A S P E C I A L THAN KS TO . . .

Parent Club, NDPMA Administration & Building Staff

Parent Volunteers: To all of you that made this production possi-

ble...we couldn't have done it without you!

Marist Play Chair: Jama Lintol

Stage Crew: Mike Harbaugh & Crew

Publicity: Beth Niepokuj

Program Design & Production: Melissa Weimer

Program Sponsors: Jason & Melissa Weimer

Props & Costumes: Julie Shick & Crew

Photographer: Peggy & Tom Convery

Videographer: Peggy & Tom Convery

Website Design: Melissa Weimer - www.maristacademydrama.weebly.com

Cast Party Chair: Laura Pangori & Brenda Kambakhsh

Choreographer: Maria Pangori, NDP Junior

Director's Helper: Ashley Palardy, NDP Sophomore

Sound & Lights: Joe Martin & Dave Fazzini

Communication Support: Deb McCormick (Many thanks!)

And most of all, our cast parents for putting up with daily, some-

times MORE than daily, e-mail requests and always generously of-

fering their time, talents and resources for every request.

~Jama Lintol

A V E R Y S P E C I A L THAN KS TO . . .

Our Director, Mrs. Martin, for giving countless hours to our children.

Her creativity, vision, and enthusiasm for the show are the reasons

the production is so great. We are very fortunate to have such a

talented person lead our Drama Club!

Thank you Mrs. Martin!!!

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Lexi Barker . . . . . . . is a member of the Chorus, Friend in A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing & Creature on Earth

Patrick Convery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is playing George & Uranus

Audrey Damman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .is a member of the Chorus, Gymnast & Saturn

Chloe Fazzini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is playing Dina & the Sun

Emma Fredin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is playing Interplanet Janet & a member of the Chorus

Lila Ghaith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is a member of the Chorus, Statue of Liberty, Mom & Cloud

Kara Giraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is a member of the Chorus & Mars

Bella Hanna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is a member of the Chorus, Comet Team & Stage Crew

Alyssa Harbaugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .is a member of the chorus & a soloist in The Great American Melting Pot & Cloud

Gabby Jacoby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is a member of the Chorus, Comet Team & Stage Crew

Mina Kambakhsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is a member of the Chorus, soloist in The Preamble & Cloud

Sydney Lintol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is playing Shulie

Stephanie Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .is playing Dori, Statue of Liberty & Earth

Kelly Niepokuj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is a member of the Chorus & Pluto

Dana Pangori . . . . . . . . . is a member of the Chorus, soloist in Elbow Room & Creature on Earth

Claire Seitzinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .is a member of the Chorus, Mrs. Pauwels & Venus

Sophia Shick . . . . . . . . .is a member of the Chorus, Magician‟s Assistant, Jupiter & Stage Crew

Vikram Surendran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is playing Joe, Dad & Creature on Earth

Charlie Uchno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is playing Tom, Elvis & Mercury

Marshall Weimer . . . . . . . . . . is a member of the Chorus, Saxophonist in 3 is the Magic Number, Bear & Neptune

Mary Yanik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .is a member of the Chorus & the Comet Team

Th e CAST In alphabetical Order

Originating from one father‟s realization that his young son had trouble remem-

bering his multiplication tables, yet could remember almost any Rolling Stones

song, Schoolhouse Rock was born to help children learn better through their

natural love of music. Three is a Magic Number was the first of many wonderful

songs to come from ABC‟s Emmy Award-winning series. The original series ran on

Saturday mornings from 1973-1985. New episodes, as well as the classics, aired

from 1993-1999, and still more episodes were produced in 2009!

Schoolhouse Rock Live premiered in 1994, and was conceived as a cast of six.

The names of the six leads are the authentic names of the original cast! School-

house Rock Live! Junior premiered in 1998, and added the chorus. It tells the

story of Tom, a new teacher nervously preparing for his first day of school. The

Schoolhouse Rock gang attempt to convince Tom through song that he has what

it takes to begin a successful teaching career. The nostalgic tunes will remain in

your mind long after you leave our theater.

