the waverly theatre club presents the hound of the...

The Waverly Theatre Club Presents

The Hound of theBaskervilles:

A Comic Thriller StarringShirley Holmes & Jenny Watson

Performed at the Waverly Middle School Little TheatreAdapted and Dramatized by Kent R. Brown

Inspired by the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

7:00 P.M.

November, 2011

Wednesday the 16th

Saturday the 19th

Shows Begin at Ticketsgeneral admission$5

Thursday the 17th

Friday the 18th

Time: October, 1889

Place: London, England and the Murky Moor of Devonshire

And especially the parents who provided food, transportation and moral support to our cast and crew.

A Very Special Thank You to:

Eldon McGrawKim Walker

Waverly Education FoundationThe Delta Township Library Staff

Mrs. PalmerMr. Moreno

Victoria HenriksonGinnie Stokes

Cherry Hamrick

PrologueAct I

Scene 1. Where’s Sherlock? Scene 2: The Hugo Affair Scene 3: The Death of Poor Sir Charles Scene 4: A Threatening Letter Under the Door Scene 5: The Night Ride to Baskerville Hall Scene 6: The Morning After the Night Before Scene 7: The Murky Moor Up Close and Personal Scene 8: Footsteps Down the Hall

INTERMISSION - 15 minutes

Act II Prologue

Scene 1: That Goofy Love Stuff Scene 2: Barrymore Does That Candle Thing Again Scene 3: Laura Spills the Beans….Almost Scene 4: Death on the Moor Coming Up Soon Scene 5: Baiting the Trap Scene 6: The Hound at Last Scene 7: Shirley Wraps It All Up for Us

Lukas Anderson (Stapleton/Perkins) An eighth grader, Lukas is a man on the move. A top-ranked competitive speed skater, he competes in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is in the process of qualifying for the America’s Cup. He’s also a student of several different forms of martial arts. Hound of the Baskervilles marks the third time Lukas has appeared on stage. He was a dwarf in last year’s production of The Hobbit and in fourth grade was in the play Priscilla McDoodle Asks Why at Windermere View. He also stretched his creative muscles with Destination Imagination for a few years. Lukas is an avid writer, dabbling in many different genres. An advanced math student, he attends the high school for Algebra II. “I’d like to thank everyone who helped me get this far.”

Emily Berg (Mrs. Barrymore, Ensemble) Emily is an artistically talented young lady who enjoys performing. Currently in 8th grade, she was in last year’s Middle School production of The Hobbit and has performed in Scrooge and The Passion Play at Mt. Hope Church. She is an enthusiastic trumpeter in the middle school band. She is passionate about her involvement in her church. “It doesn’t matter what I’m doing as long as I’m helping people, especially at my church.” Emily would like to thank her mom for her constant support no matter what happens.

Jimmy Brandell (Hugo Baskerville/Selden) A freshman at Waverly High School, Jimmy first walked the boards at St. Gerard’s under the direction of Ms. Murphy. He was in two musicals, Bobtails and Bobbysocks and the Western, Shakespeare Comes to Calamity Creek. His director praised him as being energetic about acting. Jimmy has also stretched his creative muscles on a Destination Imagination team. He played basketball and baseball for three years and is now concentrating his energies on Boy Scouts. He’s part of St. Gerard Church’s Troop 121. Jimmy would like to thank Ms. Murphy, his play director for the past two years.

Alexis Clemmons (Laura Lyons, Ensemble) Alexis, a 7th grader, first sharpened her dramatic teeth at Waverly East, playing the role of Sacagawea in the school’s Women in History project with Mrs. Papciak. She’s also expressed her artistic side in the choir and loves to play basketball. She’d like to thank her mom for supporting her through the rehearsal process and for being there on opening (and other) night.

Amara Crosby (Dorthea Stapleton, Ensemble) A freshman at Waverly High School, Amara has wanted to be an actress since she was four years old. She began her acting career with All-of-Us Express Children’s Theater, appearing as a cloud woman in James and the Giant Peach. She was also a devil in a silent play at her church. Amara has been playing violin since sixth

Meet the Castgrade and is currently in the Waverly orchestra. When she’s not performing, Amara enjoys hanging out with her friends and watching movies, especially comedies with action and a little bit of romance. She is also a member of Campus Life. “I’d like to thank my mom because she lets me do stuff and join what I want.”

