One of the most explosive movie musicals in recent memory now bursts onto the live stage. When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, Ren is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at his new high school. What he isn't prepared for are the rigorous local laws, including a ban on dancing. The ban is the brainchild of a preacher determined to exercise the control over the town youth that he cannot command in his own home. When the reverend's rebellious daughter sets her cap for Ren, her roughneck boyfriend tries to sabotage Ren's reputation, with many of the locals eager to believe the worst about the new kid.
To the rockin' rhythm of its Oscar-nominated top 40 score (the soundtrack album reached number one on the Billboard charts and has sold over 15 million copies!) to which new, dynamic songs have been added, FOOTLOOSE celebrates the wisdom of listening to young people, guiding them with a warm heart and an open mind.
Production Staff
Executive Producer - Bradley A. Rose
Executive Producer - Ira Rosenthal
Associate Producer - Shawn Anthony
Director - Catherine Davis
Choreographer - Marianne Lubershane Brown
Musical Director - A. Scott Williams
Conductor - Thomas Taylor
Assistant Director - Lauren Erck
Assistant Choreographer - Ben Swislow
Stage Manager - Leslie DeCarl
Technical Director - Steve Nickerson
Costume Designer - Keith Schneider
Lighting and Sound Designer - Kurt Ottinger
Light Board Operator - Bob Berman
Set Designer - Rick Paul
Master Carpenter - Rob Flint
Props Mistress - Ida Silverman
Set Decorator - Ida Silverman
Assistant Props Coordinator - Ed Silverman
Stage Crew - Maria Hutchinson
Publicity - Esther Rose
Donations - Carol Lee Wax
House Manager - David Shaw
Program / Photographer - Jerry Thompson
Park District Liaison - Kim Loprest
Cast Members
Ren McCormack - Scott J. Sumerak
Ethel McCormack - Julie Elliot
Reverend Shaw Moore - Bob Clark
Vi Moore - Karen Doyle
Ariel Moore - Hannah R. Hope
Lulu Warnicker / Country Kicker - Cheri Trier
Wes Warnicker - Dale Raczkowski
Coach Roger Dunbar - Ira Rosenthal
Eleanor Dunbar - Christine Koska
Rusty - Beth Kuhn
Urleen - Lindsay Binkley
Wendy Jo - Amber McGuire
Chuck Cranston - Keith Schneider
Lyle - Mark Stickney
Travis / Country Kicker - Ari Briskman
A Cop / Country Kicker - Mark Razniewski
Betty Blast - Carol Lee Wax
Willard Hewitt - Ryan Oboza
Principal Harry Clark - Joe Schmitt
Jeter - Bradley A. Rose
Bickle - Jerry G. Thompson
Garvin / Cowboy Bob - Pericles Georgopoulos
Irene - Jaime Boe
Townspeople - Jane Sackheim, Carol Weinstein
Students / Dancers - Michelle Max, Rebecca Amend, Becca Steer, Natasha Podgorski, Angela Peterson, Jesse Kovarsky
