Directing and producing these musicals takes an exceptional amount of effort, and The Lion King in particular has presented a vast array of challenges. The success of this production has relied immensely on the contributions and assistance of many individuals within and outside the school. I would like to acknowledge the following people for their support and assistance through this process:
- Mrs. Rose Rock, Principal - for your support and belief of our creative endeavors.
- Home and School Association- for the refreshments during intermission.
- The teachers of the cast and ensemble - for your cooperation, patience, and understanding of the HUGE time commitment necessary for the success of the production.
- John Rea of MacGuffin theater company- for providing free acting workshops for our students
- Mrs. Patty Nasuti and Mrs. Vanda Thomas- for once again providing the show-stopping choreography you see in this production
- Kathy Phillips and her daughter, Kelly- for working tiredlessly sewing costumes, painting backdrop, and anything else we needed!!
- Mrs. Yuhong Chen-for aiding Mrs. Phillips with making over 90 wonderful costumes for the show!
- Mr. Nicholas Thomas- for photographing our wonderful cast and ensemble.
- Bodek and Rhodes- for the t-shirt printing
- Dan Myers, from Nativity of Our Lord Elementary School-for loaning us the awesome lioness and Scar headdresses
- Diane Craven and Mrs. Ellen Charpentier-for the beautiful work on the Mufasa and Simba headdresses
- Andre Charpentier-for displaying his artistic gifts with added details to Rafiki's look!
- Mrs. Ellen Charpentier and Mrs. Sheri Feinberg-for the beautiful artwork, enhancing small ensemble costumes
- Markus Weidner-for creating this wonderful playbill!!
- "Creative Characters"-for printing our playbill
- Mr. Yishon Liaw- for videoing and editing the performances.
- Mrs. Sheri Feinberg- my homeroom parent for five years, handling letters to parents and costuming small ensemble
- Mrs. Mizuki Harris-for showing up, seeing a need, and jumping in!
- Mrs. Bridget Loreaux- for tranforming a Zazu plush toy into an awesome hand puppet!
- Our wonderful Student Council Members - for stepping up and stepping in when needed
- The entire custodial staff- for your help in set-up and clean-up!
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Since taking over the job of director, I have been blessed with an amazing person who thinks like I think, has an eye for details, and a work ethic that cannot be matched. He is my assistant director and I hope and pray he stays around for a very long time. Thank you to my son, Matt Gooding for all that you have done for this production, the students, parents and this school. This our third production together. You are a great asset and I look forward to working with you on many more shows!!
