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April 15 - May 20, 2017 , Allen Theatre
Book by Bridget Carpenter
Music by Tom Kitt and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
Based on the novel “Freaky Friday” by Mary Rodgers and the Walt Disney motion pictures
Directed by Christopher Ashley
Choreographed by Sergio Trujillo
Run time: 2 hours 15 minutes (includes intermission)
Advisory: No advisory necessary
When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again before mom’s big wedding. Freaky Friday, a new musical comedy based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and hit Disney films, is a hilarious, contemporary update of an American classic in which a mother and daughter really see what it is to be a family and experience each other’s lives first-hand, if only for a day.
(Ms. Meyers/Journalist/Officer Sitz/Ensemble) Broadway: Hair, The Color Purple. Off-Broadway: Shida, Best of Both Worlds. National Tours: The Color Purple, Deaf West’s Big River, Rent. Regional: Sister Act (North Shore/Theatre By The Sea); The 12 (DCPA); Shida, Best of Both Worlds (A.R.T). Film: Disney’s Little Mermaid III. Awards: NAACP Theater more
(Understudy: Fletcher) is ecstatic to be returning to A Christmas Story and to CPH, his home away from home. This is Tommy's fifth Cleveland Play House production. Tommy's CPH debut role was Ralphie in 2016’s A Christmas Story. After this, he performed on the CPH stages in more
(Katherine) Ms. Blickenstaff appeared on Broadway in Something Rotten! (Bea Bottom, Outer Critics nomination), [title of show] (original creative team and cast), The Addams Family (Alice Beineke), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Ursula), and The Full Monty. Other New York credits include The Most Happy Fella (Cleo) at City Center’s more
(Parker/Ensemble) is excited to make his Cleveland Play House debut with this production! Previous credits include the international tours of Dreamgirls and Bring It On; Mamma Mia! national tour. Regional: A Bronx Tale (Paper Mill Playhouse); The Wiz (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Hairspray (Casa Mañana); Joseph…Dreamcoat and Tarzan (The Legacy more
(Grandpa George/Mr. Blumen/Señor O’Brien/Ensemble) is delighted to make his debut at Cleveland Play House. Broadway: Father in Ragtime and The Coroner in the Tony Award winning Porgy and Bess. He originated the roles of Magnus in Lestat and William Randolph Hurst in Scandalous. Off-Broadway: Mr. Dellger played Bellomy and more
(Savannah/Ensemble) National Tours: Legally Blonde: The Musical. Off-Broadway: Tamika in SISTAS The Musical. Regional: Savannah in Freaky Friday (La Jolla Playhouse); Dorothy in The Wiz (SSMT); Rusty in Footloose (PCLO); Squeak in The Color Purple, Sarah in Ragtime (Milwaukee Rep); Jenny in Company (Geva Theatre); Annie in It Shoulda more
(Ellie) Ms. Hunton’s Broadway credits include Spring Awakening and Next to Normal. She appeared Off-Broadway in RENT and in the national tours of Wicked, Next to Normal and Les Misérables. Her regional credits include Cruel Intentions, The Big Lebowski, Clueless at Rockwell. more
(Mike) Broadway: After Midnight, Hands on a Hardbody, Mary Rodgers’ Once Upon a Mattress (with Sarah Jessica Parker), The Genius of Ray Charles (West End). 1st National Tours: Simon Sr. in Kinky Boots, Coalhouse in Ragtime, Curtis in Dreamgirls (opposite Jennifer Holliday), Andre in Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Grammy Award nominee more
(Ensemble/U/S: Torrey/Savannah/Gretchen/Hannah) Off-Broadway: Dorothy in The Wringer (City Center). Regional: Savannah in Freaky Friday (Signature Theater, VA); understudy in Emotional Creature (Berkeley Rep); Siren in Kansas City Choir Boy (Arsht Center, FL). Other New York Theater: Jade in Fashion Academy (Vital Theater); Meredith in Good Swimmer (Prototype Festival). Workshops: more
(Grandma Helene/Mrs. Luckenbill/Mrs. Time/Ensemble) National Tours: The Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast (Mrs. Potts), All Shook Up, Sister Act. Off-Broadway: Soap Star, Menopause, The Musical (original cast). Regional highlights: original San Francisco productions of Forbidden Broadway, Nunsense, Sunday in the Park with George. TV: Pan Am, more
(Fletcher) New York: Radio City Music Hall, Rockette’s Summer Spectacular. Tour: The School of Rock Promotional Tour. Regional: Fletcher in Freaky Friday (Signature Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse); Oliver in Oliver (Arena Stage); Tiny Tim in Scrooge No More! (Busch Gardens); Eep the mouse in Mother Goose Club (voice over). more
