StageDoor Theatre's Production of
How to Train Your Dragon The Musical JR.
Based on the Dreamworks Animation Motion Picture and the book by William Steig
Originally developed through the Dream Works Theatricals/ Music Theatre International Emerging Writers Program
Book by
- Kate Thomas
Music by
- Veronica Mansour
Lyrics by
The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON THE MUSICAL JR. is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
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Directors Note:
Hello, everyone!
I want to thank you on behalf of the creative team and all of our amazing cast for spending your time with us today. We’re so excited for you to see what we’ve been working on since August.
The biggest (and most fun) challenge with doing How To Train Your Dragon was that since it is a new play we got to create it visually from our own ideas without many reference points to pull from.
I want to give a huge thank you to the costume team and set team. I am truly blessed to have people of this caliber to work with. Thank you!!!
Thank you to my sound, lighting and tech crew for everything you did to help make this production come to life.
Thank you to my creative team. It is truly incredible to watch the insane amount of talent that you all possess for performing.
When you have this many people with such a passion for performing on one team, and this many talented kids sharing their excitement, great things always happen. We’re so proud of these amazing kids and the work that they’ve put in. We know you will be too.
On behalf of everyone involved in this production, thank you again for coming today. We now invite you to sit back, relax and enjoy the show!!!
- Kris Sage
Song List
Scene 1: The Village of Berk
In Berk/We’re Not Leaving (Part 1)……..Cora McCloskey, Cassidy Croxton,
Miles Mitchell, Liberty Hunt, Claire Liscomb, Company
In Berk/We’re Not Leaving (Part 2)…..Cora McCloskey, Cassidy Croxton, Delaney Croxton, Addy Ford, Company
Scene 2: The Village of Berk
What A Viking Can Do (Part 1)………….Cassidy Croxton, Company
What A Viking Can Do (Part 2)……………………….Cassidy Croxton
Scene 3: The Training Arena
No Turning Back………………………………..Liberty Hunt, Company
Kill On Sight…..Anna Davidson, Haley Davidson, Mae Strickland, Delaney Croxton, Jaden Danhorn,
Addy Ford, MJ Keane, Cora McCloskey,
Alice Ogdon, Cassidy Croxton
Scene 4: The Forrest
Finally Free……………………..Cassidy Croxton, Cora McCloskey
Scene 5: The Training Arena
Just Another Girl…………………………………..…..Claire Liscomb
Scene 6: The Forrest
A Little Less Fire…..Hailey Davidson, Jaden Danhorn, MJ Keane,
Anna Davidson, Mae Strickland, Delaney Croxton,
Addy Ford, Cora McCloskey, Alice Ogdon,
Claire Liscomb, Cassidy Croxton
Scene 7: Flight to Berk
Way Up High…..Claire Liscomb, Cassidy Croxton, Anna Davidson,
Hailey Davidson, Jaden Danhorn, MJ Keane,
Mae Strickland, Delaney Croxton, Addy Ford,
Cora McCloskey, Alice Ogdon
Scene 8: The Training Arena
One Of Us (Part 1)…………………………….Miles Mitchell, Company
One Of Us (Part 2)………………………………………………..Company
One Of Us (Part 3)…………………………………………..Miles Mitchell
What A Viking Can Do/No Turning Back (Reprise)…..Cassidy Croxton, Company
Scene 9: The Dragon’s Nest
Without Her (Part 1)………………….…Addy Ford, Delaney Croxton,
Cora McCloskey, Miles Mitchell, Alice Ogdon,
Mae Strickland, Addy Ford
Without Her (Part 2)…..Addy Ford, Company
Without Her (Part 3)…..Addy Ford, Claire Liscomb, Anna Davidson,
Miles Mitchell, Cassidy Croxton,
Cora McCloskey
Scene 10: The Village Of Berk
In Berk/We’re Not Leaving (Finale)……………….Cassidy Croxton,
Claire Liscomb, Cora McCloskey, Company
Bows and exit music
Cast
Creative Team
Kris Sage
Alexandria Sullivan
Mallory Van Beek
Maisie Mitchell
Jennifer Middleton
Megan Schmid
Dean Arniotes and Biz Schaugaard
Cat Carris
Samara Malcolm
Logan Rafdal
Morgan Stroop, Britta Heublein
Joshua DeHaan
Bethany Van Beek, Sarah Davidson
Megan Walker
Ruby Dignan, Casey Adams, Sage Wartgow, Teddy Wartgow, Maurin Malcolm
Tracy Doty Photographer
Meet the Company
Marielle Bohn
Mari Bohn is a 6th grader at West Jefferson Middle. She loves acting, dancing, volleyball, and being with friends. She’s also done The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, and a Pirate show. Mari thanks her friends and family for their support.
