YES Youth Production
Schoolhouse Rock Live!
February 1, 2014 through February 16, 2014
Saturdays and Sundays at 11am
A pop culture phenomenon comes to the musical stage! The Emmy Award-winning 1970's Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, and more through clever, tuneful songs is lighting up the stage!
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE! follows Tom, a nerve-wracked school teacher who is nervous about his first day of teaching. He tries to relax by watching TV when various characters representing facets of his personality emerge from the set and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music, through such songs as "Just A Bill," "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly," and "Conjunction Junction."
CAST
Chandler
Kishka
Ben
Alyssa
Gigi
Chanelle
Sophie
Zelda
Jake
Scott
Charlotte
Chandler David
Kishka Grantz
Ben Helscher
Alyssa Jaffe
Gigi Nibbelink
Chanelle O'Neill
Sophie Salisbury
Zelda Saltzman
Jake Schroeder
Scott Senior
Charlotte Weinman
Book by Scott Ferguson, Kyle Hall, & George Keating
Music and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, Kathy Mandry, George Newall & Tom Yohe
Based on an idea by David McCall and television series created by George Newall and Tom Yohe.
Directed and Music Directed by Anne Gesling
Assistant Directed by Christian Soto
Produced by Tracy Saltzman and Mary Beth Sciarabba
Choreographed by Lauren Blair
Technical and Set Design by Tom Brown and William Wilday
Anne Gesling
Anne Gesling (Director/Music Director/Costume Design) has been at the MWT for 28 years and is a co-founder of the YES program. She has directed and/or music directed over 78 mainstage productions, a number of YES shows including Freckleface Strawberry, A Wrinkle In Time, Pinkalicious, How I Became a Pirate and The True Story Of The Three Little Pigs, and 18 Annual Youth Musicals including Beauty and the Beast, Fiddler on the Roof, Seussical, A Winter's Tale, Pirates Of Penzance, and Oklahoma.
Anne's greatest pride is in the work she does with the YES Program and the Annual Youth Musical here at the MWT. Nothing inspires her more than working with these talented kids. She truly believes that children can achieve anything they set their minds to, and being a part of that process is the greatest joy of her life.