Theatrical Arts
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Canandaigua Academy Theatre
began in 1923 with the production of The Love Pirates of Hawaii under the direction of Miss Mattison and Miss Curtis. In 1964, twenty-three productions later, the actual Academy Players Drama Club began. From 1960-1990, the Academy Players put on thirty-two productions, all under various directors. In 1991, Mr. Scott Schauman, our current director, began to direct and produce the productions.George Washington Slept Here!
Our 2017 Drama
Newton Fuller fulfills a lifetime ambition: to own his very own colonial farmhouse. He drags his wife, Annabelle, and their daughter, Madge to set up homesteading in a wreck of a house. But, Newton has faith—after all, George Washington slept there. The local historian reveals that it was Benedict Arnold, not George Washington who has slept there!
Complications ensue when they discover they have spent their last penny on the house. Near catastrophe is averted at the last moment through a hilarious series of reversals.
Thank you to Laurie Kroon for her amazing photography!
Ragtime!
Our Spring 2018 Musical
Cast List
Ragtime
Student Directors: Micaela Foster Calogero Tiermini Quentin Wall
Dance Captains: Leanna Schneiter Khara Simons
Friday Cast Saturday Cast
(3/9, 16, 17 mat.) (3/10, 11 mat, 17)
Tateh: Drew Glitch Luc Pereira
Coalhouse: Ben Siciliano Quentin Wall
Younger Brother: Andrew Bittel Will Cooper
Father: Alex Francis Calogero Tiermini
Booker T. Washington: Chase Boggs Dustin Harris
Houdini: Jimmy Cherry Aiden Vitticore
Henry Ford: Aiden Decker Matt Uttaro
J.P Morgan: Drew Glitch Luc Pereira
Grandfather: Julian Wachler-Felder Griffen Hedworth
Willie Conklin: Brett Nixon Jaysen Howard
Admiral Peary : Brett Nixon
Baron’s Assistant: Eric Rudolph
Black Lawyer: Janelle Slaughter Madi Thompson
Conductor: Jaysen Howard
Doctor: Rachel Brophy Khara Simons
Harry K. Thaw: Calogero Tiermini Alex Francis
Henson James Johnson
Judge: Nick Thomas James Richmond
Harlem man: Dustin Harris Chase Boggs
Policeman: Noah Ingals Tristen Clark
Stanford White: Brett Nixon
Umpire: Josh Sohn
White Attorney: Jill Adams Millie Hawkins
Whitman: Griffen Hedworth Julian Wachler -Felder
Women:
Mother: Maddy Cheney Brynn Schauman
Sarah: Lauren LaBarge Leanne Schneiter
Emma Goldman: Teagan Acoff Audrey Brown
Evelyn Nesbitt: Taylor Kelly Maddie Taylor
Sarah’s Friend: Carlyn Bjorling Arianna Wink
Sarah’s Mourner and Riff: Madi Thompson
Edgar: Kaitlyn Ringhoff Genna Burke
Town hall Bureaucrat: Julia Santos Holly McClow
2nd Bureaucrat: Emily Luna Emily Teerlinck
Brigit: Emma Viggiani
Jury Foreman: Janelle Slaughter Alyssa Colucci
Kathleen: Jacklyn Christensen Ireland Meenan
Little Girl: Separate try out for small kids grades 3-5.