Cassidy Croxton
Cassidy is a 7th grader at West Jeff Middle and is thrilled to be taking the stage in her seventh production with StageDoor! When she isn’t performing under the lights, you can find Cassidy hitting the ski slopes, dancing, or diving into a good book. She would like to thank the cast, crew, and directors for another wonderful show!
Delaney Croxton
Delaney is a 6th grader at West Jeff Middle and is delighted to be participating in her sixth production with StageDoor! When she’s offstage, Delaney loves hitting the ski slopes, getting lost in a great book, and exploring anything and everything insect-related. She sends a huge thank you to the cast and crew for making this production such a wonderful experience!
Jaden Danhorn
Jaden Danhorn is a 7th grader at West Jefferson Middle School. He enjoys martial arts, flag football, skiing, playing his cello and spending time with family and friends. He is an avid scout who loves exploring and learning new things. His prior performances include How I Became A Pirate, Elf Jr, and Once Upon a Mattress Jr.
Anna Davidson
Anna Davidson is in sixth grade at West Jeff Middle School. Anna enjoys running, reading, engineering, math, playing with friends, and of course, theatre! This is Anna’s second full show at StageDoor, her first was playing the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz Youth Edition. Anna would like to thank her friends and family for all of the support and encouragement that they have given to her. She hopes you enjoy the show!
Hailey Davidson
Hailey Davidson is a 6th grader at West Jeff Middle. She enjoys reading, skiing, volleyball, and playing with friends and sister. She has been in How I became a Pirate, and Seussical the Musical Jr. She thanks her family and StageDoor for all the support. Thank you for coming to see this show!
Addy Ford
Addy Ford is a seventh grader a West Jefferson Middle School. She enjoys swimming, singing, drawing, and hanging out with friends. She preformed in Elf Jr. and Once Upon A Mattress. She would like to thank everyone that helped create this show.
Taryn Gray
Taryn Gray is an 8th grader at WJMS. She likes reading, writing, listening to and singing music, and hanging out with her friends. She’s been in a lot of shows, including Schoolhouse Rock Jr., Annie Jr., Beetlejuice Jr., Elf Jr., and Once Upon A Mattress Jr. She would like to thank her friends, family, and the directors and creative team for their support.
Liberty Hunt
Liberty Hunt is an 8th grader at West Jefferson Middle School. She enjoys listening to music, yapping with friends, playing with her cats, writing stories, and playing guitar. This is her 10th theater production, and she’s super happy that you’re here supporting the arts! She would like to thank her mom and the creative team for their support. :)
MJ Keane
MJ is a 7th grader at West Jeff Middle. MJ enjoys reading, skiing and drawing. This is MJ’s 4th show at StageDoor. She has been in Frozen, Elf and Once soon a mattress. She is super excited about this show and would like to thank her parents.
Zoey Krupp
Zoey Krupp is in 8th grade. This is her second show at Stagedoor- she previously appeared in Once Upon A Mattress. Zoey enjoys art, reading, creative writing, and hanging out with her two cats, her friends, and her family. She would like to thank her family and her fellow Stagedoor cast and crew for their support.
Claire Liscomb
Cora McCloskey
Cora McCloskey is a 7th grader at West Jeff Middle School. Cora enjoys dance, cooking, and theatre. How to Train Your Dragon Jr. is her first official theatre performance. She would like to thank her friends, family and the whole StageDoor team for their support!
Peyton Miller
Peyton Miller is a 7th grader at Acellus Academy Homeschool. Peyton enjoys skateboarding, snowboarding, taekwondo at Superior martial arts, video games, dance and broadway stars at Peak Academy of Dance, Suzuki piano at Grace Piano Studio. His prior performances include How I became a pirate, Wizard of Oz, Stage to Theater camp, High School Musical 2.
Miles Mitchell
Alice Ogdon
Alice Ogdon is a 7th grader at West Jeff Middle School. Alice enjoys playing volleyball, riding horses, and hanging out with friends and family. Alice’s past performances has been Castles and Dragons, Pure Imagination, Big Bad Musical, Frozen, Elf, Once Upon a Mattress and currently How to Train Your Dragon. She would like to thank her family and friends for supporting her along her journey.
Caroline Randa
Caroline is in 8th grade at Evergreen Country Day School. When not getting ready for a play, she loves reading, music, and being outdoors with friends and family. She has previously performed in Elf, High School Musical, Legally Blonde, and played Little Red in Into The Woods. Caroline would like to thank her parents and sister their support!
Elodie Stotts
Elodie Stotts is a 7th grader at West Jeff Middle School. Elodie enjoys violin, singing, and drawing. Her past performances include Castles and Dragons, Pure Imagination, The Big Bad Musical, Frozen Jr, Elf Jr, and Once Upon a Mattress Jr. She thanks the crew for helping make shows possible.
