NORTHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL’S NORTHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL’S ACADEMY OF MUSIC, THEATRE, AND DANCE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, THEATRE, AND DANCE PPRESENTS RESENTS
SOPHOCLES’ SOPHOCLES’
ANTIGONE ANTIGONE
AGREEKTRAGEDY AGREEKTRAGEDY
APRIL2-5,2025 APRIL2-5,2025
NORTHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL’S ACADEMY OF MUSIC, THEATRE, AND DANCE
PRESENTS
SOPHOCLES’ SOPHOCLES’
ANTIGONE ANTIGONE
AGREEKTRAGEDY AGREEKTRAGEDY
Guidandine Cadet Dalia Canadas-Ortiz andrew garcia
lux mcmenamin king mendez flor palma
alfie saly braelyn serrata nunez elianna shaffin
kameron Sturdivant Sidney Walter Sally Willey
STAGE MANAGER
KALLI RICKARD
DIRECTED BY BRETT HARWOOD WITH
ANY VIDEO AND/OR AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
DIRECTOR’S NOTE DIRECTOR’S NOTE
ELCOME TO THE THEATRE AT NORTHWOOD!
WE ARE ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO PRESENT THE GRAND OPENING OF OUR NEW BLACK BOX THEATRE! THIS UNIQUE SPACE IS SURE TO OFFER AN INTERESTING WAY TO TELL STORIES AND ALLOW YOU TO EXPERIENCE LIVE THEATRE LIKE NEVER BEFORE!
I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY EXTENDING MANY THANKS AND GRATITUTE TO EVERYONE WHO HAVE HELPED US THROUGHOUT THE JOURNEY OF GETTING OUR BLACK BOX THEATRE UP AND RUNNING DESPITE THE MANY CHALLENGES AND SETBACKS, WE COULDN’T BE HAPPIER WITH OUR NEW SPACE. TO THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM, AUDIO AND LIGHTING TECHNICIANS, PARENTS, STAFF, AND STUDENTS - WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU!
IN THE PLANNING STAGES OF OUR SEASON, WE KNEW THERE WOULD BE SOME GROWING PAINS MOVING OUR ENTIRE PROGRAM TO A NEW SCHOOL, WITHOUT A DEDICATED PERFORMANCE SPACE, PROVED TO BE MORE DIFFICULT THAN WE THOUGHT. A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE AMAZING STAFF AT WHEATON HIGH SCHOOL STEPPED UP AND HELPED US STAGE AN INCREDIBLE PRODUCTION OF JONATHAN LARSON’S RENT IN THEIR AUDITORIUM AFTER YEARS OF PRODUCING MORE COMEDIC SHOWS, RENT PROVED THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING MORE DRAMATIC WORKS. WE DECIDED TO LEAN INTO THOSE SKILLS AND DIVE DEEPER INTO THE DRAMATICS - ALL THE WAY BACK TO ANCIENT GREECE! ANTIGONE HAS BEEN THE CHALLENGE WE NEEDED TO STEP UP OUR ACTING SKILS - BOTH EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY OUR STUDENTS LEARNED HOW TO MAKE MASKS, USE PHYSICAL MOVEMENTS/GESTURES TO PORTRAY VARIOUS EMOTIONS, AND BUILD A SET THAT HAS TRANSFORMED OUR THEATRE INTO SOMETHING WORTHY OF GREEK GODS. WE ARE SURE THAT YOU WILL BE TRANSFORMED TO ANCIENT GREECE AND BE EMERSED INTO A STORY THAT YOU MAY FIND PARALELLS MODERN TIMES MORE THAN YOU THINK!
WE WILL WRAP UP THE 2024/25 SEASON WITH STUDENT DIRECTED ONE ACT PLAYS AND A MUSICAL THEATRE SHOWCASE. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT’S PERFORMANCE AND WE HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR AMAZIING PROGRAM WE CANNOT WAIT TO SHOW YOU WHAT’S NEXT!
DIRECTOR OF THEATRE
BE SURE TO FOLLOW OUR INSTAGRAM PAGE FOR MORE INFO AND TO SEE BEHIND THE SCENES! BE SURE TO FOLLOW OUR INSTAGRAM PAGE FOR MORE INFO AND TO SEE BEHIND THE SCENES!
