CHARLEROI AREA STAGES ‘HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION’

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March 10, 2025

CHARLEROI AREA STAGES ‘HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION’

Charleroi Area High School students staged the musical ‘Hadestown: Teen Edition’ this weekend. Senior Lairah DiPietrantonio as Persephone is shown with the “Fates” during a scene from Saturday’s presentation. See more photos from the musical on page A4 and in our online photo gallery at www.monvalleyindependent. Heather Hart / For the Mon Valley Independent

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