WAITING FOR A cast list to be posted is never easy, even if it's for just a day, especially when the casting possibilities are nearly endless.

The hopefuls for this year's spring musical, "West Side Story," had it especially rough.

While auditions occurred more than a week ago, the cast list, and not even the entire cast list, was posted just yesterday.

Due to a family emergency, director Barbara Ridenour was pulled away for all of last week, postponing not only an official decision, but the start of rehearsals.

Every person who auditioned will be in the show, but due to the high level of talent found at the auditions this year, Ridenour and music director Rick Murphy felt they could not yet cast the majority of the roles, which will be determined as rehearsals progress.

As for the classic couple of Maria and Tony, they will be played by seniors Sheri Grill and Daniel Borup.

Bernardo, Maria's brother and the leader of the Sharks, will be played by senior Teddy Zamora-Mills, and senior Sarah Lake-Rayburn has been cast his girlfriend, Anita.

Junior Zack Goldberg will portray Riff, the leader of the Jets.

"West Side Story" will be performed in the North Attic Playhouse at 7 p.m. April 2 and 7:30 p.m. April 3 and 4.

"WEST SIDE STORY" CAST MEMBERS

"WEST SIDE STORY"
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

SPRING MUSICAL 2009

• Director: Barbara Ridenour
• Music Director: Rick Murphy
• Performances: 7 p.m. April 2;
  7:30 p.m. April 3 & 4, North Attic Playhouse

• Riff — Zack Goldberg (jr)
• Tony — Daniel Borup (sr)
• Bernardo — Teddy Zamora (sr)
• Anita — Sarah Lake-Rayburn (sr)
• Maria — Sheri Grill (sr)

Company (parts to be cast as rehearsals progress)

• Erin Berl (su)
• Kahlilah Cooke (so)
• Ben Daniels (sr)
• Rob Diehl (sr)
• Jared Doyle (jr)
• Jacob Druker (sr)
• Will Erickson (fr)
• Maia Gersten (fr)
• Jack Gillette (su)
• Anna Gooler (jr)
• Brianna Hajek (su)
• Karen Han (sr)
• Jeremy Kemball (sr)
• Deborah Ladd (sr)
• Stirling Lemme (su)
• Rodney LeNoir (fr)
• Ella Lubienski (su)
• Sierra Marcum (sr)
• Charlie Newman (so)
• Aramael Pena-Alcantara (fr)
• Lauren Piester (sr)
• Tianna Pittenger (jr)
• Melissa Rosas (su)
• Vivian Robison (jr)
• Brittany Scheid (jr)
• Stefanie Senior (so)
• Johnny Shapley (fr)
• Kaila Simpson (su)
• James Smith (sr)
• Lisa Sproat (so)
• Juliana Trach (su)
• Alex Valdez (su)
• Buck Walsh (so)
• Daniel Wilson (jr)
• Martha Yoshida (so)
• Ben Zehr (so)

"WEST SIDE STORY" CHARACTERS

The Jets

• Tony (tenor): co-founder of the Jets & lead male role
• Riff (tenor): leader of the Jets
• Action (baritone): easily angered and excited
• Diesel (baritone): toughest of the gang, tall and muscular
• A-Rab (baritone): weary one of the gang
• Baby John (baritone): youngest of the Jets, A-Rab's best friend, also the most sensitive
• Big Deal: hangs around with Diesel a lot & the goof
• Snowboy: cool, calm, collected
• Mouthpiece: mostly a chorus Jet
• Gee-tar: mostly a chorus Jet
• Tiger: mostly a chorus Jet

Their Girls

• Velma: Diesel's girl
• Graziella: Riff's girl
• Anybodys: a tomboy who wishes to become a Jet
• Minnie
• Clarice
• Pauline
• Peggy
• Olivia

The Sharks

• Bernardo (baritone): the leader
• Chino,the young and shy one
• Pepe
• Indio
• Luis
• Nacho
• Juano
• Toro

Their Girls

• Maria (soprano): lead female role
• Anita (alto): Bernardo's girl
• Rosalia (mezzo-soprano)
• Consuela (mezzo-soprano)
• Teresita
• Francisca
• Estella
• Margarita

The Adults

• Officer Krupke: an officer of the town
• Doc: owner of the drug store
• Lt. Schrank: the town's lieutenant
• Glad Hand: chaperone at the dance

Source: Wikipedia entry on "West Side Story"