Children’s Community Theatre’s Penguin Project has selected the cast for its September production of “Beauty and the Beast Jr.”

The Penguin Project, now it its third year in DeKalb County, is designed to give children and young adults with disabilities the opportunity to experience the thrill of performing in a Broadway-style musical. They are assisted throughout the process by peer mentors, who work alongside the artists throughout the four-month rehearsal process and appear on stage with them to assist as needed during shows.

The selection of the cast was based on a month-long audition process, during which director Tracey Busby, along with assistant director Kristi Bork and musical director Julie Briedenbach, got to know the various artists.