The Hunchback of Notre Dame

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Musical
Directed by Pam Orear
PLAYING: July 10 – 14 & July 17 – 18 at 7:30pm
NOTE: ALL Performances at Illinois Central College Performing Arts Center (1 College Dr, East Peoria, IL 61635)
$25 | Adults
$20 | Students (18 and under)
Individual tickets go on sale June 19th.

SHOW SYNOPSIS: The musical blends Victor Hugo’s original 1831 novel with the beloved 1996 Disney animated film. Unlike the movie, the stage version is more dramatic and mature, leaning closer to Hugo’s darker themes while retaining the sweeping Alan Menken/Stephen Schwartz score. Set in 15th-century Paris, the story revolves around Quasimodo, the deformed but kind-hearted bell-ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, who longs for freedom beyond the bells and towers. His guardian, Archdeacon Dom Claude Frollo, is torn between religious devotion and forbidden desire. When Quasimodo encounters the compassionate and spirited Esmeralda, their lives intertwine with that of the dashing soldier Captain Phoebus, leading to a struggle of love, freedom, faith, and morality which is set against the grandeur and tragedy of Notre Dame.

CAST:
Quasimodo: Adam Schofield
Dom Claude Frollo: Alex Butte
Esmeralda: Julia Tejeda
Captain Phoebus de Martin: David Snook
Clopin Trouillefou: David Brown
Statue Aurelian: Kate Meredith Cox
Statue Vesper: Ashley Fischer
Statue Thorne: Aliesha Graves
Statue Lucien: Peyton Halliday
Gargoyle Basilisk: Connor Flier
Gargoyle Nocturne: Sam Hipp
Young Dom Claude Frollo: Jake Buckley
Florika: Ana Quezada
Saint Aphrodisius Thom Lacy
Madame: Erika Poch
Lieutenant Frederic Charlus: William Touchet
Jehan Frollo: Griffith Glenn
Official: Tom Cassidy
King Louis XI: Michael Varness
Father Dupin: James Taylor
Dancers: Leah Cooper, Hillary Hymbaugh, Mia Katz, Aidan Kennedy, Cagni Orear, Callie Schoff, Malyk Thorndyke, Rylie Yates