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Welcome to the Citizens Opera House and The Outsiders This production brings to the stage a fresh, contemporary take on the beloved novel we know and love. It beautifully captures what it means to find your place when the odds are stacked against you. Live theatre lets familiar stories like this one hit in new ways that are only possible when we’re all in the room together. We’re so thrilled to share this story with you here in Boston!
Next on stage is Disney’s Beauty and the Beast – a magical, heartfelt favorite that continues to enchant audiences of all ages. We hope you’ll come back to join us.
To learn more about our upcoming shows and events, including our next 2026/2027 Lexus Broadway In Boston season, be sure to stop by our information table in the lobby or visit our website BroadwayInBoston.com. From The Phantom of the Opera to The Notebook and The Who’s Tommy, there’s so much to look forward to. Don’t miss it!
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THE OUTSIDERS: ANATOMY OF A RUMBLE
What it took to create the breathtaking brawl in the Tony Award-winning musical
STORY BY Jeryl Brunner
In the Tony Award-nominated script for The Outsiders, co-book writer Adam Rapp penned stage directions to create a specific atmosphere for the rumble in the rain. Whether in novel, film or musical form, the climax of The Outsiders is this rumble between the working-class Greasers (including protagonist Ponyboy) and the affluent Socs. The creators of the musical built their production to lead to this epic battle that feels chillingly authentic. But it started with Rapp’s text:
“Both sides converge on each other like rival wolfpacks. … It’s simply the brutal sound of boys grunting, fists detonating into flesh, cries and grunts. It goes on for an uncomfortable amount of time. It starts to rain and the dirt from the park quickly turns to mud. The scene turns ancient, primordial. Blood and mud and rain and thunder. Boys fighting for their lives.”
Choreography
Two years in the making, the rumble’s movement began with choreographers (and brothers) Rick and Jeff Kuperman. The duo served as both fight choreographers and traditional musical theater choreographers. In conceiving the melee, the Kupermans knew that it would morph through phases. “It would start off as naturalistically as possible — as a real fight between these two groups of people that was savage, brutal and real,” said Jeff. “Then over the course of the sequence, it would blossom into something more expressionistic, that could sell the idea of the cyclicality of violence and how these boys are unable to extricate themselves from that situation.”
To create phase one, the Kupermans started with standard fight movements: punches, sweeps and throws. “We used a lot of grappling and jiu-jitsu techniques onstage because you can redirect force and momentum in a way that is real without hurting your scene partner,” said Rick. “We use strikes (a deliberate and controlled blow delivered to an opponent or target) more sparingly because they require a more precise environment to be sold, with very precise sightlines.” The fight progresses in real time as Greasers and Socs hit, kick, grab and jump each other in separate offshoots, like mini-fights in the bigger brawl.
Then, the violence shifts to expressionistic, and the gestures evolve. The full company becomes “more coordinated,” Rick said. “There’s use of unison and canon (where individuals will perform the same movement, but in sequence). So you see movement ripple across the stage to organize the chaos into more formal choreography.” Jeff added, “It looks real because it is real, and you don’t need to put anything on top of it.”
Rehearsal
In fact, they often remind their fight captain to temper what they call “red light fever” in the performers. “When the lights are on and the adrenaline is pumping, you want to go full speed,” said Jeff. “We’re constantly saying, ‘Whatever you think is full speed, go 30 percent or 40 percent slower and more controlled than that.’”
For the performers, the “fight call” (a fight walk-through before each performance) is straightforward yet significant. Each set of partners rehearses their fight, one at a time, very under tempo with little storytelling to get the logistics right. “Once each duet or trio has had their run, we put it all together at 50 percent [speed] just to make sure that all the mechanics and sequencing is correct,” said Jeff. “Then they are prepared to go onstage that night.”
Design
The company moves as a unit — audibly inhaling and exhaling in a rhythmic collective. The scene contains no music. It’s a sensorial crescendo with thunderclaps, train whistles and heaving breaths. “In a big moment like that in a musical, that’s typically not the route that you go,” said Matt Hinkley, the show’s Tony-nominated co-orchestrator. “But it opened up this whole world that could happen without having some strange musical background in the way.”
“We thought: When you watch a film fight scene and the Foley [sound effects are] not added, then it’s almost laughable. You don’t believe any of it,” Jeff explained. “But as soon as you hear the punches and the hits, then it becomes more visceral. And the marriage between sound and visual really sells the violence. So we said, ‘Why don’t we borrow that vocabulary, and bring it onto the stage?’”
“So as we were choreographing [in the studio] we had our laptop out, and we were building a score with sound effects,” Jeff continued. “By the end of our workshop, we were using the tools of cinema, like rising tones, to really sell the anticipation of the punches and allow the performers to experience the violence way more viscerally than if they were simply enacting a fight scene.”
“They took the time to build every single hit and moment, making sure that we’re all synced up perfectly,” said Tony-winning sound designer Cody Spencer. “We framed it seconds at a time just to get it precise and make it feel as tight as it does.”
“Lighting and projections made the rumble visceral and cinematic,” Tony-winning director Danya Taymor added. Rapp’s phrase, “fists detonating into flesh,” likened punches to bombs going off. The Tony-winning lighting design by Brian MacDevitt and projection designer Hana S. Kim leaned into that image, providing bursts and flashes.
Final impression
In its fully realized incarnation, the entire team wanted the rumble to feel life-threatening. “I wanted to remove any distance between spectator and character and make visceral and real the terror of the fight and the descent into something truly nightmarish and horrifying for Ponyboy,” said Taymor. “I wanted to explore and expose not just the physical cost of fighting, but the psychological and emotional cost.”
“Every single department has had a hand in this sequence in order to craft it with such rigor and specificity — to execute it safely and in a way that is repeatable eight times a week,” said Taymor. “Collaboration is why I am a director in the first place, and creating this sequence with my exquisite collaborators was one of the most thrilling, joyful, endlessly curious experiences for me to date as an artist.”
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GOING HOME AGAIN: LINDA WOOLVERTON AND MATT WEST ON THE NEW BEAUTY AND THE BEAST TOUR
STORY BY Beth Stevens
What does it feel like to return to the world of Beauty and the Beast? For book writer Linda Woolverton and director and choreographer Matt West, who created the original choreography for the Broadway production, it feels deeply personal.
“Going home,” West said.
“I was going to say the same thing,” added Woolverton. “It feels like going home. We’re family. We’ve been with this show for so long and it’s been a joy every time. And so to come back and reimagine it and rethink it to the degree we’re doing it is such a joy.”
More than 30 years after the animated film premiered and nearly 25 since the last Disneyproduced national tour, Beauty and the Beast is hitting the road again in a bold new production. The show helped shape a generation of theatergoers, many of whom are now performing in this reimagined version. “It feels a little surreal,” West said. “I have to pinch myself every once in a while to really think about where we all started, starting from the movie, actually creating the movie, to where we are today. It’s kind of mind-boggling.”
Both creatives approached the production with a willingness to examine every part of the production. “I wanted to look at every aspect of it,” West said. “The lighting, the design, the costume design, the scenic design and the dances. We wrote some new scenes for this production. Textures have changed. The lighting is new at your fingertips, so we’ve done it all.”
That includes big changes in choreography. “All the dances are new,” West said. “‘Be Our Guest’ is now a big tap number, which I’ve always wanted to do, so I’ve put it in. David Chase did the new dance arrangements and the tavern number is bigger. They’re all bigger. It’s bigger and brighter and bolder and better than ever.”
