Horizon Youth Theatre is proud to present ShakeSPLOSION!!!, written by Andrew Geha, through special arrangement with YouthPLAYS. Directed by Cassie Greenlee, the play will be performed at Otsego High School, 18505 Tontogany Creek Road, Tontogany, on June 16 and 17 at 7:00 pm and June 18 at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $8 and $10 and are available on our website or at the door. Seating is general admission.
From the YouthPLAYS website: “ShakeSPLOSION!!! is a madcap sprint through every play written by the Bard. From 235 years of English kings in the History Plays, to (nearly) every bloody death in the Tragedies, to every girl who dressed up as a boy in the Comedies, it’s like watching Shakespeare’s entire canon fired out of a cannon—scattering prose, verse and characters across the stage. Sword fights! Word fights! Witches, ghosts and murder! All in 80 minutes!!”
The cast consists of students ranging in age from 8 to 18 as well as one special adult. Most actors play multiple roles, which will not all be listed here.
Cast:
Regan Otley – Judith (narrator)
Fox Roberts-Zibbel – Susanna (narrator)
Keith Guion – Mr. Keith
Eli Marx* – Director of Macbeth sequence; Claudius
Leo Roberts-Zibbel* – Macbeth; Horatio
Jac Edge* – Laertes; Richard III
Mali Cloeter – Gertrude; Julia
Calista Motisher – Ophelia; Rosalind
Liam Rogel – Polonius; Demetrius
Alice Walters – Hamlet; Lady Macbeth
Xander Sands – Ghost; Macduff
Violet Grossman – Henry IV; Viola
Claire Nelson – That Witch; Katharine of Aragon
Ginger Windom – Of Witch; Kate
Sophia Milks – For Witch; Somerset
Sofia Swaisgood – Gravedigger; Hermia
Nic Fecht – Henry VI; Bernardo
Samuel French – Henry VII; French King
Avriana Hensley – Banquo; Juliet
Izzie Milks – Fortinbras; Isabella
Charlie Dyer – Anne Boleyn; Helena
Kelsey Fecht – Henry VIII; Portia
Ramona Foreman – Soldier; Imogen
Carson Huyghe – Cromwell; Lysander
Maddie Calmes – Player 1; Hermione
Livy Emch – Monk; Leontes
Emmy Forman – Player 2; Thaisa
Sam Forman – Player 8; Prospero
Boudi Grills-McCarty – Player 3; Helena II
Clarissa Hensley – Player 6; Mistress Page
Devin Rogel – Player 10; Antonio
Ruby St. Louis – Player 5; Pericles
Olivia Swaisgood – Player 4; Perdita
Aurora Zientek – Iago; Hero
Carina Motisher – Ribbon-Dancing Spectre of Death; Marina
*denotes graduating senior
