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Photos by Nanc Price for The Citadel Theatre’s production of The Ballad of Johnny and June (2024).
Cast & Creative Team
Maddie Shea Baldwin
Anita Carter, Ensemble
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Broadway: Bright Star. National Tours: Bright Star. New York Theatre: Flying Over Sunset (Playwrights Horizons/Workshop); Ladyship & A Wall Apart (New York Musical Festival); Elvis: The Musical (Workshop). Regional Theatre: The Ballad of Johnny & June (La Jolla Playhouse); The Sound of Music (Asolo Repertory Theatre); Born for This (Arts Emerson); Bright Star (The Kennedy Center); Back Home Again (Lesher Center); How the Grinch Stole Christmas & Ace (The Old Globe Theatre).
Other: A huge thank you to the entire Johnny & June team for allowing me to be a part of this beautiful project and a special thank you to my agents Nicolosi & Co. Love always to my sweet family. Jeremiah 29:11.
Michael Louis Cusimano
John Carter Cash, Understudy Johnny Cash
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Lempicka (La Jolla Playhouse); The Tale of Despereaux (Old Globe); The Last 5 Years; On the Twentieth Century; Rocky Horror; Natasha, Pierre, etc. (Cygnet Theatre); Once, Million Dollar Quartet, Importance of Being Earnest (Lamb’s Players); Metamorphoses (Santa Barbara ETC); The Cherry Orchard (North Coast Rep).
Film/TV: Devil in the Details, A Moment in Crime
Other: Love to Ryan! @koozimano
Paula Leggett Chase
Carrie, Ensemble
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Paula Leggett Chase is a Drama Desk Nominee and veteran of 10 Broadway shows, 2 National tours, and dozens of productions in regional theatre.
Film & TV: Numerous appearances on episodic TV, but you probably know her from 30 ROCK.
Other: Originally from Evansville, IN, PLC is married to Broadway music director/arranger David Chase. They have two tall handsome sons, Kyler, 27 and Dashiell, 23. May The Circle Be Unbroken! PaulaLeggettChase.com
Evan Dowling
Swing - Carl Smith, Jack Cash, Marshall Grant, Ray Cash, Sam Phillips, W. S. Holland, Luther Perkins, Rip Nix
Evan Dowling
Swing - Carl Smith, Jack Cash, Marshall Grant, Ray Cash, Sam Phillips, W. S. Holland, Luther Perkins, Rip Nix
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: The Rocky Horror Picture Show // Die Harsh: a Christmas Musical // The 11 O’Clock Number // Jason Kenny’s Hot Boy Summer (Grindstone); CHARADE (Twin Flames Theatrical Productions); Buddy Holly’s Happy Daze (Jubilations Dinner Theatre); Production Cast Featured Singer (Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines); Spamalot (The Lower Ossington Theatre); Evil Dead: the Musical (Starvox Entertainment); A Game of Love and Chance (Odyssey Theatre).
Film & TV: Wendy: The Animated Series.
Other: Outside of improv, theatre, and pursuit of a degree in entrepreneurship & innovation, Evan is an avid hobby/passion collector including woodworking, tabletop gaming, music (both listening and playing), and craft brewing with friends. All the thanks to little Winnifred and his wife, Sarah. You’re the ones I’m looking for… Babe.
Drew Wildman Foster
Carl Smith, Jack Cash, Marshall Grant, Ensemble
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud, Summer, Sunset Boulevard, & Doctor Zhivago. NYC/Regional: The Public, Red Bull, New World Stages, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Dallas Theater Center, Shakespeare Theater of D.C., The Hollywood Bowl, Orlando Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, The MUNY, and Asolo Rep (5 seasons).
Other: Education: The Juilliard School. Drew is a frequent guest artist/director since 2012 at Juilliard and a faculty member for their Musical Theater Summer program. Gratitude to Des & Ron. Favorite role: husband to Jesse and father to Rafael
Christopher Ryan Grant
Johnny Cash
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Broadway: Thanksgiving Play, The Iceman Cometh, Million Dollar Quartet ; Select Off-Broadway & Regional: Shakespeare In The Park (Delacorte), The Public, LCT3, Joe’s Pub, New World Stages, The Wild Project, La Jolla Playhouse, Yale Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre D.C., NY Stage & Film, The MUNY, The O’Neill, and many more.
