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.

2008 - Parade

Staff

Producer: Ian Stuart
Director & Dramaturg: Kristina Friedgen
Assistant Director: Tori Randall
Dialect Coach: David Olson
Stage Manager: Matti Dickinson
Assistant Stage Manager: Alice Forehand
Choreographers: Joanna Higbee & Christina Freidgen
Dance Captains: Amanda Kaplan & Ariel Messeca
Fight Captain: Will Lockhart
Music Director: Juliana Marin
Conductor: Ian Stuart
Assistant Conductor: Matt Eisenberg
Director of Fundraising: Bridget Woodbury
Box Office/House Managers: Juliana Marin & Lisa Ohanian
Technical Director: Peter Gambardella
Assistant Technical Director: Harry Sherman
Scenic Designer: Nicole De Pedro
Projections Artist/Fly Operator: Ray Durbin
Lighting Designer: Max Flicker
Lighting Board Operator: Russell Blair
Sound Designer: Matt Glen
Sound Board Operator: Colin Cranford
Properties Designers: Alice Hawfield & Mandy Yu
Costume Designer: Erin Branigan
Hair and Makeup Designer: Brittany Graham

CAST

Young Soldier: Lonathan Loewy
Old Soldier: Will Lockhart
Aide: Melanie Kurstin
Assistant: Sara Wright
Lucille Frank: Sherry Berg
Leo Frank: Ben Lurye
Hugh Dorsey: Will Lockhart
Governor John Slaton: Paul Scanlan
Sally Slaton: Pam Freedy
Frankie Epps: Bennett Clarkson
Mary Phagan: Katie Friedgen
Iola Stover: Caroline Wolfson
Jim Conley: Michael Kuhn
J.N. Starnes: Ariel Messeca
Officer Ivey: Jonathan Loewy
Newt Lee: Kristopher Owens
Mrs. Phagan: Cara Pellegrino
Lizzie Phagan: Lori Craley
Floyd McDaniel/prison Guard/Foreman: Danny Park
Britt Craig: Mikey Cafarelli
Tom Watson: Sean Finan
Angela: Jenay McNeiel
Riley: Nikki Duong
Luther Rosser: Matt Glenn
Fiddlin John Carson: Jonathan Loewy
Judge Roan/ Mr. Peavey: Christopher Haller
Nurse: Katie Perry
Monteen: Sherry Benedek
Essie: Amanda Kaplan
Helen: Erin Branigan

Ensemble: Maddie Brown, Laura Cole, Stephanie Helwig, Corriane Oster, Melinda Paul, Jordan Smilan-Goldstein

PIT

Conductor: Ian Stuart
Violin: Catie Bartlett, Alice Hawfield, Lisa Silverman
Cello: Jen Larson
Bass: Sara Korpeck
Woodwinds: Alisha Bhore, Melissa Ludwig, Max Morawski, Ashley Sharper
Trumpet: Richard Gray, Ethan Marks, Joe Silver, Itai Yasur
French Horn: Matt Eisenberg, Tori Randall
Trombone: William Ardanuy, Glenn Daniels
Piano: Jeremy Lent
Percussion: Andrew Bort, Collin Sommers

CREW

Crew: Jose Abraham, Danny Green, Jason Austria, Alice Hawfield, Russell Blair, Paul Johnson, Colin Cranford, Jay Koby, Ray Durbin, David Marin, Max Fickler, Nicole De Pedro, Peter Gambardella, Harry Sherman, Matt Glenn, Mandy Yu

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