Waitress

Opening Night Production Staff

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Nederlander Organization (James M. Nederlander: Chairman; James L. Nederlander: President)

Produced by Barry & Fran Weissler, Norton and Elayne Herrick, David I. Berley, Independent Presenters Network, A.C. Orange International, Peter May, Michael Roiff, Ken Schur, Marisa Sechrest, Jam Theatricals, 42nd.club/Square 1 Theatrics, Benjamin Simpson & Joseph Longthorne/Shira Friedman and The American Repertory Theatre; Associate Producer: Brett England and Daniel M. Posener

World premiere produced at Harvard University, August 2, 2015 by The American Repertory Theatre (Diane Paulus, Artistic Director; Diane Borger, Producer); Script Consultant for A.R.T. Production: Peter Duchan

Book by Jessie Nelson; Music by Sara Bareilles; Lyrics by Sara Bareilles; Based upon the motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly; Original motion picture produced by Michael Roiff / Night and Day Productions; Music orchestrated by Sara Bareilles and The Waitress Band; Music arranged by Nadia DiGiallonardo

Directed by Diane Paulus; Choreographed by Lorin Latarro; Associate Director: Nancy Harrington; Associate Choreographer: Abbey O'Brien

Scenic Design by Scott Pask; Costume Design by Suttirat Anne Larlarb; Lighting Design by Christopher Akerlind; Sound Design by Jonathan Deans; Wig & Make-up Design: Rachel Padula-Shufelt and Jason Allen; Associate Scenic Design: Orit Jacoby Carroll; Associate Costume Design: Martin Schnellinger; Associate Lighting Design: Aaron Porter; Associate Sound Designer/Programmer: Drew Levy

Executive Producer: Alecia Parker; General Manager: B.J. Holt; Company Manager: Eduardo M. Castro; Associate Gen. Mgr: Amanda Murray

Production Manager: Juniper Street Productions; Production Stage Manager: Thomas J. Gates; Stage Manager: Matthew Lacey

Musical Supervisor: Nadia DiGiallonardo; Associate Musical Supervisor: Adam Michael Kaufman; Musical Coordinator: John Miller; Conducted by Nadia DiGiallonardo; Piano: Nadia DiGiallonardo; Keyboard: Jamie Edwards; Drums: Rich Mercurio; Bass: Lee Nadel; Cello/Guitar: Yair Evnine; Guitar: Meghan Toohey

Casting: Telsey + Company and Patrick Goodwin, C.S.A.; Advertising: SPOTCo, Inc.; Press Representative: Boneau / Bryan-Brown; Interactive Marketing: Arthouse; Photographer: Joan Marcus; Dialect Coach: Dawn-Elin Fraser; Fight Consultant: Thomas Schall; Fight Captain: Stephanie Torns; Dance Captain: Max Kumangai

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Opening Night Cast

Swings: Henry Gottfried, Max Kumangai and Ragan Pharris

Understudies: Charity Angel Dawson (Becky), Thay Floyd (Cal), Henry Gottfried (Dr. Pomatter, Earl, Ogie), Molly Hager (Becky), Max Kumangai (Cal, Joe), Jeremy Morse (Ogie), Ragan Pharris (Dawn, Jenna), Stephanie Torns (Dawn, Jenna) and Ryan Vasquez (Dr. Pomatter, Earl)

Current Cast

Swings: Dayna Jarae Dantzler, Molly Jobe, Brandon Kalm and Max Kumangai

Understudies: Dayna Jarae Dantzler (Becky), Kayla Davion (Dawn), Tyrone Davis Jr. (Ogie), Matt DeAngelis (Dr. Pomatter, Earl), Law Terrell Dunford (Cal), Molly Hager (Becky), Molly Jobe (Dawn, Jenna), Brandon Kalm (Dr. Pomatter, Earl, Ogie), Max Kumangai (Cal, Joe), Anastacia McCleskey (Becky) and Stephanie Torns (Dawn, Jenna),

Awards and Nominations

Tony Award^®

 2016 Best Musical [nominee] 

Produced by 42nd.club/Square 1 Theatrics, A.C. Orange International, The American Repertory Theatre, Benjamin Simpson & Joseph Longthorne/Shira Friedman, David I. Berley, Independent Presenters Network, Jam Theatricals, Peter May, Norton and Elayne Herrick, Michael Roiff, Ken Schur, Marisa Sechrest and Barry & Fran Weissler

 2016 Best Original Score Written for the Theatre [nominee] 

Music by Sara Bareilles; Lyrics by Sara Bareilles

 2016 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical [nominee] 

Jessie Mueller

 2016 Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical [nominee] 

Christopher Fitzgerald

Drama Desk Award

 2016 Outstanding Musical [nominee] 

Produced by Barry & Fran Weissler, Norton and Elayne Herrick, David I. Berley, Independent Presenters Network, A.C. Orange International, Peter May, Michael Roiff, Ken Schur, Marisa Sechrest, Jam Theatricals, 42nd.club/Square 1 Theatrics, Benjamin Simpson & Joseph Longthorne/Shira Friedman and The American Repertory Theatre; Executive Producer: Alecia Parker

 2016 Outstanding Book of a Musical [nominee] 

Book by Jessie Nelson

 2016 Outstanding Actress in a Musical [nominee] 

Jessie Mueller

 2016 Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical [winner] 

Christopher Fitzgerald

 2016 Outstanding Lyrics [nominee] 

Lyrics by Sara Bareilles

 2016 Outstanding Music [nominee] 

Music by Sara Bareilles

Songs

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