The current non-union national tour of Peter Pan, directed by Lonny Price and featuring a newly revised book by Larissa FastHorse (The Thanksgiving Play), has welcomed Aubrie-Mei Rubel to the company as Wendy Darling. Rubel plays her first performance in the role March 21 at Oklahoma City's Civic Center Music Hall.
"We are delighted to welcome Aubrie-Mei Rubel to our company," says Price in a statement. "Her warmth and talent make her a perfectly splendid Wendy, and we know audiences will fall in love with her performance. Her lovely voice, her sense of humor, and impressive stage presence all add up to a Wendy you’ll never forget!”
Succeeding Hawa Kamara, Rubel joins a cast currently led by Kruz Maldonado as Peter Pan, who joined the production just last month. The cast also includes Cody Garcia as Captain Hook, Bailey Frankenberg as Tiger Lily, Shefali Deshpande as Mrs. Darling, Kurt Perry as Smee, Owen Suarez as John, and Zaynn Arora as Michael.
This new tour, which launched in 2024, revitalizes the classic 1954 Moose Charlap-Carolyn Leigh musical version of the J.M. Barrie play. The Charlap-Leigh score (with additional songs by Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green) is still there, but Native playwright FastHorse has revised the book, originally adapted from Barrie's script by director-choreographer Jerome Robbins. The score includes such favorites as "Never Never Land," "I'm Flying," "I Won't Grow Up," "I Gotta Crow," and more.
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The ensemble includes Jonah Barricklo, Ryan Behan, Christian A. Boyd, Eduardo Campirano III, Calista Jones, Brandon LaShai, Lucas Moran, Ernesto Olivas, Hannah Schmidt, Zanie Love Shaia, Aaron Stewart, and James Douglas Vinson. Swings Tony Collins, Leo Gallegos, Serenity Mariana, and Cheyenne Omani round out the company. Casting is by ARC's Duncan Stewart, with additional casting by Michael Donovan Casting.
The tour features choreography by Lorin Latarro, aerial choreography by Paul Rubin, music supervision and additional arrangements by Andy Einhorn, dance arrangements by David Dabbon, scenic design by Anna Louizos, costume design by Sarafina Bush, lighting design by Amith Chandrashaker, sound design by Kai Harada, projections by David Bengali, hair and make-up design by J. Jared Janas, fight direction by Rick Sordelet and Christian Kelly-Sordelet, and Tinker Bell design by Paul Kieve. Jonathan Marro is conducting, and Megan Belgam leads the stage management team with Kendall Stevens.
The production is licensed by Music Theatre International and produced by NETworks Presentations.
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