Spring is coming — and so is baseball. High School South brings “Damn Yankees” to the stage with the story of a middle-aged baseball fanatic who trades his soul to the devil for a chance to lead his favorite team to victory against the New York Yankees. Shows are at High School South, 346 Clarksville Road, on Thursday and Friday, March 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, March 10, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12.
The musical first appeared on Broadway in 1956 featuring a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, with music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The show received many awards including Best Musical. The 1994 revival featured Bebe Neuwirth (of Princeton) in the role of Lola.
The cast of characters includes Jordan Carroll as Mr. Applegate; Grace Sandford as Lola; Mark De La Rosa as Joe Hardy; Anna Chicco as Gloria Thorpe; Amy Slothower as Meg Boyd; David Catalano as Coach Van Buren; Brian Schoenauer as Rockey; Tom Efstathios as Smokey; Thomas Vinci as Sohovik; Marlena Bhame as Sister Miller; Erin McElwee as Doris Miller; Austin Thumm as Joe Boyd; Jon Menahem as Mr. Welch; Amy Lee as Ms. Weston; Aram Nemati-Rad as Henry; Jake Arbeiter as Linville; and Cameron McArthur as Cameron.
Senators baseball players are portrayed by Corey Hess, Tyler Johnson, Travis De La Rosa, Danny Fitzpatrick, Thomas O’Connor, Fred Williams, Matt McGuinness, and Jordan Brand.
Featured dancers include Amy Lee, Steph Krakower, Sue-Ah Kim, Keri Ketchmark, Kelsey Daniels, and Vicky Campbell.
The ensemble of girls includes Shirley Hecht, Kavi Dave, Rebecca Rost, Jennifer Litzinger, Lilly Hecht, Johanna Liao, Allie Dunham, Ayanna Gill, Robin Slothower, Danielle Harris, Sarah Sasson, Deja Robinson, Alissa Julius, and Caroline Godofsky.
Ensemble of boys includes Vignesh Gopal, Raghav Gupta, Paul Phalen, Elliot Wasem, Noah Katz, Begho Ukueberuwa, Matteo Wilson, Matt Saravia, Samir Grover, and Zach Hyams.
The group of kids includes Theresa Williams, Emiko Kobayashi, Kimi Kobayashi, Caylin Paul, and Anika Vincent. The dog is played by Mia Vinci.
Student directors and stage managers are Irene Park and Alexandra La Torre. Props by Charlie Townsend and Mollie Miller. Costumes by Hannah Rudofsky, Nancy Zong, and Archie Gopal. Hair and makeup by Ashleigh Honig. Crew members include AJ D’Antuono, Corbin McLean, Nahin Shah, Charles Acuna, Sean McNerney, Kat Won, Meg Cully, and Andrew Bortnick. Sound technicians are Lizzie Helck, Yae-Seul Han, and Rachel Epstien.
The pit orchestra includes musicians Anna Brosowsky and Yun-Joo Park on flute and piccolo; Claire Paul on oboe and English horn; Janice Lin, Zachary Singer, Brian Gao, Phillip Li, and Ben Shrager on clarinet and bass clarinet; Craig Byll and Matthew Lichtenstein on alto saxophone; Jeanine Asay and Shivram Viswanathan on tenor saxophone; Zachary Joseph on baritone saxophone; Alonzo Ryan and Harry Meadows on trumpet; Katie Bromberg and Stephanie Mortel on French horn; and Raj Manimaran, Ethan Julius, and Varun Hegde on trombone.
Also Annalena Ping, Arisa Takasaki, Kevin Xie, Angela Yao, Zhiwei Yue, and Mr. John, on violin; Mercy Soong and Ivy Kang on viola; Elianna Wydra and Tiffany Ge on cello; Yun-Ah Park and Brian Yee on bass; Allie Cohen and Nikhil Dondapati on percussion; and Janet Eo on piano.
The show is directed by Roseann Bonora with music direction by Janice Chapin and choreography by Marilyn Stoddard. Jean Mauro is the orchestra director. Set construction is by Michael Novak. Andrea Scaturo is the producer.
