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Full Cast Announced for Willows’ Mame

Scarlett Hepworth
Scarlett Hepworth

Full casting has been announced for Willows Theatre Company’s production of the musical, Mame, to run November 17-December 28. Richard Elliott will direct.

The show features a book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, based on the novel Auntie Mame by Edward Everett Tanner III (writing under the pen name Patrick Dennis) and the 1956 Broadway play by Lawrence and Lee. Songs include “Open a New Window,” “We Need a Little Christmas,” “If He Walked Into My Life,” “My Best Girl,” and the title tune.

Scarlett Hepworth will star in the title role, and the cast will also include Katie Anderson (Agnes Gooch), Cynthia Rogers Baggott (Vera Charles), Kal Berns (Beauregard), Karen-Meredith Wolf (Pegeen/Sally), Jennifer Kosta (Cousin Fan), Lynne Chapman (Mother Burnside/Mrs. Upson), Safia Benyahia (Gloria), James Gee (Ito), Kevin Copps (Mr. Babcock), Mario Rizzo (Messenger), Drew Fowler (Uncle Jeff), Shane Hooker (Younger Patrick), John Walbolt (Older Patrick), Ron Pickett (Mr. Upson), and Ryan Geraghty (Junior Babcock).

The production will feature musical direction by Tim Hanson and choreography by Dan Uroff.

For more information, visit www.willowstheatre.org.

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