SVHS musical goes to 'Oz'
Seneca Valley High School will present the musical “The Wizard of Oz” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28 and March 1, 2 p.m. March 2, 7:30 p.m. March 7 and 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. March 8 in the Seneca Valley High School auditorium.
Little Dorothy Gale of Kansas, like so many girls her age, dreams of what lies over the rainbow. One day a twister hits her farm and carries her away over the rainbow to another world. Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Cowardly Lion and Toto travel the universe of Dorothy’s imagination.
“The Wizard of Oz,” written by L. Frank Baum, has music and lyrics from the MGM motion picture score by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg and background music by Herbert Stothart.
The book adaptation is by John Kane from the motion picture screenplay.
Aaron R. Magill is the producer/vocal director, and Stephen Santa is the director.
Devyn Brown is the choreographer, Bruce Smith the orchestra director and Dan Callery the tech director.
Dewayne Segafredo is in charge of sound design, Bethany Fisher, lighting design and Sabrina Hykes, scenic design.
The student directors are Faith Kraynik, Gabby Mayer and Olivia Spinelli.
CAST
Dorothy, Rachel Carmella; Scarecrow/Hunk, Jonathan Baktay; Tinman/Hickory, Owen Fleming; Lion/Zeke, Lance Hahn; Glinda, Ellizabeth Lahm; Wicked Witch/Miss Gultch, Hayley Hoss; Wizard/Prof Marvel, Michael Trauman; Aunt Em, Madeleine Doyle; Uncle Henry, Alex Giddings and Guard, Jacob Holl.
Munchkins: Mayor, Samantha Magill; Coroner, Taylor Sheehy; Barrister, Carinne Geil; Teachers, Siona Sharma and Brooke Thomas; City Fathers, Ryan Dillman, Kevin Klobchar, Jordan Hazy, Nate Kouns and Mitchell Lachat.
TREES
Madeleine Doyle, Rachel Noah, Lauren Ottaviani, Anna Schade, Kat Schulties and Amanda Wise.
CROWS
Cole Davis, Josh DePasquale, Alex Giddings, Ben Jamison, Alex Traverso and Bobby Vandrak.
WINKIES
Gage Bitzer, Vinh Bright, Zachary Bryson, Cole Davis, Josh DePasquale, Alex Giddings, Josh Hahn, Ben Jamison, Mitchell Lachat, Kyle Morgan, Alex Traverso and Bobby Vandrak.
FEATURED DANCERS
Janessa Pretola (dance captain), Elise Harrison, Haylie Helbig, JoEllyn Hixson, Kelly Lawson, Erin Lipnicky, Claire Livingstone, Jenny Lynskey, Kelsie McElroy, Nikki Miller, Abby Vanwormer and Shelby Wilkinson.
MONKEYS
Haylie Helbig, JoEllyn Hixson, Kelly Lawson, Nikki Miller, Kat Schulties, Brittany Steighner, Hailey Wehner and Abby Vanwormer.
ENSEMBLE — WOMEN
Kay Baier, Annie Batista, Tayler English, Katherine Fronczak, Carinne Geil, Cassidy Glatz, Jordan Hazy, Kiersten Hepp, Laura Kiesling, Laura Killby, Madeleine Doyle, Karina Latsko, Madison Lopiccolo, Sam Magill, Allison Miller, Ava Minutello, Kyra Nelko, Rachel Noah, Lauren Ottaviani, Sara Panetta, Mary Romano, Anna Schade, Kat Schulties, Siona Sharma, Taylor Sheehy, Shea Standish, Katie Steele, Samantha Tedrow, Brooke Thomas, Hailey Wehner, Ashley Williams and Amanda Wise.
ENSEMBLE — MEN
Alec Allison, Dominic Bianchi, Gage Bitzer, Vinh Bright, Joey Brinker, Zachary Bryson, Cole Davis, Brian Denny, Joshua DePasquale, Ryan Dillman, Payton Durbin, Alex Giddings, Matthew Gorog, Tom Grasso, Josh Hahn, Jacob Holl, Ben Jamison, Kevin Klobchar, Nate Kouns, Mitchell Lachat, Kyle Morgan, Alex Traverso, Bobby Vandrak and Peter Wentz.
MUNCHKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL CAST
Lullaby League: Emma Krebs, Sasha Jantsch and Ella Pologruto.
Lollipop Gang: Caden Leighty, Giovanni Visone and Bryce White.
Connor Anderson, Kate Chieppor, Tessa DeJeet, Ashlea Eaton, Nicholas Folino, Elisabeth Gallup, Victoria Hahn, Sarah Hinshaw, Catie Hohman, Madilynn Kerr, Grace Lopiccolo and Connor Schmidt.
ORCHESTRA
Keyboard (piano), Josh Baktay; keyboard (harp), Nataleigh Kerr; percussion, Alex Steighner and Jake Beck; violin, Alex Park; viola, Micah Hess; cello, Sophia Salgado; bass, Seth Beck; trumpet, Matthew Ruwe and Mitchell Weaver; French horn, Christina Otteni; trombone, Natalie Byers, Nikko Passerba and Martin Chrzanowski; flute, Jordan Harris and Rachel Kirsch; oboe, Sarah Johanknecht; clarinet, Sarah Kochis, Ariella Meltzer and Daniella Ortiz; bass clarinet, Stefany Baron; alto sax, Austin Landgraf; tenor sax, Dan Singer; baritone sax, Rebecca Danik; and conductor/keyboard, David Bruce Smith.
CREWS
Costume crew 2nd year: Maggie Baker, Allison Love, Sophia Mills and Ashley Trimble; 1st year: Hannah Bork, Zofia Chrzanowska, Savanna Coffman, Abby Elias, Christi Eyler and Alexa Sims.
Makeup crew: Emily Sharp and Haley Habovick, crew heads; Maggie Baker, Abby Bowen, Jenna Fetterman, Emily Hess, Sydney Huber, Danika Jones, Brooke Karasack, Sydney Long, Ellen Polite, Nicole Popp, Lauren Sauer, Emily Skamla, Kaitlyn Smith, Brenna Stubenbort, Hannah Swarts and Kirsten Walker.
Set painting/building crew: Christi Eyler, crew head; Zofia Chrzanowska, Savanna Coffman, Lucianne Ferraro, Margaret Fitzpatrick, Sam Kochis, Alex Lecce, Kim McGinnis, Lauren Sauer, Ashley Trimble and Katherine Winner.
Stage and props crew: Alexis Hester and Kaleigh Ruiz, crew heads
Backstage crew: Quai Butler, Margaret Fitzpatrick, Natalie Frund, Savanna Grinder, Melody Jones, Sam Kochis, Alex Lecce, Kim McGinnis, Lauren Miller, Peyton Moriarity, Lexi Nelko, Logan Renshaw, Kenny Rochford, Emily Sharp, Haley Slaughenhoupt, Lauren Stanick, Zachary Stoner, Brenna Stubenbort, Hannah Swarts, Rachael Tollerton, Kirsten Walker, McLean Walsh and Katherine Winner.
Tech crew: Emily Bernd and Cory Nagel, crew heads; Ashley Berman, Hannah Bork, Shannon Brickley, Zach Cene, Savanna Coffman, Trey Darak, Antonio Guilyard, Ray Hazenstab, Lizzie King, Jack Lachendro, Maggie Madey, Natalie McKinley, Emily Mitchell, Kenny Rochford and Tate Segafredo.
Ushers: Trey Darak, Melody Jones, Logan Renshaw and Lauren Sauer.
