Presented by the WEBER HIGH THEATRE DEPARTMENT

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL

Based on a
Disney Channel Original Movie
Book by David Simpatico
Songs by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil; Ray Cham, Greg Cham and Andrew Seeley;
Randy Petersen and Kevin Quinn;
Andy Dodd and Adam Watts; Bryan Louiselle;
David N. Lawrence and Faye Greenberg;
Jamie Houston
Music Adapted, Arranged and Produced by Bryan Louiselle
Based on a Disney Channel Original Movie Written by Peter Barsocchini

MISSION STATEMENT

"Weber High School Theatre passionately commits to uplifting ALL young artists by providing inclusive, high-quality, and innovative productions, practices, and projects. We aim to cultivate a sense of responsibility while promoting academic achievement and social growth."

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PRODUCTION STAFF

 Director / Technical Direction
MARK DANIELS

Director / Choreographer
LINDSEY POLL

 Director / Music Direction
CALEB SAUNDERS

Costume Designer / Wardrobe Supervisor
STEPHANIE PETERSEN
Stage Manager
KENADI WILCOX

Assistant Stage Manager
ABIGAIL HUNT

Light Design
LILY WOOLSEY, HAYLIE SQUIRE

Sound Design
KAEL WARD, AVERY KANE, MILES HALLEY, BRYNN BOHLING

Spotlights
 NOAH HARRIS, BODEN CLUSTER

Musical Tracks
MIA BINGHAM

Running Crew
BRETT OVERDIEK, MADDISON BOGGESS, SAMUEL HUNSAKER, TAELYNN BUTTERFIELD, JULIA INIGUEZ

House Managers/Concessions
MADALYNN CHADWICK, ISAAC KELLER, MALLORY SMITH

Scenic Design
MARK DANIELS and THE WHS STAGE CREW

Scenic Construction
WHS STAGE CREW

Student Scenic Painters
WHS STAGE CREW
AND SOME AMAZING STUDENT ACTORS - THANK YOU

Poster Photographer
HEIDI MILLER

Headshot Photographer
BRE WELCH

Show Photographer and Cast Photo
DOUG CARTER

SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE WONDERFUL PARENTS WHO HELPED WITH SEWING COSTUMES!

Box Office Manager
​BRITT PETERSON

Weber High School Administration
Principal: RYAN KACHOLD, Asst. Principals: BROOK YOUNG, TAYLOR ALLEN, RYAN GROSS

SPONSORS

We would like to thank our sponsors.
It's because of these generous businesses and individuals that we are able to produce this show.
​Thank you for your support of the education theatre in our community.
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DIAMOND SPONSORS

ACIERTO LLC
Troy DeLair | Farm Bureau Financial Services
ACE Hardware
​Nielsen's Frozen Custard
​

RUBY SPONSORS

Pack Tax Co.
Rusty Taco
SLR Roofing
​​Major Brent Taylor Foundation

ONYX SPONSORS

EK BAILEY
A and P CPA's
Brigham and Farr West Eye Specialists - Dr. Michael C. Clark
Brigham and Farr West Eye Specialists - Dr. Scott Turner
Treehouse Museum
Weber School Foundation 
​Rockwood Optometry
​Crown Trophy of Ogden
Pizza Man of North Ogden
Beverly's Terrace Plaza Playhouse
Ogden Musical Theatre
​The Ziegfeld Theatre - Ogden  
​Sport Court West
​

SPOTLIGHT SPONSORS

Weber CTC
​Classic Strings
Crittenden Glass
Capitol Dental
Intermountain Farmers Association
Kami Overdiek Mortgage Loan Officer
Oasis Kids Dental and Orthodontics
​Bonneville High School Theatre Department
Box Elder High School Theatre Department
Fremont High School Theatre Department
​Roy High School Theatre Department

SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT I  
Scene I: East High School Steps (& Ski Lodge flashback), Monday 7:45 AM
Wildcat Cheer .......... Company
Start of Something New .......... Troy, Gabriella, Company
Scene II: Ms. Darbus' Homeroom, Monday 8:00 AM
Scene III: Hallway, Monday 8:30 AM
Scene IV: Gym, Monday 8:30 AM
Get'cha Head in the Game .......... Troy, Jocks
Get'cha Head in the Game (reprise) .......... Troy, Jocks
Scene V: Chemistry Lab, Monday 2:00 PM
Scene VI: Theater, Monday 3:00 PM
Scene VII: Theater, Tuesday 3:00 PM
Auditions .......... Thespians, Ms. Darbus
What I've Been Looking For .......... Ryan, Sharpay
What I've Been Looking For (Reprise) ..........Troy, Gabriella
Scene VIII: Various Places, Tuesday Evening
Cellular Fusion .......... Chad, Taylor, Company
Scene IX: Cafeteria, Wednesday Noon
Stick to the Status Quo .......... Company
ACT II  
Scene I: Rooftop Garden, Wednesday 12:30 PM
I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You .......... Troy, Gabriella
Scene II: Sharpay's Locker, Wednesday 12:30 PM
Scene III: Study Hall, Wednesday 1:00 PM
Wildcat Cheer (reprise) .......... Cheerleaders
Scene IV: Gym, Wednesday 3:30 PM
Scene V: Locker Room/Lab, Wednesday 4:00 PM
Counting on You .......... Jocks, Brainiacs
When There Was Me and You .......... Gabriella, Troy, Jocks, Brainiacs
Scene VI: Isolated Spaces, Wednesday Evening
Scene VII: Rehearsal Room, Thursday 12:30 PM
Scene VIII: Theater, Thursday 12:45 PM
Start of Something New (reprise) .......... Troy, Gabriella
Scene IX: Study Hall, Thursday 1:00 PM
We're All in This Together .......... Chad, Taylor, Kelsi, Jocks, Brainiacs
Scene X: Lab/Theater/Locker Room & Gym, Friday 3:00 PM
Bop to the Top .......... Sharpay, Ryan, Jocks, Brainiacs
Breaking Free .......... Troy, Gabriella, Company
Scene XI: Gym, Friday 5:00 PM
We're All in This Together (Reprise) .......... Company
High School Musical Megamix .......... Company

CAST OF CHARACTERS

THE JOCKS

TROY BOLTON
Camden Law

CHAD DANFORTH
Scotlyn Eyere

ZEKE BAYLOR
Kale Watson

JASON
Korbin Rackham

BASKETBALL TEAM
Korbin Rackham
Gotti Hernandez
Ethan Braun
Asher Kluge
Ruby Hancock
Porter Munson
Avery Taylor
Gabriel Jacobson
Mitchell Morgan
Kylie Auger
Ryker Saunders
Jared Orton
Charlie Peterson
Davis Rawson
Jonathan Bryson
E'owyn Peterson
Ty Fisher

Wildcat Cheerleaders
Sam Marriott
Evelyn Stephens
Rachel Long
Emmalee Thompson
Rafe Gardner
Maia Keller
Dylan Strand
Mylie Harkness
Scarlett Solomon
MASCOT: Braden Rogers

