Metamorphoses Production Crew

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Lighting Crew
Abigail Bennett
Abigail is very excited to be a part of this production of Metamorphoses. Abigail would like to thank everyone for all of their hard work.
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Sets Crew
Brynna Butler
This is Brynna's first Peninsula show, and she is super-duper excited to be a part of the crew helping to make it! She wants all of y’all to have a great time watching!
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Lighting Assistant Stage Manager
Maddie Castro
Maddie is a sophomore and this is her third show at Peninsula. She's really happy to be on lighting for Metamorphoses!
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Lighting Crew
Tessa Catanzarite
Tessa worked on the lighting for this production. She has worked lighting for 5 prior shows at peninsula. She had a lot of fun with this show and hopes you enjoy watching!
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Costumes Crew
Anya Chachra
Anya is a sophomore at Peninsula, and this is her second show on costumes crew with Peninsula Drama. Her previous experience includes and is limited to Once Upon a Mattress, but she hopes to be part of many more Pen Drama productions to come! She would like to thank Mr. Cohen and all of the cast and crew for working so hard to make this production come to life, and she hopes you enjoy the show as much as she does!
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Assistant Director
Sadie Cortese
Sadie is a senior and is very excited to be a part of Metamorphoses! Her job is to make sure no cast members or audience members jump into the pool. So please don’t.
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Assistant Director
Ashe Currence
Ashe is excited to be an AD for their 7th production at Pen. They hope you enjoy the show as much as they do! If you do enjoy the show, feel free to show your gratitude by buying them concessions !!
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Costumes Crew
Elliette Donnelly
“I always come back.” Ellie is a Junior and is so excited to return to the Drama Department. This is her 7th show with Pen, stepping on the stage once before, but mostly working behind the scenes. She hopes you enjoy the show!
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Costumes Crew
Mana Duster
Mana Duster (she/they) Is very excited to work on costumes for the final time this year. She previously worked with costume crew for The Lightning Thief, back in 2023, and had a great experience doing so. As a trans identifying girlie with a passion for fashion, they’re a fashion illustrator and has been drawing fashion for the last few years. Their influences are fashion dolls, alternative aesthetics, and drag. Mana hopes you all enjoy the show because if not, she will have Midas turn you all into gold.
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Publicity Crew
Zoe Ebbens
This is Zoe’s 4th production with PVPHS Drama and she has had so much fun working on this show! She hopes you enjoy the show and try not to get splashed!
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Stage Manager
Ali Engle-Tseng
Ali is a student from Pen High School working on her tenth production, Metamorphoses. She would like to thank everyone for making this production possible, and she hopes you enjoy the show! NO RUNNING BY THE POOL!
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Costumes Assistant Stage Manager
Tilly Evans
This is Tilly’s 9th production working in the Peninsula Drama Department, she is a senior at Peninsula and when she is not working on costumes she can be found playing on the Comedy Sportz High Schoole League team and spending time with her friends and family, Tilly would like to thank Mr. Cohen MizZee and the cast and crew for their fabulous work on Metamorphoses, she hopes you enjoy the show and have a splash!
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Sets Crew
Diego Gutierrez
Diego is very excited to be a part of this production of Metamorphoses. Diego would like to thank everyone for all of their hard work.
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Lighting Crew
Tayla Jun
Tayla is excited to be a part of the Metamorphoses crew! This is her seventh production with Peninsula Drama and hopes that everyone will enjoy all the hard work put into this epic show!
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Props Assistaint Stage Manager
Keira Kendall
Keira is a sophomore and is so excited to be a part of her 3rd production with PVPHS. She worked on Arsenic and Old lace and Once Upon a Mattress with props crew. She would like to thank the cast and crew for being awesome. Enjoy the show!
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Publicity Crew
Soren Kim
Soren is a senior this year and this is his first production for our drama department. He dreams of being a filmmaker as either a director or producer.
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Publicity Crew
Summer Lin
Summer is a sophomore in her second year with the Peninsula Drama Department. She’s excited to be part of her first PVPHS production on the publicity crew for Metamorphoses and wants to thank Mr. Cohen, along with the entire cast and crew, for their support and hard work. She hopes you enjoy the show!
