It's
Showtime
Three county schools team up to present
Annie at Onekama Cafetorium
Manistee News Advocate
Published: Wednesday, April 14, 2010
ONEKAMA -- When the curtain pops open on
the production of “Annie” at the new Onekama Consolidated Schools
cafetorium on Friday evening at 7 p.m. it will start a three-day run
of one of the most popular musicals to ever grace the stage.
This production is another combined effort of the Onekama, Kaleva
Norman Dickson and Bear Lake School systems that has been met with
so much success over the past several years. Directors Amanda
Harthun (Bear Lake), Kathy Joseph (Onekama) and Jackie Karnisz (KND)
have put together another stellar production.
“There are so many people to thank who are responsible for the
success of this show...who simply stepped up, stepped in, and
delivered in big ways when we needed them,” said Harthun. “We have
three adult guest actors who agreed to help us out by filling in
some of the male roles. “Our high school actors simply could not be
more personalities, and in some cases multiple genders throughout
out the show. Students took on four or five roles, which make for
fast costume changes and long hours studying lines and blocking.”
Playing the role of Annie is Claire
Harvey, an eighth grade student at Onekama Middle School. She has
participated in all the tri-school productions. Claire has also been
in Ramsdell Theatre productions and has attended the Blue Lake Fine
Arts Camp for choir for several years.
Dr. Ben Hengy is one of the three
adult actors filling in a male role as Daddy Warbucks. He is a long
time theater veteran and has appeared in numerous Ramsdell Theatre
productions.
Taking on the role of Grace Farrell is
Alicia Berryhill, a senior at Onekama High School. She has been on
the stage many times in the tri-school productions and at the
Ramsdell Theatre. She is best remembered in the role of Glinda the
Good Witch in last year’s production of “The Wizard of Oz.”
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The role of Miss Hannigan will be played by
Bear Lake High School senior Kaydee Swanson. She played Dorothy in “The
Wizard of Oz” last year and plans to major in musical theater/fine arts
at Oakland University starting next year.
Bear Lake senior Molly Mansfield-Yaple will be portraying Rooster
Hannigan for the show. Mansfield-Yaple has been in many plays and
musicals at Bear Lake and the Ramsdell including the role of Lumiere in
“Beauty and Beast” and the Lion from “The Wizard of Oz.”
Kaitlin Matesich, a senior at Bear Lake High School, will take on the
part of Lily St. Regis. Her resume in theatrical productions is long
including the part of Lefou in Beauty and the Beast, Mushu in Mulan and
Mrs. Gultxch in The Wizard of Oz.
Taking on parts of the orphans will be Maci Podbilski, Madeline Smeltzer,
Anna Brown, Alyssan Clarke, Kassie Hook, Louise Barnard, Yuki Babinec,
Emily Hippensteel, Katelyn Feil, Kayla Feil, Makayla Feil, Makayla
Spearman, and Katie Harrison.
Other parts are played by Devin Newsom (Bundles the Laundryman and Lt.
Ward), Madalyn Harvey (Apple Seller), Aiden Mertes (Assistant Dog
Catcher), Jonathan Wertheimer (Dog Catcher), and Jasper Hengy (Sandy the
Dog).
Hooverville citizens include Joey Simo, Travis Mckenney, Jordan Lovell,
Dane Mertes, Mariah Hunt, Becky Cunningham, Emily Barnard, Madaline
Harvey, Jonathan Wertheimer, Yuki Babinec, Natalie Brown and Aiden
Mertes.
Warbucks employees are Madalyn Harvey, Emily Barnard, Elizabeth Bergren,
Katelyn Adams, Meredith Hengy, and Travis Mckenney.
The New York City Ensemble will be made up of Breann Buckner, Rachel
Makowski, Kayla Feil, Taya Piscopink, Emily Hippensteel, Makayla
Spearman, Travis Mckenney, Elizabeth Bergren and Katelyn Feil.
Other roles will be played by Emily Barnard (Star to Be and Harold Ickes),
Elizabeth Bergren (Usherette and Cordell Hull), Travis Mckenney (Off
Stage Radio Announcer), Byron Joseph (Bert Healy), Devin Newsom (Jimmy
Johnson and FDR) Mariah Hunt (Henry Morgenthau), Becky Cunningham
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The show will also be held on
Saturday evening at 7 p.m. and again on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students and children under the age of
five are free. |
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Links to
Past Tri-School
Musical Performances
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Act 1 /
Act
2 / Additional Photos /
Annie, Off Stage /
Rehearsal, page 1 /
Rehearsal, page 2
Biographies of Characters & Directors' Notes
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Reviews by Fifth Graders
Onekama School Pages for 2009-1010:
Elementary
/ Middle School &
High School
http://www.onekama.k12.mi.us leads to
all pages since 1997
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