dedication

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This virtual *scrapbook* is for the WHS (2006) Les Misérables Company.

We will never forget your brilliance!

With heartfelt respect and appreciation,
the Balgassi family

*All images (with the exception of the post-production cast photos and the headshots/autographs billboard) were captured from video taken at the Wednesday dress rehearsal and the Saturday closing performance. No flash photography was used.

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D I R E C T O R
Erin Watson

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C A S T
(in order of appearance)

C H A I N ~ G A N G
Charlotte Byram, Tim Mannion,
Patrick McMahon, Andy Smith,
Ryan Barley

J A V E R T
Jeremy Hetherington

J E A N ~ V A L J E A N
Daniel Harvester

C O N S T A B L E S
Rebecca Coffey, Jackie Nichols

F A R M E R
Peter Scuderi

L A B O U R E R S
Amy Sitler, Ben Farrell

B I S H O P
Ryan Barley

P O O R
Peter Scuderi, Kristie Wortman,
Adria Balgassi, Katie Giffune,
Michael Broderick, Caterina Miacola,
Tim Mannion

F O R E M A N
Patrick McMahon

F A C T O R Y ~ W O R K E R S
Sarah Gosselin, Alecia Wortman,
Katie Camerlin, Jenna Sgambati,
Amy Sitler, Jackie Nichols

F A N T I N E
Stephanie Morgan

S A I L O R S
Peter Scuderi, Andy Smith,
Ryan Barley

P R O S T I T U T E S ~ L A D I E S
Alecia Wortman, Sarah Gosselin,
Adria Balgassi, Megan Bishop,
Jenna Sgambati, Mindy Sgambati,
Ashleigh Towse, Katie Giffune

O L D ~ W O M A N
Kali Bradford

P I M P
Ben Farrell

C A P T A I N
Patrick McMahon

B A M A T A B O I S
Tim Mannion

L I T T L E ~ C O S E T T E
Katie Camerlin

M A D A M E ~ T H E N A R D I E R
Chelsey Wynegar

Y O U N G ~ E P O N I N E
Louisa Balgassi

T H E N A R D I E R
Patrick McMahon

C U S T O M E R S
Jenna Sgambati, Amy Sitler,
Charlotte Byram, Tim Mannion,
Lila Dunk, Nadya Shlykova,
Ryan Barley, Katie Giffune

B E G G A R S
Katie Giffune, Cali Bradford,
Alecia Wortman, Caterina Miacola,
Nadya Shlykova

G A V R O C H E
Marie Allie

E N J O L R A S
Michael Broderick

M A R I U S
Peter Scuderi

E P O N I N E
Kristie Wortman

C O S E T T E
Adria Balgassi

C O M B E F E R R E
Charlotte Byram

F E U I L L Y
Ryan Barley

C O U F E Y R A C
Tim Mannion

J O L Y
Ben Farrell

G R A N T A I R E
Carin Puza

P R O U V A I R E
Andy Smith

L E S G L E S
Amy Sitler

S T U D E N T
Becky Coffey

M O N T P A R N A S S E
Andy Smith

B A B E T
Kali Bradford

B R U J O N
Lila Dunk

L A U N D R Y ~ W O M E N
Jenna Sgambati, Katie Giffune,
Alecia Wortman, Nadya Shlykova,
Amy Sitler, Sarah Gosselin,
Carin Puza, Lila Dunk

M A J O R ~ D O M O
Tim Mannion

R E V O L U T I O N A R I E S
Steve Osowski, Jackie Nichols,
Nadya Shlykova, Sarah Gosselin,
Katie Camerlin

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P I T ~ O R C H E S T R A

D I R E C T O R
Patrick Kennedy

A S S I S T A N T ~ D I R E C T O R
Joel Whalen

V I O L I N
Kayla Wichowski, Ian Lazzara

F L U T E
Sarah Ware, Kate Smigielski

O B O E
Brittany Perez

E N G L I S H ~ H O R N
Brittany Perez

C L A R I N E T
Linda Skinner

S A X O P H O N E
Ryan Emken, Brian Westerlind

T R U M P E T
Joel Whalen, Dustin Grabowski,
Eric Thomas, Morgan Drewniany

T R O M B O N E
Keith Dugas, Brendan Irujo

P I A N O
Becky Dinan

S Y N T H E S I Z E R
Martha Sienkiewicz

E L E C T R I C ~ B A S S
Marion Dunk

P E R C U S S I O N
Jackson McCutchen

M U S I C A L ~ T R A N S C R I P T I O N
S C O R I N G ~ R E E D
Peter Scuderi

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B E H I N D ~ T H E ~ S C E N E S

C O S T U M E ~ D E S I G N
Gwen Newton-Denton

R E H E A R S A L ~ P I A N I S T
Martha Sienkiewicz

P R O D U C T I O N ~ S U P P O R T
Tawnya Tiskus

S E T ~ D E S I G N
Michael Cady

S O U N D ~ L I G H T I N G
Joe Matterano

L I G H T ~ B O A R D ~ O P E R A T O R S
Lee Ann Richardson, Julie Koivisto

P R O J E C T O R ~ O P E R A T O R
Arielle Rollins

C H O R E O G R A P H E R
Shannon Canty

B A C K S T A G E ~ C R E W
Chelsey Wallace, Arielle Rollins

V O I C E ~ C O A C H
Jennifer Judd

another way to go

"He let me eat my fill,
I had the lion's share.
The silver in my hand
Cost twice what I had earned
In all those nineteen years...
That lifetime of despair.
And yet he trusted me."



