‘Rapunzel’ cast chosen for Saturday’s shows

Missoula Children’s Theatre and more than 50 local students will present an original musical adaptation of “Rapunzel” on Saturday, Aug. 9. Playing the title character, Rapunzel, are local students Lyndsey Luebke and Andrea Spang. Other characters are Matthew Courchaine and Liam Spillane as the princes; Maddie Sprout as Madame Gothel; Aidan Spillane and Catie Kramer as Rapunzel’s parents, Maurice and Monquie; Adeline Pumplun, Aliza Dickinson, Skylar Marquardt, Saffron Mears, Connor Romandine, Aaliyah Fowler, Simon Pumplun and Emily Umentum as the wood elves; Victoria Athey and Lauren Meyer as the ears of corn; Alex Spang as the potato; Grace Shamburek and Faith Shamburek as the unicorns; Julie Truckenbrod, Sophia Collar, Isabella Heinke, Daisy Grinsteiner, Nora Strock, Julia Zablocki and Grace Ferfecki as the pixies; Kyrie Piaskowski, Brady Heinke, Deklan Wijas, Helen Marquardt, Jena Truckenbrod and Rebecca Christenson as the gremlins; Heath Piakowski, Tori Fowler and Makenzie Jackson as the billy goats gruff; Owen Heinke, Mary Peterson, Tess Maggio and Lilly Grinsteiner as the three bears and beaver; Hunter Christianson as the bridge troll; Caitrin Lonzo, Grace Oninski, Lauryn Slade and Olivia Spang as the ogres; and Trinity Nelson, Anikka Lagerquist, Lauren Wijas, Olivia Strock, Emily Elliott, Addyson Behnke, Gwen Maggio, Greta Collar, Keller Wijas and Chloe Sampley as mushrooms. Kaitlyn Kramarczyk will serve as assistant director. “Rapunzel” will be presented at 3 and 7 p.m. at the Falls Area Performing Arts Center at Oconto Falls High School. Tickets are $13 for adults and $8 for students and are available in the commons at Oconto Falls High School from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and at the door on Saturday. Show sponsors are ST Paper Company, CenturyLink, Community Memorial Hospital and Neva Hodge-Lemorande. For more information, call the Oconto Falls Friends of the Arts at 920-848-7469.