Boston Emerson Colonial Theatre, Suffs, March 2026
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Maya Keleher (Alice Paul) and company in the first national touring company of Suffs
Photo by Joan Marcus, 2025
Welcome to the Emerson Colonial Theatre and Suffs. We’re thrilled to have you join us for this production that dives into the grit and determination of the trailblazing women who fought for a voice, a vote, and a more equitable future. It’s a story rooted in history, but its themes of courage, persistence, and collective action continue to resonate today. We’re so proud to share this incredible production with all of you here in Boston. Next on stage is The Outsiders, a new musical that reimagines the iconic story of identity, loyalty, and belonging. This production brings the world of the Greasers and the Socs to life with high energy and resonant emotion, offering a fresh theatrical take on the beloved classic. We hope you’ll join us!
To learn more about upcoming shows and events, including our exciting 2026/2027 Lexus Broadway in Boston season, be sure to visit our website BroadwayInBoston.com. You’ll have the opportunity to experience 11 incredible productions (including Wicked, Death Becomes Her, Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen, and The Phantom of the Opera, just to name a few)!
To our title sponsor Lexus, thank you for your support bringing the best of Broadway here to Boston, as well as Point32Health, The Godfrey Hotel, and Citizens. And thank you to our loyal subscribers and local Broadway fans. Your support makes it possible to bring incredible stories like Suffs to our stages. Enjoy the show,
Tivon Marcus Vice President Broadway In Boston
DIRECTOR LEIGH SILVERMAN ON SUFFS, SISTERHOOD AND FINISHING THE FIGHT
STORY BY Hayley Levitt
Few things are more agonizing than the lethargy of progress. Shaina Taub’s musical Suffs theatricalizes just the last seven years of the fight for the 19th Amendment, and even without the context of the 65 years of fighting that came before the show’s hero Alice Paul took up the suffrage mantle, audiences can feel the arguments for keeping a cool head wear thin. Director Leigh Silverman has lived with this story and its clashing factions of forbearing diplomats and obstinate bulldozers for nearly a decade, all the while pushing ahead in her own patience-testing march. That is, building a brand-new musical—one with the audacity to have Broadway aspirations while being about women, by women and performed by an entirely female and nonbinary cast.
Silverman’s work on Suffs has earned her a Tony nomination—her second in a densely packed career that rarely accommodates moments of pause. “I will say, it feels sweet to be recognized,” she acknowledges, knowing full well her vocation as the creative support for new works and their writers leaves her contributions largely hidden—“very much my own design,” she adds. It’s a burst of personal validation for sure, something a life in the theater isn’t quick to offer. But given the company in which she finds herself on this year’s Tony roster, it’s also proof of Suffs’ own optimistic credo. The one that promises that progress is happening, even when everything feels painfully still.
“In 2006, I was the seventh woman to ever direct a Broadway play.” Silverman repeats: “In 2006. The seventh woman.”
The play was Lisa Kron’s comic drama Well, which she also directed at the Public Theater in 2004, her off-Broadway debut. Eighteen years and nearly 40 New York directing credits later, the landscape is notably different. “There are seven women nominated this year for Tonys,” she says. Her ear for narrative beats can’t resist the poetic symmetry. “I just think that feels significant,” Silverman says. “It feels to me that women directors are taken more seriously and we’re not such an anomaly.”
Silverman clearly remembers her first Tony season. It was exactly 10 years ago when she was nominated for directing a revival of Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley’s musical Violet, starring Sutton Foster, which she initially mounted unassumingly as a one-night concert at New York City Center—part of the debut season of Encores! Off-Center. “I had not really ever directed musicals before Violet,” she explains. “To be nominated in that moment was such a surprise and it was so incredible. I cared about that show so much.” Silverman was also the only woman in both directing categories—a nice coup for her, but one that had some unintended consequences. “All people really asked me about was what I was going to wear,” she remembers. “It was a very strange, lonely experience.”
It’s rare to hear Silverman describe anything having to do with the theater as “lonely.” She’s a creature of collaboration who identifies her relationships with writers as her “only measure for success as a director of new work.” Silverman finds creative partners like a heat-seeking missile, clocking every opportunity to build something new with artists as passionate as she is. Her match with Taub happened right after the 2014 opening of Violet when Suffs producer Rachel Sussman took her to one of the singer-songwriter’s Joe’s Pub concerts. “I was like, well, I want to work on a musical with her—now that I’m a musical director!”
After that, it was workshop after workshop, learning with Taub how to shape and distill a story that was being tossed around by the politics of the day. They finally got their world premiere in spring 2022 at the Public Theater, a mid-pandemic production that was too stop-and-start to be what they wanted. “I don’t think anyone felt like they could do their best work,” Silverman states frankly, recounting supply chain issues and a wave of COVID running through the cast during their third week of previews. “We canceled our whole opening week, we lost our whole third extension to COVID. It had this feeling of almost not really happening.” The next three workshops were done without a guarantee of any future life. “There are plenty of times where people take leaps and it doesn’t work out,” says Silverman—a lesson a few decades in the theater teaches you. Then again, she says, there are the times, like with Suffs, when “circumstances all come together where it feels like you’re flying.” But it’s the power of the collective that stands out in Silverman’s mind. “You can feel the company’s enthusiasm for telling the story, their love for each other,” she says. “They believe in it, and they believe in what we’ve all made together.”
PLAYWRIGHT
ADAM RAPP ON BUILDING A WORLD OF EXTREMES FOR THE OUTSIDERS
STORY BY Kathy Henderson
The Outsiders was published in 1967, the year before Adam Rapp was born, but he vividly remembers devouring S.E. Hinton’s now-classic YA novel in his dorm room at military school. The tale of the orphaned Curtis brothers and their “Greaser” friends, narrated by 14-year-old Ponyboy, struck a nerve with Rapp, the eldest child of a working-class single mother. Almost four decades after he first encountered the novel, this prolific playwright, novelist, screenwriter and director made his Broadway debut as a musical book writer (with Justin Levine) in an exhilarating adaptation of The Outsiders
Known for his fondness for dark material and disaffected characters, Rapp is charmingly cheerful on the topic of his new show, which has been in the works for almost a decade. It helps that his first Broadway production, the 2019 drama The Sound Inside, received six Tony nominations, including Best Play, and his latest novel, Wolf at the Table, was published to glowing reviews. As for how he and his baby brother, Anthony, ended up in the top ranks of New York theater, Rapp says simply, “I have no idea.”
You are the ultimate multi-hyphenate writer and director. How does it feel to add musical theater book writer to the list?
It’s a shock, honestly. I was a novelist who became a playwright who fell in love with theater and started directing plays. I had no musical theater training and I’ve never been a performer, so when I was approached about this, I thought, “Wow, they must be confusing me with somebody else.” Then I heard two songs that [Jonathan Clay and Zach Chapman of] Jamestown Revival had written, and I thought, “How can I not involve myself with this?” The music is so beautiful, and it feels very, very honest and sincere in expressing the way teenage boys think about the world.
The Outsiders North American Tour Company.
Photo by Matthew Murphy
When did you read The Outsiders for the first time, and what did you love about it?
