By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current
Students in the theatre and music departments at Geneseo High School are in rehearsals for the musical “The Wizard of Oz.” The show is presented through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com
Performances are scheduled for 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 24; 7 p.m. on Friday, April 25, and Saturday, April 26; and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 27, in the DePauw Theatre at the high school, 700 North State St.
Tickets, at $15 each, are currently available and reservations can be made at the district website which is Geneseoschools.org and click on the link or use the QR code included in this story. Advance reservations are encouraged as there are 299 seats available for each performance. Any tickets which have not been sold in advance will be available to purchase at the door on the nights of the performances.
Joe DePauw is directing the show.
Jackson Brumbaugh, left; Elizabeth Mroz and Perry Farley are among the Geneseo High School students in the cast of “The Wizard of Oz,” which opens Thursday, April 24, in the DePauw Theatre at GHS. Photo by Claudia Loucks
The cast of the show includes Lillian Bellagamba, Eleanor Bertelsen, Mickayla Bowles, Isabella Brooks, Jackson Brumbaugh, Taeton Chirchir, Sophia Clifton, Callie Copeland, Elijah Coppejans, Phoenix Corlew, Andre Diediker, Perry Farley, Jasmine Foss, Jonathan Freadhoff, Gretchen Fuelling, Jacey Gehl, Taylor Hawkins, Clara Huddleston, Aria Mayo-Bechtel, Hannah McGee, Faith Mierop, Madilyn Minnaert, Elizabeth Mroz, Evan Orwig, Landry Possin, Colin Roemer, Shay Schehl, Nina Schmedding, Reid Simpson, Ayame Stroh, Ethan Sundeen, Addilyn Swan, Chase VanDeWoestyne, Logan VanDeWoestyne, Claire Yenor.
The upcoming presentation of “The Wizard of Oz” at Geneseo High School has family ties to the Possin family. Michael Possin, left, who graduated from GHS in 2008, was cast as the Lion in the school’s production of the musical. His nephew, Landry Possin, a junior at GHS, is portraying the Lion in this year’s show. Joe DePauw directed the show in 2008 at GHS and is director of this year’s production. Phot by Claudia Loucks
Also, Shelby Ash, Madyson Brabson, Archie Casey, Lauren Dietsch, Emma Erickson, Alaina Finley, Breckyn Granell, Camryn Hawkins, Vivian Anne Hott, Jordan Johnson, Georgia Maddox, Noah McCraw, Walter Newburg, Harlan Nolan, Liam O’Hara, Marissa Roush, Amelia Runty, Caylee Strake, Dashall Urquiza, Korinne VonHolten, and Bo (as Toto).
Students in the orchestra are Greta Bolme, Brennan Brown, Liam Coleman, Samuel Curcuru, Anna Davis, Isla Disterhoft, Keira Disterhoft, Tyler Dowdal, Cora Gorman, Aidan Hawkins, Annabella Kelley, Josephine Kubicek, Catalina Meis, Wyatt Neumann, Dylan Pankey, Kara Sancken, Tucker Tarkington, Lucille Wachtel, Madeline Wells, Lorrie Lord, Hannah Wildemuth, Ryan Coleman, Brooklyn Bos, Lucy Walck, Ella Versluis, Ella Taylor and Tricia Fuelling.
In addition to DePauw, the staff for the show includes Kathy LaFrenz, choreographer; Sophia Clifton, choreographer assistant; Suzy Heaton, House Manager; Bob Manasco, program layout; Kailan Neff, costumes/make-up; Angela Rathman, set design and dress; Bryan Stone, set construction; Larry Lord, Fine Arts Facility Manager/technical director; Jamie Kotovsky, pit orchestra director; and Steve LaCroix, vocal director.
Crew members are Piper Anderson, Natalie Aukee, Tivya Bernier, Erin Bowers, Marley Cherry, Elijah Coppejans, Alan Eastburn, Paige Eastburn, Jonathan Freadhoff, Gretchen Fuelling, Hannah Fuelling, Lilyann Garza, Skylar Hileman, Jakob Hodges, Sydney Hoover, Erik Kelly, Owen Kelly, Josephine Kubicek, Hope Kuster, Isabella McConville, Hannah McGee, Lilyann Mooney, Serina Nimrick, Reyhan Onder, Carson Pratt, Antonio Remirez, Cy Sammons, Bee Scheider, Paxton Sherbeyn, Haylee Short, Reid Simpson, Izabelle Stewart, Patrick Versluis, Nicole Werling, Kayleigh Wooden, Peyton Woodruff, Claire Yenor and Evelyn Gernant.