Mrs. Whitstein: Janelle Slaughter Caroline Ryan
Reporter A: Micaela Foster
Reporter 1: Dani Barone
Reporter 2: Micaela Foster
Welfare Official: Hannah Godfrey Georgia Jones
Harlem Woman: Emily Teerlinck Emily Luna
Newsboy 1: Millie Hawkins
Newsboy 2: Gabby Calder
Newsboy 3: Kendra Allen
Coalhouse Followers: Dani Barone, Rachel Brophy, Gabby Calder,
Holly McClow, Janelle Slaughter, Madi Thompson,
Emma Viggiani, Ben Siciliano, Quentin Wall, James Johnson, Dustin Harris, Chase Boggs
Chorus:
Julia Carey, Kylie Carson, Katelyn Egan
Madelyn Jenkins, Madi Johnson, Sophie Johnson
Laura Luna, McKenzie Norris, Mya Walford
Fiona Welch
Academy Past Performances
1943 - 1990
- Ever Since Eve - 1943
- Once and For All - 1944
- The Christmas Carol Stars - 1948
- Divine Flora - 1949
- Meet Me in St. Louis - 1950
- Seventeenth Summer - 1951
- Mr. Barry's Etchings - 1951
- The Case of the Silent Caroler - 1951
- Our Miss Brooks - 1952
- No Room for a King - 1952
- At the Feet of the Madonna - 1953
- Men Are Like Street Cars - 1954
- Breen Valley - 1955
- Who Stayed Home? - 1955
- Curtain Going Up - 1956
- The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners - 1957
- The Family Nobody Wanted - 1958
- Love Your Neighbor - 1959
- Rebel Without a Cause - 1960
- On With the Show - 1960
- The Thread That Runs So True - 1961
- Bye Bye Birdie - 1963
1964 - Actual Academy Players Drama Club Began
- Finian's Rainbow - 1965
- Love Makes the World Go Square - 1966
- The First Mrs. Paris - 1967
- Music Man - 1968
- The Miracle Worker - 1969
- Oklahoma! - 1970
- Under Milkwood - 1970
- Little Wormen - 1971
- Spoon River - 1971
- The Crucible - 1972
- The Cave Dwellers - 1972
- Hello Out There - 1972
- Camelot - 1973
- The Rimers of Eldritch - 1973
- Cactus Flowers - 1974
- Murder Takes the Stage - 1975
- The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail - 1975
- Petey's Choice - 1976
- You Can't Take it With You - 1976
- Our Town - 1977
- What's Wrong with the Girls - 1978
- Don't Drink the Water - 1978
- The Simple Truth - 1978
- The Braggart - 1978
- Ten Little Indians - 1980
- The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail - 1981
- Bye Bye Birdie - 1985
- I Know I Saw Gypsies - 1987
- Godspell - 1987
- Bye Bye Birdie - 1988
- The Face on the Barroom Floor - 1988
- You're a Good Man Charlie Brown - 1989
- Once Upon a Mattress - 1990
1991 - Present
All Productions from 1991 - present were produced and directed by Mr. Scott Schauman. Musical Direction by Mrs. Mary Hamlin 1991 - 1999
- Damn Yankees - 1991
- The Mouse That Roared
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood - 1992
- Dark of the Moon - 1992
- Grease - 1993
- Kiss and Tell - 1993
- Fiddler on the Roof - 1994
- The Crucible - 1994
- Oklahoma! - 1995
- The Good Doctor - 1995
- West Side Story - 1996
- Death of a Salesman - 1996
- Into the Woods - 1997
- 3 "Plays in a Round": The Real Inspector Hound, Fool's Paradise, The Still Alarm - 1997
- Anything Goes - 1998
- Harvey - 1998
- Oliver! - 1999
- Our Town - 1999
Musical Direction by Jennifer Maxfield 2000-2001
- George M! - 2000
- Noises Off - 2000
- The Boyfriend - 2001
- Witness for the Prosecution - 2001
Musical Direction by Mrs. Amy Story 2002-2014
- Titanic - 2002
- The Man Who Came to Dinner - 2002
- Les Miserables - 2003
- Picnic - 2003
- Big River - 2004
- On the Tazzle - 2004
- Seussical - The Musical - 2005
- The Miser - 2005
- The Music Man - 2006
- Flowers for Algernon - 2006
- Beauty and the Beast - 2007
- You Can't Take It With You - 2007
- Ragtime - 2008
- Look Homeward, Angel - 2008
- Showboat - 2009
- The Phantom Tollbooth - 2009
- Les Miserables - 2010
- Detective Story - 2010
- Thoroughly Modern Millie - 2011
- The Crucible - 2011
- All Shook Up - 2012
- Battle of Angels - 2012
- Legally Blonde - 2013
- Rehearsal for Murder - 2013
- Titanic - 2014
- The Divine Flora - 2014
Musical Direction by Ms. Jenny Cerne 2015-Present
- Nice Work If You Can Get It - 2015
- Jabberwock - 2015
- The Little Mermaid - 2016
- Rimers of Eldritch - 2016
- Disaster! - 2017
- George Washington Slept Here! - 2017
Photo Gallery of Past Performances
- Thoroughly Modern Millie - 2011
- The Crucible - 2011
- All Shook Up - 2012
- Battle of Angels - 2012
- Legally Blonde - 2013
- Rimers of Eldrich - 2016
- Disaster - 2017
Thoroughly Modern Millie - 2011
The Crucible - 2011
All Shook Up - 2012
Battle of Angels - 2012
Legally Blonde - 2013
Rimers of Eldrich - 2016
Disaster - 2017
Canandaigua Middle School Performance
Mulan, Jr.
