GO! Contemporary Dance Works

UNSUNG HEROES   

The Women of World War II

ACT ONE

 SCENE 1:  LADIES OF 1941

Choreographer:  Laura Shields

three women (pointe, except for Jill!)

Jill Frere, Peyton Blackstock, Courtney Wills 

women of 1941 (pointe)

Marilyn Sease, Madison Tate, Ashlynn Mason, Brenna Featherston, Rachel Mitchell, Chloe Givens, Eloise Concannon, Lindsay Caves

children of women of 1941

apprentice company

SCENE 2: PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN…LET'S GO TO WORK!  JOIN THE ARMED FORCES!

Choreographer:  Jill Frere

Women in aprons:  Jill Frere, Brenna Featherston, Ashlynn Mason, Rachel Mitchell, Marilyn Sease 

  women in pants and women with signs: Lindsay Howard, Maggie Bendy,

Carlen Little, Megan DuCote, Kate Patton, Natalie Parent

SPIRIT CARRIES ON…THE W.A.C. (women army corps)

 Ella Cathey, Kaitlyn Ozdych, Annie Totten, Abbie Lee Webster, Kate Albritton,

Ruth Ann Bendy, Emily Pierce, Cassidy Wills

SCENE 3: ROSIE THE RIVETER!

This will be rehearsed over Christmas Break with all rehearsals mandatory…if you cannot commit, don't do it.

Choreographer:  Lisa Hall McKee, Jill Frere

Rosie the Riveter:  Marilyn Sease

Factory Workers:  senior company + Jill Frere + Morgan Steedley, Erin Featherston, Laura Patterson, Ceci Bradley, McKenzie Duncan

Women Baseball Players visit the factory:  TBA

SCENE 4: W.A.S.P.S.  (Women Air Force Service Pilots)

Choreographer:  Lisa Hall McKee

 aerial:  Katie Banks, Chloe Givens, Lindsay Caves, Jill Frere

ground crew:  Ella Cathey, Kaitlyn Ozdych, Annie Totten, Abbie Lee Webster,

Kate Albritton, Ruth Ann Bendy, Cassidy Wills, Emily Pierce

 ACT TWO….in Europe

SCENE 1:  THE THIRD REICH (pointe except for Hitler Youth)

Choreographer:  Dylan Kendrick

lead commandant:

 Peyton Blackstock

commandants:

Megan DuCote, Carlen Little, Lindsay Howard

army:

 Maggie Bendy, Laura Patterson, Kate Patton, Ceci Bradley, Morgan Steedley, McKenzie Duncan, Erin Featherston, Natalie Parent

 Hitler Youth:

 Caroline Lewis, Cassidy Wills, Alyssa Cuevas, Lauren Wise, Ellery Jernigan, Micah McKee, Sabel Mattingly, Emma Tarner, Rebekah Tate

SCENE 2:  THE HOLOCAUST

Choreographer:  Lisa Hall McKee/Laura Burgamy

Anne Frank: 

Madison Tate

The Jewish strength: 

 Ella Cathey, Kaitlyn Ozdych, Annie Totten, Abbie Lee Webster, Kate Albritton,

Ruth Ann Bendy, Emily Pierce, Cassidy Wills

The German public:

Lindsay Howard, Maggie Bendy, Carlen Little, Megan DuCote, Kate Patton, Natalie Parent, Morgan Steedley, Erin Featherston, Ceci Bradley, Laura Patterson,

McKenzie Duncan

Jewish Children taken:

apprentice company

Auschwitz:

 Katie Banks, Chloe Givens, Lindsay Caves, Madison Tate, Darby O'Connor,

Laura Burgamy, Michelle Steedley

the afterlife:

 Madison Tate, Laura Burgamy, Katie Banks

SCENE 3: THE CLUB SCENE WITH JOSEPHINE BAKER  

& THE PASSING ON OF INFORMATION through the O.S.S. secret spies (Office of Strategic Services)…announcement that Hitler's defeated

Choreographer:  Denise Njuguna    

Morse Code Tap Choreographer:  Kim Heagerty

 Josephine Baker:

 Chloe Givens

Club patrons: 

Lindsay Caves, Katie Banks, Marilyn Sease, Madison Tate, Brenna Featherston, Courtney Wills, Eloise Concannon, Rachel Mitchell, Ashlynn Mason, Jill Frere

Morse code tappers:  TBA

 Choreographer:  Kimberly Heagerty

SPIES…

apprentice company

WOMEN IN UNIFORM: W.AV.E.S., AMERICAN RED CROSS, ARMY (pointe)

not sure where placed in show

Choreographer:  Julie Cox

The American Flag:  Courtney Wills

The American Red Cross:  Peyton Blackstock, Eloise Concannon, Brenna Featherston,  Rachel Mitchell, Ashlynn Mason, Marilyn Sease

The Waves:  Lindsay Howard, Maggie Bendy, Carlen Little, Megan DuCote, Kate Patton, Natalie Parent, McKenzie Duncan, Morgan Steedley, Erin Featherston,

Laura Patterson, Ceci Bradley

W.A.C. (women's army corps):  same as act one

SINGERS

Rosie the Riveter--Revisited

Soloist--Marilyn Sease

2. Melody--Ruth Ann Bendy

3. Melody--Emma Tarner

1. Alto--Brenna Featherston

2. Alto--Cassidy Wills

3. Alto--Laura Patterson

1. Soprano--Micah McKee

2. Soprano--McKenzie Duncan

3. Soprano--Ellery Jernigan

Oyfn Pripetskik

Courtney Wills

Brenna Featherston

Marilyn Sease

Lindsay Howard

Please check the calendar for full rehearsal schedule

If you have any further questions, please contact Mimi Featherston 335-3795

or by e-mail   mimi@gocontemporarydance.com