As the spring season approaches, rehearsals for the spring play have begun. The 2025 spring play is ‘Sister Act,’ a classic play about a woman named Deloris Van Cartier who is placed in a convent as a part of a Witness Protection Program after witnessing a murder.
For the actors who are members of the Class of ‘25, this will be their last stage show with the JC Theatre department. This can be an emotional goodbye as most of these passionate actors have been on the JC stage since their freshman year.
Seniors Amelia Watts, Dominic Barbato, Lexi Theodoropoulos, Camille Surgeon, Manuel Ugarte, and Kate McKracken are the seniors participating in their last musical next month.
In Sister Act, Amelia will be playing Mother Superior; Dominic will be Monsignor O’Hara; Camille will be Deloris Van Cartier; Manuel will be portraying Pablo, and Lexi will be a criminal, a homeless person, and fantasy dancer. Kate will be serving as a stage manager,
Amelia has been in nine productions at John Carroll throughout the years. “My freshman year I started with All Together Now, The Great Gatsby, and Legally Blonde. Then sophomore year I served as Assistant Stage Manager for Elf, The Musical due to surgery and was back on stage for Footloose and Cinderella. My junior year I was in Guys & Dolls, and this year I was in Catch Me If You Can and now Sister Act.”
Senior Dom Barbato has been in seven shows since his freshman year, his favorites being Harry the Horse in Guys and Dolls and a featured dancer in Footloose.
With the end of their high school theatre careers in sight, college and the future of life on the stage comes into focus.
Camille Sergeon said, “I might be continuing theater in college, but we’ll see where I go.”
Dom doesn’t plan to continue acting in college, but he said it will always have a soft spot in his heart.
Amelia is sure of her plans for her career and is planning to major in Musical Theatre in college.
“My goal is to go into the performance industry, whether that be Broadway or Film & Television,” she said.
No matter what the future holds for these talented Patriots, they all hold one thing in common. Saying goodbye to the teachers, peers, and people who have made their journey so special will be extremely difficult.
Dom agreed that “the hardest thing will be to say goodbye to all of the people and memories I’ve made over the years.”
Amelia highlighted the warm atmosphere and tightly-knit community surrounding the JC musicals.
“The thing that will be hardest to say goodbye to is definitely some of the amazing people I’ve grown close to and the family I’ve become a part of by being in this department.”