productions
2011 - Theatre West Virginia (World Premiere - Full Production)
Theatre West Virginia and Brighter Sky Productions
present Rocket Boys
August 26 - September 4, 2011
Theatre West Virginia
Cliffside Amphitheater
Grandview, West Virginia
Cast
Homer Hickam Sr.
Chris Bellinger
Elsie Hickam
Katherine Yacko
“Sonny” Hickam
Carl Anthony Tramon
Jim Hickam
Brett Benowitz
Roy Lee Cooke
Michael Moore
Quentin Wilson
Blair Bowman
O’Dell Carroll
Ryan McAtee
Dorothy Plunk
Katie Bianchi
Valentine Carmina
Danielle Spisso
Miss Frieda Riley
Rylee Doiron
Ike Bykovski
Joe Milliren
Basil Ogelthorpe
Nathaniel Burich
John “Eye” Blevin
Lew Whitener
Mr. Turner
Jake Guinn
Dr. John Lassiter
Eddis Brown
Buck
Robbie Hindsman
Fence-Wife 1
Cat Claus
Fence-Wife 2
Pamela Chabora
Fence-Wife 3
Carrie Greenberg
Fence-Wife 4
Sarah Swiger
Fence-Wife 5
Joni Rundle
Fence-Wife 6
Hilary Freeland
Dorothy's Girls
Anastasia Trammel, Ashley Lopez
Greaser girl
Margaret Dalton
Mine Foreman
Jeffrey Faulkner
Dugout DJ
Connor Clark
Policeman
John Perry
Ensemble
Holden Akers-Toler, Zach Bolon,
Eddis Brown,
Pam Chabora,
Conor Clark, Cat Claus,
Margaret Dalton,
Jeffrey Faulkner,
Hilary Freeland, Carrie Greenberg,
Bobby Hall, Abbey Hurlburt,
Jake Jessup,
Curtis Johnson,
Donald Laney,
Ashley Lopez,
Allie Patton, John Perry,
Drew Peters,
Aymen Robertson,
Joni Rundle,
Jorrin Rundle,
Sarah Swiger,
Anastasia Trammel,
Nick Yurick
Understudies
Holden Akers-Toler (u/s Roy Lee Cooke),
Eddis Brown (u/s John “Eye” Blevin),
Pam Chabora (u/s Elsie Hickam),
Conor Clark (u/s O’Dell Carroll),
Jeffrey Faulkner (u/s Ike Bykovski,
Basil Ogelthorpe),
Bobby Hall (u/s Sonny),
Robbie Hindsman (u/s Jim Hickam),
Carrie Greenberg (u/s Valentine Carmina),
Jake Jessup (u/s Dr. John Lassiter),
Ashley Lopez (u/s Miss Frieda Riley),
Joe Milliren (u/s Homer Hickam),
Drew Peters (u/s Mr. Turner, Buck),
Jorrin Rundle (u/s Quentin Wilson),
Anastasia Trammell (u/s Dorothy Plunk)
Co Director: Marina Hunley
Co Director: Rich Jagunic
Associate Director: Carl Anthony Tramon
Stage Manager: James Ogden II
Assistant Stage Manager: Annie Bellinger
Music Director: Teresa McCoy
Assistant Music Director: Pam Wynne
Co Dance Choreographer: Toneta Akers-Toler
Co Dance Choreographer: Donald Laney
Dance Captain: Hillary Freeland
Dance Captain: Aymen Robertson
Fight Choreographer / Pyro Master: Jake Guinn
Scenic Designer: Bert Scott
Lighting Designer / Production Manager: Josh Schulman
Costume Designer: Regina Rizzo
Technical Director: Max Flicker
Assistant Technical Director: Jamie Bray
Scenic Charge Artist: Jennifer Fuentes
Master Electrician: James Morrow
Props Master: Lisha White
Sound Engineer: Chad Dove
Costume Shop Manager: Anna Stainback
2011 - Theatre West Virginia (World Premiere - Full Production) Cast
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quotes
“Rocket Boys is simply great theater, with a tremendous message… To be offered the opportunity to produce this show… is a chance of a lifetime and an extreme honor.”
“…Funny, yet deeply moving… something everyone can relate to… the message of inspiration and hope…”
“…A beautiful piece of work that touches the power of the individual and the majesty of the universal in the same gesture…”
“The musical is a lively and lyrical production… conveys experience and a reminiscent tone… at the same time sounding so full of youthful exuberance… a timeless theme of a young man in search of his father's attention…”
“The opening number, aptly titled “Coalwood”, has lyrics so perfect they must be heard to be believed… composer/lyricists Diana Belkowski and Dan Tramon give us lyrics that mean something, lyrics that advance the plot… set to a score that sticks with you long after you leave the theater… Lessons are learned throughout the course of Rocket Boys The Musical… about integrity, morality and, yes, “All Kinds of Love”. ”
“Rocket Boys pulls you into the action and quickly invests you in the characters with a passion rarely seen… No character here is a 'throwaway' secondary role… I have no doubt at all that it will premiere and succeed!”
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