Stories of Tonight: A Virtual Cabaret

The Breck Performing Arts Department proudly presents Breck (Virtual) Theatre’s socially-distanced production of

Featuring students from Breck’s Upper School

PREMIERE: Friday, April 9, 2021, at 7:00 pm Performances available online: breck.link/cabaret Breck School | 123 Ottawa Ave N, Golden Valley, MN 55422 | 763.381.8100breckschool.org

The Songs (In Cast-Alphabetical Order) MAX ANSARI (’21) “Hellfire” from THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME Music: Alan Menken | Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz MAX ANSARI (’21) and CALVIN ANSARI (’23) “Man Of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote)” from MAN OF LA MANCHA Music: Mitch Leigh | Lyrics: Joe Darion REMY BOND (’23) “Requiem” from DEAR EVAN HANSEN Music and Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul PEMA BOYD-SMITH (’22) and JOSH FURMAN (’21) “All I’ve Ever Known” from HADESTOWN Music and Lyrics: Anais Mitchell BELLA FLANDERS (’21) “Our Lady Of The Underground” from HADESTOWN Music and Lyrics: Anais Mitchell SARAH HATFIELD (’21) “Not Getting Married Today” from COMPANY Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim JAMES HICKS (’23) “You’ll Be Back” from HAMILTON Music and Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda CLAIRE KELLY (’22) “Last Midnight” from INTO THE WOODS Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim ALEXIS McINTOSH (’23) “Winter Trilogy” Part 1: Antonio Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons: Winter - Movement 1” Part 2: “Someday When I Go”, Music and Lyrics by Alexis McIntosh Part 3: Frederic Chopin’s “Etude, Opus 25, No. 11 (Winter Wind)”

AMRITA PAL (’22) “One Perfect Moment” from BRING IT ON Music: Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda Lyrics: Amanda Green and Lin-Manuel Miranda McKENNA QUAM (’21) “Corner Of The Sky” from PIPPIN Music and Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz TORI REISBERG (’22) “I Have Confidence” from THE SOUND OF MUSIC Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II AVA ROH (’23) “Reflection” from MULAN Music and Lyrics: Matthew Wilder and David Zippel ABBY SAMUEL (’21) “Santa Fe” from NEWSIES Music: Alan Menken | Lyrics: Jack Feldman LULU SKROCH (’22) “Ireland” from LEGALLY BLONDE Music and Lyrics: Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin ANNA MARY SOUTHERN (’23) “My Favorite Things” from THE SOUND OF MUSIC Music: Richard Rodgers | Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II MARA SWANSON (’21) “The Next Right Thing” from FROZEN II Music and Lyrics: Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez DANIEL UNTIEDT (’24) “For Forever” from DEAR EVAN HANSEN Music and Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul THE COMPANY “Found / Tonight” from HAMILTON/ DEAR EVAN HANSEN Music and Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul THE COMPANY “I Feel So Much Spring” from A NEW BRAIN Music and Lyrics by William Finn

The Production Team

DIRECTOR

MUSIC DIRECTOR

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

ACCOMPANIST

TRANSCRIPTIONS

COSTUME DESIGNER

WIGS

STAGE MANAGERS

LIGHTING DESIGNERS

VIDEOGRAPHERS

SOUND DESIGNERS

EDITORS

ILLUSTRATORS

POSTER DESIGN

Paul Coate Melissa Hanson Eric Gustafson Natalie Gallecier Todd Olson Susan Fick Paul Bigot Lulu Skroch Logan Schuneman Lulu Skroch Alexa Fleming Logan Schuneman Alexa Fleming Amira Sinclair Douglas Bagley Logan Schuneman Jack Gaillard Paul Coate Eric Gustafson Ava Roh Alexis McIntosh Amira Sinclair Douglas Bagley Alexa Fleming Emma Beveridge Lulu Skroch Amira Sinclair

Thank Yous Jakk Beckett, Sarah Oltmann, and our Encore parent volunteers.

Breck’s Performing Arts Department Faculty, and the many members of Breck’s Administration and Staff (especially the Compliance Team) who helped us make this project a reality.

Avital Keeley Susan DeMaris Kathleen, Gena, and TJ Coate

Director’s Notes This could have been a year without theatre at Breck. Last fall, we decided take our show online as we presented a filmed-and-streamed production of “She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms,” which had 700 views over one weekend.

This could have been a year without a single student stepping foot on the Cargill Stage. This winter, we worked with the Compliance Team to create safety measures that would allow us to give our Seniors one last performance in the Cargill.

Each senior that you see performing under student-designed lights in this production was filmed on their own separate day with a very small student technical crew in support of their work. Everyone stood much more than 6 feet apart, all were masked (except for the singer during takes), all were supplied KN95 masks, and our accompanist had a HEPA filter nearby at all times. All surfaces touched were wiped down after use. And in the end, we were able to give our Seniors the chance to share their music with us from the stage, and the chance for one final moment — one final bow — under the Cargill lights.

But that isn’t the story of tonight.

Stories of Tonight: A Virtual Cabaret, is a celebration of the resilient voices of ALL of our Upper School theatre students. Each student in this production chose their own solo or duet to sing. Each student worked largely in isolation to create their contributions to this production, from the illustrators to the lighting designers to the editors to the performers. Each student gave of their time and energy to lend their isolated, solo voice to something larger than themselves, and so we view this production as a coming together, a statement, a celebration of music and musical theatre, of storytelling, and of each and every one of these vibrant student artists, both individually and as a part of our beautiful Breck community. Enjoy their songs and their stories.

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