The cast of “SIX: The Musical” performs on Wednesday, Jan. 14, in the auditorium. Photo by Lucy Fish
Webster Groves High School’s Theater Department performed “SIX: The Musical (Teen Edition),” from Thursday, Jan. 15 to Saturday, Jan. 17.
Performing in the musical were seniors Jenifer Carr-Schwartz, Chloe Bronner and Lilly Hodel, junior Amelia Mueller, and sophomores Rin Blank and Amelia Ornstein.
The creative team involved in producing the show includes Alley Dickens, senior Charlotte Snell, sophomore Miriam Yau and junior Martha Poppen.
Chair of the Theater Department, Todd Schaefer, said, “It was unlike anything we’ve ever produced here. I put that as probably the closest to a Broadway scale show we’ve done in my 22 years here.”
Describing what he was most excited about going into the show, Schaefer said, “Those six queens. The girls that we put in as the six queens were kind of an unusually talented group of six singers. I mean they were singing stuff that 30 year olds struggle with, so the fact that we got six high school kids to tackle that material, that was the celebration… But those six singers, they were the show, and they wowed those crowds for three nights.”
The musical was directed by Snell. Preparations for “SIX” began during the 24-25 school year, and rehearsals began in September. The first months were focused on choreography, and in December, rehearsals on scene work began.
Snell said, “Putting together a show takes a whole team of people to make it possible. I am very lucky to have had a great team of people working together on this show that made it so amazing.”
The musical, based on the stories of Henry VIII’s six wives, includes Catherine of Aragon, who was played by Carr-Schwartz.
Carr-Schwartz said, “Every show always has a couple things that don’t go perfectly, but I think each night went really well, and I am so proud of everyone involved. Every time something got off or a mistake was made, everyone handled it incredibly, the actors, the techies, and everyone in between. I couldn’t have asked for a better three nights.”
Bronner, who played Jane Seymour, said her favorite thing about the show was how they had such a small cast.
Bronner said, “We were all super close by the end and had such natural onstage chemistry which really brought the show to life.”
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