2012-4 August - Slidell Little Theatre

Encore! 

NOW ON STAGE!! 

“Willy Wonka” 

Music & Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newly 

August 17-September 9, 2012 

Roald Dahl’s timeless story of the world-famous candy man 

and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation 

of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, which features the 

songs from the classic family film “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate 

Factory”. A scrumdidilyumptious musical guaranteed to 

delight everyone’s sweet tooth. Let “Willy Wonka” take you 

and your family on a fantasy ride into the land of pure imagination! 

“Willy Wonka” is presented through special arrangement 

with Music Theatre International. 

Members of the cast of “Willy Wonka” rehearse for the 50th Season opening show. (Photos by Kohen Verette) 

Slidell Little Theatre 

Encore! SLT Newsletter 

Lobby 

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Reservations 

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www.slidelllittletheatre.org 

2012-2013 

Board of Directors 

President 

Fred Martinez 

VP-Productions 

Allen L. Little 

VP-Operations 

Pat Macloud 

VP-Marketing 

Don Redman 

Secretary/Newsletter 

Renee Saussaye 

Treasurer 

Babette Griffin 

Box Office 

Ron Uhler 

Buildings & Grounds 

Wayne Orton 

Grants/Fundraising 

Teresa Augustine 

Hospitality 

John Marshall 

Membership 

Deborah Morell 

Play Reading 

Josh St. Cyr 

Programs 

Susan Smith 

Publicity 

Tracy Gallinghouse 

Stage & Sets 

Robbie Weaver 

SLT Mission: 

To Engage, Educate, and 

Involve Members of the 

Community in High Quality 

Theatrical Productions.

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50th Season Memberships - Now On Sale!!! 

It’s not too late to get your SLT Membership for the entire 50 th Golden Anniversary Season!!! 

• Make reservations for “Willy Wonka” (preferably online) and note in the comments section (or voice mail) that 

you will be purchasing a membership 

• Come to the theatre at least 45 minutes before the show starts 

• Bring completed membership form, or be prepared to fill one out at the theatre 

• Pay for membership at the theatre with check, cash, or credit card 

• Membership will give you your cards on the spot 

• You pick up your tickets from Box Office as usual – your newly purchased membership will include “Willy 

Wonka” 

Don’t miss out!! Members have a seat for each production at a greatly reduced rate. You have your choice of performance 

dates, so early reservations are highly encouraged to avoid disappointment. 

Upgrading your membership to the Patron level will get you: 

• Recognition in the Program 

• Preferred Seating 

• Early Reservations Online 

• Surprise Patron Perks 

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(Two Years + 4 tickets) 

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(4 tickets) 

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(2 tickets + program ad) 

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(2 tickets) 

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(1 ticket) 

Adult Member 

(1 ticket) 

Senior Sunday (over 65 only 

$5 fee for show not Sunday) 

Student 

(1 ticket, < 25 w/School ID) 

YAT Participant 

(1 ticket) 

Additional Donation 

TOTAL ENCLOSED 

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Planet Green pays top dollar for your empty inkjet cartridges, used cell 

phones, and small electronics (Palm Pilots, GPS devices, MP3’s, iPods, etc.). 

Visit SLT’s Planet Green website to print your FREE label for shipping of 

your recyclable items. 

https://planetgreenrecycle.com/slidelllittletheatre 

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Slidell Little Theatre would like to acknowledge the following 

sponsors of the Northshore Gumbo Cook-Off. 

Thank you for your support!!!

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DramaFest DramaFest DramaFest DramaFest kicks kicks kicks kicks off off off off Slidell Slidell Slidell Slidell 

Little Little Little Little Theatre’s 

Theatre’s 



50th 50th 50th 50th Anniversary Anniversary Anniversary Anniversary Season Season Season Season 

When the curtain rose on stage at 8:00pm on Saturday, July 

21st, the 50th Anniversary Season of Slidell Little Theatre was 

officially launched. This year’s DramaFest featured scenes 

from productions staged in the five decades since the first production, 

”The Matchmaker”, was presented in 1963. Stephen Cefalu 

was Master of Ceremonies for the evening and provided 

not only the introductions of each scene but also some “behind 

the scenes” anecdotes to the delight of the audience. 

From the 1960s, two short scenes were presented from “You Can’t Take It 

With You”, which was again produced in 1987. Renee Saussaye directed 

that night’s scene selections, featuring Melanie St. Cyr, Josh St. Cyr, Rick 

Rawle, Ronald Brister, Deborah Jack, and Michael Pagones. 

