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Beauty House Volunteers

This is where you can see the open slots for the House volunteer opportunities and get a clear outline of all the responsibilities for each position (The House deals with the services that the audience needs in order to enjoy the theater: ushering patrons, concessions, etc).

Casting

We are pleased to announce the cast of “Beauty and the Beast”. More than 150 talented children and adults were present for the try outs at the Firehouse on School Street. Both Henry Dembowski, director, and Karen Gahagan, vocal and musical director, were thrilled with the turnout. Unfortunately, we were not able to cast everyone. We hope to see you again at future auditions.

Congratulations to all!

Lori Lord & Elisa Torstensson

Beauty and the Beast, Producers

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Beauty and The Beast – Schedule & Forms

Scene/Character Breakdown

Membership Form

General Release Form

Bio Form

Cast Member Ad Form

Costume Contract Form

Rehearsal Schedule – Updated October 23

Cast A & Cast B List

Beauty and The Beast – Volunteer Help

We are looking for people to help us with our production in the following areas, please contact the people below for more information:

Costumes ~ Pam Le Mieux pamlemieux@comcast.net

House Management ~ Katherine Prouty katherineprouty@comcast.net

Publicity ~ Ginny Morton gmorton@towerschool.org

Set Run Crew, Technical Crew & ~ Lori Lord lori.lord@comcast.net

Tickets ~ Elisa Torstensson tickets@m-l-t.org

Child Management ~ Lynda Johnson lhebejo@comcast.net

Audition Information

Audition information has been updated as of 5/1/06.

Beauty and the Beast will be presented by the Marblehead Little Theatre during the first three weekends in November 2006 (nine performances). Auditions will be held on August 11th, August 12th and August 13th.

• Friday, August 11th
  6:00pm -8:00pm (adults, 15 years or older)
• Saturday, August 12th
  1:00pm – 4:00pm (children, 7-14 years)
  6:00pm – 8:00pm (adults, 15 years or older)
• Sunday, August 13th
  3:00pm – 6:00pm (call backs)

Children will play the wolves, villagers, and cupcakes. If you can not attend these audition times please call Lori Lord (978-750-4742 or lori.lord@comcast.net) at least one week prior to auditions so different arrangements can be made. Rehearsal dates will be available in May.

Children’s musicals have always been a sub-genre of the Broadway theatre. Fairy tales and legends have been the basis for play plots since 1881 when “Cinderella at School” opened in New York. These shows were usually written with adults in mind and with children just tagging along.

J. M. Barrie’s 1904 play, “Peter Pan”, had been performed in American and British theater repeatedly with numerous female Peters. The 1954 musical was a very different version from the original play. Peter Pan opened on October 20, 1954 at the Winter Garden Theater. It ran for 152 performances. This production was never meant to be a long running Broadway show, but was to help launch the proposed 1955 NBC televised version with Mary Martin, who has become the most beloved Peter Pan. The NBC musical has been rebroadcast numerous times.

Mary Martin won the 1955 Best Actress Tony Award for portraying Peter. Cyril Richard, who played the foppish Captain Hook, won the Best Supporting or Featured Actor Tony Award. A third 1955 Tony was won by Peter Pan stage technician Richard Rodda.

The 1980, 1990, and 1999 revivals of Peter Pan have all been nominated for Best Musical Revival Tony awards, and both Sandy Duncan and Cathy Rigby have been nominated for Best Actress Tony Awards.

Dress Rehearsal Cast A

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Dress Rehearsal Cast B

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October Rehearsals

Peter Pan booth at the Fall Festival, Abbot Hall ~ Oct 1 & 2, 2005

The first rehearsal for Peter Pan. The cast works on the Nursery scene.

Auditions