Long Beach Middle School students brought their talents to the stage during two outstanding productions of “Phantom Tollbooth.”
The cast and stage crew captivated audiences as they depicted the story based on Norton Juster’s 1961 novel of the same name. Natalie Goggin played the main character Milo, who drove through a magic tollbooth and was transported to a land of adventures. Milo’s exciting journey involved a variety of characters portrayed by Hugh J. Van Well, Shea McMahen, Zen Yokel, Andrew D’Alessandro, John Mateyko, Jessica Guadagnino, Nicole Celis and James O’Connor.
Full cast and crew:
THE CLOCK, TOLLBOOTH VOICE, THE AWFUL DYNNE Hugh J. Van Well
MILO Natalie Goggin
THE WHETHER MAN, THE DODECAHEDRON, SENSES TAKER Shea McMahen
TOCK, THE WATCHDOG Zen Yokel
AZAZ THE UNABRIDGED, KING OF DICTIONOPOLIS Andrew D’Alessandro
THE MATHEMAGICIAN, KING OF DIGITOPOLIS John Mateyko
PRINCESS SWEET RHYME Jessica Guadagnino
PRINCESS PURE REASON Nicole Celis
THE HUMBUG James O’Connor
GATEKEEPER OF DICTIONOPOLIS Angelica Karlis
SPELLING BEE Mia Mangels
KAKAFONOUS A. DISCHORD, DOCTOR OF DISSONANCE Alex Stoppa
LETHARGARIAN 1 Emma Colberg
LETHARGARIAN 2 Caroline Kretzberg
LETHARGARIAN 3 Merredith Buchanan
LETHARGARIAN 4 Isabel Kretzberg
LETHARGARIAN 5 Elaina Kassap
LETHARGARIAN 6 Isabel Kreutzberg
WORD MERCHANT 1 Esther Molloy
WORD MERCHANT 2, THE EVERPRESENT WORDSNATCHER (BIRD) Ashley Friedman
WORD MERCHANT 3 James Rosenthal
THE LETTERMAN (MERCHANT 4), Marco Silvestri
THE DUKE OF DEFINITION (MINISTER 1) David Newman
THE MINISTER OF MEANING (MINISTER 2) Fiona Makenzie
THE EARL OF ESSENCE (MINISTER 3) Lizzy Rooney
THE COUNT OF CONNOTATION (MINISTER 4) Tommy Miller
THE UNDERSECRETARY OF UNDERSTANDING (MINISTER 5) Cameron Conte
A PAGE Caroline Roser-Dialma
THE TERRIBLE TRIVIUM Trevon Ferguson
THE DEMON OF INSINCERITY Arielle Nason
LETHARGARIANS, WORD MERCHANTS, MINERS OF THE NUMBERS MINE, AZAZ’S SERVANTS: Merredith Buchanan, Gianna Calabrese, Joe Carrasco, Emma Colberg, Nico Fader, Angelica Karlis, Elaina Kassap, Caroline Kreutzberg, Isabel Kreutzberg, Matt Landsman, Natalie Lessard, Luke Peers, Theresa Tarantino
Stage Crew Members: Jose Ac Rivas, Anthony Cafoco, Hannah Clark, Sarah Conway, Jordan Duffy, Matt Garone, Elias Fuentes, Kelsey Keane, Ari Lerner, Sedona Levine, Julianne Pelegrino, Lauren Pittinsky, Angel Ramon, Summer Roberts, Rachelle Vidallon