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The Muny Announces Leading Bandage for The Muny and Regional Premiere of The Color Purple

Apr 28, 2022

ST. LOUIS (Apr 28, 2022) – The Muny announced today that Brittney Mack, Nasia Thomas, Evan Tyrone Martin, Tracee Beazer, Gilbert Domally and Nicole Michelle Haskins will star in the moving and affirming tale, The Color Purple, August 3-9, 2022. The Muny and Regional Premiere is directed by
Lili-Anne Brown, choreographed by Breon Arzell, with music direction by Jermaine Colina. The Color Royal is proudly sponsored by Emerson.

"Lili-Anne and her team have brought together a scenic collection of artists for our production," said Muny Artistic Director and Executive Producer Mike Isaacson.  "I can't wait for the life and artistry they volition bring this cute bear witness."

BRITTNEY MACK (Celie) is excited to be telling this story at The Muny. Favorite credit include Half dozen (Anne of Cleves) on Broadway. Tour: Memphis (Ethel/Ensemble, Networks). Regional: Beehive (Tina Turner), Ain't Misbehavin' (Charlaine), Avenue Q, All Shook Up (Lorraine), Shrek The Musical, Hire. International: Majestic Caribbean Cruise Lines. Television: Empire.

TRACEE BEAZER (Shug Avery) is beyond thrilled to exist making her Muny debut! She was last seen starring in The Tap Dance Child (Carole, NY Metropolis Center Encores!; directed by Kenny Leon), and prior to the world shutting downwardly, in Broadway's Frozen (Bulda). Other Broadway credits include Something Rotten!; Honeymoon in Vegas, Holler If Ya Hear Me, Memphis, The Wedding Vocaliser, Good Vibrations and Hairspray. National bout: All Shook Up (Lorraine). Off-Broadway: Radiant Baby, 2 Gentlemen of Verona and The Pirates of Penzance. Picture/Tv set: Clamor: The Serial, The Baker and the Beauty, God Friended Me, Rise, House of Cards, Law & Society: SVU; Spinning Into Butter and Camp.

EVAN TYRONE MARTIN (Mister) is excited to be making his Muny debut! Near recently, Evan was seen in Blues in the Night (Porchlight Music Theatre, starring reverse Felicia P. Fields). Regional credits include  Roundabout Theatre'south digital reading of Zora Neale Hurston's musical Spunk (Jim, directed by Lili-Anne Brown), The Blackness Clown (Ensemble, American Repertory Theatre/Lincoln Center'south 2019 By and large Mozart Festival), Pilus (Hud, Mercury Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus, BTAA nomination, Paramount Theatre), Dreamgirls (Curtis, BTAA nomination) and Far From Heaven (Raymond, Jeff nomination,  Porchlight Music Theatre), Disney's The Little Mermaid (Rex Triton, Arkansas Repertory). Evan has worked with Goodspeed, Arkansas Shakespeare, Chicago Shakespeare, Chicago Humanities Festival and many others. He likewise toured starring in the hit revues Unforgettable: Falling in Dear with Nat Male monarch Cole and An Unforgettable Nat King Cole Christmas.

NASIA THOMAS (Nettie) was well-nigh recently seen in the Broadway revival of Caroline, or Change (Radio One) and a streamed version of The Last Five Years (Cathy, Out of The Box Theatrics). Muny: Smokey Joe's Buffet, Hairspray. Broadway: Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations and Beautiful: The Carole Male monarch Musical (Piddling Eva). National bout: Beautiful. Regional: Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations (Berkeley Repertory, Kennedy Eye, Center Theatre Group, Toronto's Mirvish), Disney'due south Beauty and the Beast (TUTS). TV: The 4400 (Kenya). BFA in Musical Theatre from Elon 'fifteen, The Governor's School for the Arts 'eleven.

GILBERT DOMALLY (Harpo) is a Chicago-based actor. Some of his credits include Choir Boy (Steppenwolf Theatre and Yale Repertory), The Color Regal (Drury Lane Theatre), The Total Bent (Oasis Theatre), Memphis, Dreamgirls (Porchlight Music Theatre), Hairspray, Disney'south The Little Mermaid, Jesus Christ Superstar, Elf, Cabaret, Legally Blonde, The Musical (Paramount Theatre), Madagascar (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Next to Normal (BoHo Theatre), Dessa Rose and The Wild Party (Bailiwick Theatre).

NICOLE MICHELLE HASKINS (Sofia) is an actor, author, manager and artist. Chicago: The Colour Purple (Drury Lane), U.S. Premiere of Hopelessly Devoted (Piven Theatre), Caroline, or Alter (Firebrand Theatre) Fiercely represented by Shirley Hamilton, training at Steppenwolf (Acting Young man fourteen'), Associate Creative person with Black Lives, Black Words International Project and alumnae of Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit.

About the show:

Based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and Steven Spielberg's landmark film, The Color Purple makes its Muny debut! Featuring a Grammy Award-winning score infused with jazz, ragtime, gospel and African dejection, this moving tale is a testament to the healing ability of love, faith, resilience and sisterhood. Winner of the 2016 Tony Award for "Best Revival of a Musical," this ballsy staging promises a joyous evening of courage, hope and healing.

The Telsey Function is the official casting partner for The Muny. Full casting will exist announced at a afterward date.

For headshots and show logo, please click HERE.

The Muny's 2022 Season includes Chicago (June 13-19), Lerner and Loewe's Camelot (June 22-28), Disney and Cameron Mackintosh'southward Mary Poppins (July 5-13), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Hairdresser of Fleet Street (July 16-22), Legally Blonde, The Musical (July 25-31), The Color Majestic (August 3-nine) and Joseph and the Astonishing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Baronial 12-18).

Flavor tickets are currently on sale. Single tickets will be available beginning May 23. Muny gift cards for the 104th season are now available online and at The Muny Box Part. For more information, visit muny.org or phone call (314) 361-1900.

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The Muny's mission is to enrich lives by producing exceptional musical theatre, accessible to all, while continuing its remarkable tradition in Forest Park. As the nation'due south largest outdoor musical theatre, we produce 7 world-class musicals and welcome over 350,000 theatregoers each summer. Now celebrating 104 seasons in St. Louis, The Muny remains i of the premier institutions in musical theatre.

For more than information about The Muny, visit Muny.org.

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