Full Cast ANNOUNCED for the Ave. Q 2009 Tour Cast — Page 3

I made an error, Ashley is NOT playing Mrs. T & one of the Bad Idea Bears.

Thank you! I may have seen some of them in Hairspray I need to consult my Playbills.

I will update the list now.

Brent DiRoma- Princeton/Rod
Jackie Grabois- Kate/Lucy
Jason Heymann- Nicky/Trekkie
Nigel Clark- Gary Coleman
Kerri Brackin- Mrs. T/bear, ensemble; U/S for Kate/lucy
Zach Trimmer- U/S for Princeton/Rod, Trekkie/Nicky, & Gary Coleman
Ashley Eileen- Ensemble; U/S for Mrs. T & Bear, Lucy/Kate, & Christmas Eve
Julianna Lee- Ensemble & U/S for Mrs. T & Christmas Eve

Updated On: 9/15/09 at 11:09 PM

I listed the cast that we know on Wikipedia & someone else filled in the list of blanks.

Princeton/Rod - Brent DiRoma

Kate Monster/Lucy The Slut - Jacqueline Grabois

Nicky/Bear/Trekkie Monster/Others - Jason Heymann

Mrs. T/Bear/Others - Kerri Brackin

Christmas Eve - Lisa Helmi Johanson

Brian - Tim Kornblum

Gary Coleman - Nigel Clark

Ensemble- Joshua Holden, Ashley Eileen Bucknam, Charles Baskerville, Julianna Lee, Zach Trimmer

Understudies: Princeton/Rod (Zach Trimmer, Joshua Holden, Charles Baskerville), Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut (Ashley Eileen, Bucknam, Kerri Brackin), Nicky/Trekkie Monster/Bear/Others (Joshua Holden, Zach Trimmer, Charles Baskerville), Mrs. T/Bear/Others (Ashley Eileen Bucknam, Julianna Lee), Christmas Eve (Julianna Lee, Ashley Eileen Bucknam), Brian (Joshua Holden, Zach Trimmer), Gary Coleman (Charles Baskerville, Zach Trimmer)

Cast board from Ashley's Twitter:

did anyone see the clemson previews?? any word on this new cast? i can't wait to see them in chicago, but i wanted to see if there is any news on how the show was in clemson...

The cast & crew onstage.

Just got back from seeing it at Penn State's Eisenhower Auditorium.

I thought the cast was pretty solid, with Nigel Clark as the exception. Maybe I'm just used to a female Gary Coleman, but none of his songs had the punch required for the character. Maybe that's because the songs were written for a girl, but they could have changed the key.

I thought Lisa Helmi Johanson hit it out of the park with Christmas Eve, she was hilarious! I like how she used a more nasally tone than the average Christmas Eve actress, I think it fits her character better.

Everybody else was somewhere in the middle, though the cast as a whole surpassed by expectations.

By the way, this production used "swine flu" as a replacement for "George Bush". I thought they were sticking with "George Bush WAS only for now", does anyone know how long they've been using "swine flu"?

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I could have sworn that I saw Lisa Helmi on an old episode of 'Cash Cab'.

I uploaded the audio of "I Wish I Could Go Back to College" from a talk show performance they did when they were in Syracuse. It's only audio because the video on the website sucks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9ssZKt4-mo

Updated On: 10/9/09 at 08:53 PM