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Notes from the Director

I am grateful to the cast and crew for being a part of this production. Although times did get tough we always headed forward in stride and that is what theatre is all about, perseverance. After directing many professional plays like The Devil and Billy Markham, by Shel Silverstein and Tartuffe, by Molière. It was refreshing working on a new play written and acted by students. I am grateful for all of you attending the show and I hope you enjoy the show. 

                                                                            Miguel Delgado, Director

Notes from the Composer/Producer

This has been such a wonderful experience! The opportunity to bring the joy of the Real Life Experience to an entirely new group of young people and community was wonderful and, in many ways, not unlike time-travel for me! I can't help thinking about Christy when Jessica performs her monologue and sings her solo from the original show and I can say the same about the other scenes from the 1993 or 1995 version of Real Life at Huntington Park High School. I am excited we are able to have some of the oroiginal cast members in atendance at the show! And the new group of actor-singer-writers from VAPA are spectacular. Thank you so much for your dedication, your talent, and your courage to share your stories with us all. You inspire me, you motivate me, and you push me to be a better educator, better musiucian, and a better person.

Thank you to my family, my wife, Moira, and our kids, Xander, Olivia, Nick, and Jessica and their families for their support. Thank you so much to Mr. Delgado for all his work and creative insight and thank you to his tech team. Thank you to our orchestra. Thank you to teachers and staff who are always so supportive. Thank to my LAUSD Local District East and Arts Education Branch for their continuing support. Thank you to David and Carla, my co-principals at our sister Legacy schools, for their ongoing support. Thank you to Mr. Adolfo and his video production/photo team for their support and memorializing the event. Thank you to Daniel and Randy for their wonderful job recording and producing our Real Life Cast Album. Thank you to our arts team at VAPA, Ms. Craig, Mr. Delgado, Mr. Cuevas, Mr. Yamaguchi, Mr. Sanna-Pickett, Mrs. Cho, Ms. Holland, and Mr. Adolfo. Thank you Bob Klein and our partner, the Foundation for New American Musicals for their ongoing support of our Writing for Musical Theatre program. Specifically thank you to Stacie Craig for sharing my vision of a musical thratre writing program and taking it to the next level. And, lastly, thank you for attending this perofrmance and sharing this experience with us. 

                                                                        Dr. Edward Trimis

                                                                        Composer/Lyricist/Musical Director