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National Tour News See Who's Starring in New Leg of North American Mean Girls Tour

Casey Hushion directs the Tina Fey-Jeff Richmond-Nell Benjamin musical.

Natalie Shaw, Kristen Amanda Smith, Maya Petropoulos, and Maryrose Brendel in Mean Girls Jenny Anderson

The non-Equity North American tour of Mean Girls, which launched in September 2023, has announced casting for its 2024–25 season of performances. The tour of the musical comedy adapted from Tina Fey's 2004 Paramount Pictures film will next be seen July 30–August 25 at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre.

Reprising their roles from the 2023–24 season are Natalie Shaw as Cady Heron, Maya Petropoulos as Regina George, Kristen Amanda Smith as Gretchen Wieners, MaryRose Brendel as Karen Smith, Alexys Morera as Janis Sarkisian, Shawn Mathews as Kevin G., and Kristen Seggio as Mrs. Heron/Ms. Norbury/Mrs. George.

José Raúl and Tym Brown, who joined North Shore High this past spring, will continue as Aaron Samuels and Mr. Duvall, respectively, while Joshua Morrisey will step into the role of Damian Hubbard beginning July 30 in Toronto.

The cast also includes Carly Ameling, Megan Arseneau, Thalia Atallah, Connor Buonaccorsi, Paloma D’Auria, Kayla Goins, Chase Graham, Tyler Jung, Tay Marquise, Oshie Mellon, Brandon Moreno, Kevin Ivey Morrison, Emma X. O’Loughlin, Jamal Stone, Jocelyn Darci Trimmer, and Ryan Vogt.

Mean Girls, which features a book by Tina Fey, music by Jeff Richmond, and lyrics by Nell Benjamin, made its world premiere in 2017 at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., and subsequently opened on Broadway in April 2018. Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon) directed and choreographed the original Broadway production, which was nominated for 12 2018 Tony Awards.

The musical follows Cady Heron, who grew up on an African savanna and moves to suburban Illinois, where she takes on The Plastics, a trio of frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George.

The tour, directed by Casey Hushion and choreographed by John MacInnis, is based on the original Broadway direction and choreography and also features set design by Scott Pask, costume design by Gregg Barnes, lighting design by Kenneth Posner, sound design by Brian Ronan, hair design by Josh Marquette, makeup design by Milagros Medina-Cerdeira, music supervision by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, vocal arrangements by Campbell, Richmond, and Natalie Tenenbaum, orchestrations by John Clancy, dance and incidental musical arrangements by Glen Kelly, music coordination by John Mezzio, and casting by The Telsey Office.

The production stage manager is Chad Anderson with assistant stage manager Kyrah Michael; the company manager is Soldanela Rivera with assistant company manager Taylor Parris. The tour music director/conductor is Julius LaFlamme.

The Mean Girls tour is produced by NETworks Presentations.

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