Program

Schmidt/Jones
The Fantasticks

Artistic Team

Michael Mohammed, stage director
Michael Horsley, music director

Performers

The Narrator (El Gallo)
Nathanael Fleming, tenor

The Girl (Luisa)
Katie Ahmann, soprano

The Boy (Matt)
Keaton Brown, baritone

The Boy's Parent (Hucklebee)
Rebecca Allen, mezzo-soprano

The Girl's Parent (Bellomy)
Wilford Kelly, baritone

The Actor (Henry)
Jasmine Johnson, mezzo-soprano

The One Who Dies (Mortimer)
Danielle Rogers, soprano

The Mute
Jamella Cross*

*guest artist

Synopsis

Two parents Hucklebee and Bellomy have tricked their children Matt and Luisa into falling in love with each other by pretending to be in a feud. They call on the help of El Gallo, a professional bandit, and his small team of actors to create a scene in which Luisa is captured and Matt saves her in order to end the fabricated feud. The wall comes down, creating a happy ending for everyone - or so it would seem. When the lovers find out that the entire abduction and family feud are staged, they separate and then resolve with mutual understanding built on honest relationships and boundaries, both physical and emotional.