Malcolm Davis (Sir Henry Baskerville) Malcolm credits his aunt for dragging him reluctantly into what has become a passion for him – the theater. “She got me started. I really wasn’t interested. I thought it was stupid, then I tried it and found out it was fun.” Aunt Regina Riddle cast him as a prince in Sala Cinderella, one of the sons in Crowns, and a munchkin in The Wiz. At Waverly Middle School he appeared as Friar Tuck (??) in Robin Hood and Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit. In addition to theater, Malcolm plays baseball, earned a black belt in Tae Kwan Do, and used to play football. He currently performs clarinet in the Waverly High School marching band and is about to switch to alto saxophone. He hopes to one day be a drum major. He’d like to thank his Aunt Gina, his mom, his dad, both his grandmas and his Aunt Christina.

B’Elanna Dumont (Lestrade, Maiden) B’Elanna is no stranger to the dramatic arts. She has graced the stages at both Waverly schools and her church. Last year she was a dwarf in the Middle School’s The Hobbit and then appeared as a Oompa-Loompa in the high school musical, Willie Wonka. An eighth grader, she’s also appeared in plays at Christmas and Easter at her church and is on the drama team for her church youth group and with Kids Connect. Also at church she is on the dance team and the worship team. B’Elanna also enjoys gymnastics and was on this year’s cross country team. “I like to be dramatic.”

John Henrikson (Mr. Barrymore) A freshman at Waverly High School, John began acting last year at the Middle School playing Gollum and a dwarf in The Hobbit. He turned in a memorable performance as the twisted creature yelling for his Precioussss which Bilbo had stolen. He was then recruited for the musical, Willie Wonka where he played the comic role of the hard-of-hearing Grandpa. John is also in choir and is a fan of Sonic the Hedgehog. “I’d like to thank Mr. Redman, Mrs. Redman, my mom and dad, and my cat.”

Diamond Jackson (Messenger, Ensemble) Diamond is no stranger to the stage, though “The Hound of the Baskervilles” is her first play. Her previous performances include a recital at Haslett, singing as a soprano in choir and dancing with Pre-Teen Hip Hop and Teen Hip Hop. She was in cheerleading for two years. In second grade at Colt, Diamond did a state show presentation for several students and parents from other classes. Diamond loves expressing her creativity in the realm of fashion and beauty. She enjoys designing outfits, doing nails and cutting hair – whether her own or her dogs. “Thanks to my mom for picking

me up and letting me actually do this and to my dad for letting me do this. Even though I don’t get to see him much, I want to thank my brother because he gave me the confidence not to give up on anything or let anyone push me around.”

Emilio Pido (Stapleton/Perkins, Ensemble) Emilio’s flair for the dramatic has cast him into several acting roles. He earned a Thespie award for his performance as the Young Tommy in the Michigan State University production of The Who’s Tommy. With All-of-Us Express Theatre, he’s performed as Punchy the Munchkin in The Wizard of Oz and Brave Eagle in Pocahontas. In elementary school at Forest View he was in Bremen Town Musicians and performed as the school mascot, Little Twist. Here at Waverly, he was Kaspar of Lincolnshire in Robin Hood, the Goblin King and an elf guard in The Hobbit and an Ooompa Loompa in Willie Wonka. Emilio is a member of APAC at Waverly High School and performed on the a dance team at the Capitol for Michigan’s 150th birthday. He enjoys writing poetry and stories. He’d like to thank his mom for getting him into acting and helping him get to where he is today; his dad for supporting him through all of this; and everyone at All-of-Us Express for being there for him. “I dream of a better tomorrow where chickens can cross the road and not have their motives questioned.”

Dominic C. Redman (Sir Charles) Dominic grew up in the theater, attending a brush-up rehearsal before making it home from the hospital after his birth. His first professional stage appearance was with the Michigan Shakespeare Festival as the McDuff boy in Macbeth. He also performed in the Riverwalk musical, The Rothschilds for which he won a special Thespie award for children’s ensemble. He has played multiple roles in numerous school productions at Montessori Children’s House of Lansing and Pleasantview Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts. Dominic is in 8th grade and this is his first year at Waverly Middle School. “Thanks to all of my theater supporters and my friends for being great friends.”

