Based on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Motion Picture With Story and Characters by

AMY HOLDEN JONES

Written by

SANDY RUSTIN

Arrangements and Orchestrations by

CARMEL DEAN

CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!

CREATIVE TEAM

  • Dalton Hamilton creates and designs lighting for theater, opera, corporate events and theme park entertainment. Credits include: Bay Street Theater, Gulfshore Playhouse, Tuacahn Center for the Arts, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Drury Lane (Chicago), Cape Playhouse, Nashville Rep, Ogunquit Playhouse, FreeFall Theatre, American Stage, Norwegian Cruise Line, City Springs Theatre Company, and Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Upcoming: International production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Teatro Santander, Brazil). Proud member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829. daltonhamiltonlightingdesign.com | @dhlightingdesign

  • Broadway: Liza’s at the Palace…, Kristin Chenoweth: My Love Letter to Broadway, Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony. Off Broadway: Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (New Victory), Caucasian Chalk Circle and 50 Shades!, Lone Star Love.  Stage Struck and Spotlight Bar onboard Princess Cruises. Regional: The Gutherie Theater, Paper Mill Playhouse, St. Louis Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Walnut Street, Maltz Jupiter, and Bay Street Playhouse, to name a few. Audio Coordinator for “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon”-Remotes and The 2020 NBA Reboot Bubble.  Matt won an Emmy Award for his work on Disney’s “Broadway Hits at Royal Albert Hall” which is streaming on DIsney+.

  • Ogunquit Playhouse: Wig Designer 2018 to present, Papermill Playhouse: Mystic Pizza the Musical (2025), Beautiful, The Carole King Musical (2024). Cleveland Playhouse: Amadeus, Light It UP! (World Premiere). Two River Theater The Scarlet Letter (World Premiere). Big League Productions: The Cher Show 1st National Tour, A Christmas Story 2025, The Music Man. George Street Playhouse: An Old Fashioned Family Murder. She was born and raised in El Paso, TX.

  • Andrew Graham is currently the Music Director of Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway, where he has worked with Boy George and Megan Thee Stallion. His credits include Avenue Q, Wicked, and The Book of Mormon in New York; Spamalot in Las Vegas; and the national tours of Moulin Rouge!, Wicked, The Book of Mormon, Pippin, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Music Man, and Footloose. Originally from McArthur, Ohio, he holds degrees from Capital University and Trinity College of Music in London. @andrewscottgraham

  • 170+ productions across the globe & 14 Artios Awards for Casting. Broadway/NYC: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Disney’s The Lion King, Chicago the Musical,, Othello, Real Women Have Curves, A Wonderful World, Life of Pi,  Hadestown, Great Comet of 1812, Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, Gotta Dance, 39 Steps, Pippin, La Cage aux Folles. TV/Film: Netflix, 20th Century Fox, NBC, Lionsgate, Disney Channel. West End/U.K.: Hadestown, Thriller Live, Menier Chocolate Factory. Tours: The Music Man, Elf. 1776, Hairspray, Waitress, Urinetown, Finding Neverland, Into the Woods, We Will Rock You. Regional: A.R.T., Paper Mill Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, Alley, Bay Street, Goodspeed, Hollywood Bowl, McCarter, Signature. ARC, Part of RWS Global. castingbyarc.com @castingbyarc

  • Big League Productions, Inc. is celebrating its 35th season of producing and general managing Broadway tours of shows and attractions throughout the world. Early highlights were collaborations with Disney on Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (US Tours, Taiwan, and China) and with Cameron Mackintosh on a new production of Miss Saigon. Also, the Tony®-Award-winning Broadway revival of 42nd Street and Susan Stroman’s Broadway production of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. Others: Footloose (Las Vegas, US Tour), Titanic, 1776, Peter Pan, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum starring Rip Taylor, Blast!, The Who’s Tommy (US Tour, South America, Europe, and Japan), Ain’t Misbehavin’ with Ruben Studdard, and the First National Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – flying car and all. More shows: The Producers (Susan Stroman’s original work), Hello, Dolly! with Sally Struthers, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady (US Tour and China premiere), original hip-hop dance show Groovaloo (Off-Broadway), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (10 US Tours, Grand Ole Opry, and Madison Square Garden), Dreamgirls (US Tour, China premiere, Japan), Hair (US Tour and Japan), Bring it On (US Tour and Japan), and Legally Blonde (US Tours, China premiere, Singapore). More recently, A Chorus Line toured the US, Japan, and was seen in China for the first time. Post-pandemic included An American in Paris, a new production of South Pacific, Little Women, a brand-new production of The Cher Show (1st and 2nd National Tours), and The Addams Family. Current work includes our continued touring flagship production, A Christmas Story The Musical, and a new production of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. Future seasons include Mystic Pizza and Legally Blonde.