I read it when I was 15, and it had a profound effect on me. I come from a similar background as Ponyboy. My mother was a single mom raising three kids on a nurse’s salary. We grew up in an apartment complex in Joliet, Illinois, so I identified with the idea of what “family” means when you come from a broken home that’s lower middle class. It was my first reading experience in which I felt seen, and I think a lot of kids feel that way when they read the book. What was your goal in turning The Outsiders into a musical? What kind of theatrical experience did you envision?
I wanted it to have almost operatic extremes. Adolescent life is so dramatic. Growing up in this country, there is so much pressure to succeed, so much pressure about sexuality, and I wanted the audience to feel that. I said to my collaborators that I wanted this world to be as brutal as it is tender, as bleak as it is beautiful; we needed to fill in all the extremes, because that’s what being 14, 15 and 16 is like.
I love the fact that you provided stage directions for the riveting rumble between the Greasers and their rival gang, the Socs.
I wrote it because I thought the rumble was one of the most successful parts of the movie. We were all on the same page that this should be a non-musical moment. It should be the sound of bodies and fists meeting flesh and boys crying out, with a soundscape to create the mood. I sat next to Matt Dillon [who played tough guy Dallas in the 1983 film version] when he came to see the show, and he was blown away by the rumble. He told me that Francis Ford Coppola was going to delay the rumble a day or two because they were expecting rain, and Matt convinced him to go ahead and shoot it in the rain. I remember how visceral and intense it was, and I thought how cool it would be if at the end of the rumble, you can’t recognize a Greaser or a Soc because they’re all undone by the rain and the mud. [Choreographers] Rick and Jeff [Kuperman] embraced that idea and took it even further, with big moments that are abstracted toward the end, and [director] Danya [Taymor] added some surprising elements.
In agreeing to write the book, did you realize you were taking on the most challenging element in a musical?
I did not, and it could be frustrating. I control almost everything I do when I’m writing a novel or directing one of my plays or working on TV as a showrunner. In this case, I was one of five people trying to tell this story, so it was humbling. You see your scene get winnowed down and absorbed by songs; I used to joke that I started to feel like I was just the gardener. But I’ve come back around to really loving the process. I’ve been hearing this music for more than nine years, and it still makes me emotional. I feel very lucky to have my words living around these songs.
What was it like to meet S.E. Hinton when you traveled to Tulsa with the cast?
I wasn’t anticipating how incredibly powerful that was going to be. I have a young adult novel called 33 Snowfish that made a list of the top 50 books for young adults, and what was number one? The Outsiders! So I was kind of intimidated to meet Susie. She suffers no fools, she says it like it is, she loves to have a drink and a one-on-one talk; she’s salt of the earth. I guess the word for how I felt is privileged. I can’t wait for her to see the show, especially one of the final moments that involves Ponyboy’s notebook. I’m so proud to be part of the team trying to make her novel come to life in a new way.
What are the odds that two brothers from Joliet, Illinois, would make it to Broadway, one as the star of Rent and the other as the writer of a musical?
You’re telling me! I have no idea. Anthony started acting when he was very young; he was in a couple of national tours, and my mom would stop nursing to help his career. He was always sort of a north star in our family. He’s a registered genius—when he was seven, he took a test and his IQ was like 197. He was two years ahead in school and quit at 16 to go to NYU film school, so I’m not surprised he flourished and found success. To be honest, I’m more surprised that I’ve had any kind of success because I was kind of a knucklehead. I was sent to a military academy for high school, which had nothing to do with theater. I was a jock—I was a basketball player; I ran cross-country; my life was sports. I discovered fiction writing in college, but it wasn’t until I saw Anthony in Six Degrees of Separation in 1991 that I realized plays weren’t just musicals. I saw John Guare’s plays and Nicky Silver’s plays, Sam Shepard and Caryl Churchill, and that’s when I realized theater can do something really interesting and dark and artful. Theater kind of found me. I just lucked into falling in love with the thing that would give me a career. Well, your distinctive voice is being appreciated now. That must feel good. Look, when I started out, I didn’t know what I was doing. I didn’t have any training. I was just absorbing everything I could to develop my own aesthetic. I always responded to seeing intense things go down, when you forget you’re watching a scene framed in front of you. If we’re going to fight on stage or have sex on stage, let’s make the audience think it’s really happening! Let’s really go there. That’s what drove me. They’re coming to see a story, but let’s try to make them want to rush the stage.
The Outsiders is scheduled to come to Citizens Opera House starting March 31, 2026. For more information and features, head to Broadway.com.
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PRESENT
BOOK, MUSIC, & LYRICS BY SHAINA TAUB WITH JENNY ASHMAN ABIGAIL AZIZ ANNA BAKUN ARIANA BURKS TAMI DAHBURA DANYEL FULTON ANNALESE FUSARO MARYA GRANDY MARISSA HECKER TRISHA JEFFREY MAYA KELEHER AMANDA K. LOPEZ LIVVY MARCUS MERRILL PEIFFER VICTORIA PEKEL BRANDI PORTER MONICA TULIA RAMIREZ JENNA LEA ROSEN GRETCHEN SHOPE LAURA STRACKO D’KAYLAH UNIQUE WHITLEY GWYNNE WOOD JOYCE MEIMEI ZHENG
ORIGINAL BROADWAY
AND WIG DESIGN RICCARDO CHRISTINE PAUL LAP JASON CHARLES G HERNÁNDEZ PETERS TAZEWELL CHI CHU CRYSTAL LaPOINTE
ORCHESTRATIONS
MUSIC COORDINATOR MICHAEL SHAINA TAUB & SHAINA TAUB, DANI LEE KRISTY STAROBIN ANDREA GRODY ANDREA GRODY & HUTCH NORTER MICHAEL STAROBIN
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER
SUPERVISOR CASTING MAKEUP DESIGN STACY N. LORI ELIZABETH HAWLEY HUDSON THE TELSEY OFFICE JOE TAYLOR PARQUET GOULD THEATRICAL RACHEL DULUDE II ASSOCIATES HOFFMAN, CSA EVAN ROONEY
MICHELE ALLIED GLOBAL THE BOOKING GROUP HILARY 101 PRODUCTIONS, GRONER MARKETING MEREDITH BLAIR HAMILTON LTD. KARA GEBHART
MUSIC SUPERVISION BY ANDREA GRODY
CHOREOGRAPHED BY MAYTE NATALIO
DIRECTED BY LEIGH SILVERMAN
CAST
(in alphabetical order)
President Woodrow Wilson ....................................................................................... JENNY ASHMAN
Ensemble/Speaker of the House ...................................................................................ANNA BAKUN
Mollie Hay ............................................................................................................................ TAMI DAHBURA
Alternates and understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of appearance.
For Alva Belmont/Phoebe Burn TAMI DAHBURA, MARISSA HECKER, MERRILL PEIFFER; for Lucy Burns ANNALESE FUSARO, GRETCHEN SHOPE; for Carrie Chapman Catt MERRILL PEIFFER, LAURA STRACKO; for Mollie Hay—ANNA BAKUN, ANNALESE FUSARO; for Dudley Malone—ABIGAIL AZIZ, ARIANA BURKS, AMANDA K. LOPEZ, D’KAYLAH UNIQUE WHITLEY; for Inez Milholland ANNALESE FUSARO, AMANDA K. LOPEZ; for Alice Paul—JENNA LEA ROSEN, GRETCHEN SHOPE; for Doris Stevens—AMANDA K. LOPEZ, JENNA LEA ROSEN; for Mary Church Terrell ABIGAIL AZIZ, ARIANA BURKS, D’KAYLAH UNIQUE WHITLEY; for Phyllis Terrell/Robin—ABIGAIL AZIZ, ARIANA BURKS, D’KAYLAH UNIQUE WHITLEY; for Ida B. Wells—ABIGAIL AZIZ, ARIANA BURKS, D’KAYLAH UNIQUE WHITLEY; for Ruza Wenclawska—ANNA BAKUN, MARISSA HECKER; for President Woodrow Wilson—MARISSA HECKER, MERRILL PEIFFER.
