Preview – Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

Community Players Offers Beauty and the Beast as Summer Musical by Bob McLaughlin and John Lieder It may not be a tale as old as time—the most familiar versions are based on Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s mid-eighteenth-century telling—but it’s a tale that has resonated over the years. Community Players will tell this tale for the ages this July when it presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast as its summer musical. The story is a simple one: for his arrogance and selfishness, a handsome prince is turned into a hideous beast; he can never be restored to himself until he is loved and learns to love in return. Enter Belle, a pretty and smart young woman whom the Beast imprisons. The castle’s servants, who are gradually turning into inanimate objects as part of the curse, hope for the impossible: that the mismatched pair may fall in love.
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Preview – Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Community Players Offers Beauty and the Beast as Summer Musical by Bob McLaughlin and John Lieder It may not be a tale as old as time—the most familiar versions are based on Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s mid-eighteenth-century telling—but it’s a tale that has resonated over the years. Community Players will tell this tale for the ages this July when it presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast as its summer musical. The story is a simple one: for his arrogance and selfishness, a handsome prince is turned into a hideous beast; he can never be restored to himself until he is loved and learns to love in return. Enter Belle, a pretty and smart young woman whom the Beast imprisons. The castle’s servants, who are gradually turning into inanimate objects as part of the curse, hope for the impossible: that the mismatched pair may fall in love.
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2016-17 Season Tickets Now On Sale!

[action link="https://communityplayers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/CPT-16-17-Season-Ticket-Order-Form.pdf" link_text="Download"]Download the Season Ticket Order Form[/action] Contact the Box Office at 309-663-2121 or [email protected] with inquiries. Please note that the Box Office is not staffed every day and that there will be a delay in returned phone calls. For the best selection of seating or if you have special preferences as to seat location, send in your season ticket stubs as early as possible. It is never too early to send in your requests. Some patrons choose their dates for all of the shows right away! All ticket orders are filled in the order in which they are received. Additional tickets may also be ordered at the time that you submit your season ticket order. Simply include a note and payment or charge card information.
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Announcing the Cast of Schoolhouse Rock Live! JR.

Join us for our first production under our new Community Players Summer Camp banner, featuring performers from 5th to 8th grade. A pop culture phenomenon comes to the musical stage in Schoolhouse Rock Live! JR., The Emmy Award-winning 1970's Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, and more through clever, tuneful songs. Schoolhouse Rock Live Jr follows Tom, a nerve-wracked school teacher who is nervous about his first day of teaching. He tries to relax by watching TV when various characters representing facets of his personality emerge from the set and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music, through such songs as "Just A Bill," "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly," and "Conjunction Junction." Performances for Schoolhouse Rock Live!, JR.
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