{"id":2137972,"date":"2025-11-06T01:25:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T01:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2137972"},"modified":"2025-11-06T01:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T01:25:18","slug":"school-of-rock-the-musical-opens-thursday-at-willmar-senior-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/school-of-rock-the-musical-opens-thursday-at-willmar-senior-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;School of Rock &#8212; The Musical&#8217; opens Thursday at Willmar Senior High School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nov. 5\u2014WILLMAR \u2014 The Willmar Senior High School music department&#8217;s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber&#8217;s &#8220;School of Rock \u2014 The Musical&#8221; opens for its four-day run Thursday, Nov. 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The two-act production has 21 scenes, with a 39-member cast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Performances are scheduled at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and 1 p.m. on Sunday at the Brau Performing Arts Center at the high school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It is a beautifully written show that gives a voice to so many of our talented students,&#8221; according to a joint statement from the show&#8217;s multiple directors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The &#8220;School of Rock&#8221; musical tells the story of a wannabe rock star who poses as a substitute teacher at a school, transforming a class of bright students into a rock band and preparing them for a &#8220;Battle of the Bands&#8221; competition. The musical is based on a 2003 movie and features songs from the film, as well as some new numbers by Webber.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 2025 musical will be the 32nd consecutive year of musical productions by the Willmar Senior High music department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Senior students participating in the production include Mikayla Ornelas, Lindsey Winter, Rosemika Groen, Nevaeh Molash, Linda Waltz, Peyton Driscoll, Biruk Heglund and Hailey Jurgenson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dozens of other students are involved in performance roles and as crew members behind the curtain. Complete cast and crew information can be found on the musical&#8217;s program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The production&#8217;s musical directors are Travis Michelson, Madison Anderson-Wilson and Kari Michelson, and Arianna Gilles as student director. Kari Michelson is also the choreographer, with Kristen Catiglione as pit director and Anna Zieske as costume director.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nov. 5\u2014WILLMAR \u2014 The Willmar Senior High School music department&#8217;s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber&#8217;s &#8220;School of Rock \u2014 The Musical&#8221; opens for its four-day run Thursday, Nov. 6. The two-act production has 21 scenes, with a 39-member cast. 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