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SJC Presents "Once Upon A
Mattress"
Story Written for SJC by Breain Ma'Ayteh, Assistant in
Public
Relations.
The Columbian Players of Saint Joseph's College will
present the musical comedy "Once Upon a Mattress"
April 18-20 at 8 p.m. in the auditorium of the Arts and
Sciences Building. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for
children.
SJC students, faculty and staff are admitted for
free.
Written by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall
Barer,
with music by Mary Rodgers and lyrics by
Marshall Barer, "Once Upon a Mattress" provides a fresh
look at the classic
fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea."
With a Princess named Fred who swims the moat
surrounding the castle in her
mad rush to find the prince, a
king who can't speak because of being cursed by a witch,
and a queen who constantly
thwarts her son's attempts at
marriage, "Mattress" delivers surprises as well as laughs.
"(The play) is a good
traditional musical full of songs,
dances, and funny business which is both hilarious and
touching at the same time,"
said Director John Rahe,
Assistant Professor of Communication and Theatre Arts at
SJC. "It's a tough musical because
of the number of set
changes and types of musical numbers, but we have a
talented cast, and the choreographers and
the music
director are doing really fine work on their parts of the
production."
The cast includes Adam Ways,
a freshman from
Washington, Ill., as the Minstrel; Calvin Metts, a junior
from Chicago, Ill., as the Wizard; Wendy
Sidener, a junior
from Plainfield, Ind., as Queen Aggravain; Rachel
Lancaster, a sophomore from Crete, Ill., as Princess
12;
Mark Brouwer, a sophomore from Rensselaer as Prince
Dauntless the Drab; Jen Zak, a sophomore from Batavia,
Ill., as Lady Larken; Brian Bugajski, a freshman from
Cedar Lake, Ind., as the Jester; Maura Giles, a senior
from Indianapolis, Ind., as Winifred the Woebegone; Joe
Guzman, a junior from Highland, Ind., as King Sextimus
the
Silent; Mike Eckhardt, a senior from Valparaiso, Ind.,
as Sir Harry; Mark Grueter, a junior from Vancouver,
British
Columbia, as Sir Studley; Dannielle Pruett, a junior
from Rensselaer, as Lady Rowena; Kris Dougherty, a
junior from
Staunton, Va., as Lady Merrill; Susan
Kramer, a sophomore from Michigan City, Ind., as Lady
Lucille; Amanda Daily,
a junior from Rensselaer, as the
Nightengale of Samarkand; and Amy Buckbee, a junior
from Morris, Ill., as Lady Mabelle.
The musical's dancers include Eileen Tobin, a sophomore
from Winfield, Ill.; Christina Leyva, a freshman from
Crown Point, Ind.; and Bobbie Jo Hayes, a freshman
from Hammond, Ind.
The chorus features Erin Diener, a freshman
from
Monticello, Ind.; Becky Scherer, a freshman from St.
John, Ind.; Kristi Zurawski, a freshman from South Lyon,
Ill.; Loretta Clevenger, a sophomore from Lima, Ohio;
Nicholas T. Schafer, a junior from Plymouth, Ind.; and
David
McNelis, a senior from Noblesville, Ind. Stage
managers are Mandy Meyers, a senior from Whiting, Ind.,
and Renee Pugh,
a freshman from Dayton, Ohio. Hannah
Pace, a senior from Evansville, Ind., serves as the
musical's music director,
and the choreographers are
Allison Glidewell, a junior from Hobart, Ind., and Cortny
Woodruff, a freshman from Rensselaer.
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