Woolverton, who also wrote the screenplay for the animated film, found herself returning to familiar material. “We really worked hard on making the show not feel like it was stuck in the past,” she said. “Over the 30 years we’ve been evolving. Constantly moving and changing. I’ve rewritten so many scenes so many times. Things have come in and gone out, come back in again. I was writing a new scene four weeks ago and I couldn’t believe it. It was like I’m writing the scene again.” “And it works,” West said. “It works,” Woolverton replied. “And it’s because they were my friends. So it was like playing with my old friends.”
At the heart of the story is Belle. “You know, Howard Ashman and I really wanted to conjure up a new kind of Disney heroine that wasn’t a princess but was a heroine who took action in the world and was a thinker and a reader,” Woolverton said. “That was really foremost on my mind when I was writing this character for the first time.”
That spirit continues to shape the way Woolverton views the show in 2025. “The story is a contemporary story,” she said. “The heroine is a contemporary girl, so it lends itself to being updated as we go along and learn new things and grow ourselves and put that into the show.”
For many of the cast members, this production represents a full-circle moment. “Many in our cast have shown me pictures of them at the Palace Theatre on Broadway when they were five and six,” said West. “And now here they are doing it with us. It’s surreal. It’s a joy and it’s the gift that keeps on giving.”
The show’s central message continues to resonate. “You know this show points out that love is ove is love is love, right?” West said. “Love is love. And these two unlikely people come together and forgive and understand and grow together and end up together. It’s a good story to tell people and it’s a good process to look at.” Woolverton added, “Really important for me is that you can come back from a mistake. He made a terrible mistake when he was young and suffered a lot, and everyone in the castle suffers for it. But you can come back through love. It’s the redemptive power of love that I think really touches people about this story.”
And of course, the music remains a centerpiece. “I think everybody relates to these characters in some way,” West said. “And the songs by Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. The songs are well known. You hum along with them. You walk out feeling good. And I think it’s a family show. It’s a date night show. It’s for everyone and I’m very proud of that.” When asked who they hope will see this new production, their answer was simple. “People from four to 104,” said West. “Everyone can be your guest,” Woolverton added. “Everyone,” said West.
Beauty and the Beast is scheduled to come to Citizens Opera House starting April 14, 2026. For more information and features, head to Broadway.com.
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Book by ADAM RAPP with JUSTIN LEVINE
Music and Lyrics by
JAMESTOWN REVIVAL (JONATHAN CLAY & ZACH CHANCE) and JUSTIN LEVINE
Based on the novel by S.E. Hinton and Francis Ford Coppola’s Motion Picture Starring
NOLAN WHITE BONALE FAMBRINI TYLER JORDAN WESLEY TRAVIS ROY ROGERS CORBIN DREW ROSS EMMA HEARN JAYDON NGET ANDREW CEKALA JACKSON REAGIN JORDAN DEANDRE WILLIAMS
SETH AJANI CHRISTIAN ARREDONDO ANNA BERMUDEZ BRANDON MEL BORKOWSKY DANTE D’ANTONIO GINA GAGLIANO HANNAH JENNENS GIUSEPPE LITTLE SEBASTIAN MARTINEZ JUSTICE MOORE MEKHI PAYNE JOHN MICHAEL PETERSON KATIE RIEDEL LUKE SABRACOS JOHNATHAN TANNER ETHAN VAN SLYKE
Scenography Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design Projection Design AMP featuring SARAFINA BRIAN CODY HANA S. TATIANA KAHVEGIAN BUSH MACDEVITT SPENCER KIM
Special Effects Design Hair & Wig Design
Makeup Design Sound Effects Specialist JEREMY CHERNICK ALBERTO “ALBEE” TISHONNA TAYLOR LILLIS MEEH ALVARADO FERGUSON BENSE
Creative Consultant Music Supervisor & Co-Orchestrator Music Director Music Coordinator JACK VIERTEL MATT HINKLEY REMY KURS KRISTY NORTER
Associate & Resident Director Associate Director Associate Choreographers Choreography Supervisor MIRANDA CORNELL AUTUMN ANGELETTIE KRISTEN CARCONE NANCY RENEE TILLY EVANS-KRUEGER BRAUN
Production Supervisor Casting Speech Text & Dialect Coach BEVERLY JENKINS THE TRC COMPANY GIGI BUFFINGTON XAVIER RUBIANO, CSA
Tour Booking
Marketing and Press
Marketing Strategy & Direction Social Media THE ROAD COMPANY ALLIED GLOBAL on the RIALTO MARATHON DIGITAL STEPHEN LINDSAY MARKETING BRETT SIROTA
Production Stage Manager Production Management
Company Manager General Management EDMOND O’NEAL JUNIPER STREET ERICA NORGAARD 321 THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS MANAGEMENT
Music Supervision, Orchestration & Arrangements by JUSTIN LEVINE
Choreography by RICK KUPERMAN & JEFF KUPERMAN
Directed by DANYA TAYMOR
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CAST
Ponyboy Curtis .................................................................................................................... NOLAN WHITE
Ponyboy Curtis (at certain performances)............................. JORDAN DEANDRE WILLIAMS
Johnny Cade ............................................................................................................... BONALE FAMBRINI
Steve ........................................................................................................ BRANDON MEL BORKOWSKY
Chet ...........................................................................................................................JOHNATHAN TANNER
Trip LUKE SABRACOS
Brill JOHN MICHAEL PETERSON
Beverly ANNA BERMUDEZ
Cop ANDREW CEKALA
Ensemble SETH AJANI, CHRISTIAN ARREDONDO, ANNA BERMUDEZ, BRANDON MEL BORKOWSKY, DANTE D’ANTONIO, GINA GAGLIANO, JUSTICE MOORE, JOHN MICHAEL PETERSON, KATIE RIEDEL, LUKE SABRACOS, JOHNATHAN TANNER
SWINGS
HANNAH JENNENS, GIUSEPPE LITTLE, SEBASTIAN MARTINEZ, MEKHI PAYNE, ETHAN VAN SLYKE
UNDERSTUDIES
Standbys never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of appearance.
For Ponyboy Curtis—CHRISTIAN ARREDONDO, JORDAN DEANDRE WILLIAMS; for Johnny Cade—SETH AJANI, CHRISTIAN ARREDONDO, JAYDON NGET, JORDAN DEANDRE WILLIAMS; for Dallas Winston—SETH AJANI, JAYDON NGET, JORDAN DEANDRE WILLIAMS; for Darrel Curtis—DANTE D’ANTONIO, JACKSON REAGIN; for Sodapop Curtis—DANTE D’ANTONIO, JACKSON REAGIN; for Cherry Valance—GINA GAGLIANO, KATIE RIEDEL; for Bob/Cop—DANTE D’ANTONIO, JOHN MICHAEL PETERSON, LUKE SABRACOS; for Two-Bit—BRANDON MEL BORKOWSKY, SEBASTIAN MARTINEZ, MEKHI PAYNE; for Paul—DANTE D’ANTONIO, JOHN MICHAEL PETERSON, LUKE SABRACOS.
DANCE CAPTAINS: HANNAH JENNENS, GIUSEPPE LITTLE
FIGHT CAPTAIN: SEBASTIAN MARTINEZ
ASSISTANTFIGHT CAPTAIN: GIUSEPPE LITTLE
TIME/PLACE
Tulsa, Oklahoma 1967
THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.
