IT'S EASY! The Friend Strong Musical show poster

IT'S EASY! The Friend Strong Musical at Mountain View High School Stage

Dates: (9/20/2018 - 9/22/2018 )

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Mountain View High School Stage

2135 Mountain View Road
Stafford, 22556

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Phone: 571-317-0838

Tickets: $10 General Seating

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The Virginia premier of the 8x Broadway World Award-Winning "IT'S EASY! The Friend Strong Musical" (including BEST MUSICAL, Westchester/Rockland, NY 2017) takes the stage at Mountain View High School in Stafford, Virginia, September 20th, 21st and 22nd at 7pm, produced by Mariah's Music & Arts.

"A positive message about the importance of friendship in a musical aimed at keeping bullying out of school... Tackles what it's like to be your average middle school student... social media, friendship, and of course what can happen when people struggle to fit in."
~ VIOS 1 NEWS, NJ

Book by January Akselrad and Jennifer Young
Music & Lyrics by January Akselrad
Musical arrangements by Stephen Ferri and Andrew Fox

DIRECTED/PRODUCED BY MARIAH SNOW
CHOREOGRAPHY BY KAREN LAWS, MARIAH SNOW, MICHELLE MCNUTT, STAR SPANN
KAREN LAWS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
ERIC HOKANSON, TECHNICAL LEAD

Mariah's Music & Arts is excited to be presenting the first licensed production of this new anti-bullying musical through special arrangement with educational theater company, See The Wish, NY. (www.seethewish.com)

SHOW SYNOPSIS...
“It’s Easy!” takes place at Goodwin Middle School where bullies make life miserable, bystanders “look the other way” and victims are many. 6th grader, Jed Travis, just wants to find the courage to speak up. Stacey Emerson just wants to know why her best friend dumped her for the girls that she hates. And Ricky Palmer? He just wants to disappear. Just as the day couldn’t get any worse, a kind custodian with a time travel app helps Jed. Together, with one unwitting cyber-bully, they see that their futures, and the lives of others, depend on what they say or do, at every moment… is it too late to change the heartbreaking fate of one bullied classmate? Not if it’s up to Jed! The future is always changing.

90-minute musical features an ensemble cast of 25 youths and 10 adults.

Fun Fact:The national Be-A-Friend Project carries the "speak up, reach out and be a friend" message of "It's Easy!" across the country, having delivered over 9,000 letters of peer support to young victims of bullying since the show's workshop debut in 2015, and is woven into the show's storyline.

https://www.fredericksburg.com/weekender/young-life-it-s-easy-anti-bullying-musical-debuts-at/article_0b6ed26e-046e-5dfc-a138-fc049f866ce6.html#comments

"What was it like seeing the play? Well, one thing was WOW! I was inspired by how friendship can defeat bullying. I literally cried with joy! I loved seeing it. It reversed my heart to be an upstander, not a bystander. It completely changed me!"
~ 5th Grade Audience Member, Main Street School, Irvington, NY
(Reflection shared by Principal Joyce Chapnick)

For more information about "It's Easy!": www.itseasythemusical.com
Ages: Family musical targeted to midde school audiences is appropriate for all over 7 years

Mariah's Music & Arts cast of "It's Easy! The Friend Strong Musical" at their first read-through!

Cast and Creative team for IT'S EASY! The Friend Strong Musical at Mountain View High School Stage

GOODWIN MIDDLE SCHOOLERS CAST...
JED TRAVIS: Sam Wettergreen
STACEY EMERSON: Karoline Colucci
MONICA: Renee Kauffman
ZOE WEBB: Sarah Pinkstaff
TAYLOR: Ashleigh Pinkstaff
GABBY: Audrey Iglesia
FATIMA: Elena Maselli
RICKY PALMER: Dalton Gallahan
HARRY HARRIS: Luke Palotay
HANK RANDAZZO: Isaiah Mason
TINA: Victoria Snow
ANDREA: Cristiana Herndon
NICOLE: Kitana Celich
CARLY: Alivia Laird
CJ LEE: Star Spann
VINNY ABATINO: Jared Herndon
DAN RANDAZZO: Josh Herndon
JOY MONTGOMERY: Katy Colucci
ZACH: Gian Carlo Figarella Correa
BENAJMINA: Shanti Figarella Correa
AVERY: Savannah Strickland

CUSTODIAN OF GOODWIN MIDDLE SCHOOL... AND OF THE FUTURE...
MRS. A: Nylsa Correa

FUTURE TIME TRAVEL CAST...
ADULT GABBY: Kim Maselli
ADULT TAYLOR: Kara Colucci
ADULT CJ LEE: Michelle McNutt
ADULT JOY MONTGOMERY: Mariah Snow
ADULT STACEY EMERSON: Lori Iglesia
ADULT MONICA: Leslie Clemente
ADULT DAN RANDAZZO: Michael S. Taylor
ADULT HARRY HARRIS: John Meredith
ADULT HANK RANDAZZO: Sam Evans
DAUGHTER TO ADULT HANK: Uriella Appiah

ENSEMBLE CAST:
Emily Hogan
Raina Chan
Grace Palotay

Special CAMEO APPEARANCE by...
Deuntay Diggs - “The Dancing Deputy”

VOICE-OVER CAST:
ADULT JED TRAVIS: Larry Alexander
PRINCIPAL: Jennifer Young
MS. KENNETT: January Akselrad
COACH STAN: Harold Akselrad

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