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SADDLEBACKC O L L E G E
Disney’s
Beauty and theBeast
In Concert
Sponsored in part by the City of Mission Viejo & the Angels for the Arts at Saddleback College
7:30 pm
Friday and Saturday
July 8th & 9th
directed by Scott Farthing · musically directed by Lex Leigh · choreography by Deidre Cavazzi set design by Kent McFann · costume design by Lynn McQuown
lighting design by Tim Swiss · sound design by Mark Caspary
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Belle .................................................................................Alex McDermottThe Beast ..............................................................................Grant HodgesOld Beggar Woman .....................................................Lanette GutmanMaurice ...........................................................................Darren HunttingGaston ..................................................................................Keivon AkbariLeFou ...............................................................................Pierce LivingstonMonsieur D’Arque ...................................................Michael CervantesCogsworth ...................................................................................Chris FineLumière ........................................................................Christopher DiemBabette ...................................................................... Paige VanderwarkerMrs. Potts ................................................................... Annalecia WhitwerChip ............................................................................... Rachel ThompsonMadame De La Grande Bouche .......................................... Gal KohavMoving Ensemble/Townspeople ............................Jack Rubenacker
Corey HunttingGavin Michael Harris
Kayla ShawDanielle MalterCaitlin McFannCharlee Rubino
Kyle Ray
Cast of Characters
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Piper Hein, Chris Powers, Miranda
Carpenter, Megan Perez, Olivia Coughlin
Michelle Macdougall Jackson
Tim Swiss
Michael McCormick
Marc Jackson
Lynn McQuown
Ineke Pretorius
Chris Holmes
Larcyn Burnett
Megan Perez
Mehran Kalantari
Marisa Lowey-Ball
Fine Arts & Media Technology StaffTheatre Production & Operation Manager:
Lighting & Sound Designer:
Technical Director:
Senior Lab Tech/Carpentry:
Artistic and Production StaffCostume Designer:
Acting Costume Supervisor:
Scenic Artist:
Stage Manager:
Assistant Director:
Production CrewLight/Sound Board Operator:
Spot Operator 1:
Lead Deck Crew:
Deck Crew:
Set Construction:
Cutters/Stitchers:
Photographer:
Summer of Theatre Production CrewProduction Stage Manager: Larcyn Burnett
Assistant Stage Manager: Megan Perez
Scenic Paint Supervisor: Chris Holmes
Crew:
House Managers: Stacy DeMore, Gary Boyer
THE VIDEOTAPING OR OTHER VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
CAST
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Keivon Akbari (Gaston) is a full-time Saddleback student
majoring in Theatre. He attended Sage Hill School in
Newport Beach and will be attending NYU’s Tisch School
of the Arts in the fall. His past roles include: Harlámpy
Spirodónovich Dímba and Grigóry Stepánovich Smirnoff
in A Night of Chekhov, Philip in Mauritius, Eddie Birdlace in
Dogfight, William Barfee in The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee, Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, Radames in Aida,
and Barbershop Quartet in The Music Man.
Alex
McDermott
(Belle) is
a full-time
Saddleback
student
majoring
in Musical
Theatre. She attended Dana Hills High
School and she also attended San Diego
State University. Past roles include: Amalia
in She Loves Me, Linus in A Charlie Brown
Christmas, Olive in The 25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee (and choreographed),
Shy in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,
Graziella in West Side Story, Florinda in
Into the Woods, Harem Girl in Sideshow
(and choreographer) and Rosie/Big
Spender/Dancer in Sweet Charity.
Grant Hodges
(The Beast)
is from Yorba
Linda and just
completed his
freshman year
as a Musical
Theatre Major
at UCLA. He has been performing since
he was in 6th grade and has been in over
25 productions with companies such as
McCoy Rigby Entertainment, Credo Arts
as well as performances in high school
and at his university. Previous credits
include: Kenickie in the Summer of
Theatre’s Grease, Finch in How to Succeed
in Business Without Really Trying, Papa Ge
in Once On This Island, Conrad Birdie in
Bye Bye Birdie, the dentist in Little Shop
of Horrors, Cat in the Hat in Seussical, Mr.
Smith in The Bald Soprano, and Ferris in
The Diviners. Other UCLA shows include
Dogfight, Trojan Women, Eurydice, and
Carousel.
