Friday, April 28th & Saturday, April 29th at 8:00PM

The Goel Theater, The Winsor School

Once

Upon a Time…

What is it about?

Into the Woods intertwines several well-known fairy tales, from Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood to Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel. The musical explores the question, “what happens AFTER ‘Happily Ever After?’” Each character pursues their initial wishes by going “into the woods”, but when they each decide that they want even more, they return to the woods – this time, with disastrous consequences.

Henry Isselbacher Susanna Monroe

The Baker & his Wife

Henry, who often goes by "Issel", is a freshman at Roxbury Latin and a Patriots superfan. His favorite roles have been Pharaoh in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and the Beast in Beauty in the Beast. In his free time he can be found watching reruns of Superbowl LI or "The Office."

A self-identified musical theatre nerd, Susanna has been in as many musicals as possible throughout her high school careers. She began in the ensemble of Cinderella, before playing Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. At Winsor, she was an ensemble member in Pippin, and recently, Martha in The Secret Garden. Her favorite musical is Into the Woods, so she is beyond excited to be a part of this show.

“Into the Woods probes into notions of stability and

happiness presented to us at a young age in fairy tales. Is it possible, or even desirable, to live ‘happily ever after?’”

–Marc deFontnouvelle (Jack)

“People should come see Into the Woods because it will be funny, entertaining, tragic, and the music in the show will be as beautiful as the storyline. There is so much in this musical that people can relate to, and it will overall be a wonderful show!”

Leslie Moukheiber (Rapunzel)

Why should you see it?

Saphia Suarez Erik March

Cinderella & her Prince

Erik March is a senior at Roxbury Latin. This is his ninth production while at Roxbury Latin including notable shows such as A Sting in the Tale directed by Henry Lin-David. Erik is looking forward to closing out his high school career With Into the Woods.

Saphia is a senior. She has performed in She Kills Monsters, Pippin, Radium Girls and The Servant of Two Masters at Winsor. She has also been seen in Wait Until Dark, Enron and The Secret Garden at Roxbury Latin.

I wish, more

than anything…

Megan Kaye Marc deFontnouvelle

Little Red Ridinghood & Jack

Megan Kaye is a junior who has previously performed at Winsor as Amelia in House of Bernarda Alba, as Betsy in The Heidi Chronicles, Kaliope in She Kills Monsters and as Theo in Pippin. She is extremely excited for the show!

Marc deFontnouvelle is a lover of arts, ideas, and memes. After playing Colin in the RL-Winsor musical last year, he developed his interest in acting and was influenced by the philosophy of actor Uta Hagen. He plays the mandolin and composes music, and is influenced by musicians from Bill Monroe to György Ligeti.

Into the Woods: Stage to Screen

Into the Woods had a long journey to its eventual film adaptation. After the success of Rob Marshall’s Oscar winning version of Broadway’s Chicago, Disney and composer Stephen Sondheim approached him about Into the Woods. On the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, President Obama gave a speech that seemed to evoke the same message as the show’s most important song, “No One Is Alone.” Marshall firmly believed that the show was “a fairy tale for the post - 9/11 generation.”

The film premiered on Christmas 2014 and received mostly positive reviews from critics and fans of the original

musical. The cast included Meryl Street as the Witch, Anna Kendrick as Cinderella, Chris Pine as the Prince, James Corden as the Baker, Emily Blunt as the Baker’s Wife and Johnny Depp as the Wolf.

Helen Sayegh Jim McCoy

The Witch & Mysterious Man

Jim McCoy is best known as Rope End B in The Love of Three Oranges. He played a range of characters from the dimwitted Franz (The Christmas Truce) to the conniving Adraste (The Illusion), and Stage Managed the student production, A Sting in the Tale. He now looks to the realm of musical theatre to continue diversifying his experience as a performer.

During her Winsor theater career, Helen has taken on the roles of Babe in The Pajama Game, Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof, and, her personal favorite, the pyromaniac in Pippin. She could not be more excited to be a part of Into the Woods!

Into the Woods and

through the fear you

have to take the

journey

Genevieve Brusie Henry Lin-David

Wicked Stepmother & Cinderella’s

Father

Henry Lin-David is a high school senior at Roxbury Latin. This year he directed a murder-mystery comedy called A Sting in the Tale. Henry aspires to be a professional rock-paper-scissors player.

Genevieve recently appeared as Evil Gabbi in She Kills Monsters, Skip in The Heidi Chronicles and the Leading Player in Pippin at the Winsor School. Past shows include RENT (Ensemble) and Legally Blonde: The Musical! (Vivienne).

Composer/Lyricist Stephen Sondheim

American composer Stephen Sondheim was born on March 22, 1930, in New York City. After early practice at songwriting, his knowledge of musical theater was influenced by master lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, who served as a mentor. Sondheim's contributions to West Side Story and Gypsy in the 1950s brought him recognition as a rising star of Broadway. Known for the startling complexity of his lyricism and music, his major works for the theater also include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Follies, and Sweeney Todd. In the 1980s, Sondheim collaborated several times with playwright/director James Lapine. Their Sunday in the Park with George which opened in 1984, was inspired by the iconic painting “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” by George Seurat. 1987’s Into the Woods was a collage of plots from classic fairy tales and starred frequent collaborator Bernadette Peters. The production won Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical.

Teresa Lawlor Kayla Lee

Stepsisters Florinda &

Lucinda

Teresa Lawlor is so excited to Be a part of the cast of Into the Woods! She is in Class VI and has participated in several shows at Winsor, most recently in She Kills Monsters this past fall. She also played Mary in the joint production of The Secret Garden with Roxbury Latin and Becky in The Heidi Chronicles last year. She hopes that everyone enjoys the show!

