SVC Players to present “Camelot” Feb. 19-22 at Saint Vincent

LATROBE, PA – The Saint Vincent College Players will present performances of Lerner and Loewe’s musical “Camelot” from Feb. 19-22 in the Performing Arts Center, located within the Robert S. Carey Student Center on the Saint Vincent campus.

Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19; Friday, Feb. 20; and Saturday, Feb. 21, along with a Sunday afternoon matinee at 2 p.m.

Tickets cost $15 for adults and $10 for children ages 12 and younger. All tickets are general admission and can be purchased at the box office prior to the show.

Saint Vincent students, faculty, staff and Benedictines will be admitted free with valid ID.

“Camelot” is based on the legendary love triangle of King Arthur, Guenevere and Sir Lancelot from T.H. White’s “The Once and Future King,” which serves as Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s source material. The musical takes place in mythical, medieval England, primarily in and around King Arthur’s castle and the surrounding woods.

The Players’ production is directed by Greggory Brandt, director of theater operations and an assistant professor of theater at Saint Vincent College.

“This has been on my bucket list to direct for quite a while,” he said, “and this was the perfect year with the perfect cast of students to perform one of my favorite musicals.”

Brandt, who also serves as the producing artistic director for Saint Vincent Summer Theatre, added that performing a musical of this magnitude requires profound commitment and the superb talents of a wide range of individuals.

“It also requires a special group of amazingly talented students who deserve to be performing in this distinct material,” Brandt said. “They continue to impress me as well as make me proud.”

The cast includes:

• • Andrew Downs, a senior mathematics and music double major from Loyalhanna, as King Arthur
  • Charlie Sullivan, a junior physics major from Waldorf, Maryland, as Merlyn / Sir Lionel
  • Monica Slattery, a senior theology and music double major from Mount Airy, Maryland, as Guenevere
  • Joseph Burke, a senior mathematics and data science double major from Grayslake, Illinois, as Lancelot
  • Matthias Kirby, a junior accounting major from Severna Park, Maryland, as Pellinore
  • Lance Hall, a senior marketing major from Powell, Ohio, as Mordred
  • Abigail Karkowski, a senior criminology, law and society major from Ridley Park, as Morgan Le Fay
  • Lucas Shaner, an eighth-grade student at Greensburg Central Catholic, as Tom of Warwick
  • Iverson Agyei, a junior business finance major from Gaithersburg, Maryland, as Sir Dinadan
  • Stephen Foss, a sophomore business administration major from Latrobe, as Sir Sagramore
  • Nathan Shashura, a sophomore music major from Youngstown, as Guilliam / Squire Dap
  • Abigail McGinnis, a senior music performance major from Hollsopple, as Lady Anne / Nimue
  • Nora Cabala, a senior data science and mathematics double major from Summerhill, as Lady Catherine
  • Claire White, a junior marketing major of Vanderbilt, as Lady Sybil
  • Javier Torres, a junior mechanical engineering major of Nutley, New Jersey, as Colgrevance
  • Ben Fearer, a freshman computer science major of Latrobe, as Bliant
  • Benedict John Paul Mizner, a freshman digital arts major of Erie, as Castor
  • Jacob Mousseau, a freshman engineering major of Trafford, as Clarius
  • Olivia Carr, a senior psychology major from Baden, as Page

The ensemble men include Fearer, Mizner, Mousseau and Torres.

The ensemble women include Laurel Daniels, a sophomore early childhood education major of Garrett; Josi Dirienzo, a junior marketing major of Somerset; Iva Droske, a freshman art education major of Ligonier; Hope Farley, a senior marketing major of Saint Marys; Nyx Wagus, a freshman digital art and media major of Latrobe; and Cabala, Carr and White.

The dancers include Victoria Barone, a senior mathematics and data science double major of North Huntingdon, and Daniels, McGinnis and White.

The production team includes Leslie Brandt as choreographer; Hazel Braun as music director; Beth Shari as costume designer; Jesse Madden as technical director; Greggory Brandt and Chad Castillo as set designers; Castillo and Josiah Weyandt as set builders; Becky Ziegler as set decorator; Chris McCallister as lighting designer and light operator; Joe Clark as sound designer; Kate Lipscomb, a senior data science major of Cranberry Township, as stage manager/props; Daniels and White as dance captains; Will Toret, a sophomore studying social studies middle grade education from Murrysville, and Brooke Garman, a senior biochemistry and mathematics double major of Bloomsburg, as assistant stage managers; and Burke, Downs, Garman, Kirby and Shashura as additional set builders and crew.

The “Camelot” orchestra, directed by Hazel Braun, who will also play piano, includes performers Lisa Thackrach, clarinet and bass clarinet; Nina Edgar, flute and piccolo; Lydia Hull and Larissa Marple, violin; Annette Russell and Jody Adkins, trumpet; Frank Zimmaro, trombone; Don Varuola, French horn; Teddy DiSanti, bass; and Brian Tychinski, percussion.