Little Shop of Horrors Creative

Director/Choreographer

Ashley Stephen

First time director Ashley Stephen is no stranger to the stage and no stranger to Platte Canyon School District. A Graduate from PCHS class of 2005, she is excited to share her love of theater with the next generation of young actors in our community!

Music Director

Nick Pierce

Mr. Pierce is in his third year as the Band and Choir teacher at Platte Canyon, and his third as music director of the annual musical. He has directed the pit and coached the vocalists for Mean Girls, 9-to-5, and now Little Shop of Horrors. Outside of Platte Canyon, Mr. Pierce has performed in the pit orchestras for many musicals, including Aida, West Side Story, Barnum, and the national tour of "Chicago." He continues to be involved in musical theater locally, performing regularly with the Venue Theater Company and the Evergreen Children's Chorale.

Choreographer

Bailey Carrero

Mrs. Carrero is a 3rd grade teacher at DCES. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to be involved with the musical and the amazing cast and crew! She has a BA in Theatre and started her education journey in the arts- teaching, performing and choreographing at various theatres.

Stage Manager and Set Technican

Liam Arnouts

Liam has been in theater for years, and been in the stage manager position for 2 years.

Pit Members

Music

LJ Smith - Trumpet Colten Lyons - Trumpet Debbie Faulkner - Flute Tony Blackburn - Saxophone Amy Klyse - Piano Tim Shea - Bass Haylee Howard - Guitar Luke Montiel - Drums Zane Kaulbach - Percussion Bryce Farkash - Percussion

Prop Master

Jordana

Jordana has been the prop master for 3 years now. This show has been the mast prop intense, and has been tones of fun. This year she took on the role of puppeteer for the Audrey 2's. CHEESE

Lighting and Sound Technician

Bella Layman

I have been the sound tech for the past two years and I mainly manage microphones. *whispers* cheese indeed

Paint Crew and Stage Technician

Jackie Laird, Ainsley Turner, Aunora COrson

Our 8th grade tech team has taken to the stage with flying colors. This team will be running lights for the show and all three are very excited to be part of the show and to be joining the Theater Troupe!

Set design, Hair/Makeup

Kaylee Vinson

Kaylee is in 11th grade, this is her first full show in theater at Platte Canyon and she's so exited to be here.

Stage Crew

Whitley Amos

Whitley is in 10th grade, this is her second show in theater but her first not acting. She is very proud to be apart of this group and will miss everyone since this is her last year at Platte Canyon.

Stage Crew

Nathan Brown

A senior, Nathan has brought so much fun to set and is excited to be joining the stage crew for this production. He has been integral in helping with set and prop design and running set for the shows.

Original Creative Team

Little Shop Of Horrors, with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken, is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film of the same name. Ashman and Menken made many changes from the original film, such as moving the location from Los Angeles to New York and eliminating many characters in lieu of a smaller ensemble. Arguably the largest change is in the ending, where instead of Mushnik and Audrey surviving to see the plant's carnivorous activities (as in the film), nearly all the characters are devoured by the plant.

This musical was only the second collaboration between Ashman and Menken, the first being a 1979 stage adaptation of a Kurt Vonnegut novel. In writing the book, Ashman chose to use the frame of the story to satirize many different topics, including: science fiction, "B" movies, musical comedy, and the Faust legend (in which a man sells his soul to the Devil). In his music, Menken used many of the musical styles of the early 1960s, including rock and roll, doo-wop , and Motown.