Beauty and the Beast jr.
CAST LIST:
A Message from Mr. G: After
looking back at the callbacks, all I can say is "Wow!" You have all reminded
me how talented the students at St. Veronica are. Any music teacher would be
proud to have you as their music students. Once again, the judges were faced
with a terribly difficult decision. Every students was fantastic!! And while I
used to see this as a problem in casting - I now see it as a very positive
thing. I know that no matter who gets each part, I am going to have a
production of 90 students that love what they do and are willing to give 100%
to make it the best musical St. Veronica has ever seen. Please know that there
are no "small parts" in this musical. Your part is as big as you make it! You
have always continued to impress and amaze and I know "Beauty and the Beast"
will be no different. Our job now is to continue with our tradition of putting
on high quality productions and show this community the "Beauty and the Beast
jr." is the BEST that we have ever performed at school! Congratulations to
everyone!!!
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Our first rehearsals are this Thursday, November 12 and next
Thursday, November 19 for Principal Cast members only. We will hand out
scripts and have our read-thru session at these rehearsals. There is no
rehearsal this Friday, November 13.
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The rehearsal on Friday, November 20 is for the ENTIRE CAST.
Ms. Watson will be here that day to measure all students for their costumes.
It is very important that all cast members come to rehearsal that day!
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The rehearsal schedule for December will be handed out at a
later time.
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Stage Managers: Claire Kennedy, Katrina Lewis, Courtney
Mallaley, Whitney Taylor
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Multi-Grade Principal Cast
Belle: Drue Glaser
Beast: Jackson Durm
Gaston: Mikayla Randolph
Lefou: Hannah Straub
Maurice: Kyle Timmons
Narrators: Taylor Ashmore, Maddy Pico, Anna Randazzo, Abby
Weiler, Amanda Woll
Lumiere: Erin Niebuhr
Cogsworth: Aaron Turner
Mrs. Potts: Kelsey Vincent
Chip: Olivia Burdette
Madame de la Grande Bouche: Allison O'Keefe
Babette: Jessica Zalewski
Silly Girls: Nicole Bauer, Maddie Buhr, Mary Campbell,
Veronika Crawford, Sofia DiGiovanni, Alley Dornbach, Maria Randolph, Riley
Whitehouse
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For this musical, we are blessed with a small but VERY
talented group of 8th grade students. These students have dedicated years of
service to the St. Veronica Music and Drama programs. To honor them, we are
having an 8th Grade Cast featuring all 8th grade drama students playing the
parts of Principal Cast members. The 8th Grade Cast will also feature a few
additional younger students playing other Principal Cast roles alongside the
8th graders. The changes to the original cast are listed below. All students
playing roles in the 8th Grade Cast will receive two performance opportunities
- the school performance and one weekend performance to be voted on by the 8th
grade drama students. The other two weeekend performances will be given to the
Multi-Grade Cast. More details, rules, and expectations will be discussed with
both casts at our first rehearsal for Principal cast members only [both
groups] on Thursday, November 12.
8th Grade Cast - Principal Cast
Belle: Kaitlyn Schaefer
Beast: Matt Buelsing
Gaston: Mikayla Randolph
Maurice: Nick Robben
Lumiere: Amanda Bauer
Mrs. Potts: Riley Whitehouse
Chip: Lydia Hill
Madame: Alley Dornbach
Babette: Veronika Crawford
Silly Girls: Kelsey Vincent (will switch roles with
Riley W.)
Allie O’Keefe (will switch roles
with Alley D.)
Jessica Zalewski (will switch
roles with Veronika C.)
*All other roles will remain the same for both casts
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Non-Principal Cast Roles:
Monsieur D'Arque: Garrett Gronotte
Aristocratic Lady: Emma Brandt
Fish Man: Jake Martin
Egg Man: Maddie Boyd
Sausage Curl Girl: Kelsey Minnick
Baker: Gracie Blades
Lady With Cane: Emily Vieth
Lady With Baby: Meghan Schoening
Candle Man: Janae Gerwe
Hat Seller: Jordan Minardi
Milkmaid: Anna Schutter
Shepherd Boy: JD Lunsford
Bookseller: Chris Dunne
Villager 1: Lauren Henry
Villager 2: Abby Conatser
Gargoyles/Suit of Arms: Will Blades & Michael Schaeper
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Ensembles:
Dance Ensemble: Abby
Bryll, Isabelle Krimpenfort, Clare Miller, Anna Oliverio, Alli Ross, Sarah
Snyder, Becky Stocker, Julia Straub
Townsperson Ensemble: Amanda
Bauer*, Gracie Blades, Maddie Boyd, Emma Brandt, Matt Buelsing*, Johnathon
Collins, Abby Conatser, Chris Dunne, Jackson Durm*, Janae Gerwe, Drue Glaser*,
Lauren Henry, JD Lunsford, Shelby Mallaley, Jake Martin, Jordan Minardi,
Kelsey Minnick, Erin Niebuhr*, Nick Robben*, Allison Runge, Kaitlyn Schaefer*,
Meghan Schoening, Anna Schutter, Kyle Timmons*
Castle Servants: Will
Blades, Olivia Broughton, Alex Bryll, Ben Bryll, Olivia Burdette*, Georgia
Cheek, Madeline Conner, Megan Copenhaver, Hannah Durbin, Annabelle Fisher,
Collin Gallagher, Tori Gould, Carleigh Hall, Alex Harlor, Kayleigh Harpring,
Lydia Hill*, Katherine Lawrence, Julia Lynd, Jensen Minardi, Eli Mocahbee,
Kiersten Near, Danielle Robben, Aiden Rossmann, Sam Schaefer, Michael
Schaeper, Ava Trapp, Noah Turner, Marlee Vespie, Kaleb Williams, Ethan
Winters, Tommy Wirthlin
*= student
will play this role in the ensemble on their “non-principal cast” performances
**If I missed anyone in any of these ensembles, please let
me know ASAP.