Grier's Sister Act is Fabulous, Baby!

After weeks of preparation, set-building, costume fittings, and rehearsals to learn lines, lyrics, and choreography, Grier's musical Sister Act hit the stage this weekend for its two night run before packed audiences of classmates, teachers, parents, and friends.
Sister Act was as, main character Deloris envisions herself: fabulous! Our talented students showcased an impressive amount of dedication to the production across the board.

Audiences loved the onstage talent, applauding the stunning vocal talents of our singers and laughing at the comedic moments. Impressively, while garbed in uniform habits, the actors playing the nuns thoughtfully depicted each with distinctive personalities, from Sister Mary Patrick's perpetual sunny disposition to Sister Mary Lazarus' gloom. Grier girls also took on the male roles for the play and executed them with great finesse. Dancers from Grier's Intermediate and Advanced Jazz classes and the Pre-Professional program performed exquisite routines to the groovy music created by the orchestra, perched high in the balcony, directly across from the sound and light booth.

The Grier musical is always a special event, not only because it is wonderfully entertaining, but because it is the product of massive cross-discipline collaboration between our many talented students and faculty members. Along with lighting and sound technicians, costumes, and prop crews behind the scenes, actors, singers, dancers, and musicians work together to produce a successful show. The musical allows many to develop their musical theatre skills by stepping outside their comfort zone, with dancers doing some singing and singers doing some dancing, for instance.

We loved Sister Act. Congratulations to all who were involved in bringing this story to Grier's stage!

Grier School Presents
Sister Act
April 28, 2017 7:00pm | April 29, 2017 7:00pm
 
Based on the Touchstone Pictures Motion Picture Sister Act, written by JOSEPH HOWARD

Music by
ALAN MENKEN

Lyrics by
GLEN SLATER

Book by
CHERI STEINKELLNER & BILL STEINKELLNER

Musical Director & Director
GINGER REINHARDT

Orchestral Director
BARB NEUMULLER

Choreography
DANIELLE BOWER & JOCI HRZIC

Costumes
JULIE PIOTTI & LAURIE CAVE
COSTUME DESIGN CLASS

Props, & Set Design
KIM SILVERMAN & RICK GATES
 

Rehearsal Accompanist
JULIE HANLON

Stage Manager
EVA S.

Sound Design
DON NEUMULLER

Sound Assistant
DEBBIE H.

Audio Console Programming
OLIVIA T.
MINJIN (LILY) Z.

Cabling & Gaffing
YURAN (RACHEL) Q.
PHUONG (LAURA) T.

Light Design
GARY FICKES

Light Assistant
TESS M.

Spotlight
TERRY C.

Assistant to Mrs. Silverman
KAYLA M.

Posters & Program Cover
STEVE NELSON
GRAPHIC DESIGN CLASS

Programs
BECKY WOOLFREY

Set Construction
RICK GATES
GRIER MAINTENANCE

Photography
DAVE BARNES
LAURA FULTON

CAST
Dolores Van Cartier
SHANNON B.

Mother Superior
SHANNAN L.

Sister Mary Robert
KATIE M.

Sister Mary Patrick
MARY D.

Sister Mary Lazarus
LINDEN M.

Monsignor O’Hara
JOLISA O.

Curtis
KATIE S.

Eddie
RILEY F.

Joey
ANNIE G.

Pablo
ERZSI M.

TJ
AMY Y.

Sister Mary Martin-of-Tours
ABIGAIL W.

Sister Mary Theresa
EMILY C.

Nuns
SAMANTHA C.
SYDNEY C.
NATALIA M.
ALEJANDRA O.
LILLIAN R.
MICHELLE S.

Michelle
MADISON W.

Tina
BEATHANY H.

Ernie
GRACE M.

Cop
ASHLEY S.

Bar Patrons
SYDNEY C.
BETHANY H.
NATALIA M.
GRACE M.
ALEJANDRA O.
ABIGAIL W.

Waitress
SUMMER T.

Drag Queen
DAVE BARNES

Cab Driver
SYDNEY C.

Newscaster
SUMMER T.

ORCHESTRA

Piano 1
JULIE HANLON

Piano 2
HAIWEN (HELEN) G.

Flute
JIAXIN (ELAINE) F.

Clarinet
JINYAN (IRIS) H.

Alto Saxophone
ALEX ROTHSTEIN

Tenor Saxophone
BARRY KERNFELD

Trumpet 1
KELLY HOWDYSHELL

Keyboard Trumpet 2
ZIYI (LYN) L.

Keyboard Trombone
JIAYI (JENNIFER) C.

Keyboard Bass
YUERAN (RACHEL) Q.

Guitar
MICK DENNIS

Drums
KIRK MOUNTZ

Percussion
GRACE W.

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