Producers Mike Bosner and Jason Owen are proud to announce full casting for the North American tour of Shucked, the Tony Award® winning musical.
As previously announced, the tour will tech and begin performances at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Rhode Island and will play over 30 cities in its first season including TPAC in Nashville, the home of Grammy winning writers Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally. The current route can be found here.
The cast includes Miki Abraham (Shucked on Broadway) as Lulu, Tyler Joseph Ellis (“The Sex Lives of College Girls”) as Storyteller 2, Maya Lagerstam (The Gospel According to Heather) as Storyteller 1, Mike Nappi (Darling Grenadine) as Peanut, Jake Odmark (Kinky Boots) as Beau, Quinn VanAntwerp (Shucked on Broadway) as Gordy and Danielle Wade (“Cady” in the Mean Girls National Tour) as Maizy.
The cast also includes Zakiya Baptiste, Mackenzie Bell, Carly Caviglia, Cecily Dionne Davis, Ryan Fitzgerald, Sean Casey Flanagan, Jackson Goad, Erick Pinnick, Nick Raynor, Celeste Rose, Kyle Sherman and Chani Wereley.
Shucked features a “superb book” (New York Post) by Tony Award winner Robert Horn, a score filled with “earworm songs” (The Daily Beast) by Grammy Award winners, Tony Award nominees and Nashville music superstars Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, and direction with “an infectious spirit of glee and warmth” (Variety) by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien.
What do you get when you pair a semi-neurotic, New York comedy writer with two music superstars from Nashville? A hilarious and audacious farm-to-fable musical about the one thing Americans everywhere can’t get enough of: corn. Shucked is the new musical comedy that proves sometimes tearing down a few walls, rather than growing them, is the only way to preserve our way of life. Shucked is turning musical theater on its ear and is offering a kernel of hope for our divided nation.
Biographies
MIKI ABRAHAM (Lulu). Miki is thrilled to be a child of the corn. Broadway: Shucked (OBC), Off-Broadway: A Sign Of The Times at New World Stages. Nat’l Tour: Once On This Island, and Beautiful. They live by a life motto, “The most important story you will ever tell is the one you tell yourself about yourself” @mikiabraham_
TYLER JOSEPH ELLIS (Storyteller 2). Theatre: Passion (Boston Court), She Loves Me (Actors Co-op). Film/TV: “That ‘90s Show” (Netflix), “The Sex Lives of College Girls” (HBO). You may recognize him from his videos on TikTok and Instagram. Graduate of the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Much love to CESD, Gersh, Select, and C12 Casting. For his family, friends, and teachers. And Stephen Sondheim. @tylerjosephellis
MAYA LAGERSTAM (Storyteller 1). Off Broadway: The Gospel According to Heather (Theater 555), Fowl Play (AMT Theater) Regional: The Tattooed Lady (Philadelphia Theatre Co), Most Happy in Concert Directed by Daniel Fish (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Tempest & A Christmas Carol (Guthrie Theatre), RENT (Southern Plains Productions), The Wiz (Parallel 45) and movie musical 1660 Vine directed by Patricia McGregor, choreographed by Paula Abdul.
MIKE NAPPI (Peanut). NYC: Darling Grenadine (Roundabout Theatre Company), Life & Slimes (New World Stages). Select Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed, Marriott Theatre, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Walnut Street Theatre, Rubicon Theatre Company, Bucks County Playhouse, Bloomington Playwrights Project, Nebraska Repertory, Alleyway Theatre, Gretna Theatre. A composer/playwright, Mike is developing two musicals, The World’s Cassette Library and Take Me Back To Yellowstone. IG: mike_nappi
JAKE ODMARK (Beau). BROADWAY: Spiderman, Kinky Boots, Pretty Woman, The Inheritance. Proud Arlington, VA native. Playing Beau is such a beautiful blessing I’ll always cherish! Thanks to Robert, Mike, Tim and Dannielle. So much love to Ali, Mommy and Daddy, twin brother Josh, Sissy, Abs, Ricky, and my three perfect nieces, Annella, Kasten, and August!! @jakeodmark
QUINN VANANTWERP (Gordy) is thrilled to be back in the corn after having been an original cast member of Shucked on Broadway. BWAY: Jersey Boys (3000 performances!), Shucked, The Play That Goes Wrong. TV/FILM: “Better Call Saul,” “The Affair,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Good Wife,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” & Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom to name a few. BRS/GAGE | Follow @quinnvanantwerp
DANIELLE WADE (Maizy) is shucking thrilled to be here! Broadway/1st Nat’l: Mean Girls (Cady), The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy). TV: “Julia” (HBO), “Over The Rainbow” Winner (CBC). Select Credits: Jane Falbury in Summer Stock (Goodspeed), Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (Goodspeed), Marian Paroo in The Music Man (Stratford Festival). So much love to our whole team here and everyone in my corner at home, Ross and my sweet Husband, Will. @daniewade
ZAKIYA BAPTISTE (Ensemble, u/s Storyteller1, u/s Lulu). Thanking God for His continued blessings and mercy over my life. Aiming to make a mark both onstage and offstage, follow @zakiya_baptiste and @kiyalocs to see this Black woman walk in purpose as an actor and natural hair care provider.
