HHS Drama Club Presents Disney’s The Little Mermaid
The Huntington High School drama club will present Disney’s The Little Mermaid this weekend. The musical will feature a full pit orchestra. Tickets will be sold at the door.
Drama club, stage crew and orchestra members have been toiling for weeks to produce a top notch show. The curtain will go up in the high school auditorium on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and on Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are priced at $10 for the general public, $5 for senior citizens and staff and students with ID cards.
Cast members include (in order of appearance) Nancy Fallon, Luis Cuji, Andrew Aprigliano, Alyssa Befumo, Peter Ciccone, William Fallon, Brad Landberg, Bailey Riordan, Nicole Sevilla, Kevin McConnell, Justin Waite, Ann Glackin, Andrew Gunthner, Anna Ardell, Amara Ayler, Francesca Greco, Jessica Henning, Caroline Maggio, Hanna Olsen, Chris Porzio, Phoebe Walther, Mary Kate Wolber, LJ Kindall, Logan Rice, Jordan Biener, Rachel Carpenter, Isabella Cahill, Carolanne Buoniello, Brianne Neira, Amelia Reilly, Olivia Baldanza, Grace Gedeon and Maddie Shea,
Director and musical staging duties are being handled by drama club faculty advisor Michael Schwendemann. Music teacher Jessica Castaneda is the musical director. Rob Krakehl is the technical director and Hosun Moon is the vocal coach. Michelle Mallardi is handling choreography and Nancy Fallon is the dance captain. Dana Freed is supervising costumes, set design and props. Christopher Helmke is the technical consultant. Ellen Fleury designed the playbill. Melissa Ingle is the student director.
The pit orchestra includes Sophia Latt, Alanna Harvey, Jacob Labarge, Julia Engle, Savannah Richardson, Hanae Wada, Jamie Rosenbauer, Dylan DelGiudice, Jack Malone, Connor Grosso, Adina Kirkland, Hallie Raskin, Katie Riley, Spencer Pashkin, Melany Lanham Ciancia, Annalise Mozer, Camryn Libes, Billy Garfinkel, Holly Grabowski, Jose Salmeron, Elisa Medina Jaudes, Samuel Latt, Maggie Giles, Jessica Straub, Jack Blakley, Christiana DeLuca, Frank Battista, Katy Dara and Christopher Chang.
The stage crew consists of many dedicated members, too, including Arly Romero, Brendan Mulroy and Quinn Blackburn on sound; Roxanna Aguilar and Michelle Veliz on lighting; Joey Dammers and Callan Daly on spotlights; Andy Ulloa, Jack Gallagher, Rebecca Geneus, Rachel Fils-Aime, Megan Desmond, Olivia Genova, Sarah Montreuil, Katherine DeGennaro, Sophie Wylie, Casey DeVille, Nicole Muszinski, Eylin Garciaguirre and Devin Green handling backstage duties; Andy Ulloa, Jack Gallagher, Megan Desmond, Olivia Genova, Arly Romero, Brendan Mulroy, Quinn Blackburn, Casey DeVille, Roxanna Aguilar, Callan Daly, Devin Green, Sarah Montreuil, Rebecca Geneus, Eylin Garciaguirre, Nicole Muszinski, Michelle Veliz and Rachel Fil-Aime are handling set building and painting.