Footloose
(The Musical) Stage adaptation by DEAN PITCHFORD and WALTER BOBBIEBased on the original screenplay by Dean Pitchford Music by TOM SNOWLyrics by DEAN PITCHFORDAdditional Music byERIC CARMEN, SAMMY HAGAR, KENNY LOGGINS and JIM STEINMAN Presented by arrangement with JOSEF WEINBERGER LIMITED on behalf of R & H THEATRICALS of New York 8 – 11 February 2012 7.30 […]
(The Musical)
Stage adaptation by DEAN PITCHFORD and WALTER BOBBIE
Based on the original screenplay by Dean Pitchford
Music by TOM SNOW
Lyrics by DEAN PITCHFORD
Additional Music by
ERIC CARMEN, SAMMY HAGAR, KENNY LOGGINS and JIM STEINMAN
Presented by arrangement with JOSEF WEINBERGER LIMITED on
behalf of R & H THEATRICALS of New York
8 - 11 February 2012
7.30 p.m. each evening and 2.30 p.m. Saturday Matinee
Hind Leys Theatre
Forest St, Shepshed, Leics., LE12 9DB
CAST
| Ren McCormack | Jacob L |
| Ethel McCormack | Rebecca B |
| Rev. Shaw Moore | Christian |
| Vi Moore | Lottie |
| Ariel Moore | Becky |
| Rusty | Rowan |
| Urleen | Rosie |
| Wendy Jo | Amy |
| Chuck Cranston | Aaron |
| Willard Hewitt | George |
| Lyle | Sam |
| Jeter | Owen |
| Bickle | Mai-Lan |
| Garvin | Justine |
| Lulu Warnicker | Jordan |
| Coach Dunbar | Abbie |
| Principal Clark | Beckie |
| Cowboy Bob | Owen |
| Betty Blast | Emma |
| Eleanor, Council Leader | Loren |
| Cop | Danielle |
| Jolene (Country Singer) | Abi |
| Townsfolk/High School Students | Abi, April, Bronte, Charlotte, Chloe, Danielle, Emily, Emma, Georgia, Hannah, Jemma, Jennifer, Kate, Loren, Megan, Nicola, Olivia, Paige & Tom M |
CREDITS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| Producer & Director | Adrian Dobson |
| Musical Director | Hazel Needham |
| Choreographer | Wendy Spencer |
| Assistant Choreographers | Charlotte Hall & Michelle Spencer |
| Costume Director | Sue Penver |
| Technical Director/Sound Operation | James White |
| Lighting Design/Operation | Paul Boneham |
| Stage Management | Adam Green |
| Stage Crew | Alan Jamieson, Howard Rogerson, Kevin Spencer, Lynsey Bloomfield, Mark Perry & Pete Yeomans |
| Set Provided By | Proscenium Ltd |
| Properties | Mel Downes & Jane Whittle |
| Front Of House Manager | Julia Painting |
| Box Office | Jane Evans |
| Raffle | Lorna North |
| Poster/programme Cover/Photography | Nigel Painting |
| Programme | Ben Cooper, Julia Painting & Adrian Dobson |
| Additional Photography | Stu Ratcliffe |
| Publicity | Michelle Spencer |
| Fundraising | Sue Penver, Jane Evans & Lorna North |
| Chaperones | Debbie Hill, Helen Starkey, Lee Bowley, Michelle Spencer, Stu Ratcliffe & Tina Phelps |
| Videography | Wallis Videos |
| Website | Stu Ratcliffe |
| Additional Thanks | Hind Leys College Principal, Caretakers, Theatre & Community Staff, in particular, Steve & Linda Dootson; Stephenson's College; Christchurch Methodist Church; Shepshed Town Council: Our Patrons; Our Front Of House Volunteers; and anyone else who has assisted or supported us in any way for this production |
SYNOPSIS
| The Story of Footloose-The Musical Act One Chicago. A group of young people have gathered at their favourite dance club to unwind and say goodbye to Ren McCormack. Ren’s father has walked out, so he and his mother are forced to move in with her sister’s family, in a small town nobody has ever heard of – Bomont. Ren soon finds himself at odds with the repressive atmosphere in Bomont, where the spiritual life of the community is overseen by the powerful local minister Reverend Moore. Ren is stunned to learn that dancing is not allowed anywhere within the town limits of Bomont. His new friends explain that this law dates back five years to a car accident that claimed the lives of four Bomont teenagers; in the flood of grief and guilt that followed that tragedy, Rev Moore managed to convince the town council to ban dancing. The only person seemingly unfazed by Rev Moore’s iron-fisted control is his daughter Ariel. Following a bout with her jealous boyfriend, Ren walks Ariel home, and they find they have a lot in common. But, Rev Moore forbids Ariel from seeing Ren again, citing him as a trouble-maker, despite his wife’s pleas. Annoyed the minister walks away. The next day frustrated by his new stifling environment Ren vow’s to “take on this town” and incites a revolution by his classmates: “to throw a dance”. Act Two Ren drives Ariel and friends 100 miles outside Bomont to a dance hall where they party into the night and teach Willard how to dance. When Ariel finally arrives home, her defiance infuriates Rev Moore, who denies he has become too severe since the death of his son, one of the teenagers killed in the fateful car accident. Angered he walks away again. At the long awaited town council meeting, with Ariel’s help Ren makes his case for a dance. When the motion is defeated, he is devastated, but his mother convinces him that Rev Moore “fixed” the vote, and urges him to try again and speak privately with the minister. Ren goes to the church, but after a brief discussion in which Rev Moore is unable to share his fears and motivation for continuing the ban, he asks Ren to leave and turns away. Appalled by his own actions, it is only then that the minister realises how much the pain of his son’s death has overshadowed his life, and the lives of everyone in Bomont. After a struggle with his conscience, he announces to his parishioners that he has had a change of heart; that, in fact a dance might be a good idea. And so, for the first time in years, the young people of Bomont are able to dance freely and as everyone joins in, the evening finally becomes not only a celebration, but also an ecstatic expression of healing. They dared to dance and “Everybody Cut Footloose!” |
MUSICAL NUMBERS
| ACT ONE | |
| Footloose | Rusty, Urleen, Wendy Jo & Ensemble |
| On Any Sunday | Rev. Moore, Ren, Ethel & Ensemble |
| The Girl Gets Around | Chuck, Ariel & Lyle |
| I Can't Stand Still | Ren |
| Somebody's Eyes | Rusty, Urleen, Wendy Jo & Ensemble |
| Learning To Be Silent | Vi, Ethel & Ariel |
| Holding Out For A Hero | Ariel, Rusty, Urleen & Wendy Jo |
| Somebody's Eyes (Reprise) | Rusty, Urleen, Wendy Jo, Chuck & Lyle |
| Heaven Help Me | Rev. Moore |
| I'm Free/Heaven Help Me (Reprise) | Ren, Rev. Moore & Ensemble |
| ACT TWO | |
| Still Rockin' | Ensemble |
| Let's Make Believe | Jolene |
| Let's Hear It For The Boy | Rusty & Ensemble |
| Can you Find It In Your Heart? | Vi |
| Dancing Is Not A Crime | Ren |
| Mama Says (You Can't Back Down) | Willard, Bickle, Garvin, Jeter & Ren |
| Almost Paradise | Ren & Ariel |
| Can You Find It In Your Heart? (Reprise) | Rev. Moore |
| Footloose (Finale) | Ensemble |
| Megamix | Ensemble |
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