About 200 Bingham High students were expected to audition for a role in the school edition of “Les Miserables,” the school’s fall musical.

The show is scheduled for 7 p.m., Nov. 20-22 and again on Nov. 24 on the school’s stage, 2160 South Jordan Parkway, with a 2 p.m., Saturday matinee. Tickets are $8-10; more information is available on Instagram @bingham_theatre_company.

“Les Miserables,” based on Victor Hugo's novel, tells the story of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his struggle for redemption during social unrest in 19th-century France. It features iconic songs such as “I Dreamed a Dream” and “Do You Hear the People Sing?”

Theatre teacher and director Dave Martin chose the musical for its complex characters. His colleague, Christopher Hults, added, “This Utah favorite is a perfect match for us.”

Choir teachers Logan Bingham and Shayla Bentley direct music for the show.

This production follows the school’s new Shakespeare Showcase and Renaissance Faire. 

The Shakespeare performance, featuring 30 students and coached by peers, included six pieces from “Richard II,” “Henry IV” and “Henry V.” 

Hults said performing them in sequence helps audiences understand the context. 

“We get to study one of Shakespeare's most captivating and discussed characters, Falstaff, and three different actors play Falstaff in different scenes,” he said.

The Ren Faire included music, dancing, food, face painting and games.

Following the musical, the thespians will perform “Much Ado About Nothing” Feb. 25-March 2, 2026, with ticket prices $8-10. 

“Last year's Shakespeare team saw it at Utah Shakespeare Festival and fell in love with it,” Hults said. “They swooned over the characters and some of the funniest scenes. I loved seeing them erupt with joy when we announced, ‘Much Ado.’”

Set in an Italian garden and courtyard, some performances will feature picnic-style seating.

The Theatre 4 productions company class will compete at region with the one-act ensemble “Our Place” by Terry Gabbard.

“It is a slice-of-life realism play, a collection of vignettes,” Hults said. “Both funny and tragic, it's about learning to let go. Students were moved when we read it together and it is an ensemble piece allowing each to highlight the skills they have honed in three years at Bingham High School.”

Public performances are planned for mid-March, pending rights approval.

The season wraps in April with a two-night spring showcase — written, directed and produced by Theatre 4 seniors — and the musical theatre class’s production, “The Drowsy Chaperone,” directed by Martin and running April 23-25. Tickets are $8-10.

“I performed it in 2010 in Hale Centre Theatre’s regional premiere and fell in love with the show,” he said. “It’s full of heart and comedy and encapsulates how musicals can become a part of our very core.”

Bingham’s improv team, now called “The Unaccompanied Miners,” performs monthly starting in November. Tickets are $3. Founded in 2004, the team now studies with professional actor and improv performer Jackson Holiday. The team’s captain is Jensen Murry.

Each spring, they host an improv festival with workshops and performances attended by area schools and network with other schools’ teams year-round.

Bingham has a 13-member Theatre Council, led by President Florencia Taiba Barra, which meets weekly to support the theatre program while maintaining high academic standards.

Martin and Hults teach, direct and guide the program, helping students develop professionalism, teamwork and time management — skills vital in today’s evolving theatre tech world. They also teach them theatre skills which translate into real life application.

“We do it because theatre skills are the skills that leaders of the future need,” Hults said. “We teach young people that they have a voice and how to use it. We teach them to tell a story, because stories provide meaning. We teach them listening, awareness and perspective-taking. We teach them that things don't go as planned, yet they must still go.”