The show stars Grayson Powell as Sam Malone, Jillian Louis as Diane Chambers, Barry Pearl as Ernie “Coach” Pantusso, Buzz Roddy as Cliff Clavin, Sarah Sirota as Carla Tortelli and Paul Vogt as Norm Peterson with Jeff Applegate, Jen Burleigh-Bentz, Justin R. G. Holcomb, Erin Mosher, Jed Peterson, Andrew Sellon, Richard B. Watson and Laura Woyasz.
Based on the Emmy-winning series that ran for 11 seasons between 1982 and 1993, the two-act comedy is adapted for the stage by Erik Forrest Jackson and directed by Matt Lenz. The creative team also includes Michael Carnahan (scenic designer), Michael McDonald (costume designer) and Philip S. Rosenberg (lighting designer). The production was cast by Joy Dewing of Joy Dewing Casting.
The production will include Bernstein’s incidental music for Lillian Hellman’s adaptation of The Lark, and Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore.
Based on the novel and film by Frank Cottrell Boyce, the new musical will reunite Guettel with Tony-winning Light in the Piazza director Bartlett Sher.