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Voorhees Theatre Company Presents Disney’s Beauty & the Beast Oct. 28-30
Elaborate Production Features Cast of 55, Including Several Family Units
The Voorhees Theatre Company stages “a tale as old as time” with its production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Oct. 28-30, 2016, at Voorhees Schools Theater. The theater troupe’s annual fall production, Beauty and the Beast may be its most extravagant ever, with elaborate costumes and sets and a cast of 55 ranging from age 8 to 65.
“Our cast this year includes members from Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Atlantic counties. And illustrating our appeal to families, we have several sets of parents and children, along with sisters and brothers,” says Robin Darrow, publicity chairperson for the Voorhees Theatre Company.
VTC presents Beauty and the Beast at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28th and 29th, and matinees at 2 p.m. on Oct. 29th and 30th. Performances are at the Voorhees Schools Theater in Voorhees Middle School, 1000 Holly Oak Drive. Tickets for all performance are $15, and can be purchased at the door, in advance at www.voorheestheatre.org or at the Voorhees Schools Theater box office from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday or Wednesday.
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At noon on Sunday, young fans will have a chance to meet Belle, Mrs. Potts, Gaston and other characters at an Enchanted Tea Party, also at the Voorhees Middle School. Tickets for the tea party are $10, and include themed arts and crafts, a Halloween costume pageant, light snacks, and a post-performance tour of the sets. Tickets are available in advance at www.voorheestheatre.org or at the box office from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday or Wednesday.
Voorhees Theatre Company is a 501c3 regional theatre organization whose goal is to provide opportunities to young people of South Jersey to experience theatre as performers, technicians, managers, and audience members. Each year, it typically offers a “Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre”; summer performance and technical camps, culminating in a youth production; a young adult musical; a fall all-ages musical production; and many other educational and performance opportunities. To learn more or to get involved, visit www.voorheestheatre.org.
