La Jolla Playhouse Presents
Book by
Robert Cary and Des McAnuff
Music by
Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash and others
Music Supervisor, Arrangements and Orchestrations by
Ron Melrose
Choreography by
Byron Easley
Directed by
Des McAnuff
Scenic Design Robert Brill
Costume Design Sarafina Bush
Lighting Design Amanda Zieve
Sound Design Peter Fitzgerald
Projection Design Sean Nieuwenhuis
Wig Design Alberto "Albee" Alvarado
Music Director Lisa LeMay
Casting Tara Rubin Casting/Spencer Gualdoni, CSA; Jacole Kitchen
Associate Director Michael Bello
Associate Choreographer Emily Franch
Stage Manager Dean Remington*
Assistant Stage Managers Vanessa Dodgson-Thomas*, Marie Jahelka*
Senior Production Manager Benjamin Seibert
General Manager Ryan Meisheid
Associate Producing Director Eric Keen-Louie
The Ballad of Johnny and June is performed with a 15-minute intermission.
THE CAST
(in alphabetical order)
Anita Maddie Shea Baldwin*
Carrie Paula Leggett Chase*
Carl Smith/Jack Cash/Marshall Grant Drew Wildman Foster*
Johnny Cash Christopher Ryan Grant*
John Carter Cash Van Hughes*
Vivian Gabriella Joy*
June Carter Cash Patti Murin*
Ray Cash/Sam Phillips/W.S. Holland Bart Shatto*
Luther Perkins/Rip Nix Correy West*
UNDERSTUDIES
June Carter Cash Maddie Shea Baldwin*
June Carter Cash/Carrie/Vivian Summer Broyhill*
Johnny Cash/John Carter Cash Michael Louis Cusimano*
Carl Smith/Jack Cash/Marshall Grant/Ray Cash/Sam Phillips/W.S. Holland/Luther Perkins/Rip Nix Cody Ingram
Anita/Carrie/Vivian Bailey Day Sonner*
Understudies are never substituted for listed roles unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.
ADDITIONAL STAFF
Creative Producer to Des McAnuff Megan Dieterle
Associate Scenic Designer Justin Humphres
Associate Costume Designer Martín Lara
Assistant Lighting Designer Joel Britt
Associate Sound Designer Garth Helm
Associate Sound Designer Don Hanna
Associate Video/Projection Designer Erin Teachman
Media Tech Consultant Devin Kinch, Chelsea Zalikowski
Sound Design Assistant Harper Justus ‡
Lighting Design Assistant Joshua Heming
Dialect Coach Charley Layton
Production Assistants Jared Halsell, Olivia Huntley, Susie Dycus
People and Culture Consultants Cornerstone Consulting HR
MUSICAL NUMBERS
PROLOGUE
“Living in the Country” (instrumental) – by Pete Seeger
“Railroad Bill” (instrumental) – traditional
“Freight Train” (instrumental) – traditional
“Wabash Cannonball” (instrumental) – traditional
“Blue Yodel #9” (instrumental) – by Jimmie Rodgers
“Ghost Riders in the Sky” (instrumental) – by Stan Jones
ACT 1
“Jackson” – by Billy Edd Wheeley & Jerry Leiber
“The Ballad of Johnny & June” – by Robert Cary, Des McAnuff & Ron Melrose
“I’ve Loved and Lost Again” (instrumental) – by Patsy Cline
“The Ballad of Johnny & June (Reprise)”
“Keep on the Sunny Side” – by Ada Blenkhorn & J. Howard Entwisle
“Will the Circle Be Unbroken” – traditional, public domain
“I Was There When It Happened” – by Fern Jones
“Hey Porter” – by Johnny Cash
“The Carter Family Tree” – by Robert Cary, Des McAnuff & Ron Melrose
"Cry Cry Cry” – by Johnny Cash
“No Swallerin’ Place” – by June Carter Cash & Frank Loesser
“I Walk the Line” – by Johnny Cash
“Get Rhythm” – by Johnny Cash
“The Ballad of Johnny & June (Reprise)”
“There You Go” (instrumental) – by Johnny Cash
“Guess Things Happen That Way” – by Jack Clement
“Country Girl” – by June Carter Cash
“Country Boy” – by Johnny Cash
“The Ballad of Johnny & June (Reprise)”
“Ring of Fire” – by June Carter Cash & Merle Kilgore
“We’ll Meet Again” – by Vera Lynn
“The Ballad of Johnny & June (Reprise)”
“If I Were a Carpenter” – by Tim Hardin “Jackson (Reprise)”
ACT 2
“The Ballad of Johnny & June (Reprise)”
“Folsom Prison Blues” – by Johnny Cash
“A Boy Named Sue” – by Shel Silverstein
“Baby Ride Easy” – by Richard Dobson
“Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” – by Kris Kristofferson
“The Ballad of Johnny & June (Reprise)”
“Solid Gone (Cannonball Blues)” – by A.P. Carter
“Hurt” – by Trent Reznor
“Ain’t No Grave” – by Claude Ely
“I’ve Been Everywhere” – by Geoff Mack, North American version adapted by Hank Snow
“Keep on the Sunny Side (Reprise)”
“Gone Girl” – by Jack Clement
“Wildwood Flower” – traditional, popularized by The Carter Family
“A Singer of Songs” – by Tim O’Connell
“Always on My Mind” – by Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher & Mark James
“The Ballad of Johnny & June (Reprise)”
“Ring of Fire (Reprise)”
ORCHESTRA
Conductor/Keyboard Lisa LeMay
Guitar 1/Guitar Tech Joe Payne
Guitar 2 Lorraine Hussey
Bass Ken Dow
Drums Kevin Dow
Trumpet Joe Harris
Subbing Conductor/Keyboard Lyndon Pugeda
Orchestra Contractor Michael Pearce
MUSIC STAFF
Keyboard Programmer Randy Cohen, Cohen Keyboards
Associate Keyboard Programmers Juan Matos, Nick Schenkel, Sam Starobin
Music Preparation Anixter Rice Music Service, Russ Anixter/Danielle Gimbal
Music Department Assistant Ira Norwood
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Music Clearance and Licensing - Janet Billig Rich and Lisa Moberly for Loudspeaker Music Group • Lighting Equipment Rental from PRG Broadway • Sound & Video Equipment Rental from Sound Associates Scenic Engineering from First Tech LLC • The Citadel Theatre (Edmonton, Canada), Daryl Cloran, Artistic Director
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* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The theatre operates under an agreement between League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association. |
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The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. |
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This theatre operates under an agreement between League of Resident Theatres and United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE. |
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All musicians are represented by the American Federation of Musicians Local 325 San Diego. |
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This theatre operates under an agreement between La Jolla Playhouse and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 122. | |
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La Jolla Playhouse is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for the nonprofit professional theatre.
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| ‡ | UC San Diego M.F.A. Candidates in residence at La Jolla Playhouse |