PRINCIPAL COVERS
ABIGAIL AZIZ, ARIANA BURKS
SWINGS
ANNALESE FUSARO, AMANDA K. LOPEZ, MERRILL PEIFFER, D’KAYLAH UNIQUE WHITLEY
DANCE CAPTAIN
AMANDA K. LOPEZ
The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, pagers and watches.
CAST
Jenny Ashman
Abigail Aziz
Anna Bakun
Ariana Burks
Tami Dahbura
Danyel Fulton
Annalese Fusaro
Marya Grandy
Marissa Hecker
Trisha Jeffrey
Maya Keleher
Amanda K. Lopez Livvy Marcus
Merrill Peiffer
Victoria Pekel
Brandi Porter
Monica Tulia Ramirez
Jenna Lea Rosen
Gretchen Shope
Laura Stracko
D’Kaylah Unique Whitley
Gwynne Wood
Joyce Meimei Zheng
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT I
“Let Mother Vote” “Finish the Fight”
“Find a Way” “Wait My Turn” “Terrell’s Theme”
“The March (We Demand Equality)”
“G. A. B.”
“Ladies”
“Worth It”
“If We Were Married”
“The Convention Part I”
“This Girl”
“The Convention Part II”
“Alva Belmont”
“Show Them Who You Are”
“The Campaign” “How Long?”
ACT II
“The Young Are at the Gates” “Respectfully Yours, Dudley Malone” “Hold It Together”
“Wait My Turn” (reprise)
“The Report”
“Show Them Who You Are” (reprise) “Insane”
“Fire & Tea”
“Let Mother Vote” (reprise)
“She and I”
“A Letter From Harry’s Mother”
“I Was Here”
“If We Were Married” (reprise)
“Lucy’s Song”
“Finish the Fight” (reprise) “Keep Marching”
THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.
ORCHESTRA
Conductor/Keyboard 1—DANI LEE HUTCH
Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2—BRADEN CHUDZIK
Acoustic & Electric Bass—EDWARD HAMILTON Drums—DANIEL SANTIAGO
Music Coordinator—KRISTY NORTER Music Coordinator—JULIE FERRARA
Electronic Music Design RANDY COHEN & SAM STAROBIN, RANDY COHEN KEYBOARDS LLC
Associate Electronic Music Design—DREW NICHOLS, TIM CROOK, NICK SCHENKEL Music Copying EMILY GRISHMAN
Music Preparation ADRIANA GRACE, TIMOTHY HANSON, ALDEN TERRY
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WHO’S WHO in the CAST
MAYA KELEHER (Alice Paul) is honored to lend her voice to this story of women finding theirs. Past roles include Natalie in Next to Normal (TheaterWorks Hartford) and Jennifer Rumson in Paint Your Wagon (The Muny). Thanks to her husband Alex, Justin Picca at Lakey Wolff & Co, BroadwayVox, her dog Betty and her incredible friends and family. Proud graduate of The Boston Conservatory. Enjoy the ride.
JENNY ASHMAN (President Woodrow Wilson) was most recently seen in the national tour of Come From Away. Regional/Off-B’way: Ever After (Alliance Theatre), Dave (Arena Stage), Evita (Kansas City Rep, Opera North), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Hollywood Bowl), Sleep No More, Sweeney Todd (Ovation Award nomination). Originally from Alaska, Jenny is a graduate of UCF Conservatory Theatre. “For Alan, the Edith to my Woodrow.” jennyashman.com. @alaskanjz.
ABIGAIL AZIZ (Offstage Principal Cover, u/s Ida B. Wells, u/s Dudley Malone, u/s Mary Church Terrell, u/s Phyllis Terrell/Robin) is excited to be a part of telling this story. She has just received her B.F.A. in musical theater from the University of Michigan. She wants to thank her parents, MSA, Umich and The Mine for getting her here today!
ANNA BAKUN (Ensemble, u/s Mollie Hay, u/s Ruza Wenclawska) is a proud queer and mixed AAPI artist. CMU drama alum. Credits: The Queen of Versailles (Emerson Colonial Theatre); The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley (The City Theatre); Gloria and Titanic: The Musical (CMU). For Mom, Dad and Andy. @annabakun.
ARIANA BURKS (Offstage Principal Cover, u/s Ida B. Wells, u/s Dudley Malone, u/s Mary Church Terrell, u/s Phyllis Terrell/Robin). Broadway: Real Women Have Curves (original Broadway cast). Regional: In the Heights (The Muny) and other productions around Chicagoland! TV/film: Beats (Netflix), “Neon Galaxy” (Disney). Thank you God, family and StewCrew! For Moo Moo. @arianaburks.
TAMI DAHBURA (Mollie Hay, u/s Alva Belmont/ Phoebe Burn). First national tours: Kinky Boots, Memphis, In the Heights. National/international tour: A Chorus Line. Off-Broadway: Manuel vs. The Statue of Liberty, The Pajama
Game. Other favorites: Half Time (Paper Mill Playhouse), Heartland (Theatreworks), The Three Musketeers (AMTSJ). Soloist: Hawaii, Maryland, Oakland and Sacramento symphonies. Graduate: Mount Holyoke College. Puppy-raiser: The Seeing Eye, New Jersey. “Thanks: my parents, my team: The Hybrid Agency.” @tamisings.
DANYEL FULTON (Ida B. Wells) is a Brooklyn-born and bred storyteller. Favorite credits: Ruby (Broadbend, Arkansas, Transport Group), Dorothy (The Wiz, The Muny), Shayla (Watch Night, The PAC), Actor 3 (Plays for the Plague Year, The Public), Ruby (We Shall Someday, ASF), Dionne (Hair, second national tour), Aisha (A Time to Love, NBT), Sarah (Ragtime, The 5th, Asolo Rep and TUTS). danyelfulton.com. 1 Cor 13:13.
ANNALESE FUSARO (Swing, u/s Inez Millholland, u/s Lucy Burns, u/s Mollie Hay) is honored to be a Suff in her national tour debut! Regional: Waitress (NSMT); Crazy for You, Frozen, 9 to 5, Matilda (MTWichita). Proud recent CCM grad! “Love and gratitude to my parents, family, friends and teachers for everything.” @annalesefusaro.
MARYA GRANDY (Carrie Chapman Catt). Broadway/New York/tour: The Devil Wears Prada (world premiere), Into the Woods (2023 B’way revival), Closer Than Ever, Les Misérables, Damn Yankees, Bells Are Ringing, The Great American Trailer Park Musical. Regional: Too many to mention. Original work: Baby Yoda: A Love Story. TV/film: “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago P.D.,” “Rescue Me,” “Conviction,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU.” B.A.: Yale University. For Hugh and Gavin. maryagrandy.com.
