First of all, thank you to our fantastic production team: Gabby, Alice, Heather, Colby, Annie, Naomi, and Pia! Your hard work, generosity, and expertise has made this show possible - there is no way I could have done this without you.
Secondly, I'd like to thank our incredible cast, pit orchestra, and crew. Your talent, hard work, and positive attitudes have made it a pleasure and an honor to work with you. You are lovely people and performers and I'm so grateful to have met you.
Thirdly, to the parents! I really appreciate your willingness to help out and volunteer with everything from advertising, to make-up, to feeding the cast at our tech and dress rehearsals, and making sure your students are where they need to be when they need to be there.
Thank you to Dawn Vergara for putting together our playbill, to Liz Meagor for taking care of our SMAT ticket sales, to Jennifer Ray for her help with auditions, to the administrators and teachers who agreed to appear in our show, to Rachel and the rest of the VPAT team for being great at their jobs.
To my wonderful husband, Colby Hawkins: thank you for volunteering your time to be our vocal coach and for putting up with my ridiculous levels of insanity throughout the course of our rehearsals and performances; "I must have done something good...for here you are standing there loving me..."
Last, but certainly not least, I'd like to thank our show sponsors for their support: the Wildcat Boosters, the Margaret Beelard Community Foundation, the Vaca Arts Council, Vincent Morrow, and The Haas Family. Thank you so much for supporting the Arts in public schools, and in our community.
– Madilyn Hawkins
This production has been such a joy to work on! I couldn't be more proud of our amazing cast. Thank you to everyone who helped put this show together. These productions are a lot of work and they would not be possible without everyone doing their part. Thank you to my fellow production team, amazing cast, and parents who volunteer their time to ensure a great show for their kids. Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins for believing in me and giving me these amazing opportunities. And thank you to my family who love and support me every day- I love you all to the moon and back!!
– Naomi Simpson
A huge shout out to Cozette for allowing us to borrow costumes from Fantasy Creation Costume Rentals, to Beth Lai and the costume design class for their help assembling costumes, and to Jennifer Macias, Deanna Gann and Kathy Pemberton for helping with sewing and costume construction.
– Alice McDaniels
Thank you's to my builders: Al Pemberton, Bill Walsh, and Ryan Walsh. Additional thanks you's to set contributors Barbara McFadden, David Rodgers, jr., Starbound Theater, Mary Cornelison-Muehlenbruch, Gaslighters Theatrical Company, Roy Morris, as well as Shirley McGowan, who made the Nazi banner. Thank you to the painters: Charles Custom Painting, Janette Basinger, Katrina Basinger, and Dylan Pemberton. Thank you to the McKenzies for providing a trailer for hauling. You are all what made this set possible, and I am so grateful for all of your help. Additionally, I would like to thank Madilyn, Colby, and Naomi for their support in this grand adventure of a massive set show. Thank you to my fellow VPAT crew for their support as well; Tom, Don, and Mary, you all keep me sane in the set and light process! Thank you to anyone else that came in to help that I didn't get to put in the program!THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
– Annie Morris
Thank you to all the parents and students who donated props for us to borrow for this production. A special thanks to the wonderful assistants Kristen Mackenzie, Janette Bassinger, Galila Kitzes and Holly Wonnacott who helped me get it all done on time. Thank you to the Opportunity House for the bicycle.
– Pia Walsh
