EDMONDS HEIGHTS PERFORMING ARTS Advanced Musical Theatre |
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PRESENTS Into the Woods
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MUSIC Stephen Sondheim |
BOOK AND LYRICS James Lapine |
Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Director/ChoreographerDorothy Rosenthal Pierce Original Broadway production by Heidi Landesman Rocco Landesman Rick Steiner Originally produced by the Old Globe Theater, San Diego, CA |
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Director's Note
We are so grateful to be back on stage! I don't think there are words to describe the thrill, the relief, and the sense of coming home. Add in the special privileges of performing with a full orchestra, wearing beautifully hand-made costumes, on a set that was custom built for this show while delving deeply into work of such startling brilliance, written by the illustrious Stephen Sondheim. We were able to announce to our students that this was our show the very week that Mr. Sondheim passed away. With a book and lyrics written by the brilliant James Lapine, we are steeped in poetry and intricate story-telling.
To quote Christopher Puckett, our Musical Director and Conductor, "In working on Into the Woods, a show with extreme elegance and depth, you will learn so much. You cannot brush against this brilliance without being improved."
We hope that the audience will have a similar experience. This show has been challenging, intriguing, invigorating, inspirational, and an extreme gift to all involved.
Thank you for spending time with us.
I would be remiss to leave this Director's note without a special thank you to the Creative Team that helped build this show. Christopher Puckett, Kai Fischer, and Madeleine Jenness have given this show their knowledge, experience, creativity, and passion and it shows. Thank you. Jessica Lemley-Carballo said, "I think I want to build Into the Woods." That meant building costumes from scratch and leading a bang-up team of parent volunteers to fulfill that vision. Thank you. And, though it may be silly, thank you to Jason Best for the trees. Thank you for taking my idea and working for so many dozens of hours to make it come true. Always, thank you to Yolanda Matheson for shepherding us all through almost everything. You have all elevated this show.
Thank you to the parents who always come through. You are the backbone of our theatre program.
~Dorothy Rosenthal Pierce
Director/Choreographer
Song List
Act I
- "Act One Prologue" – Narrator, and Company
- "Cinderella at the Grave" – Cinderella, Cinderella's Mother
- "Hello, Little Girl" – Wolf and Little Red Ridinghood
- "The Spell is On My House" (Reprise) – Baker and Baker's Wife
- "I Guess This is Goodbye" – Jack
- "Maybe They're Magic" – Baker and Baker's Wife
- "Maybe They're Magic" (Reprise) – Baker
- "I Know Things Now" – Little Red Ridinghood
- "A Very Nice Prince" – Cinderella and Baker's Wife
- "First Midnight" – Company
- "Giants in the Sky" – Jack
- "Agony" – Cinderella's Prince and Rapunzel's Prince
- "A Very Nice Prince" (Reprise) – Cinderella and Baker's Wife
- "It Takes Two" – Baker and Baker's Wife
- "Second Midnight" – Witch, Cinderella's Prince, Rapunzel's Prince, Stepmother, Florinda, Lucinda
- "Stay with Me" – Rapunzel and Witch
- "On the Steps of the Palace" – Cinderella
- "Act One Finale" – Narrator and Company
Act II
- "Act Two Prologue" – Narrator and Company
- "Agony" (Reprise) – Cinderella's Prince and Rapunzel's Prince
- "Witch's Lament" – Witch
- "Any Moment" – Cinderella's Prince and Baker's Wife
- "Any Moment" (Reprise) – Cinderella's Prince and Baker's Wife
- "Moments in the Woods" – Baker's Wife
- "Your Fault" – Jack, Baker, Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood and Witch
- "Last Midnight" – Witch
- "No More" – Baker and Mysterious Man
- "No One is Alone (Part 1)" – Cinderella and Little Red Ridinghood
- "No One is Alone (Part 2)" – Cinderella, Baker, Little Red Ridinghood and Jack
- "Act Two Finale" – Company
Cast
Orchestra
Christopher Puckett - Conductor
Nick Colletto - Piano
Wes Livingston - Percussion
Charles Dean - Bass
Elise Yi - Violin
Carmella McCracken - Viola
Ezra McConnell - Cello
Emily Lauckhart - Flute/Piccolo
Mike Roach - Clarinet
William Forbes - Trumpet
Kellen Schuetee - French Horn
Alec Chinnery - French Horn
Crew and Tech
Evangeline Carballo (they/them)
Bella Conroy (she/her)
Kera Croft (she/her)
Isaiah Dean
Ella Horner (she/her)
Ace Luccio (he/him)
Avery Matheson (he/him)
Thomas Matheson (he/him)
Gryffon Matthews (he/him)
Eden Sansburn (she/they)
Harper Sund (she/her)
Ruby Williams (they/them)
Special Thanks
It would be impossible for our program to run without the dedicated assistance of volunteers. EHPA depends on our families and community members to make it all happen. We would like to thank our Theatre Advisory Group for their time, talent, consistent support, troubleshooting and decision making.
