**The Grand Theatre High School Project**
# School of Rock
Based on the Paramount movie by Mike White
Book by Julian Fellowes
Lyrics by Glenn Slater
New Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
September 22 to October 3, 2026
Spriet Stage
Additional Information
Opening Night: Friday, September 25, 2026
Advisories **Age recommendation:** 10+
**Audience Advisory:** *Mild profanity, references to alcohol abuse, crude humour, body-based humour, verbal bullying. Production includes strobe lights, haze, and fog. .*
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## **He’s in it for the glory. They’re in it for extra credit. Dewey Finn, meet the straight-A band of your dreams.**
Dewey is a wannabe rockstar, kicked out of his band, facing eviction, and **hardcore** in need of some extra cash.
Posing as substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school, he meets a group of straight-A students who— with his guidance— might just become the guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, drum-smashing rock band of his dreams! If only it weren't for the prying eyes of their parents, and an ultra-square headmistress. With the Battle of the Bands in sight, will Dewey succeed in getting the students on stage, or will his dreams of rock stardom bite the dust?
Based on the blockbuster 2003 movie, *School of Rock* features music all of the music that you love including "In The End of Time" and "School of Rock (Teacher's Pet)” PLUS 14 new songs for the stage by legendary composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber.
We raise the goblet of rock to the student actors, singers, production teams, and on stage musicians of the 28th annual Grand Theatre High School Project!
*Pictured: Company members in SCHOOL OF ROCK. Costume Design by Meghan Choma. Photography by Mai Tilson.*
Stick it to the man with Director Lezlie Wade and SCHOOL OF ROCK
Announcing the 2026 Grand Theatre High School Project: SCHOOL OF ROCK
## The Student Company of *School of Rock*
## Cast
**Lily Barned**
MS. WAGNER
**Charlie Burnett**
MR. WILLIAMS / MR. GREEN
**Raya Campbell**
MS. BINGHAM / BOBBY (NO VACANCY, KEYBOARD)
**Leland Chafee**
MASON WARD
**Patrick Coombs**
MR. SPENCER / THEO (NO VACANCY)
**Gwendolyn Cornies**
MS. JANES / STANLEY
**Peyton Crosby**
BILLY SANDFORD
**Isaac De Melo**
DEWEY FINN (GUITAR)
**Rilla De Souza**
MS. GORDON / NEIL (NO VACANCY, BASS)
**Isla Fitzsimons**
MS. WARD / SANDERSON
**Emmett Franck**
PIT BAND MUSICIAN (ELECTRIC GUITAR) / SNAKE (NO VACANCY, GUITAR)
**Sam Harson**
LAWRENCE TURNER (KEYBOARD)
**Cordelia Hawley**
MRS. HATHAWAY
**Jake Hoare**
MR. MOONEYHAM
**Aya Holzberg**
MRS. SHEINKOPF / POLICEWOMAN
**Isabelle Hiltz**
MADISON
**Sarah Jenkinson**
SOPHIE
**Solange Kirkwood**
MRS. TRAVIS / MRS. NOBLE
**Malaya MacDonald**
KATIE TRAVIS (BASS)
**Marian Viancy Mamigo**
SUMMER HATHAWAY
**Lara Manocchi**
PATTY DI MARCO
**Amaya Musvosvi**
TOMIKA SPENCER-WILLIAMS
**Paxton Nair**
ZACK MOONEYHAM (GUITAR)
**Isabelle Parent**
ROSALINE MULLINS
**Duncan Patrick**
MR. WOODARD / DOUG (NO VACANCY, DRUMS)
**Owen Petersen**
MR. SANDFORD / GABE BROWN
**Tessa Pritchett-White**
MRS. MACAPUGAY / SECURITY GUARD
**Taylor Reaume-Cunning**
MARCY
**Sal Rogers**
MR. TURNER
**Olivia Rossignoli**
JAMES
**Solarah Rose**
SHONELLE
**Daxton Scurr**
FREDDIE HAMILTON (DRUMS)
**Alexandra Stockford**
MRS. HAMILTON / MR. SANDERS
**Junior Van Geffen**
NED SCHNEEBLY
## Production
**Maggie Frisa**
WARDROBE
**Madelaine Prémont**
WARDROBE
**Rian Renaud**
WARDROBE
**Tiffani Seed**
WARDROBE
**Maria Van Geffen**
WARDROBE
**Emma Jenner**
PHOTOGRAPHY & MARKETING
**Abby Cullaton**
SCENIC ART
**Koda Greene-Cavanagh**
SCENIC ART
**Stanislava Chulkova**
PROPS
**Chloe Laporte**
PROPS
**Ollie Neeb**
PROPS
**Elodie Wilson**
PROPS
**Samuel Craig**
SOUND
**Nina Madelska-Hallows**
SOUND
**Juliana Dinnin**
STAGE MANAGEMENT
**Quentin Vieira**
STAGE MANAGEMENT
**Amar Moussa**
DEVELOPMENT
**Kade Campbell**
CARPENTRY
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### Creative Team
Julian Fellowes
Book
Julian Fellowes is creator, sole writer and executive producer of the worldwide television series *Downton Abbey.* His theatre writing credits are: *School of Rock* – The Musical (Broadway/Tony Award nominee, Best Book), *Mary Poppins* (West End, Broadway/Drama Desk nominee, Best Book), *Half a Sixpence and The Wind in the Willows*.