MARISSA HECKER (Ensemble, u/s Alva Belmont/Phoebe Burn, u/s President Woodrow Wilson, u/s Ruza Wenclawska) is ecstatic to be a Suff! Off-Broadway: The Office National tour: Spamilton. Regional: Forestburgh, Fireside, Weston. She produces original parodies on her YouTube, “Broadway Busts.” CCM MT. Thank you to Rachel. Love to her family, Carey, Thomas. For Max. @marissa.hecker.
TRISHA JEFFREY (Mary Church Terrell). Broadway OBC: Little Shop of Horrors,
All Shook Up, Rent, Motown. National/ international tours: Rent, Sister Act, Motown. Regional: Three Mothers (Fannie Lee Chaney), The Watsons Go to Birmingham, Cinderella, Beautiful, Jekyll & Hyde. Film/TV: Things Like This, Dear Edward. BroadwayWorld/ Black Excellence awards and Jeff nomination for The Color Purple (Celie). Helen Hayes nomination for Caroline, or Change (Emmie). trishajeffrey.com. @trishajeffrey.
AMANDA K. LOPEZ (Swing, u/s Inez Milholland, u/s Doris Stevens, u/s Dudley Malone, Dance Captain). National tour debut! Broadway: Real Women Have Curves. Off-Broadway/ favorites: The Marvelous Wonderettes, Beetlejuice: The Musical (Miss Argentina, NCL inaugural cast), In the Heights (Nina), On Your Feet! Love to Mom, Tada, Javi, ATB and this legendary Suffs team. @amandaklopez.
LIVVY MARCUS (Doris Stevens). First national tour debut. Recent credits include Ride and Life After (Old Globe); The Griswolds’ Broadway Vacation (5th Ave.); Spells of the Sea (Kennedy Center). Debut album Livvy Marcus Eats Her Shoe out now. “Thanks HCKR! Thanks to all the public libraries! Big hugs to Addy and Charlie. Follow me @livvymarcus or livvymarcus.com.”
MERRILL PEIFFER (Swing, u/s Carrie Chapman Catt, u/s President Woodrow Wilson, u/s Alva Belmont/Phoebe Burn) is truly excited to be part of this show, Women’s history is for everyone, y’all! Past B’way tour credits: Mamma Mia! Regional: Over 50 shows all across U.S. Endless gratitude to the amazing casting and creative team and for her loved ones! @merrilllove.
VICTORIA PEKEL (Phyllis Terrell/Robin) is a 2025 Yale graduate who majored in political science and theater. Select Yale credits: for colored girls…opera (lady in blue), Legally Blonde (Elle), Hamlet (Ophelia). Regional: Footloose (Ariel, Arkansas Rep). She is incredibly grateful to the Suffs team as she makes her national tour debut! Victoria dedicates this to the memory of her mother, Tanya—a proud Delta. @victoria.pekel.
BRANDI PORTER (Dudley Malone). Broadway: Purlie Victorious (Lutibelle u/s), Clyde’s (Letitia u/s), A Bronx Tale (Swing, Jane u/s). First nat’l tour: A Bronx Tale (Frieda, Jane u/s). OffBroadway: Trevor: A New Musical. Regional: Intimate Apparel (Esther), Arden Theatre Company; Ain’t No Mo’
(Passenger 4), Woolly Mammoth/BCS, Helen Hayes nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actor. “Endless gratitude to my husband, family, friends, Saks& and CESD. IG:@thebrandiporter.
MONICA TULIA RAMIREZ (Inez Milholland). Proud daughter of an immigrant father, Monica is honored to return to Suffs—now in the role she covered on Broadway and at the Public Theater. Broadway: Real Women Have Curves, Suffs. TV: “Elementary,” “Madam Secretary,” “Evil,” “Uncoupled.” Favorite regional: Evita (Eva), Footloose (Rusty), Working (Woman 1). “Love to my family and partner, Logan. Pase lo que pase.” @monicatuliaramirez.
JENNA LEA ROSEN (Ensemble, u/s Alice Paul, u/s Doris Stevens) Broadway national tour debut! Regional: TUTS (Elsa, Frozen), MSMT (Fanny Brice, Funny Girl), Sacramento Music Circus (Wednesday, The Addams Family), Goodspeed (Prissy, Anne u/s, Anne of Green Gables). Voice of over 30 animated characters for Disney and HBO. For Grandma. @jennalearosen.
GRETCHEN SHOPE (Ensemble, u/s Alice Paul, u/s Lucy Burns). National tour debut! Winner of the 2024 Jimmy Awards. Gretchen thanks her agency Nicolosi & Co. for their guidance and support. She also thanks her family (and honorary family) for loving her unconditionally. Get out and vote! @gretchen_shope.
LAURA STRACKO (Alva Belmont/ Phoebe Burn, u/s Carrie Chapman Catt). Broadway: Diana. Film/TV: “Blue Bloods,” Diana (Netflix). Tour: Damn Yankees. Ship: Cats (RCCL), Regional favorites: Come From Away (Ogunquit, Theatre Aspen), Gypsy (Aspen). “Love to my family and Maurice, thank you to Todd/ATB, Rachel and this beautiful team. Keep marching!” @thisislaurastracko.
D’KAYLAH UNIQUE WHITLEY (Swing, u/s Ida B. Wells, Dudley Malone, Mary Church Terrell, Robin/Phyllis Terrell/ Ensemble). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen (Zoe/Alana). Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors (Ronnette). Whitley is excited to be in the Suffs family. A special thanks to her family and team for always believing in her! @dkaylahunique
GWYNNE WOOD (Lucy Burns) (they/ she) is a queer theater artist based in NYC. Broadway: 1776. First national tours: 1776, Oklahoma! (2019 revival). West End: Oscar at the Crown. Select:
The Public Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Olney Theatre Center and Pipeline Theatre. “Thanks to my family, my partner Anna, the team at DGRW and everyone at Suffs and Telsey for this opportunity.” @gwynnelaurel.
JOYCE MEIMEI ZHENG (Ruza Wenclawska). “My first national tour! I can’t believe I get to be here.” Recently: The Importance of Being Earnest (Shakespeare NJ), Twelfth Night (TheatreSquared), The Far Country (Yale Rep), Doomers (BCTR), A Christmas Carol (ASF), Macbeth (Double Feature Plays). Rutgers MGSA. “Thank you HCKR. A BIG I love you to my family and friends.” @irokpink. Child of God. Jesus adores you.
SHAINA TAUB (Book, Music & Lyrics) is a two-time Tony Award-winner, Grammy and Emmy-nominee, artistin-residence at The Public Theater and Atlantic Records recording artist. She starred in Suffs on Broadway, for which she won Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Score; Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Book, Best Score, Best Musical; and a Drama Desk for Music. She is a recipient of the honors such as the Jonathan Larson Grant, ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, Workers Circle Activism Award, the League of Women Voters’ Tribute Award and was included on the 2024 Time100 Next list of rising leaders. shainataub.com.
LEIGH SILVERMAN (Director). Broadway: Suffs (Tony nomination), Yellow Face (Roundabout; Tony nomination Best Revival), Grand Horizons, The Lifespan of a Fact, Violet (Tony nomination), Chinglish, Well. Over 50 world premieres including Harry Clarke (West End, BRT, Vineyard/ Audible); Merry Me and Hurricane Diane (NYTW); The Seat of Our Pants, Soft Power, Wild Goose Dreams, In the Wake, others (Public). Encores: Violet, The Wild Party, others. Audible: Yellow Face, Harry Clarke, Dykes to Watch Out For. 2011 Obie Award; 2019 Obie for Sustained Excellence.