MACKENZIE BELL (Swing, u/s Maizy) is so happy to be on the shucking road with her husband and toddler! Broadway: SUMMER (OBC), Sunset Boulevard (ORC), Pippin. TV: “Inventing Anna,” “Fosse/Verdon.” 1st National Tours: Jersey Boys, Flashdance. Off-Bway/Regional: Carrie (Off-Bway), La Jolla Playhouse, MUNY, Papermill & more. BFA Elon. @mackthebell, mackenziebell.com
CARLY CAVIGLIA (Swing, u/s Maizy). Raised on a farm in Visalia, CA – honored to be here. National Tour: Legally Blonde, Regional: The Rev, Gateway Playhouse, Arizona Broadway, Syracuse Stage. Proud Syracuse grad. Thanks, Shucked & Kopel teams, ATB, and her friends and family. For Dad. @carlycaviglia
CECILY DIONNE DAVIS (Ensemble, u/s Storyteller 1, u/s Lulu). Always giving honor to God who is the head of her life. Previously: Princess Fiona – Shrek The Musical National Tour. Atlanta native! BFA Musical Theatre, Howard University (2023). Love to her family, friends, PMA and the Shucked team. @cecily.dionne
RYAN FITZGERALD (Ensemble, u/s Peanut, u/s Storyteller 2) is thrilled to be joining the Cobb County family. Past credits: Stages St Louis, MUNY, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Bay Street, Flatrock Playhouse, Papermill Playhouse, Cape playhouse, The Arvada Center, The New Group. I love you Mom! @whoframedryanrabbit
SEAN CASEY FLANAGAN (Swing, u/s Gordy, u/s Peanut, u/s Grandpa) is ecstatic to join this hilarious show! Off-Broadway: Blood On My Mother’s Apron; National Tour: The Book of Mormon, Million Dollar Quartet; New Media: “Unboxing,” “Polite Ladiez.” Love to friends, family, Ray (his microwave), and Corn-a-CobAnna (Rock)! seancaseyflanagan.com, @seancflanagan
JACKSON GOAD (Ensemble, u/s Beau, u/s Gordy) is ecstatic to be on the First Broadway National Tour of Shucked! Much love to his parents Ellen and Stephen Goad, thanks to his agents at BRS/Gage, and feel free to follow him @jackson.goad and http://www.jacksongoad.com.
ERICK PINNICK (Grandpa, Ensemble). New York credits include Susan Stroman’s A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden and Roundabout Theatre Company’s The Tin Pan Alley Rag. He toured the US with Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Sunset Boulevard starring Petula Clark, and throughout Europe as Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar. TV credits: “EVIL,” “The Blacklist” and “The Good Fight.”
NICK RAYNOR (Swing, Dance Captain, u/s Storyteller 2). Off-Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof (Yiddish). International/National Tours: West Side Story, The Producers, A Chorus Line, Guys and Dolls. Regional: The MUNY, Paper Mill Playhouse, The Phoenix Theatre Company, Gateway Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse. Thank you wondrous family, friends, and UIA Talent! @thenickrayray!
CELESTE ROSE (Ensemble, u/s Maizy) Off Broadway: We Are The Tigers, Unexpected Joy. Recent regional: Frozen (Anna, NSMT), The Prom (Emma, Pioneer Theatre), Passing Through (Karie, Goodspeed). For my family, always. BFA Ithaca College. Follow along: @_Celeste_Rose CelesteRose.com.
KYLE SHERMAN (Ensemble, u/s Beau, u/s Grandpa). National Tour: Girl From The North Country. Off-Broadway: The Connector (MCC Theater), Ordinary Days (Keen Company), The Jury (TNNY). V/O: “The Only Podcast Left” (Netflix). I couldn’t do any of this without my people; I love you unendingly. @kshermanatorr
CHANI WERELEY (Ensemble). Regional: Soft Power, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods (Signature Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors (Ford’s Theatre), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Olney Theatre), Love’s Labor’s Lost (Folger Theatre), Spring Awakening (Round House Theatre). Much love and thanks to my incredible friends and family! @chaniwereley
With choreography by Sarah O’Gleby, and music supervision, music direction, orchestrations, and arrangements by 2023 Tony Award, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee Jason Howland, the design team for Shucked includes 2023 Tony Award nominee and Tony Award winner Scott Pask (scenic design), 2023 Drama Desk Award nominee Tilly Grimes (costume design), Tony Award nominee Japhy Weideman (lighting design), Tony Award winner and 2023 Drama Desk Award nominee John Shivers (sound design), Academy Award® winner and Emmy Award® winner Mia Neal (wig design), and Stephen Kopel, C12 Casting (casting director). Nick Williams is the tour music director, Alan D. Knight is the Production Stage Manager and Dhyana Colony is the company manager.
Shucked is produced by Mike Bosner, Jason Owen, AEG Presents/Jay Marciano, Jeffrey A. Sine, Riccardo Schmid, Bob Boyett EST/Emily Tisch, Jeremiah J. Harris, James L. Nederlander, Terry Schnuck, Miranda Gohh, DudaAllen, John Gore Organization, Madison Wells Live and ZKM Media.
The Grammy Award nominated Shucked – Original Broadway Cast Recording is available on all streaming platforms and CD HERE. The album is produced by Jason Howland, Billy Jay Stein, and the show’s composers Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark.
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