Program Book: "12 Incompetent Jurors"

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The Springfield Arts Council presents the

YOUTH ARTS AMBASSADORS virtual production of

by

Ian McWethy Produced by Special Arrangement with

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For information about participating in the Springfield Arts Council’s Youth Arts Ambassadors program, contact Krissy Brown, Arts Education Director 937-324-2712 ext 3 krissy@SpringfieldArtsCouncil.org 3

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Juror 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Angell Brad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keith Board Juror 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colin Carn Juror 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Halla Emmons Shelly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paige Fritz Juror 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V Hagenbuch Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ava Hess Guard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peri Hiller Freund Juror 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Hunt Juror 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Hunt Juror 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eleni Linardos Judge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madelyn McCutcheon Juror 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evie Oehlers Juror 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alison Phillips Donald Pleats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shaun Phipps Juror 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maelynn Rose Juror 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annika Ruggles

PRODUCTION TEAM

Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Krissy Brown Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iksha Phipps Marketing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Deever and Adelaide Powell Digital Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy Berry Graphics and Program Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Rowe

SPECIAL THANKS

Springfield Arts Council Board of Directors

EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS

Parents and Families of our “12 Incompetent Jurors” Cast and Crew Please thank our sponsors for helping to support the Springfield Arts Council’s YOUTH ARTS AMBASSADORS

Marsh & McLennan Agency

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Park National Bank

From the Director...

Thinking about how far the Youth Arts Ambassadors have come over the last 6 years makes me very proud. This program has grown immensely, and become a second family to young people all over Clark County, and the surrounding area. This “family” is made up of our YAA members, directors, and the parents and siblings of those people.

Together, we all work hard to not only create beautiful theater, but build a network of individuals, from different backgrounds, to support and care for each other.

I’m ecstatic to be able to continue to present quality performing arts programs right now. YAA has been doing virtual programming since March; and while it has been challenging, the connection to each other has been vital for all of us. Our focus has been on supporting one another, and tapping into our creativity to find new ways to connect with each other. I am so proud of this group for continuing to have faith in each other and being willing to leap into unknown territory to keep creating theater together.

The Youth Arts Ambassadors have a reputation for producing great theater, and 12 Incompetent Jurors is no exception. This show is witty, ridiculous, fun, and surprising. This cast of 17 students have been working hard to come up with entertaining characters for you to enjoy.

While we are sad we can’t all be in a theater together, we’re excited for you to experience this production with us from your home!

So, sit back and relax on your couch, bed, kitchen chair, or wherever you may be, and enjoy this hilarious virtual production of 12 Incompetent Jurors. Thank you for supporting the Springfield Arts Council Youth Arts Ambassadors!

Krissy Brown Arts Education Director, Springfield Arts Council

For information about participating in Springfield Arts Council’s Youth Arts Ambassadors program, contact Krissy Brown at krissy@SpringfieldArtsCouncil.org 5

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CAST AND CREW Sarah Angell (Juror Three)

Sarah is a sophomore at Northwestern Jr/Sr High School. She was most recently thrilled to be a part of YAA’s original musical, Sticky Note. However, she loves princess roles as well and enjoyed playing Belle in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Aside from plays and musicals, Sarah sings at her church regularly and is a participant in her school Show Choir. Throughout her performing arts experience, Sarah is thankful for her amazing mom who always urges her to be the best she can be. Additionally, her family and close friends play an immense role in her love for the arts, for which she is extremely grateful.

Keith Board (Juror Nine)

Keith is a student in 8th grade. He has acted in several shows such as Secret Garden, Music Man,The Bullying Collection and Aladdin. He got into the field of acting after some encouragement from his family and peers. Some things he likes to do when he’s not on the stage are stand up and singing. He has worked very hard to get where he is today and wants to get bigger and more involved in the community. Keith hopes that someday he can become an aspiring actor on Broadway.

Colin Carn (Juror Nine)

Colin is no stranger to the acting world. He has been performing since he was four years old. His experience ranges from theater camps, dance studios, short film, and various musical theater productions. Last year, he had the opportunity to dance in BalletMet’s production of the “Nutcracker” and “Alice”. His favorite role, overall, though would have to be playing Young Simba in the YAA’s production of Lion King Jr.

