Eugene O'Neill Theatre, (4/25/1985 - 9/20/1987)

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: Along the Mississippi River Valley, sometime in the 1840's.

Opening Night Production Credits [see more]

Theatre Owned / Operated by Jujamcyn Theaters (under the direction of Richard G. Wolff, President)

Produced by Rocco Landesman, Heidi Landesman, Rick Steiner, M. Anthony Fisher and Dodger Theatricals (Des McAnuff, Michael David, Rocco Landesman, Doug Johnson, Ed Strong, Sherman Warner); Associate Producer: Arthur Katz, Emily Landau, Fred Mayerson and TM Productions, Inc.

Originally produced by The American Repertory Theatre (Robert Brustein, Artistic Director; Robert J. Orchard, Managing Director); Subsequently produced by the LaJolla Playhouse (Des McAnuff, Artistic Director)

Music by Roger Miller; Lyrics by Roger Miller; Book by William Hauptman; Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain; Music orchestrated by Steven Margoshes and Danny Troob; Dance and Incidental Music: John Richard Lewis; Musical Director: Linda Twine; Vocal arrangements by Linda Twine

Production Staged by Des McAnuff; Choreographed by Janet Watson; Assistant to Mrs Watson: Andrew Asnes

Scenic Design by Heidi Landesman; Costume Design by Patricia McGourty; Lighting Design by Richard Riddell; Sound Design by Otts Munderloh; Associate Scenic Design: Robert Shaw; Hair Design by Angela Gari; Make-Up Design by Ann Belsky; Assistant to Mr. Riddell: Susan A. White

General Manager: David, Strong, Warner, Inc.; Company Manager: Sandra Carlson

Production Stage Manager: Frank Hartenstein; Stage Manager: Steven Adler; Assistant Stage Mgr: Marianne Cane

Musical Supervisor: Danny Troob; Assistant Conductor: Kenneth Kosek

Sound Effects by John Kilgore

Stage Movement by B. H. Barry; Fight direction by B. H. Barry; Casting: Stanley Soble and Jason La Padura; General Press Representative: Solters / Roskin / Friedman, Inc.; Photographer: Martha Swope; Vocal Coach: Marge Rivingston; Dialect Coach: Tim Monich; Advertising: Serino, Coyne & Nappi

René Auberjonois	The Duke
Evalyn Baron	Miss Watson
	Woman in Shanty
	Harmonia Player
Reathel Bean	Man on a Skiff
	Lafe
	Counselor Robinson
	Hired Hand
Michael Brian	Dick
	Ensemble
	Andy
	Man in the Crowd
	Hired Hand
Susan Browning	Widow Douglas
	Sally Phelps
Ralph Byers	Judge Thatcher
	Man on a Skiff
	Harvey Wilkes
	Silas Phelps
Patti Cohenour	Mary Jane Wilkes
Gordon Connell	Mark Twain
	Doctor
Carol Dennis	Ensemble
	Alice the Wilkes' slave
Aramis Estevez	Simon
	Ensemble
John Goodman	Pap Finn
	Ensemble
	Sheriff Bell
	Hired Hand
Bob Gunton	The King
Peggy Harmon	Susan Wilkes
Andi Henig	Jo Harper
	Joanna Wilkes a hare-lip
Elmore James	Ensemble
	Man on a Skiff
Daniel H. Jenkins	Huckleberry Finn
Franz Jones	Ensemble
	Bill a Servant
Ron Richardson	Jim
John Short	Tom Sawyer
Jennifer Leigh Warren	Ensemble
	Alice's Daughter
William Youmans	Ben Rogers
	Ensemble
	Hank
	A Young Fool

Swings: Peggy Harmon, George Merritt, Andrew Hill Newman.

Understudies: Elmore James (Jim), Andrew Hill Newman (Huckleberry Finn).