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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Mainstage, 2023-2024

Creative Team

Book  Douglas McGrath
Music and Lyrics  Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
Orchestrations and Arranging by  Steve Sidwell

Cast

A Shirelle/Shirley/Ensemble  Simone Alene
Cynthia Weil  Krystle Armstrong*
A Drifter/Ensemble  Montel Butler*, Nehemiah Hooks*, Chandler T. Thomas
Don Kirshner  Avery Clark*
Carole King  Sarah Rose Davis*
A Shirelle/Little Eva/Ensemble  Anteia DeLaney
Genie Klein  Angela DiMarco*
A Shirelle/Janelle Woods/Ensemble  Alexandria J. Henderson*
A Shirelle/"Uptown" Soloist/Lucille/Ensemble  Nalica Hennings
Gerry Goffin  Jason Kappus*
Betty/Ensemble  Savannah Lynn
Barry Mann  Adam Marino
Marilyn/Ensemble  Cherisse Martinelli
A Righteous Brother/Ensemble  Matthew Posner
A Drifter/Nick/Ensemble  Charles L. Simmons*
A Drifter / Ensemble  Chandler T. Thomas*
A Righteous Brother/Neil Sedaka/Lou Adler/Ensemble  Jason Weitkamp*

Understudies

Janelle Woods  Simone Alene
Marilyn  Savannah Lynn
Gerry Goffin  Matthew Posner
Don Kirshner  Jason Weitkamp*
Carole King  Taylor Niemeyer-Symons*
Barry, The Righteous Brothers  Casey Raiha
Cynthia/Betty/Genie  Alexandra Shephard
The Drifters  Jeffery Wallace
The Shirelles  Madison Willis

Orchestra

Conductor/Keyboard 1  R.J. Tancioco
Keyboard 2  Michael Nutting
Keyboard 3  Michael Matlock
Guitar 1  Justin S Davis
Guitar 2  Greg Fulton
Bass  Chris Jones
Drums  James "Rif" Reif
Percussion  Brian Kirk
Reed 1  Derek Smith
Reed 2  Jay Easton
Trumpet  Greg Lyons
Trombone  Keith Winkle
Substitute musicians  Drew Baddeley, Ben Bentler, Bruce Carpenter, Olivia D. Hamilton, Ken Murphy, Eric Patterson, Anthony Pooley, Daniel Rainard, Michael Reznick, Rebecca Smith, Nathan Vetter

Production Team

Director/Choreographer  Lisa Shriver
Music Director  R.J. Tancioco
Set Designer  Grace Laubacher
Costume Designer  Melanie Taylor Burgess
Lighting Designer  Robert J. Aguilar
Sound Designer  Darron L West
Projection Designer  Ahren Buhmann
Stage Manager  Laurel Nichols*
Assistant Stage Manager  Isabella Marziello, Miranda Mikolaizik*
Production Assistant  Ethan Swim
Associate Choreographer  Daniel Cruz
Associate Music Director  Michael Nutting
Associate Costume Designer  Brynne Johnson-McKeen
Associate Lighting Designer  Casey Price
Assistant Director  Harry Turpin
Vocal Coach  Aaron M. Davis Norman
Intimacy Director  Kathryn Van Meter
Dialect Coach  Yusef D Seevers
Casting Director  Jessica Spencer
Directing Observer  Kaia Rubin

Crew

Head Stage Carpenter (Issaquah)  Whitman Paylor
Head Stage Carpenter (Everett)  Chris Mikolaizik
Lead Deck, Automation (Issaquah)  Olof Sander
Lead Deck, Automation (Everett)  Justin Babbitt
Lead Deck, Props (Issaquah)  Paige Donald
Lead Deck, Props (Everett)  Kyle Morgan
Key Stage Carpenter (Everett)  Leila Cheung
Key Stage Carpenter (Issaquah)  Anna Vraney
Head Electrician (Issaquah)  Paul Arnold
Head Electrician (Everett)  Brandon Cullinan
Follow Spot Operator  Casey Leugemors, Johnny Junior Venegas
Programmer (Issaquah)  Zac Andersen
Programmer (Everett)  Meghan McNeal
Head Sound Engineer (Issaquah)  Eric Fowler
Head Sound Engineer (Everett)  Erik Siegling
Lead Audio/A2 (Issaquah)  Jarad Edwards
Lead Audio/A2 (Everett)  Corbin D. Hopkins
Projection Technician  Derick Avitt
Wardrobe Head (Issaquah)  Kate Simpson
Wardrobe Head (Everett)  Sean Holser
Lead wardrobe beginning Dec 1  Malena Langlie
Lead wardrobe until Dec 6  Kali Pohle
Key Wardrobe  Katy Morrison

* Member of Actors' Equity Association