Dream big and bright – CCHS brings Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to life

By Lethbridge Herald on March 13, 2026.

cchs fine arts photo The Catholic Central High School Fine Arts production of ÒJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatÓ will run until March 21 at the KnightÕs of Columbus Eggplant Theatre.

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman

Lethbridge Herald

Catholic Central High School’s Fine Arts department students alongside a guest Children’s Chorus made up of students from St. Patrick Fine Arts Elementary and St. Paul School are showcasing their latest production “Joseph and the Amazing Multicolour Dreamcoat” until March 21. 

Producer and co-vocal director Jessica Ens says it has been an exciting challenge having elementary students join the high school students on stage. 

“I taught elementary for years, and now I’m in high school, and now both worlds are meeting. It’s been a challenge, but it’s been a real blessing,” says Ens. 

She shares that it has been wonderful to see how the little kids respond to the older students, how the younger students look up to the oldest, and how they have buddies. 

“It’s been great to see that kind of mentorship and leadership taken on by the high school students and I think it’s been a very rewarding opportunity for the little kids,” says Ens. 

When talking about Joseph and the Multicolor Dreamcoat, Ens shares that the show has an eclectic mix of different styles of music, and it’s an ensemble-based show. 

“It’s been really nice for me and the other vocal director to work together to create the very distinct styles within the ensemble, and it’s been nice for the cast, as aside from Joseph and the narrator, the rest is very much like group ensemble driven,” says Ens. 

She says they decided to go with this production this year, because it provided an opportunity to work with other schools within the district.  

“That sold it for us, to have that collaboration between the elementary schools and the high school, as well as the fact that it is a short show. It’s about an hour and 45 minutes, so it checked all the boxes,” says Ens. 

The show is based on the biblical story of Joseph. Where he is a dream reader, and he is gifted with the ability to read into dreams and what they mean. 

“He has some brothers who are jealous of him being the favourite son because of his gifts and his charisma. So, they try to thwart his success and plans for the future, and then it ends up coming full circle into what he reveals at the beginning of the show” says Ens. 

She says there are different people that Joseph meets along the way, at some point he is in prison, he gets sold into slavery at another point, and he goes on a big journey. 

“But the core theme and message of the story is about family values, connection, believing in oneself, and seizing opportunity,” says Ens. 

Grade 12 student and main character of the show, Liam Doherty, who plays Joseph, says that as an actor, his role has been great to play, and he has enjoyed it a lot. 

“For me acting gives me a little bit of an escape, as I can be someone else for a second. It’s like a nice little minute for me where I can be me, but as a different character, if that makes sense,” says Doherty. 

Grade 12 student and co-assistant backstage manager, Saphira Ferris shares that she enjoys the role that she plays behind the scenes. 

“My role is to handle all the backstage happenings. I work with everyone who’s going on for scene changes, I make sure that everyone’s staying on task, and if anyone needs help with anything, I can either do it, or can get someone else to do it,” says Ferris. 

She shares that she initially joined the production crew to spend time with her brother, who is one of the cast members, and it has been a lot of fun to work with everyone. 

“I’ve seen a lot of growth, especially in the last few weeks right before this show. It’s amazing to see all my friends on stage and showing off everything that they’ve worked so hard for,” says Ferris.