CCHARACTERS HARACTERS
AANTIGONE NTIGONE
DAUGHTER OF OEDIPUS AND JOCASTA
DAUGHTER OF OEDIPUS AND JOCASTA
FLOR PALMA FLOR PALMA
IISMENE SMENE
SISTER OF ANTIGONE SISTER OF ANTIGONE
SIDNEY WALTER SIDNEY WALTER
A CHORUS A CHORUS
OF OLD THEBAN CITIZENS AND THEIR LEADER OF OLD THEBAN CITIZENS AND THEIR LEADER
GUIDANDINE CADET, ANDREW GARCIA, LUX MCMENAMIN,
GUIDANDINE CADET, ANDREW GARCIA, LUX MCMENAMIN,
KING MENDEZ, ALFIE SALY, ELIANNA SHAFFIN, KING MENDEZ, ALFIE SALY, ELIANNA SHAFFIN, KAMERON STURDIVANT, SIDNEY WALTER, SALLY WILLEY KAMERON STURDIVANT, SIDNEY WALTER, SALLY WILLEY
CREON CREON
KING OF THEBES, UNCLE OF ANTIGONE AND ISMENE
KING OF THEBES, UNCLE OF ANTIGONE AND ISMENE
BRAELYN SERRATA NUNEZ
BRAELYN SERRATA NUNEZ
A SENTRY A SENTRY
ALFIE SALY ALFIE SALY
HAEMON HAEMON
SON OF CREON AND EURYDICE
SON OF CREON AND EURYDICE ANDREW GARCIA ANDREW GARCIA
TTIRESIAS IRESIAS
A BLIND PROPHET A BLIND PROPHET KAMERON STURDIVANT KAMERON STURDIVANT
A BOY A BOY
TIRESIAS’ SEER TIRESIAS’ SEER
DALIA CANADAS-ORTIZ DALIA CANADAS-ORTIZ
A MESSENGER A MESSENGER SALLY WILLEY SALLY WILLEY
EEURYDICE URYDICE
WIFE OF CREON WIFE OF CREON
TIME: THE DISTANT
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GUIANDINE CADET (EURIDICYE/CHORUS) GUIANDINE (JJ) IS EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PRODUCTION OF ANTIGONE. SHE WAS LAST SEEN AS MAUREEN IN RENT. JJ IS A JUNIOR AT NORTHWOOD AND AN AMTAD ACADEMY MEMBER. WHEN SHE IS NOT ON STAGE, SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL JJ ENJOYS WATCHING MOVIES/SHOWS, CERAMICS, DRAWING, AND BAKING SHE HOPES TO BE INVOLVED IN MANY MORE PRODUCTIONS IN THE FUTURE JJ THANKS HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING HER
DALIA CANADAS-ORTIZ (SEER) THROUGHOUT HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, DALIA HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTIONS OF RENT, GREASE, AND NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD DALIA, A JUNIOR, IS EXTREMELY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS PRODUCTION OF ANTIGONE AS ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER AND CAST MEMBER SHE HAS ENJOYED BEING A JACK OF ALL TRADES, ENSURING THE SHOW RUNS SMOOTHLY SHE WISHES TO THANK HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR SUPPORTING HER THEATRICAL ENDEAVOURS
ANDREW GARCIA (HAEMON/CHORUS) ANDREW IS A JUNIOR AND IS SO PUMPED FOR THE WORLD TO SEE HIM AS HAEMON IN ANTIGONE! THIS IS HIS SEVENTH PRODUCTION AT NORTHWOOD, HE WAS LAST SEEN AS MARK COHEN IN RENT AND ROGER IN GREASE! ANTIGONE WAS A NEW KIND OF SHOW FOR HIM AND HE HAD A BLAST! ANDREW HOPES TO ONE DAY MAKE A CAREER OUT OF THEATRE AND GIVES THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED HIM ALONG THE WAY! MEASURE IN LOVE!
