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From "Frozen" to "Chicago," the Musical Theatre Club at LSU will have something for everyone when it stages its annual "Singeaux" on April 17.

The musical revue of popular Broadway numbers will start at 7:30 p.m. in the LSU Union Theater, Veterans Drive, on campus. Admission is free.

"We'll be performing 18 songs," said Jasmine Garrison, who is co-directing the show with Jada Petrie. "The lineup will include 'You Can't Stop the Beat' from 'Hairspray,' 'What Did I Miss?' from 'Hamilton' and 'What Do You Know About Love' from 'Frozen the Musical.' The 'Frozen' song is one I don't think a lot of people know about, but it's really good, and we're kind of putting our own spin on it."

Also in the lineup will be "I Know It's Today" from "Shrek the Musical," "Magic to Do" from "Pippin," "All That Jazz" from "Chicago," and "Mein Herr" from "Cabaret."

"There are more, but those are our big ones," Petrie said. "And it's a good mix."

Each number will be accompanied by a live band led by Kason Hebert, who is a member of the Tiger Band. The show will include multiple horns, including a saxophone, tuba and trumpet, as well as a pianist, guitar and drummer

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»Æ¹Ï´«Ã½, videos: Behind the scenes at a rehearsal for the Musical Theatre Club at LSU's annual 'Singeaux'

From "Frozen the Musical" to "Chicago," the Musical Theatre Club at LSU will have something for everybody when it stages its annual "Singeaux"…

Some numbers will feature the show's 40 cast members performing as a group. Others will be performed in smaller ensembles, trios, duos and solos.

"And we'll be fully costumed," Petrie said. "We'll be changing costumes for every song."

All-volunteer show

The Musical Theatre Club at LSU's has an all-volunteer membership of students representing a variety of majors across campus. Those performing in "Singeaux" were required to schedule both voice and dance auditions.

"The dance auditions weren't really about whether they could dance or not," Garrison said. "We have two choreographers working on this show, and we needed to know which choreographer to assign the cast members to."

The choreographers include Dominic Joseph and Maddy Atrainer. Garrison not only is co-directing the show but is co-music director alongside Callie Ancelet, who also is the show's vocal coach.

"We're also grateful to our stage manager Nico Wachtel, who has been amazing," Garrison said. "And though our assistant stage manager, Emma Hulse, had to drop out, she was instrumental in putting this show together."

Rounding out the all-volunteer crew are costume director Sarah Walton, light designer Luke Suggs and set designers Logan Berezuik and Alicia Stanga. Terry Patrick-Harris is the faculty sponsor.

A different perspective

Garrison and Petrie, both from New Orleans, are seniors majoring in social work, and they've applied some of which they've learned in class to their approach to staging "Singeaux."

"We really wanted to direct the show from a social work and trauma-informed perspective," Garrison said. "That's the spin that we took on directing this. We wanted to make sure that we understood that everyone in this production are students first, and people first. And we also acknowledge that when they step into the rehearsal space, they're not always in the mindset for our show, because they have so much going on with school and jobs."

"So, we've led with that philosophy, and we think we've been successful so far," Petrie added.

The club has been rehearsing in the Old LSU Tiger Band Hall and another rehearsal space within the LSU Music and Dramatic Arts Building. The students will move into the Union Theater for dress rehearsals two days before the performance.

"We'll be ready," Petrie said. "We can't wait."

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