Nevere's Love Potion
A New Musical Workshop Presentation
by Annalise Cain & Devin McDuffy
October 3rd & 4th, 2025
John Waldron Arts Center Firebay,
122 S. Walnut Street, Bloomington, IN, 47404.
October 3rd at 7:00 pm
October 4th at 2:00 pm
October 4th at 7:00 pm
Tickets: $20 Adult/$15 Students
All seating is General Admission
Playbill available here
For the month of September, the cast of Nevere's Love Potion collaborated with playwright and director Annalise Cain and dramaturg Megan Lederman, to develop the characters and world of the musical. This performance will be the first ever live showing of Nevere's Love Potion, and Stages couldn't be happier to be presenting it with our fantastic high school performers.
Nevere is the brightest young witch at Spellwright School for Wizardry, she's got her best friend Taolo, a slightly annoying familiar Cletus, and her loving-if-out-of-touch mom--so why does she feel like something is really wrong? After a school assembly about the dangers of love potions, Nevere snatches her professor's spell book, just a week before the Spring Fling. While giving someone else a love potion may be kinda dicey, what if you could make a love potion . . . for yourself?
NEVERE’S LOVE POTION is a musical about consent, mental health, and the bravery it takes to ask for help.
Cast
Fletcher Blair…………....………………………………………..Kamil
Gabe Davis…… ……..Headmaster, Tommy Quinn, Uncle Darius
Emma Downs…………...……………………………………….Taolo
Coco Duneman..Professor Lonelyhearts, Cheryl the Apothecarius
Mika Granquist…….…..………………………………….Ms. Feywin
Yuki Helms……………..……………………………….Cletus, Raoul
Neveah Johnson………..……………………………………..Nevere
Lucy Parker………………..…………………………………...Athena
Kaia Terwilliger……………..…………………....Hall Monitor Maeve
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Lauren Nekola ……………………..………………..Stage Direction
Directed by Annalise Cain
Musical Direction by Kyla Sherry
Musical Accompanist Mihilo Kato
Dramaturg Megan Lederman
Lighting Design by Brennen Edwards
Stage Management by Molly Wyatt
Book By Annalise Cain
Music by Devin McDuffy
Lyrics By Annalise Cain and Devin McDuffy
Nevere's Love Potion is subsidized in part by an Open Stages Grant from Constellation Stage & Screen & The City of Bloomington and a special thank you to First Christian Church for the use of their beautiful downtown facility as a rehearsal hall.
The Constellation Playhouse
107 W. 9th St., Bloomington, IN
October 10th at 7:00 pm
October 11th at 2:00 pm & 7 pm
October 12th at 2:00 pm
Tickets: $20 Adult/$10 Youth (17 and under)
*The roles of Jo and Riley are double cast.
Cast In Order Of Appearance
Jo* Kristina Anferova (10/10 at 7 pm , 10/11 at 2pm)
Hannah Schmeichen (10/11 at 7 pm , 10/12 at 2pm)
Riley* Matilde Ojeda (10/10 at 7 pm , 10/11 at 2pm)
Lyra Dimick (10/11 at 7 pm , 10/12 at 2pm)
Grandma Sarah Thompson
Rapunzel
Man Cam Bunnell
Wife Nora Doolen
Wicked Witch Birdie Chambers
Prince Aiden Greenwood-Latham
Snow White
Grumpy Birdie Chambers
Sneezy Addie Davis|
Doc Adaline Johnson
Sleepy Sawyer Kimery
Happy Harriet Howell
Dopey Olivia Doades
Bashful Nora Doolen
Queen/Witch Molly Carroll
Mirror Willow Dimick
Huntsman Aiden Greenwood-Latham
Prince Artur Ernst
The Fisherman and His Wife
Fisherman Addie Davis
Fishy Maddie Bishop
Wife Stella Durfee
Little Red Riding Hood
Grandma Willow Dimick
Wolf Oakley Reynolds
Huntsman Stella Durfee
Mother Adaline Johnson
The Town Musicians of Bremen
Donkey Artur Ernst
Dog Sawyer Kimery
Rooster Harriet Howell
Cat Theresa Baird
Burglar #1 (yell) Molly Carroll
Burglar #2 (scared) Sarah Thompson
Hansel and Gretel
Dad Oakley Reynolds
Stepmom Maddie Bishop
Hansel Theresa Baird
Gretel Olivia Doades
Witch Cam Bunnell
I’s 2020, and sisters Jo and Riley have just moved into Grandma and Grandpa’s spare bedroom. Dad is deployed overseas and Mom is suddenly working 24/7 as an E.R. nurse. Spring Break has been extended indefinitely, the end-of-the-year musical has been canceled, and Grandpa hasn’t turned off the news in days. Follow along as Jo tries to get her younger sister's mind off of the chaos around them with the help of a dusty old copy of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Grandma’s clutter, and the power of their combined imaginations. With plenty of “happily ever afters,” a wealth of talking animals, and an extra dash of girl power, this play is sure to be fun for the whole family.
Directed by Sheryl Doades
Stage Management by Kyli Gott-Jacobs
Written By Katie Peña-Van Zile
The show features a cast of dedicated 3rd - 8th grade actors from across Monroe County.
The show runs approximately 1 hour with intermission and is reserved seating.
Recommended for all ages
Presented with special support from:
The Sisters Grimm is subsidized in part by an Open Stages Grant from Constellation Stage & Screen & The City of Bloomington.
First Christian Church for the use of their beautiful downtown facility as a rehearsal hall.