Sing Me Home

Grand Lake Montessori Performing Arts Camp Presents

Friday, August 14, 2015 First Presbyterian Church Theater Oakland, California

Grand Lake Montessori

PERFORMING ARTS CAMP Presents

Sing Me Home A Children’s Opera by William Bokhout August 14th, 2015 -7:00pm CREW Performing Arts Director/Composer Choreographer Dance Support & Games Props and Crafts

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Stage / Production Manager Head Costume Designer Costume Designer Scenery Design/Construction Cinematographer Video Editor Counselors in Training Sound Engineer Still Photographers Graphics Spotlight Pianist Kid Wranglers

William Bokhout Hollis Bokhout Stuart Moody, Danilo Portugal Leta Koerber, Krystal White Mallory Williams Helen Campbell Mary Aima Hilary Brunner, Riley Moore Susan Davis, Bill Wright, Krystal White Frazer Bradshaw Matthew Dibble Riley Moore, Julia Koo Bill Wright Connie Sithi, Susan Davis Susan Davis, Mallory Williams Kalvin Jacobs, John Campbell William Bokhout Jake Cohen, Wanday Kincy, Krystal White, Leta Koerber, Danilo Portugal, Mallory Williams

August 14, 2015 Grand Lake Montessori welcomes you to our 26th annual production.

We deeply appreciate all the parents, teachers, family and friends who have contributed their time and energy to this show. We could not create this magic without you.

The cast is composed entirely of children from all over the Bay Area. Their absorbent minds, and enthusiastic efforts allow them to learn the entire opera with all of the songs, dances and stage direction, in just 10 days. The amazing results of their immersion study are shown here tonight in this single performance. It is our hope that this experience will give your child a lifelong love of theatre.

Sincerely,

Helen Campbell

Head of School Grand Lake Montessori

SYNOPSIS Act 1 - The Great Cave - The animals of the arctic live in unity and balance. The Inuit legend tells us that every year all the animals would gather at the great cave, remove their skins and join in a dance.

Reminding all that underneath they are all one. One day man enters the cave and laughs at the dancing animals, embarrassing them. No more do the animals gather, no more do they see themselves as one.

Act 2 - The Village - In the village the man has become the great hunter, dominating all the animal

world, but reminded that he is cursed. His only child Suinnak is deaf, unable to hear his story, unable to contribute to the good of the village, unable to pass his story on. The village elder Tupilek tells Father that he must find a way to teach Suinnak to be a valued village member, he must have something to contribute.

Suinnak realizes his lack of any contribution and feels the teasing of the other children. He is consoled by his only friend Tikaani who sees that although Suinnak cannot hear, he has great understanding through what he observes.

Act 3 - The Hunters and the Storm - Father decides to take Suinnak on a walrus hunt and teach

Suinnak how to hunt the most prized prey. Encountering a fierce storm Suinnak is separated from the hunting party and lost. The hunters search for Suinnak but to no avail. They follow tracks and discover Suinnak has been followed by a polar bear, a fox and a pack of wolves. Unable to follow anymore they assume Suinnak is no more. Dejected they return to the village. No walrus, and no Suinnak.

Act 4 - The Hunters Return to the Village - The hunters return and tell their story of how Suinnak has been lost. The village in great grief mourns the loss. Tikaani seeks to tell the village that there still is hope because Suinnak has great understanding of the animal world and skills that could support him.

Tikaani devises a plan wherein the villagers sing their song and dance their eagle dance in the hopes that Suinnak will be able to see their songs in the Northern lights and find his way home.

Act 5 - Suinnak Returns - Suinnak returns with the help of the animals he encounters on the way.

Returning his wisdom to the village that although we are all different we are all one animal, one family.

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OUR TEAM OF THEATER PROFESSIONALS Director and Choreographer

William and Hollis Bokhout

William Bokhout Operatic baritone, has been the resident Baritone with Opera Grand Rapids for 26 seasons, performing as many as 35 different roles. In 2003, Mr. Bokhout founded The 2nd Act Opera Company, a professional touring group dedicated to promoting Opera as an art form to young people, performing in many of the schools in the area as well as touring with his wife Hollis presenting Children’s Opera Workshops in elementary schools across the country.

Hollis Bokhout Choreographer, Dancer, soloist, received her undergraduate degree in Theater from Bowling Green State University and her Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance from Marshall University.

Mrs. Bokhout has been a frequent featured performer, displaying her versatility in opera, musical theater, and jazz.She is also a classically trained dancer having performed with the Toledo Ballet Company, and maintains an active teaching studio in the Grand Rapids area.

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CAST

In order of Appearance NARRATORS: ASL INTERPRETER: PUFFINS:

SEALS:

ARCTIC FOX SEAGULLS:

POLAR BEAR: WALRUS: CARIBOU: CARIBOU CONT’D.

#1 Caelin Duffy #2 Ella Carter Fenster

Mira Schoenberg Maya Sears Alina Shahid Chloe Tien

Krystal White Brooklyn Durant Koji Green Paloma John-Baptiste Rostin John-Baptiste Wyatt Mangan Lucy Schwartz Owen Sunwoo Zoe Beisner Simone Buckner Esupat Chonjo Caelin Duffy Collette Moody Joaquin Murray Evija Plummer Lua Portugal Anna Simmons Oona Swartz Brandon Tien Riley Weber

EAGLE: WOLF PACK:

FATHER:

Natalie Dalton Kali Rogers-Thomas Henry Cattermole Serena Ahn Ava Brooks Emiko Green Maya Klein Eva Lorenz Olivia Marletta Charlotte Mascola Claire Moody Eleanor Osborn

#1 Soli Partovi #2 Chiara Mapp #3 Sophie Coutu Caleb Meyers

VILLAGE SOLOISTS:

Hattie Bradshaw Ciena Brooks Ella Carter Fenster Madhavi Kennedy

VILLAGE CHILDREN:

Lily Albin Lucy Becker RoseMary Butler Daphne Green Celia Hood Troy Jacobs Sahira Joshi Kieran Montanez Avery Oppenheimer Alidia Portugal Eli Srivastava

Beatrice Tirona-Dusenbury Jonah Cha-Foster Jack Herrlinger Kara Kennedy Cassandra Klein Theo Klein Kiana Lee Olsen Otis Leeds Maren Lindgren Liev Melamed Georgia Orcharton Matias Shahid Ella VavRosky

Julia Mascola

BLIZZARD DANCERS:

TUPILEK: SUINAK:

Ella Carter Fenster Olivia Marletta Charlotte Mascola Soli Partovi Benjamin Schoenberg Jude Partovi

MOTHER:

Madelynn Hardtke

TIKAANI:

Casey Moore

HUNTERS:

Jasper Dibble Louis Jacobs Santiago Laub-Sabater Caleb Meyers Sebastian Nunes Reza Partovi

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Design, Logos & Layout by Susan Davis - www.PaintboxProductions.com Photos by Connie Sithi, Susan Davis, Wolfgang Ettenreich, Audra Koklys Plummer and Helen Campbell.

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