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Cast Announced for Geva Theatre Center’s Sweeney Todd

Kristie Dale Sanders
Kristie Dale Sanders

Casting has been announced for Geva Theatre Center’s production of the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, to be presented February 18-March 29, with an opening on February 21. Mark Cuddy will direct.

The cast will star Stephen Tewksbury in the title role and Kristie Dale Sanders as Mrs. Lovett, along with James Van Treuren (Judge Turpin), Roland Rusinek (Beadle Bamford), Marissa McGowan (Johanna), Daniel Bogart (Anthony), Brad Weinstock (Tobias), Leslie Becker (the Beggar Woman), Ron DeStefano (Pirelli), and Don Mayo (Jonas Fogg). The ensemble will include Sharon Bayer, William Thomas Evans, Sean Patrick Jernigan, Pegah Kadkhodaian, Beth Kirkpatrick, Jay Lusteck, Teri Madonna, Jason Mincer, Weston Wells Olson, Hallie Silverston, and Christina Wagenet.

The creative team will include Don Kot (music direction), Adam Koch (scenic design), Devon Painter (costume design), Robert Wiertzel (lighting design), and Brian Jerome Peterson (sound design).

For more information, visit www.gevatheatre.org.