Playing this weekend: “Oh, No! Granny’s Got The Remote!”

Granny (Tami Doenges) checks in with the kids (Chiara Power, Lucy Urbach, Else Arendt, Macalister Arendt, & Jaclyn Domenech) for the holidays...photo by Lisa Duke (thanks, Lisa!)

Last year, the Community Theatre lit up with kids & dance & song in the November show that Penelope wrote (I loved it!), and now they’re doing it again this weekend on Friday & Saturday at 7pm, and Sunday at 2pm.

She & musical director Teddy Deane have been working since January to pull this together, and judging by the rehearsal I saw a couple of nights ago, this is going to be one you don’t want to miss! Here’s more from Jan Bollwinkel-Smith at SJCT:

Granny and her magical remote bring the lessons of the holiday season to life in this new musical written by San Juan Island’s own Penelope Haskew.

For the second year in a row, Penelope has created a musical specifically for SJCT’s family theatre. Last year, her Stars Lore: A Mythological Musical, was a resounding success in the Whittier.

This time, Penelope, in collaboration with returning musical director Teddy Deane (who has written the musical score), takes the audience to a typical family reunion at Christmas, one where everyone wants to be happy.

But stress creeps in, things are not ready and the kids are starting to act up. Granny takes charge of the children and with her magical remote, whisks them away to new worlds where they learn how to be kind, to share and to be true to themselves.

A variety of styles of music are featured, including “jump swing,” “rock ‘n’ roll,” a Gilbert & Sullivan style “mini-operetta,” and new, traditional-style holiday tunes. “Teddy writes really fun stuff,” said Penelope. “The kids are having a lot of fun with it.”

In all, more than 50 island children (ages 5 to 12) and 11 adults will be part of this new musical start to the island’s holiday season.

Joely (right) loves to draw cats....

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CAST LIST

Frame: (Families at Holiday Party)
Tami Doenges…………………..Granny
Amy Hull………………………….Janet
Steve Ryan……………………….Bob
Mr. Conrad……………………….Pouty
Cori Morrell………………………Cheryl
Floyd Bourne……………………Woody
Wawan Ridwan………………..Herman
Heather Cain……………………Patty
Nick Power………………………Binky
Trudy Loucks…………………..Jo
Duvie Dow……………….……..Chelsea
Allison Fleming……….……….Kelly
Hank Erickson………….……..Brian
Eve Hulse……………….………Maureen
Siri Dow…………….…………..Emma
Sidney Herda………………….Danielle
Eric Corbin……………………..Joey

Naughty Bunch:
Chiara Power…………………….Jessica
Lucy Urbach……………………..Jill
Else Arendt……………………….Jenny
Macalister Arendt………………Maggie
Jaclyn Domenech………………Kai

Brownies
Ashlynn Wilson
Ellie Rollins
Nakayla Nibler

The Girl Who Drew Cats
Brian Fleming………………..Father
Emily Atwell………………….Mother
Joely Loucks…………………Aya
Soma Andrews……………..Monk 1
Abbi Havenar……………….Monk 2
Tawan Shaller………………Monk 3
Lauren Ayers……………….Villager 1
Sydney Benedict………….Villager 2
Fela Andrews………………Villager 3

Cats/Rats:
Lauren Ayers
Anne Marie Ryan
Emily Atwwell
Allison Fleming
Tyler Fleming
Fela Andrews
Abbi Havenar
Taylor Hollis
Tawan Shaller
Soma Andrews
Ana Anderson

Bee Yourself
Anne Marie Ryan…………………Queen Beezus
Sage Penwell………………………Beela
Lucy Marinkovich………………..Beeree
Inga Harold………………………..Birch
Darcy Ayers………………………..Beeronda
Ula Strutz…………………………..Beehalia
Bristol Halverson…………………Bernice
Taylor Hollis……………………….Belle
Finnoula Bourne………………….Briar
Hannah Greene…………………..New Queen

Bees:
Satchel Bourne
Ryker Mattox
Betty Furber
Eliza O’Donnell
Haley Rennick
Allison Power

The Christmas Cuckoo
Eric Sable………………………..Scrub
Madrona Jameson……………Spare
Ayla Ridwan…………………….Cuckoo
Madie Hanson………………….Miss
Beatrice Grauman……………Narrator
Josiah Wegemer……………..Shopkeeper
Fallon Taylor…………………..Bartender
Emily Cain………………………Seamstress 1
Ana Anderson…………………Seamstress 2
Levi Doenges………………….Blacksmith
Harmony Rathburn….………Butcher
Alex Frampton………………..Baker
Zoe Wegemer………………..Milkmaid
Piper Taylor…………………..Queen

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