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Season Tickets for ABRHS' Proscenium Circus Shows Available Now
Fall Musical 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' Opens Oct. 26 on High School Stage
Proscenium Circus opens its 51st season of award-winning student theatre at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in just a few weeks. Tickets for the 2018-19 season — which features the fall musical, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," and two other major productions — are on sale now at www.abdrama.org.
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The season opens on Friday, Oct. 26, with the tolling of "The Bells of Notre Dame." Based on the Victor Hugo novel, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame: The Musical" tells the story of two outcasts: the misshapen bell-ringer Quasimodo and the free-spirited gypsy Esmeralda. Vying for Esmeralda's attention are the handsome Captain Phoebus and the cruel and conflicted archdeacon Dom Claude Frollo. The musical showcases the Disney film’s Academy Award-nominated score, with new songs by Alan Menken and Steven Schwartz.
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"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" runs two weekends, with four evening performances at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26; Saturday, Oct. 27; Friday, Nov. 2; and Saturday, Nov. 3. Three matinee performances are set for 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27; Sunday, Oct. 28; and Saturday, Nov 3, and feature post-show talkbacks with the cast and crew.
Next up, on March 8-9, is "The Book of Everything," Proscenium Circus' entry for the 2019 Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild Festival Competition. Based on the 2004 award-winning Dutch children's novel, this Australian theatrical adaptation for young audiences shares the story of a young boy who uses an imaginary world to cope with an abusive father.
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Proscenium Circus’ 2018-19 season wraps up in April and May with "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Set during America's Jazz Age, in the bayous of the Deep South, this contemporary language adaptation of Shakespeare's lighthearted, magical romp runs two weekends, April 26-May 4.
For more information and to purchase season tickets, visit http://www.abdrama.org.