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Theater Troupe Performs 'Footloose'

On Jan. 12 and 13, the Lindenhurst High School Thespian Troupe performed its winter musical with a production of "Footloose".

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From Lindenhurst Union Free School District: On Jan. 12 and 13, the Lindenhurst High School Thespian Troupe performed its winter musical with a production of “Footloose” under the guest direction of Levittown teacher Paige Hardison.

The show, based on the popular 1984 movie, tells the story of Ren McCormack (Salvatore Coppola), a teenage boy moving from Chicago to a small mid-western town in which rock-and-roll music and dancing were made illegal after an accident that took the life of four young members of the community. Finding it difficult to acclimate to this rigid way of life, Ren uses the encouragement of his new friend Willard Hewitt (Ben Esposito) and love interest, Ariel Moore (Kyara Dunleavy) to go up against Ariel’s influential father Rev. Shaw Moore (Kevin Dyson) and the city council to get the law overturned.

The school’s orchestra, led by director Kevin Pike, along with musical director, Charles Pramneiks, performed familiar tunes such as “Footloose,” “Let’s Hear it for the Boy” and “Almost Paradise” with great talent while the stage and lighting crews set the stage for wonderful performances and choreography.

Photo courtesy of the Lindenhurst Union Free School District ( On Jan. 12 and 13, the Lindenhurst High School Thespian Troupe performed its winter musical with a production of “Footloose” based on the popular 1984 movie.)

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