Alex Ulrey, 17, playing the Prince, wore an elaborately sequined and embroidered costume for, "Beauty and the Beast" at Southview.
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Hannah Johnson, 17, right, taps the top of the door for good luck before taking her place on stage.
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Max Ruff, 15, center, relaxes as he and fellow cast members get into position before the start of a performance.
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Alex Ulrey, 17, playing the Prince, left, watches as David Kentopp, 17, dressed as the Beast, center, and David Mohler, 17, playing Gaston, right, joke around together.
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Keith Dona, 17, playing Cogsworth, center, has help getting the boots of his costume on from costumer Serna Hock, 15.
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Connor Harrington, 18, who plays Lumire, center, has his microphone taped into his costume.
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Connor Harrington, 18, who plays Lumire, center, has his microphone taped into his costume.
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Miranda Slates, 18, playing Babette, center, goes over a few last minute lines with Morgan Mohr, 18, as Mrs. Potts, right.
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After getting into costume as Belle, Erin Momany, 18, right, puts the finishing touches on her makeup backstage.
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Nikila Luke, 15, puts the finishing touches on her lipstick backstage.
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As Erin Duffey, 16, center left, puts the finishing touches on Jacob Proe, 17, left, Molly Zimmermann, 16, center right, touches up Connor Harrington, 18, as Lumire.
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Ashley Hershberger, 16, as Madame De La Grande Bouche, left, and Morgan Mohr, 18, as Mrs. Potts, right, pose together in full costume and makeup.
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Micki Schuele, 10, center, takes her place on stage as she waits for the curtain to go up.
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Hannah Johnson, 17, and Sally Micsko, 15, center, waits with thier fellow cast members in full costume and makeup backstage.
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Madison Fontana, 17, center, ties the back of the costume Alli Katterheinrich, 17, left, wears while their fellow, "Silly Girl" Sally Micsko, 15, right, checks her phone.
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Director Brandi Shepard, right, joins her students in warming up.
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Madison Fontana, 17, center, raises her hands while warming up with her cast mates.
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Connor Harrington, 18, who plays Lumire, center, read a letter to the cast from an alum before the start of the opening performance of, "Beauty and the Beast" at Southview.
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Alex Ulrey, 17, playing the Prince, center, joined his cast members in warming up.
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