July 9 – 21, 2024


In This Program


Letter from Executive Director

Welcome or welcome back to The 5th Avenue Theatre! We’re so thrilled to have you here to close out the 2023/24 season with national tour of Clue; it’s the ultimate whodunit that will leave you dying of laughter and keep you guessing until the final twist. It’ll be a roaring good time you surely don’t want to miss.

Behind the curtain at The 5th, we are springing forward and oh-so-ecstatic to usher in the highly-anticipated 2024/25 season. We carefully curated a wonderfully expansive lineup of shows that will take you through the best of the musical theater canon and all the larger-than-life emotions that musicals evoke. 

Beyond taking you on a musical journey, the 2024/25 season is all about making sure you’re here with us, show after show, enjoying plenty of exciting benefits at the lowest prices. We’ve made it easier than ever for you to join us for the unique and thrilling experience we’re known for: tightly choreographed dance numbers, intricate storytelling, gorgeous set design, and of course new and cherished showtunes. You will leave the theatre blown away, inspired, and eager to return to your seats for the next glitzy show. 

We’d be honored for you to become a 5th Avenue Theatre subscriber, to witness all the glittering, showstopping moments next season’s sure to bring. By doing so, you also support hundreds of hardworking local artists and musical-making excellence in the heart of Seattle. We’re so glad you’re here, and we can’t wait to welcome you back.

Bill Berry
Executive Director


The 5th Avenue Theatre

Executive Director
BILL BERRY

and

THE ARACA GROUP
WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS
LIVELY MCCABE ENTERTAINMENT
AGED IN WOOD

PRESENT


based on the screenplay by JONATHAN LYNN

written by SANDY RUSTIN

additional material by HUNTER FOSTER and ERIC PRICE

based on the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture based on the Hasbro board game CLUE

with
MARIAH BURKS     JOHN TREACY EGAN     MICHELLE ELAINE     JOANNA GLUSHAK     TARI KELLY     MARK PRICE     JOHN SHARTZER     JONATHAN SPIVEY     ALEX SYIEK     TEDDY TRICE ELISABETH YANCEY

GREG BALLA      ALISON EWING     MARY McNULTY      JAMES TAYLOR ODOM

Scenic Design
LEE SAVAGE

Costume Design
JEN CAPRIO

Lighting Design
RYAN O’GARA

Sound Design
JEFF HUMAN

 Hair, Wig & Makeup Design
J. JARED JANAS

Composer and Music Supervision
MICHAEL HOLLAND                    

Fight Direction
ROBERT WESTLEY

Associate Director
STEVE BEBOUT

Casting
PEARSON CASTING, CSA CDG

Production Stage Manager
MARGOT WHITNEY

Company Manager
SUZANNE PRUETER

Booking and Marketing Direction
BOND THEATRICAL

Social Media
MARATHON DIGITAL

Production Management
PORT CITY TECHNICAL
HUNTER STORIE

General Management
WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS
MATT KUNKEL

Directed by
CASEY HUSHION

CLUE and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro and are used with permission. ©2024 Hasbro. Licensed by Hasbro.

Originally produced at Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pennsylvania, Alexander Fraser, Robyn Goodman, Stephen Kocis, Josh Fiedler, Producers.

Clue: A New Comedy developed by Cleveland Play House, Laura Kepley, Artistic Director & Kevin Moore, Managing Director

THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE PRODUCING PARTNER
Marleen and Kenny Alhadeff

Cast

(in order of speaking)

Wadsworth
MARK PRICE

Yvette
ELISABETH YANCEY

The Cook (and others)
MARIAH BURKS

Colonel Mustard
JOHN TREACY EGAN

Mrs. White
TARI KELLY

Mrs. Peacock
JOANNA GLUSHAK

Mr. Green
JOHN SHARTZER

Professor Plum
JONATHAN SPIVEY

Miss Scarlet
MICHELLE ELAINE

Mr. Boddy (and others)
ALEX SYIEK

The Cop (and others)
TEDDY TRICE

UNDERSTUDIES

Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.

For Colonel Mustard, Mr. Green, Professor Plum, Mr. Boddy (and others), The Cop (and others) – GREG BALLA; For Yvette, The Cook (and others), Mrs. White, Mrs. Peacock – ALISON EWING; For Yvette, The Cook (and others), Mrs. White, Mrs. Peacock, Miss Scarlet – MARY McNULTY; For Wadsworth, Mr. Green, Professor Plum, Mr. Boddy (and others), The Cop (and others) – JAMES TAYLOR ODOM; For Wadsworth – JONATHAN SPIVEY; For Colonel Mustard – TEDDY TRICE; For Miss Scarlet – ELISABETH YANCEY

FIGHT CAPTAIN
GREG BALLA

TIME
1954

PLACE
Boddy Manor, a mansion of epic proportions and terrifying secrets, in New England.

