By Tina Howe
Music by Mel Marvin
Presented by RLT’s Teens on Stage
July 13 – 22, 2012
Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre
Folk tale. Set in the midst of a bitter Norwegian winter, this is an enchanting story about a brave young woman. A White Bear visits a peasant family promising great riches if they allow their daughter, Tove, to come and live with him. She travels with the Bear to his castle where she discovers that he is a bewitched Prince. They fall in love but are separated. On a quest to save him, Tove encounters eerie hags, the four winds and dangerous trolls.
View the photos by David Watts.
Cast
- Tove: Sarah Gordon
- Gjerd/Queen Mother: Triona Kagan
- Olav: Sam Haw
- Gunnhild/Troll Princess: Sara Evans
- Trud/Durt: Maddy Kunkel
- Knut/Troll Best Man: Drew Ammons
- Einar/Troll Usher: Ben Mygatt
- Froy: Henry Hopson
- Frid: Jessica McGee
- Servants/Whale Puppeteers: Bailey Hart, Alyssa Hartzheim, Kinsey Watson
- The Bear/Prince: James Scalise
- First Hag: Audrey Dubois
- Second Hag: Parker Perry
- Third Hag: Zoë Chester-Thompson
- Eastwind: Rachel Kanakanui
- Westwind: Wesleigh Neville
- Southwind: Maya Hamer
- Northwind: Owen Flaherty
- Troll Photographer: Kinsey Watson
- Troll Flower Girl: Alyssa Hartzheim
- Troll Minister: Bailey Hart
- Trees/Butterfly Puppeteers: Owen Flaherty, Rachel Kanakanui, Maya Hamer, Wesleigh Neville
Production Staff
- Director: Linda O’Day Young
- Assistant Director: Jacob Snyder Timmons
- Musical Director: Yvonne Koch
- Scenic/Lighting Designer: Thomas Mauney
- Costume Designer: Vicki Olson
- Puppet Designer: Judy M. Dove
- Makeup Designer: Vicki Olson
- Sound Designer/Engineer: Becca Easley
- Assistant Sound Designer: Tess Mygatt
- Assistant Sound Engineer: John Maruca
- Stage Manager: Emma Caterinicchio
- Assistant Stage Manager: Jacob Snyder Timmons
- Audition Coordinator: Marie Berry
- House Manager Coordinator: Liz Kodadek
- Usher Coordinator: Kathleen Rudolph
- Original ArtWork: V. Cullum Rogers
- Advertising and Graphic Design: Mary Sox
- Photographers: Alyssa Petrone, David Watts
- Box Office Crew: Gina Beatty-Martinez, Tommy Tallis, Betsy Walters
Teens on Stage Conservatory Instructors
- Acting/ Movement/ Clown: Lucius Robinson
- Voice: Staci Sabarsky
- Improvisation: Dan Sipp
- Teaching Assistants: Lauren Miller, Arianna Tysinger
Teens Backstage Instructors
- Technical Theatre: Thomas Mauney
- Puppetry: Judy M. Dove
- Teaching Assistant: Drew Caterinicchio
Crews
Audition Crew: Marie Berry, Tamara Hopson, Gloria Rich, Alyssa Petrone
Costume Shop Crew: Mardy Bell, Marie Berry, Barbara Biggs, Christy Booth, Kim Clark, Delora Creech, Erin Dunphy, Ann Haigler, Susan Kimmel, Yvonne Koch, Joanne Kochuk, Catherine Lambe, Nicole Long, Irma MacGregor, Kia Manuel, Kathy Mauney, Jenny Mitchell, Elaine Petrone, Tana Shehan, Debbie Sherrod, Julie Tomlin, Jean Wilkinson, Jane Williams, Judy Wray
House Managers: Julie Coburn, Lynn Freeman, Tamara Hopson, Liz Kodadek, Wanda Langston, Susan Mygatt, Lynn Patrick
Production Running Crew: Teens Backstage
Set Construction and Puppet/Props Construction: Teens Backstage
Teens Backstage: Bryan Bunch, Drew Caterinicchio (Teaching Assistant), Jeremy Diamond, Mary Hopkins, Joseph Hough, Barry Liu
Whale Puppeteers: Bryon Bunch, Mary Hopkins