somethingFAMILIAR
THE Music Man
sep 7-9, 13-16, 2007
th-sat at 8pm, sun at 2pm
lydia mendelssohn theatre
BASED ON A STORY BY FRANKLINlACY
book, lyrics and music by meredithWILLSON
directed by wendySIELAFF
synopsis
An affectionate paean to Smalltown, U.S.A. of a bygone era, Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man” follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he vows to organize – this despite the fact he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain’s fall.
staff
production staff
Wendy Sielaff - Director
Melissa Lindholm - Asst Director/People Manager
John Reiser - Producer
Craig Nichols - Choreographer
Brian Buckner - Music Director
Tawna Dabney - Asst to everyone
Alix Berneis, Nancy Rydzewski - Costumes
Edmund Senkowski - Props
Mike Sielaff - Set Design
Cathy Cassar - Stage Manager
Tiff Crutchfield - Lights
Bob Skon - Sound
Tanya Dabney - House Manager
Erik Wright-Olsen - Graphic Designer
cast
Harold Hill -- Brian Hilligoss
Marian -- Bethany Rydzewski
Mrs. Paroo -- Susie Berneis
Amaryllis -- Elise Reichard
Winthrop -- Ian Wolfe
Tommy -- Kendall Persons
Zaneeta -- Amanda Rodriguez
Marcellus -- Patrick Persons
Charlie Cowell -- David Renken
Eulalie Shinn -- Leslie Austin
Mayor Shinn -- Gordon Barnett
Ethel -- Ann Marie Mann
Maude -- Jean Leverich
Mrs. Squire -- Beverly Wolfe
Alma -- Kate Murphy
Quartet/School Board
1st tenor/Jacy -- Andy Ballnik
2nd tenor/Ewart -- Hank Naasko
Baritone/Oliver -- Michael Green
Bass/Olin -- Brad Vincent
Featured Dancers/Chorus
Rachel Francisco
Melanie Hearsch
Analea Lessenberry
Andreea Prundeanu
Sara Rydzewski
Rebecca Wagner
Kathy Waugh
Heather Wing
Kelsey Rose Young
Chorus
Linda Lee Austin
Jaqueline Dee Davis
Aubrey Donnell
Daisy Mull
Semaj Porter
Heather Schneemann
Nia Walker
David Beaulieu
Christopher Bickley
Jason Matley
Larry Rydzewski
Rob Wolfe
Children's Cast
Annika Anderson
Jackson Durkin
Molly Hearsch
Gavin Hopson
Hava Kaplan
Caroline Mull
Nicolas Provenzola
Luke Renken
Charley Rosenberg
Lily Rosenberg
Claire Seelig
Delanie Sielaff
Hanna Sielaff
Trevor Schneemann
Audrey Waugh
Youth Chorus
Samuel Blackburn
Justin Banks
Liam Broadhurst
Kate Mull
Ryan Mull
Aviva Satz-Kojis
Sabra Satz-Kojis
Kailey Schneemann
Maggie Williams
Audrey Wolfe
Grace Wolfe
extras
A
Tribute to Meredith Willson's "The Music Man"
Preview, printed in The Ann Arbor News,
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Review, printed in The Ann Arbor
News, Monday, September 10, 2007