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Sound Crew
Maddie Majchrzak
Maddie is a junior at PVPHS and this is their 6th production with Peninsula Drama! They have had a super fun time working in the sound department for the first time! Sit back and enjoy watching, and more importantly listening, to the show!
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Stage Manager
Brooke McAlpine
Brooke is so happy to be working on Metamorphoses! This is her 9th show she's worked on, and it has really CHANGED her hahaha.. get it? Anyways, she hopes you enjoy the show as much as she does, and don't forget to wear your seat belt!
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Sets Crew
Keira McManus
Keira hopes that everyone enjoys this awesome show (especially people named Fiona)!
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Publicity Crew
Dakota Pflieger
This is Dakota’s 3rd time on publicity and umpteenth time working on a PVPHS show! He is excited to be back on a show to give a breath of magic to the forever changing world of the characters in Metamorphoses!
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Sets Crew
Kenton Phookittikhun
Kenton Phookittikhun is a sophomore in Peninsula High School, and this is Kenton's third time working with the stage crew. He is very excited to be part of Metamorphoses. He hopes everyone will enjoy the show.
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Sets Crew
Vicky Povolo
Vicky is excited for you to see Metamorphoses! She is a junior on Varsity Song. This is her second Peninsula Drama production. She hopes you enjoy the show!
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Props Crew
Leah Rubin
Leah is excited to crew for Metamorphoses! She’s been in the cast for middle school productions and is excited to crew for the first time. Hope you enjoy the show!
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Publicity Assistant Stage Manager
Eli Seidner
Eli is a senior at Peninsula High School and the publicity Assistant Stage Manager. He was previously a publicity crew member for Once Upon a Mattress. He enjoys photography and videography and also likes to help out with set construction. He hopes you enjoy the show!
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Sound Crew
Hazel Smith
Hazel is a junior and is so excited to be part of Metamorphoses, her fifth production with Peninsula Drama. She loves Greek mythology and hopes you see the show 6 or 7 times.
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Sound Crew
Brooke Strassner
Brooke is a sophomore and is very excited to a part of her 5th PVPHS production She recently worked in the sound department for Arsenic and Old Lace, Once Upon a Mattress and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, as well as acted in Dear Chuck over the summer. She would like to thank the cast and creative team for making this a memorable experience. Enjoy the show!
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Costumes Crew
Bella VanMarter
This is Bella’s first time working on crew. It is also their very first production at Pen. They are very passionate about costume design and very excited for everyone to see the beautiful costumes that they and the rest of the costume crew designed. They are also very excited to see where their drama career at Pen takes them.
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Publicity Crew
Caterina Villa
Caterina (Cat) Villa is a sophomore at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, and she is excited to be working on her first ever drama production as a member of Publicity Crew. She hopes you enjoy the show as she enjoyed working on it.
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Dramaturg
Elise Vu
Elise Vu is 17 years old and very grateful to be a part of Metamorphoses! Elise has been a part of numerous other productions at Pen High, such as Once Upon a Mattress, Dear Chuck, and Arsenic and Old Lace. She would like to thank Mr. Cohen, the rest of the creative team, the cast, and the crew members, for making this show possible. She hopes you enjoy the show!

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METAMORPHOSES Based on the Myths of Ovid Written and originally directed by Mary Zimmerman

METAMORPHOSES was originally produced by Lookingglass Theatre Company, Chicago, October 1998. 
Premiered in New York City by The Second Stage Theatre, New York, September, 2001. 

Produced at PV Peninsula High School, December 2025
Stage Managers: Ali Engle-Tseng, Brooke McAlpine
Assistant Directors: Sadie Cortese, Ashe Currence
Dramaturg: Elise Vu
Choreography: Amanda Higuchi 
House Manager: Kaitlyn Barker
Parent Producers: Jodi Belke, Jenevieve Mueller 

Original Artwork: Dakota Pflieger
Lighting Design: Abigail Bennett, Maddie Castro, Tessa Catanzarite, Tayla Jun
Sound Design: Ali Engle-Tseng, Madeline Majchrzak, Hazel Smith, Brooke Strassner
Costume Design: Linda Muggeridge-Zimmerman, MizZee's Costumes
Scenic Design: A.C. Franklin

Additional Music used with permission from Greenleaf Productions and Presto Music.

Directed by Seth Cohen