EDMONDS HEIGHTS PERFORMING ARTS | |
PRESENTS THE LIGHTNING THIEFTHE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL
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BOOK BYJOE TRACZ |
MUSIC & LYRICS BYROB ROKICKI |
ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK, THE LIGHTNING THIEF BY RICK RIORDAN
Director Dorothy Rosenthal Pierce |
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Director's Note
Dear audience,
Thank you for being our 34th cast member. Live theatre is only complete when there is an audience to share it with - and that piece has been missing for two solid years on this stage.
There are so many firsts with this show - for several of our actors, it is their first time performing on a stage. For some of our actors, it is their first time performing at our school. For some of our actors, it is their first time with solos or speaking roles. For some of our actors, this is their first time in a leading role. For all of our company, this is the first time a full-length musical has been done at EH since January 2020.
It is an important event.
The gratitude that we feel getting to this place is amazing. We have been given many gifts during this process... the gift of a show that tells a beautiful story; the gifts and talents of new families joining us; the serendipity of having all of our favorite musicians available to make music with and for us; an amazing fight choreographer who came in at the last minute to fine-tune our work; and the gift of an audience willing to come share it with us.
I can't even begin to tell you the wounds that are being healed by getting to perform this show.
These students are fiercely brave and stunningly vulnerable taking on this show. Their acting is beautiful, layered, nuanced and, though masked, they are telling this story with clarity and purpose. I could not be more proud of them. I sat crying during last night's final dress rehearsal, completely undone. We did it. They did it.
Thank you for being here.
Dorothy Rosenthal Pierce
Director
1/21/2022
Cast
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS | |
PERCY JACKSON | Jayla Judd |
ANNABETH | Gracie Carbonetti-Norton |
GROVER | Finn Paynich |
LUKE | Avery Sund |
SALLY JACKSON | Elanor Sansburn |
MR. BRUNNER aka CHIRON | Christana Leyton |
CLARISSE | Madi Steiner |
MR. D | Ari Lemley |
COMPANY (in order of appearance) | |
MRS. DODDS | Tatiana Lindberg |
GABE UGLIANO | Solomon September |
MINOTAUR | Tatiana Lindberg |
POSEIDON | Silas LaRose |
SILENA BEAUREGARD | Sage Jennings |
KATIE GARDNER | Ilze Riekstiņš |
THE ORACLE | Enya-Maria Healy |
BUS DRIVER | Timothy LaRose |
FURIES | Evangeline & Bridget |
GREYHOUND PASSENGER 1 | Aidan Cavanaugh |
GREYHOUND PASSENGER 2 | Hank Sebring |
SQUIRREL | Jessie Riekstiņš |
AUNTY EM | Felicity Silvers |
TRAIN CONDUCTOR | Kera Croft |
ECHIDNA | Zoe Whitesell |
NEWSCASTER | Sophie Portugal |
FARMER | Eden Kopke |
ARES | Lynx Beaky |
BIANCA | Bella Conroy |
KRONOS | Solomon September |
THALIA | Evangeline Carballo |
CHARON | Miette Dean |
JAMES BROWN | Zephyrus Carter |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART | Bridget Warren |
KURT COBAIN | Xeno Madden |
JANIS JOPLIN | Isabella Contreras |
DJ CERBERUS | Eden, Ace, Kera |
VIENNA BOYS CHOIR | Hank, Timothy, Aidan |
HADES | Ace Luccio |
ENSEMBLE | Sofia Whalen |
Dance Captain | Tatiana Lindberg |
Understudies | |
PERCY JACKSON | Lynx Beaky |
ANNABETH | Ilze Riekstiņš |
GROVER | Timothy LaRose |
LUKE | Zoe Whitesell |
SALLY JACKSON | Enya-Maria Healy |
MR. BRUNNER aka CHIRON | Silas LaRose |
CLARISSE | Sage Jennings |
MR. D | Solomon September |
SILENA BEAUREGARD | Bridget Warren |
KATIE GARDNER | Felicity Silvers |
ORACLE | Xeno Madden |
ARES | Aidan Cavanaugh |
Song List
- Act 1
- "Prologue/The Day I Got Expelled" – Percy, Mr. Brunner, Mrs. Dodds, Grover, and Company
- "Strong" – Sally and Percy
- "The Minotaur/The Weirdest Dream" – Percy, Sally, Grover, and Company
- "Another Terrible Day" – Mr. D
- "Their Sign" – Chiron, Percy, and Luke
- "Put You in Your Place" – Clarisse, Annabeth, Percy and Company
- "The Campfire Song" – Luke, Annabeth, Percy, Grover, Katie, Silena, and Chiron
- "The Oracle" – Oracle and Ensemble
- "Good Kid" – Percy and Company
- "Killer Quest!" – Percy, Grover, Annabeth, and Company
- Act 2
- "Lost!” – Percy, Annabeth and Grover
- "My Grand Plan" – Annabeth
- "Drive" – Grover, Annabeth, Percy, Ares, and Company
- "The Weirdest Dream" (Reprise) – Percy, Kronos, and Luke
- "The Tree on the Hill" – Grover, Thalia, Annabeth, Luke, Percy, and Company
- "D.O.A." – Charon and Company
- "Son of Poseidon" – Percy, Ares, Annabeth, Grover, Sally, and Company
- "The Last Day of Summer" – Percy, Luke, and Company
- "Bring on the Monsters"– Percy, Annabeth, Grover, Clarisse, Chiron, Silena, and Luke and Company
Who's Who
Special Thanks
It would be impossible to take on a project of this size 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:
- Ken Michels - Fight Choreography
- Andrew Matheson - Sound Board Mentoring (and soundboard)
- Bob Rice - Microphones
- Yolanda Matheson - Projections
- Kristina Cline - Art and Projection Painting Lead
- Dustie Byers & Jessica Lemley-Carballo - Costumes
- Painting for projections:
- Jay Johnston, Evangeline Carballo, Mary Kirkpatrick, Eden Sansburn, Kyra Laffoon, Laura Laffoon, Kristen Suderman, Zephyrus Carter, Isabella Conroy, Sofia Whalen
- Farrah LaRose, Kelly Silvers, Lindsay Sansburn - Volunteer Coordinators for first semester. You saved me a million times. -drp
Lighting Thief Band:
Conductor - Christopher Puckett
Keyboards - Nick Coletto
Guitar 1 - Joe Hinchy
Guitar 2 - Grant Sjostrom
Bass - Charles Dean
Drums - Wes Livingston
Rehearsal Pianist - Shana Prine