Gilbert L. Bailey II as Chad Danforth

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MUSIC THEATRE OF WICHITAWayne Bryan, Producing Artistic Director Presents

Disney’s

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2On Stage!

Book By David Simpatico

Songs by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil • David N. Lawrence and Faye GreenbergRandy Petersen and Kevin Quinn • Jamie Houston, Bryan Louiselle, Andy Dodd and Adam Watts

Antonina Armato and Tim James

Music Adapted, Arranged and Produced by Bryan Louiselle

Based on a Disney Channel Original Movie written by Peter Barsocchini

featuring

COOPER ROWE CAITLIN MARREROSOPHIE MENAS PAUL SABALA GILBERT L. BAILEY IIJANET WIGGINS KELLY UFFORD RYAN EHRESMAN

JACOB GUTIERREZ SAMANTHA DAVISONand MICHAEL JOSEPH PARKER as Mr. Fulton

Scenic Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer J BRANSON JEFFREY MEEKS DAVID NEVILLE DAVID MUEHL

Sets and Props created by Music Theatre of Wichita Costumes created by Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma • Costume Coordinator / Additional Costumes DEB CAMPBELL

Hair/Wig/Makeup Designer Property Master Technical Director Paint Shop Charge RAYMOND J. TORRES ARTHUR RIDLEY KYLE LONGWELL TARA HOUSTON

Production Stage Manager Stage Manager Co. Manager/Producing Assoc. Production Manager KELLY K. IRWIN EMILY F. McMULLEN NANCY REEVES DAVID NEVILLE

Musical Director / Conductor Associate Choreographer JESSE WARKENTIN GILBERT L. BAILEY II

Director / ChoreographerROGER CASTELLANO

DISNEY HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).All authorized performance materials supplied are also supplied by MTI, 421 West 54th St., New York, NY 10019

Phone 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 www.MTIShows.com

The entire run of Disney’s HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 is sponsored by The Boeing Company Charitable Trust

This special matinee sponsored by the Lattner Family Foundation

The Lattner FamilyFoundation

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Cast of CharactersTroy Bolton . . . . . . . . . . . Cooper RoweGabriella Montez . . . . . . . Caitlin MarreroSharpay Evans . . . . . . . . Sophie MenasRyan Evans . . . . . . . . . . Paul SabalaChad Danforth . . . . . . . . . Gilbert L. Bailey IITaylor McKessie . . . . . . . Janet WigginsKelsi Nielsen . . . . . . . . . . Kelly UffordJack Scott . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan EhresmanZeke Baylor . . . . . . . . . . Jacob GutierrezMartha Cox . . . . . . . . . . . Samantha DavisonMr. Fulton . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Joseph ParkerThe Sharpettes: Blossom . . . . . . . . . Audra Bryant Peaches . . . . . . . . . Teresa Offerman Violet . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole TuckerThe Pool Boys . . . . . . . . . Jacob Aaron Cullum, Joel Domenico, Jordan SlusherMs. Darbus (voice) . . . . . Karen L. RobuCountry Club staff . . . . . . Lynn Stephan

The Girls . . . . . . . . . . Hope Astle, Bethany Berry, Audra Bryant, Maddy Campbell, Carlin Castellano, Whitney Cooper, Madeline Dreher, Natalie Farha, Claire Gerig, Cora Kilgour, Stevie Mack, Kassiani Menas, Julia Miller, Teresa Offerman, Amanda Pickett, Sarah Quinn, Colleen Richey, Lindsey Roesti, Alyssa Schoenwald, Mattie Sharp, Alexis Paige Tedder, Nicole Tucker, Mycah Westhoff, Jenny Wine, Amanda Yoder, Alasyn Zimmerman

The Boys. . . . . . . . . . Connor Bourland, Zach Bush, Donnie Chauncey, Joe Consiglio, Sam Corridoni, Jacob Aaron Cullum, Ian DePriest, Joel Domenico, Kyle Gallegos, Mason Holmes, Landon Jackson, Keaton Jadwin, Jacob January, Jacob B. Locke, Logan Moore, Gavin Myers, Ryan Neville, Josh Obermeyer, Jordan Slusher, Parker Smitherman, Eric Stephens, Ian Sutton, Chris Zimmerman

Understudies . . . . . . Jenny Wine (Gabriella, Sharpay), Jacob Gutierrez (Troy), Jacob January (Ryan), Mason Holmes (Zeke)

Signing Interpreter . . . Jennifer Fisher

Production Stage Manager Kelly K. Irwin and Stage Manager Emily McMullen appear with Music Theatre of Wichita through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional stage actors. Music Theatre of Wichita operates under a U/RTA agreement with Actors’ Equity Association. Lynn Stephan appears as a Walk-On performer, whose presence benefits the Assistance League of Wichita.

Music Theatre of Wichita’s 2009 season is supported in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, from the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and from the City of Wichita.

