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WHO’S WHO in the CAST
SEAN RYAN (Assistant Dance Captain,
Swing, u/s Footman, Driver) is thrilled to
be joining this magical production! National
tour: Fame: The Musical. Regional: Peter
Pan and Mary Poppins (Artpark); Dirty
Rotten Scoundrels (SGT). B.F.A. – University
at Buffalo. Thanks to Meg Pantera Agency,
JD Casting and the Cinderella team for
the support. As always, for Mom and Dad.
@seanzyryan.
ZOË SCHNEIDER-SMITH (Ensemble, u/s
Charlotte) is so excited to be traveling on her
first tour with this beautiful cast! Previous
credits: West Side Story (Anybodys), Opera
North; Blatantly Blaine (Swing), The PIT; A
Chorus Line (Diana) and Hairspray (Tammy),
Cabrillo Stage. Proud B.F.A. The Boston
Conservatory graduate. Love to mom, dad,
Nathan and Amanda. @LadyZ40.
ISABELLA WARD (Ensemble). Masters in
musical theater from Royal Conservatoire of
Scotland. Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures,
9 to 5 (Doralee) at the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival. Isabella is thrilled to be joining the
cast of Cinderella and couldn’t have done it
without the love and support of her family!
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ERIN WEINBERGER (Ensemble, u/s
Madame, Charlotte), a Sarasota, Fla. native,
is ecstatic to be making her national tour
debut! Her favorite credits include Guys and
Dolls at the Asolo Theater and Beauty and the
Beast at the Fireside Theatre. Many thanks to
her family, Gabe and the team of Cinderella!
erinjweinberger.com. @eedance.
MELISSA YANCHAK (Music Director).
National: Ringling Bros. 144/146, How the
Grinch Stole Christmas. Regional: The Little
Mermaid, Cats, Mary Poppins, Starlight
Express (regional premiere), Thoroughly
Modern Millie, The Wizard of Oz, Heathers,
Godspell, Big Fish, The Marvelous
Wonderettes, Nunsense. PBS: “Broadway or
Bust.” Pittsburgh native. Big thanks and love
always to the team.
NICK VOIGHT (Production Stage Manager)
is thrilled to be a part of the Cinderella family!
Tours include Motown the Musical. Regional
credits include: Wagon Wheel Theatre,
Quintessence Theatre, Maine State Music
Theatre, Riverside Theatre (Vero Beach, Fla.).
Much love and gratitude to my family.
MACKENZIE DOUGLAS (Assistant
Production Manager/Assistant Company
Manager). Stage Management: Columbus
Children’s Theatre, ArtsEmerson. Company
Management: Shakespeare Theatre Company,
Olney Theatre Center. B.A. arts management
and stage management, Emerson College.
RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN (Music,
Lyrics & Original Book). After long and
highly distinguished careers with other
collaborators, Richard Rodgers (composer,
1902–79) and Oscar Hammerstein II
(librettist/lyricist, 1895–1960) joined
forces in the early ’40s to create the most
successful partnership in the American
musical theater. Oklahoma! (1943), the rst
Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, was also
the first of a new genre, the musical play,
blending Rodgers’ sophisticated style of
musical comedy (which he had perfected in
a 25-year partnership with lyricist Lorenz
Hart) with Hammerstein’s innovations in
operetta (conceived in collaboration with
such composers as Sigmund Romberg,
Vincent Youmans, Rudolf Friml and Jerome
Kern). Over the next 16 years, R&H wrote
eight more Broadway musicals: Carousel,
Allegro, South Paci c, The King and I, Me and
Juliet, Pipe Dream, Flower Drum Song and
The Sound of Music. They wrote one movie
musical, State Fair, subsequently adapted to
the stage, and one for television, “Cinderella.”
First broadcast live with Julie Andrews
in 1957, remade with Lesley Ann Warren
(1965), and again with Whitney Houston and
Brandy (1997), R&H’s Cinderella made her
Broadway debut in 2013.
DOUGLAS CARTER BEANE (New
Book). Musicals: The Band Wagon (Encores),
Cinderella (Tony® nom., Best Book),
Lysistrata Jones (Tony nom., Best Book),
Sister Act (Tony nom., Best Book) and
Xanadu (Tony nom., Best Book; Drama Desk
Best Book; Outer Critics Circle Best Musical).
Plays: Shows for Days (Lincoln Center), The
Nance, The Little Dog Laughed (Tony nom.,
Olivier nom., GLAAD Media Best Play), As
Bees in Honey Drown (Outer Critics Circle
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