The Yale Commencement Musical is a whirlwind process, with only the time between the end of finals period and graduation to rehearse. Into the Woods struck me as the perfect show for a college graduation — it’s a timeless tale about growing up, getting lost, and striking out on your own. With a crew of one hundred and twenty students and a mile of rope, we pulled off a three-hour Sondheim musical in just ten days of rehearsal.

PRODUCTION TEAM

Director: Nina Goodheart
Producer: Collin Bentley
Musical Director: Griffin Strout
Stage Manager: Sarah Barreto Ornellas
Choreographer: Madi Cupp-Enyard
Set Designer: Kristine Sungyeon Chung
Lighting Designers: Ezra Levine,
Ryan Seffinger, Evan Smith
Sound Designer: Emil Ernström
Costume Designer: Danny Smooke
Props Designer: Adela DePavia
Sound Engineer: John Millerd
Dramaturg: Lilla Brody

Videographer: Andrew Schmidt
Reel editor: Zachary Elkind

CAST

Narrator / Mysterious Man: Adam Lohman
Cinderella: Alaina Anderson
Jack: Alejandro Andres Campillo
Milky White: Liam Elkind
Baker: Simon Schaitkin
Baker's Wife: Camille Umoff
Stepmother: Gillian Bolt
Florinda: Kira Sze
Lucinda: Gabrielle Poisson
Jack's Mother: Cami Arboles
Little Red Ridinghood: Noelle Mercer
Witch: Erin Krebs
Granny / Cinderella's Mother / Giant: Walker Caplan
Cinderella's Prince / Wolf: Sammy Grob
Rapunzel: Delilah Napier
Rapunzel's Prince: Solon Snider
Steward: Isaac Scobey-Thal