One Night Only!
August 16 2008
Harry Potter and the
Sword of Gryffindor
by Shawn Ferreyra

Harry Potter's final year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry comes to an abrupt end when the school is overrun by evil wizards. His only hope of defeating their Dark Lord and restoring balance to the wizarding world is in the hands of Harry's daring young classmates, Ginny Weasley and friends. Will Ginny's efforts be thwarted by Severus Snape or does the slithery headmaster have a different trick up his sleeve?

On August 16th, El Gato Family Theatre teamed up with Make A Wish Foundation to present the most remarkable dream of amazing seven year old, Rio Popper. Harry Potter and the Sword of Gryffindor*, based on book 7 of the Harry Potter series and adapted for the stage by El Gato Artistic Director, Shawn Ferreyra, took place for one performance only at Sequoia High School's state of the art theatre in Redwood City. Read about it here.

Directed by Rebecca Longworth
Starring Rio Popper as Ginny

Starring
Molly Coogan** (Alecto)
Annie Donahey (Luna)
Khail Duggan (Ron)
Nik Duggan (Neville)
Bill Farhner**(Severus Snape)
Julian Hornik (Harry)
Rebecca Leiner (Hermione), and
Stephen Pawley** (Amycus)

Sound Design by Cliff Caruthers
Lighting Design by Ron Ho
Costume Design by Amy Louise Cole
Stage Managed by Kirsten Ramsaur
Assisted by Matt Jower-Ho

*Warner Bros. Entertainment and JK Rowling are not responsible for this event but, subject to conditions, they have kindly granted us permission to use the HARRY POTTER® trade mark and other materials.

**Appearing in this production by special permission of Actors' Equity Association.