Eyer Middle School will present Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast JR.” 7 p.m. April 7 and 8 and 2 and 7 p.m. April 9.

Directors for the production are Molly Magro and Jennifer Najarian. Musical director is Rita Cortez. Najarian also choreographed the production. Technical director is Doug Hunsicker. Costume director is Emily Houck. Anne Kukitz and David Willett are the set designers. Ticket sales were handled by Kristin Ervin. Molly Magro is responsible for the program and Jacqueline Swauger is the producer.

The cast includes Arianna Lutz as Belle, Benjamin Wilks as Beast, Charles Kenney as Gaston, Varun Rajam as Lefou, Carter Granitz as Maurice, Emma Gerhart as Lumiere, Christopher Fullenwider as Cogsworth, Alana Pryor as Mrs. Potts, Dylan Dueh as Babette, Elena Adrienne as Madam De La Grande Bouche, Parker Bennett as Chip, Abigail Holtz, Ella Shucavage, Anna Summer and Ashley Urland as silly girls, Cullen Rowley as the narrator and Noah Edge as Monsieur D’Arque.

Featured villagers include: Isabella Alwine-Balliro, Elle Bagley, Kritha Bharath, Aiden Bullard, Diego Chavolla Ramirez and Santiago Chavolla Ramirez.

Featured dancers include: Keira Arnold, Cori Campbell, Ashley Eiss, Jessi Hahn and Emma Nesfeder.

Villagers include: Ashton Antonini, Chloe Baker, Lillian Gallagher, Lily Hoffman, Chloe Hubbs, Mia Laporte, Kenzie Leister, Sophia Madonna, Lily Pursel, Delaney Reilly, Priyanka Roy, Bree Schoonover, Katie Thornton, Sean Tillinghast and Rylan Wida.

Castle servants include: Avery Aquino, Hannah Barbehenn, Indra Bautista, Emily Burns, Olivia Clements, Alexa Ebeling, Allie Fontaine, Elijah Gordon-El, Blake Hackman, Laura Kackenmeister, Addison Lausch, Avery Lee, Matthew Lewbart, Adam Luck, Alana Magida, Anna Meade, Krishna Nemani, Kayla Ofner, Abby Paupini, Aiko Price, Thiffany Reimao, Alexa Sayre and Alexis Thompson.

The stage crew includes: assistant to the directors: Madison Peters, stage manager: Reid Siminski, costume assistants: Quinn Ashbrook, Meera Babaria, Erin Bechtel, Bella Cachiguango, Danica Dela Cruz, Maya Escoto, Cameron Smith and Claire Yoder, light board: Marleigh Llewellyn and Blake Tillinghast, sound and mics: Alex Ervin, Ryan Feldmann and Abby Shutts, stage hands: Matt Arce, Sarah Cheplick, Keira Dunn, SheaLeigh Eisenberg, Peyton Harbison, Lexi Howard, Kamryn Vogel and Emmalyn Wachter and spotlights: Haleigh Gigliotti, Kellen Jankowski and Jonah Laughlin.

“Two of Eyer’s former tech ed teachers, Ken Kackenmeister and Matt Staack, came out of retirement to help build sets for us, along with Craig, Ken’s son, as his daughter Laura is in sixth grade at Eyer and is one of our cast members,” Najarian said.

“I’m forever grateful to work at a place like Eyer. When I found out I had to quarantine during tech week, people jumped right in to help out. They understand how big a production this is and how much hard work the kids have put into it. I’m so thankful for our amazing team and Molly, my co-director, who kept things rolling without missing a beat!” Najarian added.

“The students in the cast and crew had a big learning curve this year, since many of them have never been on our stage before. There is so much to figure out, but they’re doing a great job!”

Najarian also said this is a huge show for costumes. “Some of the cast have five or six costume changes. Mrs. Emily Houck, costume supervisor, has been hard at work with her team of student assistants sewing, dyeing and sorting costumes for several weeks.”

“One of our biggest challenges was figuring out the forks, spoons and knives for Be Our Guest. It took a lot of trial and error and a fair amount of duct tape, but they look great and we’re very excited for the audience to see that number,” Houck said.

Tickets can be found on the Eyer Middle School website and an order form is also available in the main office. For more information, call 610-965-1600.