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Meanwhile the flying continues at High School North with “Peter Pan” through Sunday, March 4.
Cast members include Maria DiCindio as Wendy, Adam Kercheval as John, Kelly Cahill as Liza, Kerri Devlin as Michael, Ernest Scarborough as Nana/Crocodile, Kristen Kane as Mrs. Darling, Scott Kenkelen as Mr. Darling, Molly Karlin as Peter Pan, Ariel Gelfand as Slightly Jonathan Gelb as Tootles, Erica Harris as Curly, Dylan Fruh as Nibs, Lauren McGinley and Julianna Haase as the twins, Jonathan Sawyer as Captain Hook, Michael Miele as Smee, Mrguerite Girandola as Tiger Lily, Vikram Kesavabhotla as Starkey, Kathleen Mackenzie as Cecco, Ilexuz Harris as Noodler, Aman Rastogi as Mullins, Alora Eisen as Jukes, Autumn Bardachino as Wendy Grown Up, and Caroline Sharp as Jane.
The cast also includes Tessa Berger, Brian Blonder, Rachel Boyer, Verity Gordon, Lauren Leahy, Shreya Sunderram, Brandon Small, Abby Stern, Ryan Wilityer, and Amy Xu. Also, Kiera Beatty, Alexandra Caldwell, Marian Farrell, Nicole McCarthy, Drew McClendon, Josephine Modica, Rebecca Schwartz, Caroline Sharp, and Claire Towell. Also, Autumn Bardachino, Nesta Cole, Reinier Herrera, Nilah Montgomery, Naomi Niggemann, Prashasthi Ramesh, and Hannah Sternbach.
The production staff includes set design by Robert Corriveau. technical director Robert Corriveau, assistant technical director Dee Dunn, student technical director Sara Duffy, production stage manager Charlotte Zodel, assistant production stage manager Danielle Rose, technical stage manager Alexandra Perrine, assistant technical stage manager Sam Sun, scenic aritsts Lucy Davis and Mel Wherry, lighting consultant Randy Katz, master electrician Matt Duffy, sound design by Tom Seeland, sound engineer Emma McGregor, assistant sound engineer Naveen Raghuraman, assistant crew members Eva Boal, Sami Cirkus, Veerin Sirihorachar, Andy Shook, and Luna Zhang.
Costumer designers are Murial Rand and Catherine Rand. Student choreographer Marguerite Girandola. Production assistants include Pooja Kondeti, Caroline Lee, Katherine Powell, Sammi Paley, and Sierra Rosario. Photography by Danielle DiAngelo. Poster, program cover, and tee shirt design by Mary Durkee. Program book by Cherylanne Thyrum.
Set crew members include Ben Arias, Manal Arma, Kayla Carlen, Sophie Davis, Riana Gideon, Gabi Haeuber, Sophie Haeuber, Jenn Ibanez, Cynthia Li, Joseph Naglak, Lauren Palena, Rachel Randolph, Sanjana Ray, Michael Rexroad, Luke Weinmann, Rebecca Weston, and Brian Zalma.
The pit orchestra members include Anny Fan and Bethany Tsai on flute and piccolo, Kristina Leung on oboe and English horn, Manroocha Singh on bassoon, Ekta Panigrahi and Alicia Feng on clarinet, Liz Bellotti on French horn, Hirsh Gupta, Morven Chin, and Andrew Doidge on trumpet, Ross Chapman on trombone, Matt Rexroad, Audrey Dong, and Reba Oduro on percussion; Eddie Lu and Cynthia Peng on keyboard, Felix Xiao, An Le, Christie Zheng, and Viola You on violin, Samantha Jeng on viola, Jigo Lee and Jason Wang on cello, and Angela Gui on bass.
Damn Yankees, High School South, 346 Clarksville Road, West Windsor. Thursday to Saturday, March 8 to 10. $12. 609-716-5050.
Peter Pan, High School North, 90 Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro. Friday to Sunday, March 2 to 4. $10. 609-716-5100.