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CAST
Nolan White Bonale Fambrini
Tyler Jordan Wesley
Travis Roy Rogers Corbin Drew Ross
Emma Hearn
Jaydon Nget
Andrew Cekala
Jackson Reagin
Jordan DeAndre Williams
Seth Ajani Christian Arredondo
Anna Bermudez
Brandon Borkowsky
Dante D’Antonio
Gina Gagliano
Hannah Jennens Giueseppe Little
Sebastian Martinez
Justice Moore
Mekhi Payne
John Michael Peterson
Katie Riedel
Luke Sabracos
Johnathan Tanner Ethan Van Slyke
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT I
“Tulsa ’67” Ponyboy, Johnny, Company
“Grease Got a Hold” ......................................................... Dallas, Sodapop, Two-Bit, Darrel, Greasers
“Runs in the Family” ................................................................................................................................... Darrel “Great Expectations” ......................................................................................................Ponyboy, Company “Friday at the Drive-in” ........................................................................................... Cherry, Bob, Company “I Could Talk to You All Night” Cherry, Ponyboy “Runs in the Family” (reprise) Darrel “Far Away From Tulsa” Ponyboy, Johnny, Company “Run Run Brother” Dallas, Ponyboy, Johnny, Company
ACT II
“Justice for Tulsa” Full Company “Death’s at My Door” Ponyboy, Johnny “Throwing in the Towel” Darrel, Sodapop, Ponyboy “Soda’s Letter” Sodapop, Ponyboy, Darrel “Hoods Turned Heroes” Two-Bit, Sodapop, Greasers “Hopeless War” Cherry, Ponyboy “Trouble” ......................................................................................................................... Dallas, Greasers, Socs “Little Brother” ....................................................................................................................... Dallas, Company
“Stay Gold”.............................................................................................................................. Johnny, Ponyboy Finale (“Tulsa ’67”) ...........................................................................................................Ponyboy, Company
NOLAN WHITE (Ponyboy Curtis) is thrilled to make his national tour debut with The Outsiders! A proud Nashville native, he recently completed his first year in the University of Michigan’s B.F.A. musical theater program. When not performing, Nolan enjoys playing guitar and piano and discovering new sushi/ramen spots. He’s grateful to his friends and family for their unwavering support and dedicates each performance to his grandparents, whose strength and humor inspire him every day. @nolan_m_white
BONALE FAMBRINI (Johnny Cade), a proud member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians and the Cherokee Nation, is honored to join The Outsiders Broadway: The King and I. Film: Monster High 2. Television: “Daredevil,” “Kevin Can Wait.” New York: Radio City Christmas Spectacular. With gratitude to the mentors, friends and loved ones who’ve guided his path. Proud to help bring this powerful story to life with such an extraordinary company.
TYLER JORDAN WESLEY (Dallas Winston) is a Texas State University alum from Hopkins, South Carolina. A few of his Texas State productions include Rent (Roger), Into the Woods (Jack) and Guys and Dolls (Benny Southstreet). Regional credits: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Drifter). Tyler attended the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities and was a YoungArts 2021 finalist. “I thank God, my family and my friends for supporting me to this moment!” @tylerjwesley.
TRAVIS ROY ROGERS (Darrel Curtis) is happy to be here! Born and raised in Los Angeles and a graduate of Carnegie Mellon’s School of Drama. This is his professional debut. Love and gratitude to his family, friends and agents for helping him live his dream. Soli Deo Gloria! @travisroyrogers.
CORBIN DREW ROSS (Sodapop Curtis) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut! Regional: Newsies (Oscar Delancey). TV: “And Just Like That,” “New Amsterdam.” Thanks to his incredible family and friends, his team Landsburg Management and CESD, and the Crotwells for teaching him everything he knows. Turn Tartan.
EMMA HEARN (Cherry Valance). Broadway: Diana (Diana u/s, Swing). National tour: Cats (Bombalurina). Off-Broadway: Nickel Mines. Regional: Pioneer Theatre Company, Music Theatre Wichita. Proud Texas State MT
alumna! Immense gratitude to the creative team, TRC and CGF for this opportunity. “Endless love to my family. All glory to God!” @_emmahearn_.
JAYDON NGET (Two-Bit, u/s Johnny, u/s Dallas) is ecstatic to join The Outsiders! Previous: & Juliet North American tour (Kempe/Swing, François u/s, Romeo u/s). Houston native. Proud Asian American artist. Baylor University, B.F.A. ’24. Thanks to Amy Lord (@eristalentagency). Infinite love to Mom, Pop, Lauryn, Haylie, Rachel, family and friends! IG and TikTok: @jaydonnget. jaydonnget.com.
ANDREW CEKALA (Bob/Cop) (he/him). Favorite credits include Empire Records (McCarter Theatre), Hair (Broadway Music Circus), Heart of Robin Hood and Marie Antoinette (A.R.T.), Kinky Boots (ACT of CT), Beau (MTF at Playwrights Horizons), and Pippin (Original Broadway Revival Company). He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter, with music on all streaming platforms. @andrewxrobin
JACKSON REAGIN (Paul, u/s Darrel, u/s Sodapop). National tour: Elf (Buddy). Regional: All Shook Up (Dean), Goodspeed; The Importance of Being Earnest (Jack), Encore Theatre; the U.S debut of Ragtime in Concert (Houdini) with the Cincinnati Pops. Many thanks to Henderson Hogan, TRC and The Outsiders team. Love to his family, friends and M. B.F.A. CCM. @jackson.reagin.
JORDAN DEANDRE WILLIAMS (Ponyboy at certain performances, u/s Johnny, u/s Dallas) is stoked to be making his national tour debut with The Outsiders! Regional: In the Heights, Guys and Dolls (Summer Stock Austin); A Christmas Carol (ZACH Theatre). “Endless love to all of my people and ATX! To my family above—this is for you.” @jd.mp3_.
SETH AJANI (u/s Johnny, u/s Dallas) is making his touring debut! Regional: American Players Theatre, RhinoLeap. B.F.A.: University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Glory to The Most High. @ajani.x.
CHRISTIAN ARREDONDO (u/s Ponyboy, u/s Johnny). National tour debut! Pace MT alum. “Endless thanks to my family, friends, teachers, mentors and everyone who believed in me. This one’s for y’all! Special thanks to the entire Outsiders team and TRC!” @chris_arredondo.
ANNA BERMUDEZ (Beverly, u/s Ace, u/s Marcia). Thrilled to make her national tour debut with her Tulsa fam #UniversalSwing! Broadway: The Outsiders. Other credits: Anastasia (Bucks County), West Side Story (L.A. Opera). Grateful to her mentors, family and agents at MSA. @annakbermudez.
BRANDON MEL BORKOWSKY (Steve, u/s Two-Bit) is a Brooklyn-born actor, singer, dancer and rapper. He is ecstatic to join The Outsiders family! Broadway credits: Tony Award-winning Sunset Blvd. revival. Other credits: A Little Night Music at Pasadena Playhouse. USC MT alum.
DANTE D’ANTONIO (u/s Darrel, u/s Sodapop, u/s Bob/Cop, u/s Paul). North American tour debut! Selected: Jersey Boys (Joe Pesci/Frankie Alt.), Urinetown (Bobby Strong), John Proctor… (Carter Smith), Tarrytown (Ichabod). Walnut Hill School. Penn State MT ’25. Thanks to family and friends. dantedantonio.com. @dante_dantonio.
