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How to Succeed cast info
General
1. You MUST register on VSM and fill out information including your home address, phone
numbers, and an emergency contact by January.
a. Post a current photo of yourself.
b. No nicknames
c. In the biography box,
i. Girls—put your school’s name and your graduation year.
ii. Boys—add your school ID number (just the 5 digits)
iii. DO NOT PUT ANYTHING ELSE IN THE BIOGRAPHY BOX.
d. At the tabs at the top of the page You MUST list an emergency contact number
and person. WE WILL HAVE TO DROP YOU FROM THE PRODUCTION IF YOU
DON’T HAVE THIS LISTED.
email
2. Check your
at least TWICE daily (morning and afternoon/evening).Parents
on VSM: Your parents are welcome to enroll on VSM so they can see your rehearsal
calendar. When they sign-up, they should put Parent as their first name. If their last
name is different from yours, they should put your name in the bio box.
3. Tickets: Tickets for the show can be purchased directly from showtix4u.com starting
February 1st.
4. You must agree to keep yourself in good physical and mental shape with lots of sleep,
healthy food, and exercise.
5. To remain in the show, you and your parents must sign the agreement form on the next
page and return it to Ms. Reisert by August 29th.
6. Academic Detention (St. X students): If you are put in Academic Detention because of
poor grades for more than two weeks during the rehearsal period, you will probably be
dropped from the show so you can concentrate on your academics.
Rehearsals
1. It is your responsibility to show up at each rehearsal, ready to go. Always bring
a. Your binder and/or script (if you weren’t assigned a script, bring a notebook in
which to write your notes).
b. A pencil for blocking
c. An eraser for changed blocking
2. The rehearsal schedule will be posted on VSM. Check this every morning for changes.
 If you’re not sure whether or not you need to attend, check with a director.
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
NOTE: If you use OUTLOOK, VSM can import your show schedule into
OUTLOOK. Just click on SUBSCRIBE TO CALENDAR at the top of the page and
follow those instructions.
3. You are expected to attend every scheduled rehearsal for your role.
a. If you know ahead of time that you must miss a rehearsal,
 Enter your conflict on VSM (as soon as possible) AND
 Remind Ms. Reisert (by email) the day before (reisertr@saintxfac.com).
 You must also find someone to fill in for your part (and give that
person your blocking).
 To enter a conflict on VSM:
1. Go to SCHEDULING
2. Find the CREATE CONFLICT tab at the top of the page.
b. If you must miss because of a last minute emergency such as illness- Email Ms. Reisert at reisertr@saintxfac.com BEFORE rehearsal that
afternoon
 If you can’t email her, phone Ms. Mary Clements at 637-4712 and leave
a message to be delivered to Ms. Reisert.
c. People who miss an excessive number of times may be dropped from the
show, even if your absences are legitimate.
d. Missing a rehearsal without notice will probably be grounds for being dropped
from the show.
e. If you quit the show after the first two weeks—or if you fail to fulfill your part to
the best of your ability—in most cases, we will not allow you to participate in
another St. X Drama extra-curricular activity for at least a year. If there are
special circumstances, talk to a director as soon as possible.
4. Cast and crew members should be in the lobby only when passing through. The lobby is
not a socializing area.
5. No eating or drinking in the auditorium, dressing rooms, or lobby. As long as you clean
up after yourself, you may eat or drink in the shop.
6. Parking: Park in the side lot by the backstage barn doors (teacher lot). Do NOT park in
the semi-circle in the front.
7.
Getting picked up after rehearsal: You MUST be picked up in the circle in the
back of the school. Do NOT have your ride pick you up in the semi-circle by the entrance
to the auditorium. The only exception will be on days in which the temperature is
below freezing.
8. If school is cancelled for weather, there will be no rehearsal that day.
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Girls:
Girls should reach St. X as soon as is safely possible for rehearsal—do not speed or hurt
anyone in the effort to get to rehearsal. Your safety is more important than a few
seconds of start time.
