WorldWideTechnology

2016SeasonPresentingSponsor

FORIMMEDIATERELEASEMay23,2016

Contact:KwofeColemanDirectorofMarketingandCommunications

314.595.5712kcoleman@muny.org

MUNYANNOUNCESTHEMUSICMANCAST

ST.LOUIS,MO(May23,2016)–TheMunyannouncedtodaythecompletecastforitsproductionofTheMusicMandirectedbyRobRuggiero,choreographedbyChrisBaileyandmusicdirectedbyJamesMoore.“Ican’timagineamoreexcitingcompanytobringbold,excitinglifetothisMeredithWillsonclassic,”saidMunyArtisticDirectorandExecutiveProducerMikeIsaacson.

ElizabethAnnBerg(EthelToffelmeir),GretaClark(Amaryllis),J.D.Daw(JaceySquires),AdamHalpin(EdwardDunlop),OwenHanford(WinthropParoo),HannahKiem(MaudDunlop),BenNordstrom(OliverHix),MichaelJamesReed(CharlieCowell),AprilStrelinger(AlmaHix),andJosephTorello(OlinBritt)withKellyBerman,AllisonBroadhurst,BethCrandall,RandallDodge,MeghanFaddis,GaryGlasgow,JulieHanson,LynnHumphrey,PhillipJohnson-Richardson,AudreyKennedy,AlexLarson,BarbaraMcCulloh,JessiePeltier,TimSchall,CurtisSchroeger,LukeSteinhauer,JamesStevko,DarylTofa,ChazWolcottandRebeccaYoung.ThecastwilljointhepreviouslyannouncedHunterFoster(HaroldHill),ElenaShaddow(MarianParoo),MarkLinn-Baker(MayorShinn),LizMcCartney(Mrs.Paroo),ToddBuonopane(MarcellusWashburn),NancyAnderson(EulalieMackecknieShinn),ColbyDezelick(TommyDjilas)andHalliToland(ZaneetaShinn).ThecompanywillalsobejoinedbyTheMunykidandteenyouthensembles.

ScenicdesignisbyMichaelSchweikardt,withcostumedesignbyAmyClark,lightingdesignbyJohnLasiter,sounddesignbyJohnShiversandDavidPatridge,andvideodesignbyRobDenton.WigdesignisbyLeahJ.LoukasandtheproductionstagemanagerisMonicaDickhens.TheMusicManisproudlysponsoredbyWellsFargoAdvisors.

TheMusicManhailsfromthe1950sgoldenageofmusicaltheatreandfollowsfast-talkingtravelingsalesmanProfessorHaroldHill.Hill,despitethefacthedoesn’tknowatrombonefrom

atrebleclef,consthepeopleofRiverCity,Iowaintobuyinginstrumentsanduniformsforaboys’bandhevowstoorganize.HisplanstoskiptownwiththecasharefoiledwhenhefallsforMarian,thetownlibrarian,andbeginstoleadwithhisheart,insteadofhismischievousways.SettoMeredithWillson’siconicscore,TheMusicManisone76trombone-filledparadeyouwontwanttomiss!Thesevenshowsinthe2016Munyseasonare:TheWizardofOz(June13–22),42ndStreet(June24–30),TheMusicMan(July5–11),YoungFrankenstein(July13–19),MammaMia!(July21–28),FiddlerontheRoof(July30–August5),andEltonJohnandTimRice’sAida(August8–14).Formoreinformationvisitmuny.org. Seasonticketsareonsalenow.SingleticketsgoonsaleMay28,2016.

WorldWideTechnology(WWT)andTheStewardFamilyFoundationhaveonceagainmadealeadershipgifttocontinueastheMuny’s2016SeasonPresentingSponsor.Theybecamethefirstoverallseasonsponsorinthe98-yearhistoryofTheMunyin2014andwillcontinueinthatrolethrough2016.

SouthwestAirlines®istheOfficialAirlineofTheMunyandSupplierofCastTransportation.

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TheMuny’smissionistoenrichlivesbyproducingexceptionalmusicaltheatre,accessibletoall,continuingitsremarkabletraditioninForestPark.