Film & TV: Film: Baby Ruby, Glitch Baby, Rolling on the Floor Laughing, Hard Times For Softcore. TV: Chicago: P.D., The Black List, FBI: Most Wanted, The Other Two. Other: MFA: Yale School of Drama. Proud member of AEA, SAG/AFTRA, and the Actor’s Center.
Sarah Horsman
Swing - Anita, Carrie, Vivian
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, Jersey Boys, Rock of Ages, The World Goes Round (Stage West Theatre); Sister Act (Drayton Entertainment); Always Patsy Cline (Theatre Northwest); Rocky Horror Picture Show (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Million Dollar Quartet (Chemainus Theatre Festival).
Other: I am humbled to join this company of artists! Many thanks and love to my wonderful family and friends who support me through it all. www.sarahhorsman.com
Van Hughes
John Carter Cash
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Broadway: Almost Famous, Deaf West’s Spring Awakening, American Idiot, 9 to 5, Hairspray. 1st National Tour: American Idiot. Off-Broadway: Space Dogs (MCC); Saved (Playwrights Horizons).
Film & TV: Glimpse, Sex And The City I & II, Rachel Getting Married, Law & Order: SVU & Criminal Intent, Royal Pains, One Life To Live.
Other: B.A. from Fordham University. Van is also a composer, music producer, and arranger. Love to Shea.
Gabriella Joy
Vivian, Ensemble
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: La Jolla Playhouse: The Ballad of Johnny and June. National Tour: The Color Purple. Off-Broadway: Five: The Parody Musical.
Other: Much love to her family for their never-ending support, and her incredible team over at Henderson/Hogan and Hyphenate Creative. @gabriellajoy_
Patti Murin
June Carter Cash
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Disney’s Frozen on Broadway (Princess Anna); Wicked (Galinda, US National Tour); Lysistrata Jones (Title role, Broadway); Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shakespeare In the Park, Delacorte Theatre); The Ballad of Johnny & June (La Jolla Playhouse);
Film & TV: Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Royal Pains, and many Hallmark movies including In Merry Measure, Love On Iceland, and Mystic Christmas.
Other: Also the narrator of many audiobooks, and an advocate for mental health awareness. Love and thanks to Colin, Cecily and Lorelai for making this work.
Bart Shatto
Ray Cash, Sam Phllips, W.S. Holland, Ensemble
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Broadway: Tony-nominated shows War Paint, Les Miserables, Hands on a Hardbody, The Civil War, and Dracula: The Musical. National Tours: Les Miserables, Cats, The Civil War. Off-Broadway: Superhero (Second Stage). Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Papermill Playhouse, Ford’s Theatre, Ogunquit, Alley Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, North Shore Music Theatre, Casa Manana, Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre. Upcoming: Pre-Broadway Canadian Premiere of The Ballad of Johnny and June, directed by Two-time Tony Winner, Des McAnuff.
Film & TV: Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Murphy Brown (Reboot), Gaspard and Lisa (Disney Jr.).
Other: Bart is delighted to make his Canadian debut with his Johnny and June family after participating in the New York workshops and the World premiere at La Jolla Playhouse. He has played Sam Phillips (Sun Records Producer) in three musicals including MDQ (Million Dollar Quartet), MDQ Christmas, and The Ballad of Johnny and June. Bart is the Vocalist with the gold/platinum-selling rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra for the last decade. Thanks to Des, Tara, and my love, Amy! @iambartshatto
Correy West
Luther Perkins, Rip Nix, Ensemble, Dance Captain
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud, Nice Work If You Can Get It (Imperial Theatre); South Pacific (Lincoln Center); National Tours: Love Never Dies (1stNational-US Premiere); Anything Goes (1stNational); 42nd Street, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Chicago/Toronto); NY credits include: PBS Great Performances Season 50: Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway’s Best (Live from Lincoln Center), Showboat (NY Philharmonic/Live from Lincoln Center); Regional: The Ballad of Johnny and June (La Jolla Playhouse); American Prophet (Arena Stage Company); Beautiful (Theatre Aspen & The Rev); Oliver (Virginia Stage Company); …Spelling Bee (Arkansas Rep Theatre); Kiss Me Kate (Cape Playhouse); Guys and Dolls (Barrington Stage Company).
