Miami, FL, For Immediate Release - Area Stage Company (ASC) is excited to announce the presentation of its 2022 premier Conservatory production at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (title under consideration). This marks the first time in the ASC Conservatory’s 12 year history that a student Conservatory production will be produced offsite.
Beauty and the Beast will run for only one weekend in the Arsht Center’s Carnival Studio Theater from August 5th - 7th. This will be a lavish, full scale, enchanting production, featuring a full cast of exquisitely talented Conservatory students, perfect for the whole family to attend. It will be directed and choreographed by ASC Director of Conservatory Education, Rebecca Ashton, with music direction by Katie Duerr.
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman with a book by Linda Woolverton, is based on the 1991 animated classic film. This “tale as old as time” tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed into his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity.
Tickets for this production are not yet on sale, but are expected to be available through the Arsht Center box office in late September.
ABOUT AREA STAGE COMPANY (ASC)
Area Stage Company is a non-profit, professional theatre company that, for over 32 years, has staged provocative, world-class theatre and musical productions becoming one of South Florida’s most influential arts organizations. Focusing on artistic innovation, education, inclusion, and equity, ASC produces a yearly season of mainstage works, houses a world-class youth Conservatory, the LGBTQIA+ initiative: The Miami Queer Collective, the eÑe Project for Spanish speaking artists and audiences, and the Inclusion Theatre Project, which offers free training to students with developmental disabilities. Area Stage has recently won the coveted titles of “Best Theatre Company 2019 & 2020” -- the Miami New Times Readers Choice Poll, and “Best Performing Arts Theater in Coral Gables 2019”.
