Opening Night For NMS's 'Into The Woods Jr'
The Newtown Middle School Drama Club is set to stage its Into The Woods Jr production this weekend, Friday, March 3, to Sunday, March 5.showtix4u.comInto the Woods Jr follows classic fairy tale characters, including` Cinderella and Repunzel, as they navigate life and the woods. The play reflects the characters as they are known through their tales.
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The Friday, March 3, performance will be at 7 pm, the Saturday, March 4, performances will be at 2 pm and 7 pm, and the Sunday, March 5, performance will be at 2 pm.
NMS also released the names of the student cast and crew members this week.
The production's director is NMS teacher Andrew Tammero, parent volunteer Twyla Hafermann is co-directing, set design is overseen by Chris Padula, and assistants to the directors are Lindsay Dievert and Kayla Verga.
Cast members are Sammy Vertucci, Meg Taylor, Sarah Bertsche, Paige Farley, Susan Socci, and Eliza Roth as narrators; Olivia Braga, Zachary Ziperstein, and Madeline Richard as the three blind mice/three little pigs; Taegan Smith as Cinderella; Quinlyn Kessler as Jack; Charlotte Cartelli as Jack's mother; Michael Spanedda as Baker; Sophia Soriano as Baker's Wife; Madison Benson as Cinderella's stepmother; Zachary Ziperstein as Cinderella's father; Hannah Loutenstock as Little Red Ridinghood; Catarina Darocha as Witch; Ashley Reed as Cinderella's mother; Gracie Douglas as Mysterious Man; Sean Kenny as Wolf; Julia Minchak as Granny; Liv Deschenes as Rapunzel; Tain Gregory as Steward; Annie Fowler as Milky White; Katie Bisset as Florinda; Lexi Bisset as Lucinda; Gregory Andrew as Rapunzel's prince; Jacob Shuman as Cinderella's prince; Alex Goldstein as Sleepy; Lillian Verdi as Happy; Bella Battaglia as Bashful; Sami Delguidice as Grumpy; Carter Ballard as Dopey; Lennie Urbina as Sneezy; Chelsea Fowler as the hen, steward, and other cow; and Olivia Buchler, Mallika Suyal, Sara Gehm, Anne Marie Carlson, Charlotte Razzino, Ella Wanzer, Jordan Gomes, Elisabeth Gotschlich, Ariana Forzano, Elora Patty, and Sarah Walsh-Herde as the dancing princesses.
Crew members are Rebecca Filiato, Alyssa Bailey, Julia Olson, Claudia Sorrentino, Cameron Powers, Matthew Irving, Jon Ingersoll, Mark Sadowski, Colton Stergue, Daniel Sibley, Yvonne Wei, Carolanne Scinto, Farren Toresso, Mila Russell, and Julia Raiani.
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