Emma True: Teen Detective - The Mystery of the Missing Hawthorn Jewels Creative

Director

Gretchen Nordleaf

Gretchen Nordleaf (Director) teaches Upper School English and Theatre as well as IB DP courses in those disciplines at West Sound Academy. She has been teaching and directing theatre at the high school and college level since 1984. Representative titles of her directing credits include To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, Never In My Lifetime, The Secret in the Wings, Anatomy of Gray, Noises Off, Almost, Maine, You Can’t Take It With You, 12 Angry Jurors. Harvey, Death by Design, Rumors and She Kills Monsters. Teaching and directing high school students is one of the most exhilarating experiences of her life. Ms. Nordleaf is a member of the Educational Theatre Association and ISTA - International School Theatres Association. She would like to thank her family and friends for their support as she continues following her passion for teaching and directing high school theatre. Break a leg everyone!

Paul Burback

Technical Advisor

Paul Burback (Technical Advisor) is the Music Director at West Sound Academy. He celebrates his lifelong passion for music by mentoring young musicians to find their inspiration. He currently performs with local bands, Paundy and Derek Burns’ Project.

Sound Design/Engineer

Andrew

Andrew (Greg/Sound Engineer) enjoyed his Drama Elective in the beginning of the year so when the Pandemic Radio Theatre Company started up at WSA Andrew was one of the first students to join us. He has had a TON of fun working on Emma True: Teen Detective. Andrew would like to thank his past Band Teacher, Mr. Logan, for inspiring him to participate in the performing arts and his parents for all their love and support through the production process. He hopes you enjoy the show!

Stage Manager

Paige

Paige (Stage Manager) is new to the world of theatre. Her prior performance experience includes being a member of Poulsbo Leikarringen, one of the largest Scandinavian folk dance groups in the nation! She also enjoys playing the ukulele and the drums. Paige would like to thank her family, who have supported her and helped her achieve her goals during the production process and she would like to thank Ms. Nordleaf, who introduced her to the world of theatre and for putting her to work using her talents of organizing, catching the small stuff and herding actors.

Creative Notes and Credits

The script for Emma True: Teen Detective was a collaborative effort
between the members of the cast and crew of this production.

The story and style of the script were inspired by Female Formula Fiction.

“Girls’ series typically stars a girl, usually but not always a teenager, who, with or without friends,
has exciting adventure after exciting adventure in a series of books that focus on her experiences.”

Nancy Drew Scholar, Sherrie Inness, Nancy Crew and Company, p. 3.

This play is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of our writers’ imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Special Thanks for without your support and sense of community this production would not have been possible . . .

The Parents of the Cast and Crew

West Sound Academy Faculty and Staff

West Sound Academy Board of Directors

Music Credits

Downtown Metropolis by Aaron Kenny

Gaiety in the Golden Age by Aaron Kenny

Dark Alley Deals by Aaron Kenny

The Black Cat by Aaron Kenny

The Curious Kitten by Aaron Kenny

Happy Haunts by Aaron Kenny

In Every Way by Freedom Trail Studios

1975 by John Kirsch/Media Right Productions

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