Halla Emmons (Juror Four)

Halla is 15 years old and a freshman at Springfield High School. This is her 3rd year in YAA and some of the shows she was in are; The Bullying Collection, The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet, and The Lion King Jr. In her free time, she likes to sing, read, write, skateboard, and play her ukulele. She’s excited for everyone to see this great show!

William Deever (Production Team - Marketing)

William has been a part of the Youth Arts Ambassadors since 2015. This is his second time on a production team, the first being an assistant choreographer for Lion King. He would like to congratulate the cast on an amazing show!

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CAST AND CREW Paige Fritz (Shelly)

Paige goes to Lagonda Elementary School and has been in The Secret Garden and Beauty and the Beast Jr. This is her first show with the Youth Arts Ambassadors! In her free time, Paige likes to read, talk to family, bake, and sing. Her dream role is Belle in Beauty and the Beast or Elphaba in Wicked. When Paige gets older she wants to sing and do plays or be a writer.

Paige says that her parents are her heroes. “Special thanks to my family and teachers and friends!”

V Hagenbuch (Juror 10)

V is in 8th grade at Northridge Middle School. She has performed in many shows with YAA, most recently as Luna in the virtual production of Sticky Note, Benvolio in the Seussification of Romeo and Juliet and Pabbie in Frozen Jr. V has also performed with the Springfield Junior Civic Theatre, Madison County Arts Council and recently had the opportunity to perform in the ensemble of an episode of A Killer Party Musical, representing iTheatrics.

V would like to thank the cast and production team for all their hard work for bringing 12 Incompetent Jurors to life.

Ava Hess (Foreman)

Ava is a member of YAA and has played roles such as “Olaf” in Frozen Jr., “Scarecrow” in The Wizard of Oz, “Eulalie” in Music Man Jr., and “Jester” in Once Upon a Mattress. In her free time she plays Dungeons and Dragons, collects Furbies, and spends time playing with her birds. Oh and frogs. She likes frogs. :)

Peri Hiller Freund (Guard)

Peri is a girl of 13 years old (14 in February on the 16th), living in Springfield, Ohio. Peri was born in Traverse City, Michigan among her two older brothers, Dillon and Reese. She moved to Ohio in 2015, starting in the third grade.

When she moved to Ohio, she started up activities like soccer, volleyball, softball, and skating. But unfortunately, she wasn’t too good at them and was so worried about letting her teammates down, that she quit, but she focused on more of her musical talents. She got more into piano and took up clarinet in her 5th grade band class. She learned songs such as Hedwigs Theme from Harry Potter and I See the Light from Tangled. And when she was in seventh grade (at Roosevelt Middle School) she got to play in the highschool pep band at highschool basketball games. Being a fan of music, she got really into How to Train Your Dragon and The Greatest Showman and enjoyed their awesome music. She had always been really into Percy Jackson, and now that she’s older and more mature she can enjoy them even more. With maturity Peri had come to think more about her plan for the future. She had always wanted to be a fashion designer, but she thought owning a nice bakery would be calming. 2020 has kind of had her in a mind jumble and she’s not really sure how it’ll go from here. Stay Groovy! “Special thanks to: My mom.

My dad. All of my friends. And sometimes by brothers.”

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CAST AND CREW Andrew Hunt (Juror Eleven)

Andrew is a YAA member who has done 12 shows. He was also a part of the 2020 YAA JTF group. He loves making people laugh and he likes cake.

Ben Hunt (Juror Six)

Ben is a junior at Springfield High School and this is his ninth show. He has been in shows like Oliver, Lion King Jr, Sister Act, Sticky Note, and was also the Assistant Director for Frozen Jr. He is super excited to be able to do this show and can not wait for you all to watch it!

Eleni Linardos (Juror Six)

Eleni is a Sophomore at Kenton Ridge High School. Her favorite hobbies include performing, writing, and drinking sweet tea. Eleni has been in 22 musicals in total. Her favorite shows are Lion King Jr (Rafiki), Seussical Jr (Gertrude Mcfuzz), Shrek (Ugly Duckling), and Into the Woods Jr (Jack’s Mom). Eleni has also written the script for an original musical, Sticky Note.