Thank you to:
- Jessica Lemley-Carballo - Costumes
- Jason Best - Trees
- Kristina Cline - Painting Lead
- Brian Warren - Poster and Banner Designs
- Bryn Riekstiņš - Getting all of the things - all of them
- Andrew Matheson - Sound Board Mentoring (and soundboard)
- Bob Rice - Microphones
- Farrah LaRose, Kelly Silvers, Lindsay Sansburn - Volunteer Coordinators. You saved me a million times. -drp
Set Building:
Jason Best, Christopher Puckett, Madeleine Jenness, Dorothy Rosenthal Pierce, Katie Demaray, Adia Best, TiaRee Nelson, Robin Ehrlich, Golda Ehrlich, Lev Ehrlich, Miriam Ehrlich, Elanor Sansburn, Eden Sansburn, Evangeline Carballo, Cordelia Carranza-McCullough, Zeb Kovell
Painting:
Eden Sansburn, Itzel Wilson, Mariana Wilson, Adia Best, Eliot Best, Elanor Sansburn, Evangeline Carballo, Ilze Rietzskins, Bryn Rietzskins, Dorothy Rosenthal Pierce, Jason Best, Mia Rue, Veronica Unger, Zephyrus Carter
Props:
Bryn Riekstiņš, Miette Dean, Dorothy Rosenthal Pierce, Tech Crew & cast
The use of Blindness as Punishment
Throughout the story of Into the Woods characters are blinded as punishment. This stems from the original Brothers Grimm fairytales, where blindness is used in various ways and as metaphors.
We have made the choice to minimize this in our production. Using blindness as punishment is ableist and continues to perpetuate and create stereotypes of Vision Impaired persons.
Disability should not be seen as being a type of punishment, or even as abnormal, as it is most often portrayed in fairy tales.
If you would like to read further on this, we have provided several links.
Losing Sight, Gaining Insight: Blindness and the Romantic Vision in Grimm’s “Rapunzel”
A narrative blind eye: Visual disability representation within the Brothers Grimm folk tales
Exposing a Misinformed and Disabled Fairytale
Seniors
A special shout out to our seniors. I have worked with most of you for at least six years and am so grateful to have watched you grow into the most amazing adults! This is the class that was last on stage in their sophomore year. They persisted. They stayed with the program through online musicals. They combined their levels with younger students. They have been role models. They have brought their best selves to this process. We will miss you. We wish you the absolute best!
Isaiah Dean, Matthew Dennon, Jayla Judd,
Zeb Kovell, Gryffon Matthews, Finn Paynich,
Madi Steiner, Avery Sund
EHPA class of 2022
Meet the Company
Miette Blood-Dean (she/her)
Grace Carbonetti-Norton (she/her)
Cordelia Carranza-McCullough (she/her)
Aidan Cavanaugh (he/him)
Matthew Dennon (he/him)
Enya-Maria Healy (she/her)
Sage Jennings (she/they)
Jayla Judd (he/they)
Zeb Kovell (he/him)
Silas LaRose (he/him)
Ari Lemley (he/him)
Tia Narayana (they/she)
Finn Paynich (they/them)
Ilze Riekstiņš (she/her)
Elanor Sansburn (she/they)
Saige Soriano (they/them)
Madi Steiner (she/her)
Avery Sund (she/her)
Evangeline Carballo (they/them)
Bella Conroy (she/her)
Kera Croft (she/her)
Isaiah Dean
Ella Horner (she/her)
Ace Luccio (he/him)
Avery Matheson (he/him)
Thomas Matheson (he/him)
Gryffon Matthews (he/him)
Eden Sansburn (she/they)
Harper Sund (she/her)
Ruby Williams (they/them)
Photos
Training Lighting Technician
Backstage Crew!
Story time!
Rehearsal
Orchestra - first run with full orchestra
Orchestra! It's showtime, folks!
Don't miss our next show, Mary Poppins Jr! May 26, 27 & 28th!
Our Spring Showcase - Annual Improv and One Acts Night is June 1st.
The Real Deal
(a modern re-telling of The Velveteen Rabbit)
Box
by Lindsay Price
and appearances by our Improv 1 Class
and stay tuned for our audio drama by Radio Class
The Monkey's Paw!
