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ENTER

Falsettos

Music & Lyrics by
William Finn

Book by
William Finn & James Lapine

Directed by
David Bertold

Falsettos

About the show

This Tony Award-winning musical by William Finn and James Lapine is a hilarious and heartrending story of a modern New York family at the end of the 1970s revolving around the life of a gay man Marvin, his wife, his lover, his soon-to-be bar mitzvah’d son, their psychiatrist, and the lesbians next door. Intelligent and subversive, it exposes all the messiness of loving and growing up.

This visionary musical theatre work is directed by David Berthold (Holding the Man), with music direction by Michael Tyack (Come From Away), and choreography by Kelley Abbey (Dancing with the Stars), and is a timely and tender reminder that love can tell a million stories.

Cast

In order of appearance

Marvin
Ethan Bourke

Whizzer
James Casperz-Loney

Mendel
Fabio Jaconelli

Trina
Georgia O’Brien

Charlotte
Jessica Parris

Cordella
Helena Cielak

Jason^
Jensen Mazza

Jason^8
Julien Daher

Jason Understory^**
Robbi Morgan

Understudies***
Ellie Carragher
Jack Madigan
Jock Lander
Madeleine Palmer
Mae Li Cowell
Tom Kelley

Gallery

Creative Team

Piano
Michael Tyack*

Keyboard
Matthew Reid*

Drums
Cypress Bartlett*

Woodwind
Andrew Robertson*

Director
David Berthold**

Musical Director
Michael Tyack*

Choreographer
Kelley Abbey*

Assistant Director/s
Emma Whitehead
Chinmaya Madan

Set/Props Designer
Benedict Janeczko-Taylor

Costume Designer
Ruby Jenkins

Lighting Designer
Tim McNaught

Sound Designer
Chloe Adele Langgon

Cultural Consultant
Moira Blumenthal*

Intimacy Consultant
Schondelle Pratt*

Production Team

Production Stage Manager
Ethan Hamill

Deputy Stage Manager
Grace Sackman

Assistant Stage Manager
Naomi O’Connor
Ethan Coombs

Child Coordinator
Alexis Worthing

Deputy Child Coordinator
Carol Gonzales

Construction Manager
Angus Nott

Costume Supervisors
Lily Mateljan
Jasmin Gray

Properties Supervisor
Jules Bisschoff

Head Electrician
India Lively

Scenic Construction Assistants
Jack McNiven
Nathan Locheyer

Costume Assistants
Kit Moore; Emily Christie, Sam Hernandez

Costume Buyer
Oliver Hall

Props Maker
Ally Vyner

Props Assistant/s
Samantha Lim
Alexander Mills

Assistant Set/Props Designer
Angelina Daniel

Assistant Costume Designer
Elle Fitzgerald

Mic Technician
Topaz Marlay-Cole

Floor LX
Yasmin Breeze

Technical Assistants
Adetokunbo (TK) Abioye
Claire Edmonds-Wilson
Jemima Owen,
Kirsten Drake
Samuel Scott
Siuthu Jason Aung

Meet the Cast


This production includes coarse language, partial nudity, smoke/haze effects, and adult themes. Falsettos is recommended for an audience ages 12+.

*         Guest
**       Staff
***     Diploma of Stage and Screen Performance

^         (7th, 9th, 11th mat, 14th,15th,17th June)
^*       (8th, 10th, 11th, 15th mat, 16th, 18th June)
^**    18 June mat

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

FALSETTOLAND was produced Off-Broadway by Maurice Rosenfield and Lois Rosenfield, Inc. with Steven SuskinNational Tour originally produced by The Old Globe Theatre

Artistic Director Jack O’Brien                                        
Managing Director Tom Hall

FALSETTOS was originally produced on Broadway by Barry and Fran Weissler
BY ARRANGEMENT WITH ORiGiN™ THEATRICAL
ON BEHALF OF SAMUEL FRENCH INC., A Concord Theatricals Company

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