Beauty & the Beast, Jr.

Fairfield Summer Stage
Fairfield, CT

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Prologue SONGS

Belle Narrators, Enchantress, Young Prince,
Belle Reprise Lumiere, Madame De La Grande Buche,
Gaston
Gaston Reprise Babette, Cogsworth, Chip, Mrs. Potts,
Be Our Guest Beast

Wolf Battle Belle, Villagers, Gaston, and Lefou
Something There
Belle
Human Again
Beauty and the Beast Belle, Gaston, Lefou, Silly Girls

Finale Gaston and Lefou

Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, Chip,
Babette, Madame De La Grande Buche,

Ensemble

Belle and Beast

Belle, Beast, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Chip,
Cogsworth

Lumiere, Cogsworth

Mrs. Potts, Belle, Beast, Lumiere,
Madame De La Grande Buche

Company

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CAST

In order of appearance

Young Prince/ Monsieur D'Arque Mace Leviss
Old Beggar Woman/ Enchantress
Lumiere Myla Leviss
Cogsworth
Mrs. Potts CJ Newsom
Babette
Madame De La Grande Buche Andrew Venech
Chip
Beast Charlotte Aron
Belle
Gaston Emmie Dusiewicz
Lefou
Narrator 1, 2, 3, & 4 Bridget Brennan

Silly Girls Olivia Graney
Baker
Book Seller Morris Leviss
Maurice
Suraya Noonan

Maris Parker

Ellie Venech

Esme Rodriguez, Harper Shapiro, Bianca Gheroghe,
Maddy Dobransky

Sabrina Costello, Alyssa Sacco, Rose Erwin

Caitlyn Daigle

Emma Gheorghe

Greta Lazowksi

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CREW

Crew Members Chelsea Dacey
Director/ Music Director/ Choreographer

Summer Stage Program Director Christy McIntosh-Newsom

Summer Stage Producer Eli Newsom

Production Stage Manager Marty McGrath

Costume Designer Chelsea Dacey, Christy McIntosh-Newsom

Stage Manager Jonathan David

Scenic Designer Kevin Pelkey

Sound Designer Chris Gensur

Props Mistress Kristi Novin

Junior Counselor Ainsley Novin

Run Crew Gillian Applebaum, Aidan Guernsey, Prince Sarr

Parent Liaison Maggie Meath

Social Media Manager Brian Bish

Digital Program Design Kristi Adorante

FAIRFIELD CENTER STAGE STAFF:

Artistic Director: Christy McIntosh-Newsom
Executive Producer: Eli Newsom
Associate Artistic Director: Brian Crook
Social Media Manager: Brian Bish
Board of Directors: Steve Benko (President), Kevin Pelkey (Vice President), Lisa
Dahlstrom (Secretary), Kristi Adorante, Jane Barnes, Cindy Cardozo, Kristi Novin,
Laura Silence

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CREW WHO'S WHO

Chelsea Dacey (Director/ Choreographer)

Chelsea is delighted to be back at Fairfield Summer Stage! Her past summers include directing
The Little Mermaid Jr., Frozen Jr., The Lion King Jr., and so many more! She enjoys teaching and
performing throughout the state! Her performance credits include many local, regional and off-
broadway shows. chelseadacey.com

Christy McIntosh-Newsom (Artistic Director
Fairfield Center Stage)

Christy is a professional actress and Artistic Director of Fairfield Center Stage. As a voice teacher
and audition coach, her students have appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionally, locally
and on national television and feature films. Christy is proud to have helmed BTC Jr. (which then
merged into DCT Jr. at the Downtown Cabaret, where she served until 2018 as Associate Artistic
Director). She is currently the Drama Director at Fairfield Ludlowe High School. Some directing
highlights include Footloose, A Christmas Carol Experience, Matilda, The Secret Garden,
Barnum, The Music Man, (Fairfield Center Stage) The Hunchback of Notre Dame, In the Heights,
Hairspray, Memphis, Fancy Nancy, and Rapunzel, (Downtown Cabaret). Christy is a proud
member of the Actors' Equity Association and SAG/AFTRA. Proud mommy to CJ and Melody.

Eli Newsom (Summer Stage Producer)

Eli Newsom (Executive Producer) Along with running the day-to-day operations for Fairfield
Center Stage, Eli staffs and supports all of the production teams throughout the season. He is the
former Producing Artistic Director of both Downtown Cabaret Main Stage Theatre (2015-18) and
Bridgeport Theatre Company (2010-15), where he produced approximately 40 shows. He served
as Director at Fairfield Teen Theatre for seven years, and he works as a Music Director for
various Fairfield county school productions throughout the year. Originally from the San Francisco
Bay Area, after many years in non-profit and professional theatre as a singer/actor/dancer, he
eventually discovered he much prefers directing and producing. Eli is a proud resident of
downtown Fairfield with his wife Christy (also FCS Artistic Director!), kids CJ and Melody, and
dogs Abby and Fozzie Bear.

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CREW WHO'S WHO

Marty McGrath (Production Stage Manager)

Marty is thrilled to be returning to Fairfield Summer Stage as Stage Manager for this summer’s
productions of Rock of Ages, Beauty & the Beast, and Suessical. He has worked as a counselor
for prior FSS performances, including Footloose and Puffs, and has enjoyed working on various
Fairfield Center Stage productions, notably: A Christmas Carol Experience, Matilda, and The
Sound of Music. Marty will be studying electrical engineering at Montana Technical University this
fall.

Chris Gensur (Sound Designer)

Chris has been working in professional theatre since Sept. 2000. He was the sound engineer/
sound designer at the Downtown Cabaret Theatre from July 2009 to March 2020 [when the
pandemic hit]. He has worked with Eli & Christy on countless shows. In Feb. 2020, Chris
upgraded from sound board operator to Writer with The Three Pigs at the Cabaret Theatre in
Bridgeport, CT.

Brian Bish (Social Media Manager)

Brian is honored to be a part of the Fairfield Center Stage team and is excited for our return to live
theatre! Favorite productions with this creative team include The Wedding Singer, American
Idiot, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Barnum. Much love to Jack!

Maggie Meath (Parent Liaison)

Maggie has been part of Fairfield Center Stage since the first show in 2010. Last year for Fairfield
Summer Stage, she Stage Managed the productions and Music Directed Footloose. Maggie has
directed and produced youth theatre programs in Darien, Westport, Bridgeport and Fairfield for 15
years. She lives in Fairfield with her partner, 3yo and 8 month old.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SPECIAL THANKS
Steve Benko
Curtis Farr
Lisa Dahlstrom

Carole Frawley & Fairfield Woods Middle School
Fairfield Ludlowe High School Drama Department

Greg Hatzis
Tere Mak

United Stage & Rigging
…and the entire St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Staff and Family!

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