The Princess Who Had No Name
Fall, 2013
When a girl wakes up alone in a tower in the forest, she has no memory of her past. She can’t remember where she’s from or how she got there. She can’t even remember her own name! All alone, she embarks on a journey to recall her past. Along the way, she meets several fairy-tale characters — Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Cinderella and Rapunzel to name a few. Some are helpful and some dangerous, yet all have information that intertwines and helps our fair maiden recall her own story, eventually revealing her true identity as a princess. Of course, her prince is desperately looking for her, but he seems to always be one step behind and inadvertently rescuing and winning the hearts of the wrong princesses! With fun new takes on the stories everyone loves, the Princess’s quest to remember her true identity keeps everyone guessing to the happily ever after ending!
| Tiffany Prechel | Production Preparation Crew` |
| Natalie Benson | Good Fairy 1 and Forest animal |
| Sami Froemke | Production Preparation Crew |
| Claire Simmons | Good Fairy 2 and Forest Animal |
| Rebecca Negrete-Ramos | Rapunzel's Forest Witch and Forest Animal |
| Marcella Godina | Fairy Godmother |
| Sophia Bos | Snow White |
| Sarah Dunn | Bear (middle) and Southern Courtier |
| Iszondrea Robbins | Giddy the Dwarf/Southern Courtier |
| Lindsey Rightmire | Good Fairy 3 and Forest Animal |
| Meagan Andersen | Goldilocks/Southern Courtier |
| Kasie Thompson | Cinderella |
| Zoie Smith | Flighty the dwarf |
| Nicole Barajas | Queen of the West and Queen of the South |
| Stormy Slack | Production Preparation Crew |
| Alice Hiemstra | The Princess |
| Esmeralda Barocio Gonzalez | Evil Fairy, Forest Animal |
| Sabrina Allen | Guilty the Dwarf/Southern Courtier |
| Rosie Green | Rapunzel |
| Kristen Yanez | The Steward/Forest Creature |
| Amanda Gregory | Hansel/Gretel Forest Witch/ Southern Courtier |
| Megan Sifuentes | Gretel (later Whiny the Dwarf) |
| Rayanna Kuhnhenn | Queen of the North/forest animal |
| Michael Cozzens | Little Bear/Southern Courtier (later Prince Adonis) |
| Terrence Kayutak | Hippie the Dwarf/Southern Courtier |
| Levi Nelson | Whiny the Dwarf/Southern Courtier (later, Prince Reveille) |
| Nathan Rodriguez | The Herald and Prince Swavay |
| Sterling Smith | Rumplestiltskin (also later, Papa Bear) |
| Ian Ritchie | Nosy the Dwarf/Southern Courtier |
| Isaac Alexander | Rowdy the Dwarf; King of the South |
| Sara VanCorbach | The Nurse/Forest Animal |
| Ethan Fischer | Big Bear and Prince Adonis (original) |
| Trint Schenk | Prince Reveille (original) |
| Cole VanderMeulen | Hansel/Prince Hercules |
| Samantha Pietscher | Production Preparation Crew |
| Rebecca Mann | Production Preparation Crew |
| Rachel Fender | Production Preparation Crew |
| Reigna Bower | Production Preparation Crew |
| Elizabeth Aguiar | Production preparation crew |
| Gabbee Pistoresi | Production Preparation crew |
| Karina Lunning | Production Preparation Crew |
| Jenna Bower | Production Preparation Crew |
| Hayley Anthony | Production Preparation Crew |
| Kenia Rangel | Production Preparation Crew |
| Alejandra Carranza | Production Preparation Crew |
| Naomi Campbell | Production Preparation Crew |
| Ryan Grenz | Production Preparation Crew |
| Reon Whittum | Production Preparation Crew |
| Cody Juan | Production Preparation Crew |
| Josh Fender | Production Preparation Crew |
| Austin Wingardner | Production Preparation Crew |
| Jazmin Carranza | Production Preparation Crew |
| Sarah Soto | Production Preparation Crew |
| Caitlyn Wertenberger | Production Preparation Crew |
| Cody Kallenberger | Production Preparation Crew |
| Sophie Allen | Production Preparation Crew |
Willy Wonka
Spring 2014
The novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was written in 1964 by British author Roald Dahl, a British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot and screenwriter.
Born in Wales toNorwegian parents, Dahl served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, in which he became a flying ace and intelligence officer, rising to the rank of Acting wing commander. He rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both children and adults and became one of the world's best-selling authors. He has been referred to as "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century." In 2008, The London Times placed Dahl 16th on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". His short stories are known for their unexpected endings and his children's books for their unsentimental, often very dark humor.