Rehearscore---singers only
We pay hundreds of dollars to rent rehearscore so you can practice your vocals at home. To
download rehearscore:
1. Email reisertr@saintxfac.com your email so Ms. Reisert can copy and paste it in the
Dropbox folder for rehearscore.
2. Download rehearscore to your computer and install it.
3. Mr. Smith or Mr. Knoop will show you how to use it at your first vocal session.
COSTUMES AND SCRIPTS
Costumes
1. In January, you will be given a detailed costume sheet for your character.
2. St. X will rent costumes for Finch, Biggley, Bratt, Gatch, Bud, Rosemary, Smitty, Hedy,
Womper, Twimble, Ovington, Krumholtz, Jones, TV Host, Executives, Policemen, and
Executive Secretaries. You will be asked to furnish your own shoes (according to
directions given by Ms. Moth.)
3. Secretaries: St. X will furnish your skirts. You will be asked to furnish a blouse, neck
scarf, shoes, and other accessories according to our directions.
4. Office Boys: St. X will furnish your suspenders and bow ties. You will be asked to furnish
a white dress shirt, navy blue dress pants, black socks, and shoes according to our
directions.
5. Non-singing characters: You will furnish your basic costume pieces. We will give you
more information about this after Christmas, but these will be things you already own or
that you can find easily.
6. Shoes: You will almost certainly be asked to furnish your own shoes.
7. Label all costume pieces and shoes with your name.
a. Rented costumes: pin a slip with your name on it to each costume piece.
8. Rented costumes: Deposit
a. All people with rented costumes will give Mr. Smith a $75 check made payable
to St. X (as a deposit for your costume). These checks should be made out to St.
X. When you return your costume in good condition, your will receive the check
back. If part of your costume is missing or damaged, you will forfeit your check.
b. If you quit the show after we’ve rented your costume, you will forfeit you
deposit in order to pay for the costume.
Scripts
1. We rent the vocal books and scripts for musicals.
Ms. Reisert will make available a sheet
with line adjustments that you can cross-reference with your scripts.
a. Use pencil ONLY to mark in your rented script.
b. Make sure your name is on the rented script.
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c.
If you lose your script, you will need to pay the fee charged by the rental
company for the lost script.
SHOWS
1. You are expected to take good care of your costumes and keep the backstage areas and
dressing rooms clean.
2. You will furnish your own stage make-up. If you would like us to order a one-show
stage make-up kit for you, bring a check for $14.00 made payable to St. X to Mr. Smith
by March 1.
3. Before each show—including the grade school shows—you must agree to get at least 7
hours of sleep. The night before shows and grade shows is not a time to party, attend
late movies, or do anything that will deprive you of at least 7 hours of sleep.
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H2$ cast agreement form
I affirm that my parents and I agree to follow the conditions on the H2$ cast rules pages
(including getting plenty of rest before each show and getting picked up after rehearsal in the
circle in the rear of the school).
Your name (printed) _________________________________________________________
Your name (signed) ______________________________________________ Date ________
Signature of parent/guardian ______________________________________________________
Return this page to Ms. Reisert by January 8th.
