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The majority of the projectвЂ™s cast is only recognizable from their voice work, but chances are youвЂ™ve heard them somewhere. While there, he teams with a brave city girl named Jane, and together they work to solve environmental injustice and various mysteries. Saved from a plane crash and gifted with miraculous powers, a teenage Tarzan ventures to a London boarding school, where he must adjust to the newfangled urban world. While the classic story centers around a jungle boy who meets a beautiful young explorer, Netflix amps up its version with supernatural elements. The revamped tale takes on a modern spin, backed by the accomplished Tarzan and Jane voice cast.

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True to the revival craze, Tarzan and Jane will now get another chance on screen when NetflixвЂ™s animated kids series debuts on Jan.

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That probably motivated some students to audition-and maybe others to sit this one out.Since Edgar Rice Burroughs first crafted the iconic Tarzan and Jane for his 20th century adventure novels, the characters have been brought to life through a handful of mediums, whether it be the popular 1999 Disney film, The WBвЂ™s short-lived TV show, or 2016вЂ™s live action take, The Legend of Tarzan. She says this school may be the first in Vermont to teach young actors to fly. Kiah Caldwell teaches English at North Country High School and coordinates the inter-disciplinary Arts and Communications Academy thatвЂ™s producing Tarzan. TheyвЂ™re totally able to bring that professionalism to it.' 'I want people to leave and feel honestly entertained, honestly amazed, because you know the kids are capable of it. вЂњWhat I always tell the kids is I donвЂ™t want parents to come and to say вЂgood job, my kid did a great high school musical,вЂ™' Gosselin says.

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HeвЂ™s a recent graduate from North Country Union High School building a professional career in New York City theater, and he wants these student actors to aim high. But for the public, director Michael Chase GosselinВ says he doesnвЂ™t want this to be just another high school play. So Tarzan could be on an English class quiz next week. 'It sort of becomes this trio of a dance between the operators here and the performer that is flying.' - Bobby Wilcox, stage flight instructor

I had never seen it before onstage and that made me a little nervous but I loved the story and had some fun ideas so I went to work with an incredible team and cast. вЂњI guess Disney has kind of glorified it and made it this really beautiful thing but the books are actually вЂ¦ say a lot about gender roles and at that time period what gender was saying within society вЂ¦ what the masculine idea might be,вЂќ Cogan says. DirectorвЂ™s Note: In 2015, I directed Tarzan for Kensington Theatre. SheвЂ™s given some pretty deep thought to this plot line. Gabby Cogan holds the reins as Cope flies. And then as the show goes on and I meet Jane and the other humans I realize I am one of them and thereвЂ™s a line where I literally say вЂI am a man,вЂ™вЂќ Cope says. вЂњAt the start I do not fully understand IвЂ™m a human, a man, I just think IвЂ™m a really weird hairless ape. The infant is rescued and raised by gorilla parents. Meanwhile, the leader of a group of western lowland gorillas, Tublat, plays with his son until a leopard. The couple builds themselves a treehouse from plants and wood. In the late 20th century, a black couple and their infant son make their home in an uncharted rainforest on the Congolese coast. The play begins in the jungle, where his human mother and father are killed. Tarzan is a remake of the famous 1999 Disney film based on Edgar Rice Burroughss collective works. When a graceful Alex Cope lands, the actor talks a bit about TarzanвЂ™s back story. So we all have to collaborate together here to make it be smooth and work well.вЂќ вЂњItвЂ™s like now we are in space вЂ¦ it sort of becomes this trio of a dance between the operators here and the performer that is flying.

вЂњItвЂ™s sort of like any dancer, thereвЂ™s grace in movement and the awareness of your body in space, and stuff like that,вЂќ Wilcox explains. Credit Charlotte Albright / VPR Alec Cope, as Tarzan, waits in the hallway of North Country Union High School for play rehearsal to start.