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Anastasia
May 2 - 3, 2023
Program

Cast

Little Anastasia (at certain performances)
ADRIELLA GONCALVES, ALEXANDRYA SALAZAR

Dowager Empress
GERRI WEAGRAFF

Tsarina Alexandra
KAITLYN JACKSON

Tsar Nicholas II
AMIN FUSON

Young Anastasia
BROOKLYN LIBAO

Maria Romanov
ZOIE LEE

Olga Romanov
LAUREN TEYKE

Tatiana Romanov
THALIA ATALLAH

Alexei Romanov (at certain performances)
ADRIELLA GONCALVES, ALEXANDRYA SALAZAR

Gleb
CHRISTIAN McQUEEN

Dmitry
WILLEM BUTLER

Vlad
BRYAN SEASTROM

Anya
VERONICA STERN

Paulina
BROOKLYN LIBAO

Marfa
ZOIE LEE

Dunya
THALIA ATALLAH

Count Ipolitov
AMINFUSON

Gorlinsky
BILLY McGAVIN

Countess Lily
MADELINE RAUBE

Count Leopold
BILLY McGAVIN

Sergei
LOUIS BROGNA

Count Gregory
AMIN FUSON

Countess Gregory
SARAH STATLER

Odette in Swan Lake
LAUREN TEYKE

Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake
LESTER GONZALEZ

Von Rothbart in Swan Lake
LUKE RANDS 

 

Suitors, Soldiers, Comrades, Ghosts, Parisians, Russian Aristocrats in Exile,
Waiters, Reporters, Cygnets in Swan Lake
THALIA ATALLAH, LOUIS BROGNA,
AMIN FUSON, LESTER GONZALEZ, DAKOTA HOAR, KAITLYN JACKSON,
ZOIE LEE, BROOKLYN LIBAO, DANNY MARTIN, BILLY McGAVIN,
LUKE RANDS, MADELINE RAUBE, 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—THALIA ATALLAH, REBECCA HARTMAN;
for Dmitry—DAKOTA HOAR, DANNY MARTIN; for Vlad—BILLY McGAVIN, DOMINIC PAGLIARO; for Dowager Empress— KAITLYN JACKSON, SARAH STATLER; for Countess Lily— REBECCA HARTMAN, KAITLYN JACKSON; for Gleb—AMIN FUSON, DOMINIC PAGLIARO; for Odette— ZOIE LEE, BROOKLYN LIBAO, AMY SMITH; for Prince Siegfried—ALEC LLOYD, LUKE RANDS; for Von Rothbart—LOUIS BROGNA, ALEC LLOYD.

SWINGS
REBECCA HARTMAN, ALEC LLOYD, DOMINIC PAGLIARO, AMY SMITH 

Co-Dance Captain: ALEC LLOYD, LAUREN TEYKE

Fight Captain: BILLY McGAVIN



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.

Cast

Orchestra

Conductor:  GLENN ALEXANDER II
Associate Conductor/Keyboard 1—SONIA YUNG-HSUAN LEE
Keyboard 2: MEGAN SMYTHE
Violin—ADAM KUJAWA
Cello— ROMAN WOOD
Reeds—KENNY ADVOCAT, SHENGWEN WU
Trumpet—KEATON VIAVATTINE
Horn—OVED RICO
Percussion—CHRIS CERRETO

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).

Who's Who in the Cast

VERONICA STERN (Anya) is thrilled to be making her national tour debut with Anastasia! In 2021, she made her professional debut with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and her New York debut at Feinstein’s/54 Below. BroadwayWorld named her one to watch in 2022! Special thanks to her team, Avalon Artists Group, and her family. BFA Musical Theatre, CCM.
veronicastern.com, @veronicastern  

WILLEM BUTLER (Dmitry) is making his touring debut. BFA Music Theatre, Elon University. Credits: Jersey Boys (Frankie Valli), Catch Me If You Can (Frank Abignale, Jr), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Quasimodo). Willem competed and won first place in BroadwayWorld’s first annual NextOnstage competition. He would like to thank his family, friends, and specifically Mom and Dad for always supporting him.
willembutler.com, @KillemWillem

