Missoula Children’s Theatre: Beauty Lou and the Country Beast

Fri, June 30, 2023 at 7:00 PM EDT

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Adults – $15
Children – $10

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This is a fantastic opportunity to introduce your children to the performing arts!
 
An audition will be held for the Missoula Children’s Theatre production of BEAUTY LOU AND THE COUNTRY BEAST from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm on Monday, June 26, at Peoples Bank Theatre. Those auditioning should arrive at 10:00 am and plan to stay for the full two hours. Most of the chosen cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the audition.
 
Approximately 50 to 60 roles are available for local students. All students entering 1st through 12th grade are encouraged to audition. No advance preparation is necessary.
 
Most students will rehearse approximately 4 hours and 15 minutes each day, from Monday, June 26, through Friday, June 30.
 
The performance is scheduled for 7:00 pm on Friday, June 30, at Peoples Bank Theatre.

For more information on the audition and rehearsal schedule, please visit our Announcements page.

Show Synopsis

Missoula Children’s Theatre presents BEAUTY LOU AND THE COUNTRY BEAST, an original country western adaptation of the classic fairy tale BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty Lou is the oldest daughter of the bronc-bustin’ balladeer Buck. At the local county fair, young Beauty Lou is upset by the ungrateful behavior of a miner who has won the blue ribbon for his beautiful roses. She calls him a beast and wishes that he would look like one too. Years later, when in danger of losing the family farm, Buck meets the miner-turned-beast. Beauty Lou agrees to befriend the Beast to save her family. Beauty Lou and the Beast both learn to look beyond appearances and first impressions and to see the beauty that dwells inside. The story, set in the American West, also features Beauty Lou’s six sisters, her Imaginary Friend, her dog Fleabite Clyde, farmhands Slim and Dusty, the neighborly Country Folk, and the Barnyard Critters.

 

Adapted by JIM CARON
Music and Lyrics by MICHAEL MCGILL and JIM CARON
Additional Music by JON HART and MICHAEL SCHOONER

 

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