THE JE MUSICAL PLAYERS

We have reworked this show with COVID-19 SAFETY Protocols in place. All actors/actresses wear masks. If they can be 6' apart speaking the mask can come down to allow for clearer line delivery, if they can be 12' apart the masks can come down for singing clarity. Each night all masks, are washed and each costume is sanitized. We changed some of the blocking and other parts of the original show we had back in March with Covid-19 Safety in mind. We followed the guidelines set by the CDC for high school theatre programs. We are happy to be able to present this wonderful show with an audience.

Please understand that while the streaming option does offer our show to remote viewers, we feel strongly that streaming is not a comparable substitute for a live, “in-person” theatrical experience. Theatre is unique in the person-to-person connection it offers to audiences and performers alike and we look forward to the day when all of these alternative measures are no longer necessary to support and engage our students and our community in this great art form. Until then, this streaming option will have to do.

-The Jordan-Elbridge Musical Players

From the Academy Award-winning team comes a lushly scored retelling of Victor Hugo’s epic story of love, acceptance and what it means to be a hero.

Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame showcases the film’s Academy Award-nominated score, as well as new songs by Menken and Schwartz. Peter Parnell’s new book embraces story theatre and features verbatim passages from Hugo’s gothic novel.

The musical begins as the bells of Notre Dame sound through the famed cathedral in fifteenth-century Paris. Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer who longs to be "Out There," observes all of Paris reveling in the Feast of Fools. Held captive by his devious caretaker, the archdeacon Dom Claude Frollo, he escapes for the day and joins the boisterous crowd, only to be treated cruelly by all but the beautiful gypsy, Esmeralda. Quasimodo isn’t the only one captivated by her free spirit, though – the handsome Captain Phoebus and Frollo are equally enthralled. As the three vie for her attention, Frollo embarks on a mission to destroy the gypsies – and it’s up to Quasimodo to save them all.

A sweeping score and powerful story make The Hunchback of Notre Dame an instant classic. Audiences will be swept away by the magic of this truly unforgettable musical.