Hershel & The Hanukkah Goblins

BY ERIC KIMMEL

ADAPTED BY MICHAEL DAILEY

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY JACOB COMBS

DIRECTED BY HANNAH TODD

MUSICAL DIRECTION BY RICKY HARRIS

Season 34

Nov 20, 2021–Dec 12, 2021

Rivendell Theatre
5779 N. Ridge Ave., Chicago

In this adaptation of the Caldecott Honor-winning book, A traveling troupe of actors comes to town to find no one celebrating Hanukkah. They must put on a show to save the holiday! Will they bring back the spirit of Hanukkah to the town? Will Hershel of Ostropol outsmart the goblins who haunt the old synagogue?

CAST

MORGAN LAVENSTEIN as Hershel

CHARLIE BAKER as Leor

CHRISTOPHER THOMAS POW as Sammy

REBECCA MAROWITZ as Max

LAKECIA HARRIS as Sara

AMY GORELOW as Al

BECCA ROWLAND as U/S Hershel

GAVIN MUELLER as U/S Sammy

KATIE INCARDONA as U/S Max

ELIZABETH MCANULTY QUILTER as U/S Leor

TEAGAN EARLEY as U/S Sara

ANDREW CLANCEY as U/S Al

CREATIVE TEAM

OSWALD AVILE
Stage Manager

PAUL COOK*
Production Manager

HANNAH TODD
Director

MICHAEL DAILEY*
Writer

JACOB COMBS
Composer

RICKY HARRIS
Music Director

DANIEL ETTI-WILLIAMS
Sound Designer

K. STORY
Lighting Designer

CAITLIN MCLEOD
Scenic Designer; Co-Puppet Designer

FOILES
Props Designer; Co-Puppet Designer

STEPHANIE DIAZ
Puppetry Consultant

AMANDA CROCKETT
Choreographer

GREGORY GRAHAM
Costumer

SOPHIA SINSHEIMER
Assistant Director

CATHERINE MILLER
Cultural Consultant

KARISSA J MURRELL MYERS*
Casting Director

KAMILLE DAWKINS*
Artistic Director

GARRETT STEINKE
Lead Electrician

EVAN SPOSATO
Technical Director

* Strawdog Theatre ensemble member