Extra Reading
Read the Upstage Guide from Roundabout Theatre Company.
History
Inspiration
Into the Woods draws plot lines and characters from a variety of Brothers Grimm fairy tales, such as Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Jack and the Beanstalk. James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim were drawn by the true morals of the main characters of these stories. However, they found that the stories were all very short and, rather than creating an entirely new tale or trying to expand material for just one story, they created the characters of the Baker and his Wife. They aimed to make the first act about each character's individual quest, and the second act about the consequences of their actions and coming together as a community. Sondheim also claims that he drew on parts of his troubled childhood, using his parents as the basis for characters like the Baker and Jack's Mother.
Over its history, the script has been tweaked for certain productions. The original San Diego production included a story line about the Three Little Pigs and was eventually cut, but then brought back for the 2002 Broadway revival. The original London production added "Our Little World," a duet between the Witch and Rapunzel, which was included in many subsequent productions. The recent Public Theatre production removed the character of Cinderella's Father.
Productions
Into the Woods, with book by James Lapine and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, premiered in San Diego, California, at the Old Globe Theatre on December 4, 1986. It ran for 50 performances.
The musical later opened on Broadway on November 5, 1987, at the Martin Beck Theatre. The production closed on September 3, 1989, after 765 shows, although most of the original cast reunited for a tenth anniversary benefit performance on November 9, 1997. A national tour ran across the United States from November 1988 to September 1989, with a longer residency at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
The original West End production opened at the Phoenix Theatre on September 25, 1990, and ran for nearly 200 performances. A London revival opened on November 16, 1998, running for only three months.
In the new millennium, the musical has seen a significant number of revivals: Los Angeles in early 2002 (before moving to the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway), the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in June 2007 and the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre of England in a six-week limited engagement, which performed in an actual forest. This particular production transferred to the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park series in New York's Central Park for a limited run in the summer of 2012.
Throughout the years, the musical has been performed in theatres across the United States (including Puerto Rico), London, Australia, New Zealand, Spain and Singapore.
Cultural Influence
- Both the original Broadway cast and the 2010 Regent Park production were video recorded. The former was first broadcast on public television before being released on DVD, while the latter was released for public download through Digital Theatre.
- Walt Disney Pictures released a film adaptation of Into the Woods in December of 2014.
Critical Reaction
"Total enchantment. A spellbounding score, witty enough to make old stories fresh for adults, lovely enough to enchant youngsters."
– Daily News
"Bewitching... dazzling... triumphant."
– New York Post
"Non-stop pure pleasure. A ravishing explosion of color and melody and magic and laughter."
– TIME Magazine
"[Sondheim's] lovely score – poised between melody and dissonance – is the perfect measure of our tenuous condition. The songs invariably follow the characters' thinking patterns, as they weigh their options and digest their experience. Needless to say, that doesn't make for traditional show-stoppers. But it does make for vivacity of another kind. And Sondheim's lyrics... are brilliant."
– The Washington Post
Awards
Tony® Award
1988 - Best Choreography, Nominee (Lar Lubovitch)
1988 - Best Direction Of A Musical, Nominee (James Lapine)
1988 - Book Of A Musical, Winner (James Lapin)
1988 - Choreography, Nominee (Lar Lubovitch)
1988 - Best Musical, Nominee (Into the Woods)
1988 - Costume Design, Nominee (Ann Hould-Ward)
1988 - Best Book Of A Musical, Winner (James Lapine)
1988 - Direction Of A Musical, Nominee (James Lapine)
1988 - Best Original Score, Winner (Stephen Sondheim)
1988 - Featured Actor In A Musical, Nominee (Robert Westenberg)
1988 - Best Actress in a Musical, Winner (Joanna Gleason)
1988 - Leading Actress In A Musical, Winner (Joanna Gleason)
1988 - Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Nominee (Robert Westenberg)
1988 - Lighting Design, Nominee (Richard Nelson)
1988 - Best Scenic Design, Nominee (Tony Straiges)
