by Bea Peterson
Bravo! The Hoosick Falls Central School Drama Club has done it again! The production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on April 30 and May 1 was well done and downright fun! The orchestra is always a special touch in these productions. The sets moved around on wheels by the actors was fascinating to watch – great dancing and singing!
As always it takes a huge number of people to make the production go. They include Director/Music Director Robert Allen, Costume Director Missi Reynolds, Set Design/Lead Builder Charles Krawczyk, Dance Choreographer Sammy Benkoski, Lighting Design – Tom Revane, Light Board Operator Angela Slaton, Sound Engineer Nick Downing, Stage Managers Sarah Middleton and Amanda Vitro, Props Managers Amber Luke and Mary Luke and Program Design by Ayla Graney.
The Pit Orchestra included woodwinds Heather Allen, Adam Cabana, Bill Gaillard and Leslie Green. Brass Billy Cottrell, Bernie Nelson, Tim Stratton and Marla Wilwol. Rhythm Section Mike Chapman, Ray Connolly and Rob “Moon” McGeoch.
(*Director’s Nod to those students who performed above and beyond, logging over 24 hours of work in a specific crew.)
Set crew/painters included Mike Denerley*, Josh Harrison*, Chris Pelletier*, Samantha Skott,
Amanda Vitro, Caleb Werger, Anna Youngmann, Cheryth Youngmann, Gwenfair Youngmann, Mary Youngmann and Marcia Zeller. Props Crew – Amber Luke*, Mary Luke*, Jane Luke*, Methika Srichompoo. Costume Crew – Missi Reynolds*, Chey Amber Reynolds-Hunt*, Kaayla Sjaan Reynolds-Hunt*, Melodee James and Sammy Benkoski. Backstage Crew – Mike Denerly, Sarah Middleton*, Chris Pelletier and Amanda Vitro. Makeup Crew – Hannah Caron, Sarah Gleason, Megan McEachron and Amanda Sargood. Tech Crew – Nicholas Downing, Josh Harrison, Sarah Middleton and Angela Slaton. Performing Art Booster Club Presidents Dwain and Beth Wilwol, Treasurer Jane Luke, Secretary Tammy Bird and Fundraiser Maggie Middleton.
And let us not forget the performers. Gwen Youngmann as Lenore, Amanda Middleton as Sophia, a Maid and a Cowgirl, Evan Morier as Andre Thibault, Peter Donohue as Lawrence Jameson, Hannah Caron as Muriel Eubanks, Molly Frazier as a Croupier and a Tourist, Brett Hanselman as Freddy Benson, Marcia Zeller as Renee and a Maid, Shawn Harris as Renee’s husband and a Bellboy, Katherine Danforth as Woman #4 and a Tourist, Molly Fleming as Woman #3 and a Tourist, Matty Blair as an Usherette and a Maid, Josh Harrison as Waiter and a Cowboy, Lacey LaCroix as Jolene Oak, Katie Bakaitis as a Nun and a Maid, Nathaniel Libby as the Hotel Manager and Cowboy, Jonas Werger as a Desk Clerk and Bellboy, Kaayla Sjaan Reynolds-Hunt as a Maid and Cowgirl, Chelsea Pine, a Woman and a Cowgirl, Nick Morgan as a Sailor and a Bellboy and Maeghan DiMaggio as Christine Colgate.
Other Maids were Catherine Charbonneau, Lauren Conte and Juliana Schumacher. Other Cowgirls were Sammy Benkoski, Chatherine Charbonneau, Chey Amber Reynolds-Hunt, Alexis Smith, Nicole St. Onge, Emily Steadman and Gwen Youngmann.
Other Tourists were Samantha Brewer, Desiree DeTraglia, Chelsea Pine, Chey Amber Reynolds-Hunt, Alexis Smith, Nicole St. Onge, Emily Steadman and Gwen Youngmann.
