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More Bios of our amazing cast and crew!

(In order alphabetically by last name)

 

Sasha Anderson is a freshman at Lakeville North and is a part of the ensemble for Mary Poppins. This is her first musical experience and she loved working on it. Everyone has been so nice and she would love to pursue theater in her future. She would like to thank Georgia Svestka for supporting her throughout the whole musical. 

 

Colton Anselment is a 2nd grader at Orchard Lake Elementary School. Colton is the 2023 Little Master of Lakeville for the Miss Lakeville Scholarship Program. He enjoys singing, dancing, and dinosaurs. Colton had the privilege to make an appearance in Kenwood Trail’s production of Newsies last spring. He is thrilled to be in Mary Poppins for his 1st performance at Lakeville North. He is very excited to follow in his 3 older siblings footsteps onstage at North and he would like to thank all of the directors for letting him be a part of this amazing show!

 

Isabella Anselment is an 8th grader at Kenwood Trail Middle School. She was in Kenwood’s production of Newsies last spring and this is her 1st production at Lakeville North. Isabella loves acting and singing and can’t wait to continue doing both next year at North. She wants to thank her friends and family for all of the support and the cast, crew and directors for making this an amazing experience! She would especially like to thank the directors for allowing 8th graders to be a part of this fantastic show!

 

Madelyn Beyer is a sophomore in tech. Last year, she was in the ensemble in Spongebob and in tech for Little Shop of Horrors. One of her favorite theater memories was the first collective hair braiding of Kevin and Christo. She’d like to thank all her friends in both cast and crew for making theater so much fun. 

 

Landen Beyer is in 8th grade, and is a chimney sweep and Mrs. Corry Customer. My favorite theater memory is when he really started to know everyone and what they are like, and their unique qualities.

 

Saloni Bhakta is a sophomore and she is very excited to be a part of tech for Mary Poppins. She has also participated in Spongebob and Little Shop of Horrors last year. One of her favorite theater memories is having random talks with everyone backstage. 

 

James Breunig, Junior. Stage Crew. This is James’ first theater experience. He enjoys building furniture and drawing. He is thankful for the stage crew leaders who made him feel welcome on this new project.  

 

Sophia David is a sophomore. She is very excited to be a technician for Mary Poppins! She was a part of Spongebob the Musical and Little Shop of Horrors also as a technician. One of her favorite theater memories is all the friends she made last year and this year and how much fun we have when building and painting. "

 

Morgan Donovan is a sophomore at LNHS, and this is her first year working as part of the tech crew. She really enjoyed building sets as she loves doing art outside of school. I'd like to thank my friends for introducing me to tech and making it a fun first outside of school experience. 

 

Jackie Ewart is a sophomore at Lakeville North High school, and is excited to be a right stage lead for the show Mary Poppins. She has helped in the past as a runner for Spongebob the Musical, The One Acts, and Little Shop Of Horrors. Some of her favorite memories are dancing along to songs backstage with friends.

 

Farrah Field is an 8th grader.  She is very thrilled to be in her first Lakeville North production playing a Chimney Sweep and Mrs. Corry customer! This is Farrah’s 12th theater production. She enjoys singing, dancing, playing tennis and hanging out with her friends! Farrah would like to thank her family for always supporting her through her theater experiences. She would also like to thank all her friends for being in the shows with her. Lastly, she would like to thank all the directors for letting her be in this wonderful show!

 

Summer Field is a sophomore and is appearing in her third theater production at Lakeville North, and her twelfth theater production overall. She loves acting, singing, and spending time with her friends, family and her dogs- Bentley and Bailey. She wants to thank the cast, crew, directors, North administration, friends and her family who made Mary Poppins a success. Thank you for allowing her to share her love of acting with you, enjoy the show!

 

Quinn Fredericks is a junior at Lakeville North working as a Sound Booth Technician in his first production, Mary Poppins. Quinn enjoys Broadway shows and his favorite musical is Hamilton.

 

Vivi Garner is a sophomore and she is very excited to be doing Mary Poppins! She has been in 5 shows this past year, including Radium Girls in the One Act festival (LNHS), ensemble in The Little Mermaid (CCT + helped with costumes), and goth girl in Heathers (TPTT). In Mary Poppins, she is playing a Jolly holiday statue, chimney sweep, and Mrs. Corry customer. She has also been helping with costumes. She'd like to thank her amazing friends, family (especially her mom), theater directors, and theater captains for all of their support. 

 

Adele Hamer is an 8th grader at Kenwood Trail Middle School. She is excited to have the opportunity to participate in Lakeville North's production of Mary Poppins. Adele is playing the role of "paperboy", one of the park-goers in the London ensemble. In the past, Adele played Lady Macduff's son in an abridged version of Macbeth and was part of the tech team for The Little Mermaid. Adele's favorite thing about theater is trying out different accents and voices. Adele will be attending Lakeville North as a freshman next year and is looking forward to being part of more performances in the future.