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers, and watches. 

Who’s Who

MARIAH BURKS (The Cook and others). She/her. A native Clevelander making her national tour debut. Credits: Little Women (Dobama Theatre), Antigone (CPH), Clue (CPH)Alum of the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program & BGSU. Recipient: National Irene Ryan Acting Award at The Kennedy Center. Regional/local credits: Caroline, or Change (Tantrum Theatre); Ragtime (Cain Park). Love & gratitude to all! @magical_mariahb

JOHN TREACY EGAN (Colonel Mustard). Broadway: My Fair Lady, Casa Valentina, Nice Work.., Sister Act, The Little Mermaid, The Producers, Jekyll & Hyde, Bye Bye Birdie. Off-Broadway: Clinton The Musical, When Pigs Fly, Disaster!, Bat Boy. Television: “And Just Like That,” “Gotham,” “Younger,” “The Good Wife,” “The Knick,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Nurse Jackie,” and “30 Rock.” officialjohntreacyegan.com

MICHELLE ELAINE (Miss Scarlet). Alley Theatre: Clue, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Sense and Sensibility, Sweat, Quack, All The Way. The Ensemble Theatre: Clyde’s; By The Way, Meet Vera Stark; Gee’s Bend and School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play. Stages: POTUS, We Are Proud to Present…, Failure: A Love Story. Watch Michelle’s web series @castmedammit on YouTube! @michelleelaineofficial

JOANNA GLUSHAK (Mrs. Peacock). Broadway (Highlight Roles): 1776, A Gentlemen’s Guide To Love And Murder, Sunday In The Park With George, Les Miserables, Hairspray, Urinetown. National Tours: 1776, Finding Neverland, Young Frankenstein, Xanadu. ‘Mrs. O’Toole’ in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” as well as many other roles for Film/TV. Yale Drama School Graduate. More info at joannaglushak.com

TARI KELLY (Mrs. White). Broadway: Mr. Saturday Night, Groundhog Day, Something Rotten!, Anything Goes, The Boy from Oz, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, and Show Boat. National Tours: Anastasia, Little Shop of Horrors, Show Boat, and Beauty and the Beast. Check out tarikelly.com

MARK PRICE (Wadsworth). Broadway: Mary Poppins, All Shook Up, Wonderful Town, Rocky Horror Show, Mamma Mia!, Dance of the Vampires, The Capeman, and Chicago. Regional: Clue, Dial M for Murder, The 39 Steps, The Cottage, Lend Me A Tenor, Assassins, Sondheim Celebration (Lincoln Center), Sweeney Todd (Kennedy Center; Helen Hayes nomination). T.V.: “Blacklist,” “Murphy Brown,” “The Good Wife,” “Law & Order.” aboutmarkprice.com

JOHN SHARTZER (Mr. Green). Theater: Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular, Darling Grenadine, Clue. Film: Book Club. Television: “Dahmer,” “Station 19,” “9-1-1: Lonestar,” “Brooklyn 99,” “Grace & Frankie,” “While You Were Breeding.” Songwriting: Emmy nominated for “Shine”. Thank you Casey and Sandy. Love to my Mrs. with all the right kisses Cassandra and our strong and beautiful Nora.

JONATHAN SPIVEY (Professor Plum, u/s Wadsworth). He/him. Broadway: The Front Page, Act One. Off-Broadway: Summer & Smoke, Morning’s at Seven, Smart Blonde. Regional: Yale, Old Globe, Denver Center, Long Wharf, Barrington, Milwaukee Rep, Cape Playhouse, many more. TV: “The Gilded Age”, “Blue Bloods”, “The Blacklist”, “FBI: Most Wanted”, “East New York”. MFA: Old Globe. www.jspivey.com

ALEX SYIEK (Mr. Boddy and others). Some favorite credits: Natasha...Great Comet (Pierre, ISF/Great Lakes Theater), Groundhog Day (Phil, Paramount Theatre), Murder on the Orient Express (Officer, Paper Mill Playhouse). Musical projects: The Show on the Roof (Music and Lyrics), The Poké Musical (Book and Lyrics). BWU MT ’13, NYU GMTWP (Cycle 26). Thank YOU for supporting live theatre. alexsyiek.com