1988 - Musical, Nominee (Heidi Landesman, Rocco Landesman, Rick Steiner, M. Anthony Fisher, Frederic H. Mayerson, Jujamcyn Theatres (producers))
1988 - Best Costume Design, Nominee (Ann Hould-Ward)
1988 - Original Musical Score, Winner (Stephen Sondheim)
1988 - Best Lighting Design, Nominee (Richard Nelson)
1988 - Scenic Design, Nominee (Tony Straiges)
1997 - Best Costume Design, Nominee (Ann Curtis)
2002 - Best Scenic Design, Nominee (Douglas W. Schmidt)
2002 - Best Lighting Design, Winner (Brian MacDevitt)
2002 - Best Lighting Design, Winner (Brian MacDevitt)
2002 - Best Choreography, Nominee (John Carrafa)
2002 - Best Revival Of A Musical, Nominee (Into the Woods )
2002 - Best Director of a Musical, Nominee (James Lapine)
2002 - Best Revival Of A Musical, Nominee (Into the Woods)
2002 - Best Choreography, Nominee (John Carrafa)
2002 - Best Actor in a Musical, Nominee (John McMartin)
2002 - Best Costume Design, Nominee (Susan Hilferty)
2002 - Best Actress in a Musical, Nominee (Vanessa Williams)
2002 - Best Direction Of A Musical, Nominee (James Lapine)
2002 - Best Actress in a Musical, Nominee (Vanessa Williams)
2002 - Best Performance By A Featured Actor In A Musical, Nominee (Gregg Edelman)
2002 - Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Nominee (Greg Edelman)
2002 - Best Performance By A Featured Actress In A Musical, Nominee (Laura Benanti)
2002 - Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Nominee (Laura Benanti)
2002 - Best Performance By A Leading Actor In A Musical, Nominee (John McMartin)
2002 - Best Scenic Design, Nominee (Douglas W. Schmidt)
2002 - Best Performance By A Leading Actress In A Musical, Nominee (Vanessa Williams)
2002 - Best Costume Design, Nominee (Susan Hilferty)
Drama Desk Award
1988 - Outstanding Music, Nominee (Stephen Sondheim)
1988 - Outstanding Musical, Nominee (Into the Woods)
1988 - Outstanding Musical, Winner ()
1988 - Outstanding Orchestrations, Nominee (Jonathan Tunick)
1988 - Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Nominee (Bernadette Peters)
1988 - Outstanding Orchestration, Nominee (Jonathan Tunick)
1988 - Outstanding Set Design, Nominee (Tony Straiges)
1988 - Outstanding Book of a Musical, Winner (James Lapine)
1988 - Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Nominee (Bernadette Peters)
1988 - Outstanding Set Design, Nominee (Tony Straiges)
1988 - Outstanding Costume Design, Nominee (Ann Hould-Ward)
1988 - Outstanding Book of a Musical, Winner (James Lapine)
1988 - Outstanding Director Of A Musical, Nominee (James Lapine)
1988 - Outstanding Costume Design, Nominee (Ann Hould-Ward)
1988 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Winner (Robert Westenberg)
1988 - Outstanding Director Of A Musical, Nominee (James Lapine)
1988 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Nominee (Danielle Ferland)
1988 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Winner (Robert Westenberg)
1988 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Winner (Joanna Gleason)
1988 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Winner (Joanna Gleason)
1988 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Nominee (Richard Nelson)
1988 - Outstanding Lyrics, Winner (Stephen Sondheim)
1988 - Outstanding Lyrics, Winner (Stephen Sondheim)
1988 - Outstanding Music, Nominee (Stephen Sondheim)
2002 - Outstanding Costume Design, Nominee (Susan Hilferty)
2002 - Outstanding Sound Design:, Winner (Dan Moses Schreier )
2002 - Outstanding Sound Design, Winner (Dan Moses Schreier)
2002 - Outstanding Actress in a Musical:, Nominee (Laura Benanti )
2002 - Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Winner (Into The Woods)
2002 - Outstanding Actress in a Musical:, Nominee (Vanessa Williams )
2002 - Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Nominee (Vanessa Williams)
2002 - Outstanding Costume Design:, Nominee (Susan Hilferty )
2002 - Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Nominee (Laura Benanti)
2002 - Outstanding Director of a Musical:, Nominee (James Lapine )
2002 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Nominee (Greg Edelman)
2002 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical:, Nominee (Gregg Edelman )
2002 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Nominee (Kerry O'Malley)
2002 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical:, Nominee (Kerry O'Malley )
2002 - Outstanding Director Of A Musical, Nominee (James Lapine)
2002 - Outstanding Revival of a Musical:, Winner ()
2002 - Outstanding Set Design of a Musical, Winner (Douglas W. Schmidt)
2002 - Outstanding Set Design of a Musical:, Winner (Douglas W. Schmidt )
NY Drama Critics Circle Award
1988 - Best Musical, Winner (Into the Woods)
Theatre World Award
1988 - Best Debut Performance, Winner (Danielle Ferland)
Olivier Award
1999 - Best Actress in a Musical, Winner (Sophie Thompson)