Past News/Productions

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ACT 2 CAST:

This year's fall play will be...

The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon!

Written by Don Zolidis, this hilarious play follows two narrators and their troupe of actors as they attempt to retell the Brothers' Grimm 200+ classic fairytales in a timespan of 100 minutes. It's a chaotic and fast paced story, that includes some familiar stories such as Cinderella and Snow White, while also retelling some of the brothers' more....unusual works. There are many, MANY parts available in this production!

Auditions will be held September 1-2 at 3pm in the PAC.

Oklahoma! CommercialS!

Here's a fantastic commercial created by our student Ethan Chin:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fj2cJxAWVaa5-YfmLTFNrs_KWvwEbm6r/view?usp=sharing

And thanks to our friends at LMC Media for creating this great 3-minute infomercial that advertises and explains our musical. Click here to watch!

Oklahoma! Cast List

Name (Alphabetical): Role:

Jesse Ben-Meir Curly

Mirabelle Brown Fred

Shae Cunningham Ado Annie

Carolina Doherty Gertie Cummings

Nathaniel Findlay Ike Skidmore

Andrew Glener Will Parker

Kyle Francavilla Jud Fry

Ruby Liebmann Aunt Eller

Dillon Nashelsky Andrew Carnes

Eduardo Ruigomez Slim

Angel Tapia Cord Elam

Riley Taylor Ali Hakim

Naomi Young Laurey

Featured Dancers:

Brian Chin

Ethan Chin

Ethan Felenstein

Nathaniel Findlay

Carolina Doherty

Emily Guzman

Talia Martelli

Rafaela Martinez

Diana Micalizzi

Maregli Miranda

“Out Of Your Dreams” Singers:

Carolina Doherty

Rafaela Martinez

Talia Martelli

Ariana Victor

Ensemble

Maria Andres, Nick Boron, Brian Chin, Ethan Chin, Ethan Felenstein, Emily Gallin, Emily

Guzman, Talia Martelli, Rafaela Martinez, Diana Micalizzi, Maregli Miranda, Katie Sykes,

Ariana Victor

**NOTE: There are many solo lines & vocal solos that will be filled by ensemble members**

Rye Neck High School's 2021 Production of...Oklahoma!

This year, the Rye Neck Theatre Department will be producing the musical Oklahoma! Due to Covid, instead of our usual indoor live production, the musical will be filmed outdoors as a movie musical this spring! The film will then stream online in early June.

Auditions will be held next week by cohort. Auditions for Cohort 1 will take place on Monday, February 8th, and Auditions for Cohort 2 will take place on Tuesday, February 9th. Initial auditions will be held in person at 3PM in the Performing Arts Center. Callbacks will be held Wednesday Feb. 10th over Zoom starting at 3PM.

CREW positions: there are many to fill! We will post an official sign-up soon and will hold an interest Meet sometime thereafter.

Students wishing to learn more about the auditions and the production should join the Google Classroom for Oklahoma! - the code is BISHCET.

PLOT SYNOPSIS: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18vJCJD8DVAno1OtECMX6aMwcLIQiOodwKjvKbzIvMdQ/edit?usp=sharing

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m0iZl0RwDVwEZZWHrRoufA91Hv0PmP7q/view?usp=sharing

Please enjoy this video commercial which gives a preview of how our film will be created. We look forward to getting going and creating something really special for everyone! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M152rNLKwsj_jyFrvMBcY4Ro7fNlM09G/view?usp=sharing

A HUGE congratulations to the cast and crew of The Little Mermaid! We put on an incredible show and were sold out 3 out of 4 shows. If you see a member of the cast crew, please thank them for their incredible efforts and the amazing show they put on!

SEE TIME AND THE CONWAYS ON OCTOBER 24th and 25th at 7 PM!

Featuring:

• Juliana Silva as Mrs. Conway

• Anna Romani as Kay Conway

• Lulu Tagger as Hazel Conway

• Zach Aber as Alan Conway

• Nathaniel Findlay as Robin Conway

• Sorelle Marsh as Madge Conway

• Ruby Liebmann as Carol Conway

• Khaleema Bogan as Joan Helford

• Ryan Boron as Ernest Beevers

• Jesse Ben-Meir as Gerald Thornton

• Understudies: Dominic Grullon and Andrew Glener

METROS! CONGRATULATIONS RYE NECK! At the 2019 Metro Awards, we won not one, not two, not three, but FOUR awards! Ethan Chin won Outstanding Dance Performance for his role as Johnny Casino, Ris Igrec won Technical Merit for her fabulous costumes, Kathryn Krull won Outstanding Musical Direction, and the folks behind the scenes won the award for the best Stage Crew!

Congratulations to the following Grease! cast and crew members for their Metro Award Nominations!

• • • Outstanding Chorus

    • Outstanding Dance Performance Female - Yu Zushiden (as Cha-Cha DeGregorio)

    • Outstanding Dance Performance Male - Ethan Chin (as Johnny Casino)

    • Outstanding Production Number - "Born To Hand Jive"

    • Outstanding Choreography - Francesca DeAngelo

    • Outstanding Musical Direction - Kathryn Krull

    • Outstanding Stage Crew

    • Technical Merit - Ris Igrec - Head of Costumes

The Metros took place on Monday, June 10.

GREASE! This year's musical ran Feb. 29, March 1 & 2. It was a wonderful big hit!

CLUE! Performances took place on Friday & Saturday Oct. 26th and 27th of 2018! Click here for a Rye Record article about the production, and click here to see our trailer!