  • Sandy Rustin is one of the most produced playwrights in the country (American Theatre Magazine ’25-’26). Her adaptation of Clue has enjoyed 5,000+ productions worldwide. Sandy made her Broadway debut with The Cottage (“Top 10 Plays of the Year” - Entertainment Weekly). Her adaptation of Dear World for NY City Center Encores! was a NY Times Critic’s Pick. Her play with music, Almost Like a Dance, is in development with Grammy winner, Edie Brickell, and her play, The Suffragette’s Murder is a winner of the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award and recent Henry Award nominee for “Best New Play.” Her musical Always Something There premiered at The Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre last summer and her newest shows, Loch Ness and Upgrade will premiere in 2027. Recipient of the Bechdel Project’s Residency, Sandy is a Northwestern University graduate and founder of the non-profit, Jokes on Her. Other works and news at www.sandyrustin.com

  • Carmel Dean is a Composer, Arranger, Musical Director and Pianist. Her first musical, Renascence, was recently produced Off-Broadway by the award-winning Transport Group, and was named Best New Musical at the 2018 Off-Broadway Alliance Awards. The Original Off-Broadway Cast album is available on Apple Music and Spotify. Her song cycle Well-Behaved Women, starring Broadway stars LaChanze, Bonnie Milligan, Liz Callaway, Barbara Walsh and Andrea Burns, among others, premiered to sold-out performances at Joe’s Pub in New York City, and a critically-acclaimed run in Sydney, Australia. An album is forthcoming. As a Musical Supervisor and Arranger her upcoming projects include The Notebook with music by Ingrid Michaelson. Carmel was Musical Director for the Broadway musical If/Then, starring Idina Menzel, and was Music Supervisor of the subsequent National Tour. Other Broadway credits include Hands on a Hardbody, American Idiot, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Off-Broadway credits include Everyday Rapture, Vanitiesand Elegies by William Finn. International credits include Chicago in Hong Kong and the 2000 Olympic Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies in Sydney. Carmel has also served as Chita Rivera’s Musical Director for many national and international appearances, and she performed with Green Day on the Grammy Awards in 2010.

  • Jennfer Werner is currently the Supervising Associate Director of The Book of Mormon Worldwide (Broadway, London, UK/European Tour, US Tour, Australia). Associate Director Broadway: The Cottage; also Follies, The Most Happy Fella, & Call Me Madam (City Center Encores!). Regionally she has Directed and/or Choreographed for NC Theatre (Spamalot, The Little Mermaid, Phantom, Cabaret), Ogunquit Playhouse (My Fair Lady), Casa Manana (Hello, Dolly!), the Maltz Jupiter Theatre (42nd Street, A Funny Thing Happened…Forum, The Wiz, Cabaret, The Mystery of Edwin Drood), and the Engeman Theatre (A Wonderful Life). Her diverse body of work as a Choreographer includes As Long As We Both Shall Laugh (Roundabout Theatre), NFL National commercials, ABC’s Upfronts, and The Drama League Awards. Choreography Off-Broadway: Bloodsong of Love (Ars Nova), The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (Lucille Lortel Theatre), ReWrite (Urban Stages), and Things to Ruin (Second Stage), as well as Direction/Choreography for Broadway Bounty Hunter (Greenwich House Theater).  Also Choreographer of The Black Suits (Center Theater Group), and numerous productions of Cabaret worldwide. Director/Choreographer of Punk Rock Girl!, licensed by Lively/McCabe/ Concord Theatricals/BMG and the upcoming new musical Girls Just Want to Have Fun with Lively/McCabe/Primary Wave music.  www.jenwerner.com

  • Nate Bertone is a NYC–based designer, director, playwright, and producer whose work has been seen around the globe. Career Highlights include: WEST END: Set Designer, Christina Aguilera's Burlesque. INTERNATIONAL: Director/Designer, Alice in Wonderland (London/Australia) PAPER MILL: Mystic Pizza BROADWAY: Co-Producer, How to Dance in Ohio. His plays Letters from War and The SeaView Nursing Home... are in development. His bestselling children’s book Nana Nana (2024) explores a grandmother’s journey through Alzheimer’s. Carnegie Mellon University and Central Saint Martins Alumnus. USA829. Gersh Agency. @natebertone

  • Broadway: Heart of Rock and Roll, Spamalot, Falsettos, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. National/International:Clue, Falsettos, Joseph…, The Lion (West End/US Tour),…Spelling Bee (US Tours). TV: “The Gilded Age” (HBO Season 4 Background Fitter), “The Pigeon Explains” (YouTube), “Tiny Time Travel” (PBS Kids), “Sesame Street” (seasons 47-56), “The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo” (Seasons 1-2), “Manhunt” (ACD, Apple TV+). 4 nominations, 2020 Daytime Emmy Winner for Sesame Street. jencaprio.comInstagram: @jencapriocostumedesign

©2021 World Premiere Production Produced by Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit, ME
Bradford T. Kenney, Executive Artistic Director, Kent Bridges, Managing Director

Subsequently Developed by The Adirondack Theater Festival
Producing Artistic Director: Miriam Weisfeld

 Subsequently Produced by La Mirada Theatre, Riverside Theatre, and Paper Mill Playhouse