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Commonwealth Artists Summers Theatre (CAST) students from across Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky rehearse in full dress for the first time in Fort Thomas Wednesday, July 12. Jake Moses of The Seven Hills School in Cincinnati, Maggie Seibert of Highlands High School in Fort Thomas and Delaney O’Toole of Anderson High School in Forest Hills School District rehearse a scene for CAST’s six performances of “Les Misérables” July 21-30 at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas.
‘LES MIS’ KICKS OFF YEAR-ROUND HIGH SCHOOL THEATER Chris Mayhew cmayhew@enquirer.com
FORT THOMAS – A youth theater aligned with Fort Thomas Independent Schools is breaking away to become a year-round Northern Kentucky independent theater Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre (CAST)
is the only independent theater group around Cincinnati specifically for high school students, artistic director Jason Burgess said. CAST will expand from a school-affiliated summer theater to a nonprofit. As many as four shows per year will eventually be produced by CAST at theaters around Northern Kentucky. This summer’s 97 students from 19 Kentucky
and Cincinnati high schools will present six musical performances of “Les Misérables School Edition” July 21-30 at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas. Burgess is theater director at Highlands. “We needed a big, hard show to see that high schoolers can pull off this type of work,” Burgess See THEATER, Page 2A
People in top Fort Thomas school jobs change Chris Mayhew cmayhew@enquirer.com
FORT THOMAS – New faces are getting to be the norm in top positions at Fort Thomas Independent Schools this summer. New Superintendent Karen Cheser already knew two new assistant superintendents needed to be hired before she
started work July 1. Now, a replacement principal is needed for Highlands. Fort Thomas’ only high school is ranked third-best in Kentucky by U.S. News & World Report. Highlands Principal Brian Robinson is leaving to work as executive director of Advanced Placement program at the nonprofit The College Board. Former Fort Thomas Superintendent John Wil-
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liamson is vice president of The College Board’s Advanced Placement program. Williamson took a job with The College Board in 2012. “Brian has always had a close connection with the college board,” Cheser said. “We know they’ve been heavily recruiting him.” See SCHOOLS, Page 2A
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