“Bring It On” Opens The Muny Season June 16-22 in...
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“Bring It On” opens Muny Season June 16
“Bring It On” Opens The Muny Season
June 16-22 in Ultimate Cheer Showdown
Experience the exhilarating clash of competitive cheerleading, high school rivalries and teen romance. Campbell is a cheer team captain, but an unexpected twist uproots her senior year, sending her to a new school with no cheer squad. Undeterred, she teams with her new school’s dance crew to form a powerhouse squad for the national championships. Inspired by the hit film franchise,
Bring It On The Musical is a high-flying journey through the tangled web of friendship, jealousy, betrayal and forgiveness. It opens The Muny season June 16-22 This bitingly relevant musical has a fresh story by a creative team that includes Tom Kitt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeff Whitty and Amanda Green. A Muny premiere!
Book by Jeff Whitty • Music by Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda • Lyrics by Amanda Green and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Jonalyn Saxer, Kennedy Holmes, Bryce Williams, Taylor Sage Evans, Katy Geraghty, Ayla Ciccone-Burton, Aj Paramo, Katie Riedel, Regine Sophia, Sean Harrison Jones, Kevin Trinio Perdido and Brandon O’Neal Bomer will star in the Muny premiere of Bring It On: The Musical, which opens the theatre’s 107th season in Forest Park.
The production is led by Denis Jones (director), Jennifer Weber (choreographer), Ryan Martin O’Connor (cheer consultant/choreographer) and Anne Shuttlesworth (music director/conductor). “This cast will soar — literally — for our season opener,” said Muny Artistic Director & Executive Producer Mike Isaacson. “I can’t wait for the Muny audience to experience this group’s explosive energy and talents. Bring it.” Some of the lead roles in”Bring It On” are”
JONALYN SAXER (Campbell) last appeared at The Muny as Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street. Broadway credits include Back to the Future (Clocktower woman, u/s Lorraine), Mean Girls (Ensemble, u/s Karen, Cady and Regina), Cats, Holiday Inn, Honeymoon in Vegas and Bullets Over Broadway. Jonalyn also appeared as Karen Smith in the first national tour of Mean Girls and can be seen in Steven Spielberg and Justin Peck’s West Side Story. She has been a part of multiple world premiere productions, including Take the Lead (Paper Mill Playhouse), Moonshine (Dallas Theater Center) and others. She is a graduate of Syracuse University.
KENNEDY HOLMES (Danielle) A St. Louis native, Kennedy returns for her 11th season at The Muny, where she began her journey at age 10 as Little Inez in Hairspray. Other Muny credits include Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Little Eva, The Shirelles), The Color Purple (Olivia), Dreamgirls, Smokey Joe’s Café, Footloose, Newsies, All Shook Up, Aida, Sweeney Todd and Jesus Christ Superstar.
Kennedy recently performed the concert version of Rent (Joanne) with the Pacific Symphony. She is a sophomore at the University of Southern California, where she is pursuing a BFA in musical theatre. In 2018, Kennedy was the youngest contestant to earn global acclaim with her breakout performance of Adele’s “Turning Tables” on Season 15 of NBC’s The Voice. Additional TV appearances include A New Holiday (Joy).
BRYCE WILLIAMS (Randall) Muny debut. Regional: Daniel in Once on This Island (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma), Drifter/Ensemble in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Broadway Rose Theatre Company). Bryce is a rising junior at The University of Oklahoma.
TAYLOR SAGE EVANS (Eva) is a New York City-based performer originally from Southern California. She is currently in the national tour of Six: The Musical as an alternate, covering Boleyn, Howard and Parr. Previous credits: Beetlejuice (NCL), Catch Me If You Can (The REV) and Beauty and the Beast (Moonlight Amphitheatre). CSUF BFA ’22.