CHRISTIAN McQUEEN (Gleb). Originally a native of Southern California, Christian is a multi-hyphenate based in NYC. Some of his notable roles include Sky Masterson (Guys and Dolls), Benny (In The Heights), and Jake (Porgy and Bess). Christian is elated to be back on the road with the National tour of Anastasia. He would like to thank his family and everyone else who has supported him along this journey. @theshow6000

GERRI WEAGRAFF (Dowager Empress) is thrilled to be touring with this wonderful cast and crew, telling this beautiful story! National Tour: Fiddler on the Roof (Golde). Regional: Arizona Broadway Theatre, Surflight Theatre, Beef & Boards, Fireside, Candlelight Theatre. Credits: Into the Woods (Cinderella’s Stepmother), Show Boat (Parthy Hawks), The Spitfire Grill (Hannah), Bright Star (Mama Murphy), Lend Me a Tenor (Julia). Many thanks to Jason Styres Casting and the Anastasia creative team, to my husband Paul, my children, family, and friends for their love and support! gerriweagraff.com

BRYAN SEASTROM (Vlad) is thrilled and honored to be a part of Anastasia.  Favorite credits: The Red Skelton Story (Red), Singin’ in the Rain (Cosmo), Tangled: The Musical (Hook Hand), the national tour of Anything Goes, Disney Cruise Line.  Bryan is also a puppeteer and family entertainer and can be found outside having fun with his pal Clide Snail in a web series called Bryan’s Backyard.  Proud graduate, Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts; BFA, Musical Theatre, The College of Santa Fe.  Shout out to his loving friends and family.  A big thanks to the Anastasia team and Todd and Bob at ATB Talent.

MADELINE RAUBE (Countess Lily). National tour debut! Recent credits: Kiss Me, Kate (Kate); The Secret Garden (Lily); Life of the Party (Nina - Dir. Larry O’Keefe & Nell Benjamin); The Phantom of the Opera (Christine); Annie (Lily St. Regis). Master’s degree, Musical Theatre Performance, NYU; bachelor’s degree, Classical Voice, Oberlin Conservatory. A huge thank you to Mom, Dad, Olivia, and Charlotte for all your love and support! madelineraube.com, @mdrsinger

THALIA ATALLAH (Ensemble) is over the moon to make her national tour debut! Southern California native, recent Musical Theater graduate from UCLA. Credits: In the Heights (Nina), Pippin (Leading Player), Heathers: The Musical (Heather Chandler), Seussical (Gertrude), The Addams Family (Wednesday). Thanks to family and agents at CESD for their unwavering support and the Anastasia team for giving her home, love, family. 

LOUIS BROGNA (Ensemble) is making his National tour debut! Hailing from Boston, and a Boston Conservatory alumni, Louis currently resides in NYC. Past credits: The Donkey Show (A.R.T.), The Music Man (Olin Britt). Louis thanks friends, family, and the team for their support.
louisbrogna.com, @louisbrogna

AMIN FUSON (Ensemble) is ecstatic to make his National tour and professional debut! He is from Albany, CA and attended The University of California, Irvine where he received his BFA in Music Theatre. Amin thanks his family, friends, and UCI teachers. Much love.
AminFuson.com, @Amin_Fuson

ADRIELLA GONCALVES (Little Anastasia), 11 years old, is excited to be making her national tour debut! Regional credits: Annie, Matilda the Musical. Other recent credits: Sesame Street (season 53), voice over roles on YouTube, Peacock, and Nick Jr./Noggin. A huge thank you to team and coaches: Take 3 Talent Agency, Sherry Kayne (manager), Michelle Aravena, and Raquel Nobile, Badiene Magaziner, Nolan Bonvouloir, Jillian Zach Rodgers, and Lauren Greco; and to mom, daddy, sissy, family and friends for their constant love and support! IG @adriellaann official

LESTER GONZALEZ (Ensemble) is excited to be making his National tour debut! Originally from Havana, Cuba. Graduated from the National Ballet School of Cuba. Lester currently resides in Southern California. Past credits: Opera San Luis Obispo’s “Carousel” (Dream Barker/Ensemble), Edwaard Liang’s Romeo and Juliet (Romeo/Paris), Septime Webre’s The Great Gatsby (Gatsby/Ensemble). He was also a featured dancer with San Diego Opera and Los Angeles Opera.