Emily Stokes (Shirley Holmes) An eighth grader who skipped a year, the talented and gifted Emily is a first-rate singer, instrumentalist, actress and video editor. She had great fun playing the villain as the sour kangaroo in Seussical at the Ruhala Performing Arts Center and landed her first lead in Ruyard Kiping’s Just So Stories, also at RPAC. Her next lead was as Bilbo in last year’s middle school play, The Hobbit. She’s performed for several years in a band that plays in coffee shops and benefits for cancer and is currently forming her own band. An alto, she also plays guitar and piano. She recently won a local contest auditioning for X-Factor and will be competing in a singing competition sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). She enjoys editing videos and creating cool effects, posting them at YouTube.com/Emilyjoannestokes. She’d like

to thank her parents for paying for all of her lessons and her brother. “I’m more comfortable on stage than when I’m not. It gives me a chance to have an adrenalin rush. I like the really big scenes like the end scene in this play or the one with the dragon last year.”

Rachel Spidle (Dr. Maxine Mortimer/Maid, Ensemble) Already a professional actress who has appeared in three movies, Rachel has frequently walked the boards with All-of-Us Express Children’s Theater and the Waverly Theater Club. Her first role was with All-of-Us Express Children’s Theater, playing Robin Starveling in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She also performed with them in Pocahontas as Mercy Rodgers, Alice in Wonderland as the Griffin and multiple roles in StoryBook Story Theatre. She was also assistant director for Peter Pan. At Waverly, Rachel has played Sprintze in Fiddler on the Roof, the hostess in The Canterbury Tales, Heidi in Twelfth Night: The Shakespeare Club and Mrs. Teevee in Willie Wonka. She was recruited to help out with last year’s middle school play and appeared as Berta, the troll in The Hobbit. She loves hanging out with her friends and singing and has performed in the choir since sixth grade. She’s now a member of Reflections and takes vocal lessons with Mrs. Larissa Gleason-Clark. Rachel dreams of being a big singing star on Broadway some day. “I would like to thank Mr. Redman for his time working with people who are extremely annoying to work with, Mrs. Redman for her time, my parents for getting me involved with acting and all my friends for supporting me.”

Analisia Tupper (Mrs. Barrymore/Ensemble) A junior at Waverly High School, Analisia is an artistic student who plans to pursue art and graphic design at Kendall College. During her career at Waverly, she’s performed in Fiddler on the Roof, Twelfth Night: The Shakespeare Club, and The Canterbury Tales. Analisia sang in choir during her freshman year. She loves to draw and is talented at freehand and computerized anime. She’d like to thank her family and closest friends and offers this advice to all, “If you try something today, tomorrow you’ll be better.”

Rachel Weinfeld (Jennie Watson) The cast’s sole senior, Rachel has graced the Waverly stages for the past several years. She was Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof, Veruca Salt in Willie Wonka, and Viola in Twelfth Night. She also performed as Bonnie Jean in the Holt Dimondale Community Players’ production of Brigadoon. Planning to be a triple threat on Broadway one day, Rachel is also a talented singer and dancer. She began dancing when she was three, learning such styles as jazz, hip hop, ballet, pointe and lyrical. She was part of Wharton’s Take it From the Top Broadway Workshop and attended Blue Lakes Fine Arts camp. She’s in her second year of Reflections. An all-star student, Rachel is part of Interact, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society and tennis. She possesses several varsity and academic letters. She was recently recognized as the Rotary Club’s first student of the month. She works at the Delta Township Library. Rachel, who began her musical singing career with a

Lukas Anderson (Perkins on alternate nights) (Thursday and Saturday)Emily Berg (Hound alternate nights)(Thursday and Saturday)Jimmy Brandell Hugo Baskerville/SeldenAlexis Clemmons Laura LyonsAmara Crosby Dorthea StapletonMalcolm Davis Sir Henry BaskervilleB’Elanna Dumont Victoria Lestrade/MaidenJohn Henrikson BarrymoreDiamond Jackson Messenger/ShepherdEmilio Pido (Wednesday and Friday) John StapletonDominic Redman Sir Charles BaskervilleEmily Stokes Shirley Holmes Rachel Spidle Dr. Maxine MortimerAnalisia Tupper Mrs. Barrymore (Wednesday and Friday)Rachel Weinfeld Jennie WatsonMeredith Wright Maid/Hound

Christopher Axline (Assistant Lighting Technician, The Hound) A Waverly senior, Christopher is returning to the backstage after working running crew for Willie Wonka last year. In addition to helping set the lights, Christopher did the heavy lifting during builds for this show. He makes a special, spooky appearance in this show late in the play. A violinist in the orchestra, he is an art aficionado who is particularly interested in painting. Christopher enjoys video games and debating philosophy and politics with his friends.

