LET DOWN YOUR HAIR AT RAPUNZEL
Repunzel Missoula Auditions 2015
OSKALOOSA, IA — Ring in the New Year with two exciting performances of a classic tale this Saturday, January 17th when Missoula Children’s Theatre and 65 local students pair up to present Rapunzel! Take a fun frolic through the French countryside where Frenchy and his intense friends the Wood Elves, help Rapunzel escape the grasp of Madame Gothel. Throw in Pixies, Unicorns, Ogres, add Gremlins trying to play tricks on everyone and you have chaos!
Playing the title character, Rapunzel, are local students Ally Lowe and Maycie Stanbro. Noah Hynick and Soren Pearce are cast as the Princes, Hali Barrett as Madam Gothel, Kawika Gibson and Gabby Diehl as Rapunzel’s Parents Maurice and Monique. The Wood Elves are played by Abby Brees, Mandi Vogel, Jessabelle Opheim, Aly Brown, Tommi Menniger, Taylor Deney, Natalie Wayne, Kayli Winegar, and Jamie Ver Steegh. Halie Vermillion and Emme Josko are the Ears of Corn and Amber Lindley is the Potato. Cast as the Unicorns are Jade Whitley and Makayla Estes. Makenna Johnston, Becca Sirovy, Breauna Fenton, Morgan Drost, and Rilea Deney are the Pixies, Klayton Roberts, Reid Luck, Grayci Vogel, Olivia Muir, Maxwell Pearce, and Bensen Foster are the Gremlins, and Kelsey Sewell, Keygan Roberts, and Abigail Wilford are the Billy Goats Gruff. Washington Pearce will appear as the Troll. The Three Bears and Beaver are played by Gavin Higgins, Grace Richardson, Zaida Lindsay, and Emma Dawson. Seth Kargol, Elijah Pearce, Parker Van Waardhuizen, and Aidan Reed will play the Ogres. Appearing as the Mushrooms are Rodney Chisolm, Kylynne Roberts, Lyda Rayl, Natilia Spoelstra, Brooklyn Roberts, Shane Haage, Leah Cohrt, Elizabeth Burg, Emma Chamberlin, Addison Jaquet, Arieonna Dalbey, Sierra Chisolm, Halley Norman, Bryleigh Youngstrom, Lauren Patton, and Tobin Tarbell. Isaiah Winegar, Andrew O’Day, Jamie Ver Steegh, Kaitlynn Musgrove, and Ethan Doak have served as Assistant Directors throughout the week.
The touring directors arrived on Monday with a set, costumes, props, and make-up – everything it takes to put on a play except the actors. The team held an open audition on January 12th and cast 65 local students out of 115 who auditioned from kindergarten through 12th grade. The kids spend the week learning their lines, blocking, music, and choreography in order to perform twice on Saturday, just five days later.
“We have some extremely talented kids in our community,” said Andy McGuire, Youth Theatre Director at the Daily. “This is our fifteenth year of Missoula and it shows. Every year, professional directors who tour for a living are so impressed with our kids.”
Support Oskaloosa’s finest young actors and don’t miss Rapunzel at the George Daily Auditorium on Saturday, January 17th at 3 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $4 for students and $8 for adults and are available by calling 641-672-0799, online at www.georgedaily.org, or at the George Daily Auditorium box office. Avoid the line at the box office – get yours in advance! Missoula Children’s Theatre is sponsored by MidWestOne Bank and Kiwanis.
