Next to Normal - November 03 - November 11, 2023

The Village School

 Who's Who 

  • Luka Panzhinskaya head shot

    Luka Panzhinskaya

    as Gabe Goodman

    Luka has been doing theatre for a while, starting out with play for the Russian community, and then moving to working VRT with the Village School. This is Luka's 4th year doing musicals with Village other roles include: Oaken from Frozen Jr., Schwartzy from Putnam, and The Trunchbull from Matilda. Luka is excited to finally bring this project to the stage and be able to showcase the effort the cast put in to make it happen. Luka would like to thank the cast for being patient and supportive and Samuel for starting this project and giving the cast a time to show ourselves.

  • Ava Greer head shot

    Ava Greer

    as Henry

    Ava E. Greer first began acting in kindergarten with the play “Jack and the Beanstalk”, and has had a passion for it ever since. Some of her favorite roles include Officer Barrel in “Urinetown: the Musical”, Professor Pierson in “War of the Worlds”, Mrs. Paddy in “The Curious Savage”, and Gayle in “Almost, Maine”. When she’s not acting, she enjoys playing video games and crafting her own stories. She would like to thank her parents for always encouraging her love of acting and driving her to rehearsals.

  • Jacob Wildy head shot

    Jacob Wildy

    as Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden

    Jacob is proud to be in this production of Next to Normal and would like to thank the director/producer for putting on this experience. He has been in 2 VHS productions before, one being Matilda in which he had the role of Mr Wormwood and Almost Maine with the role of Dave. Previously to this he was in a Wesley College production of Blood Brothers where he had an ensemble role. He has done several training courses at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts where he studied works of Shakespeare, and techniques that are used in modern musicales and also legitimate plays.

 

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