GINA GAGLIANO (u/s Cherry, u/s Marcia) is ecstatic to be making her national tour debut! Credits: Victoria in Cats (Royal Caribbean International). She sends her gratitude to her family, friends and agents at Resolute Artists Agency. @ginaagagliano.
HANNAH JENNENS (Swing, Dance Captain, u/s Marcia, u/s Ace) is so grateful to be here! Thank you to the creative team and TRC for trusting me. Much love to Mom, Dad, Ryan and Kaia—this one’s for y’all. @hannahjennens.
GIUSEPPE LITTLE (Swing/Dance Captain/Assistant Fight Captain, u/s Steve). Immense gratitude to The Outsiders casting and creative team, and CESD. IAMT graduate. Previously: A Christmas Story national tour, Newsies (AC/DC), Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. “Endless love to the beautiful souls in my life.” @giuseppemlittle.
SEBASTIAN MARTINEZ (Swing/Fight Captain, u/s Two-Bit, u/s Steve). From Stamford, Conn. NYU Tisch dance alumni. Broadway: Sunset Boulevard. Regional: In the Heights (Muny), Newsies (TUTS).“Huge thanks to CESD, my incredible family and friends, and Josue for always pushing me to dream big.”
JUSTICE MOORE (Ace). Broadway: Hamilton, Sunset Blvd., Once Upon a One More Time. Tours: Hamilton. Live shows: Doja Cat (VMAs), Tyla (“Colbert Show”), StrayKids (YouTube Brandcast). TV/film: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Better Nate Than Ever,” “East New York.” Shenanigans: @justicemoore_.
MEKHI PAYNE (Swing, u/s Two-Bit, u/s Steve) (he/him) is making his professional debut in the first national tour of The Outsiders! Proud Omaha, Nebraska native. Currently training at The Norwalk Conservatory. Endless thanks to God, family and all who supported. @mekhiapayne.
JOHN MICHAEL PETERSON (Brill, u/s Paul, u/s Bob/Cop) manifested this one—thank you, God! Select credits: The Muny, Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed Musicals, The Old Globe, Cinderella national tour. Much love and thanks to family, friends, TRC and Anthony at Infin8 Artists. @thejohnpeterson.
KATIE RIEDEL (Marcia, u/s Cherry) is grateful to make her national tour debut and is currently a B.F.A. student at Shenandoah University. Regional: Skylar, Bring It On (The Muny). Special thanks to her professors, CESD Dance, friends and her family.
LUKE SABRACOS (Trip, u/s Bob/Cop, u/s Paul) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut! Graduate of Boston Conservatory ’23. “Love to Mom, Dad, Eleni, L+J, Rixey, Pantera/Murphy Agency, Uncle Danny, God and my entire Big Fat Greek Family.” @luke.sabracos.
JOHNATHAN TANNER (Chet). Regional: 3 Summers of Lincoln (La Jolla Playhouse), Jerry in An American in Paris, The Nutty Professor, Newsies Seven-time National Ballroom finalist. Two-time violinist Carnegie Hall. B.F.A. from BYU. Thanks to parents, CTG and God! @johnathan.tanner.
ETHAN VAN SLYKE (Swing) is very grateful to be joining The Outsiders. Broadway/Tour: Mamma Mia! Regional: Goodspeed, The MUNY, Arena Stage. Proud graduate of the University of Michigan Musical Theatre program (Class of 2024). Thank you to Mom, Dad, Conor, Logan, and toocy. @ethan.vanslyke
S.E. (SUSIE) HINTON (Author) is one of the most popular and celebrated authors of young adult fiction today. Published when she was just 18 years old, The Outsiders has sold over 15 million copies and been translated into dozens of languages, in addition to being adapted to the screen. She won the American Library Association’s Margaret Edwards Award for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature. Susie lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
ADAM RAPP (Book) is the author of numerous plays, which include Nocturne (New York Theatre Workshop), Finer Noble Gases (26th Humana Festival),
The Metal Children (The Vineyard) and Red Light Winter (Barrow Street Theatre), for which he won Chicago’s Jeff Award for Best New Work, an Obie and was named a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize. The Sound Inside received its world premiere at the 2018 Williamstown Theatre Festival and was named one of The New York Times best plays of 2018. It premiered on Broadway at Studio 54 in the fall of 2019 and went on to be nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Play. His playwriting honors include Boston’s Elliot Norton Award, The Helen Merrill Prize, The 2006 Princess Grace Statue, a Lucille Lortel Playwright’s Fellowship, The Benjamin H. Danks Award, the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation Award and a 2021 Arts and Letters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
JUSTIN LEVINE (Book, Music and Lyrics Music Supervision, Arrangements, Orchestrations). Projects include The Outsiders (three-time Tony Award nominated), Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Tony Award; Broadway, international), Here Lies Love (Broadway, The Public Theater, National Theatre, Seattle Rep, Mass MoCA), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Delacorte, Drama Desk nom.), Met Gala, Vevo x Lorde: Melodrama (conceived by Lorde, Electric Lady Studios), Contemporary Color (conceived by David Byrne; Barclays Center), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (The Public Theater, Broadway), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Delacorte), The Robber Bridegroom (with Martin Lowe, Roundabout) and Murder Ballad (Manhattan Theatre Club). @justinlevine.
JAMESTOWN REVIVAL (Music and Lyrics). Nominated for two Tony Awards and a Grammy Award for their score and orchestration work on The Outsiders musical, Jamestown Revival has performed at iconic music festivals, including ACL, Coachella and Lollapalooza, and alongside the likes of The Avett Brothers, Brandi Carlile and Willie Nelson. They’ve released four critically acclaimed albums (Utah, The Education of a Wandering Man, San Isabel, Young Man) and two equally praised EPs (A Field Guide to Loneliness, Fireside with Louis L’Amour).
DANYA TAYMOR (Director) is a Tony- and Obie award-winning director. Recent direction on Broadway includes The Outsiders (Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Director), John Proctor Is the Villain (Tony nomination, Drama Desk and OCC awards) and Pass Over. Off-Broadway/ international: Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Playwrights Horizons, Callaway and Obie awards), Evanston Salt Costs Climbing (New Group), Trophy Boys (MCC), Jonah (Roundabout), Endgame (Gate Theatre Dublin) and “Daddy” (Almeida, London and New Group/Vineyard). Her production of Pass Over was filmed in collaboration with Spike Lee, premiered at the Sundance Film
Festival and is streaming on Amazon Prime. B.A.: Duke University. Teenagers are for real.
RICK KUPERMAN & JEFF KUPERMAN (Choreography). Broadway choreography: The Outsiders (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC and Chita Rivera award nominations), The Last Five Years. Also: Emursive’s Life & Trust (as co-directors and choreographers), Alice by Heart (MCC; Lortel, Chita Rivera and Callaway awards for Outstanding Choreography), Cyrano (with Peter Dinklage, Goodspeed/The New Group), Alien/Nation (Williamstown), Phish at MSG, The Count of Monte Cristo (St. Petersburg, Russia), Peter Pan (Beijing, China), The Light Princess (ART/New Victory; NYT Critics’ Pick). Film: Dicks: The Musical (A24), Silent Retreat (Miramax). TV: “Living with Yourself” (Netflix). Other theater as directors: Roll! (Ars Nova), Dispossessed (HERE), Smile (FringeNYC). B.A.s: Harvard and Princeton. kupermanbrothers.com.
