YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
OCT 6 - OCT 31, 2021
Bringing the curtain down on our 2021 season, Mel Brooks and Susan Stroman gave this 1974 comedy classic new life on stage as a mind-blowing, tap-dancing monster of a musical, which wowed sold out Ogunquit audiences during a limited run in 2013. John Bolton returns to the role of Frederick Frank-un-steen this time matching wits with Sally Struthers as Frau Blucher for a side-splitting, abby-normal comedy extravaganza in the most hilariously haunting of seasonal environments. Bundle up, because this will be a ridiculous hayride to remember!
Performance Times: 7:30pm Evenings, 2:30pm Matinees
Run Time: 2 hours 15 minutes with a 20 minute intermission
Content Advisory: Adult themes, language
Just in time for Halloween hijinks, Young Frankenstein soars onto the Ogunquit Playhouse’s Leary Pavilion stage in all its hilarious glory — and what a lusty, high-spirited, fun-filled romp it is. — Weekly Sentinel
At the helm in the show is John Bolton who is spot on in his portrayal of the mad doctor. He's got that "Broadway musical I can sing, dance, and be funny all in one breath" air about him. He makes this production sparkle. — Broadway WorldMagic fills the Ogunquit Playhouse when TV legend Sally Struthers takes the stage. She's a comic genius with a master of timing that's flawless. — Broadway World
In the category of showstoppers, no one outshone Soara-Joye Ross as the doctor’s feisty fiancé Elizabeth. — Press Herald
REVIEWS
“The Playhouse has done a stand-out job of bringing live theater back to the seacoast this season — and “Young Frankenstein” is a perfect grand finale. Get on for the ride and check out this monster of a show, on through Halloween. You’ll laugh your pants off and then some, I promise.” — Nancye Tuttle, Weekly Sentinel Review
“I loved every minute of the musical, Young Frankenstein, the season closer for what has been an incredible year for the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine's treasured seaside town.” — Dan Marois, Broadway World Review
“In its latest production, the Ogunquit Playhouse is taking audiences back to a time when frightening things didn’t come in microscopic form.” — Steve Feeney, Press Herald Review
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NOAH RUEBECK (Ensemble, Igor u/s) is over the moon to be making his Ogunquit Playhouse debut! Off-Broadway: Trump L’œil. Regional: Newsies, My Fair Lady (Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Totem Pole Playhouse). Couldn’t be doing it without Mom, Dad, Wolfie, and the teachers who shaped me.
ERICA PERÉZ-BARTON (Ensemble, Elizabeth u/s) is honored to be making her Ogunquit Playhouse debut! Nat’l Tours: Elf, The Broadway Musical. Favorite credits include Saturday Night Fever; Dance, Dance, Dance: America; The Littlest Tree (RWS Entertainment). Proud New Yorker and OCU alumna. Thank you to the Ogunquit creative team, Dave Secor (Daniel Hoff Agency), and The Barton Bunch: Mom, Dad, Rich, Alyssa, and Caitlin. To my fiancé, Dan Gotay – I love you!
ALIAH JAMES (Ensemble) is ecstatic to be making her Ogunquit Playhouse debut! Nat’l Tours: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Musical. Regional: After Midnight (Norwegian Cruise Lines); Newsies (Westchester); 42nd Street (The Rev Theatre); Mamma Mia, Cabaret (Ivoryton Playhouse). BFA in Modern Dance from Point Park University. Thanks to The Mine Agency, her amazingly supportive family and friends, and mom for being a constant force in her life!
GRAHAM KEEN (Asst Choreographer, Dance Captain, Ensemble, Frederick u/s) is delighted to return to Ogunquit Playhouse. OP: White Christmas. Nat’l Tours: Young Frankenstein, White Christmas. Regional: Sister Act (5th Ave); Mamma Mia, How to Succeed… (TUTS); Footloose, Young Frankenstein (The MUNY); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Sacramento Music Circus); Good News (Goodspeed); Catch Me If You Can, Nice Work… (Musical Theatre West); Me & My Girl, The Producers, Will Rogers Follies (Maltz Jupiter). TV: Modern Love. Lots of love to Greg and Raina, and a huge thank you to Jeff and James for this full circle moment. Chalujnik y,all!
