The 54th Annual Spring Musical

Senior Theatre Major Alaina Appleby as Belle Poitrine

Theatre Wesleyan continued its long history of musical production with the 54th Annual Spring Musical Little Me which ran in the Thad Smotherman Theatre April 10-20th. Little Me featured music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh and book by Neil Simon. The musical Little Me is based on the novel by Patrick Dennis titled Little Me, The Intimate Memoirs of that Great Star of Stage, Screen and Television/Belle Poitrine. In this musical comedy Belle Poitrine tells the story of her quest for wealth, culture, and social position through her intimate memoirs. In each adventure Belle is accompanied by an admiring male who helps bring her one step closer to achieving her goals.  

The cast of Little Me included Alaina Appleby (senior theatre major) and Whitney Park (junior theatre major) who shared the role of Belle Poitrine; also included in the cast were Dillon Maroney, Michael Kreitzinger, Ben Phillips, Chase Burnett, Rob Carroll, Erica Heebner, Ashley Moseley, Kayla Bland and Joy Millard. Little Me was directed and choreographed by guest artist Joel Ferrell with musical direction by Aimee Hurst. The design team included scenery by Bryan Stevenson (assistant professor of theatre), lighting Bryan Stevenson and junior theatre major Max Marquez, sound design by sophomore theatre major Wesley Frazier, costumes by Brynn Bristol (theatre instructor) and junior theatre major Kelly Henry, graphics by Dillon Maroney (junior theatre major) and properties by Cari Watson (sophomore theatre major).  Stage manager was junior theatre major A’nie Kirchner with assistance by Alfredo Martinez (junior theatre major).  Senior theatre major Eric Briggs served as house manager.  Alumna Erica Heebner was assistant production manager and Theatre Professor Connie Whitt-Lambert was production coordinator.

(Photos by Erica Heebner)