His film writing credits include *Gosford Park, Separate Lies, From Time to Time, The Young Victoria*, the *Downton Abbey* movie, *Downton Abbey: A New Era* and the upcoming *Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale*. His television writing credits include *Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Prince and the Pauper, Titanic , Doctor Thorne* and most recently, *The Gilded Age.*
He has authored the international bestselling novels *Snobs, Past Imperfect* and most recently, *Belgravia*; the children’s book *The Curious Adventures of the Abandoned Toys* and *Downton Abbey* scripts. Fellowes is also a screen and stage actor. He and his wife, Emma, live in London and Dorset, England. They have a son, Peregrine.
Glenn Slater
Lyrics
Glenn Slater’s first show (*How I Survived High School*) was produced off-Broadway when he was just 17 years old. With his frequent collaborator, legendary composer Alan Menken, Slater has written the songs for four Broadway hits: Disney’s *The Little Mermaid* (Grammy winner, Tony nominee), *Sister Act* (Tony nominee), *Leap of Faith* and *A Bronx Tale*. With Andrew Lloyd Webber, Slater penned the lyrics for *School of Rock* (Tony nominee), and both book and lyrics for *Love Never Dies*, the sequel to *Phantom of the Opera*. Other notable stage works include *Newyorkers* (Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics, Drama Desk nominee), and the book for *Beatsville* (with composer/lyricist/wife Wendy Wilf).
For the big screen, Glenn co-created Disney’s *angled* (Grammy winner, Oscar and Golden Globe nominee), as well as films as varied as Disney’s *Home on the Range, Sausage Party* and *Uglydolls*. His latest animated film, *Spellbound* (with music by Menken), is currently featured on Netflix. For the small screen, Slater wrote the lyrics for every song in both seasons of ABC-TV’s musical series *Galavant* (Emmy nominee), as well as for all three seasons of the Disney Channel’s *Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure* (Emmy winner, two-time nominee). Slater also wrote the lyrics for “The Compass of Your Heart”, the theme for the popular ride *Sinbad’s Storybook Voyage* at the Tokyo DisneySea theme park.
Slater’s songs have been recorded by a dizzying array of artists including Donna Murphy, Raul Esparza, Sierra Boggess, Tim McGraw, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, Kelly Clarkson, Janelle Monae and Nick Jonas. In addition to his Grammy and Emmy statuettes, he has been honored with the prestigious Kleban Award for Lyrics, and ASCAP’s New Horizons Award. Glenn is a member of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild and lives in NYC.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
New Music
Andrew Lloyd Webber has composed the scores of some of the world’s most famous musicals including *Sunset Boulevard, School of Rock, CATS* and *The Phantom of the Opera*. He is one of the select group of artists with EGOT status, having received Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards. Lloyd Webber owns six London theatres, including the iconic London Palladium and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Reopened in July 2021, the latter was completely restored and renovated at a cost of over $80 million. His mantra is that every penny of profit made from his theatres is put back into the buildings.
Lloyd Webber is passionate about the importance of musical education and diversity in the arts. In Britain, The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation provides 30 performing arts scholarships every year for talented students with financial need and supports a range of projects. In the United States, the American Theatre Wing’s Andrew Lloyd Webber Initiative provides grant funding directly to under-resourced public schools for their theatre programs and provides scholarships to grade school and university students pursuing studies in theatre.
In 2023, Andrew Lloyd Webber partnered with Michael Harrison to produce new productions of existing work and his future musicals. His latest, *The Illusionist*, will be produced in London in 2027.
Andrew Lloyd Webber was knighted in 1992, created an honorary life peer in 1997, and made a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter by King Charles III in 2024.