AMP FEAT. TATIANA KAHVEGIAN (Scenography). Tony-nominated collective founded by Brett J. Banakis and Christine Jones to amplify emerging and underrepresented designers by engaging in equitable collaborations. The Outsiders features Brazilian-Armenian designer Tatiana Kahvegian. As AMP: The Outsiders (Tony nom.), John Proctor Is the Villain, Hamlet Hail to the Thief. As Jones/Banakis: The Cher Show, Harry Potter (Tony, Olivier Awards).
SARAFINA BUSH (Costume Design). Broadway: The Outsiders, The Who’s Tommy, How to Dance in Ohio, For Colored Girls… (Tony Award nominee), Pass Over. Selected regional: The Heart (La Jolla), A Wrinkle in Time (Arena Stage), The Preacher’s Wife (Alliance Theatre), Peter Pan (tour). Education: B.A., Adelphi University.
BRIAN MACDEVITT (Lighting Design). Six Tonys, including The Outsiders, The Book of Mormon, Into the Woods. Dance: Joffrey ABT, Tere O’Connor Dance, Merce Cunningham, Lar Lubovitch. Metropolitan Opera: The Enchanted Island, Doctor Atomic Director: Between Riverside and Crazy (DC), Proof (NY) and Spring Awakening at UMD.
CODY SPENCER (Sound Design). Select credits Broadway: The Last Five Years, Romeo and Juliet, Job, The Outsiders (Tony Award). Co-design Broadway: Gutenberg! The Musical!, Here Lies Love, The Pee-wee Herman Show. Off-Broadway: Energy Music Curfew Hour, Broadway Bounty Hunter. OffBroadway co-design: Trevor, Here Lies Love (Lortel Award). Regional: David Byrne’s Theater of the Mind.
HANA S. KIM (Projection Design) (she/ her). Broadway: The Outsiders, Redwood, Real Women Have Curves, The Old Man and the Pool, Summer 1976. Off-Broadway: Sumo, The Harder They Come, Eve’s Song. New music/opera: L’Orfeo, Sweet Land, The Anonymous Lover. Awards: Tony Awards,
Princess Grace Award, Sherwood Award from CTG among others. hananow.com.
JEREMY CHERNICK & LILLIS MEEH (Special Effects Design) have collaborated since 2012 on a myriad of projects spanning the globe. On Broadway: The Outsiders, Macbeth, Oklahoma!, Gary, American Psycho, King Lear. Off-Broadway/regional: Jane Anger, Guards of the Taj, Let the Right One In (National Theatre of Scotland). Together, they make memorable messes.
ALBERTO “ALBEE” ALVARADO (Hair & Wig Design). A Queer Mexican Californian and dog dad to Yeobo. Broadway: The Outsiders. Off-Broadway: Sumo (Drama Desk nomination). Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage, Pasadena Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, SD Opera, Seagle Music Colony. Daniel, familia and amigos, Gracias for your unwavering support. “Here to amplify underrepresented voices; Representation matters.” IG: @saboralbee.
TISHONNA FERGUSON (Makeup Design). Broadway: The Outsiders (designer), Beetlejuice (MU sup.), The Lion King (MU artist). Tours: Beetlejuice (assoc. designer), Wicked (MU sup.). Former Professor of Makeup Design at Pace University. Tish is passionate about storytelling and making space on Broadway for people who look like her.
TAYLOR BENSE (Sound Effects Specialist) is a composer and sound designer for TV, film and theater. Credits: Sound effects specialist for The Outsiders (Broadway), composer and music director of Life & Trust (Off-Broadway).
JACK VIERTEL (Creative Consultant). Three decades as creative director/senior VP of Jujamcyn Theaters, developing projects for the company; two decades as artistic director of NY City Center Encores!; conceiver: Smokey Joe’s Café, After Midnight, The Prom; dramaturg: Hairspray, Dear Evan Hansen, A Christmas Story. Author of The Secret Life of the American Musical
MATT HINKLEY (Music Supervisor, Co-Orchestrator). For The Outsiders: Music director (Broadway), co-orchestrator (Tony nom.), co-producer cast recording (Grammy nom.). Other Broadway: Days of Wine and Roses, SpongeBob, Bandstand, Finding Neverland, Violet, First Date, Godspell. Notable: Chess (Kennedy Center), Water for Elephants (Alliance), Camelot (Bay Street), Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center. Collaborative highlights: Sutton Foster, Caissie Levy. Love to Kym and Madeline.
REMY KURS (Music Director). Credits include music supervision and arrangements for Lempicka (Broadway and La Jolla), We’re Gonna Die (Second Stage), Witness Uganda (Wallis and ART), Invisible Thread (Second Stage). As music director: A Christmas Carol (first national tour), The Book of Mormon (first national tour), Ride
the Cyclone (MCC). As music producer: OBCR of Lempicka and Witness Uganda (Sony Masterworks)
KRISTY NORTER (Music Coordinator). Credits include The Outsiders, Merrily We Roll Along, Death Becomes Her, Some Like It Hot, Cabaret, Hell’s Kitchen, Suffs, Water for Elephants, Six, Queen of Versailles and Back to the Future
RANDY COHEN KEYBOARDS (Keyboard Programmer) has programmed over 100 Broadway shows, including Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, In the Heights and Kinky Boots. TV includes “Sesame Street.” Thanks to Sam, Nick, Tim and Drew.
ENRICO DE TRIZIO (Ableton Programmer). Italian-made and NYC-based, awardwinning composer, music producer and electronic music designer whose genrebending work spans global stages—from Havana to China to Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen, The Outsiders, Hell’s Kitchen, The Who’s Tommy and Death Becomes Her
MIRANDA CORNELL (Associate & Resident Director). Upcoming directing: Indian Princesses (Atlantic/Rattlestick). Previous: La Jolla Playhouse, Stages Houston. Fellowships: Van Lier Fellow at A4, Roundabout Directors Group, 2050 Artistic Fellow at NYTW, Clubbed Thumb. B.A.: Vassar College. mirandacornell.com.
AUTUMN ANGELETTIE (Associate Director). Recent direction: Covenant (Theater Alliance, Helen Hayes nomination, Outstanding Director—Hayes). As associate (selected): John Proctor Is the Villain (Broadway), Home (Broadway), Jonah (Roundabout).
B.F.A.: the illustrious Howard University.
KRISTEN CARCONE (Associate Choreographer). NYC-based director and choreographer. Broadway: The Outsiders, The Last Five Years. Other credits: Tate McRae’s Seven, Urinetown (NYCC), Cyrano (The New Group), Life & Trust (Emursive), Alice by Heart (MCC), Then She Fell. For you, Daddio. @kristencarcone.
NANCY RENEE BRAUN (Choreography Supervisor). Broadway: The Outsiders, Moulin Rouge!, Gutenberg! The Musical!, Beetlejuice, Gypsy, Elf. Off-Broadway/ regional favs: The Comedy of Errors, Kowalski, …Spelling Bee. TV/film favs: “The Gilded Age,” “Only Murders in the Building.” Northwestern University.@nancyreneebraun.
