Everybody cut Footloose!

The Hopkins Drama Association presents "Footloose" opening tonight, Thursday, Feb. 25th at 7:30pm. Don't miss this fantastic production playing Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night at 7:30 and Sunday at 2pm in Lovell Auditorium

See the photo gallery for more photos

 

Hopkins Drama Association 2010 Presents

 

FOOTLOOSE

 

February 25th,26th & 27th at 7:30 pm

& February 28th at 2:00 pm

Lovell Auditorium

All Tickets $10

 

Directed by

Michael Calderone

 

 

The Cast

 

Ren McCormack – Chicago teenager Henry Ayres-Brown

Ethel McCormack – his mother Natalie Magioncalda

Reverend Shaw Moore Michael LoPiano

Vi Moore - his wife Francesca Smith

Ariel Moore - their teenage daughter Lucie Ledbetter

Lulu Warnicker - Ren's aunt Eliza Doolittle

Wes Warnicker - her husband Peter Neeley

Coach Roger Dunbar - gym teacher Brandon Cimino

Eleanor Dunbar - his wife Chelsea Casareale

Rusty - Ariel's best friend Nyah Macklin

Urleen - Ariel's friend Juliet Bailin

Wendy Jo - Ariel's friend Hannah Johnson

Betty Sue- Ariel's friend Daisy Braddy

Sandy Ann- Ariel's friend Kelsey Handelman

Sammy Jack- Ariel's friend Samantha Reisman

Chuck Cranston - Ariel's boyfriend Brendan Donovan

Lyle - Chuck's buddy Justin Manley

Travis - Chuck's buddy Alex Tiktinsky

Hank- Chuck’s friend Tim Marchand

Officer Jim Lonnie Herrera

Betty Blast - Burger Blast owner Allison Hall

Willard Hewitt - Ren's friend Alex Heyison

Garvin - Ren's friend Robbie Emmet

Bickle - Ren's friend Duncan Barile

Jeter - Ren's friend Calvin Park

Principal Harry Clark Will Sacks

Cowboy Bob - Patron of the Bar-B-Que Will Sacks

Irene – Singer at the Bar-B-Que Maeve Serino

 

Chicago Kids, Bomont Townspeople & Students

Sarah Carlow, Alex Mayer, Cara Meyer, Claire Flanagan, Dana Apkon, Elyssa Harris, Hannah Stone, Kendall Post, Maeve Serino,

Molly Wartenberg, Sanam Rastegar, Sydney Graetz, Taashay McDuffie, Tessa Bloomquist, Uma Dieffenbach, Taliya Lantsman

 

Scenes and Musical Numbers

Act I

Scene 1:A Chicago Dance Club/A Bomont Church

Footloose/On Any Sunday ...The Company

 

Scene 2: A Bomont Gas Station

The Girl Gets Around ...Ariel, Chuck, and His Friends

 

Scene 3: Bomont High School

I Can't Stand Still ...Ren

Somebody's Eyes ...Ariel’s friends and The Company

 

Scene 4: The Moore Home

Learning To Be Silent ...Vi, Ethel and Ariel

 

Scene 5: The Burger Blast

Holding Out For A Hero …Ariel & Friends

 

Scene 6: The Plains of Bomont

Somebody's Eyes (reprise)....Ariel’s friends

 

Scene 7: Moore Home

Heaven Help Me...Shaw

 

Scene 8: Bomont High School Gym Class

I'm Free/Heaven Help Me…Ren, Shaw and The Company

 

15 Minute Intermission

 

Act II

Scene 1:The Bar-B-Que Country/Western Road House

Still Rockin' ...Irene & The Country Kickers Band

Let's Hear It For The Boy …Rusty & The Company

 

Scene 2: Outside of the Moore Home

Can You Find It In Your Heart?...Vi

 

Scene 3: Ren & Willard’s Hang Out

Dancing Is Not A Crime…Ren

Mama Says…Willard, Bickle, Garvin, Jeter & Ren

 

Scene 4: Under the Train Trestle

Almost Paradise…Ren & Ariel

 

Scene 5: The Town Hall

 

Scene 6: The Moore Home

I Confess…Shaw

 

Scene 7: The Church

Can You Find It In Your Heart?...Shaw

 

Scene 8: Bomont High School Gym

Footloose (Finale)…The Company

 

The Country Kickers Band

Piano: Jeremy Hutchins

Drums: Sam Kuslan

Guitar: Dan Light

Violin/Fiddle: Robert Smith

Bass: Jim Lawson

Saxophone: Greg Shaefer

 

Directed by Michael Calderone

Musical Direction by Jeremy Hutchins

Pit Coach, Robert Smith

Vocal Coach, Jeffery Hutchins

Choreography by Larry Nye

Assistant Choreographer, Laura Folker

Dance Captains, Dana Apkon, Taliya Lantsman, Allison Hall

Costume Design by Judy Lenzi-Magoveny

Costume Organization by Julia Rowny

Sound Operators, Callie Ferguson & Varsha Krish

Lighting Designer & Operator, Gillian Michaelson

Stage Managers, Alexandra Dillon & James Dobbyn

Assistant Stage Manager, Natalie Daifotis

Runner, John Moore

Poster & T-Shirt design by Duncan Barile

 

Special Thanks

New England Seating for the diner booths; Long Wharf Theatre for signage & choir robes, the Calderone Girls, John Roberts, Hope Hartup, Jackie LaBelle, Karen Klugman, Eleanor Burgess, Peg Connelly, Wini Colleran, Carla MacMullen, Ginger Junkin, Jemma Williams, Dan Rathbone, The Mighty Men and Woman of the IT Department, Jocelyn Garrity, Cast & Crew Families, The Mighty Men of Maintenance, Schuyler Brass, Allison Hall’s sister & Friends, Anita Harris

AND to anyone else we may have overlooked!

(So many did so much! Thank you!!!)

 

 

Upcoming Hopkins Drama Events

Romeo & Juliet

April 29th-May 1st 7:30 pm

Hopeful Youths

May 13th & 14th 7:30 pm

 

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