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Madison, Wis. (August 15, 2022) — The First National Tour of Mean Girls— the record-breaking new
musical comedy produced by Lorne Michaels, Stuart Thompson, Sonia Friedman and Paramount
Pictures based on the hit film—is coming to Overture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 30 through Sunday, Sept.
4. Tickets are available at overture.org, in person at the ticket office or by calling 608.258.4141.
Mean Girls features a book by nine-time Emmy Award® winner Tina Fey, based on her screenplay for
the film, music by three-time Emmy Award® winner Jeff Richmond and lyrics by two-time Tony Award®
nominee Nell Benjamin. Tony Award® winner Casey Nicholaw directs and choreographs.
Mean Girls opened on Broadway in April 2018 to rave reviews at the August Wilson Theatre, following
its world premiere at the National Theatre in Washington, DC, in the fall of 2017.
Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the wild and
vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. How will this naïve newbie rise to the top of
the popularity pecking order? By taking on The Plastics, a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming
but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady devises a plan to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way
that you can’t cross a Queen Bee without getting stung.
New York Magazine calls Mean Girls “HILARIOUS! A smart, splashy new musical that delivers with
immense energy, a wicked sense of humor and joyful inside-jokery.” Chicago Tribune said, “Tina Fey
writes FUNNIER, SMARTER, SHARPER satire than anyone else in the business.” People Magazine calls
the show “FRESH, FUN AND INFECTIOUS – Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin’s songs keep the laughs
coming!” The New York Daily News said Mean Girls “TICKLES THE EARS, EYES AND FUNNY BONE – the
direction by Casey Nicholaw packs style, invention and red bull-force energy.” And Entertainment
Weekly calls it “A MARVEL: DAZZLING & HILARIOUS!”
The tour cast will feature English Bernhardt as Cady Heron, Nadina Hassan as Regina George, Jasmine
Rogers as Gretchen Wieners, Morgan Ashley Bryant as Karen Smith, Lindsay Heather Pearce as Janis
Sarkisian, Eric Huffman as Damian Hubbard, Adante Carter as Aaron Samuels, Kabir Bery as Kevin G.,
April Josephine as Mrs. Heron/Ms. Norbury/Mrs. George., Lawrence E. Street as Mr. Duvall and Adriana
Scalice as Standby for Cady, Regina and Janis.
The cast also includes Wesley J. Barnes, Erica Simone Barnett, Noah Blessing, DeShawn Bowens, Susie
Carroll, Brittany Conigatti, Mary Beth Donahoe, Niani Feelings, Sky Flaherty, Samuel Gerber, Jamary
Gil, Dan Horn, Maya Imani, Asia Marie Kreitz, Olivia Renteria, Grace Romanello, Sydney Mei Ruf-
Wong, Marcus Shane, Kaitlyn Louise Smith, Tovi Wayne and Iain Young.
The creative team includes Scott Pask (Set Design), Gregg Barnes (Costume Design), Kenneth Posner
(Lighting Design), Brian Ronan (Sound Design), Finn Ross & Adam Young (Video Design), Josh
Marquette (Hair Design), Milagros Medina-Cerdeira (Make-Up Design), Mary-Mitchell Campbell (Music
Director), John Clancy (Orchestrations), Glen Kelly (Dance and Incidental Music Arrangements), Mary-
Mitchell Campbell, Jeff Richmond and Natalie Tenenbaum (Vocal Arrangements), Howard Joines
(Music Coordinator) and Telsey + Co / Bethany Knox, CSA (Casting).
Mean Girls (Original Broadway Cast Recording), produced by Atlantic Records, is now available.
www.MeanGirlsOnBroadway.com
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Broadway at Overture is sponsored by American Family Insurance. Our community partner for Mean
Girls is SupraNet. Overture is grateful for this community support that helps make these experiences
possible.
OVERTURE CENTER FOR THE ARTS in Madison, Wis., is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization that
features seven state-of-the-art performance spaces and four galleries where national and international
touring artists, nine resident companies and hundreds of local artists engage people in nearly 700,000
educational and artistic experiences each year. With the vision to provide “Extraordinary Experiences for
All,” Overture’s mission is to support and elevate our community’s creative culture, economy and
quality of life through the arts. overture.org
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