Now showing at The J

November 13-16, 2025

Show length: approximately one hour and 20 minutes


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Cast, crew, and acknowledgements

Directed by Alie B. Gorrie

Music Director/Assistant Director Kristin Staskowski


Matilda
Noelle Johnson (6th grade, Crestwood Day School)

Honey
Olivia Grace Stanley (11th grade, Mountain Brook High School)

Trunchbull
Abigail Mosely (10th grade, Crestwood Heights Academy)

Phelps
Emeline Mosley (7th grade, Crestwood Heights Academy)

Matilda U/S
Annie Kitchens (6th grade, Westminster)

Honey U/S
Alice Hebson (6th grade, Pizitz Middle School)

Trunchbull U/S
Naomi Holsombeck (6th grade, WJ Christian K-8)

Amanda
Lillian Wright (3rd grade, Crestline Elementary School)

Lavender
Lydia Anderson (5th grade, Crestwood Day School)

Nigel
Rebecca Williams (6th grade, Highlands School

Tommy
Henry Houser (7th grade, Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School)

Hortensia
E.V. Carden (6th Grade Our Lady Of Sorrows Catholic School)

Eric
Andrew Reynolds (5th grade, Deer Valley Elementary)

Bruce
Emmy Curnutt (5th grade, N.E. Miles Jewish Day School)

Alice
Magnolia Brasovan (4th grade, N.E. Miles Jewish Day School)

Acrobat
Sage Smolin (6th grade, Crestwood Day School)

Escapologist
Alice Houser (9th grade, Altamont School)

Mrs. Wormwood
Willa Stockman (8th grade, Mountain Brook Junior High)

Mr. Wormwood
Collin Brangle (7th grade, Alabama Waldorf School)

Michael
Hank Galloway (4th grade at Bluff Park Elementary School)

Rudolpho
Henry Houser (7th grade, Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School)

Sergei
Blair Moss (9th Grade, Red Mountain Community School)

  • Mae Anderson (3rd grade, Crestwood Day School)
  • Julia Brangle (4th grade, Alabama Waldorf School)
  • Hannah Cornelius (4th grade, Alabama Waldorf school)
  • Libba Denney (4th grade, Crestline Elementary School)
  • Irene Godfrey (4th Grade, Crestline Elementary School)
  • Harmony Lamb (5th grade, N.E. Miles Jewish Day School)
  • Ruth Leach (i3 Academy)
  • Mary Frances Reeves (3rd grade, Crestline Elementary School)
  • Norah Robison (6th grade, N.E. Miles Jewish Day School)
  • Riley Rogers (6th grade, Homewood Middle School)
  • Maggie Mosley (4th grade, Crestwood Day School)
  • Piper Clanton (7th grade, Crestwood Heights Academy)
  • Carlyn Curnutt (6th grade, N.E. Miles Jewish Day School)
  • Sara Ellen Remington (7th grade, Excelsior)
  • Lena Gibbons (5th grade, Crestwood Day School)
  • Rosie Lower (5th grade, Crestwood Day School)

Producer
LJCC Chief Experience Officer Shannon Brasovan

Stage manager and technical director
Julian Ceballos

Assistant stage manager
Alexander DeWolfe

Guest choreographer for ‘Bruce’
Ben Brown

Sound technician
Matt Godfrey 

Lighting
Woojin Kim and Joey Paragone

Props
Carol Cornelius

Rehearsal support
Tara Williams

Backstage parents: Virginia Broughton, Katie Galloway, Emily Kitchens, Kate Anderson, Emily Remington, Rachel wright, Cara Johnson, Alison Smolin, and Lindsey Lower

Stagehands: Clark Kitchens, Ollie Chancey, Emmylou Chancey, Olivia Lower, Annie Davis

Assistance provided by Samford University theater students: Megan Butler, Adriane Clemens, Ava Fales, Morgan Heim, Karis Klammer, Susannah Knepper-Quijano, Bailey Morrow, William Sabonis-Chafee, Ezra Torres


Thank you to Friends of the Library Homewood Bookstore for donating the books used in the show.