Trumbull Hall Troupe

Ally Weiner-Sawyer grew up in the Upper Valley dancing and performing from an early age. Her mother was a dance instructor and Ally always knew she wanted to spend her life with dance. As a young person she was involved with many North Country Community Theatre teen and adult shows. Ally joined Trumbull Hall Troupe in 2009 as choreographer for Over The Moon. She has choreographed every show since! When Ally’s not working in theatre she is busy with businesses she owns, The Dance Collective , a Lebanon based dance studio, and The Pink Alligator , a Lebanon based consignment clothing shop.

Performed Nov 1, 2 & 3, 2024 at the Lebanon Opera House Heathers The Musical: Teen Edition is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: the Heathers. But before she can get comfortable atop the high school food chain, Veronica falls in love with the dangerously handsome new kid J.D. When Heather Chandler, the Almighty, kicks her out of the group, Veronica decides to bite the bullet and kiss Heathers’ aerobicized butt… but J.D. has another plan for that bullet. Brought to you by the award-winning creative team of Kevin Murphy ( Reefer Madness, Desperate Housewives ), Laurence O’Keefe ( Bat Boy, Legally Blonde ) and director Andy Fickman ( Reefer Madness, She’s the Man ), Heathers The Musical: Teen Edition is a hilarious, heartfelt and homicidal new show based on the greatest teen comedy of all time. (Note: although this is the teen edition of the show and modified as such, the subject matter is considered PG-13. If you have any questions please feel free to reach out!)

Show Photos: Photos by Nancy Performed Nov 4, 5, & 6 2022 at the Lebanon Opera House.

Set in turn-of-the century New York City, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenaged “newsies.” When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions and fight for what’s right! Based on the 1992 motion picture and inspired by a true story, Newsies features a Tony Award-winning score by Alan Menken ( Little Shop of Horrors , Sister Act ) and Jack Feldman and a book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein ( Kinky Boots ). Featuring the now classic songs “Carrying the Banner,” “Seize the Day,” and “Santa Fe,” Newsies is packed with non-stop thrills and a timeless message, perfect for the whole family and every audience. Show Photos: Photos by Nancy Performances: Friday, November 1st at 7pm, Saturday, November 2nd at 7pm, Sunday, November 3rd at 3pm at the Lebanon Opera House. NEWSIES is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com

What if a teenage vampire showed up in an ordinary high school, hoping to fit in like everyone else? What if he fell in love with his food? And what if he wasn’t the only kid in the school hiding a big secret? When Drake Yula and his family move to a new town, he is desperate to hide the truth about who he is. Things start off well when he meets Lucy, the girl of his dreams. But his sweetheart’s mom is not only the school principal — she’s also a vampire hunter. Can Drake outwit Principal Stake and Lucy’s vengeful ex-boyfriend? Only with the help of new friends – like an exchange student named Frank N. Stein and Scrappy, the unusually hairy basketball player with a thing for howling at the moon. Reinforcing the message that it’s normal to be different, Love at First Bite is a monstrously good time. Show Photos: Photos by Nancy Shows: Friday 11/2 at 7:00pm, Saturday 11/3 at 7:00pm, Sunday 11/4 at 3:00pm at the Lebanon Opera House Book and Lyrics by: Jodi Picoult Music by: Ellen Wilber Book and Additional Music by: Jake van Leer

Show Photos: Photos by Nancy

Show Photos: Photos by Nancy

Welcome to Ancient Rome, where the men mingle in the lives of gods and gods meddle with the lives of men!  Powerful, vain Venus thinks that a beautiful mortal Psyche is stealing her thunder and curses her marrying her off to a monster but is foiled by her own son, Cupid, who pretends to be the monster and falls in love with Psyche.  Spoiled teenager Propserpine wants to escape the Mother of all Smothering Moms:  Ceres, also known as Mother Nature.  She sees her opportunity arise when the baddest of bad boys arrives on Mt. Olympus, Pluto – god of the underworld.  Lovelorn and sensitive, Pluto’s surrounded by souls – but can’t find a soulmate. Prosperpine jumps at the chance to escape, but without thinking through her actions.  Can love survive going to hell and back? Add to this a vibrant cast of characters – a sculptor who falls for his statue, a self-absorbed suitor who can’t take his eyes off himself, a nymph who always has to have the last word, a wisecracking half-goat sidekick, a trio of muses who’d put the Supremes to shame, a rapping Cyclops, and even Jupiter himself – a golden boy “bro” who’d rather be surfing than ruling over Rome – and you get a story about how if you take the time to look beneath the surface, you just might find love.  This is one you don’t want to “myth”! Show Photos: Photos by Nancy When in Rome was performed in November 2015 at the Lebanon Opera House in Lebanon, NH. Written by: Jodi Picoult and Kyle van Leer Music by: Ellen Wilber Lyrics by: Jodi Picoult Director: Amye Mason Music Director: Carol Cronce Choreographer: Allyson Weiner-Sawyer

For 2014 Trumbull Hall Troupe presented Fish Tale , the story about a mermaid who dreams of being an astronaut — and the astrophysics geek who falls overboard during a school trip and winds up in Atlantis, where she lives. Add to this a self-absorbed mer-Prince and his trusty jumbo-shrimp sidekick, a cheerleader who winds up substitute teaching a school of fish, and an evil electric eel named Slick Cheney — and you get a funny, colorful musical about reaching for the stars, and finding your place in the world. Show Photos: Photos by Nancy Fish Tale was performed November 14, 15, & 16th 2014 at the Lebanon Opera House in Lebanon, NH. Written by: Jake van Leer and Jodi Picoult Music by: Ellen Wilber Lyrics by: Jodi Picoult Director : Kyle Silliman-Smith Music Director : Carol Cronce Choreographer : Allyson Weiner-Sawyer

Having started performing at a very young age, Lanni has had the privilege to perform and direct in countless plays and musicals. She was the assistant director of Lake George YOUTHEATRE for over 25 years, putting up three full length Broadway musicals with 55 students each summer. Locally Lanni started directing the NCCT Teen shows in 2016. Some of her favorites include: Footloose , Once on This Island, Crazy for You, and Little Mermaid . Lanni became director for Trumbull Hall Troupe in 2017. She has directed original Picoult and Wilber shows such as Over the Moon and Love at First Bite , along with licensed musicals such as Newsies and Chicago . And she has also been the director of the Hartford High School musical for the past four years. When not doing theatre, she is an instructional coach at Dothan Brook School.

Alicia Stein is proud to have been the music director for Trumbull Hall Troupe for the past five years. During the school year, she is the music teacher at Dothan Brook School in Wilder, VT and band director at Ottauquechee School in Quechee, VT. She has been the music director of DBS’s drama club for the past seven years, the music director of the Broadway Ventures for the past three years, and has been the lead instructor of various summer camps through the Upper Valley Music Center. She enjoys running a piano studio of students throughout the Upper Valley, and when she’s not teaching, she’s playing tennis, reading a good book, or spending time with her family.