YMCA of the North Shore and Manchester-Essex Middle School Present the 2024 Young Theatre Artists Festival
photo caption: playwrights, actors and directors
featuring 6 world premiere 10 minute plays written and directed by Manchester-Essex Middle School students. The theme for the 2024 Festival is Facing Your Fears: From Beasts to Bullies. The playwrights have spent the past 2 months writing plays in a multi-draft process that adhered to the 2024 theme.
All tickets $11.00
Performances: Friday, May 17 at 7pm; Saturday, May 18 at 7pm and Sunday, May 19 at 2pm.
Just days away! Manchester Essex Regional Middle School presents the Sound of Music on May 5, 6, and 7. Below is a press release, cast list and rehearsal photos.
Photos: Courtesy photos
The YMCA of the North Shore and Manchester Essex Regional Middle School (MERMS) are proud to present one of the most famous musicals of all time: The Sound of MusicYouth Edition on Friday, May 5 at 7:00pm; Saturday, May 6 at 7:00pm; and Sunday, May 7 at 2:00pm at the Manchester-Essex High School Auditorium on 36 Lincoln Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. All tickets are $15.00. For ticketsgo to:https://our.show/mermssound-of-music
Directed by YMCA of the North Shore Theatre Specialist Heidi Dallin, the production features students from the Manchester Essex Regional Middle School playing some of the most beloved characters in theatre history.The Sound of Music was the final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein and features many cherished songs, including “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” and the title number, The Sound of Music. The book of the musical was written by the Pulitzer Prize winning writing duo of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. A Broadway legend, Crouse spent his summers living in the Annisquam neighborhood of Gloucester. The Sound of Musicwon the hearts of audiences worldwide, earning five Tony Awards and five Oscars. Set in 1938 Austria, before the Nazi occupation, this inspirational story based on the memoir of Maria Augusta von Trapp, follows Maria Reiner, an ebullient postulate who serves as governess to the seven children of the imperious Captain von Trapp, bringing music and joy to the household.
MERMS 8th Grader Cate Vendt playing Maria Reiner and MERMS 7th Grader Jack Rousmaniere playing Captain von Trapp lead the cast of over 30 middle school actors. Director Heidi Dallin’s YMCA Theatre Production Team includes Music Director: Rin Wolter; Set, Prop and Costume Designer: Sarah Vandewalle; Stage Manager: Manchester native Jenny Hersey; Choreographer: Ts Burnham; Sound Designer: Francis Bordeleau; Set Tech: True Sayess and Lighting Designer: MERHS Sophomore Nicholas Haley.
The YMCA of the North Shore and Manchester Essex Regional Middle School’s production of The Sound of Music Youth Edition will be presented at theManchester-Essex High School Auditorium on 36 Lincoln Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA on Friday May 5, and Saturday May 6, at 7:00 p.m and Sunday, May 7 at 2:00 pm. All tickets are $15 and can be purchased at https://our.show/mermssound-of-music
The SOUND OF MUSIC CAST
Sound of Music Youth Edition CAST LIST
Character
Cast
Maria Rainer
Cate Vendt
Opening Number ensemble (mountains, trees, birds, a brook, etc)
Grace Burgess, Kit Carpenter, Thomas Chrzanowski, Damian Etna, Kate Graeter, Annabelle Kerivan, Calvin Lee, Scarlet Lee, James Lamb, River Martin, Mady N, Jack Rousmaniere, Oscar Storella, Julian Zaremba
Sister Berthe, Mistress of Novices
Simone Argento
Sister Marge
Harper Hemme
Sister Anne
Natalia Woodman
Sister Etta
Maddie Delaney
The Mother Abbess, in charge of the Abbey
Scarlet Lee
Sister Sophia
Rosie Renehan
Nuns of the Abbey
Katelin Aloi, Sofia Colarusso, Elizabeth Coughlin, Emily Fedorowich, Maya Khan, Paisley Koeplin, Estelle Lovett, Chloe Marletta, Hannah Meara, Anne Stevens, Antonia Vivanco
The YMCA of the North Shore & Manchester-Essex Middle School blooms and grows with “The Sound of Music – youth edition” in May 2023. Heidi Dallin shares the lovely performance flyer for next week’s shows May 5, 6, and 7. Tickets can be purchased here.
The Sound of Music opened on Broadway in 1959–an instant smash hit and perennial cultural favorite ever since. It’s special when there’s any production on Cape Ann: Thanks to Russel Crouse, much of the stage musical was written during stints in their Annisquam neighborhood in Gloucester.
Theatre at the Cape Ann YMCA – A new Summer Tradition!
Follow the Yellow Brick Road to The Cape Ann YMCA production of The Wizard of Oz featuring a cast of young actors from the YMCA Summer Performance Camp on Thursday, July 21 and Friday July 22 at 4pm at the Cape Ann YMCA! The beloved family musical is directed by Heidi Dallin with music direction by Rin Wolter, Set, Costume and Prop Design by Sarah Vandewalle, Choreography by Tyler Garofalo, Stage Manager Jenny Hersey, Sound Design by Treely Dowd and Production Assistants TS Burnham, Julia Drost and Martina Gallo.
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