This year’s play is Children of Eden, a musical based on the stories of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and Noah. It’s a stark contrast to any plays done before at Donoho being composed of almost fifty songs and essentially no talking. These characters are known in multiple cultures and religions and the story focuses on family relationships. Ashley Burrage, the director, hopes that the play “brings hope.  Many of the songs in the show repeat this theme, and it is my hope that this play unifies us.” She feels that in “our country today we have many issues that divide us. The heart of this play is unity, and I hope it brings us together in a unique way.”

Practices run on Monday from 5 to 7 and Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5:00 to learn the music. The choreography is on Saturdays from 9 to 12. The students are working incredibly hard on probably the most complex play done at Donoho. Make sure to go see it!  Below is the full cast list.

Father

Adam Stremmel

Adam

Slade Haney

Eve

Isabella Patten

Noah

AJ Long

Mama Noah

Mahaley Tucker

Cain

Jonas Abernathy

Able

Carter Stremmel

Japheth

Marshall Twigg

Yonah

Griffyn Burrage

The Snake

Chloe Cater

Vivian Smith

Lizzie Whyte

Blair Kitchen

Anne Locke Driggers

Autumn Hines

Young Cain

Hannah Hardin

Young Abel

Addie Tucker

Shem  

Benji Coleman

Ham

Anne Locke Driggers

Aysha

Lizzie Whyte

Aphra

Kelsie Gilmore

Seth

Amarion Smedley

Seth’s Wife

Autumn Hines

Seth’s children

Bruce Downey

Morgan Perry

Callee Taylor

Soloist  “End of a Perfect Day”

Lizzie Whyte

Soloist 1 “Wasteland/Wilderness Family”

Chloe Cater

Soloist 2 “Wasteland/Wilderness Family”

Vivian Smith

Soloist 3 “Wasteland/Wilderness Family”

Marshall Twigg

Soloist for Death of Abel

Marshall Twigg

Storytellers:  

Chloe Cater

Dawson Camp*

Bruce Downey

Anne Locke Driggers

Autumn Hines

Sallie Grace Hodge

McKayla Kelley*

Blair Kitchen

Anastasia O’Neill*

Victoria O’Neill*

Morgan Perry

Vivian Smith

Callee Taylor

Maggie Wakefield*

Lizzie Whyte

Julia Wiedmer*

(*4th quarter enrichment)

Stage Managers:

Susanna Harrell

Samantha Schmick

Assistant Stage Managers:

Vishwa Patel

Chloe Phillips

Sound:

Camden Kitchen

Assistant Sound:

Caeden Patten

Follow Spot Operators:

Harrison Han

Cainan Stacks

Lighting design Assistant:

Benji Coleman

Dance Choreographer Assistant:

Julia Wiedmer

Fight Choreographer Assistant:

Anastasia Budrevich

Backstage Ensemble Leaders:

Anastasia Budrevich

Kallie Callan

Maya Duncan

Rodricus Elston

Lesly Hernandez

Diana Musa

Mya Pearson

Erin Swinney

Stagehands:

Madison Brown

Artsiom Budrevich

Ivy Kate Hughston

Will Nelson

Yana Osokova

Naira Rehman

Amarion Smedley

Ayesha Siddiqua

Make-up:

Madison Brown