It's corn! The North American tour of Tony-nominated musical Shucked is officially on the road after launching October 20 in Rhode Island. Get a first look at the new cast in the gallery below.
The cast is led by Miki Abraham 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) as Gordy, and Danielle Wade (Mean Girls) as Maizy.
The company 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.
Maya Lagerstam and Tyler Joseph Ellis in Shucked
Mike Nappi in Shucked
Quinn VanAntwerp and Miki Abraham in Shucked
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Jake Odmark and Mike Nappi in Shucked
Quinn VanAntwerp in Shucked
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Miki Abraham and Ryan Fitzgerald in Shucked
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Jake Odmark and Danielle Wade in Shucked
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Danielle Wade and Erick Pinnick in Shucked
Jake Odmark in Shucked
Danielle Wade in Shucked
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Danielle Wade and Miki Abraham in Shucked
Shucked features a book by Tony winner Robert Horn and a score by Tony nominees and Nashville writers Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally. Three-time Tony winner Jack O’Brien directs.
READ: How a New York Times Pan Led Jack O'Brien to Directing
The Broadway musical takes place in an isolated Midwestern town whose chief crop is corn. But when the corn starts mysteriously dying, its up to Maizy to journey into the wider world to find a corn doctor.
The Broadway production received nine Tony nominations at the 2023 awards, with Alex Newell winning the award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for their performance as Lulu; Newell made history as the first non-binary actor to win an acting Tony. The musical gave its final performance on Broadway January 14, 2024, at the Nederlander, having played 28 previews and 327 regular performances.
The tour also features scenic design by Scott Pask, costume design by Tilly Grimes, lighting design by Japhy Weideman, sound design by John Shivers, wig design by Mia Neal, and casting by Stephen Kopel of C12 Casting. 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.
Visit ShuckedMusical.com.