REBECCA HARTMAN (Swing) (she/her) is a singer, dancer, and actor from Holtsville, NY. BFA Musical Theatre, Webster University. Recent credits: The Sound of Music (Maria, Choreographer); Mary Poppins (u/s Mary Poppins), Matilda (Acrobat, u/s Mrs. Wormwood, Choreographer). When not performing, she can be found teaching dance, playing princesses for children’s birthday parties, and creating TikToks. @rebecca_hartman_

DAKOTA HOAR (Ensemble). National Tour: An American in Paris (Ensemble, u/s Henri Baurel) Regional: Newsies! (Spot Conlon, The Lex), A Chorus Line (Mike, Ivoryton Playhouse), The Bodyguard (NSMT). Pace Commerical Dance alum. Represented by CTG. Dakota sends love to the most supportive friends and family.
@yesiamahoar.

KAITLYN JACKSON (Ensemble) is a graduate of Ithaca College’s BFA Acting program. Credits: All Shook Up (Natalie), Songs for a New World (Woman 2), Titanic: The Musical (Kate Murphy), and an apprenticeship with the Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company. She has two albums of original music and was featured on Season 13 of American Idol.
Kaitlyn-Jackson.com

ZOIE LEE (Ensemble). National Tour debut! Kansas City native and AMDA Alumni! Recent credit: NCL Prod. Cast. Zoie sends a huge thank you to her friends, family and mentors for their unwavering and undeniable belief in her.

BROOKLYN LIBAO (Ensemble). This is Brooklyn’s national tour debut! Originally from Montreal, Canada, she moved to New York City to study at The Ailey School. She has danced alongside The Alvin Ailey Dance Company in Memoria and performed Awakening by Robert Battle at Lincoln Center. Thank you to the team and her supportive family. @Brooxlib

ALEC LLOYD (Swing, Co-Dance Captain) is ecstatic to be making his national tour debut! Credits: Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Tangled: The Musical, Twice Charmed (Disney Cruise Line). Alumni of The Young Americans College of the Performing Arts. Special thanks to his parents and friends for their endless support, Lisa Lindholm and Julie Medeiros at Go 2 Talent Agency, and the entire Anastasia team. @alec.james.lloyd

DANNY MARTIN (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his National Tour debut! Regional: Bright Star, South Pacific, All Shook Up, Beauty and the Beast. TV/Film: Wu-tang: An American Saga (Hulu). BFA Musical Theatre, Shenandoah Conservatory. Special thanks to CTG, friends, family, and his beautiful fiancée for their endless love and support . @dannyemartin_

BILLY McGAVIN (Ensemble). National Tour: Evita (American Theatre Guild). Regional: Beauty and the Beast (Moonlight Amphitheater), Ragtime, Bright Star, Joseph... (Candlelight Pavilion), Footloose (Glendale Centre Theatre), Into the Woods (Lewis Family Playhouse). @billymcgavin

DOMINIC PAGLIARO (Swing) (He/Him) is thrilled to make his national tour debut with Anastasia! Regional: The Little Mermaid (New Paradigm Theatre), Newsies (Cardinal Stage), Mamma Mia! (Woodstock Playhouse), Jesus Christ Superstar (Clinton Showboat), and more. BFA Indiana University. From Sandy Hook, CT, Dominic is endlessly grateful for Mom, Dad, family, and friends for their support. Special thanks to Jim Keith at MTA, Jason Styres, and the team at Anastasia for making this possible!
dompagliaro.com @dompags35

LUKE RANDS (Ensemble). National tour debut! Regional credits: Music Theatre Wichita - Newsies (Albert), The Drowsy Chaperone (Pastry Chef), Hairspray (Nicest Kid), 42nd Street.  Brigham Young University MT BFA ’22.  Thanks to LINK, The Collective, his educators, and his wonderful family.  @lukerands

