This year's production combined the unique and varied talents of over 80 students, staff, and SML community members. The entire ensemble would like to say a very special thank you to the following:
-The individuals and families that made generous donations over the past year: Christine Birtja, Alex & Gay Cormack, Pat & Pat Drohan, Bob & Joyce Evangelista, the Galvez family, Theresa Goodheart, Derek & Ginger Johnson, the Lopez family, the Machado family, Richard & Pamela Martin, William & Betty Nelson, Gary Ouye, Janeen Parminter, the Rivera family, Bill & Mary Rosentreter, the Wong family, James & Isabella Yang, Rosanna Zonni, and the Zonni family.
-The St. Mark's School Board, Superintendent Dr. Barbara Clark, Principal Monica Gerardo, Pastor Thomas Johnson, and the St. Mark's staff and congregation for their gracious support of the drama program.
-Curriculum Director Christy Pomerleau for helping start the St. Mark's Youth Theatre program 16 years ago and for the beautiful Crew board decor.
-The church and school office staff of Françoise Dutil, Joyce Evangelista,Traci Navarro, Tammy Perez, Marti Rendon, Mary Rosentreter, and Claudia Villanueva for their multitude levels of help.
-Sue Ferrini and her art students for the wonderful Wildebeests and decorative art work.
-The creative and efficient T.A. team of Terri Aguilar (who offered some major giraffe inspiration), Ashley Monares (who made all of the vinyl iron-ons for the bleacher rental seats), and Susan Montes (who ran numerous copies).
-P.E. teachers Chris Evangelista and Maegan Garcia for sharing their "classroom", and the entire team of SML coaches for accomodating the changing drama schedule.
-The SML staff that served as House Crew volunteers: Terri Birtja, Sue Ferrini, Maegan Garcia, Sam Lee, Lisa Mata, Lara Rezko, Ashley Stanford, & Jenn Wampler.
-Bong Hung and family for the beautiful Cast and Crew headshots and poster pictures. You are officially an honorary member of "Team Awesome"!
-Gus Garcia for building our beautiful sets, Kyle Chrisman for manufacturing our new ramp and fabricating the stunning zebras, the Quijada family for designing and constructing the incredible elephant, and Quentin Bunch for creating the amazing lion and lioness headpieces.
-Laura Noriega for making countless alterations to our costumes and for loving this program so much.
-Dave Andrecht and Jeff Walker for being the "on-call" tech guys and helping to troubleshoot.
-Professional makeup artist Sarah Torres for teaching Holly Parminter, Kaylee Quijada, and the entire Costume Crew how to do the makeup for the Cast.
-Gary Ouye for fueling the fog machine, bringing The Habit food truck, and charitably supporting the drama program these past few years.
-The Wrap Party team of volunteers helmed by Victoria Zonni.
-The Nelson family, Marolee Smith, Jennifer Wampler, and the Zonni family for the very generous auction basket donations, and Jan Williams for the gorgeous auction blanket.
-James Yang and family for all of their assistance and for being such an invaluable support over the years.