Photo by Michelle Haupert
Presented for the first time in the United States, a smashing new musical comedy from Maureen Chadwick (creator and writer of hit TV dramas Waterloo Road, Footballers’ Wives and Bad Girls), with music and lyrics by Kath Gotts (Bad Girls The Musical and The Realness).
It’s 1963 and Dame Dorothea Dosserdale School for Girls has a proud tradition of fostering free spirits from all walks of life. So it’s a crushing blow when the new Headmistress turns out to be a reactionary tyrant with strict Victorian values – and top of her hit list are the two Sixth-Formers accused of "Unnatural Behavior" in the Art Room... But hope is revived by a glamorous Games Mistress known as ‘Miss Givings’ and it’s hockey sticks to the fore in an all-out battle to save the school and the course of true love.
A jolly fun night out, Crush celebrates and subverts the traditional schoolgirl fiction genre, with lashings of charm, team spirit and toe-tapping tunes.
DIRECTION
David Hopkins
TECHNICAL DIRECTION
Sim Jones
MUSICAL DIRECTION
Choreography by Olivia Owens
CAST
(In Order of Appearance)
MISS AUSTIN - Ali Wiley
THE UPPER SIXTH
CAMILLA FARADAY - Sammy Azua
SUSAN SMART - Sarah Lewis
DAIMLER JONES - Parker Mitchell
BRENDA SMEARS - Lisa O'Brien
JUDITH - Olivia Owens
LAVINIA - Grace Haupert
ANNABEL - Madeline Parker
ROSIE - Emma Stratman
LISA - Peyton Werner
EVA - Sally Blumberg
LILY - Ella O'Brien
POPPY - Ryleigh Kohm
PHOEBE - Elizah Dunbar
MISS BLEACHER - Regan Williams
DIANA DOSSERDALE - Autumn Bristow
(Doubles as MISS GIVINGS, BUZZ BRAKELAST & DAME DOROTHEA DOSSERDALE)
DORIAN DOSSERDALE - Felipe Cristancho
(Doubles as BENNY)
DESIREE JONES - Bailey Byrdsong
TECH CREW
STAGE MANAGER - Liz Wilder
LIGHTING - Maddie Painter
SOUND - Liz Wilder & Vance Visger
SPOTLIGHT - Casper Jones & Jackson Meador
STAGE CREW - Kate Hartigan & Sofia Roscoe
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
(In Order of Appearance)
MISS AUSTIN - The deputy Headmistress.
THE UPPER SIXTH
CAMILLA FARADAY - The heart-breaker
SUSAN SMART - The romantic
DAIMLER JONES - The trusty and true
BRENDA SMEARS - The school sneak
JUDITH - The head girl
LAVINIA - The debutante
ANNABEL - The american beatnik
BENNY - The odd-job boy
MISS BLEACHER - The Headmistress
MISS GIVINGS - The temporary game mistress
DIANA DOSSERDALE - Niece of Dame Dorothea
DORIAN DOSSERDALE - Nephew of Dame Dorothea
BUZZ BRAKELAST - The guardian angel
DESIREE JONES - The nightclub chanteuse
DAME DOROTHEA DOSSERDALE - The school's founder
*Presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books
**Amateur Production