Starring

KRIS BONA
JESSICA VAL ORTIZ
ESTEVAN HERNANDEZ
DOMINIC PECIKONIS
MILES DAVIS TILLMAN

And at the piano: Musical Director
ASHER DENBURG

Choreographer/Associate Director
GERRY McINTYRE

Written, Created and Directed by
GERARD ALESSANDRINI
Originally produced by John Freedson, David Zippel, Gerard Alessandrini and Christine Pedi at The Triad Theater in New York City. 

AUTHOR/DIRECTOR’S NOTES 

When Jacqueline Kennedy revealed to the press that she and her husband JFK liked to listen to the Original Broadway Cast Album of Camelot, every night before they fell asleep, she forever dubbed the JFK Presidency the Camelot Years. Barack and Michelle Obama, likewise, championed their favorite musical: Hamilton. Now, I have no idea if they actually listen to the Hamilton Broadway Cast Album every night before they fall asleep, but it’s very fun to fantasize as such. I can more realistically guess that 20 years from now we very well may look back on 2014-2016 as The Hamilton Years. My fanciful imagination also extends to what Lin-Manuel Miranda might actually be thinking and doing. It’s best to keep in mind as you watch Spamilton that in no way is this an actual biography of Mr. Miranda, fellow cast members or even a factual account of the creation of Hamilton. It’s all a figment of my twisted imagination and hopefully a glorious mash-up of theatre today and my wildest musical comedy dreams. Many thanks to Lin-Manuel Miranda, his co-creators and all the great Broadway composers & lyricists for allowing us to use their great songs for parody & comical purposes. 

– Gerard Alessandrini

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST

GERARD ALESSANDRINI (Writer, Creator, Director) Spamilton: (Writer/Creator/Director): New York, London, Chicago, Los Angeles, National Tour. Forbidden Broadway (creator/ writer/director): 25 editions all over the world. Also Forbidden Hollywood (writer/director), Madame X The Musical (NYMF) (co­writer/ director), The Nutcracker & I (lyrics), Maury Yeston’s review Anything Can Happen in New York. Television: special material for Carol Burnett, Angela Lansbury and Bob Hope. Film: Aladdin, Pocahontas (vocals). Recordings: 12 Forbidden Broadway cast albums, Forbidden Hollywood & Spamilton cast albums. Special Lyrics: Barbra Streisand Duets 2. Awards: Drama League Lifetime Achievement Award, Obie Award, 2 Lucille Lortel Awards, 7 Drama Desk (2 Best Lyrics, 2 Special Achievement, 3 Best Musical Revue), and a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatre. Special thanks to husband Glenn Bassett for contributing his many talents to Spamilton. 

GERRY McINTYRE (Choreographer, Associate Director) Director-Choreographer: has won widespread acclaim for choreographing Godspell. The first equity approved show during covid at the Berkshire Theatre Group. He is Associate Artistic Director of the York Theatre. Where he directed Hallelujah Baby, choreographed Anything Can Happen In The Theatre and Forbidden Broadway The Next Generation. The Wizard of Oz Pittsburgh CLO Heinz field. Kinky Boots – The Hangar Theater, Soon of a Mornin – Lions Theatre. Once On This Island – Martin Beck Theatre, Virginia Stage, Pioneer Theatre, Actors’ Theatre Of Louisville, La Mirada Theatre (Robby Award for Best Director, Ovation nomination for Best Choreography and Best Musical); Theatreworks (Bay Area Theatre Award), Critics Circle Award for Choreography. Ain’t Misbehavin – Great Lakes Theatre, Actors Theatre Of Louisville, Pioneer Theatre, and Theatre by The Sea. Chicago – Ogunquit Playhouse (BroadwayWorld Award best director) Joseph....Dreamcoat starring Diana Degarmo and Anthony Federov Lyric Theatre; The National Tour of Dreamgirls. Nina Simone Four Women, Oklahoma, A Chorus Line, Side by Side, Tommy and My Fair Lady, and A Saint She Ain’t – Berkshire Theatre Group. Laura Comstock’s Bag Punching Dog (LA weekly nomination Best Choreography). The Wiz – Broadway Sacramento, Priscilla, 9to5, and Memphis at the Gateway Playhouse, After The Storm documentary. Gerry is the choreographer of the hit off Broadway show Spamilton. As a performer: the original company of Once On this Island, Anything Goes with Patti Lupone and one of the three Americans cast in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Donny Osmond. www.gerrymcintyre.net 

FRED BARTON (Musical Supervisor/Arrangements, Assistant Director) is an acclaimed composer, lyricist, orchestrator, conductor, and actor. His arrangements are played regularly by the NY Pops at Carnegie Hall and major symphonies nationwide. Broadway/tour conducting: Anthony Quinn in Zorba, Hal Prince’s Cabaret, Cy Coleman’s City of Angels and Robert Goulet in Camelot. Fred was the original arranger/pianist for Forbidden Broadway, and created the book, music, and lyrics for his award-winning, acclaimed Miss Gulch Returns!, performed at theaters nationwide. With Gerard Alessandrini, he wrote music/lyrics for Universal’s Creature from the Black Lagoon. TV credits, composer/arranger: HBO’s Cathouse: The Musical, Olivia, Wonder Pets! (Emmy Award), Eureeka’s Castle, and The Magic School Bus (Emmy Award). In 2020, Fred provided the title song and background score for the all-star revival of Tom Eyen’s play WOMEN BEHIND BARS, now playing worldwide on Broadway HD. 

MORGAN LARGE (Set Designer) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London Palladium/UK Tour. Nominated for Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Novello Theatre. Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Play); Flashdance (Shaftesbury Theatre); Footloose (Playhouse Theatre/Novello Theatre/UK Tour/South Africa); Wonderland (Nottingham Playhouse. UK Theatre Award for Best Design); Tell Me on a Sunday (Set Design, Majestic Theatre, Shanghai/RUG); The Life of the Party (TheatreWorks, California/Menier Chocolate Factory); Violet, The Woman in White, Death Takes a Holiday (Set Design, Charing Cross Theatre); Othello, Lives in Art (Sheffield Crucible); tours of Rock of Ages, Fame!, Love Me Tender, Tango Moderno. 

DUSTIN CROSS (Costume Designer) is pleased to be back in the company of his Forbidden Broadway friends! Broadway: The 24-Hour Plays (American Airlines). Off-Broadway: A Class Act, Forbidden Broadway: Comes Out Swinging, The Glass Menagerie, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Other Josh Cohen, Cougar The Musical, Zelda at the Oasis. Regional (select): Cinderella, Billy Elliot, Sister Act, The Witches of Eastwick (Regional premieres) Joseph ... Dreamcoat (Broadway World Award: Best Costume Design), West Side Story (Irene Award), Hello Dolly (ABE Award), Buyer and Cellar, In the Car, and The Christmas Rose (Carnegie Hall). Film: The Little Button Girl (December 2016, starring Dick Van Dyke & Kate Winslet). www.dustincross.net @DustinCrossDesigns 

MICHAEL GILLIAM (Lighting Designer) Broadway credits include Bonnie and Clyde, Brooklyn, Big River and Stand-Up Tragedy. He worked on Gershwin Alone in the West End, and his off-Broadway credits include Cagney the Musical, Maurice Hines Tappin ‘ Thru Life, The Best Is Yet to Come, Striking 12, Blue, End of the World Party, Zooman and the Sign and Menopause the Musical. National tours include Spamilton, Looped, Peter Pan, Guys and Dolls and Big River. His work has been seen in many of the country’s regional theatres. Among his awards are Los Angeles Ovation Awards, Drama-Logue Awards, Garland Awards, San Diego Critics’ Circle Awards and the Career Achievement A ward from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle. 

MICHAEL CASSARA, CSA (Casting Director) and his team have cast over 500 theatre and film projects since the founding of Michael Cassara Casting in 2003. Recent credits: Mr. Holland’s Opus (BD Wong/Wayne Barker – upcoming), Punk Rock Girl! (Joe Iconis/Rob Rokicki – upcoming world premiere) An American In Paris (international tour, dir. Christopher Wheeldon), Spamilton: An American Parody (Off-Broadway/Chicago/Pittsburgh CLO/cast album/current tour), Forbidden Broadway (most recent three editions/cast albums), Enter Laughing (York Theatre), Gigantic (Vineyard Theatre, dir. Scott Schwartz), The 12 (Denver Center/world premiere), and regional productions at Gulfshore Playhouse (13 seasons), Ogunquit Playhouse, The Old Globe, Asolo Rep, Hangar Theatre, Argyle Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Denver Center, and dozens of other companies. From 2007 to 2019, Michael served as the resident casting director for the New York Musical Festival (NYMF), and he has proudly served in that position for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) since 2013. Native Clevelander, BFA graduate of Otterbein University. Member, Casting Society of America and two-time Artios Award nominee. www.michaelcassara.net / @michaelcassara

BRIERPATCH PRODUCTIONS (General Management). Representative productions: Cagney The Musical, Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation, Harry Townsend’s Last Stand (w/Len Cariou, Craig Bierko) The Other Josh Cohen; The Stone Witch; Dan and Phil: Interactive Introverts 2018 Tour; Fuerza Bruta; Party Face (with Hayley Mills); Spamilton (New York); Church & State; One Funny Mother; Dan and Phil: The Amazing Tour Is Not On Fire; Phoenix; Handle With Care; Grounded; The Two­Character Play (with Amanda Plummer, Brad Dourif); Grounded; Triassic Parq; and the ASDS Repertory Season (2011-current). 

BOND THEATRICAL (Tour Booking) is an independently-owned booking, marketing and publicity company for live entertainment productions. Current tour marketing and booking shows include 9 to 5: The Musical, A Soldier’s Play, An Officer and a Gentleman, Annie, Blue Man Group, CATS, Clue, Clueless, Company, Diana, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Rockin’ On, Girl from the North Country, Jesus Christ Superstar, Kathleen Turner: Finding My Voice, Lempicka, Love Actually Live, The Lehman Trilogy, May We All, Spamilton, The Brat Pack and What the Constitution Means to Me. Current marketing and publicity shows include 1776, Anastasia, Dear Evan Hansen, Escape to Margaritaville, Fiddler on the Roof, Jagged Little Pill, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, The Band’s Visit, The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, The Prom and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical.

STAFF FOR SPAMILTON 

GENERAL & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
BRIERPATCH PRODUCTIONS
LAURA CRONIN, SCOTT NEWSOME, CLAIRE KEDJIDJIAN, GABRIEL TERRY

TOUR MANAGER
SHERRI ALFONSO, KATHERINE BOLYNN

PRODUCTION MANAGER
BETHANY STEWART

TECHNICIAN
RYAN LUTTIO

COVID COMPLIANCE MANAGER
ALEXIS HAWK

BOOKKEEPER
MANUEL CORTES ALCAZAR

EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION
BOND THEATRICAL
www.bondtheatrical.com

TOUR PRESS & MARKETING
TRISH McKEON

CASTING ASSOCIATE
STEPHANIE COWAN

COSTUME COORDINATOR
AZALIEA FAIRLEY

SPECIAL THANKS
SUE HILL, ANJI DUNN, JOHN FORTUNA, JOHN ZNIDARSIC

PROPS & ONSTAGE POSTER DESIGN
GLENN BASSETT