Magahn Dibble (Stagehand) After working Wavapalooza, Magahn is making her Tech Crew debut with The Hound of the Baskervilles. She is a sophomore at Waverly who enjoys listening to music in her spare time. She’s an avid computer coder who writes html, css and bbc. “Everyone is awesome.”

Sam Feichtenbiner (Spotlight/Assistant Lights) A senior at Waverly High School, this is Sam’s fifth year in the Tech Society. He is the society’s secretary this year. Throughout the years, he’s filled in pretty much every position from sound to set building to lights. In addition to working many band, choir and other performances, Sam has worked Little Shop of Horrors, Fiddler on the Roof, The Wiz, Willie Wonka, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Arsenic & Old Lace, The Canterbury Tales, Twelfth Night: The Shakespeare Club, The Hobbit and The Hound of the Baskervilles. An avid reader who also enjoys video games, he’ll be bidding farewell to most of his theater involvement as he pursues a law degree. He’d like to thank his brother Sean for getting him into tech and his parents for driving him to rehearsals and builds.

Spencer Kippen (Stage Manager) There hasn’t been a Waverly show for the past four years that hasn’t had Spencer keeping it going back stage. He first took the helm as stage manager for last year’s Willie Wonka but has worked in other crew positions for the high school productions of The Wiz, Arsenic & Old Lace, Fiddler on the Roof, The Canterbury Tales, and Twelfth

Night: The Shakespeare Club. He also worked crew for the Waverly Middle School productions of The Hobbit and Robin Hood. As part of the set program at the Career Center, Spencer has worked many miscellaneous events and such productions as Great Divide and Voices. In the community, he’s worked Laughing Wild for Riverwalk and Othello for Lansing Civic Players’ Shakespeare on the Grand. In those few spare moments where he isn’t building sets, designing lights and sound or wrangling a crew, he enjoys engaging in mock combat with Live Action Role Players (LARP). “If you think it’s a flaw, fix it.”

Paul Milligan (Sound Designer) A junior at Waverly, Paul has already become a crucial part of the Tech Society. Serving as the treasurer this year, he’s worked crew for Fiddler on the Roof, Canterbury Tales, Twelfth Night: The Shakespeare Club, and Willie Wonka. He also helped build sets for The Hobbit at the middle school last year. For this show, he’s in charge of finding and creating the more than 20 sound effects and bringing in a whole sound system to meet the complicated demands of the show. Paul used to play violin in orchestra, but gave it up to participate in the Students in Entertainment Technology program at the careers center. When not working tech, Paul is in Boy Scouts. He’s currently working on his Eagle project which involves building shelving units for the flats in the Waverly High School scene shop and adding another clothing rack to the costume shop. Paul plans to continue to pursue theater technology after he graduates.

Korbin Moffat (Lighting Designer) No stranger to tech crew, this Waverly senior has worked tech for every play and musical the high school has produced since his sophomore year. He was lighting designer for last year’s Willie Wonka and also worked Twelfth Night: The Shakespeare Club, The Canterbury Tales, and Fiddler on the Roof. He worked crew on Riverwalk Theatre’s Laughing Wild this past summer. An automotive engineering student at the Career Center, Korbin enjoys working on cars and plans to pursue the subject after he graduates this year. He’d like to thank his parents for keeping his schedule open and Rita.

Bree Moore (Stage Hand) A Waverly Junior,

performance of Castle on a Cloud at her church in sixth grade, will pursue musical theater in college and hopes to someday sing the role of Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera. She’d like to thank her parents, Breona Williams, Haley Kluge and Diana Sanchez for always supporting her.

Meredith Wright (Maid, Hound) An extremely busy young lady, Meredith joined the cast a few short weeks ago, taking the place of an actress who had to step out. She immediately took to both roles demonstrating the experience she’d gained in previous

Meet the Crew

Waverly theater productions such as acting in Canterbury Tales and playing in the pit orchestra for Fiddler on the Roof and Willie Wonka. A Waverly junior, Meredith is a member of the cross country and tennis team, plays baritone in the band, cello in the orchestra and is a member of the Spanish Honor Society. She’s part of a Destination Imagination team and is secretary of APAC. During her rare free time, she enjoys drawing, dancing and singing. She’d like to thank her family for their support

Bree has been a part of Tech Society since her freshman year. She’s done all but one of the plays and musicals since arriving at the high school. A member of the school’s An-ime Club, Bree also is a member of the orchestra, having played violin since sixth grade. She enjoys anime and Asian Drama. She enjoys learning Japanese by songs. “Anime is awesome and so is Tech.”

