The Gooseberry Park Players – Company Announcement – May 19, 2008

Congratulations and kudos to all of you who have shared your talents and your time.

We greatly appreciate all of your efforts as artists and performers.

Actors to play the Characters for The WIZ have been chosen and awarded as follows:

• Dorothy – Kelsey Schroeder
• The Wiz – Robert Kringler
• Scarecrow – Peter Totten
  
• Tinman – Carl Swanson
• Lion – Jarrod Anderson

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All other performers below this point will play multiple roles.  A primary role assignment is listed.

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• Addaperle – Amanda Casselton
• Glinda – Georgi Rowe
  
• Evillene – Alison Williams
• Aunt Em – Alicia Falconnier
• Uncle Henry – Corey Amundson
• Toto – Noelle McVicar
• Gatekeeper of OZ – Matthew Goldenberg
• Lord High Underling - Corey Amundson
• Evillene’s Messenger – Nick Totte

• Crows
  

                                  Kelsie Anderson       

                          Andrew Carlson

                          Layne Meyer

                          Sam Wisenden 

• Yellow Brick Road – Characters
  

                        Tony Grosz

                        Ryan Olson     

Kaitlyn Frost   

Nina Grollman

Kathryn Thiege

• Feature Dancers – Tornado

Grace Duginski

Brooke Just

Sarah Rice

Mia Barnett

Audra Hanson

• Field Mice

                     Davis Steen – Chief Mouse

                        Adam Bakken

                        Amanda Frost

Mackenzie Larson

Gabe Ford-Dunker

•  Winged Monkeys

Nathan Bowser, Head Monkey

                        Trevor Hewitt

                        Alex Grosz

• Winkies

                        Charli Hesteness

                        Maya Rowe

                        Cameron Sorrells

                        Patrick Sorrells

• Em City Citizens

                        Ella Rowe

Bethany Lahlum

Lauren Gaffney

Alexys Hewitt

Jens Hulden

Hunter Simonson

Kai Johnson

Tim Holston                                                                

2008 High School Technical Internships

            Assistant to the Director/Stage Manager – Shea Hittman

            Assistant to the Choreographer – Karly Pierce

            Assistants to the Music Director – Georgi Rowe and Amanda Casselton

            Assistant to the Costume Designer – Kelsey Schroeder

Company Technicians

            Julia Mead – Lead Technician

            Nick Totten – Senior Technician

            Peter Totten – Technician

            Rebecca Trautman – Technician

            Austin Safranski – Technician

If you are not included in this company, please find an opportunity to become involved in Summer Theatre Camp, music, dance, and acting lessons.  We look forward to seeing you again. Please join us in our exciting technical opportunities for The WIZ.

We will continue to recruit and consider Technicians for various technical areas and responsibilities for production operations.  Please contact the Managing Artistic Director – Jim Cermak - jcermak@cord.edu

We look forward to seeing the entire company on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, between 4pm and 7pm in the Lobby of the Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre for “the walk down the Yellow Brick Road.”  This is mandatory for each company member and a parent.

          Jim Cermak, Managing Artistic Director

          AJ Cermak, Production Director

          Matt Gasper, Choreographer

          Jason Parker, Music Director