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Digital Program

Coming to the Electric City Barn
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March 18 & 19, 2022

​Coming to the Glove Theatre
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March 25 - 27, 2022


Rehearsed following mask mandate and social distancing set forth by NYS Department of Health.

Crew

Director
Co-Producer
​Co-Producer
Stage Manager
​Production Assistant
​Technical Director
Alexia Halsey
Kelly Jaeger
Allyson Kaczmarek
Emily Spateholts
Andrew F. Higgs
​Mark Halsey

Cast

Jerusha Abbott
​Jervis Pendleton
Sarah Dworman
​Aidan Halsey

The Orchestra

Piano
Cello
Guitar
Peter Darling
Allyson Kaczmarek
​Brendan Blendell


Introducing our Cast of Daddy Long Legs!

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SARAH DWORMAN (Jerusha) is thrilled to be performing Jerusha in DADDY LONG LEGS with Aidan Halsey.  This time with a live audience and orchestra.  Her last role with MCPA was Sister Robert Anne in NUNSENSE and before that, Portia in SOMETHING ROTTEN.  DADDY LONG LEGS is her second production with director Alexia Halsey, her first being Gabriella in HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL.   Sarah is in her junior year at Gloversville High School.  Previous credits include RENT (Maureen)  LITTLE MERMAID (Ariel);  FOOTLOOSE (Ariel), SHREK (Fiona), MY SON PINOCCHIO (Violet), and LEGALLY BLONDE (Paulette) at Scitmard;  TRIANGLE (Rose and Isabel) at Ad Astra;  SEUSSICAL (Mayzie), WILLY WONKA (Violet), MARY POPPINS (Jane) at Family Foothill Productions; SOPA’s RENT & LES MISERABLES (ensemble) at Proctors and ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (Storyteller), WINNIE THE POOH (Roo) at The Glove Theatre.  Sarah has also performed in Manhattan Concert Production of SCARLET PIMPERNEL directed by Gabriel Barre, JOSEPH AND THE TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT directed by Michael Arden at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall.  Thanks to all the coaches, mentors, teachers, Mom, Dad, and Lila, who provide unconditional support.  But most of all, thank you MCPA, for being a theatre company where an artist can hone their craft.


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AIDAN JACKSON HALSEY (Jervis) is excited to be a part of this wonderful and challenging show. Thanks to Sarah Dworman for being such a wonderful cast mate! Aidan is a Junior at Columbia High School. Previous credits include: LITTLE WOMEN (Laurie), THE SECRET GARDEN (Dr Neville Craven), Columbia Players; SPONGEBOB THE MUSICAL (Spongebob), SOMETHING ROTTEN (Nigel), MATILDA (Mr. Wormwood/Escapologist/Rudolpho), THE ADDAMS FAMILY (Gomez Addams), PARADE (Young Soldier/Frankie Epps), ANNIE (Warbucks), NEWSIES (Jack Kelly), HAIRSPRAY (Link Larkin), at MCPA; MARY POPPINS (Mr. Banks), GREASE (Doodie), NEWSIES (Pulitzer), WIZARD OF OZ (Lion) at SYFI; MATILDA (Doctor/Ensemble),  ANNIE (Warbucks), URINETOWN (Tiny Tom), HOW TO SUCCEED (Jenkins/Ensemble), BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER (Ralph Herdman), at Playhouse Stage Co; BLOOD BROTHERS (Mickey), WEDDING SINGER (Sammy), INTO THE WOODS (Jack), ADDAMS FAMILY (Pugsley), BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Cogsworth) at Lights Up Productions; BE MORE CHILL (Jeremy) at Fallen Chandelier Productions, 13 THE MUSICAL (Evan) at Broadway Sings. Thanks to Sarah’s mom Allyson for all the help and support with this production. Special thanks to Mom, Dad, Alexia and Adrianna for all the love and support. Thanks to MCPA, Andrew, and Kelly for the opportunity!


Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MASTER CLASS PERFORMING ARTS  TO DISCOVER THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS WITH
DADDY LONG LEGS PRODUCTION RUNNING MARCH 18 TO THE 27
​Master Class Performing Arts pre-professional performers will present Daddy Long Legs, a heartwarming Cinderella story about a witty and winsome young woman and her mysterious benefactor, based on the treasured novel that inspired the classic 1955 film beginning on March 18.
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Based on the classic novel, which inspired the 1955 movie starring Fred Astaire, Daddy Long Legs is a beloved tale in the spirit of Jane Austen, The Brontë Sisters and “Downton Abbey.” Daddy Long Legs features music and lyrics by Tony Award-nominated composer/lyricist, Paul Gordon (Jane Eyre), and Tony-winning librettist/director, John Caird (Les Misérables), and is a “rags-to-riches'' tale of newfound love.
 
Jerusha Abbott (Sarah Dworman) is the “Oldest Orphan in the John Grier Home” until a mysterious benefactor decides to send her to college to be educated as a writer. Required to write him a letter once a month, she is never to know the benefactor’s identity – so she invents one for him: Daddy Long Legs. Although she knows that he will never respond to her letters, she grows more and more fond of this elusive and kindly “old” gentleman. But another relationship soon begins to develop in Jerusha’s life. Jervis Pendleton (Aidan Halsey) is the well-do-do, “youngish” uncle of one of Jerusha’s roommates, who introduces her to a world of literature, travel and adventure. Through her correspondence with Daddy Long Legs and her growing intimacy with Jervis, Jerusha’s letters chronicle her emergence as a delightfully independent “New American Woman.” Yet, there is one startling fact that Jerusha has yet to uncover – a fact that will change her life forever. 

Master Class Performing Arts will present Daddy Long Legs on March 18 at 7pm & March 19 at 7pm at The Electric City Barn (400 Craig Street, Schenectady, NY  12307) and on March 25 at 7pm, March 26 at 7pm, & March 27 at 2pm at the Glove Theatre (42 N Main St, Gloversville, NY 12078).  Tickets are $20.00 for general admission and can be purchased at www.masterclassperformingarts.com.  At the Glove Theatre we are offering a special $40 table seating option - featuring a talkback with the cast and creatives of this charming production.
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