Little Shop of Horrors Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman Music by Alan Menken
Director’s Note
Welcome to HPA’s Gates Performing Arts Center and our 2025 fall musical, Little Shop of Horrors!
Mahalo nui for joining us to celebrate this wacky, creepy, and surprisingly heartfelt story. At first glance, Little Shop of Horrors seems like pure campy fun. Underneath the humor and the horror, though, lies a story that is deeply human and timely. For my first season here at HPA as a director, my goal was simple: to have fun while challenging our students with rich text, dynamic music and dance, and complex technical elements. This show has offered all that and more, reminding us how art can make us laugh while also asking big questions about ambition, greed, and the cost of desire.
As part of our production, we also want to acknowledge that Little Shop of Horrors includes themes of domestic violence. Please take care of yourselves and those around you while engaging with the story. We are proud to support Mālama Pono Kohala –Relationships Without Violence, with proceeds from our ticket sales and concessions going directly to their work supporting survivors and raising awareness.
This show has been a true collaboration, and I have many people to thank. To our student leaders Neha, Toby, Leon, Will, and Umi, thank you for your leadership and for welcoming me so warmly into the HPA theatre family. To Mario, thank you for being an incredible music director and friend. To Waimea Music, for sharing your expertise and mentoring our tech crew. To Kelly, for your joyful choreography. To Lin at ProArts Playhouse Maui, for your generosity with puppets and props. To Ari, for being there for all our production needs, and to JR and Patrick, for your creative poster design and advertising work. To our housekeeping, security, and maintenance teams, whose quiet efforts make everything possible. To our parent volunteers, especially The Singh Family, for your endless support during this process.
To my husband, thank you for your patience, love, and belief in this work. To my parents, thank you for always cheering me on.
And to my very first HPA cast and crew: you will always hold a special place in my heart. I will never forget you.
With Gratitude, Taylor Morgan
Content Advisory - PG-13
This production contains comic horror violence, profane language, self-harm, violence, domestic violence, death, references to drugs/overdoses, sexual content/innuendos, and adult situations.
Seymour Krelborn ..........................................................................................
Kennedy Ervin
Audrey Mahiehie Crowe
Mr. Mushnik ...................................................................................................... Henry Grayson
Audrey II Neha Singh*
Orin Scrivello ......................................................................................................... Eli O’Meara
Street Urchins
Ella Wichmann, Lexi Collins, Ada Olbrych, Grace Dalton, Mikayla Abran, Ana Hahn-Woernle
Featured Ensemble .......................... Alyna Dugay, Lucas Cservenak, Willow Miller
Puppeteers Toby Macy*, Royce Mitchell, Lucy Smith
ORCHESTRA
Conductor Mario Flores, HPA Faculty
Keyboard 1 Dale Ross
Keyboard 2/Synth ...................................................................................... Adrienne Cherry
Guitar .................................................. Mallory DiBartolo, HPA Faculty/Parent ‘30, ‘35
Bass Greg McKenna, HPA Faculty/Parent ‘33, ‘36
Percussion Jeffrey Kay
Creative team
Director Taylor Morgan
Music Director Mario Flores
Choreographer Kelly Wadlegger
Technical Director Paul Buckley
Lighting Designer Kristin Lake
Lead Carpenter Brian Pate
GPAC Manager Ari Bernstein
Stage Management Leon Kikukawa, Umi Radcliffe-Suzuki, Will Spendolini
Backstage Technicians Ashbee Leslie, Kayla Camara*, Anela Ormsby*, Tegan Concannon, Melelani Leis, Cassandra Simmons, Eli Green, Toby Macy*, Royse Mitchell, Sera Sadahir, Rino Shikano, Lucy Smith
*Indicates Class of 2025
Puppets borrowed from ProArts Playhouse on Maui. Designed by Stephie Garrett, Francis Kane, Ally Shore, and Morgan Wittmer, with thanks to Baldwin High School.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Act One
Scene 1: Prologue (Little Shop of Horrors) ............................................ The Company
Scene 2: Skid Row (Downtown) The Company
Scene 3: Da-Doo ..............................................................................................Street Urchins
Scene 4: Grow for Me ............................................................................................... Seymour
Scene 5: You Never Know ..................................... Mushnik, Street Urchins, Seymour
Scene 6: Somewhere That’s Green Audrey
Scene 7: Closed for Renovations ................................... Seymour, Audrey & Mushnik
Scene 8: Dentist ..................................................................................... Orin, Street Urchins
Scene 9: Mushnik and Son ................................................................ Mushnik & Seymour
Scene 10: Feed Me (Git It) ................................... Seymour, Audrey II, Street Urchins
Scene 11: Now (It’s Just The Gas) Seymour & Orin
15 Minute Intermission
Act Two
Scene 1: Call Back In The Morning ................................................... Seymour & Audrey
Scene 2: Suddenly, Seymour ....................................................................... The Company
Scene 3: Suppertime.................................................................. Audrey II, Street Urchins
Scene 4: The Meek Shall Inherit ................................................................. The Company
Scene 5: Sominex / Suppertime (Reprise) ................................... Audrey & Audrey II
Scene 6: “Finale (Don’t Feed The Plants)” ..................... ...................... The Company
