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At approximately 4:30 AM last night, the students chosen to be in the 114th Annual Varsity Show's cast were inducted into Columbia's oldest theatrical tradition in the customary way - by getting hit in the face with pies. Around 70 people total auditioned, as opposed to 85 in '06. Fewer people auditioning didn't make the casting process any easier, though; producers Jeff Schwartz and Erin Byrne tell Bwog that "the creative team deliberated last night for almost 9 hours straight." Without further ado, here's the cast:

CAST
Kieron Cindric, CC '08
Sarah Dooley, BC '11
Lauren Glover, BC '09
Laura Kleinbaum, CC '08
Tobin Mitnick, CC '10
Will Snider, CC '09
Michael Snyder, CC' '10

CHORUS
Zach Dyer, CC '11
Emily Fisch, BC '11
Allie Paddock, CC '10
Sophie Ragir, BC '10
Michael Seaman, SEAS '10
Jenny Vallancourt, BC '11

See also: Varsity Show

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Posted by at first: #1 · reply · track
November 18, 2007 at 11:58 PM
i didn't care about this, but then remembered the mike molina/becky abrams awesomeness of last year. where have they gone?
Posted by Fan: #2 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM
Will Snider FTW. The man is a god. It's good to see the V Show folks finally got their shit together. It's just too bad I won't be here to see him steal every scene in the show, even the ones he's not in.
Posted by looks like: #3 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:14 AM
mostly new blood. this is nice.
Posted by ok....: #4 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:22 AM
FTW is a fucking dumb abbreviation phrase thing.
Posted by WTF: #5 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:26 AM
is FTW?
Posted by yeah!: #6 (in reply to #4) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:27 AM
dumb abbreviation FTW
Posted by FTW: #7 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:31 AM
f the what?
Posted by well: #8 (in reply to #1) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:38 AM
I think it's just a different approach to casting. Last year, the creative team seemed to pick mostly big campus-character musical-theater personalities. This year's cast seems more understated, which might be a risk for a show aimed at such a huge audience, or it might pay off. We'll have to see!
Posted by ONTDspeak FTW: #9 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:42 AM
FTW = ~*~For the Win~*~ bbz
Posted by i'm glad: #10 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:46 AM
jim williams is writing. he'll make sure we're entertained.
Posted by yoho: #11 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:46 AM
FTW = For The Win, which I agree Mr. Snider is. Congrats to all cast.

Interesting how underclassman-heavy the cast is though...9 first years/sophmores to 4 juniors/seniors? I think the new blood is great, but I hope too many seniors weren't denied their last chance to be in V-Show over a lot of first years (4!) who will have three more opportunities. Not that I think seniors should automatically be given consideration simply because they're seniors, but I see nothing wrong with people having to work their way up a bit, paint sets as freshmen, get chorus as sophmores, and lead as juniors/seniors.
Posted by rjt: #12 (in reply to #1) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:54 AM
FTRecord, both Mike and Becky chose not to audition this year.
Posted by eew: #13 (in reply to #12) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:59 AM
probably because they both came to their senses and decided to get out while they still could.
Posted by damn: #14 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 1:04 AM
all-white again, v-show?
Posted by too bad: #15 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 1:06 AM
mike m. is hilarious
Posted by you're: #16 (in reply to #9) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 1:09 AM
an ONTD user too! fascinating
Posted by poop: #17 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 1:10 AM
there goes the shot at the april b+w writing a good old fashioned hatchet job on the v-show. there are idols to slay!
Posted by true dat: #18 (in reply to #14) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 1:25 AM
truuuue dat.
Posted by the: #19 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 1:27 AM
varsity show this year better be hilarious, as they have so much beef to work with...ahmadinejad, hunger strike, etc...and we're not even half way through!
Posted by love this shit: #20 (in reply to #1) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 1:32 AM
they still got one fruit paunch...
Posted by umm: #21 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 1:38 AM
I have never seen anyone have less talent than Laura Kleinbaum
Posted by nahhh..: #22 (in reply to #21) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 1:46 AM
you got it all wrong. laura kleinbaum is the shit.

funniest girl i know.
Posted by Kleinbaum: #23 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 2:04 AM
cannot act. cannot sing. cannot write.

but she sure can socialize.
Posted by hahahaha: #24 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 2:31 AM
michael seaman?

anyone?