I am very excited to be making my directorial debut with Schoolhouse Rock Live!

Junior. Thank you to the many volunteers without whom the show would not be

possible, especially our producer, Jama Lintol, our student director, Ashley

Palardy, our props manager, Julie Shick, our set designer, Mike Harbaugh, our

webmaster and program designer, Melissa Weimer, our photographers, Tom and

Peg Convery, our publicity chair, Beth Niepokuj, our cast party chairs, Laura

Pangori and Brenda Kambakhsh, our lighting and sound technicians, Joe Martin

and Dave Fazzini and to Josh Vanderweide and Dave Fazzini for allowing us to

use their classroom. A special thank you to our choreographer, Maria Pangori,

for giving our cast their moves and making it look so easy! Thank you to our ad-

ministration and our building supervisor, Julie Frakes for supporting our Per-

forming Arts Department. The many talents of our cast are overwhelming, and I

have attempted to showcase as many of them as possible. I hope you enjoy their

performance as much as I have enjoyed working with them!

Teri Rae Martin

Director

D i r e c t o r ’ s No t e

Th e SONGS

~ INTERMISSION ~

ACT ONE

A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing

Three is a Magic Number

Unpack your Adjectives

Just a Bill

The Preamble

Do the Circulation

ACT TWO

Conjunction Junction

Great American Melting Pot

Elbow Room

Interplanet Janet

Interjections

D I R E C TO R

Teri Rae Martin

C h o r e o g r a p h e r

Maria Pangori

SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK LIVE! JUNIOR A part of

The Broadway Junior CollectionTM

Originally Conceived and Directed by

Scott Ferguson

Book by Scott Ferguson, Kyle Hall & George Keating

Music & Lyrics by

Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, Kathy Mandry, George Newall & Tom Yohe

D i r e c t o r ’ s H e l p e r

Ashley Palardy

W h o ’ s W h o i n t h e C a s t

Vikram Surendran, 13, is playing Joe, Dad & Creature on Earth.

He has been in three other Marist productions, Mirror Image,

Nottingham a Totally Teen Musical, and Night at the Wax Museum. Vikram plays tennis, golf, runs track, and plays soccer.

Vikram's favorite part of the Drama Club is the dancing.

Lila Ghaith, 12, is a member of the Chorus, Statue of Liberty, Mom

& Cloud. Her interest in drama is not new. In Kindergarten she

loved to be near the action, it did not matter to her whether it was

singing, dancing, story- telling or role playing. Hello Dolly was her

first real life experience on stage, she did not play a major role,

but she grew more fascinated with drama. In Fourth grade she

participated in a play inspired by old McDonald‟s Farm, she was a

kitty cat. Lila plays the flute and has been in choir for three con-

secutive years.

Lila would like to thank Ms. Blaisz, her music teacher in elementary

school, Mr. and Mrs. Martin, and Mr. McGuire her mentors in art

and music at Marist Academy. Special thanks to the audience who

found the time to come to this play. Thank you and have fun.

Lila's favorite thing about being in the Drama Club is to being a

drama queen, in a positive way. You know what she means...fun

drama such as dancing, singing, acting and for the most part ex-

pressing yourself without the fear of judgment by others.

Bella Hanna, 12, is a member of the Chorus, Comet Team & Stage

Crew. This is her first play at Marist and she is very excited to be

a part of it. Bella enjoys playing volleyball, skiing, and wakeboarding.

She also lived in China for a year and loved it, but is glad to be back

home with friends and family.

Bella's favorite thing about being in the Drama Club is seeing her

friends everyday and hanging out with them.

Alyssa Harbaugh, 12, is a member of the chorus & a soloist in The Great American Melting Pot & Cloud. She started out doing plays

for her church when she was around seven, and throughout the

years she has gotten more acting experience. School House Rock is

one of her favorite Marist plays, along with Night at the Wax Mu-seum, where she played the role of Anne Boleyn. She also takes

acting classes at Mt. Zion and piano lessons. Alyssa loves acting,

singing, and making new friends through all of her plays.