Mae Strickland
Mae Strickland attends West Jefferson Middle School and enjoys skiing, soccer, rafting and theater. She wrote and performed her own version of The Wizard of Oz over the summer with her neighbors and would like to thank the Twins for walking everyday this year.
Coleman Trevey
Coleman Trevey is an eighth grader who loves bringing stories to life on stage! He has previously appeared as Jack in Into the Woods Jr. and Polonius in The Rules of Comedy. When he’s not performing, Coleman enjoys singing, creative writing, filmmaking, coding, and spending time with friends. He is thrilled to be part of this production and grateful to the cast, crew, and directors for making it such a wonderful experience!
Macy Vakoc
Macy is in seventh grade at West Jeff Middle School. This is her seventh StageDoor production. You may have seen her recently in Elf Jr. and Once Upon a Mattress Jr. In her free time she enjoys playing volleyball, skiing, creating art, playing the piano, and singing. She would like to thank the entire creative team and cast for all their hard work on the show. Lastly, she would like to thank her family for supporting her through all the rehearsals. She hopes you enjoy the show!
Katie Waldron
Katie is an 8th grader at West Jefferson Middle School. Katie enjoys dancing, reading, drawing, and being with friends and family. This is her 8th show with StageDoor. Some of her favorites were castles and dragons, Alice in Wonderland Jr, and Once Upon a Mattress Jr. She would like to thank her family, friends, and the creative team for their support.
Emily Walker
Emily is a 7th grader at West Jefferson Middle School. She loves swimming, theater, Orchestra, and choir. Her prior performances include Castles and Dragons, Pure Imagination, Elf Jr, and Frozen. She would like to thank Alexandria, Kris, Beth, Charlie, and everyone else who’s helped to make this a fun experience.
Kris Sage
Kris graduated from Metropolitan State University of Denver with a Bachelor's degree in Music, and a minor in Theatre. His senior thesis was on music and autism. Kris has over forty years of experience singing, dancing and acting in choirs and theatrical productions. He learned from some of the best teachers and conductors in the country, including a Grammy judge, and an American Choral Directors Association Hall of Fame conductor. He was the music director for Northland Chorale from 2016-2018 and assistant music director at West Bowles Community Church from 2016-2020. He was the choir and drama teacher at West Jefferson Middle School from 2016-2025 and is currently the Choir/Theatre Director at Ken Caryl Middle School in Littleton.
Kris thanks his wife for always letting him toss ideas around, these amazing kids for always challenging him to improve as a director, the creative team for helping this vision become reality, StageDoor Theatre for giving him the opportunity to share his passion for theatre with the kids of this community, and you all for spending your time with us today.
Alexandria Sullivan
Alexandria Sullivan is a graduate of Regis University, with a Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance, a minor in Peace and Justice, and a Leadership certificate. Alexandria has studied vocal pedagogy and has a passion for teaching students to not only become great performers, but also to be aware of the way their instrument works, and how to be a well-rounded performer. With nineteen years of singing experience, her performance credits include Judy in 9 to 5, Rosie in Mamma Mia!, Marie in Cinderella, Magenta/Usherette in The Rocky Horror Show, and Ensemble/Portia Understudy in Something Rotten!. Alexandria has been directing and music directing musicals for the last four years, and has taught lessons privately for the last year. She teaches private voice lessons and also teaches at DaVinci Center for Musical Arts in Broomfield, CO. Some teaching credits include Music Man Kids, Alice in Wonderland Jr., Frozen Kids, and Anastasia, actively directing at the lovely StageDoor Theatre. At StageDoor Theatre, Alexandria has taught all three education companies; she loves her StageDoor kiddos!
She is so incredibly proud of the hard work these students have put into this show. Their growth over the last couple of years is extremely clear, especially in their care for what they do on and off stage.
Alexandria would like to thank everyone at Stagedoor for their confidence in her, trust, and support. She would also like to thank her husband for his support and listening ear for endless silly student stories.
Mallory Van Beek
Mallory Van Beek is a junior at Conifer High School and this is her 4th show that she has choreographed. Mallory has been in plenty of her own shows and is in the upcoming production of Newsies. Mallory would like to thank her students for always being willing to learn and grow! Enjoy the show!
Maisie Mitchell
Maisie Mitchell is a Senior at Conifer High School. How to Train Your Dragon is the second show she has Student Directed and the third she has Stage Managed. Maisie has been participating in the StageDoor community for 6 years and is currently in the High School cast’s upcoming producing of Newsies. She would like to thank her students for always being ready to learn and participate!
