Lyme-Old Lyme High School and the Old Lyme Players will present Carousel in the high school auditorium on March 12, 13 and 14. Tickets are on sale now and all are welcome.
Some of the student actors and actresses practice forming a human pyramid in preparation for the upcoming performance of ‘Carousel.’
Prepare to be captivated by one of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most beautiful and enduring musicals. A tempestuous love story told with heart-breaking tenderness, Carousel follows the passionate romance between carnival barker Billy Bigelow and mill worker Julie Jordan. After his untimely death, Billy is given one day to return to the wife and daughter he left behind and make things right.
Voted “the greatest musical of the 20th century” by TIME magazine, the score of Carousel includes some of Broadway’s memorable melodies — “If I Loved You,” “June is Bustin’ Out All Over,” “When the Children are Asleep,” and the classic, “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”
Carousel will star Hugh Cipparone as Billy Bigelow, Campbell Mann as Julie Jordan, Megan Cushman as Carrie Pipperidge, Abigail Cipparone as Nettie Fowler, Jason Feng as Enoch Snow, Ben Jackson as Jigger Craigin and Olivia Angeli as Mrs. Mullin. The cast also features Ian James (Starkeeper/Dr. Seldon), Jeffrey Zhang (Mr. Bascombe), Braiden Sunshine (Enoch Snow, Jr.), Bailey Nickerson (Louise Bigelow), Tess Hamilton-Ward (First Heavenly Friend/Hanna), and Caeli Rice (Second Heavenly Friend).
Rehearsing a scene from ‘Carousel.”
The ensemble includes Rose Cheney, Megan Cole, Rose Datum, Maria Donato, Lexi Duddy, Sophie Edson, Natalie Golden, Tasha Joshy, Katelyn Judy, Meredith Kegley, Cora Koproski, Callie Kotzan, Caroline LeCour, Heather McGrath, Lauren Mitchell, Shannon Nosal, Emma Paynter, Madeleine Schumacher, Olivia Schumacher, Skyelar Shaw, Marissa Smith, Ava Sullivan, Marieke Warlitz, Caroline Wholean, and Hannah Wilczewski.
Several younger Lyme-Old Lyme students will also be featured in the production: Hollis and Witt Mann, Emily Nickerson, Luisa Warlitz, and Mary Wholean.
Carousel is directed by Kristine Pekar, the Lyme-Old Lyme High School Choral Director. She previously directed the high school musicals The Pirates of Penzance, Legally Blonde, Footloose, Bye Bye Birdie, Once on This Island, Les Miserables, The Boyfriend, Into the Woods, and Beauty and the Beast.
The creative team for Carousel also includes Lyme-Old Lyme High School teachers Sarah Hylas (assistant director), Will Allik (technical director), and Jacob W. Wilson III (pit orchestra conductor); choreographer Bethany Haslam of the Dance Center of Old Lyme; costume design and construction by Denise Golden; and high school seniors Kathleen Stedman and Veronica Rollins (Production Stage Managers).
Performances are Thursday, March 12, and Friday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, March 14, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Reserved seating tickets will be available and can be purchased for $16 each via the Old Lyme Players website and Facebook page, or at the door for $17.
For more information about the show, e-mail Kristine Pekar (pekark@region18.org) or Sarah Hylas (hylass@region18.org ).
HOORAY!!!! Hat’s Off to the cast and crew!!! The ‘packed house” of the opening night performance of Old Lyme Players CAROUSEL was a complete SUCCESS!!! Bravo!!! The moment you entered the LOLHS doors, you take in the sights and sounds, of all the incredible hard work put forth by all involved, to harken you back to that era. If you would like, purchase a STAR for your cast or crew member, fill it out and attach it to the wall for all to see. You are greeted and handed a beautifully done program as you enter the world of Carousel!! The display boards put up all around with beautifully done, professional quality photographs of all the cast members and shots from rehearsals are top notch. The concessions were delicious and all one set price for those of us watching our pennies.
It is the second musical by the well known team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The 1945 work was adapted from Ferenc Molnair’s 1909 play Liliom, taking it’s Budapest setting and replacing it with the Maine coastline.
Last night was AMAZING!!!! We will be back for the Saturday Matinee!!!