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Program | The Prom

Book and Lyrics by CHAD BEGUELIN
Book by BOB MARTIN
Music by MATTHEW SKLAR

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19-21 | 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22 | 2:00 PM

Stewart Theatre | Talley Student Union

THE PROM is produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International.

MIA SELF*
Director

MARK HOPPER
Musical Director

YI CHEN
Associate Musical Director

JESS BARBOUR
Choreographer

BRANDON KYONG-TAE LEACH*
Assistant Choreographer

DANICA JENELLE JACKSON
Fight and Intimacy Director

JAYME MELLEMA*
Scenic Designer

LAURA J. PARKER
Costume, Hair and Makeup Design

ROBYN WARFIELD
Lighting Design

TRENT NACLERIO
Assistant Lighting Designer

ERIC ALEXANDER COLLINS
Sound Design

DAVID JENSEN
Technical Direction

JOHN WILSON CHEEK*
Stage Manager

*Member of Alpha Psi Omega Honorary Theatre Society

Professional Staff

Program Director
JOSHUA REAVES

Acting Coach
DANICA JANELLE JACKSON

Costume Shop Manager
LAURA J. PARKER

Costume Technician
ADRIENNE McKENZIE

Head Electricians
ROBYN WARFIELD – LISA MENA

Assistant Technical Director
MICHAEL WHITE

Scenic Charge Artist and Props Manager
JAYME MELLEMA*

Scenic Artist
VANESSA MILLS-WEBB

Finance and Business
BRITTNEY BYRD

Marketing and Playbill
RON FOREMAN*

*Member of Alpha Psi Omega Honorary Theatre Society

Setting

The Time: Now-ish
The Place: The glittering lights of Broadway and Edgewater, Indiana

MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT 1

  1. Opening Night
    Changing Lives
    What Girl?
    Changing Lives Reprise

2. School Hallway
Just Breathe

3. School Gym PTA Meeting
It’s Not About Me

4. Locker Room
Dance With You

5. The Motel Lobby

6. Monster Truck Rally
The Acceptance Song

7. Motel Room

8. Gym & Locker Room
You Happened

9. Apples & Bees
We Look to You

10. Emma’s Room, Elks Lodge, Gym
Tonight Belongs To You

INTERMISSION
There will be one 15-minute intermission

ACT 2

11. The Gym

12. Emma’s Bedroom
Zazz

13. Principal’s. Office
The Lady’s Improving

14. The 7-Eleven
Love Thy Neighbor

15. Locker Room
Alyssa Greene

16. Motel Room
Barry Is Going To Prom

17. Emma’s Bedroom (+ interweb peeps)
Unruly Heart

18. Principal’s Office
Changing Lives Act II

19. Alyssa’s Home / Gym
It’s Time To Dance

MADELINE CORE*
Dee Dee Allen

DAN RAJARATNAM
Barry Glickman

BRIANNA BERHHARDT*
Angie Dickinson

LUKE ANDERSON*
Sheldon Saperstein

BRANDON KYONG-TAE LEACH*
Trent Oliver

MAYA LENNON
Mrs. Greene

ELI SANDUSKY
Emma Nolan

RYAN LIM
Mr. Hawkins

PEYTON SHAHEEN
Alyssa Greene

EMMA YANDO
Shelby

LYDIA BLANTON COCHRANE*
Kaylee

ELIJAH TWISS
Nick

LUKE MORAN
Kevin

ENSEMBLE
Makaylah Autry, Alex Barr*, Ian Bruce, Lilly Bruffey
Nicolas Chancafe*, Owen Durso, Coleman Hines
Grace Hricay, Lily Kindsvatter*, Abby Pfizenmaier
Dasha Royal*, Eyman Sakr, Andrew Campbell Sunderlage
Allison Fiona Thompson, Andrey Ureña-Seceña