Lezlie Wade
Director
**For the Grand Theatre:** *Dream A Little Dream.*
**Theatre Credits (Selected):** Director: *Spamalot, An Ideal Husband, H.M.S. Pinafore* (Stratford Festival); *The Yalta Game, Twelve Pound Look* (Shaw Festival); *Queen Milli of Galt* (Theatre Aquarius); *Meteor Shower* (Theatre Calgary), *Elegies, A Man of No Importance* (Musical Stage); *Obeah Opera* (Luminato). Associate Director: *Henry V (*Stratford Festival); *Jesus Christ Superstar* (Stratford Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Broadway).
**Other:** Writer, Lyricist: *The Tale of the Gifted Prince* (Theatre Calgary). Two-time finalist for the Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize in the UK.
lezliefwade.com
Matthew Atkins
Music Director
**For the Grand Theatre:** *Disney's Newsies, The Phantom of the Opera, Finding Black Joy, The Great Grand Road Trip, Comfort and Joy.*
**Theatre Credits (Selected):** *Les Misérables: School Edition, Legally Blonde, Urinetown, The SpongeBob Musical* (Original Kids Theatre); *Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat* (Musical Theatre Productions).
**Other:** BMus, BEd, MMus from Western University. Matthew is a secondary school teacher with the Thames Valley District School Board. He is also the Artistic Director of the London Gospel Collective.
@matkinsmusic
Julius Sermonia
Choreographer
**For the Grand Theatre:** *Waitress, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Shrek The Musical, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.*
**Theatre Credits (Selected):** *Miss Saigon, The King and I, Doctor Zhivago, Jesus Christ Superstar, Contact, Cats* (Broadway); *Chicago, Tommy, Camelot, Evita, Kiss Me Kate, West Side Story, A Funny Thing…Forum, Cabaret, Oklahoma!, Guys and Dolls* (Stratford); *Holiday Inn* (Shaw); *The Tale of the Gifted Prince* (Theatre Calgary); *Maggie, Beauty and the Beast* (Aquarius); *The Play That Goes Wrong* (Charlottetown); *Frozen, Elf, Mary Poppins* (Neptune); *Finding Neverland, Sister Act, Damn Yankees* (Drayton); *The Drowsy Chaperone* (MTC); *Sweet Charity* (StageWest); *Robin Hood, Hair* (Canadian Stage).
**Film & TV Credits:** *Mother of All Shows* (Goldstrike); *The Boys* (Sony/Amazon); *Hellcats* (CW); *The Tony Awards* (CBS).
@juliussermonia
Julia Callon
Set Designer
**For the Grand Theatre:** Debut. Technical Director – Scenic.
**Film & TV Credits:** Set Designer: *Cross* Season 2*, Heretic* (A24), *Pachinko* Season 2, *Reacher* Season 2, *The Handmaid's Tale* Seasons 2 - 5, *The Sinner* Season 4, *The Umbrella Academy* Season 2, *Tiny Pretty Things* Season 1, *Murdoch Mysteries* Season 11.
juliacallon.com
Meghan Choma
Costume Designer
**For the Grand Theatre:** Debut. Assistant Head of Wardrobe.
**Theatre Credits (Selected):** Costume Designer: *Wind Coming Over the Sea, Sir John A, Dry Streak, Last Mayor of Rusty River* (Blyth Festival). Seamstress: *Pride & Prejudice, Controlled Damage, Elf: The Musical, Grand Ghosts* (Grand Theatre). Asst. Costume Designer: *Wedding Band* (Stratford Festival).
**Film & TV Credits**: Design Asst.: *Tenth Generation.*
**Other:** Design consultant for Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts. Education: Fanshawe College.
Jareth Li
Lighting Designer
**For the Grand Theatre:** *Come From Away, Disney’s Frozen, Matilda The Musical, Kim’s Convenience, Controlled Damage.*
**Theatre Credits (Selected):** *Waiting for Godot, Sense and Sensibility, Every Little Nookie* (Stratford Festival); *Vinyl Cafe, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Disney’s Frozen, Jersey Boys, Ring of Fire* (Citadel Theatre); *The Orphan of Chao, Prince Caspian* (Shaw Festival).
**Other:** Instructor at York University, Member of IATSE 659 - The Associated Designers of Canada.
Brian Kenny
Sound Designer
**For the Grand Theatre:** *Come From Away, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Mary Poppins, Between Breaths, Grow, Elf: The Musical, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Million Dollar Quartet, Fall on Your Knees.*
**Theatre Credits (Selected):** *La Cage aux Folles* (Stratford Festival); *After the Rain* (Tarragon/Musical Stage Co.); *Kelly v Kelly* (Musical Stage Co); *Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812* (Crow’s/Mirvish); *A Strange Loop* (Soulpepper).
