Woodinville High School Theatre Company Presents:

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

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This Fall, the Woodinville High School Theatre Company (WHSTC) will bring the fresh from Broadway, electropop-opera Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 to the WHS stage. Based on a scandalous slice of Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel War and Peace, The Great Comet was conceived by the celebrated and award-winning composer Dave Malloy, and premiered in October 2012, at Ars Nova in New York City, under the direction of Rachel Chavkin, with Malloy in the lead role of Pierre. The production later opened on Broadway in November 2016, starring Josh Groban and Denée Benton, and was nominated for 12 awards for the 2017 Tony Awards. Inspired by a 70-page slice of War and Peace, this innovative new musical is vibrant and immersive and brings us just inches from Tolstoy’s brash young lovers as they light up Moscow in a brilliant flash of romance and passion. The show will run October 24- 26, and November 1-2 at 7:00 pm, as well as a matinee on October 26 at 2:00 pm in the Woodinville High School Theater.

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The story follows Natasha, a beautiful ingénue visiting Moscow while she waits for her beloved fiancé Prince Andrey to return from the war. In a moment of indiscretion, she is seduced by the dashing (but already married) Anatole, resulting in the ruination of her societal position and future with Andrey. Her only hope lies with Pierre, the lonely outsider whose love and compassion for Natasha may be the key to her redemption… and to the renewal of his own soul. The musical is entirely sung, opera-style, and the WHSTC is honored to be the first High School in Washington state to be performing this show.

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The cast of this production is comprised of 25 Woodinville High School Theatre Company students, including seniors Michael Ahlstrom, Mateo Cabral, Melia Erickson, Fell Gutierrez, Jessica Karczeski, Andrew Lapworth, Ray Liu, Angus McMillan, Ginger Milbrodt, Elijah Moreno, Brennan Morgan, Lauren Parker, Sophia Pajaro, Amogh Patil, and Aliza Price. Many of the technical aspects of the show, everything from set building and sound to publicity, are handled by crews of students from the WHS Technical Theatre program. Senior technical theatre students include Corey True (Stage Managers), Kara van den Heuvel (Technical Director and Deck Manager), Anden Walker (Lighting Director), Jessica Karczeski (Production Coordinator), Fell Gutierrez and Mateo Cabral (Costumers), Luke Harrison and Ellie Robb (Master Carpenters), Sasha Olson (Props Head), Lauren Parker, Beckett Lingg and Angie Divine (Hair and Makeup), Liv Kjelstrup (House Manager), and Megan Barker and Amogh Patil (Publicity). The Pit Orchestra features students from the WHS Orchestra

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The show is directed and designed by Josh Butchart; the Music Director is Ariona Thompson; the Pit Conductor is Nathan Rengstorf; the Choreographer is Eva Stone; the Assistant Choreographer and Co-Music Director is Keoni Dilay; the Accompanist and pit keyboards by Beth Bishop. All productions of the Woodinville High School Theater Company are designed, developed, and produced by Katharina

 

Bomers-Muller (Producer), Marsha Stueckle & Karen Severson (Costumes), Stephanie Penoyer (Production Coordinator), Steve Cooper (Lights), Nathaniel Gibbs (Sound), and the Woodinville Drama Boosters, led by Kate Gutierrez. Additional support is provided by the Northshore Performing Arts Center staff, led by Marc King.

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We hope you will come out and see this wonderful Woodinville High School Theatre Company production and support our students as they will deliver a fun evening of love, music, and dance.

 

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Woodinville High School Fall Musical: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

October 24-26 and November 1-2 at 7:00 pm in the WHS Theater

plus a matinee performance October 26 @ 2:00 pm in the WHS Theater

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Woodinville High School Theater

Address: 19819 136th Ave NE Woodinville, WA 98072

Phone Number: (425) 408-7400

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Tickets: VIP seats are $25 (both Saturday evening performances only), General Admission is $15, Student tickets with ASB and seniors (65+) are $10. Tickets will be available online starting October 7 at https://gofan.co/app/school/WA23370

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Visit the WHSTC website at www.whstc.org or the WHS website for more information

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