Joy Woods (SIX: The Musical, The Notebook), who originated the role of Chiffon in the Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors, returned to Skid Row as Audrey May 2 at the Westside Theatre. The production celebrated her official opening night May 17.
The cast also features Tony winner Matt Doyle (Company, The Book of Mormon) as Seymour, Drew Gehling (Almost Famous, Waitress) as Dr. Orin Scrivello D.D.S., Brad Oscar as Mushnik, Aaron Arnell Harrington (Rent 25th anniversary tour) as The Voice of Audrey II, Tiffany Renee Thompson as Crystal, Khadija Sankoh as Chiffon, and D’Kaylah Unique Whitley as Ronnette.
Completing the company are Camryn Hampton, Weston Chandler Long, Teddy Yudain, Zakiya Baptiste, Jonothon Lyons, Noel MacNeal, Kevin Pariseau, Jeff Sears, Evan Alexander Smith, and Melissa Victor.
Check out photos from Woods' opening night below:
Joy Woods
Joy Woods
Matt Doyle and Joy Woods
Matt Doyle, Joy Woods, and Drew Gehling
Brad Oscar, Matt Doyle, Joy Woods, Drew Gehling, and Aaron Arnell Harrington
Company of Little Shop of Horrors
Company of Little Shop of Horrors
Melissa Victor, Khadija Sankoh, Camryn Hampton, D'Kaylah Unique Whitley, Joy Woods, Tiffany Renee Thompson, and Zakiya Baptiste
Michael Mayer, Bill Lauch, Joy Woods, Sarah Gillespie, and Robert Ahrens
Matt Doyle
Drew Gehling
Brad Oscar
Khadija Sankoh, D'Kaylah Unique Whitley, and Tiffany Renee Thompson
Weston Chandler, Long Aaron, Arnell Harrington, and Teddy Yudain
Kingsley Leggs and Aaron Arnell Harrington
Michael Mayer
Peter Wesley Jensen and Conrad Ricamora
Zoe Sarnak and Ellenore Scott
Kingsley Leggs
Michael Greif and Schele Williams
Jaime Cepero
Nick Adams
JJ Niemann and Emma Pittman
Tristan McIntyre and Tyler Joseph Ellis
Mike Carrera and Ebone Johnson
The Off-Broadway revival resumed its run September 21, 2021, after temporarily closing in March 2020 due to the pandemic.
Directed by Tony winner Michael Mayer, the revival opened in October 2019. The creative team for the Howard Ashman-Alan Menken musical also includes choreographer Ellenore Scott, scenic designer Julian Crouch, lighting designer Bradley King, costume designer Tom Broecker, sound designer Jessica Paz, puppet designer Nicholas Mahon, original puppet designer Martin P. Robinson, hair and makeup designer Tommy Kurzman, music supervisor, orchestrator, and arranger Will Van Dyke, and casting director Jim Carnahan. Puppets are by Monkey Boys Productions.
General management is by Live Wire Theatrical/Chris Aniello, and production stage management is by Sara Sahin.