*Member of Alpha Psi Omega Honorary Theatre Society

Orchestra

^Indicates NC State student musician

Conductor | Keys 1
MARK HOPPER

Keys 2
YI CHEN^

Reed I
TAIKI AZUMA

Reed II
RON FORD

Trumpet I
DALIA DeJIANNE^

Trumpet II
VICTOR HARING^

Trombone
JOSEPH CIAMPI

Violin I
ALAN WINKLER

Violin II
SHERRY LATTIN

Violin III/Viola
LISA DOHERTY

Cello
DAVIS LINGNER

Drums
TYLER NOWELL

Percussion
CASEY D’SOLA

Guitar
MATT NOWELL

Bass
Jack Hopper

Production Crew

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS
Lu MartinNeha Parthasarathy*
Scarlett DormanCharlie Aliotta

DANCE CAPTAIN
Makaylah Autry

VOCAL COACH
Jennifer Beattie

SOUND BOARD OPERATOR
Daniel De Leon

SOUND ASSISTANTS
Bodey Good – Caitlyn Lister

LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR
Oviya NagarajPrema

FOLLOWSPOT OPERATORS
Salma Sierra Flores – Connor Chaing
Sage Castro Evie Shackles

SUPERTITLES OPERATOR
Cliff Lin

FLY OPERATOR
Cody Boyles

SET CREW
Luke Anderson* – Sarah Kenny

SET CREW – SCENE SHOP VOLUNTEERS
Benny Salvatore, Connor Chang, Dae Reed*, Eloise Wescott, Evalyn Hunneyman, Faith Richards, Neha Parthasarathy*, Trent Naclerio, Vincent Wu, Zoe Etheridge, Ariana Bello, Conner Christman, Helena Azevedo Silva, Ky Reed, Molly Green, Sam Garber, Sarah Kolodzieski, Xochitl Tittles, Cody Boyles, Ronin Bigler, Beyonce Atherly, Lilyanna Ratte, Olivia Sitzer, Annie Dang, Isabella Vlach, Sullivan Schwartz, Victoria Fan

SET CREW – THE 103 STUDENTS
Gabriel Powers, Phoebe Murphy, Gayatri Muthira, Khalid Aldowah, Faisal Ghamdi, Felix Burdine, Colin Christensen, Ashley Ellison, Zack Baer, Molly Lincoln

WARDROBE SUPERVISORS
Nowenn Eba – Alex Handest

DRESSERS
Ashley Hoey – Eloise Wescott

COSTUME CREW – STUDENT COSTUME TECHNICIAN
Arynn Baginski

COSTUME CREW – VOLUNTEERS
Beyonce Atherly, Gabby Barnell, Ariana Bello, Berlin Crawford, Yumi Davis, Morgan Fulford, Pen Hunter, Ariel Modeen, Ky Reed, Veronica Rock, Sangavi Saminathan, J. Sanchez-Collins, Katelyn Spears, Xochitl Tittles, Lia Truedinger, Dakota Warren, Alex Yu

COSTUME CREW – THE 103 STUDENTS
Christa Berry, Ben Brown, Parker Gates, Rachel Kim, Asher Lundell, Rayna Manchi, Gayatri Muthira, Katie Nowry, Luis Vargas-Flores

LIGHT SHOP ASSISTANTS
Daniel De Leon
Trent Naclerio

LIGHTING CREW – VOLUNTEERS
Neha Parthasarathy*, Alyssa Stellavia, Morgan Fulford, Paul Laleicke, Victoria Blain

LIGHTING CREW – THE 103 STUDENTS
Faisal Ghamdi, Dan Rajaratnam, Kaitlen Madden, Felix Burdine, Chazmin Johnson, Maya Kozauer, Sarah Holder, Rome Williams, Isaac Pilkington

HOUSE MANAGER AND USHERS
University Theatre House Crew

*Member of Alpha Psi Omega Honorary Theatre Society

Thank you

The cast would like to thank Chad Beguelin for spending an evening with us in November to discuss the creation of The Prom and his reminder about choosing to acknowledge our shared humanity. 

Thank you, Jess Barbour and North Raleigh Arts & Creative Theatre for the lending of these spectacular tambourines.

And, John Cheek for the quick rescue with the electric keyboard.

Please silence all cell phones. No photography, video or texting during the performance. Thank you!