Des McAnuff
Co-Bookwriter, Director
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Broadway: The Who’s Tommy (2024), Ain’t Too Proud, Summer, Doctor Zhivago, Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys and Dolls, The Farnsworth Invention, Jersey Boys, 700 Sundays, Dracula the Musical, How to Succeed…, The Who’s Tommy (1993), A Walk in the Woods, Big River.
Film & TV: Cousin Bette (director), The Iron Giant (producer) and Quills (executive producer).
Other: Des McAnuff is a two-time Tony Award-winning director and former Artistic Director of Canada’s Stratford Festival. He is also Director Emeritus of La Jolla Playhouse and co-founder of Broadway’s Dodgers.
Rob Cary
Co-Bookwriter
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Broadway); On The Town (additional material, Broadway); Flashdance (West End); Inventing Avi (Off-Broadway); Palm Beach (La Jolla Playhouse); Get Happy (Carnegie Hall); Bye Bye Birdie (additional material, Kennedy Center).
Film & TV: Grease Live! (Fox); A Christmas Story Live (Fox). Director: Anything But Love (Samuel Goldwyn); Ira and Abby (Magnolia Pictures); Save Me (First Run Features).
Other: Graduate Yale University, former dancer Joffrey II Ballet, member WGA and AEA
Ron Melrose
Music Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Creative team member of twenty Broadway shows over forty-eight years including Smile, Jersey Boys and The Who’s Tommy. Helpmann Award Winner (Australia’s Tony). Associate producer of several Broadway original cast albums. As composer: Fourtune (Off-Broadway); The Silver Swan (NEA Fellowship); The Missing Peace (Washington’s Capitol Fringe); Early One Morning (liturgical one-woman musical); two Harvard Hasty Pudding shows; a gospel-based Requiem; Saturday Night Live.
Byron Easley
Choreographer
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: The Ballad of Johnny & June (Jolla Playhouse); Waiting For Godot (Theatre for a New Audience); Camelot (Lincoln Center Theater); Slave Play (Broadway & New York Theater Workshop); Richard III (New York Public Theater); X: Or Betty Shabazz V. The Nation (The Acting Company); The Bubbly Black Girl (New York City Encores); Twelfth Night (Harlem Classical Theater); Choir Boy (Steppenwolf Theater); Matilda (The Olney Theatre); The Three Musketeers (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Jelly’s Last Jam (The Alliance Theatre).
Robert Brill
Scenic Designer
Citadel: Debut
Other Theatre: For Broadway, his credits include: Hell’s Kitchen, How to Dance in Ohio, Dancin, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations, Thoughts of A Colored Man, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Assassins, Cabaret, Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys and Dolls, Design for Living, Buried Child, and many others.
Other: Brill is a four-time Tony Award nominee and member of design faculty at University of California San Diego.
Sarafina Bush
Costume Designer
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Broadway: The Outsiders, The Who’s Tommy, How to Dance in Ohio, For Colored Girls… (Tony Award Nominee), Pass Over. Off-Broadway: Shit. Meet. Fan. (MCC); Oliver! (City Center Encores); Evanston Salt Costs Climbing (The New Group); Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Obie Award: Playwrights Horizons); Broadway Bounty Hunter (Greenwich House). Regional: The Preacher’s Wife (Alliance Theatre); Peter Pan (Tour); Life After (Goodman Theatre).
Other: Education: BA, Adelphi University.
Amanda Zieve
Lighting Designer
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Recent designs include: Tommy (Broadway/Goodman); Velour: A Drag Spectacular, The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical and Put Your House in Order (La Jolla Playhouse); Mrs. Holmes & Ms. Watson, English, Crime and Punishment, A Comedy, Dial M for Murder, Hair, Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big San Diego Christmas Show, Tiny Beautiful Things, Barefoot in the Park, Native Gardens, The Wanderers and Rich Girl (The Old Globe); Cabaret (Goodspeed); American Jade (Buck’s County Playhouse); Into the Woods, Billy Elliot, Titanic (Signature Theatre); I Hate Hamlet (Maltz Jupiter); Sweeney Todd and Roof of the World (KC Rep); Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Evita, Cabaret, Rock of Ages (Cygnet).
Other: For information, please visit amandazieve.com
Peter Fitzgerald
Sound Designer
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Designed sound for over 100 Broadway, Off-Broadway and Touring shows. Recent designs: KPOP, Great Gatsby Immersive, American Son and John Lithgow’s Stories by Heart. Past designs include: Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out, 42nd Street, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Will Ferrell’s You’re Welcome America, Paul Simon’s The Capeman, City of Angels, The Will Rogers Follies, La Cage Aux Folles, Victor/Victoria, Gypsy. He designed sound for the NY Philharmonic’s award-winning productions of Carousel and Sweeney Todd.
