Liva Arts Company opened its spring show “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” on April 10. The show was directed by senior Margaret Schairer and her assistant director and music director, sophomore Searra VanDerveer.

Written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is a sung-through musical with no dialogue that follows the biblical story of Joseph. Liva’s iteration of the show is told by three singing narrators, played by seniors Macy Hammond and Aud Munley and sophomore Delaney Bartram.

The musical features songs from multiple genres, including pop, rock and roll and calypso. Some songs in the show include “Any Dream Will Do,” “Go Go Go Joseph” and “Close Every Door.”

Liva performed the show four times before closing on April 12. Schairer, a senior early and primary education major from Allentown, said directing this production was a dream come true, and she is proud of the cast, crew and creative team for all their hard work.

“I am so proud of my cast for keeping their energy up the entire weekend and putting on the best four shows, and their energy was reflected in the audience’s energy each night,” she said.

Schairer is a senior, so this show was a little bittersweet for her, but she is honored to have been able to direct “Joseph” as her last show in Liva.

Joseph, played by senior Alex Taylor, is the favorite son out of Jacob’s 12 sons, and he is gifted with the ability to foretell the future through his dreams. Joseph’s brothers are jealous of their father’s favoritism toward Joseph, so they sell him into slavery.

Joseph is sold to an Egyptian noble named Potiphar, played by Danny Juarez, but Potiphar’s wife’s affection for Joseph lands Joseph in jail.

Pharoah, played by Lily Guidetti, hears of Joseph’s ability to interpret dreams and recruits him to explain his strange dreams. Joseph’s interpretations allow him to help Egypt through famine, and he becomes Pharoah’s right-hand man.

Joseph’s family comes to Egypt to seek help during the famine, but they don’t recognize Joseph when they arrive. Joseph accuses one of his brothers of stealing to test them. All the other brothers beg Joseph to let their brother free, and after seeing that they’ve changed, Joseph reveals his identity, and the family reunites.

Taylor, a senior social media strategies major from Waymart, also closed out his time with Liva with this performance. He said it was an amazing last show, and he is happy to end his senior year playing the role of Joseph.

“I will never forget the feeling of stepping onto that stage one last time. I couldn’t have asked for a better send off from my family, friends and the Royals community,” he said.