Kiss Me, Kate; Spring Musical 2015

Kiss Me Kate is the 1948 work of Sam and Bella Spewack (Boy Meets Girl, Once There Was a Russian, among others), with music and lyrics by Cole Porter (Anything Goes and Can-Can). Kiss Me Kate was actually inspired by the Spewack’s own marital woes and Bella initially worked on it solely with Cole Porter until monetary necessity forced the two to work together and finish the play. Consequently, this yielded two Tony awards for them: Best Musical and Best Author of a Musical. Kiss Me Kate is the SpeKiswack’s most well-known production and was produced for film in 1953, as well as revived in 1970, 1987, 1999, 2001, and 2012 in the cities of London and New York City (Taken from Wikipedia).

Cast List:

Bill Calhoun/Lucentio – Cody Barker (understudy: Ryan Baker)

Fred Graham/Petruchio – Alexander Arebalo (understudy: James Kochka)

Harry Trevor/Baptista Minola – James Kochka

First Man – Ryan Baker

Second Man- Armando Lugo

General Harrison Howell – Noah Harlow

Lilli Vanessi — Maggie Brookman (understudy: Katie Pantella)

Lois Lane — Erin Few (understudy: Jessica Frydl)

Hattie – Jessica Frydl (understudy: Emma Hopkins)

Pops – Scout Stover

Paul — Ethan Miller

Ralph — Tyler Wills

Flynt – Jake Carle

Riley – Dalton Dickerson

Stagehand #1 – Brandon Taylor

Stagehand #2 – Kieran Barlow

Stagehand #3 – Megan Shydlinski

Gregory — Ileia Culver

Wardrobe Lady/Female ensemble 1 – Katie Pantella

Padua Inn Waitress/Female ensemble 2 – Haley Grubb

Female Ensemble 3 – Kristen Toney

Female Ensemble 4 – Emma Hopkins

Prop Mistress- Sarah Wagner

Set Design/Stage Hand/Ensemble 5- Hope Breeden

Hair/Makeup- Rachel Kirby

Lights/Sound- Abigail Mitchell and Tom Cheaiers

VHSL One-Act Theatre Competition Team

Production: Teeming Acres

In Teeming Acres, the characters in a soap opera rebel and want more interesting plot lines (Taken from doollee.com). WMHS placed seventh place in the conference-level competition and did not proceed to the Regional level.

Cast List:

Veronique- Haley Grubb

Blackjack- Ryan Baker

Kara- Jessica Frydll

Nora- Megan Shydlinksi

Kipp- Cody Barker

Inez- Sara-Elizabeth Gibson

Eldridge- Ethan Miller

Understudy/Stage Hand- Dalton Dickerson

Understudy/Hair and Make-up- Rachel Kirby

Lights- Abby Mitchell