Millburn Middle School presents Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, March 25-27
The Millburn Middle School Spring Musical, Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, will be held on Friday, March 25th and Saturday, March 26th at 7 p.m. A Sunday matinee will be presented at 1 p.m. on March 27th. The production staff is thrilled to have their cast and crew return to the MMS stage after two years without a spring musical, and this year’s much-anticipated show will prove to be worth the wait.
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical opened on Broadway in April 2013 and was the winner of five Tony Awards including Best Book for a Musical for Dennis Kelly. It is based on the popular 1988 children’s novel written by iconic author Roald Dahl. The music and lyrics were written by Tim Minchin, the Australian comedian, musician, and writer who is also known for his work on Groundhog Day the Musical in 2016. The story of a young girl with magical powers, Matilda combines clever lyrics with rousing musical numbers and plenty of comedy to surely provide an evening of fun entertainment for all ages.
Theater teacher, Mr. Mark Oppel, is the show’s director, and he is also responsible for the choreography and technical design. Mr. Miles Messier serves as the vocal director. The MMS musical is co-produced by Mrs. Marina Reilly and Mr. Dominick Pisa whose responsibilities include set design, costumes, box office, and stage crew. The set decoration has been completed by art teacher Mrs. Claudia Sohr. The set for Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical has been constructed by Mr. Matthew Bach. The production involves 154 Middle School students in the cast and crew.
The show is open to the public. Tickets are $15 and are on sale online at mms.booktix.com. They will also be available at the door on the day of the performance.
Middle School Musical Cast and Crew:
The Middle School musical cast is made up of students from all three grades, with a strong 6th-grade contingent each year. Many students participate in the Spring Musical for all three of their middle school years.
In addition to the actors, many students participate as stage crew members, taking on roles as stage managers, assistant directors, backstage crew members, artists, and sound & lights crew members.
Participating in the spring musical is a wonderful experience for our students, and it is often described as their favorite part of middle school. This is evidenced by the number of students involved (over 150 total students in the cast and crew -- about 12% of our student body) and by how many of them return to rehearsals or performances years after they have left MMS.
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
CAST
Matilda Wormwood…………………………………….……………..…………Jordyn Gulliford
Miss Agatha Trunchbull……………………………………………….....…William Sieczkowski
Miss Jennifer Honey……………………………………………………….…...Sanjana Krishnan
Mr. Wormwood……………………………………………………………....……Reese Solomon
Mrs. Wormwood…………………………………………………………...…....……Ava Alcosser
Bruce……………………………………………………………………....………….........Alex Ege
Lavender……………………………………………………………...…………....…Chelsea Daxl
Tommy/Rudolpho..……………………………………………..………………....….….Ryan Hoh
Eric……………………………………………………….…………………...……Jonah Callahan
Nigel………………………………………………………………………...………....…Akiv Shah
Amanda……………………………………………………………....………....…Malia Baumann
Alice……………………………………………………………………..………....Olivia Shannon
Hortensia………………………………………………………………......………....…Lily Speltz
Michael Wormwood…………………………………………………...……....………Saul Zeitler
Doctor....................................................................................................................................................Liam Murphy
Mrs. Phelps..............................................................................................................................................Ari Crofton
The Escapologist/Sergei…….....................................................................................................Veer Chander
The Acrobat…………………………………………...………...………………..Violetta Wiggert
Girl with Pigtails……………………………………………………....…………....…..Sofia Ghelfi
Featured Maggots:
Ava Bernstein
Lily Boidman
Riley Burke
Logan DelaCruz
Jeff Lin
Stella Meiler
Teddy Oberliesen
Kedaar Shankarnarayan
Daniel Sinoway
John Tan
Gabriella Volpicelli
Leilani Westfall-Kwong
The Ensemble:
Krisha Aima
Devna Bobbilla
Talia Brookhim
Aren Campbell
Orla Clark
Lorelei Courtney
Jamie DeRosa
Hazel Durand-Proud
Rebecca Green
Lillian Hark
Emma Hills
Mia Jacob
Julia Ketkar
Praveer Ketty
Anya Kumar
Richa Kurup
Lea McKenna
Vivian Palomo
Araiya Patel
Ashna Swaroop
Kaia Talathi
Sophia van Roon
Mischa Williams-Owolabi
Stage Crew:
Aanya Aggarwal
Lucia Arrufat
Arushi Asrani
Naomi Badgley
Eliana Barker
Kathryn Baxter
Eric Berg
Yoganidhi Bhargava
Gauri Bhatia
Arabella Braca
Daisy Bredlau
Thomas Bredlau
Max Brett
Victoria Cardoso
Sophie Carlton
Rian Chadha
Saatchi Chattopadhya
Nathan Chen
Minaxi Chinnan
Ayan Dalmia
Nysa Daru
Souri Daver
Annika Debur
Anya Debur
Sojourner Dedaa
Alex DeLorenzo
Caroline Desoe
Jia Doshi
Diana Efremenko
Diya Gaglani
Abhita Gajbinkar
Samuel Ge
Noa Goldman
Sam Gordon
Sonya Gordon
Daniel Han
Julia Huie
Shriya Iyer
Annette Johnson
Anusha Kadyan
Guneet Kapur
Ela Karakurt
Ethan Klein
Maya Krotkov
Sanay Kulkarni
Riddhi Kunta
Chloe Lee
Chason Lee
Emma Levine
Isabella Li
Sara Li
Maggie Li
Clytie Lin
Sofia Liswan
Sophia Mahfouz
Krisana Manglani
Priyana Manglani
Griffin Maurette
Margo McNally
Sanya Nagpal
Arianna O’Connor
Riana Parekh
Avneet Pattar
Bevin Perdue
Verneesh Pierre-Louis
Kelsey Quane
Sophia Raiski
Evy Rakhlin
Elle Reilly
Rebecca Riggers
Olivia Rosales
Gia Sachan
Sormeh Saghari
Tyra Sandstrom
Riti Sarje
Saanvi Saxena
Lilian Schwartz
Krisha Shankarnarayan
Ellis She
Myra Shrivastava
Nandini Shukla
Zunaira Shukoor
Kaden Shum
Thomas Sieczkowski
Sanjana Srivastava
Anne Stiska
Eliza Strike
Avani Sudev
Shaurya Tanna
Morgan Tobin
Shivi Tunk
Grace Wagner
Finn Wall
Lila Watzky
Amelia Xie
Patricia Yan
Senna Yi
Owen Yones
Aaron Yu
Grace Yu
Linda Zhai
Arik Zhang
Christine Zhou