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Anastasia
November 4 - 7, 2021
Program

Anastasia

Inspired by the beloved films, the romantic and adventure-filled new musical ANASTASIA is on a journey to Toledo at last!

From the Tony® Award-winning creators of the Broadway classic RAGTIME, this dazzling show transports us from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave young woman sets out to discover the mystery of her past. Pursued by a ruthless Soviet officer determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a dashing conman and a lovable ex-aristocrat. Together, they embark on an epic adventure to help her find home, love, and family.

Cast

Little Anastasia (at certain performances)
TAYA DIGGS, MARLEY SOPHIA

Dowager Empress
GERRI WEAGRAFF

Tsarina Alexandra
MIKAYLA AGRELLA

Tsar Nicholas II
CHRISTIAN McQUEEN

Young Anastasia
VERONICA RAE JIAO

Maria Romanov
VICTORIA MADDEN

Olga Romanov
LAUREN TEYKE

Tatiana Romanov
MADELINE KENDALL

Alexei Romanov (at certain performances)
TAYA DIGGS, MARLEY SOPHIA

Gleb
BRANDON DELGADO

Dmitry
SAM McLELLAN

Vlad
BRYAN SEASTROM

Anya
KYLA STONE

Paulina
VERONICA RAE JIAO

Marfa
VICTORIA MADDEN

Dunya
MADELINE KENDALL

Count Ipolitov
CHRISTIAN McQUEEN

Gorlinsky
CERON JONES

Countess Lily
MADELINE RAUBE

Count Leopold
CERON JONES

Sergei
THOMAS HENKE

Count Gregory
CHRISTIAN McQUEEN

Countess Gregory
SARAH STATLER

Odette in Swan Lake
LAUREN TEYKE

Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake
TAYLOR STANGER

Von Rothbart in Swan Lake
DAKOTA HOAR

Suitors, Soldiers, Comrades, Ghosts, Parisians, Russian Aristocrats in Exile, Waiters, Reporters, Cygnets in Swan Lake
MIKAYLA AGRELLA, WILLIAM AARON BISHOP, THOMAS HENKE,  DAKOTA HOAR, VERONICA RAE JIAO, EVIN JOHNSON,
CERON JONES, MADELINE KENDALL, VICTORIA MADDEN, CHRISTIAN MCQUEEN,
MADELINE RAUBE, TAYLOR STANGER, SARAH STATLER, LAUREN TEYKE

 

UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies never substitute for the listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.

For Anya—MADELINE KENDALL, VICTORIA MADDEN;
for Dmitry—WILLIAM AARON BISHOP, EVIN JOHNSON; for Vlad—HARRISON DRAKE, CERON JONES; for Dowager Empress—ELIZABETH RITACCO, SARAH STATLER; for Countess Lily— MIKAYLA AGRELLA, ELIZABETH RITACCO; for Gleb—WILLIAM AARON BISHOP, CHRISTIAN McQUEEN

 

SWINGS
LANCE TIMOTHY BARKER, HARRISON DRAKE,
CARLY HAIG, LIZZY MARIE LEGREGIN, ELIZABETH RITACCO

 

Dance Captain: LANCE TIMOTHY BARKER
Assistant Dance Captain: VICTORIA MADDEN

Fight Captain: HARRISON DRAKE

 

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.  Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers and watches prior to the beginning of the performance.
Musical Numbers

ACT I

Setting: Saint Petersburg, 1906, 1917 & 1927

Prologue: “Once Upon a December”
Dowager Empress and Little Anastasia

“The Last Dance of the Romanovs”
Ensemble

“A Rumor in St. Petersburg”
Dmitry, Vlad and Ensemble

“In My Dreams”
Anya

“The Rumors Never End”
Gleb and Ensemble

“Learn to Do It”
Vlad, Anya and Dmitry

“The Neva Flows”
Gleb and Anya

“The Neva Flows” (Reprise)
Men

“My Petersburg”
Dmitry and Anya

“Once Upon a December”
Anya and Ensemble

“A Secret She Kept”
Anya

“Stay, I Pray You”
Count Ipolitov, Anya, Dmitry, Vlad and Ensemble

“We’ll Go From There”
Vlad, Anya, Dmitry and Ensemble

“Traveling Sequence”
Gleb, Gorlinsky, Anya, Dmitry and Vlad

“Still”
Gleb

“Journey to the Past”
Anya

 

ACT II

Setting: Paris, 1927

“Paris Holds the Key (To Your Heart)”
Vlad, Dmitry, Anya and Ensemble

“Close the Door”
Dowager Empress

“Land of Yesterday”
Countess Lily and Ensemble

“The Countess and the Common Man”
Vlad and Countess Lily

“Land of Yesterday” (Reprise)
Gleb

“A Nightmare”
Romanov Children, Tsar and Tsarina

“In a Crowd of Thousands”
Dmitry and Anya

“Meant to Be”
Vlad

“Quartet at the Ballet”
Anya, Dmitry, Dowager Empress, Gleb and Ensemble

“Everything to Win”
Dmitry

“Once Upon a December” (Reprise)
Anya and Dowager Empress

“The Press Conference”
Countess Lily, Vlad and Ensemble

“Everything to Win” (Reprise)
Anya

“Still”/“The Neva Flows” (Reprise)
Gleb, Anya and Ensemble

Finale
Anya, Dmitry and Company

 

ORCHESTRA

Conductor:  JEREMY ROBINS LYONS
Associate Conductor/Keyboard 1—LIZZIE WEBB;
Keyboard 2: lESLIE WICKHAM;
Violin—ADAM KUJAWA; Cello— ELEN WROTEN;
Reeds—TODD BARNHART, RYAN CLAUS; Trumpet—KEATON VIAVATTINE;
Horn—JACOB POULOS; Percussion—RYAN BLIHOVDE.

 

Music Coordinator:  JOHN MEZZIO
Electronic Music Design: STRANGE CRANIUM
Original Keyboard Programming:  RANDY COHEN, RANDY COHEN Keyboards

 

 

 

Anastasia utilizes theatrical haze, strobe lights, gunshot sound effects and smoking (vapor e-cigarettes).