GIGI BUFFINGTON (Speech Text and Dialect Coach). John Proctor Is the Villain; Good Night, and Good Luck; Stereophonic; Between Riverside and Crazy; Cost of Living; Prayer For the French Republic; The Minutes; Clyde’s; Slave Play; Pass Over; Linda Vista; Royal Shakespeare Company; arts professor, Tisch, NYU.
BEVERLY JENKINS (Production Supervisor). Recipient Tony Honors for Excellence in Theater. Supervisor for national tours of The Wiz, Summer: The Donna Summer
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Musical, A Bronx Tale. Over 30 years on Broadway, over 30 productions. Mom. Wife. Howard grad. Life is good. Avid!
EDMOND O’NEAL (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Gypsy, Hadestown National tours: Ain’t Too Proud. Regional credits: CTG, A.C.T., WTF. Workshops: The Wrong Man, The Outsiders and Pal Joey Other: Broadway & Beyond and BTU. Education: Yale School of Drama and the University of Central Florida.
TRAVIS BLACKWELL (Stage Manager). Tours: Hamilton (North America, Asia, Australia, Middle East), A Beautiful Noise, The Bodyguard, The Color Purple. NYC/ regional: St. Ann’s, BAM, Park Avenue Armory, Weston Playhouse, Glimmerglass. B.F.A.: Memphis. MFA: CCM. Love to Joshua. For Jim. smtravis.com.
COLYN W. FIENDEL (Stage Manager). Broadway: The Outsiders, A Wonderful World, A Beautiful Noise, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, Disney’s The Lion King, Dear Evan Hansen, Disney’s Frozen, To Kill a Mockingbird, Bandstand. Tour: The King and I (LCT), Joseph…Dreamcoat. Love to Johnny, Jackson, parents and sister.
JULIA FORMANEK (Assistant Stage Manager). Regional: Nobody Loves You, A Strange Loop, Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical (American Conservatory Theater); Mexodus, Cambodian Rock Band, Let the Right One In, Goddess (Berkeley Repertory Theatre). “Much love to Matt and my family for their support.”
THE TRC COMPANY (Casting). Broadway: Dead Outlaw, BOOP!, Sondheim’s Old Friends, Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, Left on Tenth, The Outsiders, Six, Aladdin. Tours: The Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast, Water for Elephants, The Wiz, Back to the Future, Les Misérables
ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING (Tour Marketing and Press) is an integrated agency working with the world’s largest entertainment, consumer, and lifestyle brands, including 90+ Broadway shows over three decades. Current tours: Back to the Future, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, The Great Gatsby, Hadestown, Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia!, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Notebook, Riverdance, Some Like It Hot, Suffs. Upcoming tours: Dirty Dancing; Elf; Just in Time; Mystic Pizza; Oh, Mary!; Operation Mincemeat; Waitress.
THE ROAD COMPANY (Tour Booking). Founded in 1997 by Stephen Lindsay and Brett Sirota. In addition to The Outsiders, current representation includes Wicked, The Sound of Music, Death Becomes Her, The Great Gatsby, Dirty Dancing, Heathers The Musical, Back to the Future, Kimberly Akimbo, Beetlejuice, Moulin Rouge! The Musical and more.
JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS
(Production Management) is proud to be a part of this Tony Award-winning production. JSP was formed in 1998 and has managed more than 120 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national tours. Other select Tony Award-winning productions include Stereophonic, Kimberly Akimbo, Parade, Topdog/Underdog, A Strange Loop, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Moulin Rouge!, The Band’s Visit, Come From Away, Fun Home, Memphis, Grey Gardens and The Producers. juniperstreet.com.
321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT (General Manager). Wicked; Purpose; The Outsiders; Kimberly Akimbo; Suzan-Lori Park’s Topdog/ Underdog; A Strange Loop; Fun Home; Gutenberg! The Musical!; Is this a Room/ Dana H.; What the Constitution Means to Me; The SpongeBob Musical; War Paint; Oh, Hello!; Fully Committed; If/Then; Peter and the Starcatcher; Bring it On; Sister Act; Traces; Next to Normal; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; The Vagina Monologues; Man of La Mancha; The Graduate; I Love You, You’re Perfect…; and Bat Boy
THE ARACA GROUP (Producer). Founded in 1997 by partners Matthew Rego, Michael Rego and Hank Unger, Araca is a theatrical production and merchandise company. araca.com.
AMERICAN ZOETROPE (Producer). In 1969, Francis Ford Coppola founded American Zoetrope in San Francisco as an independent and director-focused filmmaking company. Well-regarded for championing talent and pioneering emerging film technologies, American Zoetrope films have received 16 Academy Awards and 70 nominations. Roman Coppola, President; Michael Musante, Producer; Fred Roos, Producer; Jenny Gersten, Producer.
OLYMPUS THEATRICALS (Producer) is a New York-based theater company that focuses on developing and producing commercial theater projects. Established in 2007, Olympus pursues new works, adaptations and revivals in both New York and London. Having produced and invested in over 80 productions, Olympus Theatricals is committed to supporting the next generation of theater makers.
SUE GILAD & LARRY ROGOWSKY (Producer) shows have been honored with a Grammy and 22 Tony Awards. Broadway: Moulin Rouge!, The Outsiders, Buena Vista Social Club, Merrily…, Angels in America, Company. International: Burlesque, Purple Rain, When Elvis Met the Beatles. They founded the In Fine Company Broadway Fund and are frequent speakers worldwide, advocating for theater’s power to inspire and transform. infinecompany.com.
ANGELINA JOLIE (Producer) is an actress, filmmaker and humanitarian. The recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and three Golden Globe
Awards, her film producing credits include Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, First They Killed My Father, Maleficent, Unbroken, In the Land of Blood and Honey. Angelina is thrilled to be working on her first theatrical producing venture alongside her daughter, Vivienne, who is a supporter of the arts.
BETSY DOLLINGER (Co-Producer) Tony Award-winning producer and marketing consultant. Some favorites: Jagged Little Pill, Waitress, Wicked. bdproductionsnyc.com.
JONATHAN & MICHELLE CLAY
(Co-Producer). Shooting their shot since 2008. Proud parents of their own little Pony and Soda. Stay gold.
CRISTINA MARIE VIVENZIO (Co-Producer). SVP, Production and Development at Araca. Endless love and gratitude to the Vivenzio and O’Neill families.
THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION
(Co-Producer). Broadway’s largest theater owner and producer of hundreds of shows, including several new productions this season.
LACHANZE & MARYLEE FAIRBANKS
(Co-Producer) Producers of Stages Podcast, The Outsiders and Kimberly Akimbo
DEBRA MARTIN CHASE (Co-Producer) is a four-time Tony-winning and three-time Emmy-nominated producer of film, television and theater.
SONY MUSIC MASTERWORKS
(Co-Producer). Global entertainment company of recorded music and live experiences: Gatsby, Stereophonic, Back to the Future.
JAMESTOWN REVIVAL THEATER
(Co-Producer). Known colloquially as “The Architect & The Healer.” Longtime friends turned bandmates.
JENNIFER ALLAN SOROS (Co-Producer). Sky-Way Productions/S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders is a cornerstone of a lifelong passion for fiction.
TANNINGER ENTERTAINMENT
(Co-Producer). Tulsa is home for Jay Krottinger, Ryan Jude Tanner, Patricia Chernicky. tanningerentertainment.com and Evan McGill Productions.
