North Penn Theatre Presents: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

LANSDALE, PA -- North Penn's spring musical is about to hit the stage: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

The play, presented by the high school Theatre and Thespian Troupe 5464, will come to the stage from April 26 through April 30.

The play was created by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, evolving from a 15-minute "pop experiment" in 1969 to a major stage production a year later.

Now in its 5th decade, North Penn is presenting the Joseph Megamix with even more stirring musical numbers than its earlier incarnations. The North Penn stage is coming vibrantly alive with exciting ballads, pop and rock vocals, percussive orchestrations, brilliant sets, costumes, lights and an engaging company of 64 high school and elementary school performers, the school district said.

Continuing the tradition of student-involved production, North Penn sophomores, juniors and seniors are sewing the many, many costumes needed for the play, the school said. Costume Designer Angela Hoerner and Costume Shop Manager Marianne Brady are helming the project.

According to a press release by North Penn:

"The story revolves around Joseph (Francis Burk, senior) favored by his father, Jacob (Jonathan Klaus, senior) who bestows on his beloved son a “coat of many colors.” Already jealous of their brother Joseph, Jacob’s 11 other sons (Matthew David Krise, Ryan Maloney, Liam McKee, Daniel Wescoe, seniors; Parth Aurora, Kieran Bates, Jacob Cousart, Steven Kendikian, juniors; and Paul Klemmer, Jay Patel and Ben Vaughese, sophomores) plot to get rid of Joseph, eventually selling him into slavery while convincing their father that a wild animal has killed him. Taken to Egypt, Joseph is sold to one of Pharaoh’s ministers and soon proves himself invaluable to his master, Potiphar (Tom Schmids, senior) until Potiphar’s wife (Catherine Winner, senior) also favors Joseph. Finding himself falsely accused and in prison, Joseph earns a reputation as an interpreter of dreams. His successful predictions are told to Pharaoh (Andrew Bozzelli, junior) who is troubled by his own bad dream. Joseph correctly predicts seven years of plenty and seven years of famine for Egypt, becoming Pharaoh’s right-hand man storing grain for the future. The years of famine arrive, and so do Joseph’s starving brothers. What will Joseph do? Ignore the brothers who bullied him? Or extend mercy?"

For tickets, see here.