ALEXANDRYA SALAZAR (Little Anastasia) is thrilled to make her national tour debut! Credits: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly (u/s Sorrow), The Lyric Opera of Chicago; North American premiere of Solaris (The Child), Griffin Theatre; most recently, The King & I (Princess Ying Yaowlak), Drury Lane Theatre. She is nine years old, a print model, has done commercials and voice over projects. Much love to her parents for their love & support. Thanks to family and friends for their encouragement and to her teachers/coaches for their guidance and her agents at Big Mouth Talent. @alexandryads

AMY SMITH (Swing). National tour debut! Regional/New York: Feinstein’s 54 Below, Tuacahn, Moonlight Amphitheater, Moscow Ballet, New York Metropolitan Opera with LV Opera, CCAE Theatricals, Hale Center. Film: Miracle Valley (Kelly) in theaters 2022. Broadway Dance Center ProSem graduate and BYU BFA MT’20. Thanks to the Anastasia team, Avalon Artists Group, and family!

SARAH STATLER (Ensemble).  Regional: Buddy…The Buddy Holly Story (Vi Petty), Indecent (Miriam Godowsky/Accordion), Tickling the Ivories (Pianist/Vocalist), New York Theater: The Dome (Sarah), Jay Alan Zimmerman’s Incredibly Deaf Musical (Lisa), Leonard Bernstein’s Mass (Featured Street Chorus).

LAUREN TEYKE (Ensemble, Co-Dance Captain) is thrilled to be returning to the touring company of Anastasia as Odette! Regional: Something Rotten (Ensemble, u/s Portia). Favorite performances include The Nutcracker (Clara, Rat King), Singing in the Rain (Lady in Green) and performing on stages in Cuba and China. A special thank you to my family, friends, and my fam at Ovation School of Musical Theatre!

Who's Who in Production

TERRENCE McNALLY (Book) (November 3, 1938 – March 24, 2020) is a recipient of the Dramatists Guild Lifetime Achievement Award. He has won four Tony Awards for his plays Love! Valour! Compassion! and Master Class, and his musical books for Kiss of the Spider Woman and Ragtime. In 1996, he was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame, and in 2018 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is a member of The Dramatists Guild, Inc.

LYNN AHRENS (Lyrics) and STEPHEN FLAHERTY (Music) have been collaborators since 1983. They won the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Ragtime, and Once On This Island won the 2018 Tony for Best Revival of a Musical. They were nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globes for the score of Twentieth Century Fox’s animated feature film Anastasia, and with Terrence McNally, they also adapted Anastasia for Broadway. Other Broadway credits: Seussical (one of the most produced shows in America), Rocky, My Favorite Year, Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life, the 2009 revival of Ragtime, Lincoln Center Theater’s A Man of No Importance, Dessa Rose, and The Glorious Ones. Playwrights Horizon: Lucky Stiff. Upcoming shows include Little Dancer, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, and Knoxville, directed by Frank Galati. Ahrens and Flaherty are four-time Grammy nominees, recipients of the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement, and were inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2015. They serve on the Council of the Dramatists Guild of America and founded the DGF Fellows Program for Emerging Writers. ahrensandflaherty.com

TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX (Inspired by the Motion Pictures). One of the world’s largest producers and distributors of motion pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Film includes the component units Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox International Productions and Twentieth Century Fox Animation. Fox Stage Productions, the live theatre production division of the studio, has offices in New York and Los Angeles and is currently developing numerous legitimate stage properties based on iconic motion pictures in the Fox library, including Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Mrs. Doubtfire and The Devil Wears Prada, among others.

DARKO TRESNJAK (Original Director) won the 2014 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder starring Jefferson Mays, and a 2015 Obie Award for The Killer starring Michael Shannon. Favorite productions: The Ghosts of Versailles with Patti LuPone, The Merchant of Venice with F. Murray Abraham, Titus Andronicus with John Vickery, The Skin of Our Teeth with Marian Seldes, All’s Well That Ends Well with Kate Forbes, and Rear Window with Kevin Bacon.