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Synopsis of Scenes and Musical Numbers

Act One

The story begins at East High School on the last day of school

Prologue / Countdown . . . . . . . . . Company

What Time Is It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company

The rest of the story takes place at the Lava Springs Country Club during the summer, near the Pool, in the Kitchen, on the Golf Course, in the Dining Room, on the Baseball Field, and in the Theatre Auditorium

Fabulous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sharpay, Ryan, Sharpettes, Pool Boys, Ryan, Ensemble

Work This Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wildcats, Ensemble

You Are the Music in Me . . . . . . . . Kelsi, Gabriella, Troy, Wildcats

I Don’t Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan, Chad, Wildcats, Ensemble

“Every Day” Rehearsal . . . . . . . . . Wildcats

Fabulous (Sharpay’s Triumph) . . . Sharpay, Sharpettes

Gotta Go My Own Way . . . . . . . . . Gabriella, Troy

Bet On It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy, Voices in Troy’s Head

Every Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy, Gabriella, Ryan, Wildcats

All For One (Finale) . . . . . . . . . . . Company

Megamix Company

PLEASE BE COURTEOUS TO YOUR FELLOW AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND THE PERFORMERS. Disconnect pagers, beepers, and cellular phones. Anyone using a portable device for texting or any form of electronic communication will be required to leave. No refunds will be issued. The use of cameras or any recording devices is prohibited by law.

Wet Word SearchSome letters have fallen into the pool and formed the following words: wildcatS,

talent, gabriella, troy, muSical, Sharpay, chad, kelSi, friendS, Song, and

job. can you find them? (words may be written forward, backward, vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. answer on page 10.)

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Chad is glad...that school is out, but only two chads below are exactly alike. can you spot them? (answer on page 10.)

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Character Matchupcan you match the names of these characters with their descriptions on the next page?(answer on page 10.)

_________ gabriella montez

_________ kelsi nielsen

_________ ryan evans

_________ chad danforth

_________ troy bolton

_________ Sharpay evans

_________ taylor mckessie

_________ jack Scott

With thanks to the Children’s Musical Theaterworks of Fresno

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1. obsessed with gett ing a summer job and nai l i ng a fu l l basketbal l scho larsh ip

2. gets a job as a l ifeguard at the country c lub and expects to have the best summer of her l ife with her new fr iends

3. beaut ifu l and egocentr ic star of the schoo l mus ica ls ; never met a mirror she d idn’t l ike

4. he jo ins the wildcats to try and beat h is s ister Sharpay for the Star dazz le award

5. the techno nerd schoo l announcer ; has a crush on ke ls i

6. jock, try ing to save money to buy a car so he can take taylor out to the dr ive- in movies

7. gets h ired to p lay the barry mani low songbook dur ing meals at the country c lub

8. the head ‘brain iac ’ of the schoo l , she is the pres ident of the Sc ience c lub and is chad’s g ir lfr iend

Desert Mazetroy has wandered a bit too far into the desert. can you help him find his way back to

the country club? (answer on page 10.)

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n integrity means being honest and having strong moral principles. how do the characters show

this quality, or a lack of it, in the show?

n in the show, the other kids easily forgive Sharpay. would it be hard to forgive such a person

in real life? how could people benefit from such an

attitude of forgiveness and acceptance?

n Some people may exhibit selfish behavior and put

others down like Sharpay does in the show. why do

people behave like this? what are some good ways

to respond to such behavior?

n at one point troy becomes centered on what he

wants (the basketball scholarship) rather than on

what he has (good friends). has something like this ever happened to you or someone you know?

Things to learn fromHigh School Musical 2

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Solutions

2 . g a b r i e l l a m o n t e z

7 . k e l s i n i e l s e n

4 . r y a n e v a n s

6 . c h a d d a n f o r t h

1 . t r o y b o l t o n

3 . S h a r p a y e v a n s

8 . t a y l o r m c k e s s i e

5 . j a c k S c o t t

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Administrative Staff

Producing Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wayne Bryan – wbryanks@aol.comProducing Associate/Company Manager . . . . . . . .Nancy Reeves –nancy@MTWichita.orgFinance Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vickie Kline – vickie@MTWichita.orgFinance Assistant/IT Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela Trotter – angela@MTWichita.orgPatron Services Director/Box Office Manager . . . . . .Joshua Larson – josh@MTWichita.orgDirector of Rentals & Inventory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Sue Dymak – msd@MTWichita.orgDevelopment Associate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matt A. May – matt@MTWichita.orgGrant Writing Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bethany Hughes – bethany@MTWichita.orgSummer Administrative Associate . . . . . . . . . . Angela Steiner – angelas@MTWichita.org

Administrative OfficeCentury II, 2nd Floor225 W. DouglasWichita, KS 67202316-265-3253316-265-8708 FAXwww.MTWichita.org

Box OfficeMay 19 through August 23Century II Concert Hall Lobby225 West DouglasWichita, KS 67202316-265-3107

Box Office and Front of HouseBox Office Manager . . . . . . . Joshua LarsonHouse Manager. . . . Cathy Monger DuncanTicketing Associates: Erin Reazin, Tanner Hanley, Bridget Corridoni

HoursPerformance Weeks:Monday & Tuesday: 10:00am – 6:00pmWednesday thru Saturday: 10:00am – intermissionSunday: noon thru intermissionDark Weeks: Monday thru Friday: 10:00am – 6:00pm

Photos courtesy Jerry FritchmanIllustrations and layout: Michael Kline (dogfoose.com)Printing by Copy Express [316] 263-2411 (copyexp@aol.com)

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Notes:h e r e i s a p l a c e t o w r i t e d o w n

w h a t y o u t h o u g h t o f t h e s h o w .

Sketchbookdraw one or more of your favorite characters from high School musical here, or

maybe you can snag an autograph...!

Director/Choreographer Roger Castellano shows what it takes during a rehearsal for High School Musical 2.