A Historian’s Guide to Historical History
Written by Brian Brems, Dylan Simons, Jacob Lantz, Nathan Huls, Christina Kolb, and Alex Stich
Directed by Laura Noelken and Lucie Kupres
Performs 03/14/2025 and 03/15/2025 at 7:00pm at Bednarcik Junior High School
In this original spring One Acts play, we take a theatrical voyage through America’s real and imagined past. Join us as three pseudo-historians teach a classroom of eager students along with their apathetic substitute teacher.
Cast List:
Narrators
MRS. MANFREDGENSEN: Lily Deal
DR. CLEINFELD WHEEZE: Milo Gonzalez
PROFESSOR ILLYRIA UNCLE: Rylynne Westra
BRENDA BIDDLE: Georgia Erickson
July 4th, 1776
JOHN ADAMS: Chad Kipley
SAMUEL ADAMS: Hope McSteen
JOHN HANCOCK: Claire Balder
THOMAS JEFFERSON: Vince Gaglione
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: Abigail McClure
JOSIAH BARTLETT: Chris Lamonica
Who’s Hungry? Anyone?
DOLLY DONNER: Lily Deal
ELLEN DONNER: Rayne Massaro
CASSANDRA DONNER: Nadia Cirone
PAULA DONNER: Sophia Rufle
DAN DONNER: Benjamin McClure
Ulysses S. Grant: The Siege of Vicksburg
ULYSSES S. GRANT: Genny Perry
LIEUTENANT SCHUBERT: Nadia Cirone
TROOP 1: Chad Kipley
TROOP 2: Claire Balder
TROOP 3: Marcos Orozco
The Ballad of Teddy Roosevelt
BARD: Henri Lapidus
TEDDY: Christopher Lamonica
FATHER: Chad Kipley
ALICE: Lily Deal
DOCTOR: Genny Perry
COWBOY: Benjamin McClure
EDITH: Georgia Erickson
SIMMONS: Marcos Orozco
LONG: Abigail McClure
DAP: Vince Galione
LIEUTENANT: Nathaniel Ford
ARCHIE: Milo Gonzalez
KERMIT: Keegan Sackett
MARSHALL: Claire Balder
Y1.9K
MARGARET: Georgia Erickson
ROBERT: Milo Gonzalez
HARRY: Keegan Sackett
WILLIAM: Vince Gaglione
V is for Voting
MRS SMITH: Hope McSteen
ALEXANDER: Keegan Sackett
PETER: Henri Lapidus
SAMUEL: Christopher Lamonica
GERTRUDE: Sophia Rufle
Can’t Get Away With Nothin’
AL CAPONE: Hope McSteen
ELIOT NESS: Sophia Rufle
OFFICER WILSON: Marcos Orozco
CAPTIVE: Christopher Lamonica
Scared Red
JACOBS: Rayne Massaro
MARSHALL: Rylynne Westra
SENATOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY: Nathaniel Ford
SECRETARY 1: Henri Lapidus
SECRETARY 2: Genny Perry
Sept 21, 1956
MRS. BIRDSTRONG: Abigail McClure
FINCH: Benjamin McClure
OWEN: Genny Perry
PEGGY: Sophia Rufle
ROBIN: Rayne Massaro
ELLIE: Hope McSteen
MALLORY: Nadia Cirone
Apollo 11: What Really Happened.
BUZZ ALDRIN: Rylynne Westra
NEIL ARMSTRONG: Chad Kipley
MICHAEL COLLINS: Nathaniel Ford
Can You Hear Me Now?
NANCY: Claire Balder
BRITTANY: Rayne Massaro
BILL: Lily Deal
HALEY: Nadia Cirone
LINUS: Benjamin McClure
MARILYN: Abigail McClure
JENNA: Rylynne Westra
KURT: Henri Lapidus
JOANNE: Georgia Erickson
LARRY: Keegan Sackett
DAVID: Nathaniel Ford
- FULL COMPANY
Rehearsal and Performance Schedule:
