Trumbull Hall Troupe

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.

A takeoff on The Wizard of Oz , as a Hanover student finds herself in a strange new world after a massive snowstorm and has to find her way home with the help of some eclectic new friends.

Our first Trumbull Hall Troupe production featured an updated version of Snow White .

Hooked is the true story behind the rivalry between Peter Pan and Captain Hook — long before they were the characters you know — when Peter was a popular kid at a high school and James Hook was a shy geek, and they both fell in love with the new student, Tinkerbell. These performances were performed at Richmond Middle School.

Jodi Picoult is a New York Times bestselling author with over 40 million books in print. She cofounded the Trumbull Hall Troupe as a means of providing her own children with a meaningful musical theater experience, which would also allow them to make a difference in the lives of children in need. She has collaborated on seven musicals with composer Ellen Wilber, all of which were debuted by the Trumbull Hall Troupe, and two of which have been licensed and subsequently performed by teen theater groups around the world.  She is also the co-librettist, with Timothy Allen McDonald, of the new musicals BREATHE (inducted into the Library of Congress Performing Arts COVID-19 Collection), BETWEEN THE LINES (debuted off-Broadway 2022], THE BOOK THIEF (UK pre-West End run October 2023] and the upcoming AUSTENLAND.

Ellen Wilber received her Bachelor of Music degree from Ithaca College and has retired from teaching after 41 years of being a music educator. Ellen was the Music Director for the North Country Community Theater teen program for 18 years and created and directed the Lebanon, NH Recreation Department’s Summer Children’s Theater Workshop for 25 years. As a composer Ellen has collaborated with Jodi Picoult on the creation of 8 children’s musicals and also for Jodi’s novel, Sing You Home. They have written over 200 songs together. Ellen performs professionally with the Cardigan Mountain Tradition, a New Hampshire bluegrass band and in the pit orchestras for local productions.

Kyle Ferreira van Leer (he/him/his) is a founding member of the Trumbull Hall Troupe and is the secretary of their board. Kyle went to college at Yale University where he studied Egyptology and was the Artistic Director of Yale Children’s Theater. He then got his master’s degree in secondary mathematics education from Harvard University. Upon graduation, Kyle taught middle school math for 3 years in Chelsea, MA. Following that, he moved to Carmichael, CA where he taught another 5 years of middle school mathematics. He recently returned to the east coast with his husband, Kevin, and son, Greyson. With this move, Kyle transitioned out of the classroom and into a role of K-12 Math Specialist for the public school district in Coventry, CT. As a math educator, Kyle firmly believes in the creation of math classrooms rooted in equitable practices, student thinking, and reflective practice. In addition to math, Kyle loves to read books, watch all versions of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and solve crosswords.

Performed Nov 3, 4 & 5 2023 at the Briggs Opera House. In nineteenth century France, Jean Valjean is released from years of unjust imprisonment, but finds nothing in store for him but mistrust and mistreatment. He breaks his parole in hopes of starting a new life, initiating a lifelong struggle for redemption as he is relentlessly pursued by police inspector Javert, who refuses to believe Valjean can change his ways. Finally, during the Paris student uprising of 1832, Javert must confront his ideals after Valjean spares his life and saves that of the student revolutionary who has captured the heart of Valjean’s adopted daughter. Epic, grand and uplifting, Les Misérables School Edition packs an emotional wallop that has thrilled audiences all over the world. This author-approved edition has been abridged to a running time of just over two hours while beautifully maintaining the integrity of this musical masterpiece. Show Photos : Photos by Nancy

Xanadu follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mount Olympus to Venice Beach, California in 1980 on a quest to inspire a struggling artist, Sonny, to achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time – the first ROLLER DISCO! (Hey, it’s 1980!) But, when Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal Sonny, her jealous sisters take advantage of the situation, and chaos abounds. This show was performed November 5 - 7, 2021 at the Lebanon Opera House.

Our 2020 Cast Original Music Videos Silver Linings: Team Gaga Hang on Elpis: Team Beyonce Bring Me Home: Team Ariana

Underland is the story of Alex, a school bully who makes fun of an awkward girl’s science project — in which she says that even the tiniest creatures have their own important existence. He falls asleep during detention and finds himself shrunken to the size of an ant — living among a bevy of insects and protozoa, and at the mercy of the (Drag) Queen Bee – whose spelling bee he must win if he wants to get home. Written by:  Jake van Leer and Jodi Picoult Music by:  Ellen Wilber Lyrics by:  Jodi Picoult Director : Bill Sawyer Music Director : Carol Cronce Choreographer : Allyson Weiner-Sawyer

Fish Tale is about a mermaid who dreams of being an astronaut — and the nerdy astrophysics geek who falls in love with her. These performances of Fish Tale were held at Richmond Middle School.