Mulan Jr. Cast
| honor Cast | Characters | Loyalty Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Jon Miller | Laozi | Lexi Bounds |
| Lily O'Brien | Yun | Addie Rudolph |
| Mariedeliz Bain | Ling | Jenna Furnum |
| Tess Levanway | Hong | Danielle Moore |
| Grace Davis | Zhang | Mallory Baxter |
| Eliza Blazak | Mushu | Liz Yoder |
| Liz Yoder | Fa Zhou | Trendell Davis |
| Willow Smith | Fa Li | Sydney Hartpence |
| Amelia McFarland | Grandma Fa | Rosalie Siciliano |
| Emma Godfrey | Mulan | Alexis Nava |
| Ben Deibler | Captian Shang | Jacob Beaudoin |
| Tucker Poisson | Yao | Delilah Ricci |
| Mason Burke | Qian-Po | Meckenzie Taft |
| Lucas Hyer | Ling | Kenzie Mamoone |
| Brandon Stein | Chi-Fu | Sarah Windover |
| Liam Houle | Emperor | Liam Houle |
| Deborah Vigh | Younger Yi | Sarah Yoder |
| Older Yi | Naomi Couillard | |
| Young Xiao | Elliot Nyhan | |
| Chen | Benson Hawkins | |
| Liu | Rebekah Vitale | |
| Ben Francis | Shan-Yu | Owen Orbaker |
| Jj Callard | Subar-Tu | Hayleigh Birch |
| Kate Bentley | Magyar | Jonathan Windover |
| Taryn Bjorling | Cheongsam Salesperson | |
| Phoebe Russell | Matchmaker | Melania Dean |
Additional Cast:
Mothers-
Allison O'Hanlon,
Phoebe Parkison,
Morgan Springer,
McKenna Eckdahl,
Regan Bennett,
Eleanor Levanway,
Gwen Pogue,
Sydney Hartpence,
Melania Dean,
Tess Levanway,
Rosalie Siciliano,
Phoebe Russell,
Willow Smith,
Jenna Furnum,
Danielle Moore,
Amelia McFarland
Daughters-
Grace Zimmerman
Molly Urlacher,
Caroline Little,
Piper Brown,
Emerson Broomfield,
Margaux Mahoney,
Lucie Loblaw,
Amber Wilson,
Alicia Campagna,
Renee Tysiac,
Taryn Bjorling,
Lexi Bounds,
Alexis Nava,
Lily O'Brien,
Addie Rudolph,
Emma Godfrey,
Grace Davis
Fathers-
Logan Schojan,
Mariah Cuthbertson,
Haley Kaul,
Trendell Davis,
Brandon Stein,
Jacob Beaudoin,
Ben Deibler,
Ben Francis,
Delilah Ricci,
Hayleigh Birch,
Liam Houle,
Sarah Windover,
Gabe Vit,
Naomi Couillard,
Kate Bentley
Sons-
JJ Callard,
Valencia Murphy,
Georgia Brooks,
Samantha Davis,
Jon Miller,
Mason Burke,
Benson Hawkins,
Elliot Nyhan,
Lucas Hyer,
Tucker Poisson,
Owen Orbaker,
Deborah Vigh,
Eliza Blazak,
Jonathan Windover,
Rebekah Vitale,
Liz Yoder,
Sarah Yoder