PEGGY HICKEY (Original Choreographer). Broadway: Anastasia (also in Europe and Tokyo), Dutch Tony Award Best Choreography, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Astaire and Outer Critics Circle noms.). Lincoln Center: My Fair Lady (NY Philharmonic). Regional: Hartford, Old Globe, Goodspeed, Paper Mill, Music Theatre Wichita, California Music Theatre. Opera: Most major opera houses. Film: Woodshock, The Brady Bunch Movie (MTV Award, Best Choreography nom.). TV: Hansel and Gretel (Live from Lincoln Center), Die Fledermaus (Live from The Kennedy Center), Beck’s The New Pollution (MTV Award, Best Choreography). peggyhickey.com

SARAH HARTMANN (Director) is a New York based director and writer. She has worked on Broadway and across the country at theaters such as Hartford Stage, The Old Globe, Chautauqua Theater Company, Charlottesville Opera, Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, and the Juilliard School. She can currently be seen on the Disney+ show Encore! and is developing projects for film and TV. Thanks to Donna and Helen.

BILL BURNS (Choreographer) has directed and choreographed US and International companies of The Producers, Japanese productions of On the Town, Curtains, My One & Only, and was Resident Choreographer for the US premiere of Dirty Dancing. Bill has numerous theater, film, and television credits to his name. Most recently, his work was seen on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. 

ALEXANDER DODGE (Scenic Design). Broadway: Anastasia (Outer Critics nom.), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics noms.), Present Laughter (Tony nom.), Old Acquaintance, Butley, and Hedda Gabler. Off-Broadway: Harry Clarke (Vineyard); The Liar (CSC); Ripcord (MTC); Rapture, Blister, Burn (Playwrights); Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Second Stage); Observe the Sons of Ulster… (LCT, Lortel winner). West End: All New People. Opera: Samson et Dalila (Met), Thirteenth Child (Santa Fe), The Ghosts of Versailles (LA Opera), Dinner at Eight (Minnesota, Wexford), Il Trittico (Berlin). Training: Yale.

LINDA CHO (Costume Design). Broadway: The Great Society, Lifespan of a Fact, Anastasia (Tony nom.), A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love & Murder (Tony Award), The Velocity of Autumn. Over 200 regional and international design credits in theatre, dance, and opera. Recipient of the Craig Noel Award, Connecticut Critic Circle Award, Irene Sharaff Young Master Award, Ruth Morely Design Award. Nominations from Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Henry Hewes, Elliot Norton, Bay Area, Robby, IRNE, and Jeff Awards. Linda sits on the Advisory Committee for the American Theater Wing. MFA, Yale School of Drama. lindacho.com

DONALD HOLDER (Lighting Design). Broadway: The Lion King and South Pacific (Tony Awards); The King and I, Oslo, The Bridges of Madison County, Golden Boy, Ragtime, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, A Streetcar Named Desire, Movin’ Out, Gem of the Ocean, Juan Darien (all Tony noms.); Paradise Square; Tootsie; Kiss Me, Kate; She Loves Me; Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark, Big Fish; Bullets Over Broadway; Annie; Cyrano de Bergerac; The Boy from Oz; and many others. Off-Broadway: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (TFANA), Blood and Gifts, Happiness (LCT) and many others. Opera: Porgy and Bess, Rigoletto, Two Boys, and The Magic Flute (Metropolitan Opera).

PETER HYLENSKI (Sound Design). Grammy, Olivier, five-time Tony nominated. Selected Designs: Frozen, Anastasia, Once On This Island, Something Rotten!, Rock of Ages, After Midnight, Motown, The Scottsboro Boys, Side Show, Rocky, Bullets Over Broadway, Shrek the Musical, On A Clear Day…, Lend Me A Tenor, Elf the Musical, Wonderland, Cry Baby, The Times They Are A-Changin’, The Wedding Singer, Sweet Charity, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Little Women, Brooklyn. Other credits: Moulin Rouge (Boston), Le Reve at Wynn Las Vegas, Ragtime (London), Rocky Das Musical (Hamburg, Stuttgart), King Kong (Melbourne).

