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\u201cLes Mis\u00e9rables,\u201d presented by the Scranton-based Standard Theatre Company, will continue at the Dallas Middle School with final performances Oct. 23-25.<\/p>\n
Based on Victor Hugo\u2019s 1862 novel, \u201cLes Mis\u00e9rables\u201d features music by Claude-Michel Sch\u00f6nberg and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer. Its score includes some of musical theatre\u2019s most enduring songs, including \u201cI Dreamed a Dream,\u201d \u201cOn My Own,\u201d \u201cBring Him Home,\u201d \u201cOne Day More,\u201d and \u201cDo You Hear the People Sing?\u201d<\/p>\n
Set against the turmoil of 19th-century France, \u201cLes Mis\u00e9rables\u201d follows Jean Valjean, a former prisoner attempting to build a new life while Inspector Javert relentlessly pursues him. As revolution stirs in the streets of Paris, their lives intersect with workers, students, lovers and outcasts in a story of justice, sacrifice, love and redemption.<\/p>\n
For director Mandy Bruno Bogue, the production is deeply personal.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018Les Mis\u00e9rables\u2019 was the first professional production I ever saw as a child, and it changed the course of my life,\u201d said Bruno Bogue. \u201cIt was the first time I understood what theatre could do \u2014 how a story could make an entire room feel something together. Years later, I had the extraordinary opportunity to perform the role of \u00c9ponine in the Broadway production. To come back to this material now as a director feels incredibly full circle.\u201d<\/p>\n
That history shapes Bruno Bogue\u2019s approach to the production.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m interested in stripping away the idea that these are iconic musical-theatre characters and reminding ourselves that they are people \u2014 frightened, hopeful, flawed, desperate, funny, brave people making choices under extraordinary circumstances,\u201d she said. \u201cThere is enormous responsibility in directing a piece that has meant this much to me for so long. I don\u2019t want our company chasing someone else\u2019s \u2018Les Mis\u00e9rables.\u2019 I want us to find the human beings inside it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe scale of \u2018Les Mis\u00e9rables\u2019 is enormous, but its power is incredibly intimate,\u201d Bruno Bogue continued. \u201cUnderneath the barricades and the music is a story about what we owe one another. It asks whether a person can change, whether mercy can be stronger than judgment, and whether hope can survive in circumstances that seem determined to extinguish it. Those are the questions we keep coming back to in the rehearsal room.\u201d<\/p>\n
The production is directed by Mandy Bruno Bogue, with music direction by Jeremy Kemmerer and choreography and technical direction by Michael Marone.<\/p>\n
Bringing together performers from throughout the region alongside artists with extensive professional and theatrical experience, the company is led by Robert Valenti as Jean Valjean, Benjamin T. Gruden as Javert, Ashley Bohn as Fantine, Matthew Alexander Sarnovsky as Th\u00e9nardier, Rylee Ann Marotto as Madame Th\u00e9nardier, Rocco Pugliese as Marius, Lauren Roberts as \u00c9ponine, Jessica Jean Brown as Cosette, and Adam Zawatsky as Enjolras. Asher Kemmerer and Bradley Sereyka share the role of Gavroche, with Delaney Courter and Addie Zvirblis sharing Young Cosette and Young \u00c9ponine.<\/p>\n
The company also includes David Baker, Michael Marone, Aidan Slatky, Zachary D. Rossetti, Joshua Langan, Evan Olivares, Paul Brasavage, Conner Casterlin, Courtney Zabresky, Jessica Brasavage, Raegan Czyzycki, Briana Greco, Kelly Vinnacombe Baker, Jadyn Backes, Lily Milazzo, Alex Stasukinas, Sydney Akin, Lucy Stanvitch, Marissa Greco and Finley Culkin.<\/p>\n
One of The Standard Theatre Company\u2019s most ambitious undertakings to date, \u201cLes Mis\u00e9rables\u201d brings together emerging artists and experienced theatre professionals to create large-scale theatrical work for audiences in Northeastern Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
Showtimes are 7 p.m. Oct. 23 and Oct. 24 and 2 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Dallas Area Middle School, 2020 Conyngham Ave., Dallas. Tickets are available at www.thestandardtheatre.com\/tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Local journalism matters, and your support makes it possible. You can help sustain this work by making a donation or choosing one of our subscription options. Subscribers enjoy valuable benefits, including full access to our e-edition, a reduced ad experience on timesleader.com, and more.<\/p>\n Your support helps ensure independent, high-quality local news remains available today and for future generations. Thank you for standing with local journalism.
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