Schools
New Trier to Perform "Sweeney Todd"
New Trier High School will perform Sodheim's 'comedy thriller' with two casts.
New Trier High School will perform Steven Sodheim's famed dark comedy "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" as their spring musical on March 7 — March 9.
"It's been described as a musical thriller and that's what Sodheim titled it," said David Ludd, the musical's director. "But the best way to describe it is it's a 'tragic comedy' — it's a fusion of both the tragic and comic, which clouds the preodminate viewpoint of the audience. They don't know how to think or respond — sometimes they're laughing, sometimes they're really sad."
The story follows a barber who returns to the town where he was falsely convicted of a crime. He decides to get revenge by opening his own gruesome barber shop, and a dark comedy ensues.
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Due to the high number of interested students, the show will be performed with two casts, with one in the Thursday and Saturday show and the other cast in the Friday and Sunday shows.
"We have a lot of students at New Trier that are talented and want to participate — so we try to maximize how many students can particpate by creating two casts," Ludd said.
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The rehearsals often overlap, with one cast rehearsing a musical number for an hour and a half, and then teaching it to the other cast. The two separate casts have two technical rehearsals (with sounds and lights), two dress rehearsals and two performances each.
Tickets are available online at http://seatyourself.biz/newtrier or at the door for $12.
The Cast, Crew and Orchestra List
Thursday/Saturday cast
Joe Agase
Hannah Altman
Zoe Armiros
Kevin Blair
John Burns
Courtney Cardin
Tommy Clabby
Jane Dickerson
Dylan Fox
Danielle Fraser
Abby Glickman
Audrey Gomez
Margaret Hall
Madeline Harbaugh
Emma Horvath
Gabby Jones
Keegan Kelly
Megan Kennett
Mary Komlofske
Lori Kusatzky
John Larochelle
Zach Lobman
Jackie Majeski
Samantha Mandel
Krista Mersino
Andrew Mesrobian
Sarah McCausland
Jack McWilliams
Gregg Miller
Ian Mitchell
Laura Montenegro
Amanda Newmark
Emma Noyes
Abby Ortenberg
Josh Philoon
Brian Reedy
Chloe Siegel
Matt Smith
Daniel Song
Tatiana Tasiopoulos
Ken Townsend
Moe Weiner
Devin Whittington
Brad Wiedrich
Emma Wold
Anna Yabloch
Sweeney Todd........................................... John Burns
Anthony Hope............................... Andrew Mesrobian
Beggar Woman............................. Sarah McCausland
Mrs. Lovett ......................................... Jane Dickerson
Judge Turpin.......................................... Keegan Kelly
The Beadle...................................... Devin Whittington
Johanna................................................ Lori Kusatzky
Tobias Ragg............................................. Emma Wold
Pirelli..................................................... Brad Wiedrich
Lucy.................................................. Courtney Cardin
Benjamin Barker...................................... Daniel Song
Bird Seller................................................ Gabby Jones
Quintet........................... Chloe Siegel, Emma Horvath
Ian Mitchell, Ken Townsend, Zach Lobman
Jonas Fogg Josh Philoon
Friday/Sunday Cast
Joe Agase
Abby Albrecht
Zoe Armiros
Emily Ashenden
Cate Baskin
Kevin Blair
Julia Bogen
Maude Brown
Paige Campbell
Tommy Clabby
Delphine Dall’Agata
Esther Fishbein
Rachel Fisher
Sabrina Fosse
Katie Gotta
Barbara Harvey
Catherine Heath
Carolyn Kaiser
Keegan Kelly
Hailey Kline
John Larochelle
Zach Lobman
Jack McWilliams
Dina Menegas
Gregg Miller
Ian Mitchell
Danielle Newmark
Patrick O’Connor
Allie Pappas
Josh Philoon
Mel Racenstein
Brian Reedy
Makaila Rosin
Cari Schuette
Billy Sefton
Katy Shelman
Matt Smith
Daniel Song
Michelle Sroussi
Lilah Taber
Laura Tatgenhorst
Ken Townsend
Lindsey Vorhees
Stephanie Wert
Devin Whittington
Brad Wiedrich
Elizabeth Woodburn
Sweeney Todd................................. Patrick O’Connor
Anthony Hope.......................................... Billy Sefton
Beggar Woman..................................... Sabrina Fosse
Mrs. Lovett ........................................... Dina Menegas
Judge Turpin............................................. Matt Smith
The Beadle.......................................... Tommy Clabby
Johanna.......................................... Danielle Newmark
Tobias Ragg...................................... Emily Ashenden
Pirelli............................................................ Joe Agase
Lucy......................................................... Allie Pappas
Benjamin Barker...................................... Daniel Song
Bird Seller.................................................. Lilah Taber
Quintet................. Elizabeth Woodburn, Rachel Fisher
Ian Mitchell, Ken Townsend, Zach Lobman
Jonas Fogg Josh Philoon
Orchestra
VIOLIN I
Emily Jones
Concertmaster
Andrew Katcha
Associate Concertmaster
David Hong, Emelia Suljic, Leah Levitin
VIOLIN II
Erika Gray, Daniel Chen, Elizabeth Gibbons, Michael Stamos, Samantha Yang
VIOLA
Carrie Jones, Philip Choi, Arthur Tsang, Eric Chang, Solena Rizzat
CELLO
Johannes Gray, Dale Watt, Emma Davis, Charlie Zoller, Solomon Kim
BASS
Conor Holzhall, Marek Buckman
HARP
Claire Lindstrom
FLUTE
Claire Carter, Megan Kim
OBOE
Elliot Lichtenberg
CLARINET
Alisa Kolot
CLARINET/BASS CLARINET
Cailin Whisler
BASSOON
Matt Piekos
FRENCH HORN
Graham Woolley, William Stogin
TRUMPET
Michael Brady, Jerry Sun
PERCUSSION
John Friesen, Ned Bowen
TROMBONE
William Sheppard, Connor Brown, Ethan Clemmitt
KEYBOARD
Amber Scherer
Crew
Daniel Burrack, Matthew Canel, Marie Carroll, Caroline Clark, Sarah Foster, Hannah Higgins, Claire Hogan, Janak Jha, Ellie Kalman, Berrit Keller, Sophie Kenney, Mikaela Kropp, Daniel Loumpouridis, Robyn Mech, Michael Molitor, Leah Neustadt, Annie Newman, Sean O'Connor, Sam Pavlekovsky, Mark Petersen, Tom Raible, Alayna Rickard, Mike Rosenberg, Benji Sagarin, Grace Sowlat, Josh Stoller, Alina Taber, Emily Trevor, Jacqueline Tropp, Brian Tsuru, Tomek Wasilewski, Zoe Wexler, Wheeler White, David Whitcomb, Kate Whitcomb
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