 

Grace Heiar is in 11th grade. The shows she’s been in are: James and the Giant Peach, Dracula, SpongeBob, the one acts (‘22),Little Shop of Horrors, Eagan’s community production of Wizard of Oz, and now Mary Poppins. Her favorite memory was and is to this day the rush that she gets while she was in tech for the first time. She still gets the rush in every show she has been in. 

 

Madison Hynes, a sophomore, is part of building and painting the sets for Mary Poppins. This is her first time working on stage, but it certainly won't be the last. She’s been in the Youth Teaching Youth program, as well as a manager for the Lakeville North JV Girls Basketball team. She’s very thankful for her friends who are by her side and working on the set of the musical. 

 

Elizabeth Kammerer is a sophomore, and is in the ensemble of Mary Poppins. She has also had ensemble roles in SpongeBob as well as Little Shop of Horrors. When she is not singing in musical theater, she is singing in choir and really anywhere else she goes. She would like to thank her family, friends and voice teacher Melissa for supporting her on her musical journey.

 

Tristha Koner is a freshman at Lakeville North High School and an ensemble member in the musical Mary Poppins this year. Some of her past roles while at Century Middle School were Mrs. Beauregard in Willy Wonka Jr. and an ensemble member in Matilda the Musical. She loves music, reading, being in the band, hanging out with friends, and playing with her dog. She would like to thank her friends and family, especially her mother, for encouraging her throughout the musical journey and she would like to say a special thank you to all the theater directors she has worked with as well.

 

Lawrence Korman is a sophomore at Lakeville North High School and is in the ensemble for Mary Poppins. He was a technician for Little Shop of Horrors last year at Lakeville North. His favorite theater memory is watching every movie rendition of Little Shop of Horrors backstage during tech week of the show.

 

Colette Krause is a junior, and is Stage Left Lead and Fly Lines Operator.  She has been on tech crew for Annie, James and the Giant Peach, Dracula, Spongebob, Radium Girls, Coraline, Sherlock, and Little Shop of Horrors.  One of her favorite theater memories is watching from backstage as the Audrey 2 plant ate people during Little Shop of Horrors.

 

Chloe Langdon is a junior, and she is very excited to be a part of Mary Poppins this year! Her other roles in Lakeville productions include an ensemble member in SpongeBob as well as being a part of tech crew for Annie and Dracula. One of Chloe’s favorite theater memories is hanging out with her friends before rehearsal begins. She would like to thank her parents for supporting her in theater and putting up with her repeatedly singing the same songs while practicing. She would also like to thank all the directors and everyone who worked so hard to make this show the best it could be!

 

Sophia Maddio is a freshman at Lakeville North High school, and is currently an ensemble member in Mary Poppins. In the past she’s been an ensemble member of Willy Wonka, and Mean Girls the musicals. Her favorite memories of theater are meeting good friends, and learning fun dances. She’d like to thank all the great directors at North, and family that’s supported her theater journey.

 

Nora Marsolek is a freshman at Lakeville North and is an ensemble member in Mary Poppins and she is super excited for this production! She was also in a production of Mean Girls Jr. over the summer and was an ensemble member. Along with this, last year she was Veruca Salt in a production of Willy Wonka Jr. Besides acting she enjoys gymnastics and trumpet, along with baking. She would also like to thank her family for pushing her to be her best, And her friends always being there for her both on and off the stage.

 

Will Mason is a seventh grader at KTMS and very excited to be a part of Mary Poppins. In the past Will has been in Newsies Jr. as Davey and A Midsummer Night’s Dream as Oberon. Will would like to thank all of his friends for supporting him

 

Aviendha Rose McGinley is the youngest in her family and the only girl. She has worked in a couple musicals in her school career including 2 middle school shows, 2 high school musicals, acted in the 2022-2023 one acts, and finally Mary Poppins in this current year. She works mainly on the technical team but has acted in musicals and plays before as well and she plans to continue to do so in her high school years to come! 

 

Grace McGuire, a sophomore, is excited to work on the set for Mary Poppins. This is her first year working on stuff like this.

 

Crystal Munguía is a sophomore at Lakeville North High school. This is her first year helping with the school’s musical, and she is helping out with transition of the scenes. She is thankful for all the support from her family and friends. She also loves to watch musicals on the weekends.

 

Andrew Nelson is excited for their first show at LNHS. This is Andrew’s 7th production overall, and they are excited to be back on stage after their almost 2 year hiatus previously having been Shrek in Shrek The Musical. Andrew would like to thank everyone in the cast and crew for welcoming them to LNHS.

 

Julia Nergard is a freshman at Lakeville North High School and is in the ensemble in Mary Poppins! She has been in Mean Girls as Cady’s mother and in Robin Hood as a soldier. Her hobbies include drawing, playing with her dogs, and annoying her sister. She would like to thank her step-mom Jen, for pushing her to do musicals. She would also like to thank all her family and friends who have encouraged her and gone to see her shows!     

 

Joe Pankey is a sophomore at LNHS. Mary Poppins is his first foray into theater/drama and he is having a blast. Joe is on the Tech Crew and is happy to help with whatever is needed. 