**Other:** Brian is a designer for theatre from Newfoundland and Labrador and is a graduate from the National Theatre School of Canada and Sheridan College and is a proud member of IATSE659 - The Associated Designers of Canada.
Kerry Hishon
Intimacy Director
**For the Grand Theatre:** Debut.
**Theatre Credits (Selected):** *Intimacy Director: Big Fish, 13: The Musical Jr., Spamalot, Footloose* (OKTC); *Urinetown, Deathtrap, I'll Be Back Before Midnight* (LCP); *Sweeney Todd* (Western Opera). Director: 20+ productions with Original Kids Theatre Company, including *May We All, Carrie: The Musical, The Lightning Thief, She Kills Monsters, Rock of Ages, and Heathers.*
**Other:** Kerry is a director, fight director, and intimacy director specializing in working with youth. Many thanks to Christine, Lezlie, Kelly, and Hailey for this opportunity!
Kelly Luft
Stage Manager
**For the Grand Theatre (Selected):** Favourites include: Disney's *Frozen, Pride and Prejudice, Million Dollar Quartet, Rubaboo*, HSPs - *Prom Queen, Les Mis* (2007, 2016). Upcoming: *9 to 5.*
**Theatre Credits (Selected):** 7 seasons at the Stratford Festival; Disney's *Frozen* (Citadel Theatre); *Rubaboo* (Arts Club); *The Sound of Music, Hairspray* (Drayton Entertainment); *Not Wanted on the Voyage* (Canadian Stage Company); 2 years in London, England’s West End. Upcoming: *The Diviners* (National Arts Centre).
**Opera Credits (Selected):** *Orpheus & Eurydice* (Pacific Opera Victoria), 12 seasons with Opera Lyra Ottawa, 10 seasons with Hawaii Opera Theatre, 7 seasons with Orchestra London/Pacific Opera Victoria, 16 seasons with Opera Hamilton/Opera Ontario, Wagner’s Ring Cycle - Götterdämmerung for the Canadian Opera Company and Idomeneo for Opera Atelier.
**Other:** Much love to Jesse and Maclean!
Melissa Cameron
Assistant Stage Manager
**For the Grand Theatre:** *Piaf/Dietrich,* Disney’s *Newsies, Waitress, The Sound of Music, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Controlled Damage, Grow, Re:Opening Festival* (*Seeds of Self & One Year*), *Chariots of Fire, Once.*
**Theatre Credits (Selected):** *Maggie, Anne of Green Gables* (Charlottetown Festival); *Waitress, Maggie* (Theatre Aquarius); *Sweeney Todd, The Gamblers, I Claudia* (Talk is Free Theatre); *Elf, Hurry Hard, Miracle on 34th Street* (Chemainus Theatre Festival); *Legally Blonde* (Theatre Sheridan); *Gin Game, Cottagers & Indians, Crimes of the Heart, Boeing Boeing, Dial M for Murder, Barefoot in the Park* (Watermark Theatre).
### Musicians
Dereyk Goodwin
Drums
**For the Grand Theatre:** Debut.
**Film & TV Credits (Selected):** *Inspired Awards* (CBC); *Aboriginal Day Live* (CBC).
**Other:** Dereyk is a professional freelance drummer with over 20 years and 150+ musical theatre productions to his credit, spanning high school, community theatre, children's theatre, and professional productions. He is thrilled to be a part of this production and so thrilled to be joining such great friends in the pit for his mainstage Grand Theatre debut!
@goodwindereyk
Alexandra Kane
Keyboard II
**For the Grand Theatre:** Disney’s *Frozen, The Sound of Music, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Controlled Damage, Elf: The Musical, Finding Black Joy.*
**Theatre Credits (Selected):** *Jesus Christ Superstar* (Sheridan College and YES! Theatre), *YES! Theatre’s Ride the Cyclone, One Song Glory* (Musical Stage Company). Music Instructor: *ROOM* (Mirvish).
**Other:** Production: *Sounds of Home* (London Symphonia). Executive Producer: *Forest City London Music Awards, Fracture, Nova:Prime, Shelter* (AK Arts Academy), *Listen and Engage* (Black London Network).
@i\_am\_alexandra\_kane
Jeff Lupker
Guitar
**For the Grand Theatre:** Disney’s *Newsies, Grease.*
**Theatre Credits:** *Life After* (Musical Stage Company); *American Idiot, Edges, Avenue Q, Les Miserables* (Original Kids).
**Other:** PhD at Western University. Co-founder of Staccato ([www.staccato.ai](http://www.staccato.ai)).
Aidan Wasse
Bass
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