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"Life is for the alive, my dear
So let's keep living it."

Creepy, frightening, haunting and so very wickedly funny! Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, won eight Tony Awards when it first appeared on Broadway in 1979.
The Juneau Symphony is proud to present this musical thriller of revenge and romance in a semi-staged production featuring the full Symphony orchestra, Juneau Symphony chorus and a delicious cast!

Juneau Douglas High School Auditorium

Saturday, October 29

Concert Conversation at 7pm
Performance at 8pm

Sunday, October 30

Concert Conversation at 2pm
Performance at 3pm

Tickets:

All tickets will have reserved seats. Buy your tickets now to get your preferred seats! See our Tickets Page for maps of the auditorium and the locations of premium and pay-as-you-can seats.

Advance Tickets:
Adults $25/$22
Seniors $20/$17
Students $20/$10
Single tickets are on sale at Hearthside Books, the Juneau Arts and Culture Center, Rainy Retreat Books and online.

Door Tickets:
Adults $28/$24
Seniors $22/$19
Students $22/$12

Pay-As-You-Can Tickets:

Both performances will have pay-as-you-can tickets for certain sections of the auditorium. These tickets must be bought at the door and are first come, first served. See our Tickets Page for the locations of the pay-as-you-can seats. For the full rundown of all ticket types, see our Tickets Page.

The Program:

Sondheim - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

The rare instance of a musical thriller, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's chilling, suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime tells the infamous tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. His thirst for blood soon expands to include his unfortunate customers, and the resourceful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs soon has the people of London lining up in droves with her mysterious new meat pie recipe!

Sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising, SWEENEY TODD nevertheless has a great sense of fun, mixing intense drama with howlingly funny moments of dark humor: audiences find themselves laughing hysterically one moment and gasping in surprise the next.

At the show's core is a challenging score of epic proportion with two tasty tour de force roles in Sweeney and his comic female accomplice Mrs. Lovett played in Juneau by Philippe Damerval and Marta Lastufka.

Patti Lupone and George Hearn performing with the San Francisco Symphony

Neil Patrick Harris performing with the San Francisco Symphony

The Soloists:

Music Director: Kyle Wiley Pickett

Stage Director: Flordelino Lagundino

Vocal Director: William Todd Hunt

Philippe Damerval - Sweeney Todd

Marta Lastufka - Mrs. Lovett

Kathleen Wayne - Beggar Woman

Chris Murray - Anthony

Emily Smith - Johanna

Aaron Abella - Tobias

Jay Query - Beadle Bamford

Brett Crawford - Pirelli

Bill Garry - Judge Turpin

Frank Katasse - Fogg

Erin Tripp - Bird Seller

The Juneau Symphony Chorus

Vocal Director: William Todd Hunt

Soprano Ricci Adan Katie Brachman Jennifer Bradeen Lorie Daniels Sharon Denton Sheila Dyer Jacque Farnsworth Laura Haywood Geri McLeod Apryle McVey Sue Oliphant Beverly Schoonover Sandra Strandtmann Ardyne Womack	Alto Rebecca Albert Laura Bruce Bonnie Chaney Christine Doiron Joanne Gartenberg Leora A. Houtary Jill Matheson Bobbi Mitchell Kathleen Porterfield Colleen Torrence
Tenor Jean Butler Pamela Finely Sadie Ingalls Mary F. Willson	Bass David Albert Paul B. Gloe II Tom Melville Vern Olson

The Juneau Symphony Orchestra:

Music Director: Kyle Wiley Pickett

Violin I
Sponsored by S. Carlson
Lisa Ibias, concertmaster
Tugsu Armstrong
Ren DeCherney
Kathy Mass
Heather Parker
Linnea Powers
Gregg Rice
Ethan Seid

Violin II
Sponsored by Leo & Llewellyn Lutchansky
Lisa Miles, principal
Nancy Darigo
Lael Harrison
Nola Lamken
Ken Leghorn
Austin Osterhout
Ann Robertson
Andrew Schirmer
DJ Thomson

Viola
Sponsored by Jean Rogers
Anne Burns, principal
Julia Bastuscheck
Karyn Grove-Bruce
Elizabeth Kohn
Christine Landry

Cello
Sponsored by Susan Burke & Clive Thomas
Meghan Johnson, principal
Susan Burke
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
Amy Lujan
Artemio Sandoval
David Seid
Robin Walz

Bass
Sponsored by the Valentine Family
Heidi Herbert-Lovern
Bernadette Osborne
John Staub
Wilson Valentine

Flute
Sponsored by Nancy Weaver
Sally Schlichting, principal
Kathryn Kurtz

Oboe
Sponsored by Bea Shepard
Jetta Whittaker, principal

Clarinet
Sponsored by Mary F. Willson
Sharon Hatch, principal
Ian Andrews
Sarah McNair-Grove

Bassoon
Ely Bair, principal

Horn
Sponsored by Judy & Verne Skagerberg
Bill Paulick, principal

Trumpet
Sponsored by Greg Williams & Alice Rarig
Rick Trostel , principal
Ken Guiher

Trombone
Sponsored by Juneau Brass & Winds
Jack Hodges, principal
Ken Truitt
Larry Walsh

Piano
Doug Smith

Percussion
Sponsored by Mary Borthwick & Robert Minch
Rich Ritter, principal
Eric Hunter

Harp
Sponsored by Mark Hunt & Shannon Farr
Candace LiVolsi

Thank you to our season sponsor:

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October 29 and 30
JDHS Auditorium