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Into the Woods
An excerpt from the director’s note:
“Once upon a time…” This phrase that traditionally begins all fairy tales is the opening line of Into the Woods, delivered to the audience by a narrator. If we take a moment to think about the phrase, we see that it introduces the archetypal nature of the story to come: this happened “once” in an undefined time and place, meaning that it could happen in any time and in any place. Fairy tales speak to an audience on a basic, universal level, representing not specific people or places or times, but general types of experiences and situations that are commonly relevant to all human beings.
The concept of going “into the woods” is a metaphor for the necessary journey into the world that we all encounter. The experience of leaving “home,” the place where things are secure, stable, safe, and known, and traveling into the “woods,” the ever-changing environment that isn’t familiar or safe, is relevant to every person who has learned to make the distinction between “home” and “world.” As we grow, we are compelled for various reasons to venture beyond the borders of our known world and to explore new territory. We aim to go “into the woods and out of the woods and home before dark,” but it often isn’t so simple, and we must learn how to function in a world that will always present challenges…Into the Woods played during CMTS’s Fall 2007-2008 season.
Playbill
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Cast and Crew
Cast
Thomas Anawalt (CC ’09) as Narrator/Mysterious Man
Eva Peskin ( BC ’09) as Cinderella
Michael Snyder (CC ’10) as The Baker
Gilli Messer (BC ’10) as The Baker’s Wife
Benjamin Velez (CC’10) as Jack
Katie Lupica (CC ’11) as Little Red Ridinghood
Jamie Rubenstein (BC ’10) as The Witch
Allie Paddock (CC ’10) as Rapunzel
Austin Smith (CC ’10) as Cinderella’s Prince/The Wolf
Kieron Cindric (CC ’08) as Rapunzel’s Prince
Becky Greenstein (BC ’10) as Jack’s Mother
Caley Bulinski (CC ’08) as Cinderella’s Stepmother
Rachel Weidenbaum (CC ’08) as Florinda
Sarah Dooley (BC ’11) as Lucinda
Michael Seaman (SEAS ’10) as Cinderella’s Father
Kate Smith (CC ’09) as Cinderella’s Mother & Granny & The Giant)
Colin Patrick Drummond (CC ’09) as Steward
Olivia Gorvy (CC ’08) as Sleeping Beauty
Amanda Stoffel (BC ’10) as Snow WhiteThe Creative Team
Director: Hannah Kass (BC ’09)
Producer: Erin Byrne (BC ’09)
Producer: Jeff Schwartz (CC ’10)
Musical Director: Katie Hathaway (BC ’10)
Musical Director: Caroline Ott (BC ’09)
Choreographer: Emily Bickford (BC ’09)
Art Director & Set Designer: Chiara McKenney (BC ’08)The Production and Design Teams
Technical Director: Jimmy Fry (CC ’09)
Stage Manager: Caroline Englander (BC ’10)
Stage Manager: Heather Englander (BC ’10)
Light Design: Laura Cole (CC ’08)
Sound Design: Beck Pryor (CC ’09)
Assistant Sound Design: Eva Gonzalez-Ruskiewicz (CC ’10)
Master Carpenter: Tyson Brody
Costume Design: Lydia Gay (BC ’09)
Assistant Costumer: Gloria Makino
Make-Up Design: Maddy Stokes (CC ’08)
Graphic Designers: Diana Zheng (CC ’10) and Robert Stenson (CC ’10)Orchestra
Stacy Chu on Violin One
Rosie DuPont on Violin Two
Angela Shih on Viola One
Kevin Hsieh on Bass
Aaron Lennon on Trumpet One
Allon Brare on Trumpet Two
Svetlana Zaitseva on Clarinet
Jessica Salinas on Flute/Piccolo
Bryan Lowder on Percussion
Media
Production Photos
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Press
Bwog’s review of Into the Woods can be found here.
The Spectator’s review can be found here.