CAST
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Chris Fine
(Cogsworth)
is a full-time
Saddleback
student
majoring
in Theatre.
He attended
Trabuco Hills High School and plans to
attend Chapman University. Past roles
include: Arpad Laszlo in She Loves Me,
Gibbs in Dogfight, Pigpen in A Charlie
Brown Christmas, Gaston in Beauty and the
Beast, Horton in Seussical, Tommy Djilas
in The Music Man, and Chuck in Footloose.
Michael
Cervantes
(Monsieur
D’Arque) is
a full-time
student at
Saddleback
College. Past
plays include: Fector in Dogfight, Teen
Angel in Grease, Bye Bye Birdie, Back to
the 80s and Grease. His past Saddleback
plays include: The Best Little Whorehouse
in Texas, Godspell, The 25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee, and A Charlie Brown
Christmas.
Annalecia
Whitwer
(Mrs. Potts)
is a full-time
Saddleback
student
majoring
in Theatre.
She attended Dana Hills High School
and Oklahoma City University. Past
roles include: Natália Stepánovna and
Anna Martínovna Zmeyúkhina in A
Night of Chekhov, Lucy in A Charlie Brown
Christmas, Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof,
Marian in The Music Man, The Baker’s
Wife in Into the Woods, Rizzo in Grease, and
Maggie in A Chorus Line.
Gal Kohav
(Madame De
la Grande
Bouche) is
a full-time
Saddleback
student
majoring
in Vocal Performance. She attended
high school in Israel. Past roles include
Aeneas in the opera Dido and Aenea,
Saddleback College, ensemble in Mary
Poppins, ensemble in the Israeli opera in
the productions of The Rat Laughed and
Wazzech. Directed and was soloist in the
opera Brundubar, which was performed in
Israel, Russia, and Czech Republic.
CAST
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Paige
Vanderwarker
(Babette) is
a full-time
Saddleback
student
majoring in
Theatre. She
attended Capistrano Valley High School.
Past roles include: Andréy Andréyevich
Niúnin and Tatyána Alexéyevna in A Night
of Chekhov, Jackie in Mauritius, Rose Fenny
in Dogfight, Mrs. Clackett in Noises Off, Ms.
Flannery in Thoroughly Modern Millie and
Snoopy in You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown.
Darren
Huntting
(Maurice)
is a vocal
performance
and
conducting
student from
Azusa Pacific University. He attended
Liberty Christian High School in
Huntington Beach. He teaches full-time at
Capistrano Valley Christian School, where
he teaches theatre, choir, and praise band
for junior high schools. Past roles include
tenor at Voices of Liberty, Disneyland, King
Arthur in Camelot (community theatre)
and directed and musically directed more
than 40 shows including: Kiss Me Kate,
Les Miserables, How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying, and The Sound of
Music. He also performs with his wife and
three children in a professional choir, The
Gary Bonner Singers.
Christopher
Diem
(Lumière)
Pierce
Livingston
(LeFou) is
a full-time
Saddleback
student
majoring in
Acting. Past
roles include: The Master of Ceremonies
and Kuzmá Nikoláyevich Heérin in A Night
of Chekhov, Snoopy in A Charlie Brown
Christmas, Young Clyde in Bonnie & Clyde,
Banquo in Macbeth, Danny Lockhart in
The Trouble with Summer People, and Flute
in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
CAST
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Rachel
Thompson
(Chip) is
a Musical
Theatre major
and plans
to transfer
to New York
University. She attended San Juan Hills
High School. Past roles include Jasmine in
Aladdin (South County Performing Arts),
Ensemble in Sound of Music (SCPA), and
Ensemble in Seussical (SCPA).
Lanette
Gutman
(Old Beggar
Woman)
attended San
Diego State
University
majoring
in voice. She now teaches 6th Grade
Social Studies in Orange Unified. She
played Miss Andrew and Bird Woman in
last year’s Mary Poppins at Saddleback.
Other roles include: Mother Superior
in Nunsense at the On the Edge Theatre
(OTE) in Laguna Hills, Dolly Levin in
Hello Dolly! at the Musical Theatre Village
(MTV) in Irvine, Marmee in Little Women
at MTV, Miss Hannigan in Annie at MTV,
and Aunt Eller in Oklahoma at MTV. Past
parts include: Buffalo Bill Cody in Annie
Get Your Gun, Smee in Peter Pan, and King
Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar.