LUX MCMENAMIN (CHORUS MEMBER) LUX IS DELIGHTED TO BE ONE OF THE CHORUS MEMBERS OF SOPHOCLES’ ANTIGONE THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST NORTHWOOD SHOW ON STAGE THEY WERE OPPORTUNED TO BE ABLE TO DO SOUND PRODUCTION FOR RENT LAST DECEMBER LUX HAS BEEN A RETURNING AUDIENCE MEMBER FOR NORTHWOOD’S PAST PRODUCTIONS AND THEY CAN’T WAIT TO CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY WITH THE NORTHWOOD PLAYERS HE WANTS TO THANK HIS BROTHER FOR SUPPORTING HIM FROM AFAR
KING MENDEZ (CHORUS MEMBER) KING IS EXCITED TO BE IN THIS PRODUCTION HE WAS LAST SEEN IN NORTHWOOD’S MUSICAL THEATRE SHOWCASE AND IN THE CHORUS OF GREASE KING WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR THEIR SUPPORT
FLOR PALMA (ANTIGONE) FLOR IS EXCITED TO BE IN THEIR NINTH PRODUCTION HERE AT NORTHWOOD! THEY ARE A SENIOR AND ECSTATIC TO BE BACK ON STAGE! FLOR HAS BEEN IN PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS SUCH AS RENT AND THE BOLD, THE YOUNG, AND THE MURDERED AND MUCH MORE! FLOR IS THRILLED TO BE A PART OF ANTIGONE AND HOPES TO CONTINUE THEIR LOVE AND PASSION FOR THEATRE! THEY WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED THEM ALONG THE WAY!
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ALFRED SALY (SENTRY/CHORUS) ALFIE IS ECSTATIC TO BE PART OF ANOTHER NORTHWOOD PRODUCTION! LAST SEEN ON STAGE AS SQUEEGEE MAN IN RENT, ANTIGONE HAS BEEN A FUN, UNIQUE, AND CHALLENGING SHOW! ALFIE IS A SOPHOMORE AND A MEMBER OF THE AMTAD ACADEMY IN HIS FREE TIME, ALFIE ENJOYS ANALYZING SHOWS AND LISTENING TO MUSIC HE'S EAGER TO BE INVOLVED IN FUTURE PRODUCTIONS ALFIE THANKS HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR HIM!
BRAELYN SERRATA NUNEZ (CREON) IS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR BEING CAST AS CREON, EVEN THOUGH HE THINKS IT'S VERY DIFFICULT HE WAS LAST SEEN ON STAGE AS BENNY IN RENT, SONNY IN GREASE, AND THE MAIN ZOMBIE IN NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD BRAELYN IS A JUNIOR AND A VERY PROUD MEMBER OF THE AMTAD ACADEMY. WHEN NOT BEING AMAZING ON STAGE, HE ENJOYS PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND ANNOYING HIS BROTHER. BRAELYN HOPES THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THINGS RELATED TO FILM/THEATER WHEN HE IS OLDER. HE THANKS HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND EXTREME PATIENCE!
ELIANNA SHAFFIN (CHORUS LEADER) ELIANNA IS IN NINTH GRADE AT NORTHWOOD AND IS VERY EXCITED TO BE MAKING HER STAGE DEBUT AFTER BEING ON THE LIGHTING CREW DURING RENT HER PREVIOUS CREDITS INCLUDE NEWSIES JR AND WIESEL, MR POTTER’S VALET IN IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, DORA BAILEY IN SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN JR, AND MS DARBUS IN HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL JR ELIANNA WOULD LIKE TO THANK HER PARENTS FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING HER IN HER ACTING AND HER SISTERS FOR ALWAYS HELPING HER
KAMERON STURDIVANT (TIRESIAS/CHORUS) KAMERON IS BEYOND EXCITED TO PERFORM IN THIS PRODUCTION OF ANTIGONE! KAMERON IS A SENIOR AND A STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD FOR THE AMTAD ACADEMY PREVIOUS SHOWS INCLUDE: RENT, THE LITTLE MERMAID, GREASE, AND OTHERS! KAM IS A SOON-TO-BE THEATRE STUDENT AND IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE COLLEGE PROCESS KAM WANTS TO THANK ALL WHO HAVE SUPPORTED HIM IN HIS ENDEAVORS HE HOPES YOU ENJOY!
