Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, also known as Sweeney Todd is a 1979 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. It is based on the 1970 play Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond. The character of Sweeney Todd first appeared in a Victorian penny dreadful titled The String of Pearls.
Sweeney Todd opened on Broadway in 1979 and in the West End in 1980. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Olivier Award for Best New Musical. It has been revived in many productions and inspired a film adaptation.
The character Sweeney Todd originated in serialized Victorian popular fiction, known as penny dreadfuls. A story called The String of Pearls was published in a weekly magazine during the winter of 1846–47. Set in 1785, the story featured as its principal villain a certain Sweeney Todd and included all the plot elements used in later versions. The murderous barber's story was turned into a play before the ending had even been revealed in print.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweeney_Todd:_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street
Adrian Warwick (Ensemble)
Adrian is a Junior at GHS, and they play a working-class family man in the ensemble for Sweeney.
This is their second musical, and they were a part of the GHS production of Anything Goes in fall 2023.
Alex Vinante (Beadle Bamford)
Alex Vinante is 17 years old, a Junior, and this is his third musical with GHS. He has been performing for 8 years now and spends most of his time with Palace Education in their Senior Company. He has one sister, one brother, and two amazing parents who have supported him throughout his musical theater career. Some of his past roles that he is proudest of include Gomez in Addams Family, Bobby Strong in Urinetown, and Damien in Mean Girls. He hopes to pursue a long career in the arts and would love to be able to sing, dance, and act for the rest of his life. He is so excited to be playing a role like the Beadle in as gorgeous of a show as Sweeney Todd. Enjoy the show!
Anna Brown -(Johanna)
Anna Brown is a Junior this year at GHS and will be playing Johanna. Some other roles you may have seen her in are Catherine Parr(SIX) and Virtue(Anything Goes). She is so excited for this show to open and has had such a great time with her cast mates putting this musical together. She'd like to give a huge thanks to her amazing technicians, directors, and choreographer Lorali, who have all worked so hard to put this show together!
Ei Jansen (Judge Turpin)
Eli is a senior this year at GHS. He is playing the role of Judge Turpin, serving as the main antagonist in Sweeney Todd. He is exited to end this year off strong!
Emma Vinante - Ensemble
Emma Vinante is a freshmen at Georgetown High School. This is her first show with the theater and she couldn't be more excited! She likes to spend her free time with her amazing friends and family.
She would like to thank her brothers, Alex and Ethan for supporting her, her parents for helping her, and the rest of her family for loving her! She also enjoys learning ASL, reading, playing games, and of course; theater! Emma has been going to the Georgetown Palace Theater since she was 7 and is currently a part of their Senior Company. She couldn't be more excited to do her next show there!
Past favorites include Addams Family, Finding Corey Taylor, and Mean Girls at The Palace Theater and Rainbow Fish at Benold Middle School. Emma's past theater experiences and her participation in choir this year encouraged her to audition for Sweeney Todd, and she has no regrets! The cast, even the tech and orchestra, were absolutely phenomenal to work with, and she had so much fun performing in the ensemble. She'd like to thank everyone responsible for making this show come to life and can't wait to see what they will accomplish next!
Emory Cornelius - Ensemble
Emory is a 15 year old freshman and is very excited to be in her first GHS musical. Before Georgetown she was a member of the palace performance company for 3 years, has been in musicals from a young age and is currently in the varsity/one act class for theatre at GHS. She has had a wonderful experience with everyone who has been apart of this production and excited for everyone to watch how beautifully this show has turned out! She would like to thank her mom and dad for their support and time they have given her. She would also like to thank her cast for all the love and kindness they have shown her throughout the show.
Hatie McHugh - Ensemble
Hatie Mchugh is a Junior this year is did hair and makeup for the show as well as acting in the ensemble! This is her 3rd musical with GHS and she is so excited to share this production with you!
Ian Burkle - Ensemble
Ian Burkle is a freshman. In Sweeney Todd he is in the ensemble, but you may have seen him as the Sailor in We are The Sea, the Lobster in Rainbow Fish, and the Duchess in Alice in Wonderland. He has received awards in Middle School One Act Play.
Isabella Hodgson - Ensemble
Isabella Hodgson is sophomore at GHS. She was a cast member in SIX! and is looking forward to performing in her second musical. She is a 2 year member of the GHS choir and the varsity tennis team. She was a TMEA pre-area finalist in 2024 as a soprano 2. She wants to thank her family and friends for supporting her and is beyond grateful for Mrs. Poehls and hopes you enjoy the show!
