Head Over Heels

Assistant Director

KCACTF Award Winner for Direction and Ensemble Performance

Iowa State University

Songs by The Go-Go's I Based on 'The Arcadia' by Sir Philip Sidney
Conceived and Original Book by Jeff Whitty I Adapted by James Magruder

This laugh-out-loud love story is set to the music of the iconic 1980's all-female rock band The Go-Go's, including the hit songs, "We Got the Beat", "Our Lips Are Sealed", "Vacation", Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven is a Place on Earth" and "Mad About You". A modern musical fairy tale where once-upon-a-time is right now, it follows the escapades of a royal family who set out on a journey to save their beloved kingdom from extinction. New York Magazine calls it "a clever, delightful, bubbly, exuberant party!

Creative Team:

Co-Director: Brad Dell

Co-Director and Choreographer: Laura Wurzell

Assistant Director: Kaushik Raghavan

Music Director: Patrick Gagnon

Assistant Choreographer: Stella Webster

Stage Manager: Monica Toro Lebron

Assistant Stage Managers: Kenedy Panosh, Callie Server

Scenic Design & Technical Director: Brian C. Seckfort

Lighting Design: Will Coeur

Costume Design: Kelly Marie Schaefer

Sound Design: Todd Warming

Props Design: Macey Brackin

Puppet Design & Fabrication: Amanda Petefish-Schrag

Vocal Coach: Mary Jo DuPrey

Cast:

Basilius: Zane McSheehy

Gynecia: Valentine Chenus

Pamela: Annika Baker

Mopsa: Mia Nollett

Philoclea: Asia Keane

Musidorus: Ashton Hale

Dametas: Samuel McDaniel

Pythio: Brandon Schumann

Ensemble: Zander Hamilton, Tayden Baccam, Connor Ahrens, Devon TeKolste, Brayden Schmieder, Micheal Vandermark, Katherine Watkins, Natalie Naumann, Allison Miner, Claire Thede, Stella Webster, Campbell Valline, Claire Hillebrand, Rachael Purdy, McKenna Flood, Emma Lea Werling, Fiona Addy, Alex Harrell

Photos courtesy of Iowa State University Department of Music and Theatre.