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Hopewell Valley Central High School
Performing Arts Season 2017-2018
 
Our Fall Play this year is William Inge’s classic drama, Picnic.  From the Roundabout Theatre Company revival: The ladies of a small town in Kansas are getting ready for their annual picnic on the last day of summer when a handsome drifter named Hal suddenly appears and captures the attention of the town’s female residents—especially the young, beautiful Madge. Madge and Hal try to fight their attraction, which threatens to throw Madge’s family and future into a wicked spiral. Will Madge choose her safe, sensible boyfriend or the dangerous drifter with a questionable past?

Audition Dates: September 13-14, 2017
Callbacks: Friday September 15, 2017.  
Performance Dates: November 3-4, 2017.

 
The 2018 CHS Winter Musical is The Drowsy Chaperone.  With the house lights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.

Audition Dates: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, November 27-29
Callbacks: Friday December 1, 2017.  

Performance Dates: March 2-3, 9-10, 2018.

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