Jack Silker - Jonas Fogg
Jack is a sophomore at Georgetown High School. He is an actor and technician who has worked in various shows for the company and is preforming as Jonas Fogg and Ensemble. He would like to thank his friends and family for their support!
Jackson Ford - Sweeney Todd
This is Jackson Ford's fourth and final year in theatre and his third year in musical, but not the end of his performing career. Sweeney has been a dream role for Jackson for a long time and he was even more excited to play the lead every time Lorali taught new choreography to the ensemble. A huge thanks to his family for putting up with him not coming home till after dark for three years now, every director who has ever helped him to this point, the rest of the cast for building this beautiful show, and the tech and pit for being the behind the scenes base for the whole show.
Karen Stephens - Ensemble
This is Kamren! She's a senior, and you may recognize her from her performance in Still Life this past fall! She'd like to thank her family, as well as her friends for coming to see this wonderful show. She'd also like to give a shout out to Ms.Poehls, Mr Baker, and Lorali Wood for all of their hard work and dedication. Enjoy Sweeney Todd!
Lauren Marbibi - Bird Seller/Ensemble
Lauren Marbibi Is so exited for y'all to see the show. So much hard work has been put into this show by so many people. She has been in many plays with Georgetown High School. Next year she will be attending Texas Tech University for Architecture. She is exited that this show gets to be one of her last.
Maria Habingreither - Beggar Woman
Maria Habingreither is a Junior and is so excited to be playing the Beggar Woman in this production of Sweeny Todd! This will be her 4th musical at GHS and she can't wait to perform in Hadestown in the spring! Aside from theatre, she is also involved in the GHS Show Choir and TAFE. She wants to thank her friends, family, and directors for helping her perform, and hopes you enjoy the show!
Melia Flowers - Ensemble
Melia Flowers is a Junior and she is a member of the ensemble. Melia has been doing theater since she was in 3rd grade and this is her 3rd year apart of the Georgetown High School theater program. She would like to thank her wonderful family for putting up with her busy schedule, the amazing cast and crew of Sweeney, the directors, and God for giving her strength. She hopes that you enjoy the show!
Mikayla Carroll - Ensemble
Mikayla is 9th grade preforming as an ensemble member. This would be the second musical Mikayla did, The first one was one in middle school that Mikayla can't remember the name of. Mikayla has been in multiple shows and really enjoys being on stage and preforming and she recently found a love for dancing in shows.
Mimma McKinney - Ensemble
Mimma McKinney is in the 9th grade.She is currently in the GHS production of Sweeney Todd where she plays as a member of the ensemble. She previously played the character "Iseult" in Benold Middle School's OAP production of We Are The Sea where she received an all star cast award. She would like to give a shout out to her parents Breka and Burl McKinney for being so supportive!
Mya Norton - Ensemble
This is Mya's first musical with us at GHS! Mya is a sophomore and she is a part of the ensemble. She is very excited and thankful to get to be a part of this performance. She is in the ghs choir and loves to sing as well as being a teen attorney for the teen court program at school. She thanks everyone for coming to see the show and to her friends and family and all who love her. She wants to especially thank her amazing grandpa for coming all the way to see her perform she loves him very much and she hopes you all enjoy the show!
Patrick Quinn - Anthony Hope
Patrick is a senior, and is participating in his 3rd musical at GHS; he was first in 'Kiss me, Kate', in 2022, and then 'Anything Goes' in 2023. Along with these, he has done a few other shows for GHS, as well as a hand full on the main stage of the Georgetown Palace Theatre. He enjoys the stage, and is excited to share Georgetown High School's production of Sweeney Todd.
Rylan Colburn - Ensemble
Rylan is a junior and this is her first time doing a musical at GHS. She's done musicals in the past with other groups in an outside of school and enjoys acting very much. She also is involved in the GHS show choir and varsity choir in her free time, she enjoys singing and playing with her two dogs. Rylan would like to think her cast and crew for all their hard work and hopes that everyone enjoys the show!
Toby Taylor - Ensemble
Please enjoy the show!
Townes Schroeder - Adolfo Pirelli
Townes is very excited to be continuing the tradition of playing eccentric mustached gentlemen. He is a senior this year and is so thrilled that he gets to do one show with his freshman brother before going off to college. Townes has been training for this role for years now, going so far as to learn Italian. When he found out Pirelli speaks English, he was devastated, but the how goes on. He hopes you enjoy the show and that you think his accents are good.
Tristan Guy - Ensemble
Tristan is a sophomore at Georgetown High School. He is acting as the ensemble member, Malachi, in Sweeney Todd. In the past he has been in the Lion King as Simba. He would like to shout out his parents for always helping him and pushing him to be the best he can in whatever he's doing. Enjoy the show!