**2024 High School Project
ROALD DAHL'S**
# Matilda The Musical
September 17 to September 28, 2024
Spriet Stage
Additional Information
Opening Night Friday, September 20
Book by Dennis Kelly | Music & Lyrics by Tim Minchin
Orchestrations and Additional Music by Chris Nightingale
Directed by Megan Watson
Advisories **Runtime:** 2 hours and 40 minutes which includes a 20-minute intermission.
**Age Recommendation:** 6+
[**Read Audience Advisory**](#advisory)
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On the heels of last year’s sold-out run, the Grand Theatre’s renowned youth mentorship program, the [**High School Project (HSP)** ](/high-school-project)will be presenting the Tony and Olivier award-winning *Matilda The Musical*, with book by Dennis Kelly and original songs by Tim Minchin.
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Once upon a time, Matilda Wormwood, an under-appreciated child with an extraordinary mind, sets about to change her own story, and bring hope to the lives of those around her.
But when her scheming, neglectful father enrolls her in Crunchem Hall Elementary School, under the authoritarian leadership of Ms. Trunchbull, Matilda's magical mind is called toward a different, revolting, adventure.
*Matilda*, based on the beloved children’s book by Roald Dahl, has been staged from the West End to Broadway, toured around the world, and now lands at the Grand Theatre. Matilda and her classmates remind us that all stories can be rewritten; you just have to be a little bit naughty!
ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL
*is presented through a special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).*
*All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.*
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## The Student Company of *Matilda*
## Cast
**Miraya Agrawal**
Alice, Ensemble
**Ava Alcaidinho**
Ensemble
**Marissa Allen**
Lavender
**Sophia Belleth**
Ensemble
**Charlie Burnett**
Bruce
**Leland Chafee**
Nigel, Ensemble
**Theone Damue**
Mrs. Phelps
**Michael Dodge**
Ensemble
**Evan Doerr**
Ensemble
**Shakotshanunyatha Doxtator**
Michael Wormwood
**Sawyer Eidt**
Ensemble
**Hosna Emami**
Sergei, Ensemble
**Greta Fleet**
Ensemble
**Billie Gould**
The Acrobat
**Abby Hall**
Ensemble
**Isabelle Hiltz**
Amanda, Ensemble
**Aya Holzberg**
Doctor, Ensemble
**Piper Jesney**
Mrs. Wormwood
**Alexis Khanna**
Ensemble
**Jasmine Melo**
Tommy, Ensemble
**Erica Mota**
Hortensia, Ensemble
**Neela Noble**
Matilda Wormwood
**Danica Novo**
Ensemble
**Isabelle Parent**
Ensemble
**Ethan Pickett**
Rudolpho, Ensemble
**Erin Prouty**
Ensemble
**Leticia Rodrigues**
Ensemble
**Una Roulston**
Miss Honey
**Olivia Schiedel**
Ensemble
**Isaac Sellars**
The Escapologist
**Alyssa Skiffington**
Ensemble
**Isaac Szoldatits**
Entertainer, Ensemble
**Desi vanBeek-Paterson**
Eric, Ensemble
**Mackenna VanMassenhoven**
Miss Agatha Trunchbull
**James Wright**
Mr. Wormwood
## Student Musicians
**Riley Hales**
Woodwinds
**Franz Marsolais Hernandez**
Keys
**Emily Peacock**
Music Assistant
**Ryan Shaw**
Keys
## Production
**Marlie Klompstra-White**
Props
**Chloe Laporte**
Props
**Aislynn Pinelli**
Props
**Corinne Smeenk**
Props
**Kate Telfer**
Props
**Ayat Reza**
Scenic Art
**Bea Snider**
Scenic Art
**Grace Tang**
Stage Management
**Quentin Vieira**
Stage Management
**Morrigan Beharriell**
Wardrobe
**Reagan Berdan**
Wardrobe
**Meyer Liston**
Wardrobe
**Eris Marles**
Wardrobe
**Virginia McCallum**
Wardrobe
**Maggie McHardy**
Wardrobe
**Angelina Moses**
Photography and Marketing
**Luis Garcia**
Sound
**Joni Lau**
Sound
**Adelaide Alcantara**
Lighting
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### Audience Advisory
*This production includes verbal and physical abuse of children; mention and scenes of body image issues including forced binge eating; and mentions of suicide.*
### Creative Team
Megan Watson
Director
For the Grand Theatre: Re:Opening Festival, Comfort and Joy, Juno’s Reward, Mary Poppins, A Christmas Carol, The Glass Menagerie, Shakespeare:The Mixtape, Julius Caesar.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Craving, Holiday Window Walk 1&2 (Curveball Creative); Dial M for Murder (Watermark Theatre); A Midsummer’s Night Dream (Shakespeare in the Ruff); Agency (Yell Rebel); Extremophiles (Summerworks); When the Rain Stops Falling & Much Ado About Nothing (University of Alberta).
