All new Shrek The Musical is coming to Wallingford next week
Tony Award ® winners Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire revisit score and book ahead of anticipated tour that includes a stop at Toyota Oakdale Theatre
Shrek The Musical
Toyota Oakdale Theatre • 95 S Turnpike Rd, Wallingford, CT 06492
June 7-9, 2024
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Shrek The Musical
Fifth Estate Entertainment and Round Room Live are thrilled to announce that an all-new version
of Shrek The Musical will depart Duloc to embark on a cross-country national tour that includes a stop at
Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford. Audiences can expect a Shrek that feels both familiar and refreshingly
new, inviting everyone to “fall in love all ogre again.” Tickets are on sale now at livenation.com
Kimberly Akimbo Tony Award-winning duo Jeanine Tesori (music) and David Lindsay-Abaire (book) revisit their
first collaboration to deliver a more intimate and engaging experience – a joyful, colorful SHREK that leans into the humanity in all of us that celebrates our differences. . With all-new original direction and choreography by Danny Mefford (Choreographer, Dear Evan Hansen), this reimagined production of Shrek The Musical brings the show back to its roots – giving it a new kind of love emphasizing the importance of loving ourselves and one
another.
David Lindsay-Abaire says “It’s been such a gift to get to revisit the show after all these years and rethink some of
the choices and reimagine the piece as a whole. This all-new production is leaner and more focused. It’s joyful and funny and feels beautifully hand-crafted in a way that really brings out the things we first fell in love with – the heart and wonder and humor of the story.” Jeanine Tesori adds, “We wanted to make a show that families could come to, to laugh and be moved. Something that would create a memory, because everybody has felt like an ogre now and then.”
Based on the hit DreamWorks animated film, Shrek the Musical is a hilarious fairy tale adventure with a cast
of vibrant characters and a ‘shrek-tacular’ score that’s perfect for the young and the young-at-heart! Our unlikely hero finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and the feisty Princess Fiona who resists her rescue. Throw in a short-tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude, and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you’ve got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there’s one on hand…and his name is Shrek. It’s not easy being green, but this irreverently fun musical proves that beauty is truly in the eye of the ogre!
The tour cast features Nicholas Hambruch (Shrek), Cecily Dionne Davis (Fiona), Naphtali Yaakov Curry
(Donkey), Timmy Lewis (Lord Farquaad), Jamir Brown (Pinocchio), Tori Kocher (Dragon), Kelly Prendergast
(Gingy/US Fiona), Hope Schafer (Mama Ogre/Wicked Witch/Blue Bird), Riley Johnston (Pig/Knight/2nd Shrek
US), Katherine Paladichuk (Teen Fiona/Peter Pan), Sage Jepson (Wolf/Shrek US), Cynthia Ana Rivera (Mama
Bear/ Dragon US), Carson Zoch (Pig/Pinocchio Cover), Demetrio Alomar (Papa Ogre/Papa Bear), Ally Choe
(Young Fiona/Ugly Duckling/Gingy US), Leon Ray (Pig), Casey Lamont (Female Swing), and John Cardenas (Male
Swing). Harrison Roth is music director.
Shrek the Musical features scenic design by Steven Kemp, sound design by Ben Selke, Puppet Design by
Camille LaBarre, and Props by Cam Upton, orchestrations by John Clancy, tour music supervision by Chris
Fenwick, and casting by Wojcik Casting Team. The executive producer for the tour is Dani Davis.
The original Shrek the Musical opened on Broadway on December 14, 2008, running for 441 performances
and 37 previews. The musical received eight Tony Award nominations, winning one.
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