Summer Independent Cast Members for Jasper in Deadland:

Jasper                                                  Matthew Gordon

Gretchen                                             Jayden Terry-Olson

Madame Lethe                                     Rylynn Davis

Ammut/Ensemble                                Kody Smith

Beatrix/Cerberus/Ensemble                Piper Slonecker

Eurydice/Ensemble                             Kayleigh Kinder

Osiris/Pluto/Ensemble                       Braden Cook

Hel/Ensemble                                    Emma Flemming

Loki/Ensemble                                   Coral Plank

Hathaway/Ensemble                          Tala Martin

Virgil/Ensemble                                  Riley O’Shea

Little Lu/Ensemble                             Neil Northrop

Perseophone/Cerberus/Ensemble      Diya Kumar

Dante/Cerberus/Ensemble                 Drew Winston

Summer Independent Artistic and Management Team for Jasper in Deadland:

DIRECTION STAFF

Director                                         Jeremy Stekler

Assistant Director/Dramaturg       Rowan Gallagher

Choreographer                              Amaya Zhané

Assistant Choreographer              Rachel Victoria Mills

Music Director                              Taylor King

Assistant Music Director               Spencer Stromberg

MANAGEMENT

Stage Manager                              Melanie Ashby

Assistant Stage Managers             Brayden James and Kallen Pishue

Production Manager                      Kaitlin Losansky

KIDSTAGE Production Manager     Aaron Alonso

ARTISTIC STAFF

Scenic Designer                            Michael Dugan

Costume Designer                        Emmaline Savidge

Lighting Designer                         Clint Bull

Properties Designer                      Damon Reaney

Sound Designer/Sound Engineer   Arnav SenGupta

Technical Director                          Elana Lessing

“Jasper in Deadland explores dark themes including suicide, depression, physical abuse, drug abuse, and anxiety. These troubling topics increasingly confront teenagers as they grow up in the world–especially during the turbulent year we have all endured. Teens want to talk about these topics. Teens need to talk about these topics. Jasper’s journey offers teens the opportunity to explore these concepts in a safe and supportive environment to help the cast and audience feel a sense of catharsis and clarity through the knowledge that they are not alone. We are committed to creating a creative environment with a strong focus on mental health and adapting to the reacclimation of in-person performance. Done with love and support, we believe this show has the potential to help teenagers understand and cope with the difficulties of emotions around growing up.” – Jeremy Steckler, Director

The Summer Independent program is a professionally mentored program unique to Village Theatre. It is the pinnacle theatrical experience for students in the KIDSTAGE program and provides autonomy, resources, and mentorship to aspiring theatre professionals to produce their own full-scale show from start to finish. Unlike other KIDSTAGE productions, emphasis is put on the design, creation of the show, and peer-to-peer mentorship. Students take on every aspect of producing; from directing to designing and building sets, creating costumes, running sound and lights, marketing, management, and more.

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