Wooster drama club to present spring musical
The Wooster High School Drama Club will present its spring production, “Yearbook: The High School Musical,” at the Wooster High School Performing Arts Center in conjunction with the Wooster City Schools Fine Arts Festival on April 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m. and April 6 and 7 at 2 p.m.
“Yearbook: The High School Musical,” created by Michael Michetti and with a book by Dory Rice, is a musical about high school students today. Based on interviews with nearly 100 students, “Yearbook” presents, through scenes and songs, a year in the life of a group of high school students.
Incorporating both comedy and drama, the portrait of contemporary youth that emerges is a realistic yet ultimately positive look at today’s teenagers.
The score for “Yearbook” includes contributions from a dozen composers and lyricists with extensive credits in popular music, musical theater, film and television. Consequently the score reflects a range of musical styles, from musical theater to alternative rock.
This musical celebration was performed at the International Thespian Festival to great acclaim.
Leading the cast will be seniors Eli Bachman, Haley Balas, Anna Birk, Danny Fash, Alexis Florence, Sarah Hackett, Holden Jackson, Bryce Nelson, Lexi Nolletti, Rachael Schmidt and Seth Schonfeld.
Juniors in the production include Abigail Anderson, Grace Buchholz, Lydia Cooper, Stuart Courson, Mason Craft, Madison Helms, Emma LoGiudice, Anna Nacci, Bryn Savidge, Olivia VanSickle, Sophia VanSickle and Emma Yoder.
Sophomores in the show include Kat Borges, Rebecca DiScipio, Kaity Drown, Naomi Fridley, Alexis Fuller, Natasha Hartmann, Reagan Kasunick, Katelin McNeil, Leo Riley, Ellie Vojtkofsky and Alicia Kunkler.
The freshmen in the show include Connor Anderson, Delaney Easterday, Sydney Ebin, Zach Keating and Lexxe Parsons.
Rounding out the cast are the eighth-graders: Ethan Keating, Abby Lake, Hannah LoGiudice, Sophia Misel, Stella Powers, Laura Rapport, Caleb Singer-Holden, Ben Stavnezer, Anna Tefs and Emma Thompson.
Brett Hiner serves as director and is assisted by vocal musical director Emily Patterson, assistant director Todd Patterson, choreographer Stephanie Musselman and stage manager Grace Buchholz. Chuck Armbruster serves as technical director with Jacob Gooch as head of lighting and sound and Joel and Marlane Kennedy as house managers.
Presale tickets are now available online at www.ticketpeak.com/res/whsdrama and also will be sold at the door the day of the event. If tickets are purchased online, they will be emailed to print immediately after the online transaction.
For any questions regarding ticket sales, email Joel Kennedy at joel@marlanekennedy.com. Adult tickets are $10 and senior citizen and student tickets are $8 with a $1 service fee added to each ticket purchased online.
For more information email Brett Hiner at wstr_bhiner@woostercityschools.org.