MAYTE NATALIO (Choreographer). Broadway: How to Dance in Ohio, for colored girls… (associate choreographer). Off-Broadway: Measure for Measure (The Public Theater Mobile Unit). Favorite regional choreography credits: The Winter’s Tale (DTC/Public Works), Into the Woods (Barrington Stage), Love in Hate Nation (Two River Theater), Hair (The Old Globe), Kiss
My Aztec (Hartford Stage). Most recent performance: Rosie Perez in Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical (American Conservatory Theater). “I dedicate my work on Suffs to the fiercest woman I know, my mother, Teresa.”
ANDREA GRODY (Music Supervisor, Co-Vocal & Incidental Arrangements). Broadway: Suffs, The Band’s Visit, Tootsie. Select Off-Broadway/regional: Public Works’ As You Like It and The Tempest; The Great Immensity, Fortress of Solitude (all Public Theater); The Band’s Visit (Atlantic); The Light in the Piazza (Huntington Theatre); Assassins (Yale Rep); An American Tail (Children’s Theatre Company); Unknown Soldier (Williamstown); Robin Hood as composer/MD (Williamstown). As writer/composer: Strange Faces Olivier, Drama Desk, Grammy award nominations. Associate director at New York Vocal Coaching, Alexander Technique teacher. Creator of WordWaves (singwordwaves.com).
B.A. Princeton University, M.A. Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
RICCARDO HERNÁNDEZ (Broadway Scenic Designer). Broadway: Lempicka; The Thanksgiving Play; Jagged Little Pill; Indecent; Porgy and Bess; Caroline, or Change; Noise/Funk; Parade; others. Recent: Florencia en el Amazonas (Metropolitan Opera), Carmen (Glyndebourne Festival). Over 250 productions in the U.S./international: Théâtre de l’Odéon, La Colline, both in Paris; Cour d’Hon-neur-Avignon Festival; Teatro Real Madrid; Estates Theatre Prague; Oslo National Theatre; Young Vic; etc. Obie for Sustained Excellence of Scenic Design, Princess Grace Statue Award. Co-chair and associate professor at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. riccardohernandez.com.
CHRISTINE PETERS (Tour Scenic Designer). Credits: Pretty Woman tour, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory tour, Tootsie tour, Elf tour, First Date, Mickey & Minnie’s Doorway to Magic Broadway (associate designer): Bad Cinderella, King Kong Alive on Broadway, Miss Saigon, 1984, Paramour, Les Misérables, Testament of Mary, Jekyll & Hyde, The Book of Mormon, Newsies The Musical, The Addams Family, Elf, Bonnie & Clyde, The House of Blue Leaves, Elling, Enron, Mary Stuart, Cyrano de Bergerac, Chita Rivera.
PAUL TAZEWELL (Costume Designer). Broadway: Death Becomes Her; Suffs; Hamilton; MJ; Ain’t Too Proud; Summer; In the Heights; The Color Purple;
Memphis; Caroline, or Change; Side Show; A Streetcar Named Desire; Jesus Christ Superstar; A Raisin in the Sun; Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk. Film: Universal’s Wicked (Part 1 + 2), Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, Harriet. Television: NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.” Awards: 2025 Academy Award for Wicked Part 1, 2024 Drama Desk Award for Suffs, 2016 Tony Award for Hamilton and Emmy Award for “The Wiz Live!,” NBC.
LAP CHI CHU (Lighting Designer). Broadway: Suffs, Yellow Face, Uncle Vanya, Camelot (Tony nomination). Off-Broadway: Manhattan Theatre Club, Lincoln Center Theater, The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Signature Theatre, Roundabout. Regional: Geffen Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Rep, Goodman Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, among others. Awards: Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design, Lucille Lortel Award, Ovation Award. lapchichu.com.
JASON CRYSTAL (Sound Design). Broadway: Suffs (Drama Desk nomination), The Picture of Dorian Gray (U.S. consultant). TV: “SNL50: The Homecoming Concert” (Emmy nomination), “The Tony Awards” (2022–2025), “Annie: Live.” Worldwide sound supervisor for Hamilton. Sound design for Carnegie Hall, The Public Theater, The Old Globe, Second Stage Theater, Hartford Stage, Barrington Stage, others. Audio consultant for “Saturday Night Live.” System engineer for The Metropolitan Opera. Grateful for Bethany; proud Dad to his girls.
CHARLES G. LaPOINTE (Hair and Wig Design). Award-winning designer who maintains a highly successful career on stages throughout the U.S. and abroad. Numerous Broadway, touring, regional theater, international productions, including Hamilton (Make-Up Artists/Hair Stylists Guild Award), MJ, The Wiz, Tommy, Beetlejuice, The Cher Show (Drama Desk Award), SpongeBob SquarePants (Drama Desk Award), Death Becomes Her (Drama Desk Award). Television: Emmy nominations for “The Wiz Live!” and “Jesus Christ Superstar Live!”
JOE DULUDE II (Makeup Design). Broadway/ West End: Wicked, Beautiful, MJ. Broadway: KPOP, Beetlejuice, Torch Song, SpongeBob SquarePants, Summer, Sunday in the Park with George, Anastasia, Allegiance, If/Then, Follies, Smash, Death Becomes Her, etc. Off-Broadway: Fly, Sweet Charity, Into the Woods, The Wild Party, Show Boat Television: “Annie Live,” “Jesus Christ Superstar Live” (Emmy nomination), “The Gilded Age,” “Julia,” “Castle Rock” season 2. Film: The Holdovers, Hocus Pocus 2, Don’t
Look Up, About Fate. joedulude2.com. IG: dulude2.
MICHAEL STAROBIN (Orchestrations). We Live in Cairo, The Gardens of Anuncia, Rogers the Musical, Flying Over Sunset, Renascence, Once on This Island, Sunday in the Park with George, Falsettos, Freaky Friday, First Daughter Suite, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Kid Victory, If/Then, Little Miss Sunshine, Dogfight, Queen of the Mist, Next to Normal (Tony Award), Glorious Ones, Grinch, Bernarda Alba, …Spelling Bee, Assassins (Tony Award), A New Brain, A Christmas Carol, Hello Again, Guys and Dolls (1992), My Favorite Year, In Trousers, Carrie, Rags.
KRISTY NORTER (Music Coordinator) is a music coordinator and freelance musician specializing in woodwind instruments. Credits include Redwood, The Outsiders, Merrily We Roll Along, Death Becomes Her, Some Like It Hot, Cabaret, Hell’s Kitchen, Suffs, Water for Elephants, Six and Back to the Future.
RANDY COHEN (Electronic Music Design). Randy Cohen Keyboards have programmed over 100 Broadway shows, including Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, In the Heights and Kinky Boots. TV includes “Sesame Street.” Thanks to Sam, Drew, Tim and Nick.
LORI ELIZABETH PARQUET (Associate Director) is an actor, director and writer from New Orleans. She is thrilled to be making her national tour debut after making her Broadway debut with Suffs in 2024. Off-Broadway directing credits, The Public Theater: Suffs, The Tempest, As You Like It, Twelfth Night; New York City Center: Promenade. Off-Off-Broadway: White on White (NYT Critic’s Pick) Awards: NYIT Outstanding Leading Actress. Thank you, Mama and Daddy.