(Swing/U/S: Officer Sitz/Mrs. Luckenbill/Mrs. Time) is a current musical theatre major in her junior year at Baldwin Wallace University. She most recently worked as Assistant Choreographer/Ensemble Member for the regional premier of Bring It On at The Beck Center for the Arts. Other credits include A Chorus Line (Baldwin more
(Ensemble/U/S: Adam/Parker/Wells/Photographer) National Tour: Roundabout Theatre Company’s Anything Goes. Regional: Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, TUTS, The Muny, Northern Stage, Pioneer Theatre Company, Virginia Stage Company, Seaside Music Theater, Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival and Jacob’s Pillow. New York credits include Off-Broadway, Metropolitan Opera, 65th and 70th annual Tony Awards, more
(Gretchen/Ensemble) Off-Broadway: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Regional: Nemo in Finding Nemo: The Musical (Walt Disney World); Shelley in Bat Boy: The Musical (The Abbey); Clara in The Light in the Piazza (Mad Cow Theatre); Martha in the all-female Production of 1776 (Mad Cow Theatre); Parade, Bye Bye more
(Adam) Off-Broadway: Icon. Regional: Man of La Mancha (Barrington Stage); The Count of Monte Cristo (Pioneer Theater); In the Heights (Speakeasy Stage); Violet (Clarence Brown Theater); Blatantly Blaine (Peoples Improv Theater). Education: The Boston Conservatory and William Esper Studio. Deepest of gratitude to the cast and creative team, Harden-Curtis more
(Wells/Photographer/Ensemble) NYC: West Side Story (Carnegie Hall). Regional: Disney’s Freaky Friday (Signature); Josephine (Asolo Rep); MTWichita; RMRT. Education: Indiana University and The School at Jacob’s Pillow. Love and Thanks to The Mine, IUMT, EmAbsAl. For Mom. Insta: @_julianramos more
(Swing/U/S: Mr. Blumen/Señor O’Brien/Mike/etc.) Broadway: Memphis, La Cage aux Folles, Follies, Oklahoma, Swing, On the Twentieth Century, Funny Girl, and Lindy Hop feature in Chance & Chemistry. Tour: West Side Story (European Tour); Swing, All Shook Up, Memphis (1st National Tour). New York: City Center: The Bandwagon (premiere); Radio more
(Torrey/Ensemble/Understudy: Katherine) New York Theatre: The Boys from Syracuse, Li’l Abner, Sweet Adeline, One Touch of Venus (Encores! City Center). National Tour: The Producers. Regional: A Sign of the Times (Goodspeed); God of Carnage (Northport Playhouse); Guys and Dolls (Cabrillo); Justin Love (Celebration/Ovation nom, Best Actress); Having It All more
(Pastor Bruno/Dr. Ehrin/Officer Kowalski/Ensemble) Off-Broadway/New York: Once Upon a Mattress (opposite Jackie Hoffman), Bloodsong of Love, ReWrite, The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, The Disappearing Man, Things to Ruin: The Songs of Joe Iconis. Regional: Freaky Friday (La Jolla Playhouse); Pump Boys and Dinettes (Weston Playhouse); The Trouble with more
(Hannah/Ensemble/Understudy: Ellie) Regional: Marcy Park in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Bucks County Playhouse); Yvette in Miss Saigon (Flat Rock Playhouse). Education: B.F.A. from Elon University. Thank you to my family, MT15, The Mine, Kona, and my wonderful husband Corbin for their endless love and support. sumiyu.com more
(Director) has served as Artistic Director of La Jolla Playhouse since October, 2007. During his tenure, he has helmed the Playhouse’s productions of Hollywood, Come From Away, Chasing the Song, His Girl Friday, Glengarry Glen Ross, A Dram of Drummhicit, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Restoration, Xanadu and Memphis, which more
(Lighting Designer) Broadway: Hamilton (2016 Tony Award), After Midnight (2014 Tony nomination), How to Succeed... starring Daniel Radcliffe (2011 Tony nomination), West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, In the Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Avenue Q, The Full Monty, Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993 more
(Scenic Designer) Broadway: Act One (Tony Award), The Scottsboro Boys (Tony nomination), Therese Raquin (Tony nomination), Come From Away, A Bronx Tale, Hand to God, On the Town, Sondheim on Sondheim, …Spelling Bee, LoveMusik, Rock of Ages, Chaplin, Bronx Bombers, Grace, The Two and Only. Off-Broadway: 100 shows, including more
(Book) A television writer, producer and playwright, Bridget Carpenter created the event series 11.22.63 for Bad Robot based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel, which debuted on Hulu February 15, 2016 and has been nominated for a WGA award. Prior to 11.22.63, she wrote and co-executive produced all five seasons more
