State Fair
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Opening Date
Aug 12, 1995
Closing Date
Feb 18, 1996
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Open Date: Aug 12, 1995
Close Date: Feb 18, 1996
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Is Final Week: 1
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Setting
Five days in late August of 1946 on the Frake farm in Brunswick, Iowa and at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.
Comments
This touring production came to Broadway, opening on March 27, 1996 at the Music Box Theatre.
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PeopleProduced by The Theatre Guild, Philip Langner, Robert Franz, Sonny Everett, Bonnie Nelson Schwartz, Matt Garfield, Jonathan C. Herzog, Ron Kumin and Gordon Smith; By arrangement with Celia Lipton Productions, Inc.; Produced in association with The North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation; Associate Producer: David Young and Norma LangworthyOriginally produced at the NCSA Broadway Preview Series, Winston-Salem NC by Ron KuminBook by Tom Briggs and Louis Mattioli; Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Based on the screenplay by Oscar Hammerstein II; Based on the novel by Phil Stong; Music orchestrated by Bruce Pomahac; Vocal arrangements by Kay Cameron; Dance arrangements by Scot Woolley; Musical Director: Kay CameronScenic Design by James Leonard Joy; Costume Design by Michael Bottari and Ronald Case; Lighting Design by Natasha Katz; Sound Design by Brian RonanGeneral Manager: Ralph Roseman; Company Manager: Mitchell WeissTechnical Supervisor: Gene O'Donovan; Production Stage Manager: Warren CraneMusical Coordinator: John MillerCasting: Caro Jones and Pat McCorkle, C.S.A.; Tour Coordinator: Robert E. Schneider; General Press Representative: Susan L. SchulmanVioletthe Chief of Police's daughterEnsembleEnsembleClaya farmerJudge HeppenstahlEnsembleEnsembleEnsembleA FairtoneEnsembleA FairtoneEnsembleRoustaboutEnsembleEnsembleRoustaboutSwings: Julie Lira and John ScottUnderstudies: Kelli Barclay (Vivian, Jeanne), Leslie Bell (Emily Arden), Linnea Dakin (Violet, Eleanor), SuEllen Estey (Melissa Frake), J. Lee Flynn (Abel Frake), Susan Haefner (Margy Frake), Tina Johnson (The Hoop-La Barker), Ian Knauer (Wayne Frake), Julie Lira (Midway Cow, Midway Pig), James Patterson (Harry), John Scott (Charlie, Gus, Uncle Sam, A Fairtone, Roustabout), Mary C. Sheehan (Mrs. Edwin Metcalf of Pottsville) and Scott Willis (Pat Gilbert, The Chief of Police, The Astounding Stralenko)
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Produced by The Theatre Guild, Philip Langner, Robert Franz, Sonny Everett, Bonnie Nelson Schwartz, Matt Garfield, Jonathan C. Herzog, Ron Kumin and Gordon Smith; By arrangement with Celia Lipton Productions, Inc.; Produced in association with The North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation; Associate Producer: David Young and Norma Langworthy
Originally produced at the NCSA Broadway Preview Series, Winston-Salem NC by Ron Kumin
Book by Tom Briggs and Louis Mattioli; Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Based on the screenplay by Oscar Hammerstein II; Based on the novel by Phil Stong; Music orchestrated by Bruce Pomahac; Vocal arrangements by Kay Cameron; Dance arrangements by Scot Woolley; Musical Director: Kay Cameron
Scenic Design by James Leonard Joy; Costume Design by Michael Bottari and Ronald Case; Lighting Design by Natasha Katz; Sound Design by Brian Ronan
General Manager: Ralph Roseman; Company Manager: Mitchell Weiss
Technical Supervisor: Gene O'Donovan; Production Stage Manager: Warren Crane
Musical Coordinator: John Miller
Casting: Caro Jones and Pat McCorkle, C.S.A.; Tour Coordinator: Robert E. Schneider; General Press Representative: Susan L. Schulman
Violet
the Chief of Police's daughter
Ensemble
Ensemble
Clay
a farmer
Judge Heppenstahl
Ensemble
Ensemble
Ensemble
A Fairtone
Ensemble
A Fairtone
Ensemble
Roustabout
Ensemble
Ensemble
Roustabout
Swings:
Julie Lira
and John Scott
Understudies:
Kelli Barclay
(Vivian, Jeanne), Leslie Bell
(Emily Arden), Linnea Dakin
(Violet, Eleanor), SuEllen Estey
(Melissa Frake), J. Lee Flynn
(Abel Frake), Susan Haefner
(Margy Frake), Tina Johnson
(The Hoop-La Barker), Ian Knauer
(Wayne Frake), Julie Lira
(Midway Cow, Midway Pig), James Patterson
(Harry), John Scott
(Charlie, Gus, Uncle Sam, A Fairtone, Roustabout), Mary C. Sheehan
(Mrs. Edwin Metcalf of Pottsville) and Scott Willis
(Pat Gilbert, The Chief of Police, The Astounding Stralenko)