TEDDY TRICE (The Cop and others, u/s Colonel Mustard). He/him. The Book of Mormon (Broadway, 2nd Nat’l Tour)International Tour: Come From Away, The Book of Mormon (Australia). Off-Broadway: The Butcher Boy (Irish Repertory Theatre), Shedding Load (59E59). Select Regional: The Island (KC Actors Theatre), Sweat (Unicorn Theatre). B.A. in Theatre (Drury University). Gratitude and love to Claire, Mom and Dad, Manager, Rochel Saks, and the Clue team. @teddytrice

ELISABETH YANCEY (Yvette, u/s Miss Scarlet) is an actor, yoga instructor, and coach based in NYC. Favorite regional cred- its: Palm Beach Dramaworks, Gulfshore Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, and Wellesley Repertory Theater. Chautauqua Institute Conservatory 2020, MFA Acting (CWRU/CPH), BA Theatre Studies (Wellesley College), Certificate Classical Acting (LAMDA). @elisabethyancey

GREG BALLA (Fight Captain; u/s Colonel Mustard, Mr. Green, Professor Plum, Mr. Boddy and others, The Cop and others). Off Broadway: Straight, Blue Man Group. Regional credits include: La Jolla, Hartford Stage, Huntington, Pioneer Theatre, John Drew, Lyric Stage. TV/ Film: “The Watcher” (Netflix), “The Blacklist” (NBC), “The Penguin” (HBO Max), No Hard Feelings (Sony Pictures). Love to my best friend and partner, Angelica. imGregBalla.com

ALISON EWING (u/s Yvette, The Cook and others, Mrs. White, Mrs. Peacock). Broadway: Mamma Mia! (Tanya), Cabaret. National tours: Anastasia (Countess Lily), An American In Paris, Cabaret, and Flashdance. Regional: A Chorus Line (Sheila) at SFPlayhouse, Fun Home at Berkeley Playhouse, Hand To God at SJ Stage, Emma and others at TheatreWorks, A Little Night Music at 42nd Street Moon. Alison is an audiobooks narrator with Tantor and Audible. Love to Keith. AlisonEwing.com

MARY McNULTY (u/s Yvette, The Cook and others, Mrs. White, Mrs. Peacock, Miss Scarlet). National Tour: Camelot (Guenevere). Select Regional Credits: Clue (Cover); Kiss Me, Kate (Lillie/Katherine); Into the Breeches (June); Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice); Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife), Moon Over Buffalo (Rosalind). Many thanks to ATB! mary-mcnulty.com

JAMES TAYLOR ODOM (u/s Wadsworth, Mr. Green, Professor Plum, Mr. Boddy and others, The Cop and others). National Tours: D’Ysquith in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, The Sound of Music. Regional: The Rainmaker (Laguna Playhouse), The 39 Steps (Virginia Stage), Clue (Gateway Playhouse), God of Carnage (Shadowland Stages), Murder For Two and It Came From Outer Space (TheatreSquared), Grumpy Old Men (Ogunquit Playhouse), Mary Poppins (Tuacahn). MFA: University of Arkansas. BA: Brenau. Avalon Artists Group.

JONATHAN LYNN (Based On The Screenplay). Feature film direction: Clue, Nuns on the Run (also wrote), My Cousin Vinny, Greedy, Trial And Error, The Whole Nine Yards, The Fighting Temptations, and Wild Target. Select TV writing: “Yes Minister” and “Yes, Prime Minister.” Bestselling books: The Complete Yes, Minister and The Complete Yes, Prime Minister, cumulatively over a million copies and translated into numerous languages. He wrote the novels Mayday (1991) and Samaritans (2017) and a book about comedy, Comedy Rules (2011). In London he wrote/ directed two plays: Yes Prime Minister and The Patriotic Traitor (The Park). Awards: BAFTA, Writers Guild (twice), Broadcasting Press Guild (twice), NAACP Image Award, Environmental Media Award, Ace Award, and a Special Award from the UK Campaign For Freedom of Information. Lynn received an MA in Law from Cambridge University and now lives near New York City, writing new plays, describing himself as a recovering lawyer. jonathanlynn.com