THE THESPIANS

SHARPAY EVANS
Romni Allen 

RYAN EVANS
Owen Talbot

​KELSI NEILSON
Halle Porter

JAMES
Aiden Bindrup

SUSAN
Zoee Barclay

CATHY
Morgan Kennedy

ALAN
Kayleb Curran 

CYNDRA
Ariane Shurtleff

THE BRAINIACS

GABRIELLA MONTEZ
Sadie Campbell

TAYLOR MCKESSIE
Natalee Larson

MARTHA COX
Brylie Petersen

KRATNOFF
​Sam Marriott

THE SKATERS

RIPPER
Ty Fisher

MONGO
Jonah Bowles

JACK SCOTT
Tyler Modesitt

THE ADULTS

MS. DARBUS
NATALIA BINGHAM

COACH BOLTON
AJ Szymanski III

MS. TENNY
Lyndee Leishman

KAROKE DJ
Jared Orton

MODERATOR
Jonah Bowles

WILDCAT ENSEMBLE

​Ashlyn Anglesey
Kylie Auger
Karston Bailey
Kristiana Bailey
Keegan Barney
Zoee Barclay
Abigail Bennett
Aiden Bindrup
Liberty Bingham
Payton Bingham
Sienna Bingham
Lexi Boatwright
Jonah Bowles
Ethan Braun
Addie Bruns
Clara Bryson
Jonathan Bryson
Eden Chamberlain
Maylan Chugg
Novali Clark-Weir
Cambria Coleman
Oriah Cook
Callie Crawford
Carrera Crittenden
 Kayleb Curran
Lilian Davis
Eiley Di Girolamo
Mikinly Empey
Malerie Evertsen
Ty Fisher
Sydnie Fonoti
Lauren Forsberg
Adria Francom
Annatielli Franzen
Brienna Forsythe
Rafe Gardner
Mckaylee Gorostieta
David Greco
Ashlyn Greenwood
Claira Gunderson
Luke Hale
Ruby Hancock
Mylie Harkness
Tessa Harrison
Megan Havey
Morgan Healey
Cambrie Henrie
Gotti Hernandez
Bella Holliday
Aleisha Horrocks
Lucy Hyatt
Gabriel Jacobson
Hannah Jolley
London Jones
Mina Jorgensen
Maia Keller
Morgan Kennedy
Jonah Kepsel
Karalyn Keyes
Emory King
Asher Kluge
Aubrey Knowlden
Lyndee Leishman
Rachel Long
Janessa Lund
Charles Malmborg
Sam Marriott
James Mason
Hailey Merrill
Paige Meyers
Tyler Modesitt
Ruby Moffitt
Mitchell Morgan
Porter Munson
Joshua Nielson
Jared Orton
Charlie Peterson
Brylie Petersen
E’owyn Peterson
Annie Porter
Lydia Potokar
Isabelle Primm
Katie Putnam
Korbin Rackham
Davis Rawson
Sophie Riggs
Braden Rogers
Sam Roundy
Josie Satterthwaite
Ryker Saunders
Megan Val Schofield
Canon Shay
Ariane Shurtleff
Cavin Snedaker
Scarlett Solomon
Rosalie Songer
Sarah Sorenson
Sarah Sowby
Evelyn Stephens
Solomon Stewart
Dylan Strand
Seth Stuart
Avery Taylor
Sam Taylor
Emmalee Thompson
Finley Thompson
Allister Trejo
Claire Turner
Hannah Turner
Oakley Udy
Hadley Urry
Addison Waters
Malachi Wheeler
Kristin Williams

MEET THE CAST

TECH CREW

The History of
High School Musical

Producer Bill Borden wanted to make a contemporary but old-fashioned musical about a
high school, inspired by classic musicals such as West Side Story and Grease. When given
the green light by the Disney Channel to begin creating his movie, he hired writer Peter
Barsocchini, a former journalist turned screenwriter, to write the script. Next, he invited a
protégée of Gene Kelly, Kenny Ortega, to direct and choreograph.
Ortega filmed with a cast made up almost entirely of teenagers and High School Musical
was shot in just twenty-eight days (a relatively short filming schedule) around Salt Lake
City and Ogden, Utah.
The movie first aired on the Disney Channel in January 2006 and was an instant hit! Since
its premiere, more than 100 million people have viewed the movie around the world. The
movie also received multiple industry accolades including Emmy® Billboard Music and
American Music Awards for both the movie and its soundtrack. The soundtrack itself was
2006's highest selling CD. The release of the DVD—including a karaoke and Dance-Along
special edition—set historic sales records, selling 1.2 million copies in six days!
In 2006 the movie was adapted into a musical theatre stage show by Disney Theatrical
Group, adding two brand-new songs entitled "Cellular Fusion" and "Counting on You." In
addition to the stage version, High School Musical has been adapted into a concert tour, an
ice show, a video game, and a book series!

The Creators of the Show

Disney Theatrical Group (DTG) operates under the direction of Thomas Schumacher and is
among the world's most successful commercial theatre enterprises. DTG produces or
licenses live entertainment events that reach a global annual audience of more than 20
million people in more than 40 countries. DTG produces and licenses Broadway musicals
around the world, including Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Elton John & Tim Rice's
AIDA, TARZAN®, Mary Poppins, a co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, and
the recent Broadway stage adaptation of the beloved Disney classic, The Little Mermaid.
The professional touring stage version of Disney's High School Musical reached 60 cities
through 2008. DTG also delivers live entertainment around the world through its license
to Feld Entertainment, producer of Disney on Ice and Disney Live!, including High School
Musical: The Ice Tour and Playhouse Disney Live!, both of which launched in fall 2007. In
addition, DTG licenses musical titles for local school and community theatre productions
through Music Theatre International.

PETER BARSOCCHINI (Movie Screenwriter)
Peter Barsocchini wrote the Emmy® Award-winning Disney Channel Original Movie
Disney’s High School Musical for his daughter Gabriella and many of her friends (for whom
he also named characters). Barsocchini has subsequently written Disney’s High School
Musical 2 for the Disney Channel and wrote Disney’s High School Musical 3 as a feature film.
He began his writing career as a music journalist in San Francisco, where he grew up.
As a young journalist, he spent weekends backstage at the legendary Fillmore West, covering
artists such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, the Kinks and Elton John.
Current projects include films for DreamWorks, HBO and MTV.
​He now resides in Los Angeles and Pebble Beach, California.