anyone?
Posted by I CALL: #25 (in reply to #14) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 2:46 AM
FOR A HUNGER STRIKE UNTIL ALL WHITE PEOPLE EAT THEMSELVES.
Posted by Glad: #26 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 3:02 AM
I'm not the only one who thought Kleinbaum was a hack.
Posted by ...: #27 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 3:18 AM
Kieron makes my heart happy.
Posted by laura: #28 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 4:22 AM
is a babe
Posted by IT"S: #29 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 4:55 AM
SNOWING OUTSIDE!!!
Posted by SNOW: #30 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 5:16 AM
SNOWWWWWWWWW
Posted by come on: #31 (in reply to #24) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 8:06 AM
That's even lower than making fun of someone for their appearance. Bit difficult to choose a name.
Posted by OMG: #32 (in reply to #16) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 8:12 AM
o hai bb, me too!
Posted by FTW: #33 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 8:14 AM
F= Fuck T = The W = World

Posted by ...: #34 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 8:56 AM
Will Snider = The Best
Posted by yay!: #35 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 9:22 AM
Congrats to all.

For the record

1- No one from last year chose to audition again this year (too bad, but they probably have other things to do)

2- Laura is amazing. She deserves this.
Posted by in any case: #36 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 9:39 AM
kleinbaum is pretty hot. gotta have some hotties in the cast.
Posted by Lau: #37 (in reply to #36) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 9:46 AM
ra Kleinblaum looks like a velociraptor. I don't mean that in a nice way, if that's possible
Posted by please: #38 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 9:54 AM
do not start this conversation.

someone inevitably gets picked on every year when bwog announces casting.

some people will say mean things, then others say nice things.

let's just stop it now.
Posted by hello: #39 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 10:31 AM
I am certainly sorry to see Becky go, but the inclusion of lovely Laura has done wonders to cheer me up.

But, to be fair, if the varsity show mentions the hunger strikers or Ahmadinejad, I think I'll be more likely to vomit than to laugh, no matter how funny the jokes are.
Posted by anti-rjt: #40 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 10:33 AM
FTRecord, Rob Trump is a shitty hash brown
Posted by deja vu: #41 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 10:52 AM
LK'baum is getting all the same flak that JLievs took last year.

Don't be hatin' cuz ur jealous dat these beautiful women will never be yours.

LK'baum is da sexy.
Posted by Sorry: #42 (in reply to #41) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 11:28 AM
Becky, but Laura Kleinbaum's face is locked in a constant sneer.
Posted by I'd do her...: #43 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 11:35 AM
but Laura Kleinbaum is a horrible actress, and she fails to pull you into the storyline. You can always tell that she's acting, and she's absolutely awful at it. She's the weakest link in Fruit Paunch, and she doesn't deserve it.

P.S. Mike Molina and Becky should have done the V. Show. they are both awesome!!!
Posted by history repeating: #44 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 11:43 AM
I am literally copying and pasting what I wrote in the casting post last year. Slightly less in context, but still holds true.

--------

When you're in a smaller community (like Columbia), it is an odd mix of public and private. Some people truly are giving theatrical critique...maybe they can grow up to be theatre critics! But the problem is that others DO know the people involved and may have different motives.

Because it is a smaller community people presume to know more than they do about how varsity show casting process works. Of course it is complicated and political, but no less so than real theatre.

Everyone cast certainly deserves to be in it. And true, there are other people that deserve to be in it too...but it's a very small show. And the smallness/exclusivity sucks, but that's also what makes it the most impressive show on campus.

All this talk arises simply because varsity show IS a big deal. And, for the sake of theatre, I'm glad it exists so that there's at least one show on campus that people beyond the small theatre community go see.
Posted by well: #45 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:13 PM
Lievers' performance last year seemed to prove that if you get wrecked on Bwog you'll own the Varsity Show, so Kleinbaum better get ready to step it up.
Posted by what the deal: #46 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:13 PM
Why isn't Caley Bulinski in the cast? I thought she was a sure thing. She deserved it and they're crazy for not taking her.
Posted by poorer theater group: #47 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:18 PM
i've heard that varsity show spends around 100 grand each year. is that true? does anyone have any idea what most of that money is spent on?
Posted by seriously: #48 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:19 PM
i agree. caley, hands down, has best the vocal talent of any girl in the senior class. oh well, im sure she'll do something awesome next semester anyway.
Posted by nope..: #49 (in reply to #47) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:21 PM
nah, they definitely don't have 100 grand...and the majority of the money is spent on the set.
Posted by explain: #50 (in reply to #44) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:37 PM
to me why it's a big deal. some kids i never heard of put on a stupid parody show. so what?

