The Velveteen Rabbit
Book. lyrics, and music
by Barnes Boffey and Paul Pilcher
Based on the book by Margery
Williams
Produced by ACT I STAGE!
Presented July 30, 31, August 1, 1999
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School Auditorium, Vinton
Directors: Marcy Horst, Shirale Hanson
Music Director: April Noeller
Technical Director: Gerald Horst
Assistant Director: Kate Westergard
Set Design: Madonna and Matt Merchant
Choreographer: Joan Cooling
This classic children's story came to life on our stage this summer as our youth program began its second season. A little boy's much loved toy rabbit longs to be real. This is the heartwarming story of how he gets his wish, in this enchanting musical version. This production performed in the auditorium of the historic Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School had the distinction of being ACT I's 50th production at the top of our 20th Season.
Performance Photographs
The
Boy receives the Velveteen Rabbit as
a birthday gift from Aunt Sally and Uncle Fred.
Nana reminds the Rabbit who is in charge.
The Rabbit meets the other toys in the toy closet.
The tin soldiers line up in formation.
The Velveteen Rabbit meets the fire truck.
The Skin Horse reassures the Rabbit.
Nana finds the Boy in a mess of toys.
Nana gives the Boy his Rabbit for the night.
The boy hugs the rabbit.
The Boy takes the Rabbit on a picnic.
The
Rabbit is delighted when the boy
tells Nana she is real.
The
Velveteen Rabbit meets the very hip
Huggsy, Buggsy, and Muggsy while in the woods.
The Rabbit meets a group of real bunnies.
Desperately
ill with scarlet fever, the Boy
gets daily comfort from the Velveteen Rabbit.
After
the Boy recovers, the doctor orders the
playthings to be burned because of the scarlet
fever germs, but a fairy appears to the Rabbit,
and changes her into a real bunny.
Finally
a real bunny, the Velveteen Rabbit
joins the other bunnies for a new life in the woods.
For the Party in the Park parade June 26 in Vinton, members of the cast of The Velveteen Rabbit walked along side a golf cart decorated to advertise the production, distributing fliers for the show as they went. Pictured here with the golf cart are Clare Horst, who plays the Velveteen Rabbit, and Kordereau Sellers, who played the Boy.
Rehearsal
Photographs
Toy
soldiers march through the nursery
in an early scene from the play.
The toys talk among themselves.
The toys in
the toy closet mock the
Velveteen Rabbit, who can do nothing.
The other toys brag about what then can do.
Cathi
Calderwood as Nana and Kordereau
Sellers as the Boy face off over a mess of toys.
After the
boy leaves a mess in the nursery,
Nana locks the toys in the toy closet.
The tin soldiers point out the rabbit's shortcomings.
When the boy
wants another toy that is missing,
Nana hands him the Velveteen Rabbit.
The rabbit
soon becomes his favorite toy.
The rabbit goes everywhere with him.
Kordereau
Sellers as the boys sings one
of the musical highlights from the show.
Nana has to look for the rabbit at night in the garden.
Kaitlin
Karrick as the narrator appears
at various times during the show.
A group of
real rabbits find the Velveteen Rabbit
during one of the show's many dance numbers.
The boy is
confined to bed by the doctor
when he contracts scarlet fever. While he
is ill, the rabbit is his constant companion.
When the boy
is well the doctor orders the
rabbit and the boy's picture books to be burned
because of the scarlet fever germs.
Because the
boy loved the rabbit so much,
a fairy transforms her into a real rabbit.
Now a real
rabbit, she joins the
other rabbits in the forest.
Curtain Call
Music
Director April Noeller, and
co-directors Shirale Hanson and Marcy
Horst give notes after a rehearsal.
The Cast ~
The Velveteen
Rabbit
Clare
Horst
The
Boy
Kordereau Sellers
Nana
Cathi Caldewood
Aunt
Sally
Teri Sellers*
Uncle
Fred
Darran Sellers
Narrator
Kaitlin Karrick
Skin
Horse
Andy Hanson
Doctor
Pat Lyons
Muggsy
Ryan Calderwood
Huggsy
Dan Greaser
Buggsy
Dustin Kearns*
First
Block
Abby Larkin*
Second
Block
Annie Horst*
Third
Block
Addy Rickels*
Fourth
Block
Morgan Merchant*
Jack-in-the-Box
Chelsea Hessenius*
Fire
Truck
Nate Horst*
Clown
Corey Cooling
Model
Boat
Megan Treloar*
Spinning
Top
Rachael Larkin*
Lion
David Urlaub*
Mouse
Laura Van Steenhuyse*
Teddy
Bear
Logan Merchant*
Baby
Doll
Tess Noeller
Raggedy
Ann
Jennica Speidel*
Raggedy
Andy
Jessica Speidel*
Fairy
Megan Christy
Mama
Bunny
Lori Strong
Real
Bunnies
Clare Cooling*
Brinkley Gerber*
Ellie Horst*
Emma Horst*
Megan Horst
Katie Larkin*
Jeanea Long*
Jenna Oldham*
Danisha Pladsen*
Madeline Springer*
Kali Timmerman*
Stephanie Waterbury*
Hayley Jo Wombacher*
Commander of the Tin Soldiers Mike Munckton*
Tin
Soldiers
Jacob Christy*
Brady Gerber*
Riley Hanson*
Rob Hanson
Patrick Horst
Jason Long
Wesley Lyons*
Blaize Oldham*
Trent Peyton*
Jake Seidel*
Joey Seidel*
Gunner Tranel*
Jackson Tranel*
Dakoda Sellers
Kolton Sellers
Stage
Manager
Becky Stravers
Makeup
Artist
Colleen Karrick
Assistant Choreographers
Erin Horst
*ACT I debut
Directors Marcy Horst and Shirale Hanson
focus intently on a scene during rehearsal.
Choreographer Joan Cooling practices a scene in
her studio with young actresses playing live rabbits.
Young actors playing tin soldiers stand
in formation as the toys come to life.
Assistant choreographer Erin Horst
poses with the bunnies she has coached.
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