The selection from the 1970s was a scene 

from “All My Sons”, which won the Ginny Award for Best Play of the 

1972-73 season, and tonight’s scene was directed by Allen L. Little. 

Featured in this scene was Jim Pagones, Sara Pagones, and James Pagones. 

Next up was “On Golden Pond” from the 1980s, which was produced in 

1982 and owns the distinction of being SLT’s 100th Production. Directed 

by Allen L. Little, Robert Jahncke and Kit McLellan portrayed 

Norman and Ether Thayer, using the platform of Readers Theatre 

(staged reading of a play). 

We moved on to the 1990s with “Lost In Yonkers”, a Neil Simon 

classic, seen on the SLT stage in 1999. Sara Pagones provided the 

direction to cast members Michael Pagones, Jake Weaver, and 

Melany Linder Graham. 

The evening concluded with a powerful scene from the 2000’s production 

of “A Raisin in the Sun”. This show was originally on the 

slate in 2005, but was cancelled due to Katrina and ultimately presented 

in 2007. Joan Spraggins, Jenifer Baptiste, Tirell Sylvas and 

Virginia Theodore performed under the direction of Kit McLellan.


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Patron Perk Prize Winner!! 

Congratulations Julie Richard! 

Slidell Little Theatre Patron Member 

Julie Richard was the lucky winner of 

the 50th Anniversary Opening Night 

Extravaganza drawing, held at the Annual 

Membership Meeting in May. As 

the prize winner, Ms. Richard will enjoy 

an all-expense-paid dinner and limousine 

service to and from the restaurant 

and theatre on the opening night 

of “Willy Wonka.” 

The limousine service is a gracious gift from V.I.P. Celebrity Limousine, 400 Garrett Road 

(www.vipsportshub.biz). Michael’s Restaurant donated a $125 gift certificate for dinner 

(www.michaelsrestaurantslidell.com). 

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Theatre Mementos on Display at City Hall 

The 50th Season Committee - Sara Pagones (Chair), Jan Barbero, Jack Cerny, Kit McLellan, Don Redman, and Margaret 

Rennie - gathered an impressive display of artifacts, highlighting the 50 year history of Slidell Little Theatre. The 

items were on display in the Slidell Cultural Gallery in City Hall on July 13th through July 27th. Scrapbooks, costume 

pieces, props, posters, program, photos, and many other items told the story of our history. If you missed it, don’t 

worry…...many of the items will be on display in the theatre lobby during the season. 

Kathy Tuel admires some of the beautiful production photographs 

taken by Paul & Julie Wood from Paul Wood Photography. 

Photos by Don Redman 

Margaret Rennie, Jam Barbero and Allen L Little take a walk down 

memory lane

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A A A A Message Message Message Message from from from from Ron Ron Ron Ron Uhler Uhler Uhler Uhler / / / / Box Box Box Box Office Office Office Office 

It’s the start of a wonderful new season. All members who have renewed their memberships 

or those who are new members should have gotten their 2012-13 membership cards already. 

Please remember to bring them with you when you arrive to see “Willy Wonka”. 

We are always looking for ways in which to speed up the ticket lines. For “Willy Wonka” we 

are going to experiment with having two lines available for tickets. 

A regular line for those purchasing their tickets and will include those members who have 

reservations for additional guests with them that are purchasing tickets with cash, check, credit 

card or have complimentary coupons. 

The second line will be exclusively for those members who have their membership card 

with them to cover their reservation only and have no additional tickets to purchase or 

changes to be made. This line will not accept anything except your membership card to be 

punched. No complimentary coupons accepted either in this line. If you don’t have your 

membership card with you, you will have to use the regular line or go to the membership 

counter to verify your status. 

We hope this will be an enjoyable year for you and the Theatre. Hope to see you soon. 

