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Alder presents ‘Into the Woods’ March 14-17
By Kristy Zurbrick
Madison Editor
Nicholas Mayes, director of Jonathan Alder High School’s spring
musical, threw down the gauntlet for his student-actors with this
year’s show selection, “Into the Woods.”
The show weaves together the storylines of several familiar fairytales,
from “Cinderella” and “Little Red Riding Hood” to “Rapunzel”
and “Jack and the Beanstalk.” It includes terrific music, and it
comes with a dark twist.
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Cast members of Jonathan Alder High School’s production of “Into the Woods” rehearse a scene: (from left)
Sarah Malone, Carsyn Pauly, Sarah Chin, Jason Dietry, Nate Eudaily, Samantha Pauly, Emily Wheelbarger, Alex
Rodriguez, and Sophia Lowe.
“The show is funny. It’s thought-provoking. There’s fairytales.
not a single character that goes on stage that’s just good “The show’s take on Cinderella is different than what
or just bad. Everyone is kind of gray,” Mayes said. people are probably used to. She’s not really going to the
The complicated characters and the music’s degree ball to meet her prince; she’s just going to have a good
of difficulty are what make the show a challenge for any time. And she’s a lot funnier than any other version of
cast that takes it on.
Cinderella,” Mayes said.
“I thought what the kids needed was to do a show The Cinderella part comes with the most difficult
that has some real muscle to it, both musically and acting-wise,”
Mayes said. “I wanted the kids to dive deeper is handling it like a pro.
music in the show, he said, and senior Fiona Petticrew
than just the stereotypical characters they are used to.” Another character who is funnier in “Into the Woods”
Senior Alex Rodriguez and junior Emily Wheelbarger than in other applications is Jack from Jack and the
play the baker and the baker’s wife, respectively, Beanstalk.
around whom the storyline revolves. The couple is trying
to have a baby but a witch, played by junior Sophie very bright at all. Joel Mitchell (a junior) is having a
“This Jack is older and kind of a man-child. He’s not
Lowe, has placed a curse on them.
great time finding every little bit of funny in the role.
“Alex and Emily are doing a really good job bringing He also has probably the most famous song in the show,
these characters to life, giving some detail to characters ‘Giants in the Sky.’”
that aren’t well known by the audience,” Mayes said, The cast numbers 33 in total. With added chorus
adding that Sophie is handling the witch role well, portraying
someone who is kind of evil but kind of relatable choreography, Jonathan Alder’s presentation of “Into
members and the inclusion of lots of different types of
at the same time.
the Woods’ promises to be an immersive experience,
“The witch sings some of the most beautiful songs in said Mayes, who serves as the main director. Daniel Rodriguez-Hijo
is the assistant director. Tonya Kraner is
the show (‘Children Will Listen’ and ‘Last Midnight’),
but she’s also wicked. Musically, Sophie is really on another
level.”
viding the musical accompaniment.
the choreographer. A full professional orchestra is pro-
To break the witch’s curse, the baker and baker’s Show times are 7 p.m. March 14-16 and 2 p.m. March
wife must gather up Jack’s cow, Rapunzel’s hair, Red 17. Admission is $14 for adults, $12 for senior citizens
Riding Hood’s cloak, and Cinderella’s shoe, creating lots (65 and older), and $11 for students. Tickets can be purchased
in advance at jamb-arts.org or at the door.
of interaction among characters across the different
All-league honors for basketball
The Central Buckeye Conference recently released
its list of all-league honorees for boys’ and girls’ basketball.
Jonathan Alder and London are members of the
league’s Kenton Trail division. The local honorees are:
Boys
• First-team—senior Peyton Heiss of Jonathan Alder
and senior Zach Jones of London;
• Second-team—junior Ryan Mark of Jonathan Alder
and junior June Turner of London;
• Special mention—junior Noah Hess of Jonathan
Alder and Colin Nickell of London;
• Co-player of the year—Zach Jones of London;
• Sportsmanship—junior Blake Adkins of Jonathan
Alder and junior Cuyler Greenhill of London.
Girls
• First-team—senior Evan Platfoot of Jonathan Alder;
• Second-team—senior Avery Murdock and junior
Natalie Walker of Jonathan Alder and freshman Addison
Lambert of London;
• Special mention—sophomore Addison Sims of London
and senior Jaxsyn Murdock of Jonathan Alder;
• Co-player of the year—Evan Platfoot of Jonathan
Alder;
• Sportsmanship—senior Josie Cover of London and
senior Avery Murdock of Jonathan Alder.