Seeing the stage and the seats for the first time. Holy moly! That’s a huge audience!
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Cinderella “before” costume sketch
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Cinderella “after” costume sketch
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Me, Samantha Massell (Rapunzel) and Jennifer Diamond (Florinda)
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Gary Griffin directing the inimitable Heather Headley in the West rehearsal pavilion
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Ellen Harvey (Cinderella’s stepmother) studying up
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Rob McClure and Erin Dilly practicing with their goblet
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Heather Headley trying to stay cool. IT’s hot here at the MUNY!
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High school sweethearts Jason Gotay and Sarah Kapner just having a snuggle moment during rehearsal.
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Real live sweethearts Rob McClure and Maggie Lakis having a snuggle moment during rehearsal.
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Rapunzel’s twin babies just taking a lie down
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Michael McCormick doing his best Rose from "Titanic."
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Just when you think its safe to take a selfie, your mean step sister jumps in and steals the show. Jennifer Diamond and me.
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April Strelinger, myself, and Jennifer Diamond. My mean stepsisters.
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Andrew Samonsky as the wolf and Sarah Kapner as Little Red rehearsing “Hello Little Girl”
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Andrew Samonsky howling his face off
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Michael Schweidardt, our wonderful set designer, checking in on things.
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Our Lovely Musical director brad Haak working his magic.
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The lovely Samantha Massell (Rapunzel) rehearsing her tower scene.
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Me absorbing some of Ken Page’s (Narrator) amazing energy for the day. What a lovely human.
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Andrew Samonsky and Ryan Silverman rehearsing “Agony.” They’re so ugly and untalented.
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Zoe Vanderhaar (Jack’s mom), Maggie Lakis (milky white’s head) Abigail (Milky white’s tail) and Jason Gotay (Jack) rehearsing.
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Morning! Time to work again!
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Heather Headley rehearsing and showing us how it’s done
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one huge set piece
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another huge set piece
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Something about this seems a bit violent. Milky White in her hangar.
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First day on stage! So exciting!
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Our backdrops before being painted
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The sketch of our to-be-painted backdrops
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In progress
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The finished product!!! Our stage looks amazing!
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Erin Dilly and Rob McClure with the one and only Twan Baker at the Sitzprobe. That baby is in HIGH demand. Also they are amazing.
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Sara Kapner looking sad in her wolf skin. I think she’s just hot.
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Sara Kapner and Jason Gotay backstage about to enter stage.
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Andrew Samonsky as the Wolf just getting ready to enter. the backstage area at the MUNY is gigantic.
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Samantha Massell and Heather Headley backstage. They look so happy together, don’t they?!
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Jennifer Diamond and Sara Kapner sharing some backstage enthusiasm.
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A little cast gathering - we love our cast!!!
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Samantha Massell and Jennifer Diamond just kicking it during the day at the lovely Chase Park Plaza pool.
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Ryan Silverman, Michael McCormick and Samantha Massell backstage being gorgeous and silly.
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Samantha Massell saying “she CANNOT” imagine actually having two babies at once. I said it’s hard but not impossible. :)
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Saint Louis loves us! Yay!
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A lovely grouping of ladies on our closing night. We will miss each other dearly. This was a crazy intense experience.
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The lovely Ellen Harvey pours out a closing night champagne toast on our closing night.
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One last photo of my story book with our head carpenter Jay - what a treat! Till next time, MUNY! It’s been sweaty and fun!
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The cast featured Heather Headley (Witch), Elena Shaddow (Cinderella), Erin Dilly (Baker’s Wife), Rob McClure (Baker), Ken Page (Narrator), Andrew Samonsky (Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf), Ryan Silverman (Rapunzel’s Prince), Jason Gotay (Jack), Ellen Harvey (Cinderella’s Stepmother), Sara Kapner (Little Red Ridinghood), Samantha Massell (Rapunzel), Michael McCormick (Mysterious Man/Cinderella’s Father) and Zoe Vonder Haar (Jack’s Mother) with Anna Blair (Granny/Cinderella’s Stepmother), Jennifer Diamond (Florinda), Gary Glasgow (Steward), Maggie Lakis (Milky White) and April Strelinger (Lucinda).
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