Theatre
Fall Children's Theatre: Mr. Toad's Mad Adventures
Let the magic of Mr. Toad take you on a wild ride.
Watch Mole, Badger and Ratty as they work together to save Mr. Toad from himself and the weasel gang – it’s a smashing hit in more ways than one! This is a delightful, upbeat version of Kenneth Grahame’s ever-popular Wind in the Willows. | Saturday, November 2—performances at 3 & 6:30 pm, open to the public. General admission tickets sold at the door: $5/person (5 and under are free!) Directed by Mr. Steven Springborn.
See Saturday performance photos by TJKWolf Productions
See the YouTube recording at @llhstechclub (running time approx 1 hr)
CAST LIST in order of appearance
MOLE Elena Loest
RAT Max Spinsky
BADGER Caleb Wensel
FIELD MOUSE #1 Eli McCrary
FIELD MOUSE #2 Ellie DiGiovanni
TOAD Jackson Gleesing
HOUSEKEEPER Ashlyn Jones
CHIEF WEASEL Joseph Metzger
FIRST WEASEL Clara Grow
SECOND WEASEL Skyler Holz
THIRD WEASEL Alexandria Kutz
FOURTH WEASEL John Loest
FIFTH WEASEL Lars Strawn
NEIGHBOR #1 Cristabelle Perkins
NEIGHBOR #2 Katelyn Starkenburg
NEIGHBOR #3 Grace Heins
NEIGHBOR #4 Sarah Hafenstein
SALESPERSON Alina Gulczynski
NURSE Brooke Tauscheck
CYNTHIA Maya Damm
BERTIE Matthias Yahnke
RED LION OWNER Carter Hendricks
JUDGE Haylie Reese
CLERK Nico Caminata
POLICE OFFICER Ethan Winkelman
WIFE Chloe Barganz
POLLY Elia Strawn
WASHERWOMAN Jayden Rabehl
BARGEWOMAN Elizabeth Mellon
FOX #1 Molly Kalma
FOX #2 Royce Florczak
Hello LLHS HSM cast & crew,
You are part of something special.
Yes... “are”, not “were.”
Performances like yours in HSM don’t just “happen.” They are the result of hours, days, weeks... literally months of work. Work toward a common goal: to present an entertaining spectacle for the audience.
And that’s what it was. The people who had the opportunity to see your performance of HSM are blessed by your efforts. Yes, they were blessed in the moment while they were witnessing this extremely well-orchestrated, funny, sweet, and heart-warming production. But they are still being blessed by it and by you. Whether you were pointing a spotlight, adjusting microphone levels, performing kick-spins in a flannel, crushing a salacious saxophone solo, trying your hardest to look like a basketball star, or doing an alarmingly convincing “mean girl” imitation, that performance is now a part of the audience.
Just like it is now a part of you.
Sure, memories are remnants of the past, but they inform who you are now and flavor what you will do in the future.
And God used this experience of HSM... the endless rehearsals, candid backstage conversations, hugs, tears, energy of the ensemble dances, the exhilaration of the audience’s thunderous applause... to bind you together with this collective memory.
And God used the time, talent, and ambition He blessed you with to show the audience what He can do through young people who know they are saved through the perfect life, innocent death, and triumphant resurrection of their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Remember this blessing and understand that God is still blessing you through it each and every day.
God bless you this summer and in this next chapter of the story He wrote for you.
—Clayton Grow
(Clara’s dad / that bald guy who played bass.)
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Past Productions from the LLHS Theatre Department
2022 Musical: School of Rock
2021 Play: The Nerd
2020 Musical: High School Musical (cancelled)
2019 Play: Murder in the House of Horrors
2018 Musical: The Nifty Fifties
2017 Play: Is There a Doctor in the House?
2016 Musical: Princess Whatsername
2015 Play: Murder's in the Heir
2014 Production: The Clumsy Custard Horror Show (& Ice Cream Clone Review)
2013 Production: Hound of the Baskervilles
2012 Production: My Fair Lady
2011: Ice House Madrigals
2010: Annie Get Your Gun
The department currently offers children's theatre in the fall and a play or musical each spring. Auditions begin early in second semester and performances run the last weekend in April.
Why theatre instead of theater? The words are interchangeable, but one school of thought suggests theater is a place, while theatre is the art form. So Theatre it is!