HAWLEY GOULD (Associate Choreographer) (they/them) is a non-binary, NYC-based artist. A member of the original Broadway company of Suffs, they now joyfully re-join the Suffs team with a new creative hat. Past credits include the original Broadway companies of Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman and Camelot at Lincoln Center.
STACY N. TAYLOR (Production Stage Manager) has been working/traveling the U.S. and internationally for over 15 years. Favorite shows (all because of the people she got to work with) include Spring Awakening, Dear Evan Hansen, A Beautiful Noise and Jersey Boys. “Much thanks and love to my family for always supporting me.”
Almost Famous, Dancin’, Prima Facie. Off-Broadway: Merrily We Roll Along (NYTW). Graduate of Shenandoah University. Proud AEA member. “Love and thanks to family, friends, mentors and educators, especially the strong women in my life who inspire me every day.”
MEGAN CISZEK (Assistant Stage Manager) (she/they). Broadway/Off-Broadway: Mamma Mia!, Revolution, Sleep No More, The Who’s Tommy, Mrs. Doubtfire. National tours: The Wiz, Company, Six, Cats (first national). “To my chosen family, my teachers and all the witches and women who have mentored me—thank you. To Lucy—I’m deeply in love with you. To all of us—there’s so much to do.”
DANI LEE HUTCH (Music Director). Broadway: Aladdin, Real Women Have Curves, Six. National tours: Tina, Wicked. MM in music direction for theatre (ASU). Thrilled to be one of the Suffs! Much love to Mom, Dad and Mr. Bennet. Soli Deo Gloria.
THE TELSEY OFFICE (Casting). With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theater, film, television and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability and advocacy. Please visit thetelseyoffice. com for credits.
HUDSON THEATRICAL ASSOCIATES (Production Management). Over 100 Broadway productions and tours. Recent: Waiting for Godot; The Notebook tour; Maybe Happy Ending; Oh, Mary!; Six; Hadestown; Hamilton; Aladdin. HTA is led by Stephen M. Kaus and includes Bridget Van Dyke, Brianne Tabak, Sean Gorski, Brianna Stankiewicz and Irene Wang.
BRAND-NEXUS (Marketing Supervisor). With over 28 years of experience overseeing all aspects of a Broadway show’s marketing and sales plans, Michele Groner/Brand-Nexus has worked with a wide variety of titles to bring their message to the market, including Walt Disney Theatrical Group, Mean Girls, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Funny Girl, The Band’s Visit and The Great Gatsby. brand-nexus.com.
ALLIED
GLOBAL MARKETING (Tour
Marketing & Press) is an integrated marketing agency working with the world’s largest entertainment, consumer, and lifestyle brands, including 85+ 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, The Outsiders, Riverdance, Some Like It Hot, The Twenty-Sided Tavern. Upcoming tours: Just in Time, Operation Mincemeat
THINK TANK (Social Media) is a boutique marketing agency rooted in storytelling, strategy and connection. They help businesses and Broadway tours thrive through creative content, social media and authentic engagement that builds trust and drives results. thinktanklou.com.
THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Booking Agency) has represented 28 Tony Awardwinning Best Musicals and Plays. Current tours include BOOP!; Buena Vista Social Club; Hamilton; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; Just in Time; Mamma Mia!; MJ; Oh, Mary!; The Notebook; Operation Mincemeat; Six; Some Like It Hot; and The Wiz.
101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD. (General Manager). Wendy Orshan and Jeffrey M. Wilson founded their company in 1994. General Managers include Ron Gubin, Chris Morey, Jeff Klein, Marshall Purdy, Chris Taggart and Associate General Manager Kathy Kim. Broadway: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone; The Fear of 13. National Tour: Some Like It Hot.
JILL FURMAN (Producer). Jill is currently represented on Broadway by Ragtime and Hamilton (Tony Award). Additional Broadway: Suffs, In the Heights (Tony Award), Freestyle Love Supreme (Special Tony Award), Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, West Side Story and The Drowsy Chaperone, among others. On TV and film, she executive-produced Hamilton for Disney+ (Emmy Award) and In the Heights She also produced Hulu’s We Are Freestyle Love Supreme. Jill is on the board of the Lung Cancer Research Foundation and is a member of the President’s Advisory Council for the Arts at Brown University. In 2024, Jill was named to Forbes’ 50 Over 50 list.
RACHEL SUSSMAN (Producer) is a Tony Award-winning producer, educator, and entrepreneur. Select Broadway credits include: Suffs (Tony nom., OCC Award), Just for Us (Emmy Award and Special Tony Award for Alex Edelman), Liberation (Drama Desk Award, OCC Award), Parade (Tony Award), Prima Facie, What the Constitution Means to Me (Tony nom., Pulitzer finalist). Select Off-Broadway credits: The Woodsman (Obie Award), The Appointment, All Nighter, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Recipient of the 2018 Prince Fellowship in association with Columbia University, JQY’s 2025 Jewish Queer Icon Award, and one of Variety’s “10 to Watch on Broadway.” Proud NYU Tisch grad. This one’s for all the warrior queens and loud little girls out there. rachel-sussman.com
ROY FURMAN (Co-Producer). Producer of 17 Tony Award-winning plays and musicals. Broadway currently: MJ, Buena Vista Social Club, The Book of Mormon, Moulin Rouge! Forthcoming: Ragtime, Art, Purple Rain.
Vice Chairman Jefferies, former Vice Chair Lincoln Center.
CUE TO CUE PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer) is a theater production company led by Jeff Vinik, the former hedge fund manager and owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning, and Joshua Vinik, an AEA stage manager.
RENEE RING & PAUL ZOFNASS (Co-Producers) are history buffs and, after seeing the production at The Public, joined as co-producers for the Broadway production and continued their support of the national tour to make sure this important story is told and retold.
WALPORT PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer).
Led by Robert and Carol Walport. Recent Broadway: Operation Mincemeat, Gutenberg!. U.K.: The Diana Mixtape, Here & Now: The Steps Musical. “For our littles, Tommy and Zoe.” walportproductions.com.
NO GUARANTEES PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer) is a Tony Award-winning co-producer of Sunset Blvd. (2025), Merrily We Roll Along (2024), Stereophonic (2024), Hadestown (2019), Company (2022), The Lehman Trilogy (2022) and Leopoldstadt (2023).
RUTH ANN HARNISCH (Co-Producer). Tony and Grammy award-nominated original Suffs Broadway co-producer, marching on with national tour. Contributor to 300+ social justice documentaries, including Oscar winner, Emmy winner. First patron of creativemornings.com. Voting since 1968.
THE BROADWAY INVESTOR’S CLUB (Co-Producer). Founded by Tony Awardwinning producers Kira, Shaina and Jason Turchin. Select projects: Hadestown, The Outsiders, Chess, Just in Time, Sunset Blvd., Heathers, Evita, Fiddler…, Othello and more. @investingbroadway. investingbroadway.com.
ERICA LYNN SCHWARTZ (Co-Producer). Tony Award-winning producer. Broadway: Parade, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, David Byrne’s American Utopia and more. Erica is VP of theatrical programming for ATG Entertainment. Greatest productions are daughters Julia and Abby with husband Matt Picheny. More at avalonroad.net.