SANDY RUSTIN (Book) is a Broadway playwright and actress named by American Theatre Magazine as one of the “Most- Produced Playwrights” in the U.S. Her comedy, The Cottage, premiered last summer on Broadway. Sandy penned the musical stage adaptation of MGM’s film Mystic Pizza as well as the concert adaptations of I Married An Angel and Dear World (NY Times Critic’s Pick) for NY City Center Encores! Her comedy, The Suffragette’s Murder, will premiere in 2025. Her musical, Houston (New American Musical Award), is in development with Grammy winner, Edie Brickell. She has developed works for Disney, STX Entertainment, Primary Wave Music, and Mattel. Other works: Rated P… For Parenthood, Elijah, Struck, Always Something There, and more. A Northwestern University graduate, Sandy serves on the Advisory Board of NYU’s Camp Kesem chapter. Love to Evan, Isaac & Charlie. sandyrustin.com @sandyrustin_

HUNTER FOSTER (Additional Materials). Originally adapted and co-wrote Clue from its earliest development, and directed its world premiere at the Bucks County Playhouse. He has also directed Clue for the Cape Playhouse and the Utah Shakespeare Festival. He directed the Off-Broadway musical, The Other Josh Cohen, and was named “Director of the Year” by the Wall Street Journal. Select directing credits: The Drowsy Chaperone (Goodspeed), Million Dollar Quartet (Paper Mill), The Bridges of Madison County, Guys & Dolls, 42nd Street (Bucks County), Once, My Fair Lady, Cabaret (Cape Playhouse), Our Town, Jersey Boys, Rock of Ages (Theatre Aspen). Writing credits: Jasper in Deadland (Off-Broadway), Summer of ‘42 (Off-Broadway, Outer Critic Nomination), The Circus in Winter (Goodspeed Musicals), Clyde ‘n Bonnie (Aurora Theatre), and The Hollow (Signature Theatre). Received a Tony Award nomination for his performance on Broadway in Little Shop of Horrors.

ERIC PRICE (Additional Materials). Lyrics and Book: The Violet Hour, Radioactive, Presto Change-o, Around the World, Hello Out There, The Sixth Borough, and a musical adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma which has been produced around the country. The Studio Cast Recording of The Violet Hour was named The Best Cast Recording of 2022 by the Broadway Radio Show and inspired a documentary film Moment to Moment which tells the story of its creation. With collabo- rator Will Reynolds, Eric won the Fred Ebb Award for Musical Theatre Writing. He’s a member of the Lincoln Center Theatre Directors Lab, a Dramatists Guild Fellow, and earned an MFA in Musical Theatre from NYU. In addition to his career as a writer, Eric was the assistant to 21-time Tony Award®-winner Hal Prince and worked with him for many years on the development of new plays and musicals. theviolethourmusical.com

CASEY HUSHION (Director). Broadway: Associate Director of Mean Girls, Aladdin, The Prom, In The Heights, Elf, The Drowsy Chaperone, To Be Or Not to Be and Good Vibrations. New York credits include Call Me Madam (Encores), Fat Camp and Nerds (almost). Before launching the national tour of Clue, Casey directed the premiere at Cleveland Playhouse, as well as produc- tions at la Mirada Theatre and Paper Mill Playhouse. Also at Paper Mill, she has directed Murder On The Orient Express, A Jolly Holiday, Beehive and Beautiful. Most recently, Casey helmed the National Tour of The Cher Show and the new musical Mystic Pizza. Casey served as Artistic Director of North Carolina Theatre for ten years. For television, Casey has choreographed epi- sodes of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” Love to Marc and her three kids, Lincoln, Violet and Jane. caseyhushion.com

LEE SAVAGE (Set Design). Broadway: The Lightning Thief. NYC: Women’s Project, Second Stage Uptown, Keen Company, Acting Company, Mabou Mines, Labyrinth, Primary Stages, LCT3, Roundabout Underground, Page 73, Atlantic, NAATCO, and others. REGIONAL: ACT, Asolo Rep, Baltimore Centerstage, Chautauqua, Cleveland Play House, Dallas Theater Center, Glimmerglass, Goodman, and oth- ers. AWARDS: Helen Hayes, NAACP and Connecticut Critics Circle. Affiliations: Wingspace and USA829. MFA (Yale School of Drama), BFA (RISD), Head of Scenic Design at Rutgers, Mason Gross School of the Arts.

