West Side Story (2003)

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Court Street Theater October 2-5, 2003 Directed By: Bobby Fonacier Produced By: Lou Duhamel Music Direction: Anne Tremblay Choreographer: Donna O'Bryant Technical Director: Craig Brennan

From the Director...

Welcome to "West Side Story". Most, if not all of you, have read or are familiar with the story/play this show was based upon -- "Romeo and Juliet", by some guy named Will. A lot of you have watched the movie as well -- yeah, the one with Natalie Wood. And probably a few of you have seen previous productions of this show. This was the 1st professional American musical I have seen and since then, I have been mesmerized by the muse of musical theater. Years later, I was lucky to be a part of the show (as Chino) in Cambridge's Kresge Auditorium, when I was doing grad school at MIT. For both, the show was performed in a very large proscenium stage, which I have always thought of befitting the grandeur of this classic. With that in mind, it was indeed a challenge when we were given the opportunity to do "West Side Story" in this theater and make it a very memorable first production for the Teen Actorsingers of Nashua. But we knew we were up for this challenge, particularly with a cast of very talented and hardworking youngsters, which gave justice and passion to the dramatics, the music, and the dance/movement that this show demands. What made it even better was having a group of dedicated folks who worked days and nights to come up with the quality of sets, costumes, props, lights, sounds, etc. that surpasses average expectations of community theater productions. With this caliber of cast and crew in hand, we were confident that we would all meet our personal goals for this show -- and each and every one would give their personal best. This is a show where everyone involved dug into their hearts and soul to present to you, the audience, what we hope will be a performance you will remember for quite some time. It is a timeless story of kids confronted with the aspects of love an hatred as they group up in an already very complicated world -- immortalized in pen centuries ago by Shakespeare, adapted to the musical stage decades ago by Bernstein, Sondheim, and Laurents, and performed today by the Teen Actorsingers in their rite-of-passage play.

Enjoy...

Bobby Fonacier
Directory, "West Side Story"