SALLY MARTIN (Co-Producer). Broadway: Smash, Gypsy. Proud graduate of the University of Michigan and a supporter of the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance and the Dramatists Guild Foundation.
PETER MAY (Co-Producer). President of Trian Partners. Credits: Hello, Dolly! (Tony); The Inheritance (Tony); Moulin Rouge!; Sweeney Todd; and more.
THE BHATIA SISTERS (Co-Producers) believe in the power of theater to inspire and connect. As daughters of immigrants,
mothers of girls and advocates for women, Sangeeta and Sujata are thrilled to honor these female trailblazers.
DAVID CARROLL (Co-Producer) is a lifelong musical theater fan and the founder and president of Nicely Theatre Group, a professional non-profit theater company based in the Detroit area.
JULIE E. COHEN (Co-Producer). “Broadway is my happy place. I’m thrilled to again be a part of Suffs, after its amazing Broadway run.” Other co-producer credits include How to Dance In Ohio, The Wiz and Parade on tour.
THE GARELICKS (Co-Producers) are longterm investors and producers. They are excited to be producers of Suffs and the Suffs tour! March onward!
JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION (Co-Producer) is a leading presenter, distributor and marketer of Broadway theater worldwide. Under the supervision of chairman and CEO John Gore, the family of companies includes Broadway Across America and Broadway.com.
JUDITH TEEL DAVIS & JOE CARROLL (Co-Producers). Judith Teel Davis: Tulsa. Thrilled that this Broadway production is traveling the nation. Investor: Parade, Queen of Versailles Joe Carroll: Made his Broadway debut as a producer with Suffs (Tony winner, Best Score, Best Book).
LAURA LONERGAN (Co-Producer). Retired globetrotter, Family CEO (Ed, Taryn, Cara). Mission-driven investor thrilled to support all the talent. A Christmas Carol, Gutenberg!, Suffs, Starlight Express, The Notebook, Cabaret
MAYER PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer) is a passionate supporter of the arts and following fantastic runs on Broadway, thrilled to share Suffs, The Notebook and Hell’s Kitchen on tour, as well as The Devil Wears Prada in London.
MML PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Margaret Munzer Loeb is a filmmaker, philanthropist and founder of MML Productions and Lismore Road. Her credits include Chasing Childhood, Ron Delsener Presents, Plan C and Found, among others.
NEDERLANDER PRESENTATIONS
(Co-Producer) is a production division of the multinational theatrical entities owned by James L. Nederlander. They have produced innumerable plays, musicals, operas, ballets and concerts.
MORGAN STEWARD/JENNIFER
FRIEDLAND (Co-Producers). Morgan Steward can’t wait for the rest of the country to see the magic of Suffs! Jennifer Friedland: Thank you for coming to see the glorious Suffs! cleardayproductions.com.
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XAN WEISER/MATTERS OF THE ART (Co-Producers). Xan Weiser proudly co-produced Suffs on Broadway as well as its tour production. Additional Broadway: five-time Tony-winning A Christmas Carol. Matters of the Art: Tobi Pilavin Weinstein proudly co-produced Suffs Broadway and tour productions. Additional Tony-nominated shows are The Who’s Tommy revival and A Christmas Carol
JEFFREY SCHOENBERG/ARI CONTE (Co-Producers). Jeffrey Schoenberg: A Michigan investor and first-time producer who is delighted to support this wonderful, vital musical. Ari Conte is a two-time Tony nominee who champions women-led stories. The arts can transform hearts and minds. ariconte.me.
BRIAN SPECTOR/SILLY BEARS PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producers). Brian Spector is a two-time Tony Award-winning producer (Leopoldstadt, The Inheritance) and a record producer. Silly Bears Productions (Jiani Bai/Harry Cheng): Tony-nominated, proud Chinese producers. Broadway: Redwood, The Hills of California THEATRE PRODUCERS OF COLOR/LEVEL FORWARD (Co-Producers). Theatre Producers of Color supports the next generation of BIPOC producers. In loving memory of Beth Newburger Schwartz. theatreproducersofcolor.org. Level Forward: “Because stories change the world, we exist to make them better.” Tony, Oscar, Emmy-nominated work at levelforward.co.
ABOVE THE FRAY ENTERTAINMENT/ DEBBIE AND STEPHEN BLOCK (Co-Producers). Above The Fray Entertainment: Jessica Penzias, Julie Schneider and Brandon Smithey. Broadway: Gypsy 2024 (Tony nominee, Drama Desk winner). Debbie and Stephen Block are honored to continue supporting Suffs after investing in the show on Broadway. For CeCe.
ALISSANDRA ARONOW/VIBECKE DAHLE DELLAPOLLA (Co-Producers). Alissandra Aronow is a supporter of the arts and is thrilled to continue co-producing Suffs as it embarks on its national tour. Vibecke Dahle Dellapolla: Broadway: Suffs, Operation Mincemeat, A Christmas Carol. Let’s share this amazing story. Be inspired!
FUNROE PRODUCTIONS/JENNIFER KROMAN (Co-Producers). Funroe Productions is Isabelle Mann’s three-time Tony-nominated production company. “For my grandmas, Barbara and Jean. Keep marching.” Jennifer Kroman, a lifelong champion of women’s rights, is proud to bring Suffs national!
filmmaker driven by connective stories and fresh perspectives. For Sylvie and Clover. Todd B. Rubin: Broadway: Suffs, Operation Mincemeat and more. Tony-nominated. “Theater is my happy place. Grateful for my family and friends.”
STANLEY S. SHUMAN/SIX POINT PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producers). Stanley S. Shuman: Broadway producer, Carnegie Hall trustee and lifelong advocate for the arts, democracy and civic participation. Six Point Productions: (Rachel Styne) Broadway: Parade (Tony Award), Suffs and The Piano Lesson (Tony Award nominations). London/New York: Kyoto (Olivier nomination).
SECOND SET (Co-Producer). Stacie and Steven Weisbrot. Suffs Broadway investors; other co-pro credits include Real Women Have Curves, Redwood
THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION
(Co-Producer). Under the leadership of Robert E. Wankel, Shubert is Broadway’s largest theater owner and has produced hundreds of plays and musicals over the last 120-plus years.
STAFF FOR SUFFS
JILL FURMAN PRODUCTIONS
Jill Furman
Assistant Kenzie Packer
RACHEL SUSSMAN PRODUCTIONS
Intern Julia Crafton
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD.
Wendy Orshan Jeffrey M. Wilson
Jeff Klein Chris Morey Ron Gubin
Marshall Purdy Christopher Taggart Hilary Hamilton
Kathy Kim Allison Lehman
Steve Supeck Christine Stump
Joel Edwards Michael Leon Thomas
Abigail Rosen Spencer Schwartz
COMPANY MANAGER
Hilary Hamilton
TOUR BOOKING
THE BOOKING GROUP
Meredith Blair Kara Gebhart
Laura Kolarik Stephanie Ditman
Sophie Tiesler Kelsey Ballard
TOUR MARKETING & PRESS
ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING
Andrew Damer
Jennifer Gallagher Scott Praefke
Jessica Cary Davis Anne Waisanen
Adina Hsu Emily Toppen
Maria Bonucchi Amenkha Sembenu Kate Wyman
CASTING
THE TELSEY OFFICE
Rachel Hoffman, CSA
Priya Ghosh Crysilyn Childs
LEGAL COUNSEL
LAZARUS & HARRIS LLP
Scott Lazarus, Esq. Robert C. Harris, Esq.
