The 128th Annual Varsity Show:
Well Endowed
Written by Harris Solomon and Nurasyl Shokeyev
Music by Jerry Zheng, Lyrics by Jaeda Mendoza
The Varsity Show at Columbia University
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Photos by Kevin Dale Photography
The Varsity Show at Columbia University
The Varsity Show at Columbia University
The Varsity Show is Columbia’s oldest performing arts tradition and is dedicated to both celebrating and satirizing life at Columbia University. Now in its 128th year, this full-length musical is written, composed, directed, choreographed, designed, produced and performed entirely by undergraduate students to showcase aspects of our collective college experience. This year’s show is the first back in person after two online productions. We are so happy to invite you back to Roone Arledge Auditorium for the 128th Annual Varsity Show: Well Endowed!
Students sing in the opening number, "A Normal Year."
Columbia students Andy, Camille, Edith, Chett, and Alexa in class.
Jackie Chu as the Devil.
The Devil singing "A Normal Year Reprise" near two students.
V128 Run Sheet.pdf
President Bollinger prepares to strike a pose for his wife, Jean.
President Bollinger and Jean dancing in "HYP But Why Not C?"
Two College Walk trees inform the Devil about what Columbia students hate about being on campus.
Columbia students protesting on College Walk as the Devil observes.
Alexa gets cold-called in class during a vignette of "Devils in the Details."
President Bollinger makes a deal with the Devil to learn information about how Columbia can move to #1 in the U.S. News College Rankings.
V128 Set Transition Notes for Cast.pdf
Provost Mary C. Boyce discusses with President Bollinger how to increase the student to endowment ratio.
Provost Mary C. Boyce and President Bollinger discuss financial resources per student before singing "A Simple Math Problem."
Students sing "Be Yourself (Just Don't Mess Up)" about trying to survive Columbia's new cut program to decrease student enrollment.
Provost Mary C. Boyce sings "Be Yourself (Just Don't Mess Up)."
Students attend an East Campus Residence Hall party with the ghost of Alexander Hamilton (CC 1774).
President Bollinger sings "Well Endowed" after debating a student in his Free Speech class.
The Devil sings in the Act I finale, "Well Endowed."
The Devil possesses the soul of President Bollinger after he breaks his contract with her at the end of the Act I Finale, "Well Endowed."
Students who were cut from Columbia due to their failures sing in the Wien Alumni Call Center in hopes of regaining admission to Columbia in the Act II opener, "Challenge Match."
President Bollinger plays catch with Andy in front of a Columbia College Walk hellscape.
Props Preset - V128.pdf
Camille, played by Erin Hilgartner, sings "When All Hell Breaks Low" in front of a Columbia Alma Mater hellscape.
Students confront the Devil in "The Battle of Morningside" in front of a possessed President Bollinger and a Columbia College Walk hellscape.
Students exorcise the Devil in "The Battle of Morningside."
Students exorcise the Devil in "The Battle of Morningside."
The V128 cast sings the Finale with a surprise special guest, Columbia College Dean James Valentini, who retires at the end of this school year.
The cast of V128 takes a final bow during curtain call.
Creative Team
Director: Giuliana Russo
Producers: Caroline Cassesse and Grace Brown
Writers: Harris Solomon and Nurasyl Shokeyev
Composer / Music Director: Jerry Zheng
Lyricist: Jaeda Mendoza
Choreographer: Sam Landa
Stage Manager: Grace Biondi
Cast
Casey Rogerson as President Lee C. Bollinger
Estee Dechtman as Jean Bollinger
Jackson Schwartz as Andy
Jane Watson (rehearsal) / Erin Hilgartner (performances) as Camille
Morgan Johns as Edith
Adam Kluge as Chett
Tatiana Mroczek as Alexa
Olivia Cull as Provost Mary C. Boyce and ensemble
Shania Pahuja as the Manager of the Endowment and ensemble
Jackie Chu as The Devil (understudy: Lindsey Belisle)
Surya Buddharaju as Alexander Hamilton and Professor Mortimer
Music Team
Orchestrators: Jerry Zheng, Heli Sun
Keyboard: Heli Sun
Cello: Daniel Weitz
Drums: Marino Bubba
Guitar: Marco-Marcil Montoto
Tenor Saxophone: Tony Kim
Production Team
Technical Director: Asiyah Rajab
Assistant Directors: Eliza Staples, Tanya Zhurman
Assistant Stage Managers: Emily Martin, Jasmine Gates
Assistant Producers: Jennifer Chen, Andrew Kirdahy, Amritha Ramesh
Assistant Music Director: Heli Sun
Assistant Choreographers: Sara Hoffman, Julia Patella
Set Designers: Sophia Michelson, Zekai Zhang
Lighting Designer: Annabella Kliman
Sound Designer: Sophie Simons
Costume Designer: Micaela Hecht
Props Master: Sydney Brown
Assistant Lighting Designer: Eliana Gilbert-Trachtman
Assistant Sound Designer: Julia Hay
Assistant Costume Designers: Alex Malamud, Masha Sokolova
Assistant Hair/Makeup Designer: Cindy Xie
Assistant Props Master: Cordell Smith
Master Carpenter: Nick Porsborg
Master Painter: Kiki Gonglewski
Build Team: Adelina Correa, Emma Elizabeth Dempster, Elena Messinger, Gustie Owens, Maylla Patrick
Production Assistant: Thomas Doyle
Copy Editor: Esther Lee
Photographers: Priscilla Kong, Kevin Dale Photography
Publicity Manager: Maya Campbell
Publicity Team: Jennifer Hoang, Yifan Yun
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