WORLD PREMIERE!
Yeast Nation: the triumph of life
Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollmann
Book and Lyrics by Greg Kotis
Directed by PJ Paparelli
October 5th – November 4th, 2007
The end of their society is the beginning of ours.
The Tony Award winning creators of the Broadway mega hit Urinetown land in Juneau to premiere the strangest story ever to be musicalized. The year is 3,000,458,000 B.C., and the Earth’s first life forms, salt-eating yeasts (yes, yeasts), float in the brine of the primordial soup, under the rule of a tyrant. But the faith of one single-celled dreamer changes their society forever, and out of chaos and destruction a new world emerges. Artistic Director PJ Paparelli directs one of the most hysterical evenings of musical theatre in America. Here come the Yeasts!
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ARTISTIC TEAM
Director PJ Paparelli
Music Director/Orchestrations Rory Stitt
Choreographer Keely Garfield
Set Designer Walt Spangler
Costume Designer Paul Spadone
Lighting Designer Peter West
Properties Designer Kathleen Harper
Sound Designer Rory Stitt
Hair and Makeup Ginger Anglin
Assistant Director Jesse Young
Dance Captain Ericka Michelle Lee
Production Stage Manager Kate Kilbane
Stage Manager Emily Smith
Casting Directors Stuart Howard Associates
CAST
Jan-the-Unnamed, Chorus Leader
Jan-the-Unnamed, Chorus Leader
Sara Waisanen
Jan-the-Elder, First creature to swim the seas, King of the Yeasts
Jan-the-Elder, First creature to swim the seas, King of the Yeasts
David Meyers*
Jan-the-Wise, Counselor to the King, wisest of the Yeasts
Jan-the-Wise, Counselor to the King, wisest of the Yeasts
Michael “Tuba” McKinsey*
Jan-the-Wretched, A wretched soul, father of Jan-the-Sweet
Jan-the-Wretched, A wretched soul, father of Jan-the-Sweet
Flordelino Lagundino
Jan-the-Second-Oldest, The King’s son, first in line to the throne
Jan-the-Second-Oldest, The King’s son, first in line to the throne
Enrique Bravo*
Jan-the-Sweet, A sweet soul, daughter of Jan-the-Wretched
Jan-the-Sweet, A sweet soul, daughter of Jan-the-Wretched
Kelsey Crouch-Pinter
Jan-the-Sly, The King’s daughter, second in line to the throne
Jan-the-Sly, The King’s daughter, second in line to the throne
Sandie Rosa*
Jan-the-Famished, A hungry soul, mother of Jan-the-Youngest
Jan-the-Famished, A hungry soul, mother of Jan-the-Youngest
Ericka Michelle Lee
Jan-the-Youngest, Youngest of the yeasts, newly born to Jan-the-Famished
Jan-the-Youngest, Youngest of the yeasts, newly born to Jan-the-Famished
Flordelino Lagundino
The New One, A new life form, daughter of Jan-the-Second-Oldest
The New One, A new life form, daughter of Jan-the-Second-Oldest
Salissa Cooper
Chorus
Chorus
Ian Andrews, Jordan Barbour, Jerry Demmert, Karin Gittins, Rachel Landon, Akilah Williams, Corey Wright
*Member Actors Equity Association
*Member Actors Equity Association
BAND
Guitar Adrian Martin
Drums Dale McFarlin
Keyboards George Wallace
Bass Keegan Goodell
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