Ron Uhler/Box Office 

SLT 2012-13 Season Quick Reference Cut out this 

SLT 

2012-13 

Season 

Willy 

Wonka 

Pippin 

A Christmas 

Story 

Into The 

Woods 

Streetcar 

Named 

Desire 

Showboat 

Fri., 8:00 p.m. Aug. 17 Oct. 12 Nov. 23 Jan. 18 Mar. 1 Apr. 19 

Sat., 8:00 p.m. Aug. 18 Oct. 13 Nov. 24 Jan. 19 Mar. 2 Apr. 20 

Fri., 8:00 p.m. Aug. 24 Oct. 19 Nov. 30 Jan. 25 Mar. 8 Apr. 26 

Sat., 8:00 p.m. Aug. 25 Oct. 20 Dec. 1 Jan. 26 Mar. 9 Apr. 27 

Sun., 2:00 p.m. Aug. 26 Oct. 21 Dec. 2 Jan. 27 Mar. 10 Apr. 28 

Fri., 8:00 p.m. Aug. 31 Oct. 26 Dec. 7 Feb. 1 Mar. 15 May 3 

Sat., 8:00 p.m. Sept. 1 Oct. 27 Dec. 8 Feb. 2 Mar. 16 May 4 

Sun., 2:00 p.m. Sept. 2 Oct. 28 Dec. 9 Feb. 3 Mar. 17 May 5 

Fri., 8:00 p.m. Sept. 7 May 10 

Sat., 8:00 p.m. Sept. 8 May 11 

Sun., 2:00 p.m. Sept. 9 May 12 

schedule 

and 

hang it on 

your 

refrigerator 

for easy 

reference


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Stellar 49th Season Closer!! 

Director - Julie Faust Music Director - Elizabeth Lowery 

Assistant Director - Kristen Dugas Orchestra Director - John Giraud 

Producers- Elizabeth Bonnel/Babette Griffin Lighting Design - Gary Mendoza 

Stage Manager - Nikki Lively Sound Design - Jack Faust 

Choreographer - Joshua Brewer Set Design - Larry Johnson Jr. 

Max Bialystock……...….Ronald Brister Leo Bloom…………..…....Alex Lemonier 

Roger DuBris……..…Larry Johnson Jr. Carmen Ghia……..…...…..Joshua Breweri 

Franz Liebkind……...….James Pagones Ulla…………..…...…...Katie Lynn Cotaya 

Ensemble: Alex Abney, Shayne Boyd, Jonathan Carruth, Carla Costanza, Katie Gallinghouse, 

Earlie Marvel, Deborah Jack, Ashley Kreiger, Clark Long, Taylor Luna, Kew Mason, 

Jim Pagones, Michael Pagones, Scott Prevost, Paige Rignaud, Ashley Selzer, Marisa 

Saladino, Jake Weaver 

Photos by Paul Wood Photography


2012 Ginny Awards Celebration 

On May 26th, Slidell Little Theatre officially closed its 49th Season in grand fashion at the 2012 Ginny Awards 

Celebration. The evening began with the swearing-in ceremony of the 2012-13 Board of Directors, followed by the 

announcements of the YATS Scholarship winners. The celebration then moved on to the announcement and 

presentation of awards to this season’s winners, with musical interludes from the current season and next season. 

A grand time was had by all! 

Best Poster - Randi Giraud for “Widow Bride” 

Best CallBoard - Mary Giraud for “Widow Bride” 

Best Costumes - Larry Johnson Jr. & Vicki Johnson for “The Importance of Being Earnest” 

Best Sound Design - Jack Faust for “The Producers” 

Best Lighting Design - Carlos Nine for “The Importance of Being Earnest” 

Best Choreography - Joshua Brewer for “The Producers” 

Best Set Design - Allen Little for “Mornings at Seven” 

Best Musical Direction - Elizabeth Lowery for “The Producers” 

Best Supporting Actor - Larry Johnson Jr. in “The Producers” 

Best Supporting Actress - Katie Lynn Cotaya in “The Producers” 

Best Leading Actor - Ronald Brister in “The Producers” 

Best Leading Actress - Melanie St. Cyr in “Thoroughly Modern Millie” 

Best Director - Julie Faust for “The Producers” 

Best Show - Julie Faust (Director), Elizabeth Bonnell & Babette Griffin (Producers) for “The Producers” 

Lonnie Hass Young Actors Theatre Scholarship - Keely Macloud, Maggie Moroney, Jonathan Urbina 

Outstanding Service Award - Pam Lisotta, Nikki Lively, Joel Sweetland 

Ham of the Year - James Pagones, Allee Peck 

Fred Martinez presenting an Outstanding 

Service Award to Nikki Lively.. 