JEN CAPRIO (Costume Design). Broadway: Heart of Rock and Roll, Spamalot, Falsettos, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. National/International: Falsettos, Joseph…, The Lion (West End/US Tour), …Spelling Bee (US Tours). TV: “The Pigeon Explains” (YouTube), “Tiny Time Travel” (PBS Kids), “Sesame Street” (seasons 47-54), “The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo” (Seasons 1-2), “Manhunt” (Apple TV+). 2019, 2020, & 2021 Nomination, 2020 Daytime Emmy Winner for Sesame Street. jencaprio.com. Instagram: @jencapriocostumedesign

RYAN O’GARA (Lighting Design). Broadway: The Wiz, Thoughts of a Colored Man. National Tour (select): The Wiz, Mystic Pizza, On Your Feet, MDQ – Christmas, Juke Box Hero, Blippi, Vocalosity, The Little Prince and A Night with Janis Joplin. Select: Cirque, Norwegian Cruise Line, Tokyo DisneySea, NY City Opera, Paper Mill, Walnut Street, Drury Lane, TUTS, New Victory Theatre, Capital Repertory and Bristol Riverside Theatre (2016 Barrymore). ALD for 29 Broadway productions. Graduated from UNCSA. ryanogara.com

JEFF HUMAN (Sound Design) is the Director of Design for Kirkegaard Integrated Systems Design. www.kirkegaard.com. He was the Associate Sound Designer for Something Rotten Second National Tour and Seoul productions. His regional sound design credits include Clue at the Cleveland Play House and The Aliens and Bad Dates at the Weston Playhouse. Gratitude to Steve and Nancy Gabriel and Rhys Williams. Many thanks to Rossella and the kids for their love and support.

J. JARED JANAS (Hair, Wig, & Make Up Design). Broadway: Prayer for the French Republic; Purlie Victorious; Good Night, Oscar; Sweeney Todd…; Ohio State Murders; & Juliet; Kimberly Akimbo; Topdog/Underdog; How I Learned to Drive; American Buffalo; Jagged Little Pill; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune; Gettin’ the Band Back Together; Bandstand; Indecent; Sunset Boulevard; The Visit; The Real Thing; Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill; Motown; Peter and the Starcatcher; The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.

MICHAEL HOLLAND (Original Music and Music Supervision). Orchestrations/ vocal arrangements: Godspell (Broadway revival); You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Cincinnati Playhouse); Emma: A Pop Musical (Broadway Licensing); Farah Alvin: On Vinyl (2023 recording). Music and lyrics: Twelve Angry Men: A New Musical (2021 World Premiere, Theater Latté Da, Minneapolis; Asolo Rep, Sarasota, Spring 2024); You’re Gonna Hate This (Joe’s Pub; Feinstein’s 54 Below, NYC). Incidental music: Dallas Theater Center, Alley Theater, Old Globe, Playwrights Horizons, Bay Street Theater, others. 

ROBERT WESTLEY (Fight Director) has choreographed movement for Broadway, Off-Broadway, West End Productions and award-winning films developing unique and exciting performances of dance, clown- ing, aerial acrobatics, puppetry and martial art. Broadway: I Need That, Bernhardt/ Hamlet, A Bronx Tale: The Musical, Hand to God. Off-Broadway: Teenage Dick (Public Theater), Important Hats of the Twentieth Century (MTC), The Thanksgiving Play (Playwrights Horizons). West End: Mad House. Pre-Broadway Musicals: The Sting, The Honeymooners.

STEVE BEBOUT (Associate Director) served as Associate Director for Company (Tour), Some Like It Hot (Broadway), Aladdin (Broadway, Tour), Something Rotten! (Broadway, Tours), The Book of Mormon (Broadway, Tours, West End), Sister Act (Broadway), The Addams Family (Broadway, Tours, International). Directing credits include UnCivil (World Premiere), I Got Fired (NYMF, Korea), Regional productions of Newsies (St Louis, Raleigh), Clue (St Louis. Thanks, Casey!), Annie (Fort Worth), Elf (Atlanta), Buddy (multiple), Little Shop of Horrors (multiple). Loves Holly & Gus!

PEARSON CASTING, CSA CDG (Casting). Starlight Express (Troubadour Theatre), SIX (Vaudeville Theatre, West End & UK National Tour), Operation Mincemeat (Fortune Theatre, West End), Pretty Woman (US National Tour), Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World (UK National Tour), Bluey’s Big Play (Southbank Centre & UK National Tour), Lizzie The Musical (Southwark Playhouse), Gypsy (The Mill At Sonning). Pearson Casting won a CDG casting award for best regional production for RENT (Hope Mill Theatre).

