![]() ![]() What you are seeing tonight the culmination of sweat, tears and artistic collaboration, possible beyond what most people believe small theatres can accomplish. In my 20+ years as a director, this show has been the most technically and artistically challenging so far, I could not have done this without our fantastic and supportive staff (Allison, Beth, Don, Michele, Rita, Rowan, and Tate), the largest creative and production team to work on a show since my arrival at HT, the talented Lenora Thom, Matilyn Hull and Amanda McLoughlin, Maddie Anderson (who put their creative hearts and souls into this show), and a brilliant cast who spent hours learning, reviewing, and mastering some of the most complex vocals and intense choreography to ever grace our stage. I took a big gulp, but also applied to direct the show knowing I would be devastated if I didn’t take it on. Instead, everyone love the idea, and a show was picked to anchor our 2023 season. At one of our 2023 first programming selection meetings, I suggested “What if we do Rock of Ages?” I truly thought I would get immediate push back on the size of the show, the complexity, the difficulty of the music, and the technical demands. At the time, I was preparing to direct another 80’s rock musical, Footloose, and wondered if this new show would succeed and eventually become available to community theatres.įast forward 12 years, a move to a new state AND a pandemic, I found myself as the Artistic Director of HT. Like most Gen X-ers, the fondness for the music we grew up with never went away. In 2009, I vaguely became aware of a new jukebox musical featuring the music of the “hair” bands of the 1980s. At our main campus in Tigerville, SC, the Tim Brashier Campus in Greer, SC, or several educational centers around the U.S. NGU offers more than 125 areas of study across certificate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and early college opportunities. Tickets for “Elf the Musical” can be purchased at go.ngu.edu/theatre or at Billingsley Theatre Box Office. But it’s a challenge I think we’re going to live up to.” The movie is a favorite in the Christmas season, so it’s a fun challenge. “We’ve pushed our actors to create a believable character rather than a caricature. “Every person is going to put his or her thumbprint on their particular role,” he said. With the task of performing a familiar Christmas story for audiences, Scott said he is encouraging the cast to put their own stamp on the production. Louis Matthew Blanton from Columbia, SC Marnie Daniel from Detroit Gaby Delanuez from Greenville Sarah Delanuez from Greenville Wes Evatt from Travelers Rest Eleanor Finn from Tigerville Georgia Finn from Tigerville Meghan Frady from Summerville Will Fulton from Bridgeville, DE Joshua Gasdia from Lexington Gabby Godoy from Aiken Jenna Hansard from Sumter Chloe Holmes from Myrtle Beach Ben Howard from Wilmington, GA Kat Liederbach from Wake Forest, NC Cole Kittredge from Greenville Keely Lyons from Simpsonville Collin McCarter from Greenville Jessie McGrath from Greenville Michaila Parker from Fair Play Logan Stewart from Campobello Darrell “Bo” Taylor from Greer Abigail Thomas from Dacusville, Michael Thomas from Lake Charles, LA JP Waynick from Taylors Carmen Wells from Jacksonville, NC Joshua Wells from Spartanburg Isabelle Western from Tigerville Arianna Wilson from Spartanburg Meredith Wirth from Gastonia, NC and Caleb Wright from Shelby, NC. There are seeds of the Gospel throughout this show, and I trust that our audiences will be able to see Christ through the story.”Ĭast members include: Seth Atkins from Inman Alyse Barrett from St. Romantic love, of course, but also the love a father has for a child, and the unconditional love a child has for a parent. “This show is an incredible, articulated love story. JP Waynick, who plays the role of Buddy, said the show balances humor with several important themes. It makes us a powerful witness when we can find those principles and highlight them in a specific, outstanding, beautiful and excellent way.” ![]() And when he finds his real father, he finds his identity and who he really is. “This is a story about a man who finds his father. “I love to encounter stories in which we can find the sacred within the secular-biblical principles that are going to resonate with people who are of faith and who may not be of faith,” said Joshua Scott, NGU Theatre Education Program Coordinator and Director of the production. The would-be elf is raised in the North Pole, but ultimately embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity. nightly.īased on a popular Christmas film, “Elf the Musical” follows Buddy, a young orphan who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. 10-19 at Billingsley Theatre in Tigerville. ![]() (November 7, 2022) The North Greenville University (NGU) School of Theatre will present “Elf the Musical” Nov. ![]()
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