SIDNEY WALTER (ISMENE/CHORUS) SIDNEY IS SO EXCITED TO BE STARRING AS ISMENE IN NORTHWOOD’S PRODUCTION OF ANTIGONE! SHE IS A SOPHOMORE AND A DEDICATED MEMBER AND ADVOCATE FOR THE AMTAD ACADEMY YOU MAY HAVE LAST SEEN HER ONSTAGE AS JOANNE IN RENT, MARTY IN GREASE, OR JUDY IN NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD! SIDNEY WOULD LIKE TO THANK HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND HER DIRECTOR FOR HIS MENTORSHIP SHE HOPES YOU’LL BE READING HER PROGRAM BIO ON BROADWAY TEN YEARS FROM NOW
SALLY WILLEY (MESSENGER/CHORUS) SALLY IS EXCITED TO BE MAKING HER NORTHWOOD STAGE DEBUT IN ANTIGONE SHE WOULD LIKE TO THANK HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT
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DAPHNE ANDERKO (SET PAINTING) DAPHNE HAS BEEN SO EXCITED TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE CHANCE TO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES FOR ANTIGONE SHE WAS LAST SEEN BACKSTAGE FOR RENT AND GREASE AS WELL AS ON THE STAGE FOR NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD SHE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE OF WHOM SHE WORKED ALONGSIDE TO PAINT THE SET FOR THIS MARVELOUS SHOW
EVAN BUSKIRK (SET PAINTING) EVAN LOVES THEATRE, SO THEY HAD AN ABSOLUTE BLAST AIDING IN PAINTING THE SET FOR ANTIGONE THEY LOVED THE EXPERIENCE, AND HOPE YOU ENJOY THE SHOW!
DALIA CANADAS-ORTIZ (ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER) THROUGHOUT HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, DALIA HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTIONS OF RENT, GREASE, AND NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD DALIA, A JUNIOR, IS EXTREMELY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS PRODUCTION OF ANTIGONE AS ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER SHE HAS ENJOYED BEING A JACK OF ALL TRADES, ENSURING THE SHOW RUNS SMOOTHLY SHE WISHES TO THANK HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR SUPPORTING HER THEATRICAL ENDEAVOURS
SOFIA CHOONG (SOUND) SOFIA IS LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTRIBUTING TO HER FIRST BIG THEATRICAL PRODUCTION AS PART OF THE SOUND CREW SHE HAD PARTICIPATED IN A SIMILAR ROLE ONLY ONCE BEFORE DURING THE WINTER DANCE CONCERT SOFIA IS A JUNIOR AT NORTHWOOD AND IS ENROLLED IN NUMEROUS AP CLASSES. SCHOOL ASIDE, SOFIA ENJOYS WARM WEATHER, BEING WITH FRIENDS, SHOPPING, AND LISTENING TO MUSIC IN THE FUTURE, SHE HOPES TO PURSUE MORE TECH-RELATED ENDEAVORS SOFIA THANKS HER CARING FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT
KAUANY COELHO DO CARMO (COSTUMES) KAUANY IS EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE ON THE COSTUME CREW FOR ANTIGONE SHE IS A JUNIOR AT NORTHWOOD AND A MEMBER OF THE HAM ACADEMY - ARTS PATHWAY KAUANY IS THANKFUL FOR BRAELYN AND FRIENDS FOR THE SUPPORT IN JOINING THE TECH CREW AND THANKFUL FOR HER FAMILY FOR EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE IN HER FREE TIME, WHEN SHE'S NOT BUSY WITH HOMEWORK, KAUANY LIKES TO DO ART, HANGOUT WITH BRAELYN OR PLAY GAMES
ELI D’ISA (SET PAINTING) ELI IS HAPPY TO BE WORKING ON HIS SECOND SHOW AT NORTHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ELI HAS PARTICIPATED IN THEATRE FOR 5 YEARS NOW ELI LOOKS FORWARD TO SEEING THE PRODUCTION ONCE ALL THE PIECES ARE PUT INTO PLACE ELI IS HAPPY TO THANK THEIR FRIENDS FOR ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT
KELVIN GUANDIQUE CASTRO (SET PAINTING) KELVIN IS VERY EXCITED TO BE IN THE PRODUCTION OF ANTIGONE AND THIS IS HIS FIRST TIME HELPING WITH SET PAINTING HE IS EXCITED TO WORK ON THIS SHOW AND MANY MORE IN THE FUTURE ADDITIONALLY, KELVIN IS A FRESHMAN AT NORTHWOOD AND, WHENEVER HE HAS TIME FOR HIMSELF, LIKES TO TALK WITH OTHERS AND GO OUT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS SOMETIMES KELVIN THANKS HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT
JEREMY LOPINTO (SET PAINTING) JEREMY IS GLAD TO BE BACK WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES OF ANTIGONE HIS LAST SHOW WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHEN HE RAN LIGHTS FOR THE ADDAMS FAMILY JEREMY IS A SOPHOMORE AT AND HAS DONE TECH WORK FOR DANCE CONCERTS AND WNHS IN HIS FREE TIME, HE LIKES SEWING, DRAWING, AND PLAYING VIDEO GAMES WHILE HE WANTS TO JOIN HIS DAD IN TECH WORK, JEREMY SILENTLY HOPES THAT ONE DAY HE’LL BE ABLE TO PERFORM TOO
CATHERINE PHAM (LIGHTS) IS DELIGHTED TO BE PART OF THE LIGHTING CREW FOR ANTIGONE AFTER BEING ON THE PROPS CREW FOR RENT IN THEIR FREE TIME, THEY ENJOY READING AND ANALYZING DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF VARIOUS MEDIAS/SUBJECTS.
KALLI RICKARD (STAGE MANAGER) KALLI IS A SENIOR AT NORTHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, THIS WILL BE HER 6TH AND FINAL SHOW KALLI WAS VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE WONDERFUL CAST AND DIRECTOR
GRACE WALTERMAN (SET PAINTING) GRACE IS VERY ECSTATIC TO BE MAKING HER SECOND HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE APPEARANCE AFTER BEING ON STAGE CREW FOR RENT. GRACE IS A SOPHOMORE AND IS A MEMBER OF THE WNHS TEAM WHEN SHE IS NOT WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES, SHE ENJOYS BEING OUTDOORS AND AMONG NATURE SHE ALSO LOVES TO PLAY A WIDE VARIETY OF NINTENDO VIDEO GAMES SHE HOPES TO CONTINUE HER THEATRE AND JOURNALISM CAREER IN HER JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS GRACE WOULD LIKE TO THANK HER FAMILY AND HER FRIENDS FOR THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT
KATHLEEN MUNOZ VENTURA (SCENIC DESIGN) MRS MUNOZ VENTURA RECEIVED HER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AT SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN (SCAD) IN METALS AND JEWELRY AND LATER EARNED HER MASTERS IN ART EDUCATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA SHE MADE HER FIRST PROPS DEBUT MAKING THE DONKEY HEADPIECE FOR BOTTOM IN MIDSUMMER, MAYBE HER FAVORITE PIECE THUS FAR, OR THE HEADPIECES FOR BEAUTY SCHOOL DROPOUT THAT KEPT HER OVERFLOWING WITH TP TUBES! MRS MUNOZ VENTURA LOVES THE CREATIVE CHALLENGES IN CREATING PROPS FOR PRODUCTIONS THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD WAS FUN USING GRAYSCALE TO BRING THE DEAD SET MORE DEPTH WHEN NOT MAKING PROPS OR PAINTING SETS SHE ENJOYS HER TIME WITH FAMILY, READING AND TEACHING EXTRA CLASSES AND ART WORKSHOPS AT THE ART BARN SHE IS VERY EXCITED FOR FUTURE COLLABORATIONS AND WORKING ON THE NEXT PRODUCTIONS
MORENIKE ROSSMAN (TECHNICAL DIRECTOR)
MS ROSSMAN JOINED THE NORTHWOOD PLAYERS LAST YEAR AS THE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR FOR GREASE AND HAS SINCE SUPPORTED VARIOUS PERFORMANCES AT NORTHWOOD SHE SPONSORS WNHS AND ASSISTS WITH TECHNICAL NEEDS AS NORTHWOOD’S MST WHEN NOT AT NORTHWOOD, SHE WRITES STORIES AND CREATES ART MS ROSSMAN THANKS HER AMAZING TECHIES, THOSE BACKSTAGE, IN THE CONTROL BOOTH, AND ON WNHS, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY DO!
SET CONSTRUCTION SET CONSTRUCTION