 

Madi Pinard is a freshman and is very excited to be in Mary Poppins! Her only role before this was Tommy Boy at Kenwood’s Newsies Jr.  After this musical she will proceed to do theater in the upcoming years. She would like to thank her family for helping her do this musical!

 

Emma Pittman is a freshman and is very excited to be part of her first production at Lakeville North as a Park Goer. Emma has been acting since the age of 9 and has participated in multiple productions through both Castle Co Theater and Century Middle School. Her first role ever was as a Toy Soldier in Mary Poppins. A few of her favorite roles have been as The Ocean in Moana, and as Lady Truffle in Cinder Bumpkin. Emma would like to thank her friends and family for supporting her love of theater.

 

Dawn Rierson is a freshman at Lakeville North High School, right now she’s working on the choreography in 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘴. She’s done two musicals in the past, one being 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘞𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘢 𝘑𝘳𝘴. in which she played Violet Beauregard. She was in the South High school’s 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘞𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦, she also was in 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 𝘑𝘳𝘴 for a short period of time. She first got into being in theater when she auditioned for 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘯, she played one of the lost boys in that production and she continued being in theater since! She’s excited to see how 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘴 will turn out and how all her friends are showing how talented they all are! She’s planning on auditioning for 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 & 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦 after 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘴 is over. She also plans on auditioning for 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯 next year! Right now, she’s happy to be focusing on 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯s with all the cast!

 

Toby Saenz is a freshman at Lakeville North High School. He has been Stage Manager for Newsies Jr, and played Banquo/First Apparition/Second Murderer in Macbeth during Kenwood Trail Middle School's Night of One Acts. He would like to thank his mother for putting up with his busy schedule. He would also like to thank his friends for always being there for him even when he didn't let them help.

 

Mei-Ling Schaffhausen is a sophomore at Lakeville North High School and is helping out backstage for Mary Poppins. She has been in Madagascar Jr: The Musical as Mort and Matilda: The Musical in the ensemble during her middle school years. She also acted in It's A Wonderful Life at the Lakeville Area Arts Center back in 2016 as part of the children’s ensemble. In her free time, she likes to draw, read, and write her own original stories that she shares with people she is close with. She would like to thank all of her friends, family, and her tech mates for being able to let her work on this amazing and magical show with them.

 

Maddie Schoen is a junior this year and is ecstatic for Mary Poppins. This is her second year doing Lakeville North High School productions. Other plays she’s been in at Lakeville North are SpongeBob the Musical playing as a pirate and ensemble and Little Shop Of Horrors in ensemble. When she’s not doing theater related activities she loves to watch movies and listen to music. Maddie would like to thank her family for dealing with her nonsense everyday and driving her back and forth to rehearsal.

 

Stella Sorbo is a second grader at Nova Classical Academy. She has taken theater classes at the Children’s Theater Company. She enjoys playing with her sister, her friends, arch, music, and her family. 

 

Audra Stern is in 10th grade and is the spotlight operator for Mary Poppins. This is her 3rd, with her previous ones being SpongeBob: The Musical as a part of the crew, and Little Shop of Horrors as a spotlight operator. Audra enjoys baking, seeing, and playing sports. She’d like to thank everyone who comes and sees the show and hopes it’s a great experience for all!

 

Georgia Svestka is a freshman at Lakeville North. Georgia is a chimney sweep, and a Corry customer. She has previously been in Mean Girls Jr. at the Lakeville Art center, and Willy Wonka Jr. with Century Middle School. She really enjoys theater and loves every theater opportunity she gets. Georgia would like to thank her older sister Scarlett for always being by her side, and her mom for supporting her with every decision she makes.

 

Lila Tesh is an eighth grader at Kenwood Trail Middle School and appreciates the opportunity to be in the ensemble for Mary Poppins this fall. Lila was previously a seagull in The Little Mermaid and Muriel in Newsies at KTMS. Lila will attend Lakeville North High School next year and will continue voice lessons. Lila would like to thank her friends and family for this constant support and she looks forward to many more plays and musicals in her future. 

 

Lucas Trelstad is a junior and works the sound board for Mary Poppins. The other shows he has been a part of at Lakeville North include Little Shop of Horrors, Radium Girls, Coraline, and Sherlock. His favorite theater memory was doing mic board for Little Shop of Horrors.

 

Jennifer Wilts is a sophomore at Lakeville North High School and is a part of the tech crew for Mary Poppins. She has also been on the tech crew for Spongebob: The Musical and Little Shop of Horrors. Her favorite theater memory is going to Cherry Berry with the cast and crew!

 

Surayudh Yim is a freshman here at LNHS and is excited to perform in an ensemble cast in Mary Poppins. His previous theater experiences include getting casted in Century Middle Schools productions of Matilda and Willy Wonka. He got inspired to audition because of the amazing cast and community. One of his favorite memories is blocking and performing songs with his friends in Willy Wonka. He would like to thank his former and current directors and those he has worked with theatre-wise.