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11/19/2007 11:19 AM
Students on the loose -- Footloose:
November 19, 2007:
EllwoodCity.org Staff
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The Ellwood City Area School District proudly
presented Broadway’s Footloose musical over the weekend at the
Lincoln Auditorium. The high-school musical, showing three days, was
directed by Laura Adams, Felecia Greco, Angela Pieri-Katkin, Alissa Lemmon,
Cara Nardone, and Cynthia Pertile.
Footloose is a musical about a High
School Teenager named Ren, played by Anthony Costulas, who moves from
Chicago to an uptight Bomont. Once in Bomont, Ren finds things a little
different.
In Bomont there are strict rules outlawing
certain pleasures, including dancing. At the head of the Bomont town council
is Rev. Shaw Moore played by Zack Varrati, he is the man responsible for the
strict rules. Ren’s only chance to rewrite a few town laws lies with the
Reverend daughter Ariel played by Andie Verone.
The show premiered Friday night, showed
Saturday night, and wrapped up with a Sunday matinee. Over 200 Lincoln
Students participated in the musical headlined by Costulas, Varrati, and
Verone.
Other characters include students, Camanin
Hudson, Lyndsey Basham, Kenny Pschirer, Nick Hink, Jessica Bambery, Karina
Hudson, Caren Gaskins, Lucy Wiley, Luke Watterson, Christian Kegel, Nico
Magnifico, Jennifer Lowry, John David Bailey, Courtney Butchelli, Jimmy
Valentino, Jason Giallorenzo, Brianne Viccari Lyndsey Basham, Caleb Custer,
and Faith Cortez.
Featured singers included Bambery, Basham,
Butchelli, Cortez, Nikita Falen, Lowry, and Cierra Vandevort.
Featured dancers included Mary Cirelli, Amelia
Cortez, Faith Cortez, Jamie Figurel, Jocelyn Figurel, Toni Kraynak, Lindsey
Lisko, Brittany Majors, Sarah Reese, and Shelby Wallace.
The orchestra with conductor Laura Adams
included Pamela Scott on piano, Joe Tomak on drums, Mike Nocera on bass
guitar, Rick Barnes on clarinet and tenor saxaphone, Jerry Rectenwald on
guitar. EllwoodCity.org's Cory Morton also played guitar in the
orchestra.
Madelyn Duncan, Robert McCandless, Sandi
Mectenwald, Kera Reece, and Emily Toland joined on percussion. Lisa
Fox, Justin Miller, and Elyse Scott played keyboard.
Footloose included an aerial act known
as “Corde Lisse,” French for single rope.
Footloose was based on the Original
Screenplay by Dean Pitchford.
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