Park Forest Middle School is putting on a production of Aladdin, Jr. on March 18th, 19th and 20th. This show will be directed by Amber Hohman and Joshua Horton, with musical directing from Austin VanAllen.
Many people wonder why we call is Aladdin. ‘Jr’. The reason for this is it is considered a junior of the show, meaning it is shortened slightly and the music is written for middle school voices, as opposed to professional Broadway singers. Also, as you probably would know, we cannot afford royalties to the full version of Aladdin. Especially as Aladdin is currently on Broadway.
The main cast is composed of, Will Fecko playing Aladdin, Nicole McFadden-Derer as Jasmine, Cassie Allgeier as Genie, and Logan Glaze playing Jafar. Also, we have Julia Genovese as Iago, Lucas Monroe playing Sultan, and Evan Marcinkevage as Razoul.
The Stage manager is Mira Bigatel and the assistant stage manager is Ellen Held. There are many other students on Team Aladdin, Jr. and we’ve all been putting our best efforts forward to create this magical world of Agrabah, and we hope you’ll be able to come and experience a “Whole New World” with us on those three dates.