Cast Shines in Upper School Winter Musical
Amy McNabb ’08 proves she’s a star in the making playing Mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper.
In a production as impressive as any collegiate performance, Upper School students showcased their astonishing vocal talents in the Upper School winter musical Anyone Can Whistle, a Stephen Sondheim musical directed by veteran theater teacher extraordinaire Mark Lindberg.
Playing the corrupt mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper, Amy McNabb ’08 steals the show, combining her skilled voice and superb acting to create a knock-out performance. Other performances of note include Talene Monahon ’09 as the no-nonsense nurse Fay Apple, and Gerrit Thurston ’08 as J. Bowden Hapgood, a patient mistaken for a psychiatrist who divides the town into two groups—the insane and the sane—and doesn’t tell anyone which is which. Chris Richards ’08 also gives a fun performance opposite McNabb as Comptroller Schub.
The highlight of the show comes as Nurse Apple disguises herself as a French verifier and becomes romantically involved with Hapgood singing, “Anyone Can Whistle.”
The cast includes: Felicia Aikens ’09, Sarah Bates ’10, Julia Berkowitz ’10, Maggie Brelis ’10, Sarah Champion ’10, Michael Darer ’11, Reni Ellis ’08, Kendrick Evans ’10, Sarah Gottlieb ’10, Nick Haas ’08, Marina Keegan ’08, Susan Langer ’09, Daniel Lee ’08, Ben Madsen ’09, Michelle Mathai ’08, Chelsea McLeod ’08, Amy McNabb ’08, Talene Monahon ’09, David Ottenheimer ’10, Ali Parker ’09, Emily Parkinson ’08, Jack Phillips ’11, Danielle Rabinowitz ’10, Katie Richard ’10, Chris Richards ’08, Katie Richards ’11, Andrew Santin ’11, Alyza Sebenius ’10, Dan Selden ’08, Adam Smith-Perez ’10, and Nick Taylor ’08, Dorothy Thurston ’08, Gerrit Thurston ’08, Brett Torres ’08, and Luke Vargas ’08.
Technical crew: Louise Brinkerhoff ’09, Paul Brudnick ’10, Sarah Gilbert ’11, Paul Mannix ’08, Eric Pluntze ’08, and Alex Wolf ’08.
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The company of cookies, deputies, townspeople, and pilgrims made for a lively show.
Gerrit Thurston ’08 seduces a coy Talene Monahon ’09.
Chris Richards ’08 points a finger at Gerrit Thurston ’08 as the cast looks on.