Moppet of the Month

Meet Phin, our Moppet of the Month!

February 1, 2023

Phineas Price has range. He’s played everyone from Murderer #1 in “Richard III” to Bob Cratchit in “A Christmas Carol” on the Moppets stage since joining us in 2021! He tells us his favorite Moppets role was Fluellen in “Henry V,” and his all-time favorite was playing Ponyboy in “The Outsiders.” (We told you he has range!)

Phin hopes to someday join the ranks of Moppets royalty: He wants to play a king. We think that’s totally realistic — he’s already the president of his eighth-grade class!

When he’s not on stage, Phin likes to make spray-paint art, play basketball, and watch TV while eating grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup.

You can catch Phin on stage next in his school’s production of “Appropriate Audience Behavior.”

Meet Sam, our Moppet of the Month!

January 26, 2023

Sam Cintron is a freshman at the School of Inquiry & Life Sciences at Asheville, and he has been doing theatre since he was much younger. He performed in his first Moppets show last spring, in our production of “Tartuffe” as the siblings Damis and Marian — still his favorite role(s)! He has also performed as Exeter in “Henry V,” and he is currently Scrooge in the Moppets’ annual production of “A Christmas Carol.”

Sam dreams of one day playing the lead in “Macbeth,” his favorite Shakespeare production. Aside from theatre, Sam enjoys writing, producing, and listening to many different genres of music, hanging out with friends, and thinking deep thoughts (sometimes). 

Meet Mia, our Moppet of the Month!

August 9, 2022

Sixth-grade homeschooler Mia Saidi has been a Moppet since last summer, when she played King Edward IV and Prince Edward V in “Richard III.” Her favorite role with the Moppets was in “Tartuffe” earlier this year. 

Dorine “was a really fun character,” Mia says, “because she was a little bit sassy and a little bit sarcastic but very loving. Like me!”

Mia would love to have a role in a big Broadway production someday. She especially likes “Hamilton” and “Little Shop of Horrors.”

When she’s not on stage, Mia likes to read, make art and play the piano. She also likes to hang out with her friends and play with her cat. And sometimes you can find her hiding under a pile of blankets in her room!

Mia most recently appeared on the Moppets stage as Bedford and Lord Constable in “Henry V.”

Meet Eli, our Moppet of the Month!

February 9, 2022

High school junior Elias Atwood is our longest-tenured Moppet and our current Moppets intern. Eli first appeared on the Moppets stage as Peter in “Romeo & Juliet.” Last season, Eli was our malformed malevolent titular supervillain in “Richard III” and half of Scrooge in “The Moppets Present: A slightly chaotic Christmas Carol.”


(Yes, we said “half.” You had to be there.)

Eli’s most recent off-Moppets projects include a starring role in director Missy Bell’s film “The Library at the End of the Universe” and working on the tech crew on “Algorithms and Blues” at The Magnetic Theater.

 

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