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Wayne Kischler

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' Comes to Waukee High School

Waukee Theatre Arts will present Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" beginning April 13 in the Waukee High School auditorium.

It's a "tale as old as time" and it's coming to the Waukee High School auditorium, April 13 and 14. Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" will open Friday, April 13 at 7 p.m. with two more shows on Saturday, April 14 at 2 and 7 p.m. Wayne Kischer, director/producer for the Waukee Theatre Arts, said the musical has proved to be a big undertaking for the cast and crew of Waukee High School's theater department. "The Disney production of 'Beauty and the Beast' had a long run on Broadway," said Kischer. "They took scenes from the animated movie and essentially brought them to the stage, so there's a lot that's required of this show." Kischer isn't kidding. Besides the size of the cast - 62 actors and actresses - there's a student production crew, an…

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