Dahl's works include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Witches, Fantastic Mr Fox, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, The Twits, George's Marvellous Medicine and The BFG. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was written in 1964. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. The book's sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, was written by Roald Dahl in 1972. Dahl had also planned to write a third book in the series but never finished it.
The story was originally inspired by Roald Dahl's experience of chocolate companies during his schooldays. Cadbury would often send test packages to the schoolchildren in exchange for their opinions on the new products. At that time (around the 1920s), Cadbury and Rowntree's were England's two largest chocolate makers and they each often tried to steal trade secrets by sending spies, posing as employees, into the other's factory. Because of this, both companies became highly protective of their chocolate-making processes. It was a combination of this secrecy and the elaborate, often gigantic, machines in the factory that inspired Dahl to write the story.
It was later adapted into two major movies: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in 1971 (which was actually despised by Roald Dahl himself), starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, character actor Jack Albertson as Grandpa Joe, and Peter Ostrum as Charlie Bucket. It did alright at the box office, but subsequent sales on DVD have made it a cult classic since. Concurrently with the 1971 film, a line of candies was introduced by the Quaker Oats Company that uses the book's characters and imagery for its marketing.
Another film version, titled Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and directed by Tim Burton, was released in 2005. It starred Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka, Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket, Deep Roy as the Oompa-Loompas, and Geoffrey Holder as the Narrator. The film was a hit. The 1971 and 2005 films are consistent with the written work to varying degrees. The Burton film greatly expanded Willy Wonka's personal back-story borrowing many themes and elements from the sequel. Both films heavily expanded the personalities of the four bad children and their parents from the limited descriptions in the book.
Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka, the musical written by Tim McDonald and Leslie Bricusse, made its stage premiere in 2004 at the Kennedy Center. It premiered with a cast of only seven, with many of the characters, such as the grandparents and thechildrens’ parents, being played by nearly life-size puppets. It was given mixed reviews at the time, but has grown to be loved by most who watch it. Since then, it has been performed all over, from tiny high schools like ours, to huge Las Vegas productions. A new version is currently on the London stage.
Staging this classic fantasy story was a huge challenge for ZCSTC—and students and directors alike have been working for months to design and build the many, many parts of the factory where candy dreams come true. It was a first show the used rear stage projections as part of the set, and the second act, comprised of the factory scenes, pretty much filled up our tiny backstage with not only elaborate set pieces but also a large crew of techies to move it all fast enough! It was a fun experience and a challenge at the same time.
Directed by Lynn Brant, Joyce Hollenbaugh and Jason Schoonover
Willy Wonka Eugene Bell
Kandie Sophia Bos
Fanny Trout Meagan Anderson
Charlie Bucket Sterling Smith
Mrs. Bucket Sara VanCorbach
Mr. Bucket Alex Fergus
Grandma Josephine Sabrina Allen
Grandpa Joe I saac Alexander
Grandma Georgina Megan Sifuentes
Grandpa George Levi Nelson
Townspeople
Amanda Gregory
Brooke Boisselle
Caitlyn Wertenberger
Madelyn Tuning
Claire Simmons
Samantha Pietscher
Sarah Dunn
Sophia Allen
Charlie’s Friends
Rachel Fender
Becky Crossley
Colleen Bell
Emma: Lindsey Rightmire
Alvin: Nathan Rodriguez
Matilda: Rebecca Negrete Ramos
Janie: Marcella Godina
Augustus Gloop Kobe Trego
Mrs. Gloop Madeline Dunbar
Veruca Salt Rosie Green
Mr. Salt Cole VanderMeulen
Mike Teavee Ian Richie
Ms. Teavee Kasie Thompson
Violet Beauregarde Alice Hiemstra
Mrs. Beauregarde Marisa Nelson
Chorus of Cooks/Germans Rebecca Negrete Ramos
Marcella Godina
Lindsey Rightmire
Becky Crossley
Amanda Gregory
Brooke Boisselle
Caitlyn Wertenberger
Claire Simmons
Colleen Bell
Madelyn Tuning
Rachel Fender
Samantha Pietscher
Sophia Allen
The Chef Sarah Dunn
The Camera/Sound Man Nathan Rodriguez
Factory Chorus
Meagan Anderson
Sophie Bos
Sara VanCorbach
Alex Fergus
Sabrina Allen
Megan Sifuentes
Rebecca Negrete Ramos
Marcella Godina
Brooke Boisselle
Caitlyn Wertenberger
Samantha Pietscher
Oompa Loompas
Levi Nelson
Lindsey Rightmire
Nathan Rodriguez
Amanda Gregory
Claire Simmons
Colleen Bell
Madelyn Tuning
Rachel Fender
Sarah Dunn
Sophia Allen
Becky Crossley