Other: Peter is President of Sound Associates.
Sean Nieuwenhuis
Projection Designer
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: SUMMER, Dr. Zhivago, JCS (Broadway); Tommy, Spamalot, Wanderlust (Stratford); Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Sideways (La Jolla); Swan Lake (National Ballet of Canada); Madama Butterfly, Whiteley (Opera Australia); Gounod’s Faust (Met); Macbeth (LA Opera); Nixon in China (Vancouver Opera, SFO, Royal Swedish), A Word or Two (Ahmanson); The Mountaintop (Theatre Calgary); Handmaid’s Tale (RWB); Rear Window (Hartford Stage).
Other: Sterlings and Bettys awards winner.
Alberto “Albee” Alvarado
Hair and Wig Designer
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Alberto recently made his Broadway debut designing Hair & Wigs for the Tony Award Musical THE OUTSIDERS. Off-Broadway his make-up design can be seen at Give Me Carmelita Tropicana! At the Soho Rep. His regional theatre credits include numerous productions at La Jolla Playhouse; Center Theatre Group; San Diego Opera and Pasadena Playhouse.
Other: Alberto “Albee” Alvarado is a Californian of Mexican descent who designs Hair/Wigs and Make-up throughout the US.
Lyndon Pugeda
Music Director / Conductor / Keys
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Picasso at the Lapin Agile, The Lorax (The Old Globe); Jersey Boys (CCAE Theatricals); Jesus Christ Superstar, Memphis (Moonlight Stage Productions); Legally Blonde (San Diego Musical Theatre); Gutenberg! The Musical! (Backyard Renaissance); Associate: Redwood, The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical (La Jolla Playhouse).
Other: B.A. in Music: Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts from UC San Diego.
Joe Payne
Assistant Music Director, Additional Orchestrations, Electric Guitar
Citadel: Debut
Other Theatre: LaJolla Playhouse’s Jersey Boys (August Wilson Broadway Theatre, New World Stage and San Diego); LaJolla Playhouse’s premiere, Cry Baby (San Diego) LaJolla Playhouse’s Beehive, The Musical (San Diego Theatre in Old Town); The Buddy Holly Story (National Tour, Chicago Apollo Theatre, Kansas City American Heartland Theatre); Always Patsy Cline (Detroit Gem/Century Theatre, Kansas City American Heartland Theatre).
Other: Grammy winning, and platinum certified Jersey Boys cast album guitarist. 1998 Joseph Jefferson Award for musical direction, The Buddy Holly Story. Raised on bluegrass and Carter/Cash music before I could walk or hold a guitar. Sit back and enjoy a very special show!
Michael Bello
Associate Director
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: As Associate Director: The Who’s Tommy (Broadway, Goodman Theatre); Jersey Boys (UK/US tours, Off-Broadway); Summer (Broadway, 1st national tour); and Ballad of Johnny & June (La Jolla Playhouse). Recent Directing: Jersey Boys (Paper Mill Playhouse); Legally Blonde (TheatreAspen); Letters to the President (Goodspeed); and We Are The Tigers (Off-Broadway).
Other: Michael is a Cuban American director based in New York. BFA Emerson College. www.MichaelBello.com
Garth Helm
Associate Sound Designer
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Broadway designs include: Pippin (Tony nomination best sound design 2013); 1st National Tour Pippin, The Heart of Robin Hood (Winnipeg/Toronto);
Associate Sound Designer for: The Ballad of Johnny & June (LaJolla); Almost Famous (Broadway); Rocky The Musical (Broadway); We Will Rock You “The Queen Musical” (US Tour, Sao Paulo Brazil); Ghost the Musical (Broadway, US Tour 1, South Korea) ; Les Mis 25Th Anniversary Concert 02 Arena (London, 25th US Tour); Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Toronto, Broadway, USA Tour); Dirty Dancing USA, Phantom “The Las Vegas Spectacular”, Phantom Of The Opera (Broadway 15 years as US Audio Supervisor).
Other: Garth is a sound designer and audio consultant for various live music and performance spaces throughout North America. He has worked on Broadway musicals for over 25 years.