HOW MANY OF US WILL EVEN LIVE TO SEE THE VARSITY SHOW?!
Posted by Guys...: #51 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:38 PM
SARAH DOOLEY IS SO HOT RIGHT NOW.
Posted by poorer theater group: #52 (in reply to #49) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:48 PM
is it me or has the set design never been that cool? what's the actual budget?
Posted by also: #53 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 12:58 PM
A lot of money goes into things that you don't even think about. Mics, for example, are thousands of dollars. And Mikes (molina, snyder) are even more expensive.
Posted by ???: #54 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 1:02 PM
Who is the real TV comedy actress?
Posted by cc08: #55 (in reply to #52) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 1:05 PM
Set design was pretty cool my first year. Of course, part of it came crashing down during an intermission. I enjoyed last year's well enough, but the previous two I was here I remember being a lot funnier. They have oodles of material for this one, though, so I hope they spare no one.
Posted by also: #56 (in reply to #48) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 1:05 PM
yeah. what the fuck were they thinking not casting her? "I want my show to suck?"
Posted by cpd: #57 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 1:14 PM
nine hours straight? what if someone had to go to the bathroom?
Posted by DHI: #58 (in reply to #37) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 1:28 PM
Now I've never seen the girl, but if she truly does look like a velociraptor, isn't it likely that they cast her to play a velociraptor? And wouldn't that automatically make this the best varsity show ever?
Posted by semi-fan: #59 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 1:41 PM
AH. I don't care who they picked, as long as the class of '07 is dead and GONE. What a shitty bunch of shit. Not a good performer or writer in the bunch.

As far as I'm concerned, the entire Varsity Show slate should be wiped clean and they should make this year a fresh start. For instance, does it have to be a musical?

Posted by hmmm: #60 (in reply to #59) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 1:50 PM
I can't tell if this person is being genuine or completely joking...since the class of '07 was so amazingly talent-filled.
Posted by confused also: #61 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 2:53 PM
laura kleinbaum is legitimately bad. she is very pretty, but still bad. She just doesn't totally know what acting is. A lot of other very pretty girls who have lots of talent also auditioned, which is why people are so confused, I think, and why it makes no sense that Laura got cast over them.

Jordy Lievers is pretty and she can act and sing, but is mean. Thats why she was insulted, but why she rocked v show last year.

If v show is as unfunny as it was last year, the writers actually have no talent because there is so damn much material. And they will be loathed because they chose themselves rather than giving any new blood a chance. So there's that, too.

Posted by mmmmm: #62 (in reply to #60) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 2:58 PM
Like a delicious talent pie
Posted by wrong: #63 (in reply to #61) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 2:59 PM
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Wrong.

1) Laura is funny.

2) Jordy is nice. One of the most generous people I know, actually. You clearly do not know her very well if you think otherwise.

3) Last year's was funny.

4) Only one of the writers is the same. And, for the record, there has been 1 carry-over writer every year that we have been here (that I am aware of)
Posted by whuf!: #64 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 3:27 PM
catty, catty, catty.

ever wonder where that "small" part of the "small theatre community" that #44 talked about comes from? people don't like smiles and snide congratulations and backstabbing once you think it's safe to post it anonymously.

have a good time. go see the v-show, get wasted and go see the midnight kcst show (what is it this year, bwog?), all that good stuff. make a soup of friendship, not anonymous hate-bisque!
Posted by Lauren's fan: #65 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 3:43 PM
Forget Laura Kleibaum, Lauren Glover is the hottest part of that cast.
Posted by harriet tubman: #66 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 3:45 PM
i want lkk in my underground railroad!
Posted by wrong: #67 (in reply to #63) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 4:45 PM
1) wrong

2) wrong

3) wrong

4) correct, but irrelevant
Posted by ugh: #68 (in reply to #66) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 4:52 PM
shut up about the god damn underground railroad
Posted by dooleymitnicksnyder: #69 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 5:02 PM
where the hell did they come from
Posted by Julian Tambor: #70 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 5:15 PM
How could they take Tobin? Didn't they see The Gates and The Gates 2: Electric Boogaloo?
Posted by here we go: #71 (in reply to #69) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 5:16 PM
Snyder and Mitnick are in xmas this year.

