Into the Woods
Once Upon a Time...
Into the Woods, a musical fairy tale with a twist, is Stephen Sondheim’s imaginative, darkly comical remix of beloved fairy tales, a baker and his wife set out to reverse a witch's curse in hopes of having a child of their own. This musical was performed by the Leland & Gray Players in the fall of 2019
The three Narrators: Jacob Ziegner, Fiona Scott and Ruby Hallenbeck!
"Into the Woods! Out of the Woods! Into the Woods and Out of the Woods!"
Abbie Hazelton as Little Red
Emma Kelly as Cinderella
Little Red stealing bread from Baker, Christian Cannella and Baker's Wife, Caroline Mehner.
Cinderella with her mother, Alice Coyne
Kiki Pena as the Witch
Stephen Shine as Milky White, Caroline Mehner as Baker's Wife, Christian Cannella as the Baker, Alex Parker-Jennings as Jack and Catherine Shine as Jack's Mother!
Peter Broussard as the Cinderella's Prince and Trevor Hazelton as The Steward
Alice as Rapunzel, Spencer as the Prince and Kiki as the Witch
"Hello Little Girl..."
Spencer Butynski as the Wolf and Abbie Hazelton as Little Red
The two Princes, Peter Broussard and Spencer Butynski, sing "Agony"
"It Takes Two" with th Baker, Baker's Wife and Milky White
The Witch begs Rapunzel, Alice Coyne, to "Stay."
Granny, Darby Davis, escapes the dead wolf
Mysterious Man, Nick Tolbert, threatens the Witch, Kiki Pena.
Baker's Wife buries Milky White
"Father?"
Nick Tolbert as the Mysterious Man, dies
Trying to trick the witch with the fake cow
Milky White comes back to life!
Stepmother Emma Stover and Stepsister Brynna Bartholomew
Stepmother greeting Prince
Stepmother trying to get the shoe to fit
Stepmother trying to get the shoe to fit stepsister Alice Coyne
The shoe fits! (Until the Steward notices the blood....)
The moment when the shoe fits Cinderella!
"The shoe fits!"
The Baker's Wife and Cinderella at the end.
"Children Will Listen...."
Into the Woods Cast
Narrators: Fiona Scott and Jacob Ziegner, Ruby Hallenbeck
Cinderella- Emma Kelly
Cinderella’s step sisters: Lucinda: Alice Coyne
Florinda: Abi Raboin
Cinderella’s father- Hadley Andrew
Cinderella’s stepmother- Emma Stover
Rapunzel/Cinderella’s mother (ghost)- Alice Coyne
Witch - Kiki Pena
Little Red- Abbie Hazelton
Baker’s Wife- Caroline Mehner
Baker- Christian Cannella
Jack- Alex Parker-Jennings
Jack’s Mother- Catherine Shine
Cinderella’s Prince- Peter Broussard
Wolf/Rapunzel's Prince- Spencer Butynski
Steward- Trevor Hazelton
Mysterious Man- Kiershna Mercier
Milky White- Stephen Shine
Granny- Darby Davis
Hen- Ruby Hallenbeck
Ensemble:
Brooke Lawrence
Tech:
Sound: Mike Kelly
Kate Petty
With support by Dale Stevens
Lights: Peter Broussard
Oliver Anderson
With support by Darby Davis, Trevor Hazelton
Costume Assistants, hair/make-up: Abi Raboin, Siyanda Jacobs
Props makers:
Siyanda Jacobs
Elliot Hearn
Montana Woodruff
Dakota Wood
Jada Wood
Kiershna Mercier
Brynna Bartholomew
Adriana Fairbrother
Backstage: Siyanda Jacobs
Aubrey Bourne
Elliot Hearn
Brynna Bartholomew
Painters: Tim Velsor, Caroline Mehner, Avery White, Emma Stover, Brooke Lawrence, Stephen Shine, Catherine Shine, Alice Coyne, Kiki Pena, Jacob Ziegner, Hadley Andrew, Brynna Bartholomew, Fiona Scott, Jasmine Smith, Tiernan O’Sullivan and Haylee Matyas
Rehearsal assistant: Luke Parker-Jennings
Technical and Design Staff:
Director and producer: Jessa Rowan
Musical direction: Mike Kelly
Choreographer: Franchesca Bourgault
Costumes: Trish Scott
Tech Assistants/ Design mentors: Tim Velsor, Molly Wilson and Kevin Burke
Set Builders: Dan Burmester and students from Vermont Academy
Seth McCoard
Nick Shine
Dale Davis
Director’s Notes: On the surface, Into the Woods is an entertaining blend of some of the world's most beloved fairy tales set to the magnificent music of Stephen Sondheim. However, with all the best fairy tales, it contains both light and darkness, becoming a metaphor for our own personal journeys in life in regards to what paths we take, what wishes we make and ultimately what we discover along the way in regards to love, loss, values, choices and responsibility. Each of our journeys can have a profound effect on us, and of course, our journeys never truly end. Past decisions and actions, both large and small, often cycle through our lives in order to teach us lessons. Like the characters in the show, we continually find ourselves having to courageously return to the woods, faced with challenges that give us new perspectives which help us make choices that shape our lives. We have to learn to be brave, again and again, in order to write our own stories with endings that fulfill us. The reason to go into the woods is to ultimately “find our souls”, but in order to do so we sometimes get lost, lose our innocence or get hurt along the way. Through persistence, helping one another and listening to our hearts, the journey is worth the travel. “Into the Woods we go!” - Jessa Rowan