Ronald Brister accepts his award for Best Leading Actor 

in “The Producers” 

Photos by Don Redman 

Melanie St. Cyr, Best Leading Actress 

winner, “Thoroughly Modern Millie”


Theatre for Young Audiences 

“How I Became A Pirate” closed the wildly 

successful inaugural season for our new 

program - Theatre for Young Audiences. 

Based upon the book of the same name 

(written by Melinda Long and illustrated 

by David Shannon), “Pirate” tells the 

story of Jeremy Jacob, a young boy who 

dreams of some day becoming a pirate. 

While digging in the sand at North 

Beach, he is greeted by a lost pirate crew 

looking for a place to bury their treasure. 

Jeremy is recruited to join the crew and 

that’s when the fun really begins! A 

heart warming story of adventure and 

finding one’s own heart - a path that 

can’t be found on any treasure map!! 

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Directed by Renee Saussaye with assistant direction by Shea Clements, musical direction by 

Melanie St. Cyr, and choreography by Joshua Brewer, the lively and colorful cast of characters 

included Ivan Biernacki, Matthew Brown, Joshua Brewer, Ken Hazelbaker, Larry Johnson Jr., 

Pam Lisotta, Emily Major, Josh St. Cyr, and David Stubbs. 

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“A Year With Frog & Toad” Opens 2nd 

Theatre for Young Audiences Season 

September 15-24, 2012 

Arnold Lobel's well-loved characters hop from the page to the 

stage in “A Year with Frog & Toad”. Come along as we follow two 

great friends, the cheerful and popular Frog and the rather grumpy 

Toad through four fun-filled seasons. Waking from hibernation in 

the spring, they proceed to plant gardens, swim, rake leaves and go 

sledding, learning life lessons along the way, including a most important 

one about friendship and rejoicing in the attributes that 

make each of us different and special. Presented through special 

arrangement with MTI. Tickets will be on sale (only $10 - general 

admission) at ALL performances of “Willy Wonka”!


YATS 2012 - Review 

2012 YATS Coordinators Roberta Hazelbaker and Rose Kennedy have once again put together a spectacular Summer 

program for the youth in our area. From the multiple Mini-YATS productions to the Senior production, a great time was had 

by all! Kudos to their dedicated YATS Committee Members…..Couldn’t have done it without them! Babette Griffin - Registration/Treasurer, 

Pam Lisotta - Music, Kit McLellan - Playreading, John Marshall - Hospitality, Robbie Weaver - Volunteers, 

Julie Indest - Tech Training, Allen Little - SLT Vice-President of Productions. 

Junior Show #1 - “Aesop’s Musical Foibles” 

Director - Abbie Woolridge 

Assistant Director/Choreographer - Tara Brewer 

Production Staff & Crew - Jonathan Urbina, Jonathan 

Carruth, Fred Martinez, Eric Robinson, Ken Hazelbaker, 

Jodi Rotolo, Abbie Woolridge, Joanna Messina 

Set Construction/Decoration Team - Ken Hazelbaker, 

Larry Johnson Sr., Albert Kennedy, Mitch Stubbs, Valerie 

Peck, Vicki Johnson, Belinda Walgamotte, Allee Peck 

Cast of Characters - Mitchell Burks, Hannah Joseph, 

Georgia Peck, Maria Blain, Cameron Hebert, Cameron 

Nelson, Sydney Posecai, Jaidyn Herrera, Jolie Grimes, Mia 

Fogarty, Claire Pagano, Kate Rotolo, Jamie Skiles, Chris 

Barron, Adam Lisotta, Mya Walgamotte, Madelyn Dick, Morgan Stinson, Andrew Bourgeois, Kaylin Mendoza, 

Chloe Noblett, Abigail White 

Junior Show #2 - “Twinderella” 

Director - Nicole Lively 

Assistant Director/Choreographer - Katie Peck 

Production Staff & Crew - Kaitlin Griffin, Olivia Leger, 

Anna Rudesill, Jonathan Carruth, Beth Bonnell, Ashley 

Krieger, Lauren Bonnell, Fred Martinez, Claudia Leger, 

Ken Hazelbaker, Jody Rotolo, Connie Foster, Joanna 

Messina, Babette Griffin, Tanya Martin 

Set Construction Team - Ken Hazelbaker, Larry Johnson 

Sr., Albert Kennedy, Mitch Stubbs 

Cast of Characters - Avery Landeche, Alex Allen, Grace 

Martin, Justin Foster, Bailey Morris, Delaney Dick, Kelsey 

Griffin, Hagan Harkins, Mackenzie Saladino, Noel Schonhoff, 

Raegan Cantrell, Zachary Neagle, Olivia Redman, Jessica Smith, Sarah Surla, Jenna Morgan, Mattie 

