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Jessica Hershberg, Austin Miller, Paul Vogt et al. Set for Idaho! Musical

Austin Miller
Austin Miller

Jessica Hershberg, Austin Miller, and Paul Vogt will star in Idaho! An Original Musical, to be presented at Forestburgh Theatre Arts Center at the Forestburgh Playhouse, June 1-12. Matt Lenz will direct.

Featuring a book and lyrics by Buddy Sheffield and music by Sheffield and Keith Thompson, this musical comedy involves a mail-order bride who comes to town and falls in love with the wrong man.

The cast will also include Belinda Allyn, Austin Babin, Romelda Teron Benjamin, Grace Flaherty, Meggan Herod, Alle-Faye Monka, Susan Mosher, Max Nussbaum, Elliot O’Rourke-Peterson, Zoe Raphael, Jay Rogers, Dustin Smith and Will Taylor.

The production will feature choreography by Michele Lynch, set design by Michael Carnahan, costume design by David Withrow, and sound design by Lewis Mead.

Hershberg’s credits include the national tour of Little House on the Prairie and the 2008 NYMF production of Idaho!, where the musical won an award as “Best of Fest.” Miller is most recognized from NBC’s Grease: You’re the One That I Want. Vogt has numerous credits to his name, including starring on Broadway as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray.

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