AARON RHYNE (Projection Design). Winner of the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Anastasia. Broadway: The Sound Inside, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Drama Desk Award), Bonnie & Clyde. Tours: Hasan Minhaj: The King’s Jester. Off-Broadway: This Ain’t No Disco, Absolute Brightness…, Bootycandy, Water by the Spoonful, Wild With Happy, Working. Opera: The Thirteenth Child (Santa Fe), Florencia (Florida Grand), The Ghosts of Versailles (L.A. Opera), La Traviata (Wolf Trap). Disney: Frozen (Disneyland); Beauty and the Beast, Tangled, Aladdin (Disney Cruise Line). Regional: Noir (Alley), Love Actually Live(Wallace), Hair (Asolo). aaronrhyne.com

CHARLES G. LaPOINTE (Hair and Wig Design) is an award-winning designer. Numerous Broadway, Touring, Regional, West End, and international productions including Hamilton (Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylist Guild Award), Ain’t Too Proud, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, Beetlejuice, The Cher Show (Drama Desk Award), Anastasia, SpongeBob SquarePants (Drama Desk Award), Jersey Boys, A Gentleman’s Guide…, In the Heights. TV: The Wiz Live! (Emmy nom.), Jesus Christ Superstar Live! (Emmy nom., Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylist Guild Award), Hairspray Live!.

JOE DULUDE II (Makeup Design) has been designing makeup for Broadway, Off-Broadway and the West End since 2003. Some of his iconic designs can be seen in shows such as Wicked, Beetlejuice, Spongebob Squarepants the Musical and more. He has also worked on several television and film productions including most recently The Gilded Age, Don’t Look Up, Shrine, Frills and Castle Rock Season 2. He designed and received an Emmy nomination for his work on Jesus Christ Superstar, Live on NBC. He is an educator, fine artist and a drag performer.  @dulude2

TOM MURRAY (Music Supervisor). Broadway: Anastasia, Honeymoon in Vegas, The Bridges of Madison County, Nice Work…, A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park…. London: The Bridges of Madison County (Chocolate Factory), A Little Night Music (Garrick Theatre), Parade (Donmar), Pacific Overtures (Donmar). Premieres: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (UK), The Flamingo Kid (Hartford Stage), The Last Five Years (New York, London, film), The Glorious Ones, Loving Repeating, Saturday Night.  Four Joseph Jefferson Awards (Chicago) and one Barrymore Award (Philadelphia) for music direction. Upcoming: Knoxville; Farewell, My Concubine.

DOUG BESTERMAN (Orchestrations). Three-time Tony Award-winner. Broadway: Anastasia, A Bronx Tale, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, It Shoulda Been You, Bullets Over Broadway (Tony nom.), Rocky, On a Clear Day…, Sister Act, How to Succeed… (Tony nom.), Elf the Musical, Young Frankenstein (Drama Desk nom.), Tarzan, Dracula, Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002 Tony/Drama Desk Awards), The Producers (2001 Tony/Drama Desk Awards), Seussical, The Music Man (Drama Desk/Tony noms.), Fosse (1999 Tony), Big (Drama Desk nom.), Damn Yankees (Drama Desk nom.). Off-Broadway: Carrie, Weird Romance. Regional: The Honeymooners, The Sting. TV/Film: Schmigadoon, Mary Poppins Returns, Beauty and the Beast, Frozen, Chicago, Mulan. 

DAVID CHASE (Dance Arrangements) has been Dance Arranger, Music Director and/or Music Supervisor for 35 original Broadway productions, several West End shows, Radio City Music Hall, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Boston Pops. TV: Music Director/Arranger for NBC’s The Sound of Music and Peter Pan (Emmy noms. for both). Grammy nom. for Nice Work... album. Music training: Harvard Biology degree.

JOHN MEZZIO (Music Coordinator) has conducted national tours including State Fair starring John Davidson, Victor Victoria starring Toni Tennille, and Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Deborah Gibson. Additionally, Mr. Mezzio was Associate Conductor for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express at the Las Vegas Hilton. National Tours: Oklahoma!, The Producers, Spring Awakening, Memphis, Beauty and the Beast, and Elf the Musical.

GLENN ALEXANDER II (Music Director) is above and beyond excited to be making his national tour debut! He’s a versatile conductor and pianist who recently made his conducting at Carnegie Hall and has collaborated with artists across the music industry such as Jon Batiste and NBC’s The Voice’s Kim Cruse. He is a proud native of Port Arthur, Texas. IG: @_glennalexanderii

RANDY COHEN (Keyboard Programmer). Randy Cohen and Randy Cohen Keyboards have programmed over 75 Broadway shows including Hamilton, Book of Mormon, Dear Evan Hansen, Frozen, Pretty Woman, Ain’t Too Proud, Bring It On, In The Heights, Spongebob, Summer, Once On This Island, Anastasia, Kinky Boots, Bandstand, On Your Feet, and Rock of Ages.

