Know Before You Go

Welcome to CC Theatre's production of Into the Woods 

-About the Show-




-Accessibility-

Open and Closed Captions

All performances will be open-captioned in English by projection on the proscenium wall. Closed-captions in English and Mandarin can be accessed on your phone or tablet. 

Assisted Listening Devices

Assisted listening devices are available at all performances at the Accessibility Table in the lower lobby.  They include over-the-ear headsets. Patrons may also use their own mono headsets. 

Character Guide


Narrator

The actor playing one of two Narrators is Sarah Kiefer. The Narrators tell the story and help the audience experience it. They remind us that we can see ourselves through the stories we read and that we learn from every decision the characters make.

Narrator

The other actor playing the second Narrator is Harrison Wei. The Narrators tell the story and help the audience experience it. They remind us that we can see ourselves through the stories we read and that we learn from every decision the characters make.

Cinderella

The actor playing Cinderella is Julia Smith. Cinderella is a kind young woman forced to be a servant for her family. Her only wish is to go to the King's festival.

Jack

The actor playing Jack is Tara Johnson, Jack is an adventurous, curious, caring, and dimwitted young boy whose impulsivity annoys his mother. His best friend is his pet cow, Milky-White. His Mother, a single mom, tries to provide for them and loves him very much.

Jack's Mother

The actor playing Jack's Mother is Faye Bergman. Jack’s Mother is a single mom who is trying to provide for herself and her naive son. The two of them live on a farm with their cow who is no longer able to produce milk. She wants to teach her son to take responsibilities or they will be too poor to survive. Despite his oblivion, she loves Jack very much.

Baker

The actor playing The Baker is Jack Gilmore. The Baker deeply empathizes with and despises the existence of others' suffering. He strives to be strong and independent and is reluctant to acknowledge how much he depends on his Wife, who has those qualities he desires and does her best to create the life they long for: that of having a child.

Baker's Wife

The actor playing Baker's Wife is Clara McKennitt. A worn-out spouse to the Baker, she possesses all qualities of a caring mother without a child to care for. She is attentive to all the details around her and does her best to create the life she and the Baker long to have. 

Little Red Riding Hood

The actor playing Little Red Riding Hood is  Jules Serafini. Red is a feisty young girl who is curious about the world and the things that one can take from it. 

The Witch

The actor playing The Witch is Alessandra Giragos.  The Witch is a complex woman whose trust was met with deceit and betrayal. She lets her need for control outweigh her love for Rapunzel. She wants to be understood, not feared.

Cinderella's Prince

The actor playing Cinderella's Prince is Ben Pixley.  Charming, egotistical, and seemingly perfect, Cinderella's Prince  feels entitled to whatever he wants; he is a disloyal lover. His Steward is a grumpy man who is treated poorly but who holds back his complaints.

Rapunzel's Prince

The actor playing Rapunzel's Prince is Wilbur Moffitt. Rapunzel's Prince lives in the shadow of his older brother, Cinderella’s Prince. He enjoys the luxuries of regality but wants more, or maybe to be his older brother’s equal.

Rapunzel

The actor playing Rapunzel is  Nadine Johnson. Rapunzel is a vulnerable young woman with incredibly long hair. Her life has been spent banished in a tower in the woods. Her only wish is to see the world outside her window.

Cinderella's Step Mother

The actor playing Cinderella's Step Mother is Robyn Herbert. Cinderella's Step Mother is A fierce, selfish, and two-faced woman. She tries to climb the social ladder. She and her daughters often insult and mistreat Cinderella. They try to mislead the prince, but get blinded and lose a few toes in the process. 

Florinda

The actor playing Florinda is Mallory Kosiba. Florinda is one of Cinderella's two evil stepsisters and she often mistreats Cinderella. She tries to marry Cinderella's Prince but gets blinded and loses a few toes in the process.

Lucinda

The actor playing Lucinda is Emma Rowland. Lucinda is one of Cinderella's two evil stepsisters. From a young age, she and her sister, Florinda, began following in their mother's footsteps of mistreating Cinderella. But in her hopes and attempts of marrying a prince, she ultimately loses her heel and gets blinded by Cinderella's bird friends.


Milky White

The actor working the puppet Milky White is Noah Bruns. Milky White is Jack's sassy and loving cow. She is sold to the Baker and his wife so the Witch can make a  mysterious potion.

Cinderella's Father

The actor playing Cinderella's Father is Alex Koh. Cinderella's Father has resigned himself to life as it is and shut his feelings away. He tries to stay out of the way, coming off as bored and uncaring

Mysterious Man

The actor playing The Mysterious Man is  Thomas Griffin. The Mysterious Man is an eccentric and theatrical man who lives alone in the woods. Be careful, though, he's got a dark secret!

Granny

The actor playing Granny is Dia Wang.  Granny is a feisty old lady who loves her granddaughter dearly. After being swallowed by a wolf, she gifts Little Red a dagger and a new cape made of wolf pelt to protect her.

Cinderella's Mother

The actor playing Cinderella's Mother is Ava Katz. Cinderella's mother is a kind and passionate woman who wants the best for her daughter. Even though she is deceased, she still tries to help her daughter from the other side. 


Wolf

The actor playing The Wolf is Georgia Blunt. The Wolf is a sly, old animal who lives in the woods. He hopes to lure Little Red into trusting him, which does not go as planned. 

The Giant's Wife

The actor playing The Giant's Wife is Meilynn Teng. Jack betrays The Giant's Wife's good treatment and causes the Giant's death, so she attempts to hunt him down to get her revenge.

The Steward

The actor playing Cinderella's Prince's Steward is Charles Mastromarino. The Stewards are grumpy men who serve their prince. Although the Stewards are treated as little more than a dog, they hold in their complaints and do whatever is needed of them.

The Steward

The actor playing Rapunzel's Prince's Steward is Sadie Butler. The Stewards are grumpy men who serve their prince. Although the Stewards are treated as little more than a dog, they hold in their complaints and do whatever is needed of them.