Sugar Land teens on stage
By VALERIE SWEETEN CHRONICLE CORRESPONDENT
Sept. 9, 2009, 7:58AM
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HAYLEY BEIERMEISTER
• Age: 17

• Community Connection: Sugar Land area resident

• High School: home schooled

• Fun fact: Plays drums, paints

• Quick Quote: “Acting lets me be with other people who are just like me. We can be ourselves around each other”.

SEAN HARDIN
• Age: 13

• Community Connection: Sugar Land area resident

• High School: Logos Prep at 13213 Southwest Freeway

• Fun fact: Plays the piano and guitar, skateboards

• Quick Quote: “Playing Archie has been a fun but challenging role. I spoke to people who work for Muscular Dystrophy Association. They shared videos which help me prepare for my part.”

WANT TO GO?
• What: ”13,” presented by The Academy at TUTS' Humphreys School of Musical Theatre

• When: 10 a.m. today and Friday; 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday

• Where: Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts, 800 Bagby St. in Houston

• Tickets: Start at $22

• Information: Visit www.tuts.com or call 713-558-8887
Area teens will take the stage in 13, a production by The Academy at Theatre Under the Stars' Humphrey School of Musical Theatre.

Hayley Beiermeister and Sean Hardin, both of Sugar Land, will be in the comedy about coming of age, teen traumas and high school survival.

Roy Hamlin, associate artistic director of TUTS and director of 13, said “We are so honored Music Theatre International and composer Jason Robert Brown have chosen TUTS to premiere the licensed version of this brand-new teen sensation. It speaks to the quality of our local Houston students,” said Hamlin.

Beiermeister has been acting since the age of 7 when she appeared in The Little Princess in Fort Bend Theatre at 2815 North Main St. in Stafford.

She began taking her performing seriously after that one show.

“I was always an outgoing kid. I wanted to express myself. I did community theatres in Stafford and began taking acting and voice lessons,” said Beiermeister.

At 12, she was selected for the All-State Choir at Turning Point Academy in Sugar Land.

Beiermeister expanded her theatrical experience and joined Broadway Bound Dance and Theatre Arts Studio at 10103 Hammerly Blvd.

She recently appeared as Erzulie in Once On This Island and as Roxie in Chicago with Broadway Bound.

Beiermeister is excited about her ensemble role in 13,The Musical.

“I'm really confident this is where I'm supposed to be. This is what I was meant to do,” said Beiermeister, who plans on majoring in musical theater after graduating from her home-school courses.

“I'm really confident this is where I'm supposed to be. This is what I was meant to do,” said Beiermeister, who plans on majoring in musical theater after graduating from her home-school courses.

Hardin said his first acting experience was at the age of 10 when he appeared as Oliver in Oliver! at Fort Bend Theatre.

“It was so much fun to portray someone else's personality. Singing was fun as well,” said Hardin.

Acting agreed with Hardin, 13.

Through 2007 and 2008, Hardin appeared at The Alley Theatre in A Christmas Carol and The Farnsworth Invention and with the Houston Symphony in Green Eggs and Ham.

In 2009, Hardin appeared with Houston Grand Opera in A Midsummer's Night Dream.

He said that musical theater allows him to utilize his skills in acting, dancing and singing.

“This is why I love musical theater. I found that over the years, I've gotten to be good at all these three things,” said Hardin.

Hardin will portray Archie, a boy with Muscular Dystrophy, in 13.

He thinks the audience will find commonality in all the characters.

It's a fun show with a lot of comedy. I hope to make my character real. It's been very exciting,” Hardin said.