The cast and creatives of the upcoming national tour of Shaina Taub's Suffs invited press into the rehearsal room August 15 for a sneak preview of the historical musical's new cast, and Playbill's cameras were rolling. See the company—led by Maya Keleher as Alice Paul—perform "Keep Marching" and "Great American Bitch" in the video above.

Set in the years leading up to the 19th amendment, Suffs explores the Women's Suffrage movement's victories and failures with a book, music, and lyrics by Taub. The show received six 2024 Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical, winning Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score, both for Taub.

The tour will have its first public performance September 8, at the Capitol Theatre in Yakima, Washington, and will officially open at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle  September 19.

The tour cast will feature Maya Keleher as Alice Paul, Danyel Fulton as Ida B. Wells, Marya Grandy as Carrie Chapman Catt, Jenny Ashman as President Woodrow Wilson, Monica Tulia Ramirez as Inez Milholland, Gwynne Wood as Lucy Burns, Joyce Meimei Zheng as Ruza Wenclawska, Livvy Marcus as Doris Stevens, Trisha Jeffrey as Mary Church Terrell, Brandi Porter as Dudley Malone, Laura Stracko as Alva Belmont/Phoebe Burn, Tami Dahbura as Mollie Hay, and Victoria Lauren Pekel as Phyllis Terrell/Robin.

Rounding out the company are Abigail Aziz, Anna Bukun, Ariana Burks, Annalese Fusaro, Marissa Hecker, Amanda K. Lopez, Merrill Peiffer, Jenna Lea Rosen, and Jimmy Awards winner Gretchen Shope.

Suffs features direction by Tony nominee Leigh Silverman (Violet, Yellow Face), choreography by Mayte Natalio (How to Dance in Ohio), music supervision by Andrea Grody, scenic design by Christine Peters, original Broadway scenic design by Tony nominee Riccardo Hernández (Jagged Little Pill), costume design by Oscar and Tony winner Paul Tazewell (Hamilton, Death Becomes Her), lighting design by Tony nominee Lap Chi Chu (Camelot), hair and wig design by Charles G. Lapointe, makeup design by Joe Dulude II, sound design by Jason Crystal (Sweeney Todd) with associate Sun Hee Kil (Choir Boy), orchestrations by Tony winner Michael Starobin (Next to Normal), vocal arrangements by Taub and Andrea Grody (The Band’s Visit), incidental music arrangements by Taub, Grody, and Starobin, associate direction by Lori Elizabeth Parquet, associate choreography by Hawley Gould, and general management by 101 Productions, Ltd.

The North American tour is booked by The Booking Group with casting by The Telsey Office's Rachel Hoffman. Stacy N. Taylor serves as the production stage manager, Maya Bhatnagar is the stage manager, Megan Ciszek is the assistant stage manager, and Hilary Hamilton is the company manager.

Visit SuffsMusical.com.