TAMLYN BROOKE SHUSTERMAN
(Co-Producer) College Audition advisor, @collegeboundauditionprep, former Broadway performer/Rockette. Yvonne Yang Spencer (co-pro partner); @mimimedcessories.
MISTRY THEATRICAL VENTURES
(Co-Producer). An Ann Arbor-based venture celebrating the theatrical arts, they’re honored to help bring The Outsiders beyond Broadway!
GALT & IRVIN PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). An award-winning native Oklahoma-Texas duo, bringing authentic stories to life.
TULSA CLARKS (Co-Producer). With Tulsa roots and shared passion for storytelling, Carrie and Scott share The Outsiders far and wide.
PAUL & MARGARET LILJENQUIST
(Co-Producer) love chasing thrills with their seven kids. Inspired by their daughter Kate, their newest adventure is Broadway starting with The Outsiders!
BOB & CLAIRE PATTERSON (Co-Producer). Rocky River friends of the Rego Family. Proud supporters of the extraordinary musical, The Outsiders
VOLTRON GLOBAL MEDIA (Co-Producer). Founders, Steve Greenberg and Mike Fowler, fusing arts with strategic investments. Pioneers in shaping film, TV and technology.
JAMES L. NEDERLANDER (Co-Producer). President of Nederlander Organization. Mr. Saturday Night starring Billy Crystal, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, The Lehman Trilogy.
WARNER BROS. THEATRE VENTURES (Co-Producer). Beetlejuice; Good Night, and Good Luck; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; Elf. Upcoming: The Lost Boys; Dog Day Afternoon.
THE JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION (Co-Producer) companies include Broadway Across America and Broadway.com, led by 25-time Tony-winning producer John Gore.
INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORK (Co-Producer). Consortium of leading presenters of touring Broadway in U.S., U.K. and Asia
STEPHEN LINDSAY & BRETT SIROTA (Co-Producer). Tour booking: Wicked, Death Becomes Her and many more. Producing: SpongeBob SquarePants, Oklahoma! and more.
JEFFREY FINN (Co-Producer). Two-time Tony winner, having produced over 20 Broadway shows, and thrilled to be a part of The Outsiders.
PLAYHOUSE SQUARE (Co-Producer). Based in Cleveland, Ohio, they’re Broadway’s largest touring destination and one of the world’s largest theater districts.
ASR PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer) includes The Outsiders’ Tony-winning co-producers Lisa Alexander-Taylor, Jay and Mary Sullivan and Kevin Ryan.
INDELIBLE INK (Co-Producer). Hari Dhillon (actor/investor), Jenifer Evans (entrepreneur/ producer) met during Disgraced 2015: specialised alternative investments.
LIONHEART PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Theater lover, producer and supporter of the arts. Best of luck to the cast and crew!
THE BROADWAY INVESTOR’S CLUB (Co-Producer). Founded by Tony Awardwinning producers Jason, Kira and Shaina Turchin. More info: investingbroadway.com. @investingbroadway.
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STARHAWK PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Wendy Gillespie and Karen Tanz, bringing stories to light, cultivating imagination and empathy. starhawk.pro.
GTR PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Geffen Playhouse, Howard Tenenbaum: Tony winner, The Outsiders, Linda B. Rubin: eight-time Tony winner, Stereophonic
GREEN LEAF PARTNERSHIP (Co-Producer). Grateful to be part of this special production! Wishing love and success to all involved.
MICHAEL & ELIZABETH VENUTI (Co-Producer). Thrilled to share their love for The Outsiders with audiences across the country.
LESLIE KAVANUAGH (Co-Producer). West to East Productions. UK: Burlesque. NY: Sweeney Todd, Drift the Play, The Outsiders. On to Tulsa!
DEBORAH & DAVE SMITH (Co-Producer). Thrilled for their Broadway co-producing debut with this beloved story and heartexpanding production!
BELLE PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Partnership between Tony Award-winning producers (thanks to The Outsiders!). Betsy Dollinger and Ellie Hurwitz.
CHAS & JEN GROSSMAN (Co-Producer) are thrilled to continue supporting the team at The Araca Group!
RUNGNAPA & JIM TEAGUE (Co-Producer). Jim is the grandfather of Jonathan Clay, one of the three who wrote The Outsiders score.
MICHAEL & MOLLY SCHROEDER (Co-Producer). Along with Roundstone Insurance, proudly support The Araca Group and The Outsiders team.
CASEY & CHELSEA BAUGH (Co-Producer). Supporting The Outsiders has been a thrill! The Baugh family are fans for life!
JIM & EMILY FLAUTT (Co-Producer). Jonathan, Zach, Justin and team: “Thank you for inviting us into the fold. Stay gold.”
JON L. MORRIS (Co-Producer). Dad, partner, developer. Curious, creative, quirky. Proud of the friends who wrote this remarkable musical.
BECKY WINKLER (Co-Producer). Underdog champion and arts supporter. Queen-city based entrepreneur and investor. Daughter, partner, sister, friend.
WILLIAM MORAN HICKEY JR. & WILLIAM MORAN HICKEY III (Co-Producer). Lauren, Will, Mary Margaret and Bill Hickey thank the entire Outsiders team. Stay gold!
MELISSA CHAMBERLAIN & MICHAEL McCARTNEY (Co-Producer). Tony Awardwinning Broadway and West End producers, they’re thrilled to support The Outsiders tour.
WAVELENGTH PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Led by founder and CEO Jenifer Westphal, Wavelength is the Emmy and Tony-winning studio behind The Outsiders.
ROB O’NEILL & SHANE SNOW (Co-Producer). The Outsiders (Tony Award). Global influencers, speakers whose clients include Showrunner, Wired, GQ, Paramount, Warner Brothers, Disney.
ERIC STINE (Co-Producer). Tony Award: The Outsiders. Nomination: Buena Vista Social Club. Love to Neil, Nicholas and Noelle.
RACHEL WEINSTEIN (Co-Producer). Three-time Tony Award-winning producer with decades of theater management in NYC, Chicago and London.
CORNICE PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Eric Cornell and Jack Sennott are Tony Award-winning producers. Upcoming: Anne of Green Gables. @aoggmusical.
LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE (Co-Producer). The Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse is a place where artists and audiences come together to create what’s new and next in the American theater. Internationally renowned for the development of new plays and musicals, the Playhouse has mounted 120 world premieres, commissioned over 70 new works and sent 37 productions to Broadway. lajollaplayhouse.org.
STAFF FOR THE OUTSIDERS
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
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Nina Essman Marcia Goldberg
Rachel Kaufman Amy Merlino Coey
GENERAL MANAGER/DIRECTOR OF TOURING Ken Silverman
COMPANY MANAGER
Erica Norgaard
ASSOCIATE COMPANY MANAGER Liam Millward
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS
Hillary Blanken Guy Kwan Kara Kennedy
Ana Rose Greene Victoria Bullard Ross Leonard Sadie
Social Media Marathon Digital/ Mike Karns, Melanie Pateiro, Chad Burris, Beverly Batzel, Taylor Merced, Polly Hilton
Program Cover Artwork
Human Resources
Marketing Coordinator
Educational Consultant
Broadway Company Manager
321 Theatrical Finance Director
321 Theatrical Investor Relations
321 Theatrical Founding Partner
Andy Henderson
K+K Reset LLC/ Kiah Jones, Karen Robinson
Rose Sullivan
Rachel Weinstein
Michael Altbaum
KeriAnne Murphy
Rebecca Peterson
Nancy Gibbs
American Zoetrope Staff Gordon Wang, James Mackoski, Mike Zakin
Olympus Theatricals Dean Vanech, Elizabeth Timperman, Kirsten Berkman, Christopher Bodell, Kacey Gritters, Nick Vanech outsidersmusical.com @outsidersmusical
SPECIAL THANKS
Holly Frederick, Tulsa Office of Film, Music, Arts & Culture. George Kaiser Family Foundation
As the national sponsor of The Stay Gold Project, SONIC is proud to give students across the country the chance to experience The Outsiders. Powered by the SONIC® Foundation, SONIC donates a portion of proceeds from every Drink, Slush, Shake and Blast purchase back to local schools.