Kyle Ray
(Ensemble)
is a full-time
Saddleback
student
majoring
in Theatre.
He attended
Capistrano Valley High School. Past roles
include: Ladislay Sipos in She Loves Me,
Pete/Lounge Singer/Sergeant in Dogfight,
Roger in Grease, Ensemble in Guys &
Dolls, Phil in Almost, Maine, and Ching
Ho in Thoroughly Modern Millie. He also
performed in the stage reading of Invisible
at Saddleback College, and he worked
backstage on Bonnie & Clyde.
Jack
Rubenacker
(Ensemble)
attended high
school at St.
Margaret’s
Episcopal
School. Past
roles include Dr. Craven in The Secret
Garden, 2016.
CAST
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Caitlin
McFann
(Ensemble)
is a student
at Capistrano
Valley High
School and
Saddleback
College. Her past roles include:
Dáshenkasya and Nastásya Fyvódorovna
Merchúkina in A Night of Chekhov, Sally in
A Charlie Brown Christmas, Marci in Almost,
Maine, Ann Putnam in The Crucible,
Francis in Five Women Wearing the Same
Dress, and Ghost of Christmas Past in A
Christmas Carol.
Charlee
Rubino
(Ensemble)
played
Michael
Banks in
Mary Poppins
(Saddleback
College), Sandy in Grease (Center Stage
Studio), Jasmine in Aladdin (Center Stage
Studio), and Peter Pan in Peter Pan (Center
Stage Studio).
Gavin Michael
Harris
(Ensemble)
attends
Capistrano
Valley
Christian
School.
He plans to transfer to Grand Canyon
University in Phoenix, Arizona. Past roles
include: Moonface Martin in Anything
Goes, Laurie Lawrence in Little Women,
J.B. Bailey in How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying, and Troy Bolton in
High School Musical.
Corey
Huntting
(Ensemble)
is a voice
major and
Theatre minor
at California
Baptist
University. He works as a barista at
Starbucks. Past roles include: Baker in
Into the Woods (Yorba Linda Spotlight
Theatre), Genie in Aladdin, (City Center
Entertainment—Arizona), Perchik in
Fiddler on the Roof (Grace Arts Live—
Arizona), Man 1 in Songs for a New World
(California Baptist University).
CAST
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Danielle
Malter
(Ensemble)
has been in
numerous
shows
including
Narrator in
Bare (a Staged Reading); Adelaide in Guys
and Dolls, Lefou in Beauty and the Beast,
Genie in Aladdin, and Mad Hatter in Alice
in Wonderland.
Kayla Shaw
(Ensemble)
attends
Orange
County School
of the Arts.
Past roles
include Ursula
in The Little Mermaid and Gertrude in
Seussical the Musical.
DIRECTOR’S NOTE
SCREATIVE TEAM
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Scott Farthing (Director) is proud to be working with the wonderful creative team that has created this production of Beauty and the Beast In Concert. Past productions for Saddleback College include Legally Blonde, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Godspell, The Medium, The Telephone, The Goose Girl, Suor Angelica, Mitridate, Gallantry as well as ten years of choral and vocal concerts including Feast of Lights, The Armed Man, Carmina Burana, Seriously Sondheim, In Love with Rodgers and Hart, and numerous others. Dr. Farthing has had an incredibly diverse career as a performer, director, composer, conductor, and pianist. With national credits as a composer, his music has been performed at universities, high schools, and middle schools throughout the United States as well as international music festivals in Switzerland, England, Wales, France, Italy and Germany. He has also received commissions from the Kansas City Gay Men’s Chorus, the Grammy Award winning San Francisco Girl’s Chorus, the National Honor Chorus for the American Choral Director’s Association, and the University of Missouri, to name a few. As a pianist, he had the privilege of being a guest artist with several honor choruses from around the US in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Houston’s Jones Hall and All-State Choirs in ten states. He had the privilege of being a pianist for Phyllis Diller, Marilyn Maye, several Miss America’s, Richard White (the voice of the original Gaston), as well as numerous classical artists. As a musical director, favorite productions include Children of Eden, Naughty Marietta, Little Shop of Horrors, The Wiz, I Do! I Do!, Cottonpatch Gospel, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, A Little Night Music, Phantom!, Phantom of the Opera, Kiss Me, Kate, and Music Man. As an actor, favorite roles have been Beadle in Sweeney Todd, the Baker in Into the Woods, Papageno in The Magic Flute, and Jamie in The Last Five Years. Dr. Farthing is most proud of the accomplishments of his students throughout his twenty year career in academics. Former students are singing in churches, coffee houses, Broadway, Off-Broadway, and opera houses, as well as showers and subways throughout the world. Farthing holds degrees from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Friends University, and additional study at Catholic University and the University of Maryland.