BOND THEATRICAL (Tour Booking, Marketing & Publicity) is an independent- ly-owned theatrical booking, marketing and publicity company representing award-win- ning Broadway shows and live entertain- ment properties. BOND connects artists and audiences by forming strategic, authentic and profitable partnerships between producers and presenters across North America. Current tour booking and marketing shows: & Juliet, A Beautiful Noise, Clue, Company, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, JCS, Life Of Pi, Les Misérables, Peter Pan, Shucked, and Water for Elephants. Current marketing and publicity shows: Dear Evan Hansen, Jagged Little Pill, MJ, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, SIX and Tina — The Tina Turner Musical. For a complete list of current projects, please visit BondTheatrical.com

PORT CITY TECHNICAL (Production Management) is a production management company based in Charleston, S.C. Also referred to as “Work Light South,” PCT was initially started in 1993 as Technical Theater Solutions by Rhys Williams. TTS worked with WLP on many shows, includ- ing American Idiot, Nice Work If You Can Get It, In the Heights and Avenue Q. Since the conception of PCT, tours with WLP have included RENT, An Officer and a Gentleman, Vocalosity, Motown, R&H’s Cinderella, Something Rotten!, Bandstand, White Christmas and the pre-Broadway Ain’t Too Proud: The Temptations Musical. Current and upcoming tours include Ain’t Too Proud, Clue, Company, MAMMA MIA!, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Jesus Christ Superstar.

PARAMOUNT PICTURES (Based on the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture) a division of Paramount Global, has for more than 110 years produced and distributed some of the world’s most iconic films. Paramount Global’s Broadway and West End titles include Mean Girls, nominated for 12 Tony Awards and now on its second national tour; The SpongeBob Musical, nominated for 12 Tony Awards; Sunset Boulevard, returning to Broadway in 2024; School of Rock; Ghost; Almost Famous; The Kite Runner; and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Stage projects in development include Clueless the Musical.

HASBRO (Based on the Hasbro board game CLUE) is a leading toy and game company whose mission is to entertain and connect generations of fans through the wonder of storytelling and exhilaration of play. Hasbro delivers engaging brand experiences for global audiences through toys, consumer products, gaming and entertainment, with a portfolio of iconic brands including Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, Hasbro Gaming, Nerf, Transformers, Play-doh And Peppa Pig, as well as premier partner brands. © 2024 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

MARGOT WHITNEY (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: SWEAT. Tour: Clue, Mean Girls, Come From Away, Bright Star, The King & I, Cinderella, War Horse. Select Others: Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, The Public, Signature Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, La Jolla Playhouse, Cincinnati Opera, and Cincinnati Ballet. University of Cincinnati - CCM alum. Love to family and friends!

EMILY KRITZMAN (Assistant Stage Manager) studied Stage Management at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She is honored to be a part of the national tour of Clue. Former credits include Mean Girls, Hairspray, Waitress, and Anastasia. She would like to thank her friends, parents, and Tom for their endless support.

MARIA BELLA DiVITTORIO (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: Mr. Saturday Night. Off-Broadway: The Jerusalem Syndrome, Fuente Ovejuna, Lessons In Survival: 1971. National Tours: Mrs. Doubtfire. Regional: Paperboy (Manhattan School of Music), Black Like Me (Chautauqua Theater), Ella and Her Fella Frank (Virginia Rep). UNCSA Stage Management ‘21. Much love to her cats, Pretzel and Chucky.

BERRIT KELLER (Substitute Assistant Stage Manager). She/her. Stage Manager at Radio City Music Hall. Broadway: Moulin Rouge, Beetlejuice, Company, Bad Cinderella, West Side Story. Regional: Roundabout, The Kennedy Center, The MUNY, The Old Globe. BFA University of Michigan. For Chandler and Lily.

SARAH E. T. JACKSON (Substitute Assistant Stage Manager). National Tour: The Lion King. Off-Broadway: Kate Hamill’s Dracula. Regional: Fiddler on the Roof (Philadelphia Orchestra), Annie Get Your Gun (Bay Street Theatre), Rocky Horror Picture Show (Bucks County Playhouse), Into the Woods (Juilliard Drama Division), Kiss; Mary Jane (Yale Repertory Theatre), MFA - Yale School of Drama.

SUZANNE PRUETER (Company Manager). Thrilled to re-join Work Light Productions having supported tours of RENT and Motown as Associate Production Manager. Company Manager for Broadway shows and touring companies such as Les Misérables, Fosse, Aida, and Beauty and the Beast. Able to stuff more luggage under a bus than most bus drivers.