MISSY MARION (Ensemble, Inga u/s) is so excited to make her Ogunquit Playhouse debut! Regional: Hairspray (Performance Riverside), Oklahoma! (3DT), White Christmas (MTW), La Cage Aux Folles (Forestburgh Playhouse). For the last few years, Missy has been traveling the world as a featured singer and dancer aboard Regent Seven Seas Cruises. When not performing, Missy enjoys baking and decorating cookies. Check it out @missysquarantinecookies. Special thanks to the cast, crew, and production team for giving me this incredible opportunity. Endless love to Mom, Dad, Noelle, Christopher, G, and Trevor!
JEREMIAH GINN (Ensemble, The Monster u/s) is absolutely thrilled and utterly terrified to be making his Ogunquit Playhouse debut after more than 20 months of stress-eating in his pajamas. Nat’l Tour: Anastasia, Murder for Two, A Chorus Line. Off-Broadway: Murder for Two (Second Stage), Anything Goes (Musicals Tonight). Regional: Holiday Inn, Bye Bye Birdie (Goodspeed); My Fair Lady (Gulf Shore Playhouse); Joseph (Stages St. Louis); 9-to-5 (North Shore Music Theatre); Murder for Two (Cape Playhouse). Film: Hello Again. BFA from BYU. Proud uncle to four nieces (who are way cuter than yours). Thank you for supporting artists and being a part of live theater’s return! @jeremiahmginn jeremiahginn.com
SARAH GOLD (Ensemble, Swing) is ecstatic to return to the Ogunquit Playhouse! OP: An American in Paris (Ensemble). International: West Side Story (Tokyo). Regional: Flashdance! The Musical (Gateway Playhouse) Film: Red Notice, Tyler Perry’s A Jazzman’s Blues (Netflix). TV: Severance (Apple TV+), Prodigal Son (Fox). Endless gratitude to my parents and all the glory to God. @sarah__gold
NIGEL JAMAL HALL (Ensemble) is jubilant to be making his Ogunquit Playhouse debut. Regional: Hello, Dolly (Casa Mañana); Newsies, Beauty and The Beast (Music Theatre Wichita); After Midnight, Footloose (Norwegian Cruise Lines); Mamma Mia (Ivoryton Playhouse). TV: Encore! (Disney+). Nigel recently finished assistant directing The Last Wide Open, and choreographing Honky Tonk Laundry in Texas. He would like to thank his friends and family for their unyielding support, and the cast/creative team for embarking on this journey together!
ZACHARY JAMES (The Monster) is delighted to make his Ogunquit Playhouse debut. Broadway: Addams Family, South Pacific. Off-Broadway: The Most Happy Fella, Irma la Douce, Pirates of Penzance (NYC Center). Regional: Man of La Mancha (Opera Saratoga), Sweeney Todd (Opera Omaha). Opera: Akhnaten (English National Opera, Metropolitan Opera, LA Opera), The Perfect American (English National Opera, Teatro Real Madrid, Opera Queensland). TV: Billy Budd (Emmy Award), 30 Rock, Murphy Brown. Solo Albums: Impossible Dream, Call Out, On Broadway, Exordium. BroadwayWorld’s Vocalist & Performer of the Decade, OperaWire’s 30 Most Influential LGBTQ Artists, Official Ambassador Opera America. ZachJames.com @theofficialzacharyjames
SOARA-JOYE ROSS (Elizabeth) is excited to be back at the Ogunquit Playhouse! OP: Summer of Love (Saige). Broadway: Les Misérables, Dance of the Vampires. Off-Broadway: Carmen Jones (Lucille Lortel Award), Promenade (City Center). Disenchanted (The Westside), Dessa Rose (Lincoln Center), Single Black Female (Playwrights Horizons), Jerry Springer the Opera (Carnegie Hall). Nat’l Tours: The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Smokey Joe’s Café with Gladys Knight. Regional: Anything Goes (Arena Stage), Next to Normal (JAG), 42nd Street (The Rev), Sister Act (Arkansas Rep), Nina Simone: Four Women (Alabama Shakespeare) Film: Garden State. TV: The Flight Attendant (HBO), Crashing. Much gratitude to mom (keep whispering...), Gramps, DGRW, and the one from whom all blessings flow. Soara-Joye.com
ANTHONY CANNARELLA (Ensemble, Swing) is pleased to make his Ogunquit Playhouse debut. A former company artist with Sacramento Ballet, Anthony has soared onto the stage in many featured roles including Ron Cunningham’s Peter Pan, Stephen Mills’ Hamlet, and George Balanchine’s Tarantella. He toured with Amy Siewert’s Imagery, performing Wandering (The Joyce Theater, Jacob’s Pillow), recently performed in Olivia Rodrigo’s film Sour Prom, and has greatly enjoyed choreographing for Sacramento Ballet, Capital Dance Project, and Ballet Project OC. He’d especially like to thank his Mom, Brother, Dad, and partner Isabella for all of their support and love.
