East Juniata H.S. ‘The Hello Girls’ cast list
Narrators: group of girls who “introduce the story” with the cast sitting around for public “story time”
Modern Suzanne: Aubrey Fogle
Modern Helen: Bri Brubaker
Modern Bertha: Morgan Ehrisman
Modern Louise: Kamerin Duffy
Suzanne Prevot: Melinda Goodling
Suzanne Prevot Understudy: Éowyn Rendall
tough-talking, feisty, sardonic operator from New York City and a close friend of Grace’s
Helen Hill: Lily Poorman
Helen Hill Understudy: Fia Whelpley
sweet, over-enthusiastic, and sometimes panicked small-town farm girl from Idaho who is wholesomely kooky and prone to nervous panic
Bertha Hunt: Cali Wagner
Bertha Hunt Understudy: Briahna Brubaker
married to a Navy doctor who is also serving – older, wiser, reliable, serves as the “Den Mother” and is very knowledgeable about military matters
Louise Lebreton: Avery Mitchell
Louise Lebreton Understudy: Morgan Ehrisman
fearless, flirty, headstrong, and often insubordinate 18-year-old from France who has family in the French army
Grace Banker: Adelie Fisher
Grace Banker Understudy: Aubrey Fogle
articulate and poised leader with a core of steely strength who grows into her role as a leader and commander
Gen. John Pershing: Wyatt Burdge
Gen. John Pershing Understudy: Kayla Gelnett
Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces — hard, relentless, inflexible, with a deep sense of honor and American individualism and identity
Lt. Joseph Riser: Rylan Feehrer
Signal Corps officer who recruits and trains the women — a career army man, a stickler for rules and order, he is skeptical of the women’s presence in the army
Pvt. Morris: Wyatt Burdge
Pvt. Morris Understudy: Cohen Apple
an enlisted character who serves as a Signal Corps operator alongside the females
Agnes: Emma Mattern
woman from Groveton, N.H., who works as a bilingual telephone operator (one of the Hello Girls) for the U.S. Army in France during WWI
Operators: group of women working at Bell who are recruited to serve in the Army
Annie Fogle, Joanna Hess, Elsie Brubaker, Nevaeh Mesmer, Nichole Higgins and Myrna Trent
Featured
Operators
USA & Paris: Aubrey Fogle, Bri Brubaker, Emma Mattern, Morgan Ehrisman and Kamerin Duffy.
Lt. Ernest Wessen: Hannah Book
Lt. Ernest Wessen Understudy: Ella Snyder
head of the recruiting center for the Signal Corps
Interviewers: Army personnel who interview ladies for Switchboard Operator positions in the Army
1st Interviewer: Vi Hund
2nd Interviewer: Ella Snyder
3rd Interviewer: Calleigh Reasner
Pvt. Eugene Matterson: Josh Swartz
Pvt. Eugene Matterson Understudy: Shay Smith
enlisted man who works closely with Riser, flirtatious with Suzanne Prevot
American Expeditionary Forces Battalion: Ava Druckenmiller, Teagan Burger, Rilee Ogden, Kaylee Nolt, Calleigh Reasner, Éowyn Rendall, Ella Snyder, Fia Whelpley, Evie Symmerman, Cohen Apple, Hannah Book, Kayla Gelnett and Vi Hund
Doughboys: newly enlisted men
Shay Smith, Sam Noel, Fia Whelpley, Josh Swartz and Kayla Gelnett
Lost Boys: soldiers who fight and are “lost” during the war
Shay Smith, Sam Noel, Fia Whelpley, Josh Swartz and Kayla Gelnett
German Soldier: Fia Whelpley
Corporal Robert Dempsey: Cohen Apple
Corporal Robert Dempsey Understudy: Sam Noel
Signal Corps operator at the Paris Telephone Exchange
*Dance Captain: Kamerin Duffy
Student Stage Manager and Prop Master: Lewis Kole Boop
Stage Crew: Addison Eby, Cristal Maldonado, Madyson Freed, Lillian Leach, Gabriana Price, Layla Folk, Emma Tabb, Quinn Reichenbach, Cloe Snook and Caidence Portanova
Light Crew: Braden Howard, Bryanna Swartz and KC Cavero
Hair & Makeup Crew: Maye Neimond and Alexa Rapp




