MusicalComedy Sign LanguageRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Jul 24, 2003
Closing Date
Sep 21, 2003
1st Preview
Jul 01, 2003
1st Preview
Jul 01, 2003
Previews
28
Performances
67
MusicalComedy Sign LanguageRevivalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
American Airlines Theatre
(Jul 24, 2003 - Sep 21, 2003)
Setting
In St. Petersburg, Missouri, and later on the Illinois Shore and Jackson's Island.
Comments
American Sign Language adaptation
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes: Artistic Director; Ellen Richard: Managing Director; Julia C. Levy: Executive Director of External Affairs; Gene Feist: Founding Director)
Produced by The Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes: Artistic Director; Ellen Richard: Managing Director; Julia C. Levy: Executive Director of External Affairs; Gene Feist: Founding Director) and Deaf West Theatre (Ed Waterstreet: Artistic Director; Bill O'Brien: Producing Director); Produced in association with Center Theatre Group / Mark Taper Forum (Gordon Davidson, Artistic Director; Charles Dillingham, Managing Director)
Book by William Hauptman; Music by Roger Miller; Lyrics by Roger Miller; Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain; Special musical arrangements by Steven Landau; Musical Director: Steven Landau
Directed by Jeff Calhoun; Choreographed by Jeff Calhoun; Associate Director / Choreographer: Coy Middlebrook
Scenic Design by Ray Klausen; Costume Design by David R. Zyla; Lighting Design by Michael Gilliam; Sound Design by Peter Fitzgerald; Hair and Wig Design by Carol F. Doran; Assistant Scenic Design: Randall Parsons; Assistant Costume Design: Caroline Quiroga and Brian J. Bustos; Assistant Lighting Design: John Viesta; Assistant Sound Design: Janet Smith; Assistant Hair and Wig Design: Joyce Ann Litrell
Roundabout General Manager: Sydney Davolos; General Manager: Don-Scott Cooper; Company Manager: Jean Haring; Associate Gen. Mgr: Greg Backstrom
Production Stage Manager: Peter Hanson; Roundabout Technical Supervisor: Steve Beers; Stage Manager: C. Scott Crawford
Musical Coordinator: John Miller; Conducted by Steven Landau; Piano: Steven Landau; Fiddle/Mandolin: Cenovia Cummins; Percussion/Dulcimer: Frank Pagano; Acoustic Bass: Dave Phillips; Banjo/Guitar/Dobro/Mandolin/Harmonica: Gordon Titcomb; Guitar/Dobro/Banjo/Mandolin: Greg Utzig
Roundabout Associate Artistic Director: Scott Ellis; Press Representative: Boneau / Bryan-Brown; Roundabout Director of Marketing: David B. Steffen; Roundabout Director of Artistic Development / Casting: Jim Carnahan; Los Angeles Casting: Amy Lieberman and Bruce Newberg, CSA; Assistant to the Director: Dan Dinero; ASL Head: Linda Bove and Freda Norman; Advertising: The Eliran Murphy Group, Ltd.; Photographer: Joan Marcus
Michael Arden
Tom Sawyer
 
Ensemble
Scott Barnhardt
Ben Rogers
 
Andy
 
Ronald Robinson
 
Voice of Young Fool
 
Voice of Sheriff Bell
 
Ensemble
Walter Charles
Preacher
 
Doctor
 
Voice of Judge
 
Voice of Duke
 
Voice of First Man
 
Ensemble
Christina Ellison Dunams
Alice's Daughter
 
Slave
 
Ensemble
Gina Ferrall
Widow Douglas
 
Voice of Sally
 
Ensemble
Phyllis Frelich
Miss Watson
 
Sally Phelps
 
Ensemble
Tyrone Giordano
Huckleberry Finn
Daniel H. Jenkins
Mark Twain
 
Voice of Huck
Lyle Kanouse
Pap
 
King
 
Voice of Silas
 
Ensemble
Rod Keller
Jo Harper
 
Lafe
 
Donald Robinson
 
Ensemble
Troy Kotsur
Pap
 
Duke
 
Ensemble
Michael McElroy
Jim
Drew McVety
Voice of Dick Simon
 
Voice of Harvey Wilkes
 
Voice of Hank
 
Second Man
 
Ensemble
Ryan Schlect
Dick Simon
 
Hank
 
Young Fool
 
Sheriff Bell
 
Ensemble
Iosif Schneiderman
Judge Thatcher
 
Harvey Wilkes
 
Silas Phelps
 
First Man
 
Ensemble
Gwen Stewart
Alice
the Wilkes' slave
 
Voice of Alice's Daughter
 
Slave
 
Ensemble
Melissa Van Der Schyff
Mary Jane Wilkes
 
Voice of Miss Watson
 
Voice of Joanna Wilkes
 
Ensemble
Alexandria Wailes
Joanna Wilkes
 
Ensemble
Understudies: Catherine Brunell (Widow Douglas, Mary Jane Wilkes, Joanna Wilkes), David Aron Damane (Jim, Slave), Rod Keller (Tom Sawyer), Kevin Massey (Ben Rogers, Jo Harper, Andy, Lafe, Donald Robinson, Ronald Robinson), George McDaniel (Pap Finn, Second Man, King, Doctor), Drew McVety (Mark Twain), Guthrie Nutter (Huckleberry Finn, Dick Simon, Judge Thatcher, First Man, Hank, Young Fool, Sheriff Bell, Harvey Wilkes, Silas Phelps), Ryan Schlect (Huckleberry Finn, Pap Finn, Duke) and Alexandria Wailes (Miss Watson, Sally Phelps)
music by Roger Miller; lyrics by Roger Miller
Act 1
Sung By
Do You Wanna Go to Heaven?
The Company
We Are the Boys
Tom Sawyer and The Gang
Waitin' for the Light to Shine
Huckleberry Finn
Guv'ment
Pap
Hand for the Hog
Tom Sawyer
I, Huckleberry, Me
Huckleberry Finn
Muddy Water
Jim and Huckleberry Finn
The Crossing
Slaves
River in the Rain
Huckleberry Finn and Jim
When the Sun Goes Down in the South
King, Duke, Huckleberry Finn and Jim
Act 2
Sung By
The Royal Nonesuch
Duke, Huckleberry Finn, Hank, Andy, Lafe and The Company
Worlds Apart
Jim and Huckleberry Finn
Arkansas
Young Fool
How Blest We Are
Alice, Alice's Daughter and The Company
You Oughta Be Here with Me
Mary Jane Wilkes, Joanna Wilkes, Donald Robinson and Ronald Robinson
How Blest We Are (Reprise)
Alice and Alice's Daughter
Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go
Huckleberry Finn, Mary Jane Wilkes and Jim
Waitin' for the Light to Shine (Reprise)
Huckleberry Finn, Alice, Alice's Daughter, Jim and The Company
Free At Last
Jim and The Company
Muddy Water (Reprise)
Huckleberry Finn and Jim
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