Martín Lara Avila
Associate Costume Designer
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Broadway: The Outsiders, How to Dance in Ohio, The Who’s Tommy, Be More Chill. Off-Broadway: Sh*t. Meet. Fan., Little Shop of Horrors, The Wanderers, Evanston Salt Costs Climbing, Heroes of the Fourth Turning. Others: Some Like it Hot (First National Tour), The Ballad of Johnny & June (La Jolla Playhouse), We’re Here (HBO – Emmy), among others.
Other: @martinlara
Joel Britt
Associate Lighting Designer
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Selected Design work: Head Over Heels, A Kind of Weather, Significant Other, Eighty-Sixed (Diversionary Theatre); Peter and the Starcatcher (The Barn Stage Company). Selected Assistant/Associate work: Hamilton (National Tours/Germany); Ain’t too Proud (National Tours); Summer, The Donna Summer Musical (La Jolla/Broadway/National Tour); Come From Away (National Tours); The Band’s Visit (National Tour); Henry 6, Merry Wives of Windsor, The Lorax, Taming of the Shrew, Midsummer (The Old Globe).
Film & TV: Come From Away (Assistant Lighting Design, Apple TV)
Other: Proud member of USA829, joelbritt.com
Joshua Heming
Assistant Lighting Designer
Citadel: Debut.
Other Theatre: Lighting Design: Birds of North America (MOXIE Theatre); tick, tick… BOOM! (Cygnet Theatre). Associate Lighting Design: Is It Thursday Yet? (PAC NYC); Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson Apt 2b (The Old Globe). Assistant Lighting Design: The Who’s Tommy (USA829 DMC, Broadway); Johnny & June, Babbitt, Redwood, Derecho (La Jolla Playhouse); Cabaret, Twelfth Night (The Old Globe).
Other: I would like to thank my partner, Jennifer, for all her love and support. Please consider giving my website a visit at www.joshuahemingld.com
Cynthia Jimenez-Hicks
Assistant Choreographer
Citadel: A Christmas Carol, The Candidate, The Party.
Other Theatre: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Broadway and San Francisco Companies); Wendy in Wendy and Peter Pan, Cymbeline (Stratford Festival); Play That Goes Wrong (Neptune Theatre); This London Life (Grand Theatre); Girls Like That (Tarragon Theatre); Boys Girls and Other Mythological Creatures (Carousel Players).
Film & TV: From, Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent, Marry F Kill, Love’s Match, Murdoch Mysteries, Barbelle, Hudson & Rex, In the Dark.
Other: Training: National Theatre School.
Madison Henry
Stage Manager
Citadel: A Streetcar Named Desire, The Three Musketeers, The Sound of Music, The Importance of Being Earnest, Deafy, Network, & Jane Eyre.
Other Theatre: Gaslight (Chemainus); Hey Viola! (Charlottetown Festival); The Wizard of Oz, Chelsea Hotel, A Christmas Carol (Western Canada Theatre); The New Canadian Curling Club, The Buddy Holly Story (Thousand Islands Playhouse).
Other: Maddy (she/her) is a multi-discipline Stage Manager based in Edmonton, AB, and is so grateful to be a part of this project. Many thanks to Daryl, Des, Ingrid, Charlotte, and both the LJP and Citadel teams!
Ingrid Kottke
Assistant Stage Manager
Citadel: Debut
Other Theatre: Production Stage Manager ten years- Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Stage Manager five years- Richmond Ballet in Richmond VA, U.S./Canada National Tours- Production Stage Manager- She Loves Me, Jesus Christ Superstar, West Side Story (Niko Productions); Grease, Chicago, CATS, Starlight Express (Troika Productions); PSM of Moscow, Russia production of 42nd Street (Troika/Krasnov Productions).
Other: Couchsurfing Host, avid motorcycle rider, baseball fan (even this year!), Volunteer for Meals on Wheels and Canadian Blood Services. Luv to Mum who brought me to the Citadel Theatre as a child.
Charlotte Braid
Apprentice Stage Manager
Citadel: The Play That Goes Wrong, The Three Musketeers, Trouble in Mind
Other Theatre: The Play That Goes Wrong; Meteor Shower (Theatre Calgary); Romeo and Juliet; Twelfth Night (Freewill Shakespeare); Home for the Holidays (Lunchbox Theatre).
Other: Charlotte is delighted to be back working at the Citadel and to join this production. She thanks her friends and family for their continued love and support.