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SUCCEED musical number breakdown
Song
Performers
- .J Pierrepont Finch
- Rosemary
4
How To Succeed
Happy To Keep His
Dinner Warm
Coffee Break
5
Company Way
6
Company Way
(Reprise)
9
A Secretary is Not a
Toy
10
Been a Long Day
2
3
11
Vocal
director(s)
Smith
Smith
Staging
director(s)
Smith
Reisert
– Smitty, Bud Frump,
All Secretaries & Office
Boys
– Finch & Twimble
Smith—solo
Knoop-Chorus
Moth,
Higginbotham
Smith
- Bud, Twimble,
Executives, Secretaries
(NOT Executive
Secretaries), Rosemary,
& Office Boys
Bratt, Bud, Gatch,
Secretaries, &
Executives
Smitty, Finch &
Rosemary
Smith—solo
Knoop-Chorus
Moth,
Higginbotham
Moth,
Higginbotham
Smith—solo
Knoop-Chorus
Moth,
Higginbotham
Smith
Moth,
Higginbotham
Elevator Chorus: Gatch,
Jenkins, Johnson,
Peterson, Tackaberry,
Rachel Beavin, Maura
Partridge, Nicole
Karem, Claire Bumpous
Bud, J.B. Biggley &
Hedy LaRue
- Finch & Biggley
Knoop: Chorus
15
Been a Long Day-Reprise
Grand Old Ivy
Grand Old Ivy reprise
Rip the Chipmunk
Paris Original
16
Dance at the Party
(add Ovington)
- Rosemary, Smitty,
Miss Krumholtz, Miss
Jones, Executive
Secretaries
tba
18
Rosemary
- Finch & Rosemary
Smith
20
Act I Finale
23
Cinderella, Darling
- Finch, Rosemary &
Bud
Smitty & All Secretaries
24
I Have Returned
Bud
Smith—solo
Knoop-Chorus
Smith—solo
Knoop-Chorus
Smith—solo
12-13
19
Smith
Smith
Moth,
Higginbotham
Moth,
Higginbotham
Smith
Moth,
Higginbotham
--
Moth,
Higginbotham
Moth,
Higginbotham
Reisert
Moth,
Higginbotham
Reisert
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25
26
CUT
27
29
37
(short
version
—fast
tempo)
31
33
Happy To Keep His
Dinner Warm
(Reprise)
Love From a Heart of
Gold
I Believe in You/Gotta
Stop That Man
- Rosemary
Smith
Smith
- Biggley & Hedy
Smith
- Finch & Executives
(including Bratt)
Smith—solo
Knoop-Chorus
The Yo-Ho-Ho Dance
(measures 159 to the
end [169])
Chase scene—raiding
the World Wide
Wicket Building
(measures 1-34)
Michael Hommrich,
2 girls tba
--
Treasure seekers,
Police, Gatch
--
Reisert
I Believe in You
(Reprise)
Brotherhood of Man
- Rosemary
Smith
Smith
- Finch, Wally Womper,
Biggley, Miss Jones,
Bratt, Executives, Office
Boys
Smith—solo
Knoop-Chorus
Moth,
Higginbotham
Finch-Smith
ExecutivesMoth,
Higginbotham
Moth,
Higginbotham
(I’d like to bring in
the Stenographers
in the choir robes
to play
tambourines or
something at the
end—they don’t
need to sing—
maybe even
coming up the
aisles)
(non-singing: Aisle
Choir—do not attend
song or dance
rehearsals for this.)
35
Finale (Company Way)
Executives, Secretaries,
Office Boys, Smitty,
Finch, Rosemary, Bratt,
Gatch, J.B. Biggley,
Hedy, Womper, Jones
Knoop
Moth,
Higginbotham
37
BOWS
Entire Cast and Run
Crew
Knoop
Moth,
Higginbotham
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Cast: How To SUCCEED
Finch: Joe Glaser
Biggley: Kyle Hilbrecht
Bratt: Cameron Williams
Gatch: Seiler Smith
Bud Frump: Eli Meyer
Rosemary: Sydney Sims
Smitty: Madelyn Steurer
Miss Jones: Jasmine Young
Hedy: Katherine Glaser
Miss Krumholtz: Maura Partridge
Mr. Twimble: Houston Hart
Wally Womper: Alex Underwood
Ovington: Connor Dosch
TV HOST: Abishek Mahesh
Agent from Broadcast Standards: Ross
Vessels
Dance Captain for show: Michael
Hommrich
Other Executives:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
JENKINS: Henry Carnes
JOHNSON: Phillip Miller
MATTHEWS: Trent Schroeder
PETERSON: Orion Johns
TACKABERRY: Ben Otten,
TOYNBEE: Palmer Thompson
DAVIS: Alex Willinger
GOLD: Daniel Stapp
Executive in songs (also Office Boy): Jack Crone
Executive in songs (also Office Boy): Michael Bailey
Executive in songs (also Office Boy): Michael Hommrich
Executive in songs (also Office Boy): Xander Eisert
Executive in songs (also Office Boy): Luke Pearson
Executive in songs (also Office Boy): Kyle Fitzgerald
Office Boys
Tenor
1. Nick Marx
2. Brad Middleton
3. Garret Bunch
4. Michael Hommrich (also Executive)
5. Spencer Davis
Baritone
1. Xander Eisert (also Executive)
2. Luke Pearson (also Executive)
3. Michael Bailey (also Executive)
4. Nolan Hovell
Bass
1. Kyle Fitzgerald (also Executive)
Don’t Know
2. Nolan Lawson
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3.
