This year’s spring musical, Anastasia will be performed March 13 & 14 and March 20 & 21 at 7:00 p.m. on the Rocklyn Stage in the Dan Byrne ’70 Performing Arts Center.
Anastasia is about a young woman trying to discover her true identity and reconnect with her past. The story begins during the fall of the Russian monarchy. A curse is placed on the Romanov family by the villainous sorcerer Rasputin, leading to the family's downfall. Years later, an orphaned young woman named Anya, who suffers from amnesia, leaves her orphanage to find out who she really is. Two con men, Dmitri and Vladimir, are searching for a girl who can pretend to be the lost princess Anastasia to claim a reward from her grandmother, the Dowager Empress. They meet Anya and realize she might actually be the real Anastasia.
The story follows Anya’s journey from Russia to Paris as she pieces together her memories, faces danger from Rasputin, and ultimately discovers her true identity.
Cast
Young Anastasia - Flynn Johnston
Dowager Empress - S. Yvonne Bayardi
Tsarina Alexandra - Julia Messina
Tsar Nicholas/Count Ipolitov - Will Radford
Maria Romanov - Claire Ashe
Tatiana Romanov - Helen Lam
Olga Romanov - Tamera Jones
Alexei Romanov - Ian George
Gleb Vaganov - Ryan Bannon
First Woman - Saniya Calhoun-Thompkins
Second Woman - Kayla Klaben
First Man/Male Reporter 4 - Takeshi Schmeller
Second Man/Male Reporter 2 - Jason DiFio
Woman Solo - Naleigha Hall
Dmitry - Jackson Finn
Vlad Popov - Spencer Perrigo
Anya - Cecilia Lombardi
Black Marketeer 1/Solo Reporter - Ashlynn Johnston
Black Marketeer 2/Russian Soldier Solo - Izzy Lance
Black Marketeer 3/Russian Press Member - Lily Beale-Gleason
Marfa - Katie Cooper
Paulina - Camille Brandt
Dunya - Kendaaba Bagachwe
Comrade No. 3 - Anna Chiodi
Ruffian 1 - Sean Warnock
Ruffian 2 - Henry Smith
Ruffian 3 - Nicholas McPhee
Ruffian 4 - Frank Canzano
Train Announcer - Declan Martin
Countess Gregory/Train Passenger - Clara DeFilippis
Police Officer 1 - Nola Harmon
Police Officer 2 - Kennedy Perrigo
Gorlinsky/Male Reporter 1 - Eddie White
Lily - Virginia Ames
Count Leopold - Gavin Wilson
Sergei/Exiled Russian - Jackson Miller
Count Gregory - Nicholas Esposito
Odette - Sadie Wichmann
Swan Dancer - Camille Klaben
Swan Dancer - Kayla Cecilia
French Press Member - Sophie Brewster
German Press Member - Caitlyn Eng
Female Reporter 1 - Laureen Rojas Sardon
Female Reporter 2 - Catherine Eng
Female Reporter 3 - Anakh Varghese
Female Reporter 4 - Libby Kilmartin
Ensemble
Bela Araujo, Tanner Chimber, Ava Cronlund, Rowan Doyle, Cecilia Elkins, Willem Groat, Elizabeth Khoy, Reme Kucera, Brielle Ladouceur, Hanson Lam, Chloe Nguyen, Alaia Nizar, Gabriel Perez, Lily Plumpton, Alicia Snyder
Production Team
Director - Robert Calimlim
Producer and Costumer - Chiara Corey
Pit Orchestra Conductor - Tim Davis
Musical Director - Erin Moore
Choreographer - Christina Ciereck
Technical Director - Griffin Harmon
