- May 17, 2025
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Korbin Sanqui, or Shrek, and Lincoln Lund-Johnson, or Donkey, had fun on stage bringing the popular characters to life.
Max Meibuhr stepped into the spotlight as the Big Bad Wolf.
Korbin Sanqui encourages other students to audition for the Drama Club because students might uncover hidden talents. In his first time auditioning for the club, he landed the lead role of Shrek.
Jaylen Sanchez as Lord Farquaad encouraged the audience to applaud louder for his appearance.
Riham Gara portrayed teen Fiona.
The cast of "Shrek the Musical Jr." at Castleview Elementary School featured several fairy tale characters.
From princess to ogre, Helena Caliman brought out the attitude of Fiona to go against Lord Farquaad, who is played by Jaylen Sanchez.
Korbin Sanqui and Lincoln Lund-Johnson had the playful back-and-forth between Shrek and Donkey.
Isla Giuliani brought the wooden puppet of Pinocchio to life.
Helena Caliman sang her heart out as Fiona.
Jaylen Sanchez was thrilled to play the wannabe-king Lord Farquaad.
Fifth-grader Korbin Sanqui played the star role of Shrek. He said the character was fitting to his personality.
Fairy tale characters rallied together to argue with the knights of Duloc.
Amelia Bonventre and Mia Pacheco sang "Welcome to Duloc."
Bean Griffith and Dashiel Wojcik played a bear and a raccoon and carried a punny sign across the stage.
Grace Prendergast brought the sassy attitude of the dragon to life.
Charo Aguirre Brantiz portrayed one of the Three Blind Mice fumbling around the stage.
Savannah Traylor and Amelia Bonventre played storytellers. They instructed the audience when to shed a tear or gasp.
Korbin Sanqui, a fifth-grader at Castleview Elementary School, wasn't sure he had the talent or the interest to audition for the school's Drama Club.
But in his last year of elementary school, he decided to give it a chance. And he landed the lead role as Shrek in the school's production of "Shrek the Musical Jr."
Sanqui encouraged other students to audition for the musical as they might discover talents they didn't know they had.
For fifth-graders Jaylen Sanchez, who played Lord Farquaad, and Lincoln Lund-Johnson, who played Donkey, the musical was an opportunity to play characters they said were fitting of their personalities.
Helena Caliman, who played Fiona, said she loved being able to express a range of emotion in the musical, making the audience laugh, cry and feel happy.
