Video Preview: 'Footloose' Opens Tonight at John Jay High School

Students in the John Jay High School Theatre Workshop had their final rehearsal Tuesday night for their spring musical, Footloose. 

Based on the original screenplay by Dean Pitchford and adapted from the 1984 film of the same, this production features over 100 cast and crew members, directed by John Jay’s Performing Arts teacher, Amy Geiger. Maeve O'Neill serves as

Footloose—the 1998 Broadway show based on the 1984 movie of the same name—was adapted by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie and based on the original screenplay by Dean Pitchford, said Geiger. 

"Audiences will love the music—who doesn't love a great 80s anthem?" she said.

"With music by Tom Snow, Eric Carmen, Sammy Hager, Kenny Loggins, Jim Steinman and Lyrics by Dean Pitchford, people will recognize many Billboard Hot 100 top ten hits such as, Holding Out for a Hero, Almost Paradise, Let's Hear it for the Boy, and of course the title track, Footloose," said Geiger.

In addition to the music, the show Footloose is all about ‘the dancing’ and our
choreographer, Anne-Marie Galler will not disappoint you, she added.   

Check out our video preview of the show, filmed at Tuesday night's dress rehearsal.

Tickets for all four shows are on sale: Adult Tickets are $10.00 each; student and Senior Citizen Tickets are $5.00 each. For more information, box office hours, and discounts for groups of 20 or more, go to www.jjhs.klschools.org and click on “The Arts at John Jay.”

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Here's a complete list of the cast and crew:

John Jay HS Stage Crew
Renny Altman
Ben Barone
Zander Bolgar
Liz Brozski
David Bull
Natalie Burns
Dylan Citron
Bredon Cullen
Elliya Cutler
Sarah Hendrich

Joe Hyland

Lauren Jackson
Brian Lehrer
Even Leibman
Karen Lilly
Tim Morris
Lindsey Mulcahey
Russell Ohnemus
Maeve O’Neill
Brian Porco
Jessica Sheptin
Morgan Staub
Victoria VanDemark
Liam Wisehart
 
John Jay HS Costume Crew
Jordan Friedman
Jillian Grossman
Madison Herring
Melissa Kenealy
Emma Mason
Morgan Moschetta
Samara Petigrow
Krista Ritterhoff
Meera Aiyagari
 
Footloose Pit Orchestra
Zach Lawrence
John Mason
Shannon Moore
Adam November
Dan Weinfeld
Phoebe Welch

Cast of Footloose
Nicole Arena
Brittany Banks
Chris Beckett
Jason Beckmann
Keely Bochicchio-Sipos
Logan Carbaugh
Lauren Ciubotaru
Erin Cryan
Avery Deutsch
Carly Dieck
Michele Dressler
Phil Eng
Casey Feinberg
Carolee Finney
Max Gold
Jake Goldstein
Shannon Keane
Johanna Lewis
Samantha Lish
John Anthony Loffredo
Mallory MacDonald
Greg Markert
Ellie Marino
Evan McReddie
Christiana Metaxas
Yanni Metaxas
Cole Miller
Erik Perry
Jackson Ruzzo
Jake Shippee
Isaac Sims
Lucas Spain
Charles Tetelman
Olivia Walsh
Jon Vander Werff