(Casting) Selected Broadway: Miss Saigon (upcoming), Falsettos, A Bronx Tale, Dear Evan Hansen, Cats, Disaster!, School of Rock, Dr. Zhivago, It Shoulda Been You, Gigi, Bullets Over Broadway, Aladdin, Les Misérables, Mothers and Sons, Big Fish, The Heiress, How to Succeed..., A Little Night Music, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Guys more
(Co-Vocal Arrangements) Broadway: If/Then (musical director), Hands on a Hardbody (musical director/vocal arranger), American Idiot (musical director), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (vocal arranger/associate musical director). Off-Broadway: Everyday Rapture, Emotional Creature, Elegies: A Song Cycle, Belle Epoque. Other: Chita Rivera (musical director); Grammy Awards (performed with Green Day); more
(Music Director/Conductor) New York: Avenue Q, Wicked. Las Vegas: Spamalot, Avenue Q. National Tours: Wicked, Avenue Q, Pippin, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Seussical, The Music Man, Footloose. European Tours: Hair, Grease. Regional: Muny: Aida, Annie, Footloose; NSMT: Aida, Fame; Tuacahn: Beauty and the Beast, Disney’s When You Wish (world premiere). more
(Co-Sound Designer) Broadway: Allegiance, Gigi, Fun Home, On the Town, First Date, Follies (Tony Award & Drama Desk nominations), and Million Dollar Quartet. Other: Poster Boy (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Amélie (Berkeley Rep); Side Show (La Jolla Playhouse); Beaches (Drury Lane); Brooklynite (Vineyard Theatre); Little Dancer and First You Dream more
(Music/Co-Orchestrations/Co-Vocal Arrangements/Danc) received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as two Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Orchestrations for Next to Normal. His music for Next to Normal also received the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Score. He is also the composer of If/Then more
(Assistant Stage Manager) New York: Pip’s Island, Peccadillo Theater Co, Active Theatre, Hudson Stage Co. Regional: Freaky Friday (La Jolla Playhouse); Freaky Friday, Girlstar (Signature Theatre); Thoroughly Modern Millie, Mamma Mia! (John W. Engeman Theatre); Bad Jews (Studio Theatre); Yentl (Theater J); Titanic (Hangar Theatre); Water by the Spoonful more
(Music Supervisor) Broadway: Wicked (current music director/conductor), Chaplin (music director, vocal and dance arranger). Broadway Touring: Next to Normal, Wicked, Altar Boyz. Off-Broadway: Second Stage: Dogfight, Vanities; York Theater: Is There Life After High School?. New York: New York Musical Theater Festival, New York Stage and Film. Other: Princess more
(Costume Designer) Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen; Oh, Hello; If/Then; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Recent Off-Broadway: Vineyard Theatre: Indecent; Second Stage: Dear Evan Hansen, The Way We Get By; Roundabout Theatre: The Robber Bridegroom; Shakespeare in the Park: The Tempest, Into the Woods; more
(Co-Sound Designer) Broadway: Over 30 designs including Tuck Everlasting; The Last Ship; Beautiful; If/Then; Bring It On; Nice Work; The Book of Mormon; Anything Goes; American Idiot; Promises, Promises; Next to Normal; Spring Awakening; Curtains; Grey Gardens; and The Pajama Game. Off-Broadway: Lazarus, Giant, Rent, Everyday Rapture, Saved, 10 more
(Co-Orchestrations) The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Little Miss Sunshine, Dracula, The Musical, Merrily We Roll Along, First Daughter Suite, If/Then, Annie, Dogfight, Queen of the Mist, People in the Picture, Sondheim on Sondheim, Next to Normal, Glorious Ones, Grinch, Adrift in Macao, Bernarda Alba, …Spelling Bee, Assassins, Tom Sawyer, more
(Choreographer) Broadway: A Bronx Tale, On Your Feet (Tony Award nominee, Outer Critics Circle/Astaire Award), Best Musical Tony Award Winner Memphis, (Olivier/OCC Award, Drama Desk/Astaire Award nominations), Tony/Olivier Award-winning Jersey Boys (OCC/Greenroom/Dora Awards, Drama Desk nomination), Addams Family, Next to Normal, Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk nomination), Leap more
(Wig Master) owned and operated by Mary Schilling-Martin and Caitie Martin; provides wig, hair and specialty makeup services to performing arts organizations and educational institutions around the country. Their motto is: “To hair is human, to wig divine.” Local credits include Cleveland Play House, Great Lakes Theater, Dobama Theatre, more
(Lyrics) received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as the 2009 Tony Award for Best Score, for Next to Normal. He was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Next to Normal, and his work on the show earned him the more
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