JOHN BOLTON (Dr. Frederick Frankenstein) happily returns to Ogunquit Playhouse reprising the role he played here in 2013. Broadway: Anastasia (Outer Critics, CT Critics, Rivera Award nominations), Dames At Sea (Astaire Award nomination), A Christmas Story (Drama Desk, IRNE, Footlight Awards), Curtains, Spamalot, Contact, Titanic, How To Succeed…, Damn Yankees. Mr. Bolton starred as Horace Vandergelder in the 2019-20 National Tour of Hello, Dolly! He has headlined several NY Pops concerts at Carnegie Hall and performed with The NY Philharmonic at Lincoln Center. Film: Mapplethorpe, The Savages. TV: Evil, The Blacklist, Madam Secretary, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Gossip Girl, Elementary, Blue Bloods, Boardwalk Empire, The Good Wife, and the inevitable Law & Order.
SALLY STRUTHERS (Frau Blucher) is a two-time Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner for her performance in the groundbreaking TV series All in the Family. She starred in CBS’ spinoff Gloria and 9 to 5 (FOX), and playing recurring roles on Still Standing (CBS), as well as Gilmore Girls (The CW) and Netflix’s four movie revival, and guest starred in Maron (IFC). Sally’s television movies include: A Gun in the House, And Your Name is Jonah, The Great Houdinis, Hey… I’m Alive, In The Best Interest of the Children, Deadly Silence, My Husband is Missing, and Intimate Strangers. Sally co-starred in two legendary motion pictures: Five Easy Pieces with Jack Nicholson, and The Getaway with Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw. Sally’s first two Broadway shows were Wally’s Cafe with Rita Moreno and James Coco, and Neil Simon’s female version of The Odd Couple with Brenda Vaccaro. For three years she starred as Miss Mamie Lynch on Broadway and on tour in Tommy Tune’s production of Grease, and in the 20th Anniversary Tour of Annie co-starred as Miss Hannigan. Sally was named Best Actress by the Los Angeles Artistic Director Theatre Awards for her role as Louise Seger in the musical, Always, Patsy Cline; won the Ovation Award as Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Agnes Gooch in the LA production of Mame, a second Ovation Award for Cinderella, and also won a plaque for ‘Best Actress’ in her 7th Grade Class Play. Regional: Hello, Dolly!, Anything Goes, The Fifth of July, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, The Full Monty, Fiddler on the Roof, Chicago, All Shook Up, Drowsy Chaperone, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, 9 To 5, Legally Blonde, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Witches of Eastwick, Nice Work if You Can Get It, Grumpy Old Men. For 30 years, Miss Struthers worked to help hungry and uneducated children in developing countries, filming numerous public service announcements and documentaries on their behalf.
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MEL BROOKS (Writer, Composer, Lyricist, Producer) Director, producer, writer and actor, Mel Brooks is the recipient of three Tony Awards (Best Score, Best Book, Best Musical) and two Grammy Awards (Best Musical Show Album and Best Long Form Music Video) for THE PRODUCERS. Mr. Brooks began his distinguished career in 1951 during television's Golden Age as a writer for Sid Caesar on YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS. In 1955 and ‘57, he received Emmy nominations (with others) for Best Comedy Writing on CAESAR'S HOUR, and in 1956 for Best Writing for a Variety or Situation Comedy. In 1952, Brooks wrote sketches for Leonard Sillman's Broadway smash-hit revue, NEW FACES OF 1952, and in 1957, together with Joe Darion, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical SHINBONE ALLEY, which starred Eartha Kitt. In 1962, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical ALL-AMERICAN, starring Ray Bolger. In the'60s, Brooks teamed up with Carl Reiner to write and perform THE 2000 YEAR OLD MAN albums, which became immediate bestsellers. In 1960 and 1961, Brooks and Reiner received Grammy nominations for Best Spoken Word Comedy for 2000 YEARS and Best Comedy Performance for 2000 AND ONE YEARS. In 1997, Brooks and Reiner teamed up again for THE 2000 YEAR OLD MAN IN THE YEAR 2000. Both a book and a CD were released, the CD winning a Grammy Award in 1998 for Best Spoken Word Album: Comedy. In 1964, he wrote and narrated THE CRITIC, a short satire on avant-garde art films, which received an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Subject. In 1965, Brooks teamed up with Buck Henry to create GET SMART, the long-running television