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Gabe Omlor plays Chip in ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ PHOTO BYHOLLY OMLOR, COURTESY BECKI COALE
THEATERTwenty local schools participate in ‘Beauty and the Beast’Written by Matt Liasse | | [email protected]
Young local performers are inviting the community to be their guest with “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” presentedby 3B Productions.
e production is the annual show featuring youth in the area, consisting of 93 cast members representing 20 localschools.
“ ey sound phenomenal,” said Becki Coale, business manager for 3B Productions. “ ey are a wall of sound.”
So many auditioned to be in the production that16 roles were double-cast, known as the MirrorCast and the Rose Cast, each performing threedays. e cast has been rehearsing since June.
“We always have a tightknit cast because we areall teenagers from di erent areas that share thesame passion for theater,” said Coale’s sonDylan, who plays Lumiére in the production.“It’s a lot of fun because you don’t think Ohiohas this much talent until we really put togethera show like this.”
Coale said the theater group provides recreationfor youth while school is out.
“It keeps them busy and it’s a great self-esteem-booster,” Coale said. “Last year we had a coupleof kids who had never done a show before andtheir mom convinced them to do the show and,at the end of the production, one boy came upto me. He said, ‘I am so thankful my mom mademe do this show.’”
e volunteer-run 3B Productions puts together four shows a year, one being for young adults. ey’ve been doing sosince 2005 after the group was founded by Joe Barton, Gary Buerk and Jesse Bernal. Barton is directing “Beauty andthe Beast.”
“A lot of your production companies will do your ‘Annie’ and your ‘Wizard of Oz,’ your more common shows,”Coale said. “We wanted to do shows that are rarely done.”
ey chose to do “Beauty and the Beast” to attract more youth.
“We try to get an idea from the kids of what they’d like to do,” Coale said.
e theater group has won awards at regional and state levels, for directing, acting, choreography and costuming.
eir most recent production of “Urinetown: e Musical” this spring won ve awards at the Ohio Communityeatre Association Regional Festival, according to 3bproductions.org.
Performances will be at the Maumee Indoor eatre at 601 Conant St. Show times are at 8 p.m. July 24-27 withmatinee shows July 27 and 28 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets for preferred seating are $17, adult tickets are $15 and studentsand seniors are $13. Tickets are available at the door.
Tags: 3B Productions, Beauty and the Beast, Becki Coale, Gary Buerk, Jesse Bernal, Joe Barton,Maumee Indoor eatre
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