Marquee Youth Stage Presents Beauty and the Beast Jr

Marquee Youth Stage invites you to be our guest as we offer two weekends of performances of Beauty and the Beast Jr. This theatrical experience for the entire family features Belle as she dreams of living more than her provincial life, leaves her village, meets the Beast and experiences all his enchanted castle has to offer and learns to see more than just the intimidating Beast that she first meets.

Once upon a time in a faraway land, an Enchantress turns a cruel, unfeeling prince into a hideous Beast.  To break the spell, the Beast must learn to love another and earn her love in return before the last petal falls from an enchanted rose.  Ten years later, in a small village far below the Beast’s castle, a beautiful and intelligent young woman, Belle, yearns for something more than her provincial life. 

Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale that was first published in French in the mid18th century.  Since then, this story about a captive girl and the beast who becomes her friend has been adapted and translated into hundreds of versions worldwide.  Based on the books, Walt Disney created the beloved movie Beauty and the Beast, which featured songs such as “Be Our Guest”, “Something There”, “Human Again” and “Beauty and the Beast”. 

The Beauty and the Beast Jr. cast includes residents from multiple western suburbs. 

Abby Hecht, Abby Kennedy, Adeline Heuser, Alana King, Allie Nolan, Alyssa Mantia, Amanda Claussner, Amelia Fincher, Anika Thoresen, Anna Rodesiler, Auben Brown, Ava Nunes, Avery Wasinger, Brenna Jun, Caitlin Concannon, Caroline Cerrone, Carolyn Calbeck, Christina Calbeck, Cynthia Constanza, Devin Flores, Dominic Ortiz, Elisha Heuser, Elizabeth Aguilar, Ella Kobylecky, Elyse Jens, Emma Puklin, Emma Schuth, Erica Sieck, Erin Hendrian, Faith Rodesiler, Frankie Henson, Genevieve Powell, Hannah Hendrian, Isabella Gubenko, Isabelle Heuser, Jack Nelson, Jayden Steinke, Jeanine Hellstrom, Joey Nolan, Jonah Zimmermann, Kaitlyn Crowell, Kara Claussner, Kayla Mroz, Laura Nelson, Lily Neville, Lucy Lollini, Maggie Hendrian, Maggie King, Margaret Bronec, Marissa Calusinski, Mary Emma Zimmermann, Mary Tork, Max Nink, Maya Steinke, Megan Styrna, Meredith Abbs, Michelle Lozano, Molly Bronec, Nikki Johnston, Nikole Custer, Olivia Zimmermann, Pamela Nelson, Rebecca Johnston, Sadie Seebeck, Sam Nelson, Sara Mantia, Sarina Miller, Shannon Dohr, Sidney Ryan, Sophie Schwab, Tatum Smith, Taylor Bartleson, Taylor Ditsworth, Teagan Ditsworth, Zachary Styrna

For the summer musicals, MyStage cooperative offers paid internships to high school and college students.   Director Connie Flores of St. Charles selected the following interns to lead this production:  Assistant Director Joey Petersen, Vocal Director Natalie Cerrone of St. Charles, Choreographer Jessica Sieck of St. Charles, Assistant Dance Captains, Merryn McKeough of St. Charles, Cameron Clark of Carol Stream, Christina Calbeck & Regan McGrath of St Charles, and Technical/Backstage Crew Elena Sciortino, Caitlin Concannon, Auben Brown and Shannon Dohr of St. Charles.

MyStage is a 501(c)3 children’s theatre and performing arts organization dedicated to broadening the reach and impact of theatre so that students of all abilities and skills may benefit. Our goal is to increase the opportunities for theater in order to build confidence, enrich minds, ignite creativity, and ultimately empower youth with the skills and knowledge of how theater can serve and benefit the community at large. 

If you would like to get a preview of the songs to be performed in the theater production, please join us at Potbellys in Geneva Commons on July 31st from 4-8 p.m. where our actors will perform many of the show’s songs as you dine.  On that night, 25% of the evening’s sales benefit Marquee Youth!

Beauty and the Beast Jr., rated G, will be presented Saturday and Sunday, August 9th  and 10th and August 16th and 17th at 3:00pm at the Batavia Fine Arts Center Arts Centre (located on the Batavia High School campus), 1201 Main Street (entrance on Wilson Street) in Batavia. Tickets, priced at $10.50 for adults and $8.50 for children under 12 and seniors, can be purchased online at www.marqueeyouth.org.   Tickets at the door will be available for $12 for adults and $10 for children under 12.  Ample free parking is available adjacent to the theater.