series starring Don Adams and Barbara Feldman. In 1967, Brooks (with others) received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Achievement in a Comedy-Variety for THE SID CAESAR, IMOGENE COCA, CARL REINER, HOWARD MORRIS SPECIAL. In 1968, he wrote and directed his first feature film, THE PRODUCERS, starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, which earned him an Academy Award for the Best Original Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. He then went on to create a remarkable string of hit comedies. He wrote, directed, and acted in THE TWELVE CHAIRS (1970); co-wrote, directed, and acted in BLAZING SADDLES (1974), and was nominated, along with composer John Morris, for the Best Title Song; co-wrote and directed YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974); co-wrote, directed, and starred in SILENT MOVIE (1976); co-wrote, directed, and starred in HIGH ANXIETY (1977); co-wrote, directed, produced, and starred in HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART 1 (1981); produced and starred in TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1983); co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in the sci-fi spoof, SPACEBALLS (1987); co-wrote, directed, produced, and starred in LIFE STINKS (1991); co-wrote, directed, produced, and starred in ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS (1993); co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in DRACULA: DEAD AND LOVING IT (1995). For three successive seasons, Brooks won the Emmy Award for his role as Uncle Phil on the hit NBC comedy, MAD ABOUT YOU. His visionary film company, Brooksfilms Limited, founded in 1980, has produced some of America's most distinguished films, among them: David Lynch's THE ELEPHANT MAN, David Cronenberg's THE FLY, FRANCES, Richard Benjamin's MY FAVORITE YEAR, and 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD, starring Anthony Hopkins and Mr. Brooks' wife Anne Bancroft.
THOMAS MEEHAN (Book) received the Tony Award for co-writing the book for The Producers (2001) and Hairspray (2003). He received his first Tony Award in 1977 for writing the book of Annie, his first Broadway show, and has written the books for the musicals Rocky, Elf the Musical, Cry-Baby, Chaplin, Bombay Dreams, I Remember Mama, Ain’t Broadway Grand, and Annie Warbucks. In addition, Mr Meehan was a long-time contributor of humor to The New Yorker, an Emmy-Award winning writer of television comedy, and a collaborator on a number of screenplays, including Mel Brooks' Spaceballs and To Be Or Not To Be. Mr Meehan was also a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild. He and his wife, Carolyn, divided their time between a home in Nantucket and an apartment in Greenwich Village, near which, on Hudson Street, she owned and presided over the long-running and near-legendary children's store Peanut Butter & Jane.
SUSAN STROMAN (Original Direction and Choreography) honored with Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel, and a record five Astaire Awards, Susan made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 2014, directing and choreographing The Merry Widow. Her work on Mel Brooks’ The Producers won a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards including Best Direction and Best Choreography. Other Broadway credits include The Scottsboro Boys, Bullets Over Broadway, Big Fish, Crazy for You, Show Boat, Oklahoma!, The Frogs, The Music Man, Thou Shalt Not, and Steel Pier. Off-Broadway credits include The World Goes ‘Round, Flora the Red Menace, and Happiness. She has created ballets for New York City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Martha Graham Company. She is the recipient of the George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in the American Theater and the Theater Hall of Fame.
ROBIN WAGNER (Original Set Design) Broadway: A Chorus Line, The Producers (Tony Award), The Boy From Oz, Kiss Me Kate, Saturday Night Fever, Side Show, Angels in America, Victor/Victoria, Jelly’s Last Jam, City Of Angels (Tony Award), Crazy for You, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Chess, 42nd Street, Dreamgirls, On the Twentieth Century (Tony Award), A Chorus Line, Jesus Christ Superstar, Lenny, Promises Promises, The Great White Hope, Hair. Operas: The Metropolitan, Swedish Royal, Vienna State, Royal Opera Covent Garden. Additional honors also include Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle. He is a trustee of the Public Theater and a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame.