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CREATIVE TEAM
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Lex Leigh (Music Director/Piano) Past musical direction credits include: Bonnie & Clyde, Legally Blonde, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Cabaret, Snoopy, Urinetown, The Wiz, Bat Boy The Musical, Aida, Oklahoma!, 1940’s Radio Hour, and Les Misérables. Lex has played piano or violin in numerous pits including Man of La Mancha, West Side Story, Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate, Babes in Toyland, Guys & Dolls, and Once On This Island. In addition to musical theatre, Lex is an avid jazz musician, playing with many groups including the Lex Leigh Trio. These groups have appeared all around the country and beyond, including a tour of New Orleans, as well as appearances at the Monterey Jazz Festival and the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Festival.
Deidre Cavazzi (Choreographer) is the chair of the Dance Department, and she teaches modern dance, yoga, choreography, dance history and philosophy of yoga. She is the advisor for Saddleback’s annual participation in the American College Dance Festival. Deidre is the artistic director and choreographer for ArchiTexture Dance Company and often features Saddleback dancers in her choreography for the company (www.architexturedance.org). She received her M.F.A. in Dance and her teaching credential from UC Irvine.
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Musical Numbers
Belle ...................................................................................................................................BelleNo Matter What ............................................................................................Belle, MauriceWolf Chase #1 ................................................................................................Belle, MauriceMe ...................................................................................................................... Belle, GastonIs This Home? .............................................................................................. Belle, Mrs PottsGaston ........................................................................................Gaston, LeFou, Silly GirlsHow Long Must This Go On? .............................................................................. The BeastBe Our Guest ............................................................................. Lumière, Chip, EnsembleIf I Can’t Love Her ................................................................................................. The Beast
Act II
Something There .......................... Belle, Mrs. Potts, The Beast, Lumière, CogsworthHuman Again .........................................................................................................EnsembleMaison De Lunes .....................................................Gaston, LeFou, Monsieur D’ArqueBeauty and the Beast .............................................................................................Mrs. PottsIf I Can’t Love Her Reprise ...................................................................................The BeastA Change In Me ............................................................................................................... BelleThe Mob Song .........................................................................................Gaston, EnsembleIs This Home Reprise .......................................................................................................Belle Transformation/Finale ......................................................... Belle, The Beast, Ensemble
Act I
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Bass ................................................................................................................... Carlos RiveraCello ..............................................................................................................Greg AdamsonHorn ................................................................................................................. Mark GhiassiPiano........................................................................................................................ Lex LeighSynth .....................................................................................................................Adela NethPercussion ........................................................................................................Simon CarollReed 1 (flute, piccolo) .............................................................................Hayan CharlstonReed 2 (English horn, oboe) ................................................................. Colin WenhardtReed 3 (bass clarinet, clarinet, flute) .........................................................Angela WellsTrumpet...............................................................................................................Steve WadeViolin ....................................................................................................Priyanka Venkatesh
Musicians
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DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEASTis presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International
(MTI).All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.MTIShows.com
Department of Theatre Arts Faculty and Staff
Kent McFann*, ChairWilliam Francis McGuire*, Head of Acting and Performance
Entertainment and Theatre TechnologyChris Holmes Tim Swiss* Mark CasparyLynn McQuown Marc Jackson* Jerold EnosMichelle Macdougall Jackson* Michael McCormick* Ineke Pretourius
Acting and PerformanceJonelle Allen David AnthonyBeverly Arrowsmith Trevor BishipHal Landon Lex LeighMaria Mayenzet* Robert PriorOlivia Trevino Karen KalenskyMark McQuown Scott Farthing*Maiya Murphy Joanne DeNautDeidre Cavazzi*
Appreciation and HistoryJody Berger
*Full Time
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