Other: I am endlessly grateful to my friends and family for supporting this joyous and demanding career. It's all for Wyn.
Sarah Richardson
Music Director
For the Grand Theatre: Debut.
Theatre Credits (Selected): SIX The Musical (Mirvish); Elf The Musical, Rumour Has It: The Songbook of Adele, Alice in Pantoland, Controlled Damage, Peter Pan, The Color Purple, DivaStation, Shakespeare in Love, Les Misérables: School Edition, My Side of the Country (Neptune Theatre); Assassins, Heathers, Peter & the Starcatcher, 9 to 5, Company (Whalesong Theatre); Ruthless: the Stage Mother of All Musicals, Damn Yankees (Chester Playhouse); New Waterford Boy (HEIST); Rocky Horror Show, Nunsense (HFDT).
Film/TV Credits (Selected): Moonshine (CBC).
Other: Merritt Award Winner for Outstanding Musical Direction – Ruthless. Training: BFA - TMU (Ryerson), RCM. The Blackrats
Stephen Cota
Choreographer
Scott Penner
Set Designer
For the Grand Theatre: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Phantom of the Opera, Elf: the Musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Hair.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Job (Off-Broadway); Without You (Asst. Off Broadway); Intimate Apparel, Fireflies (Northlight Theatre Chicago); Rasheeda Speaking (Jeff Award Nomination, Shatted Globe Chicago); Shirley Valentine (Theatre Aquarius); Shakespeare's Will (Indiana Rep); Cymbeline (Stratford Festival); Constellations, A Raisin in the Sun, Love's Labour's Lost (American Players Theatre); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Flint Rep); DION, A New Musical (Coalmine Theatre Toronto); Guys & Dolls (Arts Club Vancouver).
Lisa Wright
Costume Designer
For the Grand Theatre: Head of Wardrobe 2008 – present. Homes: A Refugee Story, High School Projects: Phantom of the Opera, Into the Woods, Titanic, Prom Queen, Evita, Les Misérables School Edition, Hello, Dolly!, The Addams Family: A New Musical, Legally Blonde, My Fair Lady, Footloose, Anything Goes, Grease. Other: Art, The Mountaintop, Fly Me to the Moon, Hair. Assistant Head of Wardrobe for 7 seasons; came to the Grand Theatre as a tailor in 1989.
Theatre Credits (Selected): The Stratford Festival, Livent, Lighthouse Festival Theatre, Banff Theatre Centre.
Jareth Li
Lighting Designer
For the Grand Theatre: Kim's Convenience, Controlled Damage.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Topdog/Underdog (Canadian Stage); Prince Caspian (Shaw Festival); Jersey Boys, Ring of Fire (Citadel Theatre); Every Little Nookie (Stratford Festival); Peter’s Final Flight (Ross Petty Productions); The Hours That Remain (Theatre Aquarius);Three Women of Swatow (Tarragon Theatre); Trojan Girls and the Outhouse of Atreus (Outside the March); The Home Project, The Wolves, Casimir and Caroline, Punk Rock (The Howland Company).
Upcoming: Pollyanna (Theatre Aquarius)
Other: Stagecraft instructor at York University, member of the Associated Designers of Canada IATSE 659. Online @jareth.li.
Aaron Ouellette
Sound Designer
Martine Beland
Stage Manager
Jess Gordon
Apprentice Stage Manager
For the Grand Theatre: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Theatre Credits (Selected): Wendy and Peter Pan, Avon Theatre Production Assistant (Stratford Festival); Jonas and Barry in the Home, Made In Italy (Theatre Aquarius); A Christmas Carol, Come Down From Up River, Doris and Ivy in the Home (Upper Canada Playhouse); Wishful Seeing (4th Line Theatre); Red Tide: A Macabre Maritime Misadventure, Kensington: The Musical, Destination: Wedding! (Sheridan College).
Other: Graduate of Sheridan College’s Technical Production program
[Program](https://www.grandtheatre.com/hp/matilda) [Tickets ](https://tickets.grandtheatre.com/overview/10895) [Audience Enrichment Guide ](https://www.grandtheatre.com/sites/default/files/2425/Matilda_Audience%20Enrichment%20Guide__Grand%20Theatre.pdf)