Initial workshop with professional improviser, Eric Nepom, will be next Tuesday (11/14 in the black box from 3:30-5. Showing up to this is not a full commitment to doing the performances, but rehearsal dates and all details shall be discussed. Then, Friday (11/17), there will be another workshop just before leaving for break. ALL West Linn High School students are welcome. There is no audition process for this. Direct any questions to Mr. B – beckings@wlwv.k12.or.us.
With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and book by Roger O. Hirson, Pippin tells the story of a young man’s quest to find complete fulfillment and become extraordinary. Through a very theatrical lens, the Leading Player and her troupe of highly skilled actors, take us back in time to 780 AD, the time of the great and ruthless ruler, King Charlemagne…who is also Pippin’s father. The actor’s storytelling includes magic, lust, merriment, war, and farm animals! The West Linn High School Performing Arts Department pull all the tricks out of the theatrical and musical bag for this production. With illusions, puppets, catchy music, and colorful costumes, audiences will have an extraordinary night! The production runs November 2, 4, 9, 10, and 11. Curtain is 7pm and tickets can be purchased on the tickets tab above.
Thank you to all who auditioned, for your time and efforts. Congratulations to the following people.
LEADING PLAYER
Sofia Gomez
PIPPIN
Mason Nuttbrock
CHARLES
Holden Peterson
FASTRADA
Sophia Burden
LEWIS
Ian Krubel
CATHERINE
Grace Boyer
BERTHE
Ava Neudeck
THEO
Leo Wilson
BAND OF PLAYERS (specific roles TBD)
Lucy Lorenzen, Jack Deason, Jack Walters, Josh Caveney, Misha Rana, Lucille Clemo, Lucia LaViolette, Rowan Sechrist, Hanna Layton, Max Burden, Jori Brady, Olivia Burden, Lily McCarthy, Lea Blaskower, Saige Heiden
Cast, we will have a read through (singing optional) on MONDAY, 9/11 from 3:20-6 in the choir room. Scripts will be passed out. Music rehearsals will proceed as follows:
Well, there’s magic to do, and we saw some magic today! Great turnout, great preparation, and great courage. Thank you all for your energy and commitment. All names on the chart, please report to the PAC lobby at 3:20 tomorrow, 9/7. Please look over the indicated callback songs and sides (dialogue). We will have hard copies of music and sides on site, but feel free to print your own. Everyone on the list below the chart, please report to the PAC for a dance call at 3:20 on 9/8. Wear comfortable/moveable clothes and shoes, and bring water….prepare to sweat!!
ACTING/VOCAL CALLBACKS 9/7 – 3:20pm-6pm
CHARACTER
ACTOR
SIDES
SONGS
Leading Player
Sofia Gomez Lucy Lorenzen Ava Neudeck Rowan Sechrist
All WLHS students are welcome to audition for our fall production of PIPPIN. An intial singing audition will be held on 9/6 from 3:20pm-6pm. Come to the PAC lobby, sign in, and be sure that you have completed the Google Audition Form. Auditions will be in the choir room and an accompanist will be provided. Unless you specify a time constraint with stage management, people will sing in the order they signed in. Once you audition, you can leave. A callback list will be posted on this website the evening of 9/6. Please read through the following packet thoroughly:
The West Linn High School Theatre Arts Department presents Shorts 23! The production will include two student directed and produced one-act plays – The Odyssey by Homer, dramatized by Gregory A. Falls and Kurt Beattie, directed by Jesse Kohler; and All Rise by Evan McCreary, directed by Evan McCreary. Come and support directors, actors, and technicians on May 18, 19, and/or 20, 7pm curtain. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door or on the ticket link above.
Thank you to all who auditioned! The directors deliberated for quite a long time…..as choosing was quite a task. Thank you for your patience and great variety of talent! Below are the cast lists:
SHORTS 2023
NOT SO GRIMM TALES
THE ODYSSEY
ALL RISE
HOTEL L’ALBERGO
Eloise Guarisco – CINDERELLA/ WORKER 1
Matthew Tence – Antinous, Eurylochus, Dead Soul
Hailey Cyphers – Valarie Williams
Lily Farrens – Ian
Sophie Vervais – LITTLE RED/ STEP SISTER 1
Zion Lamar – Eurymachus, Perites, Poseidon, Aeolous attendant, Hylax, Dead Soul
Cadence Cox – Elizabeth Clarke
Roop Aporupa – Alessia
Valentina Dias Gaspar – STEPMOTHER / WORKER 2
Max Halverson – Telemachus, Cyclops, King Aeolus, Dead soul, Zeus
Malaika Ruirie – Ella Williams, Dr. Lana Spencer-Adamms
Grayson Weinchert – Kevin
Caitlin Duncan – MR. PRINCE / CHARMING / WOODSMAN
Aether Meyers – Leodes, Perites, Hermes, Old man, Dead Soul
Mashayla Scott – Billie Williams
Fiona Michael – Anne
Jesika Conner – SNOW WHITE/ STEP SISTER 2
Elizabeth Meyers – Pallas Athena, Old man, Aeolus attendant, Anticlea, Siren, Apollo
Emmerson Parker – Regina, Stephanie, The Journalist
Nobie Zur – Theresa
Maggie MacKenzie – MOTHER
Nobie Zur – Ktessipos, Peremides, Teiresias
Jonathan Beldman – The Judge, Dan, Tim
Jesika Conner – Johana
Max Chenier – DAUGHTER
Ian Krubel – Odysseus, Old man
Roop Aporupa – The Assistant, “Mr. Dixon”
Cadence Tillman – Katrina
Susan Ward – MORGANA / LITTLE RED’S MOM
Luci LaViolette – Penelope, Old man, Circes Attendant, Anticlea, Siren
Serenity Drorbaugh – Bailiff
Jack Deason – MIR’AH / GRANDMA
Evan McCreary – The Boy
Nico Vick Beaudin – WOLF/ FAIRY GODMOTHER
TBD – Matt Williams
All actors above, please come to the PAC lobby right after school tomorrow (4/6). You will be told which room to meet in for your read-throughs. Scripts will be printed for you. If you have any questions, direct them to your Production Stage Manager, Allie – henrya@wlhs.wlwv.k12.or.us.
What a turn out tonight! Due to the talent on display, the vibe was both exciting and daunting for directors. We cannot stress enough that IF you are not on the callback schedule, that does not necessarily mean you will NOT be cast. Callbacks will be 3:30pm-6pm.
ALL links can only be accessed through your school Google account. Please check this list carefully and note the times/rooms you are slotted for: Shorts 23 Callback Schedule
Callback rooms will be the black box, makeup room, band room, and green room. If you do not know where one of these locations are, please ask Allie, the PSM, or one of the ASMs – Gabby, Maddie, or Gracie.
All callbacks except “All Rise” will be cold reads – sides will be passed out in the rooms as opposed to given ahead of time. You can find the “All Rise” callback sides here: ALL RISE Callback Sides
Please check back here for the cast list tomorrow night. THURSDAY (4/6) from 3:15-5:15 is the first rehearsal.