Jennifer Silsby (Stagehand) A Waverly senior, Jennifer has been on tech crew for the past three years. She was part of the stage crew for Twelfth Night: The Shakespeare Club and was sound assistant for Willy Wonka. She has also worked the crew for numerous choir and band concerts, including acting as a videographer for some concerts. When she’s not part of the crew, she performs on the clarinet in the Waverly Marching Band. Jennifer enjoys writing, especially song writing. She plans to attend college after graduation and pursue a career in social work.

Allison Stearns (sound assistant) Allison joined the Tech Society in the middle of her sophomore year, working several concerts. She was crew for Willy Wonka last year. Several years ago, she appeared on stage at Lansing Civic Players as one of the daughters in Annie Get Your Gun. A senior at Waverly High School,

she is a member of the National Honor Society, the League of Literature (a writing club) and plays French horn in the band. She enjoys reading and writing, especially collaborative stories with her friends.Jessica Waters (Stage Hand) Jessica, a junior at Waverly, has been in Tech Society sincer her freshman year. Her first production was Fiddler on the Roof, where she also appeared as an extra, and she’s done every show since then except for The Canterbury Tales. Her most recent theater experience was as a stage hand for Willy Wonka. Jessica takes American Sign Language at the high school and enjoys signing with several of her friends. She is also a fan of anime. “Thank you to my parents for allowing me to do this, to Bree for being there through all the tortuous stress with each other and Rita for allowing me to be here. Question for the audience: What color should I dye my hair next?”Sierra Wurmnest (Stage Hand) Sierra, an 8th grader at Waverly Middle School, discovered the joy of tech working sound for The Hobbit last year. Wurmnest plays the flute in band and enjoys going to the mall. She’s learning Spanish and loves to draw, especially in cartoon style.

Richard C. Redman (Director) This is Mr. Redman’s sixth year directing theater productions for the Waverly school district. He’s directed five high school productions, three middle school shows and assisted with two musicals. He is an Equity actor who spent nearly a decade performing with the Michigan Shakespeare Festival where he won a state-wide Wilde Award for his performance as Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He has also performed in Ann Arbor’s New Works Festival, BoarsHead, Peppermint Creek, Icarus Falling, Riverwalk, Lansing Civic Players and Bath Community Theatre Guild. He taught drama for four years at the Montessori Children’s House of Lansing. “It’s always a pleasure to be serving the Waverly community and its students.”

Bridgette M. Redman (Assistant Director) Mrs. Redman’s most frequent role in the theater is that of audience. She writes a weekly performing arts column for the Lansing State Journal and is a theater critic for Encore Michigan. As such, she attends more than 100 live productions each year all around the state, ranging from comedies to dramas to musicals to operas. In 2007, she was granted a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Theater and Musical Theater Journalism and studied arts journalism at the University of Southern California. She has previously directed and performed for Bath Community Theatre Guild. She co-taught theater with Mr. Redman at the Montessori Children’s House of Lansing and was assistant director for last year’s The Hobbit at Waverly Middle School. She is thrilled to be working with her two favorite guys in this production and is grateful for all the comedy and laughter they provide her year-round.

Rita Deibler (Tech Director) Ms. Deibler has been a fixture of the Waverly Theater Club since 2001. She began working tech while a sophomore at Waverly and has been involved in every production since her graduation in 2004. In recent years she has been tech director and producer for the musicals Fiddler on the Roof and Willy Wonka. She has also been active in theater throughout the community, stage managing for Lansing Civic Player’s Shakespeare on the Grand Merchant of Venice this past summer, directing their Othello last year and stage managing LCP’s recent production of Arsenic & Old Lace. She also worked lights for Laughing Wild at Riverwalk. When she isn’t back stage, she’s pursuing a degree in art history and literature at Lansing Community College, taking photos—including for a recent wedding, or cheering for the Tigers. “Thanks to everyone for working so hard. I love my kids.”

Wendy Baugh (Costumer) Wendy is a 1981 Waverly alumna. Her first work was with Waverly’s 2005 production of You Can’t Take It With You and most recently has been worked on Fiddler on the Roof, Robin Hood and The Canterbury Tales. She has worked with Sunsets with Shakespeare on several shows, including Dear Esther, Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure, Jeffrey and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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