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August 6 - 8 & 12 - 15, 2010

Music by: Richard Rodgers
Book by: Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on: the Play LILIOM by Ferenc Molnar
As adapted by: Benjamin F. Glazer
Original Dances by: Agnes de Mille
Directed by: John Woodruff
(15 men, 12 Women, few kids)

In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries the naive millworker, Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he learns that Julie is pregnant and, desperately intent upon providing a decent life for his family, he is coerced into being an accomplice to a robbery. Caught in the act and mortally injured, he is sent "up there." Billy is allowed to return to earth for one day fifteen years later, and he encounters the daughter he never knew. She is a lonely, friendless teenager, her father's reputation as a thief and bully having haunted her throughout her young life. How Billy instills in both the child and her mother a sense of hope and dignity is a dramatic testimony to the power of love. It's easy to understand why, of all the shows they created, CAROUSEL was Rodgers & Hammerstein's personal favorite.

Staff

Director: John Woodruff
Musical Director: Mary Myers
Vocal Director: Cindy Fuener
Choreographer: Jamie Impson
Ballet Choreographer: Brittney McLaughlin
Set Design: Ed Smith
Costumes: Deb Iams
Makeup Design: Deidre Rosenberger
Acting Coach: Rich Judd
Assistant: Madison Holcomb
Assistant: Rachel Yocum
Properties: tba

Cast

Featured Roles

Andy Van DeVoort - Billy Bigelow
Elizabeth Buttell - Julie Jordan
Madison Kauffman - Carrie Pipperidge
Kyle Harvey - Enoch Snow
Brad Barnes - Jigger Cragin
Leigh Ann Smith - Cousin Nettie
Katie Schork - Mrs. Mullin
Dennis Frye - Mr. Bascombe
Celynn Mayfield - Louise Bigelow
Cassie Bax - Dream Louise
Don Schneider - Starkeeper

Supporting Cast Members

Heather Beckman
Becky Bertram
Erin Bettis
Allison Buehner
Rob DeCroix
Dave Edwards
Vickie Farmer
Madeline Frye
Elizabeth Howell
Jayme Jacks
Deborah Janik
Missy Janik
Katie Kauffman
Shannon Lawler
Anna Lowenthal
Kacey Norman
Lyndsay Norman
Mykenzy Norman
Jacob Pahde
Randy Roller
Maggie Schork
Halee Smith-Hillyer
Patrick Sosman
Katie Steinhour
Robyn Stevens
James Tyler
Jim Yale
Korina Yates
Kourtney Zimmerman