Initial casting is set for the The York Theatre Company's upcoming production of How to Steal an Election: A Dirty Politics Musical, the first of its 2023 Musicals in Mufti offerings.
Directed by York Associate Producing Director Joseph Hayward with music direction by Miles Plant and choreography by Victoria Casillo, performances are scheduled for August 26-September 3 at The Theater at St. Jean’s.
The company will be led by Jason Graae (York’s The Grand Tour) as Calvin Coolidge and Emma Degerstedt (York’s Desperate Measures) as April with Courtney Arango, Kelly Berman, and Drew Tanabe in the ensemble. Additional casting will be announced.
READ: The York Theatre Company's Musicals in Mufti Concert Series to Return This Fall
The 1968 musical How to Steal an Election, with music and lyrics by Oscar Brand and a book by William F. Brown (The Wiz), concerns President Calvin Coolidge, who materializes in the present day (1968) and meets a
couple of fervent young protesters just back from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
The upcoming production will also have lighting design by Ken Billington and projections/sound design by Peter Brucker.
The production stage manager is Claudia Zahn, the assistant stage manager is Meg Meschino, the associate director is Angela Di Toro, the dramaturg is Tess Nunan, and the production dramatist is Emily Drossell. Casting is by Michael Cassara.
The Musicals in Mufti series is performed in a simply staged, book-in-hand concert format. Mufti means “in street clothes, without the trappings of a full production.”
For ticket information click here.
