V131: MORNINGSIDE HEIST
Playbill
View the playbill for the 131st Annual Varsity Show created in collaboration with the Blue and White here.
The 131st Annual Varsity Show: Morningside Heist
When $440 million is slashed from Columbia's funding, the Co-Chairs of the Board of Trustees develop a device to cleanse the global consciousness of the more… unsavory aspects of Columbia's reputation. But when the spunky yearbook Editor-in-Chief and a new GS student (with a secret) overhear their plans, they decide to steal the device with the help of a “French” cinephile, a woke St. A's bro, a trad wife influencer, and a bold, beautiful techie.
On a campus full of scandal, romance, and bouncy castles, will good trump evil?
Not if The Executive can help it…
“You had me at heist.”
“Caption: Anyone want to be Columbia's fourth president in a year? Looks like we'll be rebuilding #fromscratch.”
“If I had a partner, he’d never leave my side,/They’d call me Hamilton the way he’d keep me occupied”
“At last they’ll take notice/I’ll be an event/and not even POTUS/ can stop my ascent”
“For once, Dad, would it be so impossible to listen to a proud, African American… Studies major?”
“Listen, I’m all about shutting down entire academic departments, but messing with the Core? My leadership framework would be nothing without Pride, Prejudice, Crime, and Punishment.”
Creative Team
Directed by Kamila Boga (GS ‘26)
Produced by Olivia Kuan-Romano (BC ‘26) & Abigail Hart (CC ‘26)
Written by Morgan Johns (GS ‘26) & Ella Wickham (CC ‘25)
Composed by Daniella Sapone (BC ‘25)
Lyrics by Anna Steel (CC ‘27)
Choreographed by Sarah Kaplan (BC ‘27) Music Directed by Ruby Liebmann (BC ‘25)
Stage Management by Taya Barry (CC ‘27)
Tech Directed by Wylie Dodson (CC ‘26)
Cast
Sarafina Belafonte (CC ‘26)
Kiana Mottahedan (CC '26)
Wren Pfetcher (BC '27)
Grace Colucci (BC ‘27)
Anoushka Sharma (BC '27)
Luna Boissiere Armstrong (BC '26)
Lilly Gasterland-Gustafsson (BC '25)
Luca Tuana i Guitart (CC '27)
Owen Kalmbach (CC '28)
Drew Kelly (CC '26)
Lucas Lugones (SEAS '25)
Njoki Tiagha (CC '27)
Lead Designers
Lighting Designer: Theresa Cullen (BC '27)
Set Designers: Wylie Dodson (CC ‘26), Kamila Boga (GS ‘26), Gabriella Busansky (BC '27)
Costume Designer: Adara Allen (BC '26)
Sound Designer: Sebastian Bader (CC '26)
Props Designer: Emerson Antunes Black (BC '28)