Smith, Kaitlyn Redondo, Audrey LeBlanc, Danielle Conners, Carolina Nogues, Victoria Capace, Mallory Rowe, 

Kasey Rudesill, Summer Armond, Bell Culotta, Jessica Rabalais, Madison Ybos, Ali Hammell, Jasmine Holmes, 

Jessica Breaux 



Young Seniors - “Seussical Jr.” 

Director - Larry Johnson Jr. 

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YATS 2012 Review 

Assistant Director/Music Director - Pam Lisotta 

Production Staff & Crew - Ashley Krieger, Marissa Saladino, 

Maddie Thomassie, Jonathan Carruth, Allen Little, Jamie 

Schmidt, Andrew Lisotta, Fred Martinez, Larry Johnson, 

Connie Thompson, Joanna Messina, Brandee Krieger 

Set Construction Team - Ken Hazelbaker, Jodi Rotolo, 

Larry Johnson Jr., Larry Johnson Sr., Albert Kennedy, Mitch 

Stubbs 

Cast of Characters - Michael Stokes, Ben Scheuermann, 

Elizabeth Hubert, Maddie Plunkett, Kaitlyn Smith, Jake 

Weaver, Ryan Rotolo, Ruby Cramer, Zachary Lyon, Maci Walgamotte, Alexandra Joseph, Skyla Broussard, 

Summer Beasley, Kylie Ritter, Alex Barron, Anna Jones, Alexis Pagano, Sophia Johnson, Alex Myers, Jamie 

Morris, Earlie Marvel, Dorian Foster, Olivia Leger, Adrianna Bourgeois, Kaitlyn Ecuyer, Allison Comeaux, 

Jessica Johnson, Kristin Thomas 

Seniors - “Anything Goes” 

Director - Allee Peck 

Assistant Director/Choreographer - Joshua Brewer 

Production Staff & Crew - John Giraud, Mitch Stubbs, 

Zanita Fleming, Ivy Moorman, Jonathan Carruth, Jack 

Stubbs, Beth Bonnell, Christian Devereaux, Fred Martinez, 

Eric Robinson, Ken Hazelbaker, Jodi Rotolo, Brandee 

Krieger, Joanna Messina, Brandee Krieger, Lauren 

Bonnell, Kyle Bramley, Celia Guillory, Stephenm Hansel, 

Cade Jarrell, Miles Patrick 

Set Construction Team - Ken Hazelbaker, Larry Johnson 

Sr., Albert Kennedy, Mitch Stubbs. 

Cast of Characters - Maddie Thomassie, Brett Houser, 

Michael Pagones, Anna Rudesill, Marisa Saladino, Jody Goedtel, Jamie Schmidt, Jonathan Urbina, Michelle 

Guillot, Kaitlin Griffin, Alexandra Abney, Ashley Krieger, Ashley Selzer, Lauren Short, Valerie Aucoin, Laura 

Pazos, Sarah Pazos, Emilyu Ruppel, Mitchell Rogers, Christopher Fasone, G.H. Grayling, Jonathan Carruth, 

Jonathan Ruppel, Matthew Neagle, Patrick Chamberlain, Grant Grayling, Alyssa D. Smith, Tabitha Parker, 

Megan Ybos, Sarah McCurley, Rachel Kaufmann, Claudia Leger, Emily Major, Emma Landeche 


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Slidell Little Theatre is supported in part by funds from the Louisiana State Arts Council and the Louisiana Division of the Arts 

as administered by the St. Tammany Arts Commission, St. Tammany Parish. 

Rocky Horror Picture Show 

Auditions - Dates TBA 

Showing on October 26-27, 2012 

“A Year With Frog & Toad“ 

(Theatre for Young Audiences) 

September 15-24, 2012 

Auditions for “Pippin” (Musical) 

August 19 @ 2:00pm 

August 20 @ 7:00pm 

“Willy Wonka” (Musical) 

August 17-September 9, 2012 

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Important Dates! 

P.O. BOX 969 - SLIDELL, LA. 70459 

SLIDELL LITTLE THEATRE

2012-4 August - Slidell Little Theatre

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