The DC area's oldest youth-run theatre company

Wildwood Summer Theatre was founded in 1965 by a group of students from Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Maryland. These theatrically minded students wanted to extend their high school musical experience into the summer. However, they were unable to find an adult sponsor, so they decided to strike out on their own. That summer, on a shoestring budget, and with little in the way of material supplies or support, they put on a production of Bye, Bye Birdie. The show was a rousing success, and WST was born. For the last 51 years, WST has presented at least one, and occasionally two musical productions, with the entire company aged 14 to 25.

1994 - The Mystery of Ediwn Drood

Staff

Producer: Blake Reid
Business Manager: David Morenoff
Director of Public Relations: Elizabeth Emerson
Assistant Director of Public Relations: Kris Maccubbin
Director: Dan Rinzel
Assistant Director: Dan Morenoff
Production Stage Manager: Randi Garten
Assistant Stage Manager: Cate Carroll
Musical Director: Elizabeth Keyes
Assistant Musical Director: Isabel Hernandez-Cata
Conductor: Ben Stern
Choreographer: Felicia Gieske
Technical Director: Erica N. Prodouz
Assistant Technical Director: Karen Long
Scenic Designer: Allison Furlong
Lighting Designer: Loren Sklar
Costume Designer: Rachel Fink
Properties Designer: Sara Zatz
Sound Designer: Alex Cooper
Make-Up Designer: Jamila Mayo
Graphic Designer: Allison Furlong

CAST

John Jasper: Mr. Clive Paget
Edwin Drood: Miss Alice Nutting
Rosa Bud: Miss Deirdre Peregrine
Wendy: Miss Isabel Yearsley
Beatrice: Miss Violet Balfour
Helena Landless: Miss Janet Conover
Neville Landless: Mr. Victor Grinstead
The Reverend Mr. Crisparkle: Mr. Cedric Moncrieffe
The Princess Puffer: Miss Angela Prysock
Shade of Drood: Mr. Montague Pruitt
Shade of Jasper: Mr. Harry Sayle
Satyr: Mr. Alan Eliot
Succubae: Miss Sarah Cook, Miss Gwendolyn Pynn, Miss Madeleine Moss, Miss Isabel Yearsley
Mayor Thomas Sapsea: Mr. James Hitchens
Durdles: Mr. Nick Cricker
Deputy: Miss Nora Cricker
Flo: Miss Florence Gill
Waiter: Mr. Phillip Bax
Horace: Mr. Nicholas Michael
Bazzard: Mr. Phillip Bax
Dick Datchery: Actor Currently Unknown
Townspeople: Mr. Nicholas Michael, Miss Sarah Cook
Miss Gwendolyn Pynn, Mr. Montague Pruitt,
Mr. Alan Eliot, Miss Violet Balfour, Mr. James Throttle
Miss Madeleine Moss, Mr. Philip Bax,
Miss Isabel Yearsley, Miss Florence Gill,
Mr. Harry Sayle, Mr. Christopher Lyon

PIT

Piano/Keyboard: Steve Markofsky, Neil Sander
Trumpet/Flugelhorn: Sam Karp
Trumpet: Young Suh
Flute/Piccalo: Lisa Neumann
Oboe/Clarinet: Joseph Sargent
Clarinet: Michael Yang
Violin: Sarah Rispin
Percussion: Josh Weinstein

Crew

Crew: Jessica Blair, Pat Brown, Margaret Byrns, R. J. Cepaitis, Philip Cooper, Mike Dirksen, Danyel Fisher, Josh Hecht, Beth Iannotti, Dave Iannotti, Matthew Josey, Mike Kanin, Jessie Lambert, Christian Luhmann, Sarah Mengers, Jen Miller, David Morenoff, Rachele Moskowitz, Philip Moyer, Erik Norland, Laurel Portnoy, Kelley Rastatter, Daniel Rozas, Avigal Segal, Suzanne Shulman, Mark Storch, Phyllis Storch, Angela Telerski, Pierre Vial, Randee Wilding

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