Alyssa's favorite part of NDPMA drama is the chance to meet new

people and improve her acting.

8th Grade

7th Grade

W h o ’ s W h o i n t h e C a s t

Sophia Shick, 12, is a member of the Chorus, Magician‟s Assistant,

Jupiter & Stage Crew. She loves Drama Club. This is her first

performance. When she‟s not on the stage, she‟s at home with her

pets, (chickens, horses, dog and a tortoise). She plays the piano

and has started to learn the saxophone and loves to draw. Sophia

definitely wants to be in the play next year.

Sophia's favorite part of Drama Club is everything!

Charlie Uchno, 11, is playing Tom, Elvis & Mercury. This is his third

play. He has performed in two previous plays at the Marist Lower

Division. He played a goat in Stories Under the Big Top and Detec-

tive Wiley Jones in The Mysterious Case of the Missing Ring. Some

of Charlie's hobbies are; playing the guitar, piano and clarinet,

football, baseball, and doing miscellaneous things with his brother,

Matthew.

Charlie's favorite thing about being in the Drama Club at NDPMA

is having the opportunity to act because he enjoys it!

Mary Yanik, 12, is a member of the Chorus & the Comet Team. She

started school ate last year at the lower division and didn't have

time to try out for the play. Instead, she was a part of the stage

crew, backup, under study, and much more. Mary loves to act, sing,

and dance. She also loves to play sports, hang out with her family

and friends and just be herself. A special thanks to her parents,

her brother, Tyler, and her grandparents for encouraging her to do

her best.

Mary's favorite part of the Drama Club is hanging out with people

with the same interests as her.

Maria Pangori, 16, is a junior at Notre Dame Prep and is the Dance

Choreographer. She has been involved with music and dance all

through her school years. Maria plays flute and guitar and belongs

in the NDP Marching Band. She is also on the Mt. Zion School of

Performing Arts Dance Team. She has assisted in teaching dance at

M.Z.S.P.A. and this is the 5th Musical at Marist in which she has

choreographed. Including "The Royal Bachelor", "Mirror Image",

"Nottingham"."The Night at the Wax Museum" and "School House

Rock, Live! Jr."

Maria's favorite thing about being a part of the Drama Club is

watching the students and my sister, Dana have fun.

Ashley Palardy, is a sophomore at Notre Dame Prep and is the

Director‟s Helper.

W h o ’ s W h o i n t h e C a s t

Kara Giraud, 11, is a member of the Chorus & Mars. She has been

performing since she was three years old. She recently received an

award from Spollight Danceworks School of Dancing for eight years

of experience . She was selected to become part of the Macomb

Children‟s Chorus and was a member of the Atwood Elementary school

Acapella singing group for two years. Kara also had the honor of be-

ing chosen to sing two solos at her elementary school‟s concerts. In

addition to performing, Kara also enjoys cheerleading and soc-

cer. Kara would like to thank her family and fellow cast mates as well

as Ms. Jama and Ms. Martin for all their support.

Kara‟s favorite part of the Drama Club is spending time with her

friends while at the same time expressing herself through song and

dance.

Sydney Lintol, 11, is playing Shulie. She has been in The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Mr. Toad‟s Mad Adventures, and

The Witches. Her favorite role was playing the Grand High Witch

and she practices being evil to her brother every chance she

gets. She loves snow skiing, water skiing, reading, summer vacation,

and hanging out with her friends. Sydney would like to thank her

voice teacher, Mrs. Rodden, who is the BEST and all the family and

friends who came to see the show. Your support means so much!

Sydney‟s favorite part of drama club is loving the time she spends

with all the new friends she has made in the cast.

