There are only three more chances to see Les Miserables!
Friday, Nov 16 @ 7:00PM
Saturday, Nov 17 @ 7:00PM
Sunday, Nov 18 @ 2:00PM
Tickets may be purchased at the door but to ensure the best possible seats, we encourage guests to buy ahead online at www.theloftstage.org.
? Photos courtesy of Kirk Portrait Design
Thank you to the crew for Les Miserables for the time you’ve put in thus far to make this production a success. Below you will find crew assignments for the performance crew. You must send me a message via Remind or an email to accept your crew position.
If you don’t see your name on the list and believe it should be, please contact me. All those that expressed interest in participating on the performance crew have been given a position.
Jimmy
Technical Director
| Student Director | Alli Colberg |
|---|---|
| Stage Manager | Nolan Sherburne |
| Deck Captain | Anna Clatanoff |
| Assistant Deck Captain | Liv Meinders |
| Props Mistress | Emma Garrity |
| Running Crew | Alphonso Amores |
| Abbie Marshall | |
| Sidney Green | |
| Lighting Crew | April O’Meara |
| Sound Crew | Jared Doran |
| Ian Winston | |
| Manny Green | |
| Ben Colberg | |
| Video Crew | Casey Eakins |
| Grace Ballard | |
| Jade’ann Kojetin-Smith | |
| Alaina Braunschweig | |
| Dressing/Make-Up Crew | Kaia Helnte |
| Ava Cyr |
Ticket sales for our fall production of Les Miserables begin THIS FRIDAY!
While the show is fairly well known, the school edition differs a bit from the original production.
So the question remains…
Why Choose the “School Edition” and what does “School Edition” Really Mean?
One of the many questions we received after selecting Les Miserables as our fall production was “why choose the ‘school edition?’” After perusing several scores we landed on Les Miserables as a rich and challenging text for both students and audiences alike. The only issue with doing this show this year is that the touring company of Les Mis will be in Minnesota within the same calendar year, restricting rights for the original production. If we wanted to continue pursuing this show, our only legal option was to apply for school edition rights; and after reviewing the differences between the two versions, we felt the story, characters, conflict, and score were still the right fit for our season.
So the question remains, what does “school edition” actually mean? It’s first important to understand what “school edition” doesn’t mean (ie – censorship). Contrary to the connotation, the school edition of Les Mis does not sanitize language nor does it remove the mature situations on the battlefield or the docks. Instead, the school edition seeks to abridge a lengthy score by removing a few unnecessary musical interludes, namely the counterpoint section of “The Confrontation,” much of “Dog Eats Dog,” and the “Wedding Chorale.” Thankfully, many of the most iconic Les Mis moments are very much in tact in this version, we’ll just be able to end the show at a more reasonable hour!
For families wondering appropriateness of content for young audiences, we definitely leave that decision up to the discretion of parents and guardians; however, the content and language would merit a PG-13 rating. If you have any specific questions about content, feel free to email director Kajsa Jones (kjones@theloftstage.org).
Parents,
Thanks so much for coming to the parent info session last night! As always, it was great to see familiar faces and it was even more wonderful to see some new ones. We love to have the involvement from as many parents as we can, so your interest in and willingness to help keeps our program afloat!
Here is a brief summary of key details from the meeting. The full slideshow can be found here.
9/12 – Children’s Auditions – encourage those little performers to come audition!
9/21 – Program Photos – if you are not there that day, your photo will be omitted from the program
9/28 – tshirt and makeup kit orders due
9/29 – Poster plaster
MEA Weekend – Set load in (optional but we’d LOVE your help!)
10/25 – First combined rehearsal with orchestra
10/27 – Sound Tech Saturday
11/3 – Tech Saturday
11/9-11 & 11/16-18 – Performances
11/18 – Set Strike
Please let Kajsa Jones, director (kjones@theloftstage.org) and/or Katie Carlson, assistant director (kcarlson@theloftstage.org) know if you have any questions or concerns. Also, don’t be afraid to reach out to our fabulous booster board all of whom have email contacts listed here: https://theloftstage.org/erhs-theater/boosters/
Thanks!
Please complete the following tech interest form so that we know what you are interested in doing once we start assigning crew roles. Please note that only performance crew positions are assigned and production crews are open to anyone who has registered and would like to join.
