Beauty And The Beast Creative
Music Director
Angela LeonardAngela Leonard is in her 25th year teaching Choral Music at Cloverleaf HS. This is her second year co-directing a major musical production. She hopes you enjoy this tale as old as time as much as she does!
Drama Director
Victoria KrusKrus is in her fourth year of teaching English at Cloverleaf High School, and this is her third year co-directing both the fall play and the musical. As a shameless Disney-loving millennial, she is so excited to bring her favorite princess' story to life on stage. She hopes you enjoy the show and thanks everyone for being our guests!
Technical Director
Scott BellScott Bell has been the Technical Director for the Spring Musical since 2021. He started as a volunteer assistant to the Drama Club last year while he was a substitute with the district, and though he has found full-time employment teaching English with Cleveland Schools, he continues to find his greatest fulfillment with Cloverleaf and the Drama Club.
Set Construction and Design
Eric MartinEric Martin is the set construction assistant and is husband of Karen Martin (Co-Principal at CES). He started building sets as a freshman in college (Hiram ‘89) and became involved with Cloverleaf’s drama club ten years ago when his oldest son, Kevin, was a sophomore. He feels very blessed to have a career as a lead estimator with Mack Industries in Valley City, which allows him to participate in building sets. Some of his favorite and more technical sets have been for “The Diary of Anne Frank”, “Oklahoma”, “Cinderella”, and “Bye, Bye, Birdie”. He is very excited to be working in a larger space in the new auditorium. He is appreciative of all the directors that have allowed him to be a part of the productions and wishes the best of luck and the proverbial “break a leg” to all of the young performers, past, present, and future that come through the ranks at CHS.
Choreographer
Kimberly PayneKimberly Crislip Payne is an alumni of Cloverleaf High School. She currently works as a Teaching Artist in residence at Ashland High School and as an arts consultant. She learned to love dance at Gotta Dance Studio in Seville, Ohio and followed her passion to receive a Bachelor's degree in Dance from the University of Akron, teaching certifications from The Scandinavian Institute for Physical Culture in Denmark, and a MBA from Malone University. Everyday she shares the benefits of adding movement to academics and brings dancing to nontraditional environments. Her motto is “you can dance if you want to”!
Costume Designer
Emily WinnickiEmily is excited to once again help with the costumes for such
an amazing production. Emily, a Class of 2021 graduate, has been part of the
CHS Drama Department for many years. You may remember her as Juror #3 or Aunt
March from last year’s productions of "12 Angry Jurors" and "Little Women: The Musical". Emily is currently attending the College of Wooster, where she works in the college’s costume department and Campus Special Collections. Emily would like to wish the cast the best of luck and thank everyone for allowing her to be a part of such a wonderful production.
Assistant Stage Manager
Amy DeCosterAmy (junior) is so thrilled to be a crew member for "Beauty and the Beast". Amy has been a part of some productions like "Little Women" and "Clue". This year she has been going to the Career Center for Digital Design. She is also part of the bowling team. This is her third time being a crew member. Amy hopes everyone will do well this year! She also hopes you are just as excited as she is!
Stage Manager
Kaitlin DukeKaitlin is very excited to be a part of the crew, once again, for her senior year. She has been in and helped out with numerous productions including "12 Angry Jurors", "You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown", "Over The River And Through The Woods", "The Savage Dilemma" and much, much more. She does volleyball outside of drama club and is finishing her final year of club this year. She’s also happy to announce she’ll be attending college at the University of Louisville, Kentucky to continue her education and work with the crew during some of their theater productions. She wishes everyone the best of luck during the show, and for everyone else to enjoy the show!
Assistant Drama Director
Hannah FrenchHannah is a senior at Cloverleaf High School. She has participated in crew for "Over the River and Through the Woods", "Twelve Angry Jurors", "Little Women", and "Clue". Hannah is also on the Cloverleaf Varsity Tennis Team, and proud to be a part of this production. She hopes you enjoy the show!
Assistant Costume Manager
Lauren JenschLauren Jensch is a sophomore at Cloverleaf High School. She is very excited to be a part of this year's musical. This will be her first time participating in a drama club production. Lauren is involved in cross country, track, and student council. She hopes you enjoy the show!
Dance Captain
Madilyn OtterbacherMadilyn is a junior at Cloverleaf and is very excited to be a part of the crew for this year’s musical! Prior to the musical, Madilyn has helped with "Clue" and also "12 Angry Jurors". Maddy is also involved with Cloverleaf Bands being the junior field commander and also a member of wind ensemble. She hopes everyone enjoys the show!
