Pioneer Valley Performing Arts freshman Eli Schalet, right, and junior Corwynne Peterson and other cast members rehearse Thursday for the PVPA production of “The Drowsy Chaperone.” Billed as “an homage to American musicals of the Jazz Age,” the show will be presented on the school’s main stage in South Hadley on four evenings, Jan. 31, Feb. 1, 7 and 8.
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts freshman Eli Schalet, right, and junior Corwynne Peterson and other cast members rehearse Thursday for the PVPA production of “The Drowsy Chaperone.” Billed as “an homage to American musicals of the Jazz Age,” the show will be presented on the school’s main stage in South Hadley on four evenings, Jan. 31, Feb. 1, 7 and 8. Credit: STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING

SOUTH HADLEY – The cast and crew of the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts High School production of “The Drowsy Chaperone” have been busy rehearsing in full-day sessions during Paideia, the school’s mid-year intersession which lasts most of January. Students, grades 9 through 12, are preparing to stage the “musical within a comedy” over four nights on the main stage at the charter school in South Hadley: Jan. 31, and Feb. 1, 7 and 8.

Kevin Gutting can be reached at kgutting@gazettenet.com.