The Fantasticks
The Fantasticks is our return to musicals after our successful run of Spamalot in 2021. The Fantasticks is a funny and romantic musical about a boy, a girl, and their two fathers who try to keep them apart. The narrator, El Gallo, asks the audience to use their imagination and follow him into a world of moonlight and magic. The boy and the girl fall in love, grow apart and finally find their way back to each other after realizing the truth in El Gallo's words that, "without a hurt, the heart is hollow.” The Fantasticks is the longest-running musical in the world and with good reason: at the heart of its breathtaking poetry and subtle theatrical sophistication is a purity and simplicity that transcends cultural barriers. The result is a timeless fable of love that manages to be nostalgic and universal at the same time. Directed by Kerry O’Donovan. Kerry has performed on our stage many times and has been musical director for several of our Christmas Pantomimes.
The Fantasticks is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
April 12 - 30, 2023
$25 Previews April 12, 13 | 8PM
Thu-Sat Evenings | 8PM
Sunday Matinees | 2:30 pm
Adults | $35 adults,
Senior (+60) & Youth (-18) | $30
Producer - Dianna Harvey
Director - Kerry O’Donovan
A White Rock Players' Club production - a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to Community Theatre.
KADEN CHAD
The Narrator (El Gallo)
SCOTIA BROWNER
The Girl (Luisa)
OLIVER GOLD
The Boy (Matt)
Cast
CHERYL MULLEN
The Boy's Father
(Hucklebee)
REGINALD PILLAY
The Girl's Father
(Bellomy)
PETER STAINTON
The Old Actor
(Henry Albertson)
KERRY O'DONOVAN
Pianist
ROSANNA CHIU
Harpist
Musicians
EMMA ROSE GOLD
The One Who Dies (Mortimer)
ADRIAN SHAFFER
The Mute
Creative Team
KERRY O'DONOVAN
Director/ Music Director
ANN MATTERSON
Choreographer
SCOTIA BROWNER
Assistant Choreographer/
Dance Captain
LINDA O'DONOVAN
Costumes
GOWER ROBERTS
Lighting
Producer
DIANNA HARVEY
DIANNA HARVEY
Producer
Producer
DIANNA HARVEY
FRED PARTRIDGE
Artistic Director
Stage Manager
ALAINA BOURREL
ALAINA BOURREL
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
KATIE CAMPBELL
KATIE CAMPBELL
Assistant Stage Manager
Producer
DIANNA HARVEY
NAOMI MITCHELL
Props
Producer
DIANNA HARVEY
ROBIN MAGGS
Set Construction
Stage Manager
ALAINA BOURREL
DAVID ROBERTS
Set Consultant and
Metal Fabrications
Assistant Stage Manager
KATIE CAMPBELL
CAYLEIGH MACAULAY
Lighting Operator
SPECIAL THANKS
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Fraser Valley Musical Theatre
Richard Smith
Daryl Harvey
Emma Harvey
Izzy Harvey
Laura McKenzie
Sheila Forrester