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.

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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.

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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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Dean Bart McHenryDirector of Audience Development David Anderson, Jr.Ticket Office Operations Manager Elliot KlingeFront of House Assistant Stacy DeMoreFine Arts Public Information Officer Nina WelchAdministrative Assistants: Joyce Speakman Tracy McConnell Sandra Camarena

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