Thursday, April 9th, audience members from Northeast Georgia gathered together in the Piedmont College Chapel for the Piedmont College Opera Workshop performance of “A Program of Scenes from Musical by Stephen Sondheim.” The show was directed by Dr. Jonathan Pilkington and accompanied by Dr. Aretha Kethch. Students currently in the workshop enticed audiences with music from Sondheim musical’s such as The Frogs, Sweeney Todd, Company, Sunday in the Park with George and one of his greatest, Into the Woods.
The cast as a whole consisted of the musical talents of Ben Rikeman, Megan Holder, Leah Mooney, Amin Abraham-Quiles, Kelly Hood, Elizabeth Parmer, Cheyanne Osoria, Mitchell Auger and Albert Gerring.
The Program: Songs Performed and Cast List
The Frogs: Invocation and Instructions to the audience
- 1st Actor, Mitchell Auger
- 2nd Actor, Ben Rikeman
Sweeney Todd: My Friends, Ah, Miss, Johanna Pt.1, Miss Me Pt. 1, Ladies in their Sensitivities, Kiss Me Pt.2, A Little Priest.
- Mrs. Lovett, Leah Mooney
Albert Gerring as Sweeney Todd. - Todd, Albert Gerring
- Anthony, Mitchell Auger
- Johanna, Kelly Hood
- Beggar Woman, Cheyanne Osoria
- Judge, Albert Gerring
- Beadle, Ben Rikeman
Company: Getting Married Today
- Jenny, Kelly Hood
- Paul, Amin Abraham-Quiles
- Amy, Megan Holder
- Robert, Ben Rikeman
Sunday in the Park with George: Sunday in the Park with George & Sunday.
- Dot, Elizabeth Parmer
- George, Mitchell Auger
Into the Woods: Opening Pt.VIII, Your Fault, Finale Parts III & IV.
- Baker, Ben Rikeman
- Cinderella, Megan Holder
- Baker’s Wife, Leah Mooney
- Jack, Amin Abraham-Quiles
- Jack’s Mother, Kelly Hood
- Little Red Riding Hood, Elizabeth Parmer
- Witch, Cheyanne Osoria
- Cinderella’s Stepbrothers, Mitchell Auger & Albert Gerring
Finale’: Review of Show
There is no doubt to any actor, that Stephen Sondheim has created some of the best music, musical theatre has to offer. Not only is the music great to sing , but it is also very challenging and takes a great vocal musician to do it well. Each and every performer part of Piedmont College’s Opera Workshop did a fine job performing pieces that even some professional actors would rather not attempt. Sondheim is known for making the singer work hard to convey the powerful messages he has to deliver and I believe that the students at Piedmont College accomplished just that.
