‘Les Miserables School Edition’ comes to Crystal Lake

Submitted by Spotlight Youth Theater

Students, ages 14-18, of Spotlight Youth Theater, present “Les Miserables School Edition,” which is based on the original, Tony Award-winning musical, “Les Miserables.” “Les Miserables” is a tale about the struggles of 19th-century France. The story recounts the recent release of inmate Jean Valjean, who was imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread. Jean Valjean struggles for redemption and freedom from his past and from the relentless Inspector Javier. “Les Miserables School Edition” is emotionally charged with the original music that made the show so popular, including “I Dreamed a Dream,” “One Day More,” “On My Own” and many more.

The performances will be presented at 7 p.m. Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28, and 2 p.m. Sunday, July 29 at Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake.

Tickets are $12 to $16 presale; plus $2 at the door. Group, child and senior discounts available. All proceeds will benefit the Spot Light on Kids/Christian Stillwell fund and The June Naponelli Scholarship, benefiting students with an interest in the arts and honoring two individuals who lived extraordinary lives.

For tickets, call (847) 516-2298 or visit www.spotlight.org.

Spotlight Youth Theater is a nonprofit, educational theater arts program for students, ages 4-18, in the Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kenosha, Lake, McHenry counties and Aurora, Oak Park and Rockford Metro areas, and has approximately 6,000 students per year. Each area offers summer camps and after-school classes in dance, voice, drama and theatrical specialties, and performs three fully staged musical productions per year. Spotlight is nondiscriminatory and welcomes all children. Spotlight Youth Theater also offers an inclusion program which assists students with special needs to participate in classes and productions, as well as Spotlight@School, after-school theater arts available to public or private schools.