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Come Attend Prom With Us

by Tom Varner | Jun 30, 2015 | Announcements, Press Release, Shows

PROM IS FOR EVERYONE

Hard Road Theatre Productions in association with the Highland Arts Council and sponsored by Staunton Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram invite you to attend a prom of the undead as they present the original musical ZOMBIE PROM. Set in the fabulous 1950s, ZOMBIE PROM is the tale of a sweet teenage girl named Toffee and her rebel-without-a-cause boyfriend, Jonny. The two meet at Enrico Fermi High School and fall in love, but Principal Delilah Strict intervenes and persuades Toffee to break up with Jonny for her own good. Tortured by his betrayed love, Johnny drives his motorcycle to a nearby nuclear power plant and flings himself inside a cooling tower. Toffee mourns the loss of her love, but Jonny returns in an altered state, professes his love, and promises to take Toffee to the prom if she’ll have him. As Toffee finds herself torn between being with her love and living a “normal” life, Principal Strict deals with the dilemma and chaos that Johnny’s return brings to the school and threatens to cancel the senior prom.

Directed by David Whitacre, ZOMBIE PROM includes a cast of about 25 students from several different communities including Highland, Greenville, and O’Fallon. Performances for ZOMBIE PROM are July 9th-11^th at 7:00 p.m. and on July 12^th at 2:00 p.m. All performances will be held at the Highland High School Kennel located at 12760 Troxler Ave., Highland, IL. Tickets are $9 if purchased online and $10 at the door. Online ticket purchases stop 30 minutes before the scheduled start time of the show. Seating is on a first come first serve basis and is limited to 200 people.

Hard Road Theatre Productions is a non-profit theatre organization committed to providing the greater Highland area with high-quality, affordable, live theatre productions. For more information about ZOMBIE PROM or Hard Road Theatre visit the Hard Road website at www.hardroad.org, send an email to cs@hoardroad.org, or call 618-409-6286.

Take a Trip to Wonderland

by Tom Varner | Jun 18, 2015 | Press Release, Shows

TAKE A TRIP TO WONDERLAND WITH HARD ROAD THEATRE

Hard Road Theatre Productions in association with the Highland Arts Council and sponsored by Scott Credit Union, invite you to take a trip to Wonderland as they present DISNEY’S ALICE IN WONDERLAND JR. Based off the classic children’s story by Lewis Carroll and adapted from the 1951 Disney movie, the show revolves around a young girl named Alice who follows a talking rabbit down a hole and finds herself in a strange world of grinning felines, magic potions, talking animals, and an angry queen. Alice just wants to return home, but no one seems all that interested in helping her. The show features a mostly new and original soundtrack, but does showcase the classic Disney song “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah”.

Directed by Gentry Nessel, the cast for DISNEY’ ALICE IN WONDERLAND includes over fifty students from several different communities including Highland, Greenville, Edwardsville, Collinsville, and O’Fallon. Performances for DISNEY’S ALICE IN WONDERLAND JR. are June 25-27^th at 7:00 p.m. and on June 28^th at 2:00 p.m. at the Highland Elementary Auditorium, located at 1800 Lindenthal Ave., Highland, IL. Tickets are $9 if purchased online and $10 if purchased at the door.

Hard Road Theatre Productions is a non-profit theatre organization committed to providing the greater Highland area with high-quality, affordable, live theatre productions. For more information about DISNEY’S ALICE IN WONDERLAND JR. or Hard Road Theatre visit the Hard Road website at www.hardroad.org, send an email to tom@hoardroad.org, or call 618-409-6286.