New Trier High School Cast Performs 'The Wedding Singer'

From New Trier High School:

WINNETKA, IL — New Trier High School Performing Arts students will perform The Wedding Singer on Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 4-5, at 7 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 6 at 4:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. in the Northfield Campus Cornog Auditorium. Tickets are available for $10 at the door or online at www.showclix.com/event/the-wedding-singer.

Set in 1985, The Wedding Singer tells the story of rock star wannabe Robbie Hart, New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer, who has a reputation as the life of the party until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. As Robbie sets out to make every wedding as disastrous as his own, he meets Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. Unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will marry a Wall Street shark and be gone forever.

“The Wedding Singer is one of those movies that has reached a status in pop culture that it seems everyone has either seen it, or is at least aware of it,” Director Ryan Dunn said. “Bringing that experience to the stage has been incredibly fun and exciting, as the show is very funny but also has a lot of heart. Because Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore’s performances are so iconic, one of the aspects of the show I’ve most enjoyed is helping the actors take the best parts of those performances while simultaneously injecting their own spin on the characters. I am so excited to show audiences our version of this classic story”

The Wedding Singer is based upon the New Line Cinema Film written by Tim Herlihy, and the book by Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy. Music is by Matthew Sklar, and lyrics by Chad Beguelin. The Wedding Singer is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.

Cast

Wednesday-Friday Cast:
Julia Baer, Blake Beeler, Sadie Block, Amelia Capretta, Natalie Circolone, Amelie de Leeuw, Nora Duncan, Alex Felicione, Natalie Fischer, Bella Friedman, Grant Gaechter, Sophie Gies, Grace Hepburn, Isabel Hernandez, Reed Jaberg, Meeghan Jakob, Aashay Jathar, Annika Juliusson, Lauren Kelley, Hope Kim, Abby Konosky, Naomi Kravitz, Tiger Lee, Jack Malmed, Zoe Malmed, Owen Meehan-Egan, Rachel Miller, Eddie Nayman, Maya Paez, Cate Parkhill, Victor Pascucci, Elizabeth Payne, Cecilia Perez, Gabi Shariffi, Brooklyn Tracy, Grace Traxler, Ari Winer, Ellie Zarch

Thursday-Saturday Cast:
Emily Claire Astolfi, Charlie Baron, Keira Botjer, Caleb Broadhurst, Julia Burnham, Alivia Cirrincioone, Zoe Conlon, Izzy Fischer, Mackenzie Fowler, Kate Frohling, Matthew Geis, Magnolia Gorelick, Robert Grosser, Joshua Grossman, Roxie Harris, Ethan Hoffman, Anna Howie, Hannah Kaplan, Maggie Kruse, Paige Lawless, Sophia Lee, Owen Merrill, Sammy Obel, Sarah Olson, Katie Palmer, Ericka Pugliese, Ivanah Rajwani, Shayan Ramchandran, Dominic Reardon, Trenton Rothbard, Elizabeth Stone, Maya Szal, Katie Truszkowski, Julia Vago, Mia von Varga, Diya Verma, Jonathan Wolf, Sonya Yabloch

Crew Members
Elijah Barker – Props, Michael Caplan – Props, Mandy Descorbeth – Wardrobe/Props, SJ Gray – Audio Engineer, Margret Griffin – Flys, Elizabeth Hoffhines – Assistant Stage Manager, Connor Kane – Props, Ally Kleinmann – Assistant Stage Manager, Kirsten Krieman – Spots, Reagan Maydew – Spots, Will Stevens – Light Operator, Harold Stricklin – Audio 2

Rehearsal Assistants
Bella Baratta, Elsa Vieregg, Katie Weis

Stage Manager
Henry Blasingame

Pit Orchestra Members
Aruni Chenxi – Saxophone, Will Colegrove – Drums, Charlie Colegrove – Guitar, Alex Gordon – Guitar, Adhishree Kathikar – Keyboards, Lizzy Kulick – Bass, Connor Williamson – Trumpet

Production Staff
Ryan Dunn, Director
Amy Branahl, Music Director
Mark Hiebert, Orchestra Director
Anders Jacobson, Technical Director
Katie Kritek and Lucy Riner, Choreographers
Celia Villacres, Accompanist
Grover Hollway, Sound Designer
Emily Arnold, Costumes
Judy Radovsky, Graphic Designer
Ashley Avila, Hair and Make-Up Technician

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