PHOTO CALL: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Takes Flight on National Tour

The production — which boasts an entirely new creative team — will play subsequent stops in cities including Baltimore, MD; Dayton, OH; Huntsville, AL; Chicago, IL; San Antonio, TX; Houston, TX; Pittsburgh, PA; Providence, RI; Columbus, OH; Raleigh, NC; Philadelphia, PA; Orlando, FL; Atlanta, GA; Indianapolis, IN; Amarillo, TX; Albuquerque, NM; Salt Lake City, UT; Tempe, AZ; Dallas, TX; Costa Mesa, CA; Denver, CO; and Kansas City, MO.

Directed by Ray Roderick (who also adapted the script for this staging), the cast is led by Steve Wilson as Caractacus Potts, Kelly McCormick as Truly Scrumptious, Dick Decareau as Grandpa Potts, George Dvorsky as Baron/Lord Scrumptions, Elizabeth Ward Land as Baroness/Miss Phillips, Dirk Lumbard as Boris, Scott Cote as Goran, Richard G. Rodgers as Coggins/Toymaker, Oliver Wadsworth as Junkman/Childcatcher, John Saunders as Sid, Ellie Mooney as Violet and Mark Chmiel, Timothy Hughes, Matthew Brandon Hutchens, Kent M. Lewis, John Saunders and Eric Shorey as The Inventors. Jeremy Lipton and Zachary Carter Sayle alternate in the role of Jeremy Potts; Aly Brier and Camille Mancuso share the role of Jemima Potts.

The ensemble comprises Bianca Burgess, Mark Chmiel, Paige Faure, Trey Gillen, Geoffrey Goldberg, Timothy Hughes, Matthew Brandon Hutchens, Chris Klink, Kent M. Lewis, Molly Mahoney, Ellie Mooney, Tiffany Lee Ocvirk, Michelle Petrucci, John Saunders, Eric Shorey and Molly Tynes.

The production also features set and costume designs by Anthony Ward with additional set designs by Robert Bissinger, lighting designs by Charlie Morrison and choreography by Joanne Hunter.

For further information and complete tour route, visit chittyontour.com. Here is a look at the production, runs at Toronto's Canon Theatre through Jan. 4, 2009, before moving on to Baltimore: