NHS To Stage ‘Sweeney Todd’ This Weekend

The Newtown High School’s Drama Club is set to take the stage this weekend, Thursday through Sunday, March 15 through 18, with this year’s musical production of Sweeney Todd.

Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd follows a man who seeks revenge after learning his wife poisoned herself after being abused by a local judge.

In posts on the high school’s blog, the production has been described as a thriller without gore, a school edition of the musical.

Performances of the musical are set for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 15–17, at 7 pm. On Sunday, March 18, the production will be at 2 pm.

Reserved tickets cost $16, general admission for the performance will cost $14, and tickets for seniors and students are set for $12.

To reserve tickets, call 203-364-4534 or email nhsmusicals@gmail.com.

The part of Sweeney Todd/Benjamin Barker will be played by Ben Stoller, Alexandra Aug will play Mrs Nellie Lovett, Kayla O’Leary will play Johanna Barker, Donny Morrissey will play Anthony Hope, Ishaar Gupta will play Judge Turpin, Taylor Varga will play Tobias Ragg, Nick Madden will play Beadle Bamford, Luke Shearin will play Adolfo Pirelli/Daniel O’Higgins, Maddie Dorso will play Beggar Woman/Lucy Barker, and Josh Goldman will play the part of Mr Fogg.

Male ensemble members in the production are Neil Davis, Joseph DeVellis, Jeff Haylon, Humza Hashmi, Austin Isola, C.J. Landgrebe, Kyle Mangold, John Mudgett, Aidan Petershack, Thomas Primavera, Kyle Simmons, David Swigart, Alexander Lee Taylor, Tristan Villamil, and Kyle Watkins.

Female ensemble members in the production are Claire Alexander, Emily Anderson, Madi Aug, Brianna Bauch, Claire Bassett, Portia Baudisch, Lexi Black, Bonnie Buchetto, Marissa Buongiorno, Samantha Chanko, Keri Chernoff, Meaghan Condon, Emily Crebbin, Melanie Curtis, Emma DeFlumeri, Alessandra Delia, Kendall Euler Annika Fagerholm, Ayla Fiala, Caitlin Gibney, Laura Hunter, Michelle Isabella, Autumn Jones, Mattie Kelly, Alyssa Kneski, Olivia Koziol, Alison Kron, Kirstin Liniger, Victoria Madden, Nora Murphy, Claire Olson, Gabriela Palaia, Megan Primavera, Sarah Potter, Taylor Smith, Michelle Spanedda, Shaina Stamp, Lexi Tobin, Brittany Watson, Megan Watts, Jackie Winkler, Morgan Winters, Katie Wolff, and Michelle Zarifis.

NHS Choral Director Jane Matson directed the production, Morgan Winters is the producer, Alli Lalli is the assistant producer, Sean Watkins is the stage manager, and Olivia Koziol is the dance captain for the production.

Crew heads for Sweeney Todd are Sarah Desrosiers, Colby Chilson, Nick Shannon, Britt Pearson, Mitchell Girgasky, and Morgan Danuszar. Crew members are Joe Anastasi, Michael Biancardi, Kate Butera, Abby Callery, Sarah Craig, Danny Cummings, Abby Fagerholm, Lindsay Fuori, Jordan Gray, Eric Greto, Maggie Gorman, Cate Haggerty, Erin Hartgraves, Lily Holmes, Justin Kaiser, Kevin Liniger, Jon Malia, Marco Manes, Kyle Mangold, Amy Martinelli, Kate Martinelli, Sally Martinelli, Nicole Mendonca, Nancy Michaud, Megan Milano, Sasha Nanavaty, Jane Sclafani, Jenna Siroky, Emma Sullivan, and Susan Ziegler.

Orchestra members for the production are Erin Bell, Rebecca Farin, Kai Hedin, Leah Pinckney, Jackie Winkler, Alex DaPra, Sarah Roman, Anna Pinckney, Nicole DeFelice, Sarah Hasselberger, Keith Hedin, Marina Lleonart Calvo, Brenna Whitton, Stephen Rahr, Betsy Wellington, Danielle Capozziello, Sonya Stanczyk, Katherine Stawiasz, Jonah McKeown, Brett Linley, Melissa Brown, Ashley Malia, Barbara Reineke, Sean Sonntag, Brandon Hart, Jonathan Walton, Andrew Jensen, Liam Reynolds, Dan Spillane, Alex Lampel, Tom Morris, Corey Hilton, and Nikita Srivastava.