Kayla Lee is so excited to perform Into the Woods for the Winsor community. She is in Class VI and recently performed at Roxbury Latin in The Secret Garden in the role of Ayah. Before coming to Winsor, Kayla performed In Mulan as Mulan and High School Musical as Sharpay.

Careful the

things you say,

children will listen

Leslie Moukheiber Ben Lawlor

Rapunzel & her Prince

Leslie is a sophomore at the Winsor school and is very excited to be apart of this production. Before starring as Rapunzel in Into the Woods, she played the role of Claire Holmes in The Secret Garden, a joint production between Roxbury Latin and Winsor. This is only Leslie's second year starring in musicals, but hopes to be a part of them for years to come.

Benjamin is currently a junior at the Roxbury Latin School, where he sings a capella as a member of Latonics. He performed live on the BBC as a part of the Eton Choral Program last summer, and was last seen theatrically as a member of the ensemble in Shakespeare’s The Tempest in 2012. He’d like to thank his parents and, most importantly, his amazingly talented sister!

Bruno Bettelheim’s The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales is a 1976 book by Austrian-born author Bruno Bettelheim, in which Bettelheim analyzes fairy tales in terms of Freudian psychoanalysis. Bettelheim presents a case that fairy tales helps children solve certain existential problems such separation anxiety, oedipal conflict, and sibling rivalries. The extreme violence and ugly emotions of many fairy tales serve to deflect what may well be going on in the child's mind anyway. A child's unrealistic fears often require unrealistic hopes. Sondheim states that the book partially inspired Into the Woods and its psychologically probing lyrics. Many classic fairy tale characters that we have come to know and love (often in their sanitized Disney incarnations) struggle throughout the musical with selfishness, lust, ambivalence, dishonesty as well as infidelity, theft and murder.

Isabelle Griffith-Gorgati Eamon Hanrahan

Jack’s Mother & the Steward

Isabel is a senior at Winsor. She has been a part of many Shows at Winsor and Roxbury Latin over the years, including Pippin, The Secret Garden and She Kills Monsters. Some of her favorite roles have been Susy in Wait Until Dark, Grace in Radium Girls, and Smeraldina in The Servant of Two Masters.

Eamon Hanrahan is a senior at The Roxbury Latin School. Although he has not yet been in any notable productions, he is a four year member of Roxbury Latin's Glee Club and an experienced bagpipe player. When Eamon's not attending musical rehearsal, he is most likely not living up to potential.

You may know what you need, but to get what you want, better see that you keep what you have.

Penny Mack Shantel Teixeira

Narrator & Granny

Shantel Teixeira recently played Farrah the Fairy in She Kills Monsters and Romeo in Class IV’s Romeo & Juliet. She has sung with actress/singer, Kristin Chenoweth, the Boston Pops and the Grammy award-winning ensemble, Roomful of Teeth. Lastly, Shantel has taken part in a world premiere of the opera trilogy, Ouroboros at ArtsEmerson.

Penny has been acting since she was 8, beginning with various ensemble roles at Wheelock Family Theatre. Since then she has played such roles as Adela in The House of Bernarda Alba, Peter in The Heidi Chronicles, Rosalind in the Class IV Shakespeare Play, Friar Tuck in Robin Hood at Belmont Hill, and Kathryn in Radium Girls at Winsor.

Isn’t it nice to know

a lot?

…and a little bit not.

Nazira Calhoun Ashley Krawshuk

Giant & Milky White

Nazira is a Class V student. She has been in school productions of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Into the Woods, Cinderella, and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. She played Chuck in She Kills Monsters this fall. She also did a theatre arts workshop at a summer camp called Days in the Arts (DARTs).

Ashley has been in many productions at Winsor, Including Much Ado About Nothing and The Phantom Tollbooth. Her most recent role was Mollie Ralston in Winsor/Belmont Hill's The Mousetrap. She is very excited to be

Milky-White.

Just remembering you’ve had an “and” when you’re back to “or,” makes the “or” mean more than it did before.

Alexandra Farina Julie Wilson

Ensemble

This is Julie's first time participating in a musical in high school. Her favorite roles include Gloria Thorpe in a Winsor-Belmont Hill production of Damn Yankees and Mr. Mayor in a camp production of Seussical the Musical. Into the Woods is one of her favorite musicals and she is very happy to be involved in this production!

Alexandra Farina is a senior and is excited to take part in her first Winsor show since lower school. She has previously starred in a senior directed play at Belmont Hill her sophomore year, as well as made a few surprise appearances in Belmont Hill productions in which she was taken on originally as a hair and makeup designer.

Opportunity is

not a lengthy

visitor

Victoria Ho Audrey Wu

Cinderella’s Mother & Pianist

Gloria has appeared as Penelope in Odysseus, Jill in The Heidi Chronicles and in the Ensemble of Pippin.

Audrey Wu is in Class V. She is an aspiring composer and singer-songwriter who plays piano and percussion. At Winsor, she has performed in plays such as The Phantom Tollbooth and Much Ado About Nothing.

Someone is on your side…

No One is Alone

Iona Gossage Abby Golden Ariela Rozensweig

Stage Managers

Iona has been involved in Winsor theater since Lower School. She has recently appeared in She Kills Monsters as Lilith and The House of Bernarda Alba as Maria Josefa. She is very excited to stage manage for the first time!

Abby is an active participant in Winsor theater; most recently, she played Orcus in She Kills Monsters and the maid in The House of Bernarda Alba and stage managed The Heidi Chronicles

Ariela has recently appeared at Winsor in She Kills Monsters, The House of Bernarda Alba, and The Heidi Chronicles and in Antigone at Belmont Hill.

Visit

www.winsor.edu/intothewoods to reserve your tickets today

See you at the show!

Be careful what

you wish for…