The Marion Palace Theatre is proud to announce our 2023 Summer Musical: Disney's Beauty and the Beast!  Be our guest as we kick off the 2023-2024 Season of Enchantment with this 'tale as old as time' July 8, 9 & 10 and July 15 & 16.  Tickets go on sale at the end of May.

Based on the smash hit 1991 Disney animated feature and dating back to a late 18th-century classic French fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast tells the story of Belle, a beautiful and intelligent young woman who feels out of place in her provincial French village.  When her father is imprisoned in a mysterious castle, Belle's attempt to rescue him leads to her capture by the Beast, a grisly and fearsome monster, who was long ago trapped in his gruesome form by an enchantress. The only way for the Beast to become human once again is if he learns to love and be loved in return before a magical rose loses all of its petals. Otherwise, all hope will be lost and he will stay a Beast forever. The Beast's enchanted household, populated by such beloved characters as Mrs. Potts, Lumiere, Cogsworth and Chip, (who will all be trapped in their enchanted form as well if the Beast fails to love and be loved in time) watch anxiously as Belle and the Beast grow to understand and befriend one another.  Their feelings grow ever deeper as the clock ticks and petals continue to fall off the enchanted rose.  Will they confess their love for one another before it is too late?

For a full synopsis and list of characters please check our Facebook page and go to marionpalace.org

Auditions will be held Sunday, May 7, 2023 on the main stage of the Marion Palace Theatre. Auditioners please enter through the main front theatre doors under the marquee.

1:00-2:00 - Children, ages 8-12.  Auditioners must sing a one minute prepared solo.(Please bring sheet music - No CD's)
If a speaking role is desired, you will be asked to read from the script.
No dance or movement required for auditions.

2:00-4:00 - Adults, ages 13 and up.  Auditioners must sing a one minute prepared solo.(Please bring sheet music - No CD's)
If a speaking role is desired, you will be asked to read from the script.
No dance or movement required for auditions.

Rehearsals begin Tuesday, May 31st.