Lyric Theatre is pleased to announce their 2024-25 production: Staggerwing by Lisa DeSpain & Rachel J. Peters at the Ashland Springs Hotel in the Grand Ballroom (Upstairs) in Ashland, Oregon. For directions to the hotel, visit https://www.ashlandspringshotel.com/

An elevator to the Ballroom is available right next to the front desk of the hotel lobby. 

Performances:

• Thursday, April 17th : 7:30pm (Cast A)
• Friday, April 18th: 7:30pm (Cast B)
• Saturday, April 19th: 3:00pm (Cast B)
• Saturday, April 19th: 7:30pm (Cast A)

Staggerwing celebrates the historic flight of Louise Thaden and Blanche Noyes as they compete in—and win—the 1936 Bendix Trophy Air Race, the first year female piloting teams are allowed to compete. Their plane: a Beechcraft Staggerwing Model C-17.

Accommodations for seating are available by request through the OCA Box Office by emailing boxoffice@sou.edu.

Staggerwing has two casts, a music jazz combo, and 

Cast A:

William Royle: Andrew Davis

Blanche Noyes: Alexis Edwards

Louise Thaden: Morgan Best

Olive Ann Beech: Shea Miller

Walter Beech: Theryon Taylor 

J.H. Turner: Eric Sohnrey

Roy McPhetridge: Andrew Marin

Dewey Noyes: Parker Schweikert

Herbert von Thaden: Zach Austin

Cast B:

William Royle: Eric Sohnrey

Blanche Noyes: Alexis Edwards

Louise Thaden: Morgan Best

Olive Ann Beech: Alex Carwithen

Walter Beech: August Kennedy

J.H. Turner: Andrew Davis

Roy McPhetridge: Andrew Marin

Dewey Noyes: Parker Schweikert

Herbert von Thaden: Zach Austin

Covers/Understudies

Louise Thaden: Aryana Deveraux

Blanche Noyes: Sylvia Lambley

J.H. Turner: Peyton Lamberth

Dewey Noyes: Andrew Marin

Featured Ensemble:

Nurses, female pilots, and switchboard operators:

• Acacia Cooke
• Aryana Deveraux
• Samantha Mansell
• Mary Ann Graham
• Sylvia Lambley
• Leora Aurilio

Train conductor:

• Peyton Lamberth

Ensemble of Radio Singers:

Sopranos:

• Anahlaya Johnson
• Samantha Mansell
• Rose Soto
• Acacia Cooke
• Aryana Deveraux

Altos

• Sara Cook
• Brianna Voss
• Mary Ann Graham
• Sylvia Lambley
• Leora Aurilio

Tenors:

• Peyton Lamberth
• Aiden Washburn
• Martin Bichinsky
• Andrew Davis /  Eric Sohnrey
• Andrew Marin

Basses:

• Zach Austin
• August Kennedy/Theryon Taylor
• Parker Schweickert