The new musical about the Depression-era American outlaw couple will play Nov. 10-Dec. 20 in the Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre in La Jolla, CA. Opening is Nov. 22.

As previously reported here, Tony Award nominee Stark Sands (Journey's End, Twelfth Night) will be Clyde, Laura Osnes (South Pacific, Grease) is Bonnie, two-time Emmy Award winner Mare Winningham ("St. Elmo's Fire," Off-Broadway's 10 Million Miles) is Emma, and Melissa van der Schyff (Deaf West's Big River) will be Blanche.

The company will also include the newly announced Wayne Duvall as Sheriff, Claybourne Elder as Buck and Chris Peluso as Ted. The ensemble includes Leslie Becker, Daniel Cooney and Michael Lanning, as well as San Diego actors Courtney Corey, Michael Covert, Victor Hernandez, Michael Mulligan, Carly Nykanen, Mike Sears and UC San Diego MFA student Jessica Watkins.

The creative team includes John McDaniel (music director); Tobin Ost (scenic and costume designer); Michael Gilliam (lighting designer); Brian Ronan (sound designer); Aaron Rhyne (projection designer); Shirley Fishman (dramaturg); and Paul Smith (production stage manager).

Wildhorn is a busy man this fall: His new musical Wonderland will premiere in Tampa before playing Houston.

In 1999 Wildhorn became the first American composer in 22 years to have three shows running simultaneously on Broadway: Jekyll & Hyde, Scarlet Pimpernel and The Civil War, which together garnered eight Tony nominations. Wildhorn also wrote additional songs for Broadway's Victor/Victoria and was a producer and co-creator of Harlem Song at the legendary Apollo Theater. Most recently in the United States, Wildhorn's For the Glory: The Civil War Musical opened at the Majestic Theater in Gettysburg, PA.

Lyricist Black received two Tony Awards for Best Book and Lyrics of a musical for his work (with Christopher Hampton) on Sunset Boulevard. This marked his third collaboration with Andrew Lloyd Webber. They first joined forces to write the song cycle Tell Me on a Sunday which developed to form the basis of the stage show Song and Dance. They were reunited with Aspects of Love. He also wrote the lyrics for the Andrew Lloyd Webber-produced Bombay Dreams. His awards also include an Oscar for his song "Born Free," five Academy Award nominations, and three Tony nominations (two wins), five Ivor Novello Awards, a Golden Globe and many platinum, gold and silver discs.

Menchell (book) wrote the screenplay for the popular film "The Cemetery Club," starring Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis and Diane Ladd, which was based on his Broadway play of the same name. He also contributed material to the Broadway musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. His Off-Broadway credits include Smiling Through and We'll Meet Again.

Calhoun directed and choreographed the award-winning Deaf West Theatre production of Big River (Tony and Drama Desk nominations, Best Revival; Drama Desk nomination for Best Director of a Musical; Ovation and L.A. Drama Critics Circle awards for Direction and Choreography). Last season, he directed and choreographed the Deaf West Theatre production of Pippin at the Mark Taper Forum. He provided the musical staging for the hit Broadway musical Grey Gardens and developed the first original ASL musical, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, at the Kirk Douglas Theater. Tony Award winner Joe Hardy and Calhoun co-directed Himself & Nora at The Old Globe. He directed and choreographed the 1994 Broadway revival of Grease! (Tony nomination, Best Choreography) and co-choreographed the Broadway revival of Annie Get Your Gun (Tony Award, Best Revival). His Broadway directing debut was Tommy Tune Tonight, and his collaboration with Tune led to the 1991 Tony for Best Choreography for the Will Rogers Follies.

Tickets to Bonnie & Clyde are currently available by calling (858) 550-1010 or by visiting lajollaplayhouse.org.