Carter Anne McGowan, Esq. Diane Viale
Patrick Wilcox
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
HUDSON THEATRICAL ASSOCIATES
Stephen M. Kaus
Bridget Van Dyke
Sean Gorski Brianne Tabak
Brianna Stankiewicz Irene Wang
MARTLET PRODUCTION & LOGISTICS LLC
Evan Rooney
Associate General Manager
Hilary Hamilton
Engagement Manager Ron Gubin
Production Supervisor ........................................... Lisa Iacucci
Engagement Manager .............................................. Ron Gubin
Assistant to the General Managers
Assistant General Manager
Contracts Manager
Management Assistants
Office Manager
Christine Stump
Joel Edwards
Steve Supeck
Michael Leon Thomas, Abigail Rosen
Stephanie Orta-Vázquez
Intern Spencer Schwartz
To learn more about the production, please visit suffsmusical.com
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CREDITS
Scenery built, painted and electrified by Hudson Scenic Studio. Automation and show control featuring Hudson Motion Control by Hudson Scenic Studio. Lighting Equipment from Christie Lites. Sound Equipment from Masque Sound. Effigy, banners, horse face, armor and other props built by Jerard Studio. Desks built Daedalus Scenic. Horse body and mechanics by Bad Monkey Props. Additional props built by Brenbri Props, Zoe Morsette, BNG Industries. Trucking provided by Clark Transfer. Costumes by Colin Davis Jones Studio, Donna Langman Costumes, Eric Winterling Inc., Jennifer Love Costumes, Mio Design Studio NYC, Tricorne Inc., Bethany Joy Costumes, Kaitlin Turek, Shana Albery, Michael Harrell, Erica Rudinsky. Millinery by Elizabeth Flauto, Ann Claire Millinery, Lynne Mackey Studio, Albertus Swanepoel. Footwear by T.O. Dey Custom Shoes.
Photo credits: [Inez Milholland Boissevain preparing to lead the March 3, 1913, suffrage parade in Washington, D.C.] Created 1913 Mar. 3 Records of the National Women’s Party, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
May 5, 1922. Washington, D.C. Vista of Monument from Lincoln Memorial. National Photo Company Collection glass negative [Adapted]
SPECIAL THANKS
Lynn Ahrens, Eisa Davis, Matt Gehring, Craig Grigg, Christopher Hibma, C.A. Johnson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robert Nolan, Lynn Nottage, Benj Pasek, Ben Scheuer, Mark Sonnenblick, Elizabeth Swados, Jeanine Tesori, Yuvika Tolani, Susan Ware, Elaine Weiss, Sam Willmott, The Business of Broadway, SPACE on Ryder Farm, The Prince Fellowship, The Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, The Sundance Institute, Running Deer Musical Theatre Institute, Joseph Angelini, Nick Houston, Susie Brant, Nolan Boggess, Jessie Fried, Capitol Theatre in Yakima, WA.
Suffs rehearsed at the New 42nd Street Studios.
The use of cell phones during the performance is prohibited by law.
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.
This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.
STAFF FOR THE JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION
Chairman of the Board
Chairman and CEO
Peter Schneider
John Gore
Vice Chairman ..................................... Miles Wilkin
President. ............................................ Lauren Reid
Co-CEO of Interactive Division ............. Jerome Kane
Co-CEO of Interactive Division and CTO ........... Matt Kupchin
CEO of Theatre Division and CMO ............ Rich Jaffe
Chief Financial Officer Paul Dietz
Executive Vice President and Head of International Business Development Kumiko Yoshii
General Counsel Sheila Lavu
STAFF FOR BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA
President. ........................................... Susie Krajsa
President, Marketing and Content ........... Bob Bucci
ASL Team ................. Sabrina Dennison, Jen Gibbons, Jess Meyer, Desirée Weems
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WARNING: The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device for such photographing or sound recording inside this theater, without the written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. Violators may be punished by ejection and violations may render the offender liable for money damages.
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ABOUT THE THEATRE
Welcome back to Boston’s oldest, continually operating theatre — the Emerson Colonial Theatre. This revered venue reopened its doors in 2018 with the pre-Broadway, world-premiere engagement of Moulin Rouge! The Musical. That spectacular engagement has been followed by the pre-Broadway runs of David Byrne’s American Utopia, Plaza Suite starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, and The Queen of Versailles starring Kristin Chenoweth. These engagements have renewed the Colonial’s tradition as a birthplace of new Broadway productions.
The building, conceived by architect Clarence H. Blackall and designer H.B. Pennell, originally opened in 1900 on the former site of the Boston Public Library, with a lavish production of Ben-Hur The show featured a gargantuan cast of 350 and even boasted an on-stage chariot race with eight live horses. Since the theatre’s grand opening 124 years ago, it has been home to countless productions, special events and performance groups, including the Ziegfeld Follies, which played the Colonial following its premiere Broadway production. The troupe would perform here seven more times during the early 1900s.
The Colonial is also the storied birthplace of some of the most legendary and beloved works of musical theatre over the past century: Anything Goes, Porgy and Bess, Oklahoma! (which was titled Away We Go! in Boston), Carousel, Candide, A Little Night Music, Follies, On the Twentieth Century, Woman of the Year, La Cage aux Folles, My One and Only, and Grand Hotel among others. Over the years, a cavalcade of notable performers have walked the Colonial’s boards: Barbra Streisand, Ethel Merman, George M. Cohan, Danny Kaye, Carol Burnett, Elaine Stritch, Tommy Tune, Chita Rivera, Joel Grey, Lauren Bacall, Carol Channing, Gwen Verdon, Julie Harris, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Natalie Portman. Among
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those who saw their work fill the space: Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jerome Kern, Comden and Green, Arthur Miller, Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince, Michael Bennett, Arthur Laurents, Lerner and Loewe, Jerry Herman, and Harvey Fierstein. Notable tours also played the venue including A Chorus Line, Sweet Charity, Bye Bye Birdie, Cabaret, The Secret Garden, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, and finally The Book of Mormon, the last show that played the building before it closed in 2015.
But the stories told on-stage are just one part of the theatre’s history. John Kander recalled, “If the walls of the ladies’ room could talk, they could write their own history of the musical theatre for the last 50 years.” One such piece of lore takes place during the out-of-town tryout of Dancin’ The show’s creator, Bob Fosse, was in search of a non-carpeted surface on which to demonstrate a new tap routine, and he chose the monolithic onyx table in what was the Ladies’ Lounge (now repurposed as the Orchestra Lounge). While dancing upon it, Fosse chipped the heavy stone and left his indelible mark. To this day, directors, actors, and of course choreographers seek out and touch the tabletop for good luck. In fact, you can visit the famed table, the oldest piece of furniture that exists in the building today, in the Orchestra Lounge.
Through two world wars, the Great Depression, the COVID-19 pandemic, and cultural shifts like the advent of cinema, television, and streaming content, the Emerson Colonial Theatre is still here. In 2025, Emerson Colonial Theatre will celebrate its 125th year as a theatre for the community, contributing to the rich cultural landscape of Boston with a new and varied program of touring Broadway shows, live music, comedy, and events. Visit emersoncolonialtheatre.com to see our upcoming line-up.
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