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Guthrie Theatre Announces Complete Casting for The Master Butchers Singing Club

Francesca Zambello
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Francesca Zambello
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN

The Guthrie Theater has announced complete casting for Marsha Norman’s The Master Butchers Singing Club, to run September 11-November 6 on the Wurtele Thrust Stage. Francesca Zambello will direct the production.

Based on Louise Erdrich’s novel of the same name, the play focuses on the lives of two families in a small town in North Dakota during the first half of the twentieth century.

The company will feature, as previously announced, Katie Guentzel (Eva), Emily Gunyou Halaas (Delphine), Lee Mark Nelson (Fidelis) and Sheila Tousey (Step and a Half), along with M. Cochise Anderson (Ancestor), Jennifer Blagen (Tante), Charlie Brady (Cyprian), Terry Hempleman (Roy), Tracey Maloney (Clarisse), Bill McCallum (Sheriff Hock) and Peter Thomson (Dr. Heech).

The young people’s ensemble will include Sean Cackoski, Rebecca Hurd, Jake Ingbar, Ryan McCartan, Maeve Moynihan, Logan Pedersen, and Nicholas Saxton.

The creative team will include David Korins (scenic design), Jess Goldstein (costume design), Mark McCullough (lighting design), and Michael Bodeen (sound design).