Props Manager
Estelle RaschEstelle (freshman) is incredibly excited to be working with the drama club for this show! She has worked in the fall play of 2021 "Clue". In this production, she will be working with the crew behind the scenes to progress the show. Estelle is also a part of Cloverleaf’s Creative Writing Club, and World Language Club. Estelle enjoys gardening, cooking, and listening to music. She is overjoyed to be working on this show, and is excited to have you see it!
Lighting Chief
Allison SchmittAllison is a senior this year, making this her fourth year leading lights. Ally has done lights for various plays and musicals for elementary and high school programs including "The Savage Dilemma", "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", "Over the River and Through the Woods", "All Shook Up", "12 Angry Jurors", "Little Women", and "Clue". Ally is also involved in NHS at Cloverleaf, and is a member of the International Thespian Society. She is planning to pursue law studies in college this coming fall. Ally wishes the cast and crew good luck in their performance of "Beauty and the Beast".
Lighting
Katy SchmittKaty is a senior at Cloverleaf High School. She’s helped light many first and third grade musicals as well as "Over the River and Through the Woods", "All Shook Up","12 Angry Jurors", "Little Women", "Clue" and now "Beauty and the Beast". Katy wishes the cast and crew luck, and hopes everyone enjoys the show.
Stage Hand
Abagail Broderick Abagail is a freshman this year, and this is Abagail's second show. She was a part of the crew in the 2021 fall play "Clue". She is very excited to be a part of this amazing musical and to be part of an awesome cast and crew, and she hopes you enjoy the show as much as she does.
Stage Hand
Meghan CaveyMeghan (junior) is super excited to be a part of the crew this year for the musical!! This is her first production with Drama Club. She is also a part of the basketball, track, and soccer team with the school, along with soccer outside of school and participates in NHS and Student Council. This is her first time participating in crew, and she wishes everyone the best of luck with the show! She hopes you enjoy this amazing show!!
Stage Hand
Hannah EckelberryHannah (senior) is super excited to be involved in the crew for the musical. This is her second show with the Cloverleaf Drama club, with "Clue" being her first. Outside of drama, Hannah is involved in Cloverleaf volleyball, Tandem volleyball, DARE, HUDDLE, Junior Leadership Medina County, Student Council, Ski Club, Student Officers, National Honors Society, Junior Achievement and World Language Club. After high school, Hannah hopes to earn her Bachelor in Science of Nursing and become a travel nurse. Her favorite part of drama club is seeing everything come together, especially knowing how much hard work and effort went into the process.
Stage Hand
Kierstyn GeneralKierstyn is a senior at Cloverleaf High School. This is her first year participating in the crew for the musical. Kierstyn has seen many drama club productions in the past and decided it would be fun to join it herself. She is involved in Ski Club and likes to skateboard in her free time. She plans on attending the University of Akron for business. Kierstyn is also Native American and likes to participate in Pow Wows in the summer.
Stage Hand
Khera MillerKhera (freshman) is super excited to be a part of the crew this year for the musical! Khera was part of the crew in the fall play "Clue". Khera is also involved in the girl’s golf team. This is her second time participating in the crew, and she wishes everybody the best of luck! She hopes you enjoy the musical as much as she does!
Stage Hand
Julia NagyJulia Nagy is a freshman at Cloverleaf High School. This is her second show with the CHS drama club, past production was "Clue". Outside of school, Julia likes to focus on art and animation. Julia hopes everyone enjoys the play!
Stage Hand
Cora NevilleCora (junior) is thrilled to be a part of the crew for this production! This is her first time participating in crew and she is looking forward to helping such amazing people make this musical spectacular! Outside of school, Cora participates in 4-H. She cannot wait for everyone to see the hard work and dedication such talented people bring to the stage and hopes you enjoy the show!
Stage Hand
Allison SteinerAllison Steiner is a senior who is very excited to be a part of crew for "Beauty and the Beast". She has also been a part of crew for the shows "You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown", "The Savage Dilemma", and "Over the River and Through the Woods". Allison was also a part of the marching band freshman through junior year. She wants to go to college for zoology or to be a mortician. She really hopes you enjoy the show. It’s a really good one!
Original Creative Team
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice
Book by Linda Woolverton
Originally Directed by Robert Jess Roth
Originally Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions
Original Music Supervision and New Arrangements by Michael Kosarin
Dance Music Arrangements by Glen Kelly
Orchestrations by Danny Troob