CREDITS
Scenery and scenic effects built, painted and automated by Empire Technical Fabrication, Wayne, NJ. Lighting, Audio & Video equipment from PRG Broadway. Video System Design & Support provided by Disco Pixel Productions. Special effects equipment by J&M Special Effects. Soft goods by Props by Prop & Paint Creative Studio LLC, Rob McFayden, BB Props, Susan Barras, J.P. Carrier. Costumes by Mindy L’Amour, Brooks-Masline, Siam Costumes and Tess Mattraw. Costume embroidery by Veronika Carmichael & Amy Micallef. Painting & Distressing by Hochi Asiatico and Mieka van der Ploeg. Fabric Printing by InVogue Studios NYC. Alterations by The Outsiders Broadway Wardrobe Team.Show curtain projection art inspired by Richard M. Powers. Asset clearance and licensing by Janet Billig Rich and Lisa Moberly for Loudspeaker Music Group. Cool Hand Luke footage licensed by Warner Bros.Entertainment, Inc. The Outsiders was rehearsed at Open Jar Studios.
The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.
Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).
United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.
The Press Agents and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.
The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians.
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J. Kenneth Anthony Kendall Booher Maddy Cohen
Theresa Cooper Katherine Engel
Marissa Gonzales Jason Haft Jovan Kala Hannah
Jen Harris Matthew Krawiec Jaide Malone
Michael Manasseh Logan Craig McDonald Marjorie Murillo
Insha Noorani Allen Porterie Emily Powell
Steve Quinn Jenelle Russell Justin Scholl
Roseanna Sharrow Viraj Shriwardhankar
Spencer Smith Emmy Steele Abi Steinberg
Emily Witham Jasmine Zang
This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.
Accountant
WithumSmith+Brown/ Robert Fried, Karen Kowgios, Scott Bartolf, Anthony Moore, Lara Waldner, CPAs
Banking City National Bank
Payroll Service Checks & Balances
Insurance DeWitt Stern/Peter Shoemaker
Production Photographer
Physical Therapy
Matthew Murphy
Neurosport Physical Therapy/ Victoria Banner, PT, DPT
ASL Team ...................... Elbert Joseph, Alyse Clinton, Jessica Palmariello, Adrian Walker
Audio Description Laura Pailler
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The Mugar Family
General Manager ............................ Margaret Doyle
Director of Operations
Darlene Catalfamo
Box Office Manager Robert Foley
Box Office Assistant David Zimmerle
Facilities Manager. Wagner Oliveira
Audience Services Manager Rachel Jensen
Audience Services
Representatives ............ Amanda Barnett, Molly Bercutt, Laura Marie Cancro, Perris Fisher, Alyssa Gallarelli, Christian Kelly, Christina Listro, Daniel Rateau, Caryn Sowa, Reagan White, Oliver Worner, Lauren Zablocki
Director of Production Michael Marchetti
Production Manager Aisling Mehigan
Carpenter James McEvoy III
Prop Master
David Colantuoni
Flyman .......................................... Michael Higgins
Electrician ....................................... Mark Donovan
Production Coordinator .................. Claudia Bennett
Assistant Props.................................... Mike Keogh
Wardrobe Supervisor Carol Colantuoni
Hair Supervisor Victoria Porter
Chief Usher Cheryl Farrell-Koyon
Assistant Chief Ushers Ian Carlson, Andrea Nastri
Sodexo Live! Concessions
Managers ............... Stephen Whalen, Sean O’Dwyer
ABOUT THE THEATER
Welcome to New England’s premier performing arts theater, the Citizens Opera House. As you settle in to enjoy the show, take a few moments to appreciate the splendid design and craftsmanship surrounding you. The exceptional beauty of the theater is rooted in its equally exceptional history. The Citizens Opera House (originally known as the B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre) is one of the finest examples of the vaudeville circuit palace at the pinnacle of its development. Designed in a combination of French and Italian styles by Thomas White Lamb, one of the foremost theater architects of his day, it was erected under the close personal supervision of Edward Franklin Albee (1857–1930 and great-grandfather of the playwright of the same name) to memorialize his late partner, Benjamin Franklin Keith (1846–1914). Because it was constructed as a memorial and tribute to vaudeville’s greatest impresario, it was built with a degree of luxury in its appointments that is almost unrivalled.
When the theater opened on October 29, 1928, the opening was attended by many theatrical luminaries, among them George M. Cohan and Al Jolson. Former Mayor James Michael Curley was also a guest of honor. The Radio-Keith-Orpheum organization which by that time owned the theater was represented by the host of that great occasion, R. K. O. Board Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy.
The theater presented vaudeville for only a year before featuring first-run films for the ensuing decades. In 1965 Sack Theatres purchased the B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre from R. K. O. The new owners refurbished the building, making great efforts to restore its opulent beauty, and renamed it the Savoy Theatre. In 1978 the theater was bought by the Opera Company of Boston. The name of the theater was then changed from Savoy to the Boston Opera House.
Under the direction of the renowned opera impresario Sarah Caldwell, the Boston Opera
House hosted some of the most acclaimed stagings of opera performances in the modern era. Unfortunately, the costs of maintaining the theater outstripped the ability of the Company to keep up. As tax and utility bills went unpaid, the theater began to suffer deterioration. The Company closed the theater in 1991 and the deterioration accelerated at a sad and alarming rate. In 1995, the Boston Opera House was placed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 11 Most Endangered Buildings list.
Under the subsequent ownership of Clear Channel Communications, and with the assistance of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, the necessary building permits were issued in late 2002 and work to completely renovate and restore the Citizens Opera House commenced. In order to accommodate the needs of large Broadway touring productions, the old stagehouse and attached dressing rooms were completely demolished to make way for a larger, state-of-the-art stagehouse and new dressing rooms. Meanwhile, everything between the proscenium wall of the stage and the Washington Street facade was carefully restored. A rare assembly of old-world craftsmanship and highlyskilled trades went to work restoring sculptural plaster, gold leaf finishes, Carrara marble, paintings and tapestries, grand staircases, chandeliers, walnut and oak paneling. The total cost of the restoration exceeded $50 million.
In September 2009, the Citizens Opera House officially entered yet another phase in its storied history. Local businessmen Don Law and David Mugar joined forces to purchase the Citizens Opera House from Live Nation, returning the theater to local ownership for the first time in decades. The same month, Boston Ballet launched its first full season with the Citizens Opera House as its new home, and Broadway In Boston continues to present the best of touring Broadway on this storied stage.
CITIZENS OPERA HOUSE EXIT PLANS
Citizens Bank Opera House Exit Plans
For your own safety, please take a moment to view the exits for each floor.
STAGE
A LIFE OF BEAUTY
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