DAVID SIMPATICO (Book)
While writing the book for Disney’s High School Musical, David Simpatico drew on his own
drama class experience. Simpatico honored his own high school drama teacher, Dorothy
McLernon, by having Ms. Darbus be more sympathetic than her movie counterpart. In his
theatrical writing, his experience spans numerous adaptations, including Disney's Alice in
Wonderland JR. and Aladdin JR., Truman Capote's classic In Cold Blood as well as his original
musical The Screams of Kitty Genovese. Simpatico enjoys writing for younger and older
audiences alike and was excited to write for Disney’s High School Musical’s next generation
of theatre audiences. "For a lot of kids, Disney’s High School Musical is their first experience
with a story they can really relate to," Simpatico said. "The message is 'You can be
whatever you want to be,' and it thrills me that I'm able to be a part of it."

BRYAN LOUISELLE (Music Arrangements and Adaptation)
Bryan Louiselle began his musical theatre career acting in a high school musical when he
played Harold Hill in The Music Man. Since then, Louiselle has worn many musical hats as
arranger, composer, lyricist, conductor and musical director. Since 2002, he has been the
music supervisor, adaptor, and recordings producer for Music Theatre International/Disney
KIDS, JR. and Theatre for Young Audiences musicals. Louiselle brought all this experience
to Disney’s High School Musical, where he serves as arranger, composer and musical
director. He worked with bookwriter David Simpatico to adapt the film into the National
Tour version as well as a shorter one-act version. In his theatrical writing, Louiselle's
experience spans numerous adaptations, including Disney’s High School Musical 2 and
Aladdin as well as A History of Tom Jones.

DIAMOND SPONSORS

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ACIERTO LLC.

​Farm Bureau Financial Services-Troy DeLair

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RUBY SPONSORS

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​Pack Tax

The Major Brent Taylor Foundation - Veteran's Week

Rusty Taco

SLR Roofing

ONYX SPONSORS

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​​EK BAILEY CONSTRUCTION, INC.

A+P CPA's

BRIGHAM EYE SPECIALISTS

TREEHOUSE MUSEUM

​WEBER SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION

Rockwood Optometry 

CROWN TROPHY OF OGDEN

Pizza Man of North Ogden

BEVERLY'S TERRACE PLAZA PLAYHOUSE

Ogden Musical Theatre

The Ziegfeld Theater

Sport Court West

SPOTLIGHT SPONSORS

CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE SPONSOR TO VISIT THEIR WEBSITE OR SEND AN EMAIL

Weber CTC

​Classic Strings

Crittenden Glass

Capitol Dental

Intermountain Farmers Association

Kami Overdiek Mortgage Loan Officer

Oasis Kids Dental and Orthodontics

Bonneville High School Theatre Arts

Box Elder High School Theatre Department

Fremont High School Performing Arts

Roy High School Performing Arts

CAST SHOUT-OUTS

The following section are SHOUT OUTS to cast members: Wishing you all the best from Family and Friends

Romni Allen

Romni, we love cheering you on and seeing you shine on stage! It’s so beautiful to see all of the hard work you put into it pay off! Having you be Sharpay in your Senior year has been extra fun! Go be FABULOUS!! We love you!!

Tyler Modesitt

Your impressions have always been impressingly impressive!! You are so naturally, but where did that come from?? Thanks for making us laugh every day! We love you and are so proud of you Tyler.....um.....we mean Jack Scott, aka: The Velvet Fog of East High

Scottie

You have been a performer since day one! Let your light shine on that stage! We love you!

Halle and Annie Porter

🎶You’re all in this together🎶 How cool to see the two of you perform together on stage, when we have been watching you sing and dance to these songs since you were tiny. We are so proud of each of you and the talented performers you have become!

Korbin Rackham

Korb, 
We are so proud of you and all the work you have put into this year. To see your growth and love for Theater is the best! We truly see you at your happiest when you are doing what you love and we couldn’t be more proud of you! Congrats! We love you!
Mom & Dad

Nessa Lund

Dear Nessa
We love watching you perform and can’t believe it’s your senior year. Thanks for so much good entertainment and fun since the day you were born. We sure love you. Now break a leg one more time
Mom and Dad

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