Eleni has been a member of YAA for 5 years and is very excited to get to perform, even if it is through a screen.

Madelyn McCutcheon (Judge)

Madelyn, or Maddie, though being a first-time YAA, member is not new to theatre. Maddie was in her school’s, Global Impact STEM Academy, productions of You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, The Wizard of Oz, and Lady Mabelle in Once Upon a Mattress. She uses her creativity through her artwork and writing. One of her dream roles was to be Belle from Beauty and the Beast or any leadership role in a musical. When she gets older she wants to be a graphic designer, illustrator, and maybe an actor. Special thanks to Maurice Riley for recommending Youth Arts Ambassadors to her.

Evie Oehlers (Juror Eight)

Evie is a freshman at Springfield High School. She has been a part of Youth Arts Ambassadors since she was in sixth grade. Some of her recent roles were Juliet (Shakespeare Unplugged), Middle Anna (Frozen, Jr.) and she performed at the Salute to the Arts Benefit Auction. She is so grateful for such a wonderful opportunity in such a crazy time!

Alison Phillips (Juror Seven)

Alison is 14 years old and a sophomore at Northwestern Jr/Sr high school.

Her favorite show she’s been in was The Lion King as Zazu and her dream role is Regina George in Mean Girls. She likes to play golf and watch Netflix in her free time. When Alison grows up she would like to be an OB/GYN. She would like to give special thanks to her Mom for supporting her in everything she does and her director Krissy for being so forgiving when she had to miss rehearsals.

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CAST AND CREW Iksha Phipps (Production Team - Assistant Director)

Iksha is a 14 year old Constitutional Law enthusiast with a passion for theater, writing and social justice. Their previous show experience includes the YAA production of The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet, where they played the character of Prologue, along with serving as the assistant director. Since then, their passion for directing has ignited. Their non-theater hobbies include reading every comic book in existence, playing D&D, practicing archery, and other generally nerdy things. They would like to thank their family and friends for supporting all of their varying interests and listening to their long rants on literally everything.

Shaun Phipps (Donald Pleats)

Shaun is a 10 year old who has had a passion for acting since he was 7. He is very excited to be in 12 Incompetent Jurors! Shaun has acted in a few other productions, like the YAA’s The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet as Paris , X*ACT’s What Happened After Once Upon a Time as baby bear, and X*ACT’s To Kill a Mockingbird as Scout. Shaun also enjoys singing, dancing, writing and poetry along with a passion for science and fashion. He would like to thank his family and friends for supporting him, and enjoy.

Adelaide Powell (Production Team - Marketing)

Adelaide is an 8th grader at Global Impact STEM Academy. This is her 4th year as a YAA member and she has enjoyed participating in their productions.

Maelynn Rose (Juror 2)

Maelynn is a junior at Ohio Virtual Academy. This is her first year in the Youth Arts Ambassadors. Her most recent roles were as the handmaiden in Frozen JR. and the servant of Capitulate in Shakespeare Unplugged. She is so thankful and excited to be in a production even through this quarantine.

Annika Ruggles (Juror 12)

Annika has been a youth arts ambassador for 3 years. Her most recent production was Sticky Note. She is so thankful for the cast and crew of this show and is so happy to be a part of it!

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2020-2021 Board of Directors and Staff EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Greg Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President Josh Compston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President-Elect Lori Fulk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Past-President Bridget Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary Sharon Flatt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer Sarah Hagenbuch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . At-Large Theresa Hartley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . At-Large

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Pam Baldridge Molly Baldwin Gene Barnett Troy Berry Tina Bleything Wendy Chesshir Cindy Griffin

Jason Hanrahan Zach Henz Ryan McCarty Arif Mirza Rick Moon Jeff Powell Tim Sheerin

Teena Siebold Megan Slack Laurie R. Smith Lysa Smith Dawn Stasak Myles Trempe Jo Anna Valentine

STAFF

Tim Rowe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Director Krissy Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arts Education Director Sarah McPherson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Director ————— J. Chris Moore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director Emeritus

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roster updated 09-28-2020

Programs of The Springfield Arts Council made possible in part by state tax dollars allocated by the Ohio Legislature to the Ohio Arts Council (OAC).

The OAC is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally, and economically.

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