The Muny Announces Full Cast

for ‘Shrek The Musical’ June 25-July 2

Family favorite based on hit DreamWorks film runs for 8 nights

The Muny has announced the full cast for its production of Shrek The Musical, which storms the James S. McDonnell Stage for eight nights this summer.

Shrek The Musical, the family favorite based on the Oscar-winning 2001 DreamWorks Animation sensation, runs June 25-July 2 and is presented by Ameren.

“Twenty-five years after Shrek first captured our hearts, it’s exciting to bring this unlikely hero’s journey back to our stage,” said Muny Artistic Director & Executive Producer Mike Isaacson. “I know audiences will fall in love with this remarkable cast and become believers all over again.”

Joining previously announced principals Nik Walker, Kara Lindsay, Marcus M. Martin, Troy Iwata, Solomon Rosenthal, Lake Schultz, Amelie Lock, Aymee Garcia, Tyler Joseph Ellis and Salome Smith are Mathew Blasio, DeShawn Bowens, Monique Churchill, Matthew Davies, Kylie Edwards, Ryan Fitzgerald, Matt Gibson, Jack Gimpel, Shelby Griswold, Michael Harp, Gwen Hollander, Abby Linderman, Sean McManus, Shelby Ringdahl, Trevor Michael Schmidt, Kelly Sheehan, Caitlin Stebelman and Jonah D. Winston.

The company will be joined by the Muny Kids and Teens Youth Ensemble.

Shrek The Musical is led by John Tartaglia (director), Patrick O’Neill (choreographer) and Ben Whiteley (music director/conductor).

The design team for Shrek The Musical includes Bryan Thomas Hunt (associate choreographer); Kelly Sheehan (assistant choreographer); Adam Koch (scenic designer); Robin L. McGee (costume designer, based on original costume design by Tim Hatley); Jason Lyons (lighting designer); Joshua Hummel (sound designer); Kylee Loera (video designer); Jeff Knaggs (wig designer); Jim Henson’s Creature Shop (puppet designer); James W. Wojtal Jr. (dragon puppet designer); Larry Smiglewski (production stage manager); and The Telsey Office/Lindsay Levine, CSA (casting).

Principal Cast Bios

NIK WALKER (Shrek) Broadway and Broadway-adjacent roles include Sir Galahad in the 2023 revival of Spamalot, Aaron Burr in Hamilton and one of the six original Phantoms in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Masquerade . On screen, he’s been seen on Blue Bloods, Law & Order: SVU, in the Apple TV film The Instigators (alongside his hometown hero, Matt Damon), and he’s lent his voice to the new Adult Swim cartoon President Curtis, debuting this year. As a writer, Nik’s first original cartoon, Cleaners , is in development with Warner Bros. Animation and Amazon Studios.

KARA LINDSAY (Princess Fiona) most recently appeared off-Broadway as Michele in Romy & Michele: The Musical. Broadway: Wicked (Glinda), Beautiful (Cynthia Weil), Newsies (Katherine, original cast and Fathom Events film), Once Upon a Mattress (standby for Sutton Foster, Winnifred). National tours: Wicked (Glinda), Little House on the Prairie (originated Laura). Paper Mill Playhouse: Newsies, A Jolly Holiday, Little House on the Prairie. Sacramento Music Circus: Singin’ in the Rain (Kathy Selden). NCT: Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins). Kansas City Rep: Cabaret (Sally Bowles). 5th Avenue: Lone Star Love (Miss Ann Page

MARCUS M. MARTIN (Donkey) makes his Muny debut. He is currently making his Broadway debut as a Genie standby in Disney’s Aladdin after granting wishes as the Genie on the show’s North American tour, which included a 2023 stop at the Fabulous Fox Theatre. Regional: Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II), The Wiz (The Lion), The Music Man (Marcellus Washburn), Carousel (Enoch Snow). TV: Power Book II: Ghost, Law & Order. Baldwin Wallace Music Theatre graduate.

TROY IWATA (Lord Farquaad) was last seen on the Muny stage as Jacob in La Cage aux Folles and as Ogie in Waitress. You can catch him as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show or in his hit independent film Summoning Sylvia — a horror-comedy in which he stars alongside Michael Urie and Frankie Grande.

AMELIE LOCK (Teen Fiona & Others) returns for her ninth consecutive Muny season. Amelie was grateful to represent St. Louis at the 2025 Jimmy Awards as the Ken Page Award winner for best leading actress, honoring her performance as Emma in The Prom. Muny: The Sound of Music (Louisa von Trapp), Gypsy (Baby June), Jersey Boys, Little Shop of Horrors, Les Misérables, Waitress, Footloose, Mary Poppins (Jane Banks standby) and Beauty and the Beast. A Little Wild and as Rooney Lane in Welcome to Hope Springs. A junior at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Amelie serves as Missouri’s State Ambassador for Arts Education

AYMEE GARCIA (Gingy & Others) makes her Muny debut. She originated Mama Bear in Shrek The Musical on Broadway and on tour. Recent credits include Madame Morrible in Wicked and Jack’s Mother in Into the Woods (Broadway revival and tour). Other theatre: Les Misérables, Cinderella, Avenue Q. TV: Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, Splash and Bubbles, Sesame Street

The Telsey Office is the official casting partner of The Muny.

The Muny artistic staff includes Artistic Director & Executive Producer Mike Isaacson, Associate Artistic Director Michael Baxter, Director of Production Tracy Utzmyers, and Music Supervisors Michael Horsley and Evan Roider.

In this hilarious fairy-tale adventure that’s perfect for the whole family, a grumpy ogre named Shrek sets off with a wisecracking donkey to rescue a feisty princess who doesn’t exactly need saving. Add a pint-sized villain, a cookie with an attitude and a kingdom of storybook outcasts, and you’ve got a mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there’s one on hand. Irreverently funny and surprisingly sweet, Shrek The Musical proves that beauty is truly in the eye of the ogre. This production was last seen at The Muny in 2013.

Shrek The Musical has music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. Based on the DreamWorks Animation motion picture and the book by William Steig. Performances of Shrek The Musical begin at 8:15 p.m. nightly, June 25-July 2.

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