THE ARACA GROUP (Producer). Founded in 1997 by partners Matthew Rego, Michael Rego and Hank Unger, the Araca Group is a Broadway producing and merchandising company. Broadway pro- ducing credits include: Urinetown: The Musical; Wicked; SpongeBob SquarePants; Disgraced; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (starring Edie Falco and Stanley Tucci); A View From the Bridge (starring Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson); The Wedding Singer and Lend Me a Tenor (star- ring Tony Shalhoub). Upcoming Broadway productions include: The Outsiders. araca.com

WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS (Producer & General Management). Formed in 2005, WLP has since grown into a full ser- vice producing, investment, general manage- ment, and technical supervision company. Current and past productions: Olivier Award winning production of Jesus Christ Superstar (North America, UK Tour), Ain’t Too Proud (Broadway, North America, West End), Clue (North America), Cluedo (UK), and the North American tours of Mrs. Doubtfire, Mamma Mia!, Company, RENT, An Officer and a Gentleman, Motown, Something Rotten!, Bandstand, R&H’s Cinderella, White Christmas, American Idiot, In The Heights and Avenue Q. Produced Julie Andrews, The Gift of Music. WLP is led by founding partners Stephen Gabriel and Nancy Gabriel. worklightproductions.com

LIVELY MCCABE ENTERTAINMENT (Producer) is a theatrical development and IP management company founded in 2017 by former Disney executive Michael Barra. The company is best known for its collection of theatrical properties including: Clue (based on the 1985 Paramount film and Hasbro game) and it’s UK sibling Cluedo, the musi- cal adaptation of Mystic Pizza (based on the MGM film starring Julia Roberts), country music musical May We All (developed with Florida Georgia Line), and Joe Iconis’ Punk Rock Girl!. Upcoming projects include musi- cal adaptations of the iconic films Girls Just Want To Have Fun and Can’t Hardly Wait. For more info please visit livelymccabe.com

AGED IN WOOD (Producer). Partners Robyn Goodman and Josh Fiedler with asso- ciate producer Nicole Kramer have pro- duced on Broadway since 2000. Broadway: Tommy, Company (Tony Award), Angels in America (Tony Award), Avenue Q (Tony Award), Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, In The Heights, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, The Performers, High Fidelity, Metamorphoses and more. Currently developing the musicals Working Girl and Nowhere Boy and a revival of Jar the Floor by Cheryl West.

BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE (Originally Produced) has re-emerged as a driving force in regional theatre for original productions of classic plays and musicals and developing new work since its multi-mil- lion-dollar restoration in 2012. The Wall Street Journal hailed the Playhouse as “one of the top regional theaters on the East Coast,” citing four recent productions in its year’s-end “best of” list. It has produced six world premieres, including Candace Bushnell’s Is There Still Sex in the City, Rock and Roll Man and Other World.

CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE (Developing House). Founded in 1915 and recipient of the 2015 Regional Theatre Tony Award, Cleveland Play House is America’s first professional regional theatre. Throughout its rich history, CPH has remained dedicated to its mission to inspire, stimulate and entertain diverse audiences in Northeast Ohio by pro- ducing plays and theatre education programs of the highest professional standards. CPH has produced more than 100 world and/or American premieres, and over its long histo- ry more than 12 million people have attended over 1,600 productions.

STAFF FOR CLUE

THE ARACA GROUP

Matthew Rego Michael Rego Hank Unger Cristina Vivenzio Megan Rhoads
Kerry Frye Sophie Glassman

WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS

Stephen Gabriel Nancy Gabriel

Anièle Fortin-Perkell, Chief Operating Officer & Executive Producer

Matt Kunkel, General Manager
Jordyn David, General Management Assistant
Brian Harlan Brooks
Sanjida Chowdhury
Mackenzie Foster
Noelle Hedgcock
Kimberly Helms
Courtney King
Marian Osadebe
Casi Pruitt
Mitchell Skolnick
Carolyn Smith 

LIVELY MCCABE ENTERTAINMENT

Executive Producer Michael Barra

VP, Theater Allison Bressi

TECHNICAL SUPERVISION

PORT CITY TECHNICAL 

Rhys Williams, Vice President of Production
Hunter Storie, Production Manager

Sara Schultz, Assistant Production Manager
Laurence Christopher
Ryan George
Ryan Johnson
Tom Klonowski
Adrienne Maurer
Tiffany West

