Cast for High School musical announced

by Catherine Coke, High School theater director

More than 50 students will play roles in “The Theory of Relativity,” on stage in November.
Auditions and callbacks for “The Theory of Relativity” were last week; music and choreographic rehearsals started; and casting was a process, which took more than several days. In fact, the first read through wasn’t until Monday. Sept. 25.

Over 50 High School students from all four grades are in the show.

From the Class of 2018: Shayna Beyer. Denee Stewart Freeman, Max Komisar, Ben Maloy, Hannah Moore, Evan Mukherji, Mary Niarhos, Samantha Olivares-Mejia, Callie Sands, Evelyn TeSelle, and Isa Wierum

From the Class of 2019: Elijah Beyer, Moniaka Bonds, Haley Covington, Jolie Diskin, Jane Goodwin, Haley Harris, Ellie Hollahan, Cam Kloeppel, Carter Koch, Avery Sweet, Olivia Wierum, and Claire Yezbak

From the Class of 2020: Claudia Bennett, Madeline Bennett, Lyra Grossman, Will Growdon, Sam Horner, Annie Jacobs, Claire Kim, Maddie Langlinais, Morgan Lewis, Alex McDonald, Gideon Mosse, Ella Nordberg, Olivia Rhee, Jake Rybczyk, Katelyn Wenkoff, Hannah West, and Ashton Wise

From the Class of 2021: Juliana Dougherty, Gillian Flatt, Breah Forrester-Cox, Allison Lindsey, Jackson Miller, Lauren Scovel, Yoona Shim, Joshua Usdan, Natalie Wright, Rachel Westerfield, and Cecilia Yezbak

High School Theater performances of “The Theory of Relativity” are at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8 and Thursday, Nov. 9; 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10 and Saturday, Nov. 11; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12. Tickets are free for students, faculty, staff, and Tiger Arts Patrons members; they are $5 for the general public. Reservations will be available soon and are highly recommended as seating will be limited to 130 people.
 
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