Kelly Niepokuj, 11 is a member of the Chorus & Pluto. She has been in

2 plays including this one. Her first play was Twinderella when she was

the narrator. Kelly has 2 family members and 1 dog. She enjoys swim-

ming, singing, and dancing. She is on a local swim team called Kingfish

and she really enjoys it. A special thanks to Kelly‟s Aunt Amy who has

supported her all her life. Also thanks to her parents for all they have

done.

Kelly's favorite part of being in the Drama Club is getting closer to

friends.

Claire Seitzinger, 11 is a member of the Chorus, Mrs. Pauwels & Ve-

nus. She appeared in the last three lower division school plays:

Twinderella as a narrator, the Magical Fish in Stories Under the Big Top and in fifth grade she played the queen in The Mysterious Case of the Missing Ring. Claire hopes to continue her acting career

through High School and beyond. When Claire is not performing she's

running cross country and track . She also likes to spend time with

friends and play volleyball. She would like to give a special thanks to

her friends and family for supporting her along the way.

Claire's favorite part of drama club is having fun at practice when

they make jokes and act funny.

W h o ’ s W h o i n t h e C a s t

Gabby Jacoby, 12, is a member of the Chorus, Comet Team &

Stage Crew. She has danced or showed her gymnastic abilities in

three previous talent shows at Marist Academy Lower Division. She

has also taken choir classes at Marist for two years. This is her

first production at Marist, but is thrilled to participate in this

year‟s performance. She also finds enjoyment in spending time with

her family, which includes her Mom, her Dad, her sister, Juliet, and

her seven additional cousins. She takes delight in doing community

service and sharing laughs with friends. Some activities she enjoys

taking part in include volleyball, softball, swimming, wakeboarding,

snowboarding, rollerblading, and of course, participating in drama

club.

One of Gabby's favorite parts of being in an amazing club like

Drama Club at NDPMA is being able to express herself through

dancing and singing, and being able to do all of this while standing

alongside her friends and peers.

Mina Kambakhsh, 12, is a part of the Chorus, soloist in The Pream-ble & Cloud. She loves acting, dancing, singing, volleyball, skiing,

and especially, spending time with friends and family. Mina has been

in over eight different plays. Her first role was as Burly in The Wizard of Oz at the age of three. Mina is excited to perform in

her 2nd play at Notre Dame Marist Academy. She has had a lot of

fun preparing for this production. Mina would like to thank Ms.

Martin, Maria Pangori, Ms. Lintol, and her family for all of their

support and encouragement.

Mina‟s favorite thing about being a part of Drama Club at NDPMA

has been being able to spend time with friends while learning new

things about performing and theatre.

Stephanie Martin, 12, is playing Dori, Statue of Liberty &

Earth. She is no stranger to the stage. She has performed in many

productions, including A Thousand Cranes as a Crane/Runner,

Jackie in Cheaper By The Dozen and her favorite role, July in The

Flint Community Players production of Annie. Stephanie is also an

active member of the drama ministry at her church and has played

Mary in Carriers of The Light, Kelly in A World Without Jesus and

was most recently „seen‟ as a puppeteer in The Christmas Play as

Jacob. She enjoys all things musical. She plays the flute in the

Notre Dame Marist Academy Band and studies piano and voice

privately. Stephanie would like to thank God, her mom, dad, three

giggly siblings and all of her supportive, wonderful friends and

teachers.

Stephanie‟s favorite part of the Drama Club is learning all of the

interesting dance steps.

Dana Pangori, 13, is a part of the Chorus, soloist in Elbow Room &

Creature on Earth. She performed in last year's musical, Night At The Wax Museum, at Marist Academy. She currently attends Mt.

Zion Youth Theatre Group and has performed in 5 plays, over the

past 2 years. Including, Annie, Aladdin, Doo- Wop Wed Widing Hood, Wipeout, and The Rockin' Tale Of Snow White. Dana enjoys

playing softball and volleyball and has a passion for singing and

performing. She is very excited to be learning the Ukulele. Dana

also loves spending time with friends and family. She has made

many fun memories with the Marist Drama Club and hopes for many

more. A special thanks to her sister Maria for the amazing chore-

ography and for her loving family.