Snyder and Dooley are in Into the Woods this semester

Snyder was in Vshow chorus last year
Posted by Laura is: #72 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 5:21 PM
an evil robot from the future.

Only you can stop her in her plot for world domination!
Posted by the gates: #73 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 6:19 PM
was rad. its even radder that you remembered that character's full name.
Posted by Michael Seaman: #74 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 6:50 PM
knows no bounds!
Posted by I heard: #75 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 7:00 PM
that Sarah Dooley is T.I.'s baby momma.
Posted by Really?: #76 (in reply to #75) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 7:20 PM
Because I heard that Sarah Dooley's tears hold the cure to the common cold.
Posted by i agree: #77 (in reply to #64) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 7:35 PM
what's the kcst spring show? do your job, bwog.
Posted by It's true!: #78 (in reply to #76) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 7:37 PM
One time, Sarah Dooley stared at my paper cut and it healed under her gaze.
Posted by info: #79 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 9:13 PM
the kcst spring show is As You Like It
Posted by yellowboohbah: #80 (in reply to #70) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 10:22 PM
seriously. the fact that he wants to act professionally is funnier than an episode of maury.
Posted by whatever: #81 (in reply to #70) · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 11:09 PM
Toby Mitnick is a really good actor. It's not his fault the gates sucked. If you had ever seen him on stage, you would know that.
Posted by Allie Paddock: #82 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 11:11 PM
was in a Nelly video. For real.
Posted by joy!: #83 · reply · track
November 19, 2007 at 11:14 PM
I love Jenny Vallancourt!

She's so awesome :)
Posted by true dat: #84 (in reply to #46) · reply · track
November 20, 2007 at 2:14 AM
caley for lyfe.
Posted by seniors: #85 · reply · track
November 20, 2007 at 12:09 PM
oftentimes, seniors don't audition for the v-show. it's a really big time commitment and therefore they'd prefer to instead just enjoy senior year. when paul wright & jordan barbour were part of the cast in '05, that was more of an anomaly than anything. in '06, kate berthold, greta gerwig and ted malawer were all seniors and none auditioned... sadly, the show was weaker without them.

i like the new blood though! hopefully this year will be great.
Posted by This year's show: #86 (in reply to #85) · reply · track
November 20, 2007 at 1:20 PM
is going to be good because Rob Trump and his zombie army say so. Don't you know they feed on the blood of new borns? Please, for the children's sake, LIKE THE VARSITY SHOW!
Posted by anti-rjt: #87 · reply · track
November 20, 2007 at 1:42 PM
Rob Trump thinks he's funny but he's not.

In addition, I heard on the radio that Jeff Schwartz roofied a 7th grader.
Posted by oh wow!!: #88 (in reply to #87) · reply · track
November 20, 2007 at 2:57 PM
I am so happy that the "I think I'm funny but I'm not" has returned.

Posted by no, no,: #89 · reply · track
November 20, 2007 at 3:00 PM
Jeff Schwartz roofied an 8th grader. But in his defense, the 8th grader roofied him first.
Posted by what?: #90 (in reply to #85) · reply · track
November 20, 2007 at 6:27 PM
'06 was awesome. funnier than their year (not to mention waaaay funnier than last year).
Posted by Silly: #91 · reply · track
November 21, 2007 at 11:55 AM
The VShow cast in '05 was amazing with Barbour, Malawer, Shure, and Bodine. I don't know a lot of these people, but I'm really glad Kleinbaum was cast for this year. She really is terrific and incredibly funny. Even though she had a small part in last year's Xmas: A Secular Spectacular, I thought Kleinbaum was one of the very best things about the entire production (along with Jesus and Luciana's drunk girl). I'll also say that I thought that Xmas was a lot funnier than last year's VShow. I thought it was a better production acoss the board, but particularly in terms of the writing. I just don't think VShow has been great since '05.
Posted by XMAS2!: #92 · reply · track
November 21, 2007 at 4:44 PM
COME SEE XMAS 2: THE NAUGHTY SEQUEL

MONDAY, DECEMBER 10th

7:30 & 11 PM

FREE- in ROONE!

Posted by ITW!: #93 · reply · track
November 21, 2007 at 8:49 PM
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Posted by Vinnie: #94 · reply · track
December 3, 2007 at 2:45 PM
Sarah Dooley is a pretty good singer. Look at her myspace

Www.Myspace.com/sarahdooleymusic

She works it out...
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