Narrator
Jordan Benjamin
Narrator
Mia Renard
Joseph
Keon Dalziel
Pharaoh/Naphtali
Benjamin DeCapua
Jacob
Jonathan Merechant
Reuben
Andrew Maust
Simeon/Pharaoh US
Anthony Harbert
Levi
Carston Stiggins
Issachar
Paul Means
Asher
Maxwell Rees
Dan/Joseph US
Grayson Griffith
Zebulun
Layne Weakland
Gad
Rafael Gregorius
Benjamin
Jack Clymire
Judah
Kegan Sulamoyo
Potiphar/Jacob US/Ishmaelite/Ensemble
Sean Vollman
Mrs. Potiphar
Bekah Neubecker
Butler
Isabella Rodeman
Baker
Constance Becker
Ensemble
Constance Becker
Makenna Bird
Catherine Chambers (Mrs. Potiphar US/Dance Captain/Brothers US)
Christina Katsaras
Elena Klingler (Baker US)
Carrie Lee
Gia Maglione (Butler US)
Bekah Neubecker
Madden Rankin
Eden Rodeman
Isabella Rodeman
Sadiah Slay Larkin
Shannon Stiggins
Lo Thoele
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the irresistible family musical about the trials and triumphs of Joseph, Israel’s favorite son.
The plot of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat comes from the Old Testament of the Bible in Genesis, Chapter 37: “Now Jacob loved Joseph more than all his children because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a coat of many colors. And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all of them, they hated him and could not speak peaceably unto him.” On a trip to Dothan, the brothers met a company of Ishmaelites on their way to Egypt. The jealous brothers saw an opportunity not to be missed: they stripped Joseph of his many-colored coat and sold him into slavery to the Ishmaelites. It may have been a case of good riddance for the brothers, but life is never what it seems (even in Biblical times!). Joseph, with his prophetic dreams, became a favorite of the Pharaoh and thus rose to political power. When famine struck, his brothers had to plead with Joseph for food, not recognizing him as their own brother. Joseph’s solution to Egypt’s famine elevates him to Pharaoh’s right-hand man and opens up a path toward reunion with his family.
The magical musical inspired by this Old Testament tale is full of catchy songs in a variety of styles, from a parody of French ballads (“Those Canaan Days”), to country-western (“One More Angel in Heaven”) and calypso (“Benjamin Calypso”), along with the unforgettable classics “Any Dream Will Do” and “Close Every Door.”
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 1968 as an end-of-term concert at a small preparatory school in West London. The first version of the show had a running time of only 15 minutes. Eventually, over a period of several years in the late 1960s and early 1970s, composer Webber and lyricist Rice expanded their show from a simple “pop oratorio” to a full-length musical-theater favorite.
The first amateur production in America was in May 1970 at the College of the Immaculate Conception in Douglaston, New York. Professionally, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat premiered at Scotland’s Edinburgh Festival in 1972. The production transferred to the Albery Theatre in London’s West End the following year. The first Broadway production, with the late Laurie Beechman as the first female to take the Narrator role, opened in January 1982 and garnered seven Tony Award nominations (including Best Musical) and ran for 747 performances. A Broadway revival opened in November 1993 and ran for 231 performances. Over many years and countless productions, the title role has been played by a succession of stars, including Gary Bond, Donny Osmond, Patrick Cassidy, and Jason Donovan.
In 2007, the show became the focus of a BBC-TV reality show, Any Dream Will Do, in which a dozen young men competed (in the style of American Idol) to play the title role of Joseph in a new West End production (which opened in July of that year and ran in London for nearly two years).
In 2014, a new U.S. national tour — starring American Idol contestants and real-life husband-and-wife Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young — kicked off in Cleveland and played at theaters across America through 2015. This touring production was directed and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler (who in 2016 would go on to win a Tony Award for his choreography of Hamilton).
In April of 2023, Deadline.com reported that Amazon Studios would produce a film adaptation of the show in partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s mass-media production company, The Really Useful Group. With In the Heights and Wicked director John M. Chu attached as the film’s director, the film version remains in a pre-production state of development. Neither a start-of-filming nor a release date has been announced, according to IMDb.com.
Audiences at Weathervane Playhouse in Akron have come to embrace this production as an annual holiday tradition perfect for children, families, and the young at heart. Weathervane Playhouse first produced Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 2000 and revived the show annually through 2014. The show returned in 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2021. This year’s production marks the 20th time Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has been produced for the Weathervane stage.
ACT 1
Prologue
Narrator
Any Dream Will Do
Joseph
Jacob and Sons
Narrator, Joseph, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Wives, Ensemble
Joseph’s Coat
Jacob, Joseph, Narrator, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Wives, Ensemble
Joseph’s Dreams
Narrator, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Joseph
Poor, Poor Joseph
Narrator, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Ishmaelites
One More Angel in Heaven
Narrator, Reuben (soloist), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Wives, Jacob
Potiphar
Narrator, Male Ensemble, Mrs. Potiphar, Potiphar, Joseph
Close Every Door
Joseph
Go, Go, Go Joseph
Narrator, Butler, Baker, Ensemble, Joseph
ACT 2
Pharaoh’s Story
Narrator
Poor, Poor Pharaoh
Narrator, Butler, Pharaoh, Ensemble
Song of the King
Pharaoh, Ensemble
Pharaoh’s Dream Explained
Joseph, Ensemble
Stone the Crows
Narrator, Pharaoh, Joseph, and Female Ensemble
Those Canaan Days
Simeon (soloist), Reuben, Jacob, Reuben, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin
The Brothers Come to Egypt/Grovel, Grovel
Narrator, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Joseph, Female Ensemble
Who’s the Thief?
Joseph, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Female Ensemble
Benjamin’s Calypso
Judah (soloist), Joseph, Reuben, Levi, Simeon, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Ensemble
Joseph All the Time
Narrator, Joseph, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Female Ensemble
Jacob in Egypt
Narrator, Jacob, Ensemble
Any Dream Will Do (Reprise)
Joseph, Narrator, Jacob, Ensemble
Joseph Megamix
Full Company
Steven A. Miller
Toussaint English – Bass
Tonya Duus - Woodwinds
Dylan Gomez - Drums
Prudence Stephenson - Woodwinds
Trevor Wozniak - Guitar
Coming
Set Construction Crew
James Boyd, Jr.
Chris Capron
Elijah Chase
Dale Gilbert
Kathy Kohl
Dave Moledor
Richard Morris, Jr.
Electrics Crew
Master Electrician/Programmer: Jack-Anthony Ina|
Electricians
Celia Bentrott
James Boyd, Jr.
Elijah Chase
Richard Morris, Jr.
Annabelle Otto
Wittman Sullivan
Van Wornkey,
Followspots
Ella Embry
Annabelle Otto
Followspot Swing: Wittman Sullivan
Costume Construction Crew
Beth Desberg
Millie Keyser
Lindy Lincicome
Jasen Smith
Costume Inventory Crew
Jenny Banker
Fly Operators/Backstage Crew
Kenneth Hardman
Maggie Vollman
Sean Vollman
Front of House
Mary Lu Barbour
Joie Boughner
Steve Brown
Loren Bruns
Jeannie Clarkson
Rick Cordaro
Scott Davis
Doug Fidler
Patti Gabb
Timothy Gabb
Bunny Lacey
Kate Lombardo
DeShawn Millender
Marci Paolucci
Katherine Peck
Katie Rito
Brad Rito
Nancy Shorts
Eric Steckel
Verna Vander Kooi
Becky Zaman