"I played the grateful serf,
And thanked him like I should.
But when the house was still,
I got up in the night.
Took the silver...
Took my flight!"



"You maintain he made a present of this silver?"

"That is right...
So, Messieurs, you may release him,
For this man has spoken true.
I commend you for your duty,
And God's blessing go with you."



"But remember this, my brother.
See in this some higher plan.
You must use this precious silver
To become an honest man."



"By the witness of the martyrs,
By the Passion and the Blood,
God has raised you out of darkness...
I have bought your soul for God!"



"What have I done?
Sweet Jesus, what have I done?
Become a thief in the night,
Become a dog on the run!"



"And have I fallen so far,
And is the hour so late,
That nothing remains but the cry of my hate?"



"The cries in the dark that nobody hears,
Here where I stand at the turning of the years?"



"One word from him and I'd be back,
Beneath the lash, upon the rack.
Instead he offers me my freedom.
I feel my shame inside me like a knife."



"He told me that I have a soul.
How does he know?
What spirit comes to move my life?
Is there another way to go?"



"I am reaching, but I fall...
And the night is closing in.
And I stare into the void...
To the whirlpool of my sin."



"I'll escape now from the world...
From the world of Jean Valjean.
Jean Valjean is nothing now.
Another story must begin!"

nothing but trouble

"At the end of the day
She's the one who began it!"



"There's a kid that she's hiding
In some little town."



"There's a man she has to pay.
You can guess how she picks up the extra.
You can bet she's earning her keep
Sleeping around.
And the boss wouldn't like it!"



"Right my girl. On your way!"

the tigers come at night

"He slept a summer by my side."



"He filled my days with endless wonder."



"He took my childhood in his stride!"



"But he was gone when autumn came."



"I had a dream my life would be..."



"So different from this hell I'm living."



"So different now from what it seemed..."



"Now life has killed the dream I dreamed."

going for a song

"I smell women.
Smell 'em in the air.
Think I'll drop my anchor
In that harbor over there."



"Lovely ladies...
Smell 'em through the smoke.
Seven days at sea
Can make you hungry for a poke."



"Lovely ladies
Waiting for a bite...
Waiting for the customers
Who only come at night."



"Lovely ladies,
Ready for the call.
Standing up or lying down,
Or any way at all.
Bargain prices up against the wall!"



"What pretty hair!
What pretty locks you got there.
What luck you got!
It's worth a centime, my dear.
I'll take the lot."



"That's right, dearie,
Show him what you've got!"

some nerve

"I don't want you.
No, no, m'sieur, let me go."



"Javert, would you believe it?
I was crossing from the park,
When this prostitute attacked me...
You can see she left her mark."



"She will answer for her actions
When you make a full report.
You may rest assured, M'sieur,
That she will answer to the court."

no more than an alibi

"A memory stirs...
You make me think of a man...
From years ago...
A man who broke his parole."



"I have only known one other
Who could do what you have done.
He's a convict from the chain gang.
He's been ten years on the run."



"But he couldn't run forever.
Yes, we found his hideaway.
And he's just been rearrested,
And he comes to court today."



"Who am I?
Can I condemn this man to slavery?
Pretend I do not feel his agony?
This innocent who bears my face,
Who goes to judgement in my place."



"Who am I? Who am I?
I'm Jean Valjean!"



"And so Javert, you see it's true!
That man bears no more guilt than you!
Who am I?"



"24601!"

be at peace

"Cosette, it's turned so cold.
Cosette, it's past your bedtime.
You've played the day away,
And soon it will be night."



"Come to me, Cosette, the light is fading.
Don't you see the evening star appearing?
Come to me, and rest against my shoulder.
How fast the minutes fly away and every minute colder."



"Hurry near, another day is dying.
Don't you hear, the winter wind is crying?"



"There's a darkness which comes without a warning...
But I will sing you lullabies and wake you in the morning."



"Look, M'sieur, where all the children play.
Good M'sieur, you come from God in Heaven."



"Take my child. I give her to your keeping."



"And none shall ever harm Cosette
As long as I am living."



"Take my hand. The night grows ever colder.
For God's sake, please stay till I am sleeping."



"And tell Cosette I love her,
And I'll see her when I wake...."