From 'Fiddler' to 'Footloose': Pedro's Open Mic celebrates season's HS musicals

The high school musical season in the Lower Hudson Valley this year stretched 14 weeks, from Feb. 2, when White Plains opened "Fiddler on the Roof," to the first weekend in May, when Iona Prep staged "Footloose."

It's a long season from "Fiddler" to "Footloose," with only one week off for spring break. But for one night only, theater lovers can binge watch the season — or at least get a taste of nearly two dozen musicals — at Pedro's Open Mic at Harrison High School on May 11.

The stage will be bare. The piano and the mic will be hot, and dozens of student actors will be on hand to reprise roles they thought they'd left behind on closing night. Family, friends and theater fans are invited to celebrate the season, and the singers, dancers, musicians and stage crews who made it happen. (Tickets are $10, $5 for students, less than a latte.)

Who's singing at Pedro's Open Mic?

Here's who's expected:

• Oliver Petkus, Amos Hart from Haldane Drama's "Chicago."

• Ella Grann, Belle from Rye Neck's "Beauty and the Beast."

• Alice Brodsky, Olivia Perretto, Anissa Bagby, Hayley Brick, and Riley Westlund as Tevye's daughters from White Plains' "Fiddler."

• A double-duty duet, with Valhalla's Claudia Bonanno and Jack Keriazis teaming with Pleasantville's Mackenzie Ennis and Philip Dundie from their productions of "Footloose," where they played Ren and Ariel.

• Jonathan DiMarco, who played Ren in Iona Prep's "Footloose."

• Emma Van Dorpe, Rizzo in Nyack's "Grease."

• Isabella Mosquera Velasquez, who played Dolly in North Salem's "Hello, Dolly!"

• Sam Corry and the company of Carmel's "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."

• Liam Ginsburg, of Pelham, back as Jack from "Into the Woods."

• Eliana Panoff, The Baker's Wife from Suffern's "Into the Woods."

• Toby Grossberg, Abby Meron, Madilyn Klein, and Cassidy Wohl (and friends) from Blind Brook's "Mamma Mia!"

• Riley Ferreira and Alina Cavajani as Sophie and Sky from Walter Panas' "Mamma Mia!"

• Lucy Neureuther, as Cady Heron from Harrison's "Mean Girls."

• Raphaela Lee, who played Katherine in "Newsies" at Clarkstown South.

• Maya Batheja as Cinderella and Isabella Perkins as her fairy godmother from Sleepy Hollow's "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella."

• Marisa Carraturo and Charles Garcia as Mimi and Roger from Putnam Valley's "Rent."

• William Anderson as Gomez Addams from Eastchester's "The Addams Family."

• Mia O'Malley as Ariel from Hendrick Hudson's "The Little Mermaid."

• Nicholas Parker and Natasha Brosius as Bobby and Hope from Ramapo's "Urinetown."

• Akayla Morris, Deloris Van Cartier from Ossining's "Sister Act."

• Madeline Basch from New Rochelle's "Young Kind of Love."

• Ryan Diaz and Calvin Lindo from Archbishop Stepinac's "Catch Me If You Can."

They will come to Harrison with no sets, no costumes and no expectation of going home with a trophy. All they'll have is a stage to themselves, hand-held microphones and another chance to shine and for friends and family to watch and listen.

The event is held on the Saturday after the season concludes, right before the Metro nominations are announced. (The Metro nominations webcast, on lohud.com, will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, live from Tarrytown Music Hall. The Metro Awards will be held Monday, June 10 at Purchase College.)

If you go: Pedro's Open Mic 2024

What: Pedro's Open Mic 2024, a cabaret celebrating high school musicals.

When: 7 p.m., May 11.

Where: Harrison High School, 255 Union Ave., Harrison, NY 10528

Tickets: $10, $5 for students, at www.tinyurl.com/pedros2024.

Reach Peter D. Kramer at pkramer@gannett.com.

This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Pedro's Open Mic to celebrate high school musicals in Lower Hudson NY