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Toll Gate Drama Club to bring sparkle to stage with The Lightning Thief

Posted 3/23/23

The Toll Gate Drama Club will present The Lightning Thief: A Percy Jackson Musical March 24 and 25 at 7 p.m. at the Robert J. Shapiro Cultural Arts Center at Toll Gate High School.

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Toll Gate Drama Club to bring sparkle to stage with The Lightning Thief

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The Toll Gate Drama Club will present The Lightning Thief: A Percy Jackson Musical March 24 and 25 at 7 p.m. at the Robert J. Shapiro Cultural Arts Center at Toll Gate High School.

The musical is based on Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon who discovers powers he can’t control, monsters on his trail, and is on a quest to find Zeus’ lightning bolt to prevent a war between the Greek gods. The musical is based on the novel The Lightning Thief, which is the first in a young adult novel series about Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

 Approximately 50 students in the drama club have been rehearsing feverishly and are ready to put on a spectacular show for the audience, reports Darlene Netcoh who with Matthew Hodge are Toll Gate Drama Club Advisors.

Senior Cooper Payne is directing the musical. Senior Kayla DeLeo is leading the prop design and backstage crew, and Ethan Poole, also a senior, is running the lights, sound, and technical effects.

Following is the list of the cast and crew of the production:

Percy Jackson,  Jayden Murray; Grover,  Luisa Ferri; Annabeth, Rebecca Farias; Luke, Mackenzie Anderson; Clarisse, Melody Harrison; Silena Beauregard, Abigail Polo; Katie Gardner / Charon / Newscaster, Gianna Gioffreda; Mr Brunner / Chairon, Francesca Beagan; Sally Jackson / Thalia,  Haylee Marandola; Mrs. Dodds,  Caroline Polo; Mr. D / Farmer, Ryleigh Peixoto; Oracle,  Shawna O'Brien; Poseidon,  Briana Laprade; Ares,  Seth Payne; Hades,  Autumn Lawrence; Auntie Em,  Samantha Quinn; Bus Driver, Robert Lawler; Bianca / Bus Passenger, Daphne Cardillo; “Smelly” Gabe, Cooper Payne.

Backstage: Kayla DeLeo, Sarah Kennedy, Amelia Paul, Alison Paul, William Zinno, Kaylee DeSilva, Em Furtado, Lena Butera, Seth Payne, Jaimelyn Bernard, Je'Qwan Burrill.

Tech Crew: Ethan Poole, Sound; Sam Stotler; Lights, Samantha Barr; Mics, Ty Mitchell: Mics Costumes: Seth Payne, Julianna Pauley and Autumn Diaz. Mr. Hodge and Ms. Netcoh are the faculty advisors.

Netcoh thanked the Shapiro Fund for Warwick Schools for its generous donation; the Warwick Teachers’ Union Twenty-five Week Club for its generous donation; the Gamm Theatre Director of Education Sarah Ploskina; Teaching Artist and Gamm Fellow Rodney Witherspoon III, Teaching Artist Eddy Tavares, and the Gamm Theatre for the coaching and support that they gave to the Toll Gate Drama Club; the Toll Gate Administration (Miss Caluori, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Martin, Mr. Livsey); the Toll Gate Custodial Staff; the Toll Gate Faculty and Staff; and the Families and Friends of the Toll Gate Drama Club.

Tickets are $7.00 in advance and $10.00 at the door.

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