WILLIAM IVEY LONG (Original Costume Design) the legendary theatrical costumer designer. Broadway: Chicago, Big Fish, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Don’t Dress for Dinner, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Catch Me If You Can, Pal Joey, 9 to 5, Young Frankenstein, Curtains, Grey Gardens (Tony Award), The Producers (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), A Streetcar Named Desire, La Cage Aux Folles, The Boy from Oz, Hairspray (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), Cabaret, Contact (Hewes Award), The Music Man, Annie Get Your Gun, Swing, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Crazy for You (Tony, Outer Critics Circle Awards); Guys and Dolls (Drama Desk Award), A Christmas Carol, Six Degrees of Separation, Lend Me a Tenor (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), Nine (Tony, Drama Desk, Maharam Awards). Off-Broadway: Bunty Berman Presents, Lucky Guy, The School for Lies. Mr. Long has been nominated for 13 Tony Awards. He was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame, and has served as Chairman of The American Theatre Wing.
JEFF WHITING (Director) is a director and choreographer with work on Broadway, Television, Special Events, and Concerts around the world. Broadway (Associate): Bullets Over Broadway, The Scottsboro Boys, Hair, Young Frankenstein, Big Fish. Upcoming: Love Affair, Crazy For You, Marie: Dancing Still, In The Light, Loch Lomond, The Imaginary, Tribu, Cookies, Invincible, Joan Crawford in Flesh and Blood. Nat’l Tour: Bullets Over Broadway, Hairspray, The Producers, Young Frankenstein, The Rockin’ Road to Dublin, Louis and Ella. Off-Broadway and Regional: Fly More Than You Fall, Chasing Rainbows (World Premieres); Hairspray (NSMT); The Lost Colony (Waterside); Cookies, Single Wide (NYMF), Gypsy (Capital). Special Events and Concerts: James Taylor Live at Carnegie Hall (with Bette Midler, Sting, Tony Bennett), The New Victory Arts Awards (with Sarah Jessica Parker, John Lithgow), Disney’s Magical Moments (Brazil). Jeff is the creator and founder of Stage Write Software, the standard method for documenting choreography; the Founding Artistic Director of The Open Jar Institute, a premiere music theatre training program; President of Open Jar Studios, and was featured in a TED Talk sharing his philosophy of “Open Jar Thinking.” jeffwhiting.com
JAMES GRAY (Choreographer) staged the Emmy Award-winning Mel Brooks: The AFI Lifetime Achievement Award, and choreographed the movie Humor Me starring Elliot Gould. Gray directed and choreographed the musical Peg O’ My Heart; choreographed Oliver! (Goodspeed), and Annie with Tony Award-winner Karen Ziemba. Gray is the longtime associate director/choreographer to Broadway’s Susan Stroman, working on Mel Brooks’ The Producers and Young Frankenstein, Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway, Harold Prince’s Prince of Broadway, and more. jamesgray.biz
MICHAEL USELMANN (Music Director) Nat’l Tours: Dear Evan Hansen (Associate Conductor); Fiddler on the Roof, Sound of Music (Conductor). Michael composed and conducted the original musical Heist! Off-Broadway for Players Theatre. Proud graduate of NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. @MichaelUselmann
JORDON CUNNINGHAM (Associate Music Director) is a New York based Music Director, pianist, and graduate of Penn State University with a MFA in Music Direction. He most recently served on the music team for Diana on Broadway and as Music Director and Conductor for Sound of Music at Asolo Rep. Previously, he was on staff as the Music Assistant and Associate Conductor at the Goodspeed Opera House. Other credits include: Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, The 20th Anniversary Smokey Joe's Cafe National Tour, Saturday Night Fever (Engeman Theatre), The Secret Garden (5th Avenue Theatre), In The Heights (Zach Scott Theatre).
NATE BERTONE (Additional Scenic Elements) is a NYC-based theatrical storyteller who has worked nationally and internationally as a director, designer, playwright, and producer. Nate’s designs have appeared at Google, Sacramento Music Circus, Ogunquit Playhouse, Bucks County Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, Theatre by the Sea, Arizona Broadway. As Associate Designer for Tony Award-Winning Designer Beowulf Boritt: Be More Chill (West End), Crazy for You (Lincoln Center), 20th Century Blues (Off Broadway). Assistant to Boritt: Freestyle Love Supreme and A Bronx Tale (Broadway). Faculty: Manhattan School of Music. Dean’s Scholar of Central Saint Martins, London. His musical Letters From War has played STC, MLT, and NSMT. His new play The SeaView Nursing Home for the Newly Deceased is in development. Represented by The Gersh Agency. Proud member of USA829 and The Dramatists Guild. natebertone.com
RICHARD LATTA (Lighting Design) OP: Jersey Boys, 42nd Street, Cabaret, Oklahoma!, An American in Paris (IRNE Award Nomination), Grumpy Old Men the Musical. He is currently the longest serving employee at Ogunquit Playhouse, beginning as a crew member in 1985 and serving as a Lighting Designer since 1987. In that time, he's designed hundreds of shows and watched in amazement as the Playhouse evolved from its humble Summer Stock beginnings to a producing entity that presents classics, re-inventions of recent shows, and gives life to brand new productions. Rich thanks the many Electricians, Programmers, Associates and Follow Spot Operators who make the Playhouse great.
