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Shrek to open Thursday at PCPH
There’s an ogre onstage at Putnam County Playhouse as “Shrek the Musical” begins its run.
It will be presented Aug. 15-17 and Aug. 21-24 at 8 p.m. There is also a matinee performance at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 18.
All tickets are $10 and can be reserved by calling the box office at 653-5880 between 5 and 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
The show is being sponsored by Hopkins-Rector and Bittles & Hurt Funeral Homes.
Director for the Tony Award-winning show is Lee Reberger. Musical director is Kathi Elliott and pit conductor and rehearsal pianist is Marilyn Rush. Joining them in the pit are Kathryn Dory on clarinet and Mike McClaine on percussion. Choreography is by Reberger, Clarissa and Ellissa McCullough and Chloe Gardner.
Levi Hoffman is making his PCPH debut in the title role of Shrek, the green forest monster looking for a purpose in life. Making the trek with him is his friend Donkey, played by Dustin Bond.
Striking the leading man’s fancy is the lovely Fiona, played by Ellissa McCullough. Unfortunately, the vertically challenged Lord Farquaad, played by Cameron Callan, also has designs on the young lady.
Shrek’s hapless parents are played by Shelly McFadden and Ric McFadden. Joey Draper and Kendall Shipp are the young versions of Shrek and Fiona and Ogre Fiona is Clarissa McCullough. Teen Fiona is Hadley McCoy.
Featured fairy tale characters include Pinocchio (Aengus McCullough), the White Rabbit (Logan Dotson), Peter Pan (Gwenhwyfar McCullough), Ugly Duckling (Sadie Henry), Sugar Plum Fairy (Adrianna Adams) and the Bear Family (Addison Hughes, Jessie Draper, Jocelyn Gardner).
Also appearing are the Three Little Pigs (Anna Cox, Samantha Funk, Kindall Turner) and the Three Blind Mice (Sammie McCoy, Ally Taylor, Ellie Henry) and the Witch (Ellen McCullough).
Dwelling in the forest we also find Gingy (Hannah Newlin), Thelonius (Jason Lafever), the Pied Piper (Hannah Lafever), the Dragon (Lisa McCoy) and Grumpy, a Dwarf (Mikey Henry).
Featured are Devin Huff, Arriana Pershing and Chloe Gardner. Many cast members play and sing multiple roles.
Set design is by Linda Gjesvold. Lighting design is by Bond and sound design by Bond and Craig Armitage.
Cameron Wunderlich is production stage manager and Noah Pettit is assistant stage manager. Dimitri Flott is on the run crew. Grace Elmore is running the sound board and Kamryn Thornburg is running the light board. Anna Harris is props master and Sam Draper is the spotlight operator.