4.
5.
6.
Barry Banta
Cameron Sautel
Jack Crone (also Executive)
Scott Morrison
SECRETARIES
1st Soprano
1.
2.
3.
4.
Rebecca Rhodes (executive secretary)
Anna Medley
Natalie Thompson
Smitty (executive secretary)
2nd Soprano
1. Miss Krumholtz (Maura Partridge) (executive secretary)
2. Katie Heit
3. Claire Bumpous (executive secretary)
4. Rachel Beavin
5. Martina Parola
6. Emma Rhodes
Alto
1.
2.
3.
4.
Katie Reilly (executive secretary)
Collette Priddy (executive secretary)
Nicole Karem
Kirsten Swikert
Non-singing
Coffee Vendor: Matt Vetter
Wickette Girls: Sarah Schweitzer, Natalie Knoer, Sanjana Mahesh
Passerbys in “Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm.”
1. Shoppers: Jennifer and Megan Giangarra
2. Business man: Daniel Dambros
3. Nanny: Natalie Knoer
4. Janitors: Bobby Hall, Daniel James, Andrew Van Camp, Noah LeClaire
Waiters/Waitress
1. Logan Raley
2. Daniel Dambros
3. Noah LeClaire (Bartender)
4. Sarah Schweitzer (Hostess)
PIRATES who carry HEDY in:
1.
2.
3.
Daniel James
Andrew Van Camp
Noah LeClaire
4.
5.
6.
Matthew Vetter
Taylor Lawson
Damiel Dambros
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HOLY ROLLER TAMBORINE AISLE CHOIR (Brotherhood of Man)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Andrew Van Camp
Babcock
Bobby Hall
Carson Kehres
Daniel Dambros
David Zou
Harrison Cabral
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
Johnny McNicol
Logan Raley
Malcom Haming
Matt Vetter
Noah LeClaire
Sam Holt
Taylor Lawson
Treasure Hunters:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Bobby Hall
Carson Kehres
David Zou
Harrison Cabral
Jennifer Giangarra
Johnny McNicol
Logan Raley
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
Malcom Haming
Megan Giangarra
Natalie Knoer
Noah LeClaire
Sam Holt
Sarah Schweitzer
Policemen
OFFICER MALONE: Charles Babcock
OFFICER NUNNELLY: Andrew Van Camp
OFFICER O’HARA: Matt Vetter
OFFICER PERRY: Taylor Lawson
OFFICER REILLY: Daniel Dambros
HOLY ROLLER TAMBORINE AISLE CHOIR (Brotherhood of Man)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Bobby Hall
Carson Kehres
David Zou
Harrison Cabral
Johnny McNicol
Logan Raley
Malcom Haming
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
Dance at the Party (4 Executive Secretaries and 4 Executives)
1. Rebecca Rhodes-Michael Hommrich
2. Smitty-Ben Otten
3. Executive secretary-executive tba
4. Executive secretary-executive tba
Pirate Dancers:
Michael Hommrich
2 girls tba
Noah LeClaire
Sam Holt
Babcock
Andrew Van Camp
Matt Vetter
Taylor Lawson
Daniel Dambros
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TENTATIVE H2$ Rehearsals--January
January
M
6
3:00-4:30
Solo: Grand Old Ivy’s; Coffee Break; Company Way Reprise;
3:30-4:15 Dance: Pirate Dance
4:00-4:30
Dance: Executive Suite Dance (Company Way a la Dance Band)
4:30-5:30
Dance/Musical Blocking: Grand Old Ivy
3:30-5:00
