Director’s Note Greetings and welcome to this year’s musical: “Little Women.” When I was asked “What musical are you doing this fall?” and responded with Little Women, most everyone said “Oh, I didn’t know there was a musical version.” Which isn’t too surprising, but I am glad you are here to enjoy it. Louisa May Alcott’s stories and the wonderful music of Mr. Howard are brought to life by the talented crew, costuming, tech, pit orchestra, actors, and actresses. Every single student is important to how successful this production has been, and to the family that is MV theatre. We always have an amazing team here in the theatre program. Lexi Runnals has been an amazing teammate to work with. She and I compliment each other’s strength’s well, creating one dynamic duo! Mikayla Meyer has taken on a bigger role this year, and we made a few changes to how things are run. The crew responded well, and has done an amazing job with everything. We were also fortunate to have the help of an MV alumni, in Jack Caughey. Jack was very involved in the theatre program during his time at Mounds View, and has been giving back by helping out with our technical team. And, of course, it wouldn’t be a musical without the pit orchestra, and Mr. Richardson has done it again, contributing a great sound that only makes the show more impressive. Where would MV Theatre be without BRAVO! I can’t thank them enough for all the time they spend volunteering for these productions, as well as their contributions to the program (such as a new table saw purchased for the crew this year!). It is support like this that allows Mounds View Theatre to continue to be.... Astonishing. Thank you, sincerely, for coming to support these students, and enjoy the show! ~David Phelps ACT I “An Operatic Tragedy” - Jo, Clarissa, Braxton, Rodrigo “Better” - Jo “Our Finest Dreams” - Jo, Beth, Amy, and Meg “Here Alone” - Marmee “Could You?” - Aunt March and Jo “Delighted” - Marmee, Meg, Beth, and Jo “Take a Chance on Me” - Laurie “Off to Massachusetts” - Beth and Mr. Laurence “Five Forever” - Jo, Beth, Meg, Amy, and Laurie “More Than I Am” - Mr. Brooke and Meg “Take A Chance on Me (Reprise)” - Laurie “Astonishing” - Jo ACT II “The Weekly Volcano Press” - Jo, Professor Bhaer, Mrs. Kirk, Clarissa, Braxton, Rodrigo, Hag, Troll, Knight, Rodrigo II, and Company “Off To Massachusetts (Reprise)” - Mr. Laurence, Beth, Laurie, Marmee, Meg, Mr. Brooke “How I Am” - Professor Bhaer “Some Things Are Meant to Be” - Beth and Jo “The Most Amazing Thing” - Amy and Laurie “Days of Plenty” - Marmee “The Fire Within Me” - Jo “Small Umbrella in the Rain” - Jo and Professor Bhaer “Sometimes When You Dream” (Reprise) - Jo CAST (S)-Senior (C)-Captain (L)-Legacy Jo March..........................................................................................Katie Hahn Professor Baher.......................................................................Liam Adams (S) Amy March..............................................................................Bethany Kinney Meg March...................................................................Emma Hoyhtya (S)(C) Beth March...........................................................................Mairi Johnson (S) Marmee March................................................................Emma Wermager (S) Mr. Laurence......................................................................Andrew Springhorn Laurie Laurence................................................................................Billy Booth Aunt March.......................................................................Isabella Chaffee (S) Mr. John Brooke.........................................................................Drew State (S) Mrs. Kirk...................................................................................Liza Vinyon (S) Clarissa.......................................................................................Alaina Sandau Braxton...............................................................................................Jedi Pratt Rodrigo..............................................................................Ben Erickson (S)(C) Knight..................................................................................Merrick McFarling Hag.............................................................................................Rhea Schaberg Troll...................................................................................................Julia Holtz Rodrigo II.....................................................................................Ellie McComb ENSEMBLE Marie Akins Nina Gourley Christine Nguyen Annabelle Andrews Sam Hermanson Maddy Nielsen Urvi Athalye Anna Grace Hottinger Sigourney Orstad Lily Bronson Maddie Huesman Grace Pitsenbarger Langston Chaffee Savannah Hunter Allison Rosenquist Eden Comer Lily Jones Claudia Seyfarth Frannie Crego Jackson Juvland Haylee Slotness Gracyn Delaune Lindsey Krohn Adam Wermager Amelia Eveland Angie Larson Gina Yi Alaina Fredrickson Emily Nelson CREW Gwen Allison ...................................................................................................Stage Crew Anisha Bhakta ................................................................................................Stage Crew Tommy Caughey ............................................................................................Sound Clara Conlin ....................................................................................................Stage Crew Marianna Corum ............................................................................................Stage Crew Bjorn Eggen......................................................................................................Sound Mani Farhang ...............................................................................................Stage Crew Quinn Finnegan ..............................................................................................Stage Crew Dalyn Garcia .................................................................................................Stage Manager Mailey Garcia ................................................................................................Stage Crew Robert Hairston(S) ........................................................................................Stage Crew Kate Hansen ...................................................................................................Stage Crew Tiffany Ho ......................................................................................................Stage Crew Ethan Huynh .................................................................................................Stage Crew Marion Janes ................................................................................................Stage Crew Chris Jin .........................................................................................................Stage Crew Lynnley Kegel ................................................................................................Stage Crew Irene Kim ......................................................................................................Stage Crew Matthew Kolasa(C) ......................................................................................Spotlights Alex Larson ....................................................................................................Stage Crew Sam LeMay ....................................................................................................Stage Crew Matthew Liu .................................................................................................Stage Crew Lily Manrodt ................................................................................................Stage Crew Riya Milan ....................................................................................................Stage Crew Abbie Northrop .............................................................................................Stage Crew Anthony Pham ...............................................................................................Stage Crew Rose Raja ......................................................................................................Stage Crew Rachel Rhein .................................................................................................Stage Manager Gretchen Rosenquist .....................................................................................Stage Crew Matt Schnell .................................................................................................Stage Crew Crew (Continued) ​ Emily Shields ..................................................................................................Stage Crew Gaelan Smith ..................................................................................................Stage Crew Kieran Smith ..................................................................................................Stage Crew Samuel St. Martin ..........................................................................................Lights Alex Voiovich(S) ...........................................................................................Lights Camryn Warner ............................................................................................Stage Crew Elsa Weiss ......................................................................................................Stage Crew COSTUMING Lauryn Besonen Cara Bortnem Jada Pichotta (S)(L)