Wheelock Family Theatre’s Teen Ensemble presents

The Lightning Thief

Book by Joe Tracz
Music & Lyrics by Rob Rokicki
Based on the novel by Rick Riordan

Directed by Jeri Hammond
Choreographed by Brad Reinking
Music Directed by Jon Goldberg

March 28 – 30, 2025

The production runs 2 hours and 5 minutes including one 15 minute intermission.

About the Show:

As the half-blood son of a Greek god, Percy Jackson has newly-discovered powers he can’t control, a destiny he doesn’t want, and a mythology textbook’s worth of monsters on his trail. When Zeus’s master lightning bolt is stolen and Percy becomes the prime suspect, he has to find and return the bolt to prove his innocence and prevent a war between the gods. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the thief. He must travel to the Underworld and back; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and come to terms with the father who abandoned him.

The Lightning Thief is produced by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com

Cast

Vee Grabiel Butler
Squirrel, Voice of Kronos, Mozart, Ensemble

Caroline Condon
Charon/Biana

Maia Ettinger
Ensemble

Sonia Fanous
Oracle/Thalia/Bus Driver

Jack Gillespie
Ares/Gabe/Cyclops/Ensemble

Ben Gliman
Percy Jackson

Aidan Gustafson
Grover

Audrey Howell
Sally

Echo Kaufman
Annabeth

Asher Lambert
Elvis Presley/Greyhound Passenger #1

Ash Quasney-Sandler
Clarisse, Janis Joplin

Kaiden Reitz
Mr. Brunner/Chiron, Hades

Sawyer Reitz
Luke

Ben Saraydarian
Mr. D, DJ Cerberus

Matilda Sherman
Aunty Em/Kurt Cobain/Farmer

Mary Wang
Mrs. Dodds/Katie Gardner

Creative & Production Teams

Director, Jeri Hammond
Music Director, Jon Goldberg
Choreographer, Brad Reinking
Production Stage Manager, Anika Nayak
Fight Choreographer, Colton Chaney
Associate Director, Katherine Gustafson
Lighting Designer & Production Electrician, Nate Morrissey
Costume Designer, Marissa Wolf
Sound Designer, Bekah Rudinec
Props & Puppet Designer, Saskia Martinez
Set Designer, Steve Viera
Captioning Formater, Alyse Jessica Clinton
Open Captions, Stephanie Mutuku

Tech Apprentices

Assistant Stage Managers, Sam Freifeld & Chami Nigro
Run Crew, Stella Bowman
Assistant Props Designer/Spot Op, Jada Moga
Assistant Props and Scenic Designer, Elle Morawski
A1, Weston Thomas
A2/Assistant Sound Designer, Rushi Murrow
Spot Op, El O’Neil
Assistant Lightning Designer, Eli Kartunen
Assistant Costume Designer/Wardrobe Crew, Fionn D’Anjou
Assistant Puppet Designer, Jake Klineman

PHOTOS

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PROGRAM & RESOURCES

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Program Booklet (To Come)