Thank you to the Byram Hills Board of Education, Dr. Jen Lamia, Mr. Marc Beja, Ms. Kim Lapple, Mr. Angelo Ancona, Mr. David Mack, Ms. Leisa Palmer, the Wampus custodial team, the HCC custodial team, the Wampus security team, and the HCC security team for allowing us to put on this production safely and joyfully.
Special thanks to Brian Melso and Bobcat TV for their generous production work in filming our promo and our opening night performance. Thank you to our parent volunteers for photographing our dress rehearsal. An additional note of thanks to Amy Fang of Blue Light Promotions, Inc. for our t-shirts.
We also would like to thank Nicole Nassar, Ian Leopold, and Amelina Milio from the Varley Players Stage Crew for assisting with our set build and crew students! Finally, we'd like to thank Patrick Salerno for his help in making sure the theatre spaces were in working order and his help in running sound for our preview performance.
Finding Nemo tells the story of a clownfish who eventually finds his way home, but also the story of how a community bands together behind a parent in need. When I first saw this show in Disney's Animal Kingdom, I was absolutely charmed by the first day of school jitters, the incredible sea creatures brought to life, and of course, Go With the Flow! You'll be humming these songs walking out of the theatre, and hopefully Nemo, Dory, and Marlin's story inspires you to "Just Keep Swimming" no matter what life throws at you.
Our cast and crew have done a tremendous amount of work bringing this production to life. We have encouraged them to take ownership of their learning by creating their characters and fully immersing themselves in "The Big Blue World". The crew spent the last two weeks before the show helping to paint the set, create props, and build scenery. We are so incredibly proud of the entire cast and crew and know you will be, too.
We are so grateful to all of the parents, staff members, and community volunteers for helping out with the production! They have given countless hours to the cast and crew over the past few months and we are beyond grateful to them for shifting schedules, picking up and dropping off their children, supervising rehearsals, donating to our bake sale, and cast/crew celebration, selling tickets, and supporting the children as “theatre kids.” Thank you so much, we could not have done this without you!
