Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat Cast Q&A’s – Spring Musical 2019

Name: Ben Lowen Grade: 10 Role: Joseph 1.Have you ever been in the musical before? "I've been in the high school musical at Central once before with last year's Peter Pan. I have also, however, been in many musicals in other theaters around the community." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "The wonderful and exciting music, as well as my great castmates and their amazing talen...

1. What are you most excited about for the show? "At the beginning, I was most excited to see what directions the actors took their characters and how they played with them. Now, I can't wait to show all their talent and hard work to an audience." 2. What is your favorite part of being involved in theater? "My favorite part of the theater would be the unpredictability. Walking into rehearsal, I never k...

Name: Tess Bond Grade: 12 Position: Head of House 1. How many years have you been involved in theater?"This is my second year being involved in theater." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "Personally, I am excited for everyone to see all of the hard work that has been put into this show because it’s definitely easy to see. Everyone is so talented, and the show is nothing s...

Name: Sarah Buchanan Grade: 11 Role: Assistant Student Director 1.What are you most excited about for the show? "This show has so many talented people in it who have all worked so hard to produce something incredible! It is so cool to be able to watch the whole thing come together from the very first practice to closing night. I am so excited to see everyone's hard work pay off for...

Name: Ashlyn Fitch Grade: 12 Role: Narrator 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? "Yes! I have been doing musicals since I was in 3rd grade in community theater, and [I did] all four years of high school [theater]!" 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "I am most excited about the talent. This cast is filled with insanely talented people working both on and off stage t...

Name: Hannah Weinman Grade: 12 Role: Apache Dancer & Wife 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "No I have not; this is my first season." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "I'm most excited to show off what we have worked so hard on and for people to appreciate the effort everyone has been put into the show." 3. What makes you f...

Name: Lindsey Lunt Grade: 12 Role: Wife 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "No, I have never been in the musical before." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "I am so excited to share the stage with my classmates and put on such a fun production [that is] filled with so much singing and dancing." 3. What makes you fit your role so well? ...

Name: Zach Guikema Grade: 9 Role: Benjamin 1.Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "I haven’t been in the musical before." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "[I'm most excited to be] meeting new upperclassmen." 3. What makes you fit your role so well? "I’m small and excited." 4. What is your favorite part of being involved in theater? "[My favorite part is] how the cast ...

Name: Sutton Steensma Grade: 12 Role: Wife and Potiphar's Wife 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? "Yes!" 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "I’m most excited about the energy that the cast brings to really be able to do this musical justice." 3. What makes you fit your role so well? "What makes me fit my role [of]...

Name: Tori Brant Grade: 12 Role: Head of Props 1. How many years have you been involved in theater? "I have been in theater all four years of high school." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "This show is my last. I'm sad about it, but this seems like one of our best." 3. What is your favorite part of being involved in theater? "My favorite part about being in theater is t...

Name: Aaron Jachim Grade: 12 Role: Judah 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? "Yes, every year since I came to the high school [I've done a musical], and [I've done shows] outside school." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "Finally being able to show a whole audience and our community what we have been working on for so long [is what I'm most excited for]." 3. What makes you fit your role so well...

Name: Maria Finelli Grade: 12 Role: Wife 1.Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "Yes, my first musical was Peter Pan last year." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "I’m most excited to perform all the amazing dance numbers that we’ve been working so hard on." 3. What makes you fit your role so well? "The wives do a lot of dancing and singing which I really enjoy." ...

Name: Zach Jaeger Grade: 12 Role: Levi 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "Yes, I was in it last year." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "I’m excited to be a part of one of my childhood favorite shows, and I cannot believe that I have the opportunity to perform in a production of the very first show I ever saw." 3. What makes you fit yo...

Name: Brendan Wendlandt Grade: 12 Role: Pharaoh 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? "No." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "I'm most excited to perform in front of an audience after so many weeks of practicing." 3. What makes you fit your role so well? "I play an Elvis [Presley] impersonating pharaoh which is pretty fitting for me because I'm an Egyptian man with noodly legs that can bend we...