KEVIN HEARD (Sound Design) is so thrilled and grateful to be returning to Ogunquit Playhouse and live audiences! OP: Ragtime (IRNE Award Winner), Cabaret, Kinky Boots, Jersey Boys, An American in Paris, From Here to Eternity, Mamma Mia!, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Anything Goes, White Christmas, Million Dollar Quartet. Broadway: All The Way, The Cherry Orchard, The Country House. Off-Broadway: #DateMe, Einstein’s Dreams, The Hello Girls, In & Of Itself, Midnight at The Never Get, safeword, Smokey Joe’s Cafe. Along with dozens of Regional productions across the US, Kevin designed sound for the International Premieres of Fun Home (starring Lea Salonga), Kinky Boots, and Matilda in Manila, Philippines. Kevin is also an independent producer and general manager who works frequently with BenDeLaCreme Presents and recently produced his first feature film with The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Special, now streaming on Hulu. heardaudio.com
DANIEL EVERETT (Production Stage Manager) saw his first production at the Ogunquit Playhouse at the age of eleven. OP: Escape to Margaritaville, Kinky Boots, 42nd Street, Elf, White Christmas, Ragtime, Mamma Mia!, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Sister Act, Mary Poppins, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. Off-Broadway: Culture Project, Ma-Yi Theater Company, Manhattan Ensemble Theatre. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Gateway Playhouse, West Virginia Public Theatre. Special thanks to his family for all their support.
BRIAN M. ROBILLARD (Assistant Stage Manager) returns to Ogunquit Playhouse after previously working on Jersey Boys, Grumpy Old Men, An American in Paris, and Smokey Joe’s Café, serving as COVID Compliance Officer this season. Regional: Hair, Oliver, 1776, We Will Not Be Silent, The Bakelite Masterpiece, Lonely Planet, Ideation, The Gift Horse, Brecht on Brecht (New Repertory Theatre); The Crucible, The First Pineapple, Pygmalion (Bedlam); A Christmas Carol (Central Square); The Tempest, Cymbeline, Romeo & Juliet (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company). Brian received his BFA in Stage Management from BU, is a proud member of Actor’s Equity, and serves on the Boston Area Equity Liaison Committee.
BINDER CASTING (Casting Director) founded by Jay Binder nearly 40 years ago, has been a part of RWS Entertainment Group since 2016. The office has cast 150+ Broadway, Off-Broadway, and National Touring productions, in addition to countless national and international projects spanning both stage and screen. Binder was featured prominently in the Broadway documentary, Every Little Step, and is a proud twelve-time recipient of the Artios Award for Excellence in Casting. The office infuses its work with both a deep respect for our roots and a commitment to growth. bindercasting.com
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John Bolton returns as Frederick Fronk-un-steen, with Sally Struthers paying tribute to her friend Cloris Leachman by making Frau Blucher all her own. Joining Bolton and Struthers are Soara-Joye Ross as Elizabeth, Will Burton as Igor, Hannah Cruz as Inga, David Baida as Inspector Kemp, and Zachary James as The Monster. Anthony Cannarella, Jeremiah Ginn, Sarah Elizabeth Gold, Nigel Jamal Hall, Aliah James, Graham Keen, Missy Marion, Erica Peréz-Barton, and Noah Ruebeck round out the Ensemble.
Young Frankenstein will feature Susan Stroman’s original direction and choreography, lovingly recreated by director Jeff Whiting (Bullets Over Broadway) and choreographer James Gray (CBS’ Broadway is Back) and music direction by Michael Uselmann (Dear Evan Hansen National Tour) and associate Jordon Cunningham (Diana on Broadway).
With the original Broadway scenic design by Robin Wagner and costume design by William Ivey Long, Young Frankenstein features additional scenic elements by Nate Bertone (Ogunquit Playhouse’s Mystic Pizza), lighting design by Richard Latta (Ogunquit Playhouse’s Spamalot), and sound design by Kevin Heard (Ogunquit Playhouse’s Kinky Boots). Daniel Everett is the Production Stage Manager and Brian Robillard is the Assistant Stage Manager.