Productions
Me and Violet Brooks
Performed March 2007
Me and Violet Brooks is a musical set in 1933 during the height of the Great Depression. While attending Miss Charity’s Preparatory Boarding School in Boston, Katie Whitley (Alyssa Valder) is thrust into a massive conflict with her classmate and nemesis, Violet Brooks (Maryam Abdi). Violet is the meanest, nastiest girl to ever set foot in that school, and she makes it her mission to destroy Katie’s life. This dessert theatre musical features swing music and dancing along with lush jazz ballads in fifteen original songs by Micah Nordtvedt.
Riffraff: a Christmas Musical
Performed December 2006, December 2007
Nobody likes the riffraff. They're a band of thieves that would like nothing better than to steal your purse or wallet. The upright citizens of Nazareth are particularly disgusted with them and their nasty habits. And they don't stop with the riffraff, either. They detest all people who fall short of their high moral standards. The riffraff have really just given up on being good. It's easier to be who they are. Nobody's perfect after all.
But that's why there's Christmas.
Review
This fun-filled retelling of the original Christmas story with a riffraff twist delighted audiences of all ages with a cast of twenty-six and 13 original songs in this debut production. Greta Hall (Mary) and Caleb Brotherton (Joseph) led the cast in this humorous and touching musical.
The Churmenya Fiasco
Performed June 2006, May 2008
After bomb destroys the Churmenya monument, the United States Embassy in the Glistov is accused of harboring the saboteurs.
U.S. Consul Margaret Gallen butts heads with enemy commander Lt. Flerka, while trying to figure out what to do with some unexpected guests from Texas. And of course, there are spies running everywhere. Everywhere. Adding to the chaos of this comedy are an Italian artist named Luciana, and mathematics genius, Professor Millard.
Review
This hilarious play was truly a fiasco, thoroughly enjoyed by its audiences.Savannah Green (Margaret Gallen) and Caleb Brotherton (Frank Sawyer) starred. The always smilin' Sawyer family from Leakey, Texas was a crowd favorite as were the idiotic spies and the unexpected romances. The Fiasco featured a cast of twenty-four actors of all ages.
Addie and Boots: a musical
Performed March 2006
Set in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania during the late 1880s, Addie and Boots is the story of orphan
children under merciless rule of twisted Miss Triptych, the orphanage director. But just when they think their lot in life cannot get worse, the evil Mr. Schmidt schemes to "adopt" the children to labor in his coal mine. Can Addie and Boots save the orphans or will Schmidt prevail?
Review
Addie and Boots will forever have a special place in the hearts of all those who experienced it. From fits of laughter to teary-eyed moments, this was one unforgettable musical. Alyssa Valder (Addie) and Mikaela Trott (Boots) starred as the dynamic orphan duo, while Caleb Brotherton (Mr. Schmidt) and Elise Birdsong (Miss Triptych) kept the audience nervous with their crooked plots.
A Persian Conspiracy
Performed June 2005, June 2007
This crazy play follows the events from the book of Esther in a comedy that will leave you rolling on the floor. Beauty pageants, assasination attempts, and several royal banquets all come together with situational humor and random poetry to create what could be the funniest Esther play of our time. Full of melodrama and colorful characters, A Persian Conspiracy is sure to please all audiences.
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The password is the name of the Riffraff character played by Lars and Bjorn.