Film/Theatre

Blond cast. Photo courtesy of BEAT Children’s Theatre

Legally Blonde JR

Comes to the BEAT Children’s Theatre Stage!

“ M hat? … Like it’s hard?” ...The immortal words of Elle Woods talking about getting into Harvard Law School. Actors love performing great lines, and lines such as these are what make Legally Blonde JR (book by Heather Hach, Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin) such a classic, and SO much fun to perform! After three years of waiting, the magical and talented young performers of BEAT Children’s Theatre finally get to bring a musical back to their live stage. BEAT and it’s young artists have been very busy these last years doing many other kinds of performing arts projects, but we have missed singing and dancing — and what better way to celebrate the return of music, than by performing this hysterical and heartwarming story! A favorite BEAT student alum, and cherished BEAT director, Grey Conant is back at the helm with an extraordinary team — Kisky Holwerda as choreographer, Justin Tilton as musical director and Eve Gjata as assistant director. Grey and team are delighted to be back in the BEAT studio. “Working on Legally Blonde JR has been such an explosion of joy — it’s what I love so much about this show,” says Grey. “We have an awesome mix of brand new faces along with veteran students that have been able to step up to the plate as peer examples. I’m blown away by all of them every day and have been having the time of my life singing and dancing with them these past couple of months.” The cast of 35 young performers agree and cannot wait to share all they have learned and rehearsed.

BEAT Children’s Theatre is committed to its mission of using theatre to Empower young people in Central Oregon. This latest production of Legally Blonde JR is part of a busy season of classes, plays, in-school programs and community partner programs that BEAT uses to bring the benefits of performing arts education to as many students as they can. The story of Legally Blonde JR is all about learning to believe in yourself, finding your strength in serving others... and we cannot think of a message that fits BEAT better.

BEAT is grateful for its partnership with the Bend / La Pine School District, and Lara Okamoto and her Summit High School theatre department for their seemingly bottomless well of talents and contributions to this production. Legally Blonde JR runs December 9-18 at Summit High Auditorium. beatchildrenstheatre.org