“Dancing with the Louisiana Stars,” a fundraiser for Monroe’s Louisiana Delta Ballet, saw a winning team of two dancers for the night—one member being 31-year-old local chiropractor Beaux Coleman.

Coleman is a Monroe native who attended ULM in 2016 for a bachelor’s degree in psychology. He furthered his education in Dallas, earning a doctorate at Parker University in 2021 before returning to Monroe to work at his father’s clinic.

“I always wanted to have a job where I could help people and would provide my family with a livable wage,” Coleman said. “With chiropractic medicine… you’re always dealing with people, and every person is different. I like meeting people and hearing their stories.”

Aside from his professional life, Coleman frequently acts at Strauss Theater. His interest in the arts began with high school productions.

“My mom’s always been really supportive, my dad as well,” Coleman said. “He was always like, ‘When I get my son, we’ll go to the ballpark together and do all this kind of stuff.’ But when I was like, ‘I’m gonna do ballet and theater,’ he showed up to shows and supported me.”

Coleman’s sister recruited him to Strauss, helping him “come out of his shell” and eventually meet his now wife, Kinsey Coleman. Though Kinsey left theater to pursue other hobbies, she eventually returned during her junior year. Beaux, a senior at the time, decided to approach her. Their relationship began 14 years ago, with the two marrying in 2018.

“I owe theater a lot,” Beaux said. “My life would be completely different without it.”

Though Coleman appreciates the experience given to him by theatrical opportunities, he struggles with the time commitments.

“I am… everlastingly busy, just all the time,” Coleman said. “I don’t say no very often… so I was doing [‘A Streetcar Named Desire’] and I was doing the dance competition at the same time, [while] working a full-time job too. Something always takes the back burner.”

Despite difficult time constraints and tough schedules, Coleman loves everything he joins, whether it is because of the actors, the directors or the play itself. He shared his opinion on opportunities in Monroe.

“Either [people] are born here, live here and die here, or they go to ULM and get out,” Coleman said. “Monroe has so much potential, and there’s a community here, if you look for it. You just have to scratch the surface.”