Ride the Cyclone
Performances will be held on the following dates:
Ride the Cyclone is the MIT Musical Theater Guild’s 2025 summer production. In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to win a prize like no other — the chance to return to life. This popular musical is a funny, moving look at what makes a life well-lived!
All performances will be in the Kresge Little Theatre. Tickets are available at https://engage.mit.edu/events?group_ids=52803
- August 29th and 30th at 8pm
- August 31st at 2pm
- September 4th and 5th at 8pm
- September 6th at 6pm
Ride the Cyclone is the MIT Musical Theater Guild’s 2025 summer production. In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to win a prize like no other — the chance to return to life. This popular musical is a funny, moving look at what makes a life well-lived!
All performances will be in the Kresge Little Theatre. Tickets are available at https://engage.mit.edu/events?group_ids=52803
Staff
- Producer: Charlotte Wickert (MIT 2023)
- Assistant Producer: Sam Natarajan (MIT 2028)
- Director: Melissa Hummel (MIT 2023)
- Assistant Director: Shashaank Venkatesh (Graduate Student)
- Vocal Director: Grace Anderson (Graduate Student)
- Vocal Director: Jasmine Baran (Community Member)
- Orchestra Director: Teddy Warner (Graduate Student)
- Orchestra Director: Laura Rosado (Student)
- Head Stage Manager: Michelle Liang (MIT 2025)
- Assistant Stage Manager: Eunice Zhang (Student)
- Choreographer: Xochitl Luna (MIT 2022)
- Choreographer: Rachel Waggoner (MIT 2027)
- Technical Director: Dayvion Porter (MIT 2027)
- Set Designer: Dayvion Porter (MIT 2027)
- Practicals Master: Jon Rosario (MIT 2024)
- Scenic Painter: Anna Britton (Community Member)
- Paint Crew: Samuel Tukua (Student)
- Paint Crew: Daina August (MIT 2028)
- Carpenter: Daina August (MIT 2028)
- Carpenter: Yannan Tuo (Community Member)
- Carpenter: Jon Rosario (MIT 2024)
- Carpenter: Jordan Tierney (Graduate Student)
- Carpenter: Arthur Zangi (Community Member)
- Carpenter: Anna Britton (Community Member)
- Costume Designer: Vivian Han ( 2026)
- Assistant Stitcher: Makaila Banks (Community Member)
- Hair and Makeup Designer: Estevan Cortez (MIT 2025)
- Lighting Designer: Estin Van Alstine (MIT 2024)
- Lighting Engineer: Sam Natarajan (MIT 2028)
- Master Electrician: Sam Natarajan (MIT 2028)
- Electrician: Peyton Bryant (MIT 2027)
- Videographer : Derek de Jong (Graduate Student)
- Props Designer: James Wall (Graduate Student)
- Sound Designer: Lily Li (Student)
- Publicity Manager: Richard Yeboah (MIT 2026)
- Publicity Designer: Lucille Fuller (MIT 2027)
- Run Crew: Phantom Toby Rosenberg (Community Member)
- Rehearsal Pianist: Sue Swalley (Community Member)
- Audition Pianist: Sue Swalley (Community Member)
- Electrician: Richard Yeboah (MIT 2026)
- Run Crew: Teddy Warner (Graduate Student)
Cast
- The Amazing Karnak: Juno Matthews (MIT 2024)
- Ocean O'Connell Rosenberg: Xochitl Luna (MIT 2022)
- Mischa Bachinski: James Wall (Graduate Student)
- Noel Gruber: Estevan Cortez (MIT 2025)
- Ricky Potts: Michael Mandanas (MIT 2022)
- Constance Blackwood: Charlotte Wickert (MIT 2023)
- Jane Doe: Grace Anderson (Graduate Student)
Orchestra
- Keyboard 1: Sovannjet Lim (MIT 2027)
- Keyboard 2: Libby Hsu (MIT 2011)
- Keyboard 2: Kate Hosack (Community Member)
- Guitar: Brian Ott (Community Member)
- Bass: Rob Morrison (MIT 1996)
- Cello: Charles Xu (Graduate Student)
- Percussion: Andrew Motz (Graduate Student)
- Recorded Woodwinds: Teddy Warner (Graduate Student)