARY SEASON! We are so thrilled that you’ve joined us! For the past several months these very talented young performers have worked hard, not only to create this beautiful production, but have worked to become well rounded young performers. We’ve worked on creating fully-developed characters, identifying and understanding objectives, naming relationships and understanding subtext, among many other things. At OVATIONS, we treat our actors as a community of artists investing in everyone’s experience from ensemble to the title role. We pride ourselves on being an open, supportive, and inclusive group “ (an) open, fostering young people into young adults. supportive, and OVATIONS THEATRE, the leader of musical theatre education and performance inclusive group opportunities in the DMV, has put together one of our biggest, boldest fostering young seasons yet featuring stories that people into encourage artistry, spark conversation, thought and dialogue, all while making young adults.” art in a safe and open atmosphere; allowing our students to engage, inspire and empower. Do you want to build a snowman? If so, you’ll want to join us next week for auditions for the JUNIOR “ ...making art in a COMPANY’s closing production of safe and open Frozen Jr. as part of our 2019-2020 FIFTH atmosphere; allow- ANNIVERSARY SEASON . Back for the 5th summer, our Junior ing our students Summer Conservatory is a two-week to engage, inspire workshop that gives the young aspiring musical theater student, grades 3-10, and empower.” an in-depth experience in the world of musical theater. Students participate in classes and master classes, from 9AM to 4PM, weekdays from August 10-21, 2020. This program is designed for all young people; from the novice to the more experienced of young artists. At the end of the two weeks, students are given the opportunity to share their experiences in an informal class demonstration for family and friends with a showcase entitled Seize the Day featuring music from hit Broadway shows such as Newsies, Beetlejuice, Dear Evan Hanson, Mean Girls and many more. Make sure to check out our website at www.ovationstheatre.com for information on upcoming performances, auditions, master classes, summer programming and other performance opportunities for young artists. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show! Production Note Matilda is a musical that follows an extraordinary girl surrounded by people who do not see her full potential. This all changes when she begins kindergarten at her new school and gains the support of the local librarian, Mrs.Phelps and her kind teacher Miss Honey. Along with her new school friends Lavender, Bruce, and the rest of the revolting children. Together they must face a new terror, Agatha Trunchbull. Matilda is determined to help these other kids even though she is also dealing with her overly eccentric parents at home. We have had the pleasure of watching these students take on this beautiful and slightly magical story, making it their own. Throughout the rehearsal process we have watched these performers create complex characters. Each student has shown their full potential and love for theater through their hardwork and dedication to the roles. It has been a very interesting and educational experience to work with these young performers, as we are both performers ourselves. We both have grown from the Junior Company to the Senior Company, and the opportunity to work as production assistants has given us a new perspective on all the work that goes behind the scenes. We are very proud of all the students and their hard-work! We are very excited to see everything come together on stage. We hope you enjoy the captivating story of Matilda the Musical! Danielle Carter & Peyton Aronow Cast List Single Performance Cast Breakdown & Performance Schedule 1/17@7:30pm 1/18@2:00pm 1/18@7:30pm 1/19@1:00pm MATILDA Anna Berkowitz Katie O’Connor Delaney Single Reina Fontanez MISS HONEY Mia Rohan Kendall Aronow Sadie Schulman Ellie Regnell LAVENDER Mia Sevillia Ella Arking Juliette Wade Nayla Bizri Double Cast Breakdown & Performance Schedule RED CAST BLUE CAST MISS TRUNCHBULL Josh Basit Ronan Mailhot MRS WORMWOOD Abby Chesman Jordyn Zamoiski MR WORMWOOD Jack Melton Mark Chen MRS PHELPS Hannah Carter Cecilia Tello RADOLPHO Aidan Eagle Jared Edwards ESCAPOLOGIST Jared Edwards Aidan Eagle ACROBAT Daniella Kulp Arielle Isaac BRUCE Liam Darnell Zakariya Saberi RED CAST Friday, January 17 at 7:30pm &, January 18 at 2:00pm BLUE CAST Saturday, January 18 at 7:30pm & Sunday, January 19 at 1:00pm These Featured Roles Will Perform in All 4 Performances DOCTOR ...................................................................................................Stephen Goldstein TOMMY......................................................................................................Jimmy McKinnon NIGEL ..........................................................................................................Max Weiner ALICE .........................................................................................................Ella Arking HORTENCIA ...........................................................................................Phoebe Gordon AMANDA ..................................................................................................Elena Schwartz CLAIRE .......................................................................................................Paige Merten VICTORIA .................................................................................................Brigid Mailhot SAMANTHA ...........................................................................................Gemma Ferguson Production Staff Producing Artistic Director .........................................................Darnell Patrick Morris Managing Director ............................................................................Morgan Fannon Associate Artistic Director ............................................................Theresa Cunningham Artistic Associate/Music Supervisor ......................................Mayumi Griffie Music Director ......................................................................................Arielle Bayer Choreographer ....................................................................................Carly Schwartz Stage Manager .................................................................................... Jenna Ballard Light Design ..........................................................................................Steven Barker Sound Design .......................................................................................Isaac Craig Scenic Design/Master Carpenter ............................................James Raymond Scenic Paint Charge .........................................................................Jordan Stocksdale Set Builders ............................................................................................ Renan Auricchio, Eve Fredman, Cayden Raff, Matthew Rubin, Toly Yarup Student Interns .................................................................................... Sammy Jungwirth, Matthew Rubin, Cayman Raff, Toly Yarup Costume Design .................................................................................Darnell Patrick Morris Videographer ........................................................................................Joel Richon Season Photographer .....................................................................Traci J Brooks of Lock & Company Season Graphic Designer .............................................................James Gallagher of Drama Queen Graphics Special Thanks to JCC Kreeger Staff, WVU Theatre department, Ginger of Gene’s Costumes, Linda Swann, Eleanor Dicks and Kit Flaherty. Musical Numbers ACT 1 Miracle ............................................................................................................................Full Company Naughty .........................................................................................................................Matilda The Acrobat Story Pt 1 ..........................................................................................Matilda, Acrobat & Escapalogist The School Song ......................................................................................................Full Company Pathetic ..........................................................................................................................Miss Honey The Hammer ..............................................................................................................Trunchbull & Company Loud .................................................................................................................................Mrs. Wormwood & Company The Acrobat Story Pt 2 .........................................................................................Matilda, Acrobat & Escapologist Bruce ...............................................................................................................................Full Company There will be a brief 15 minute intermission ACT 2 Telly ...................................................................................................................................Mr.