Star Valley High School’s annual Spring musical production takes the SVHS auditorium stage Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 19, 20 and 21. Curtain opens at 7 p.m. each evening with a matinee at 2 p.m. on Saturday. This year’s show is Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” which is based on the biblical story of Joseph of Egypt.

“I feel like ‘Joseph’ is just this huge extravaganza dance music party from beginning to end,” said Tami Nielsen, SVHS Theater Director, in an interview on the SVI Radio Network. “There is never any down time in this show. There are a couple of tender and touching moments, but they are not down time.”

Eighty cast members have been rehearsing since January, devoting hours to preparing music, dialogue and choreography with another twenty students serving as stage, set, lighting and sound crew. Every role is critical to the success of the show.

“I always tell everybody involved that there is not one person that is any more or any less important than anybody else,” said Nielsen. “The crew can’t do what they do without a cast to do it for, and the cast can’t do what they do without a crew moving them along and helping them do it.”

In her sixth year as musical director at SVHS, Nielsen chose this show for its vibrant color and fast pace. Musical numbers offer several different genres and vocal styles as well as big dance formations and high energy choreography. Her highest priorities are preparing a quality production and giving each student involved an experience in which they feel gifted and valued.

“This is a humongous group, and I really wanted, with ‘Joseph’, to be able to feature as many kids as possible,” Nielsen explained. “Not only are there 12 brothers, but 11 of the brothers have a wife and Jacob has a wife. They are not traditionally in the script, but I wanted to be able to feature more kids, so we gave each brother and Jacob a wife, and then, with all of the different group numbers, we are featuring different kids so that everybody’s momma has a chance to see them up front and center.”

The adult team working on the show includes Gina Fullmer, Tyson Balls, Brandon Burnham and Jenn Collard who have contributed their talents with production, set construction and costuming, which involves numerous of moving parts.

New to the show this year is the offering of a sign language interpreter for the matinee on Saturday. Several interpreters have been engaged and will offer the opportunity for viewers who are hearing impaired to enjoy the show just as much as “anyone else.”

Nielsen feel that there is nowhere the Star Valley folks will want to be those evenings than in the auditorium seats. “There is never a minute to be bored in this show. It’s colorful, it’s bright, it’s fast-paced, fast-moving, and it just feels like a party the whole time. And there’s lots of confetti!”

Admission to the show is free.