Name: Barry Crown Grade: 12 Role: Head of Tech 1.How many years have you been involved in theater? "I have been involved in the theater since my freshmen year working all of the shows since Anne of Green Gables." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "This show I am most excited about the cast that is involved. We have a lot of experienced actors which makes the sh...

Name: Sam Boezwinkle Grade: 12 Role: Reuben 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "This will be my third year." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "I'm excited about how upbeat it is, which is a big change of pace from the last two productions I've been in." 3. What makes you fit your role so well? "I feel like trying to represent the eldest bro...

Name: Mark Kemp Grade: 12 Role: Jacob 1.Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "Yes, I’ve done the musical every year since I was a freshman, the first two working as [a] crew [member]." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "I’m most excited to be with the cast one last time, showing people what we’ve worked on for the past three month...

1. Have you ever been in the musical before? "Yes, I was in Little Shop of Horrors my sophomore year and Peter Pan my junior year." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "I’m most excited about the choreography. It’s a little more complex, but it makes the show look really interesting for people watching." 3. What makes you fit your role so well? "I’m in the ensemble, and I like being in a big group with the other ensemble folk....

Name: Susan Toppen Grade: 11 Role: Wife 1.Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "I was cast in both my freshman and sophomore year musicals. This musical will make it my third year." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "I am most excited to tell a story to a crowd and feel their energy reciprocated back to us. It's truly a magical feeling." 3....

Name: Jacob Wallace Grade: 12 Role: Dan 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "Nope! [This is the] first one for me." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "Opening night and having a ton of great memories to look back on [is what I'm most excited for." 3. What makes you fit your role so well? "My height for one thing [makes me fit my role well], but that aside, I...

Name: Nathan Jenkins Grade: 12 Role: Issachar 1.Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "Yes, [I've done it for] all 4 years." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "Performing a great show with all the amazing people in the show [is what I'm most excited for]." 3. What makes you fit your role so well? "I, myself, am a brother to two sisters, so I understand why the brothers dislike Josep...

Name: Maddie Vonk Grade:  12 Role: Wife 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "Yes! I was in Peter Pan last year." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "I'm really excited to have an audience. My favorite part of any show, whether I'm on stage or watching, is the curtain call. The exchange of gratitude between audience member and actor is magic...

Name: Chris Sobieck Grade: 12 Role: Zebulon 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "This is my first year in the musical." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "I’m very excited to show the audience what we have been working so hard to finish." 3. What makes you fit your role so well? "I think all the brothers and I fit our roles so well ...

Name: Mitch Bonner Grade: 12 Role: Naphtali 1.Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "I’ve done the school's musical all four years." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "There's more dancing and singing than any show I’ve done before." 3. What makes you fit your role so well? "I feel like I do a good job expressing the emotions and what the ...

Name: Grace Hudkins Grade: 9 Role: Wife 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "This is my first musical at FHC, but I have done some in the past!" 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "[I'm excited because it's my] first year at FHC." 3. What makes you fit your role so well? "Being able to bounce off of the other wives and researc...

Name: Josh Uekert Grade: 12 Role: Ensemble 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "No, this is my first." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "[I'm excited about] just being on stage with the awesome people." 3. What makes you fit your role so well? "I can hold a straight face." 4. What is your favorite part of being involved in ...

Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? I have been in the musical before and I have been doing it for 2 years What are you most excited about for the show? I am excited for the audience to see the show because we put so much hard work into it and I think they will enjoy it What makes you fit your role so well? I think what makes me fit my role so well is that I like helping out with things but not being in the ...

Name: Meredith Vanskiver Grade: 11 Role: Wife 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "I've never been involved in FHC Theatre before, so this is my first year!" 2. What are you most excited about for the show? "I'm most excited to show off the months of hard work that the entire cast has contributed to." 3. What makes you fit your role so well? "My role is...

Name: Anna Breaugh Grade: 11 Role: Ensemble 1. Have you ever been in the musical before? If so, for how many years? "Yes, I have been in musicals before. Most recently, [I] have been [in] Summer Stock the past two years, [in the shows] Joseph and Shrek, and then I was in the school’s play, Ramona Quimby. This is my first FHC musical." 2. What are you most excited about for the show? ...