JASON STYRES (Casting). Broadway: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Dames at Sea, Disney’s The Lion King, Nice Work If You Can Get It. Off-Broadway: Puffs, Midnight at the Never Get (York), Pedro Pan, Neurosis, R.R.R.E.D., War Boys, Money Talks, Trip of Love, iLLA, Missed Connections, and 15 different Encores! productions. National Tours: A Gentleman’s Guide…, The King and I, Cinderella, Disney’s The Lion King, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Film/TV: How You Look at It, Carousel (PBS), Six by Sondheim (HBO), SYTYCD. London/Las Vegas: Magic Mike Live (Channing Tatum, dir.). Other: Josh Prince’s Broadway Dance Lab, Looking for Christmas (Old Globe), Camille A. Brown’s developmental project, Hartford Stage, NY Philharmonic, SF Symphony, Florida Studio Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, and others. Seven-time Artios nominee; NY Board Member of the Casting Society of America.

KATERYNA TURKALO (Production Stage Manager) is a freelance stage manager based in NYC. Recent PSM credits include RICOCHET: An Amoralist’s Anthology about Surviving an American Epidemic (ART/NY), Three Tales of Life and Death by Craig Lucas (59E59, Edinburgh Fringe Fest), and more. ASM: Anastasia (Nat’l Tour). Other National tour credits include: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, The King and I, The Spongebob Musical, and Escape to Margaritaville. Love and gratitude to Keaton!

MACKENZIE DOUGLAS (Company Manager). National Tours: Waitress, Fiddler on the Roof (dir. Bartlett Sher), Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Regional: Shakespeare Theatre Company, Olney Theatre Company. BA: Arts Management and Stage Management, Emerson College. Dog mom to Berkeley. 

GENTRY & ASSOCIATES (General Management) has managed nearly 250 national and international touring theatrical productions over the past 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include 1776, Anastasia, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Come From Away, Fiddler on the Roof, Funny Girl, Hairspray, Les Misérables, Mean Girls, Peter Pan, and To Kill a Mockingbird. 

BOND THEATRICAL (Marketing & Publicity Direction) is an independently-owned theatrical booking, marketing and publicity company representing award-winning Broadway shows and live entertainment properties. BOND connects artists and audiences by forming strategic, authentic and profitable partnerships between producers and presenters across North America. For a complete list of current projects, please visit BondTheatrical.com

THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Booking Agency) has represented 27 Tony Award® winning Best Musicals and Plays. Current tours include: Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Come From Away, The Book of Mormon, 1776, Hadestown, Mean Girls, MJ The Musical, Pretty Woman, Six, Tina, To Kill A Mockingbird, Anastasia, Chicago, Fiddler on the Roof, Hairspray, My Fair Lady, R.E.S.P.E.C.T, and Tootsie. Future tours include: Almost Famous, Funny Girl, Mamma Mia!, Mrs. Doubtfire, A Strange Loop, The Devil Wears Prada, and The Wiz.

SETH WENIG (Executive Producer) has been with NETworks since its inception in 1995. He spearheaded the international tours of Fosse starring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall. Seth has produced the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific and the National Theatre production of War Horse. Together with Cameron Mackintosh, Seth served as Executive Producer for both the US and UK tours of the National Theatre’s My Fair Lady, the 25th Anniversary US tour of Les Misérables, the new The Phantom of the Opera tour, Miss Saigon. Currently, Anastasia, The Book of Mormon, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Beetlejuice. He is most proud of his greatest productions – Marlo and Camden.

NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Producer) is an industry-leading producer of touring theatrical productions, committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide for more than 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include 1776, Anastasia, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Come From Away, Fiddler on the Roof, Funny Girl, Hairspray, Les Misérables, Mean Girls, Peter Pan, and To Kill a Mockingbird. networkstours.com