Dana's favorite part of Drama Club is making memories with Mina,

Gabby, and Bella.

Marshall Weimer, 12, is a member of the Chorus, playing his saxo-

phone in 3 is the Magic Number, Bear & Neptune. Marshall's sports

are skiing, wrestling, and lacrosse. He also plays the alto saxophone

in the Advanced Band at Marist Academy. His favorite subjects in

school are history and science. The first play he was in was last

year's play, The Night at the Wax Museum, playing as Blackbeard.

Marshall is also looking forward to going to Blue Lake this summer

for the first time. He would like to thank his mom for making the

website for this wonderful production.

Marshall's favorite part of drama club is that he gets to play his

saxophone in the play.

Lexi Barker, 11, is a member of the Chorus, Friend in A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing & Creature on Earth. She is a fun outgoing

person. She has 1 brother Steven and a dog named Ginger. She

loves to play soccer, volleyball, basketball, swim, go to cedar point,

and go to Cancun, Mexico. Lexi and her family are in the process of

remodeling their home and currently lives in Auburn Hills. This is

Lexi‟s first year at NDMA and she loves it, though she still misses

her friends from her old school St. Josephs. Lexi likes to spend

time with her best friend Maddie. The two of them like to swim and

hang out together. Lexi loves Marine Biology and would like to spe-

cialize in reefs and Sea Turtles. And would like to live in Charlotte

Bay, Queensland, Australia. Lexi‟s all-time favorite movie is The Wizard of Oz. Her favorite play is Wicked which she recently saw

at the Detroit Opera House.

Lexi's favorite thing about the Drama Club is that she gets to be

with her friends and sing and dance with them!

W h o ’ s W h o i n t h e C a s t

6th Grade

W h o ’ s W h o i n t h e C a s t

Patrick Convery, 12, is playing George & Uranus. He is making his

first appearance on the NDPMA stage. He played the male

lead, Captain Shang, in the 2011 Glengary Elementary production

of Mulan Jr. He also attended the Walled Lake Music Camp last

summer and is presently developing his music and voice skills in the

Marist choir with Mr. Vanderweide. When he is not on stage, Pat-

rick enjoys playing CYO football, basketball, and lacrosse, as well as

“LARPing” with his friends.

Patrick's favorite part of the Drama Club is meeting new people.

Audrey Damman, 12, is a member of the Chorus, Gymnast & Saturn

School House Rock Live Jr. is the very first production she has

ever done. Audrey has taken piano and music lessons. Her favorite

part of being in the play is doing choreography, and being with

friends. Audrey also loves to dance and do gymnastics. She really

enjoys volleyball and swimming too. In the winter Audrey likes to

snow ski. Audrey would like to thank her mom because she encour-

aged her to try out and Audrey ended up loving it.

Audrey‟s favorite part about being in the Drama Club is being with

friends and doing choreography.

Chloe Fazzini, 11, is playing Dina & the Sun. She has been in the

musicals Mirror Image, Annie and Hello Dolly. This is her first time

playing a lead part in a musical. It has been her dream since she

started acting! Chloe dances competitively at Oxford Academy of

Dance & Performing Arts and takes piano lessons. She has been

singing since she was two and wants a puppy more than anything.

Chloe's favorite thing about being a part of the Drama Club at

NDPMA is that she gets to be with all of her friends and have fun.

She also loves being on stage and singing and acting.

Emma Fredin, 11, is playing Interplanet Janet and a member of the

Chorus. This is her fourth theatrical production. Emma was a mem-

ber of the lower division‟s theatre group for two years in which she

was a maid in The Mysterious Case of the Missing Ring, and a Billy

Goat in Stories Under the Big Top. Emma also was in Notre Dame‟s

production of Beauty and the Beast. Emma loves to sing, dance,

goof around, play softball for NDPMA, and hang out with her three

older sisters.

Emma's favorite thing about the Drama Club is that she loves being

with her friends and getting to act, sing, and dance on stage.