Stephanie Vlahos' CARMEN HIGH Will Play at Edinburgh Fringe Festival Next Week

The 69th annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival will begin next week in Scotland. Opening up the Spotlites International Theatre in their new location at the corner of Hanover Street in the beautiful building of the Royal Society of Edinburgh is a new musical called, Carmen High. Carmen High is conceived and directed by Stephanie Vlahos, based on the Bizet opera, Carmen. Carmen High is a theatrical mash up of opera, hip hop, original songs, and classical music that reinvents the opera of Carmen as the real American high school experience told through the authentic voices of gifted teenage performers.

Carmen High is a powerful story about a popular mean girl who jokingly dates a high school outcast. It's a story about fitting in and not fitting in, being popular and being bullied, suicide, peer pressure, pop culture, friendship, isolation, and rape. In Carmen High we experience a universe of stories about the American High School experience in a mash-up of hip hop, original pop songs, and music from Bizet's opera by teenagers navigating the emotional minefield of high school. It's Glee with an authentic edge.

Carmen High is conceived in concept, lyric, and dialogue by Stephanie Vlahos and features music from the opera by Bizet with original songs written by The Faceless Muse, Kendra Celise, Lily Campbell, David Robinson and Scott Kelley. Carmen High is directed by Stephanie Vlahos with Scott Kelley (Choreographer), Jared Sayeg (Lighting Design) and And Galbach (musical direction). The cast includes: Georgia Mendes, Grant Bower, Dominque Adapon, Darci Anderson, Mia Michaud, Amy Prochaska, Zane Sipotz, Charlie Smith, Chris James, Joe Riahi, Connor Bezark, Jack Zager, Naja Burton, Daniela Rodrigo, Paloma Mettler, Jacksonb Hatwan, Shelbie Wayne, SAra Watson, Leah Lane, T J Smith, Isaiah Mikael, Aidan Morvec, Sebastian de Klerk, and Maria Campo.

For more information see:

Carmen High At Spotlites International Theater, Edinburgh

Dates and Times: Daily August 4th through August 12th at 3:55

Box Office : 0131 240 2784

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