Chorus: Coffee Break, Company Way REPRISE
3:30-5:00 guys
4:15-5:00 girls
T
7
3:00-4:30
3:30-5:00
5:00-5:30
3:00-5:30
Solo: A Secretary Is Not a Toy; Brotherhood of Man
Dance: Coffee Break
Dance/Musical staging
Company Way reprise
Table Read: Act I
W
8
3:00-4:30
3:30-5:00
Solo: How to Succeed ; Cinderella Darling, Paris Original (all Executive Secretaries);
3:00-4:30
3:30-5:00
Solo: I Believe in You, Company Way, Been a Long Day,
Th
9
Chorus: Brotherhood of Man
Chorus: (Men only) A Secretary Is Not a Toy, review Brotherhood, Coffee
Break
F
10
3:30-5:00
Chorus: teach A Secretary Is Not a Toy (add girls)
review Brotherhood, men only; Coffee Break (men only)
M
13
3:00-4:30
3:30-5:00
5:00-5:30
Solo: Been a Long Day Reprise, Act I Finale, review How to Succeed
Dance: Brotherhood of Man
Dance/Musical Staging: Company Way
T
14
3:00-4:30
3:30-5:15
5:15-5:30
Solo: I Believe in You; review Company Way, Grand Old Ivy’s
Dance: A Secretary Is Not a Toy
Dance/Musical staging: Been a Long Day
W
15
3:00-4:30
Solo: “Rosemary”, Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm’s, Believe reprise
3:30-4:30
Noon dismissal for students
Chorus: Paris Original, Cinderella Darling
Th
16
3:30-5:00
Chorus: Stop That Man
F
17
3:30-4:30
4:30-5:30
Chorus : Review Gotta Stop That Man, Brotherhood of Man
Chorus: Review Company Way Reprise & Coffee Break
T
21
3:00-4:30
3:40-5:30
Solo: review Grand Old Ivy’s, Secretary-Toy, Brotherhood of Man
Dance: Cinderella Darling, Paris Original
W
22
3:30-4:30
Solo: review Believe in You reprise, Dinner Warm’s, Paris Original,
Cinderella,
Chorus: Been a Long Day,
Table Read: Act II
3:30-5:00
3:00-5:00
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Th
23
3:30-4:30
3:00-5:00
3:30-5:00
Solo: review Coffee Break, Company Way, Company Way reprise,
I Have Returned, I Believe in you, Act I Finale
Table read (principals)
Chorus: (Men only) Stop That Man
F
24
3:30-5:00
Chorus: review A Secretary Is Not a Toy, Brotherhood, I Believe in
You/Gotta Stop That Man
M
27
3:00-4:30
3:30-4:30
4:30-5:15
5:15-5:45
Solo: Been a Long Day, Been a Long Day Reprise, solos by Rosemary, Finch, & Biggley
Dance: Stop That Man
Dance: review Coffee Break, Company Way reprise
Dance/Musical blocking: Been a Long Day, Been a Long Day Reprise,
T
28
3:00-4:30
3:30-5:00
Solo: review Grand Old Ivy, Company Way, Company Way reprise
Dance: review Brotherhood, A Secretary is Not A Toy
W
29
3:00-4:30
3:30-5:00
Solo: sing Act I solos
Chorus (men only): Company Way Reprise, Brotherhood of Man, A
Secretary Is Not a Toy, Stop That Man,
Th
30
3:00-4:30
3:30-5:00
Solo: sing Act II solos
Chorus: (Men only) Review Coffee Break, Company Way reprise, Gotta
Stop That Man,
F
31
3:30-4:00
4:00-5:15
5:15-5:30
Chorus Review: Coffee Break, Company Way reprise, Been a Long Day
Chorus: teach Finale, Review Secretary, Brotherhood,
Chorus Review: Cinderella Darling;