(CINNAMINSON, NJ) -- Burlington County Footlighters present The Hunchback of Notre Dame weekends from September 18 through October 3, 2026. From the Academy Award-winning team comes a lushly scored retelling of Victor Hugo’s epic story of love, acceptance and what it means to be a hero.
Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame showcases the film’s Academy Award-nominated score, as well as new songs by Menken and Schwartz. Peter Parnell’s new book embraces story theatre and features verbatim passages from Hugo’s gothic novel.
The musical begins as the bells of Notre Dame sound through the famed cathedral in fifteenth-century Paris. Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer who longs to be "Out There," observes all of Paris reveling in the Feast of Fools. Held captive by his devious caretaker, the archdeacon Dom Claude Frollo, he escapes for the day and joins the boisterous crowd, only to be treated cruelly by all but the beautiful Romani woman, Esmeralda.
Quasimodo isn’t the only one captivated by her free spirit, though – the handsome Captain Phoebus and Frollo are equally enthralled. As the three vie for her attention, Frollo embarks on a mission to destroy the Roma – and it’s up to Quasimodo to save them all.
Performances take place Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00pm and Sunday matinees at 2:00pm. There are additional performances on Thursday, September 24 at 8:00pm and Thursday, October 1 at 8:00pm. Tickets are available for purchase online. The venue is located at 808 Pomona Road in Cinnaminson, New Jersey.
The cast includes Luke Perkins (Quasimod), Desiree Bounds (Esmeralda), Justin Kurbansade (Dom Claude Frollo), Nicholas Olszewski (Phoebux de Martin), Maria Leonen Whittle (Clopin Trouillefou), Alair DiRemigio (Jehan Frollo), Sofia Leonen (Florika), Seth Pollack (Father Dupin), and Nick Williams (Lieutenant Frederic Charlus).
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