'Into the Woods' gets plug in Suburbanite

The St. Paul Drama Club’s production of “Into the Woods” got a plug in the current issue of the Suburbanite, a newspaper which serves southern Summit County. It includes quotes from Marco Colant, who plays the Baker, and Leanne Casserlie who plays his wife and directors Janet Hazlett and Jud Hartman.

Unfortunately, the names of Colant and Hazlett are misspelled.

The story noted that Colant played the Mayor of Whoville in “Suessical the Musical” last summer at Weathervane Theater in Akron and Casserlie has acted on the Carousel Dinner Theater stage and attended Miller South School of the Arts.

“This is such a great group of kids,” Hazlett told the Suburbanite. “They all pitch in and come together. Some of these kids have had a lot of theater experiences. It is good to have dedicated kids that can take direction and know stage direction. They know what practice is like and how boring it can be at times. They know how to be ready and have their props. The older kids help coach the younger kids. They all work very hard.”

Colant said, “I spent Christmas break listening to all the songs over and over and I got them down. We all have to work together in this play for it to be good. Everybody does their part.”

“I pick up on things fast,” Casserlie stated. “But, I had to work on it because I did not want to mess anything up. I had my sister and brother help me with my lines. It is not a one person thing. You cannot depend on yourself. You have to help other people around you. Even if someone does not learn their lines, it messes everything up.”

“We have no backstage people,” Hartman said. “Everybody is a part. All the kids help with backstage stuff and have other roles. This allows all of them to be on stage at some point whether they have the biggest role or the smallest.”

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