TOUR BOOKING, MARKETING & PUBLICITY BOND THEATRICAL

bondtheatrical.com

TOUR BOOKING
Temah Higgins Mollie Mann Wendy Roberts

Madison St. Amour Laura Rizzo Nilesha Alexander

TOUR MARKETING & PUBLICITY
DJ Martin Marc Viscardi

Steph Kelleher Elisabeth Reyes

CASTING

PEARSON CASTING

James Pearson, CSA Rosie Pearson, CSA

LEGAL COUNSEL

Lazarus & Harris LLP

Scott Lazarus, Esq. Robert C. Harris, Esq.
Emily Lawson, Esq. Carter Anne McGowan, Esq.
Diane Viale Patrick Wilcox

MUSIC CLEARANCE AND SUPERVISION

Janet Billig Rich and Lisa Moberly for Loudspeaker Music Group

“Clue (Alternate I)” (a/k/a “Clue Main Title”) Written by John Morris Used by permission of Sony/ATV Harmony (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.

“Shake, Rattle and Roll” Written by Charles E. Calhoun Used by permission of Mijac Music (BMI), courtesy of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, and Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI) All Rights Reserved.

“Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)” Written by James Keyes, Claude Feaster, Carl Feaster, Floyd McRae and James Edwards. Used by permission of Unichappell

Music Inc. (BMI) All Rights Reserved.

Company Manager
Suzanne Prueter

Production Stage Manager
Margot Whitney

1st Assistant Stage Manager
Emily Kritzman

2nd Assistant Stage Manager
Maria Bella DiVittorio

Substitute Assistant Stage Manager
Berrit Keller

Substitute Assistant Stage Manager
Sarah E. T. Jackson 

Assistant Director
Saki Kawamura

Associate Scenic Designer
Michael Ruiz-del-Vizo

Associate Costume Designer
Brynne Oster-Bainnson

Costume Assistant
Megan Rutherford

Associate Lighting Designer
Nicholas Pollock

Assistant Lighting Designer
Sam Weiser

Lighting Programmer
Jonah Camiel

Associate Hair, Wig and Makeup Designer
Cassie Janay Williams

Production Carpenter
Jack Gilchrist

Production Electrician
Robert Virzera

Production Wardrobe
Cat Lovejoy

Production Hair
Adrienne Maurer

Head Carpenter
Gustavo Torres Santiago

Assistant Carpenter/Flyman
Sara Schultz

Head Electrician
Scott Barnett

Assistant Electrician
Mike Barnes

Head Audio
Jessica Glynn

Head Props
John Mark Zink

Head Wardrobe
Jeremy Davis-Towle

Head Hair & Makeup
Jakey Hicks

Swing Tech
Lakin Freedle

Accounting
Withum Smith + Brown, PC

Controller
Galbraith & Co./Jessica Pressman

Social Media
Marathon Digital/Mike Karns, Melanie Pateiro, Ava Coploff, Chad Burris 

Tour Booking, Marketing & Publicity Office
BOND Theatrical/Phillip Aleman, Jenny Bates, Melissa Cohen, Bailey Ford, Harrison Mootoo, Scotland Newton, Linda Stewart, Jacob Stuckelman, Janiya Wade, Hannah Wallace HR Consultant K+K Reset, Kiah Jones & Karen Robinson

Banking
FLAGSTAR/Margaret Monigan

Insurance
The Arts Insurance Program, LLC/Bob Middleton, Meghan Coleman, Toni Preto Travel/Housing Road Rebel, Travel Trust

Payroll Services
PrestigePEO

Physical Therapy
Neurosport NYC, LLC

Production Photographer
Evan Zimmerman for Murphymade 

Video
HMS Media

Merchandise
The Araca Group

CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Costumes built and provided by Siam Costumes, Christopher Schramm, Giliberto Designs, Arel Studio, Bethany Joy Costumes. Audio Equipment provided by PRG. Lighting and Rigging Equipment provided by Christie Lites. Workboxes provided by Port City Equipment Rental. Scenery built and painted by TTS Studios. Original Props from Cleveland Play House. New Prop builds & modifica- tions from BrenBri Props. Wigs built by Backstage Artistry.

Rehearsed at Pearl Studios

THE ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS EMPLOYED IN THIS PRODUCTION ARE MEMBERS OF ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, THE UNION OF PROFESSIONAL ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS IN THE UNITED STATES.

ATPAM, the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers (IATSE Local 8032), represents the Press Agents, Company Managers and House Managers employed on this production.

This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.


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