Hairspray
June 2013 · TSB Showplace
About the show
HAIRSPRAY delighted audiences by sweeping them away to 1960’s Baltimore, where the 50’s are out — and change is in the air!
Loveable plus-size heroine, Tracy Turnblad, has a passion for dancing, and wins a spot on the local TV dance program, “The Corny Collins Show.” Overnight she finds herself transformed from outsider to teen celebrity.
Can a larger-than-life adolescent manage to vanquish the program’s reigning princess, integrate the television show, and find true love (singing and dancing all the while, of course!) without mussing her hair?
Characters
Tracy Turnblad
Edna Turnbald
Wilbur Turnbald
Corny Collins
Link Larkin
Velma Von Tussle
Amber Von Tussle
Prudy Pingleton
Penny Pingleton
Motormouth Maybelle
Seaweed
Little Inez
Creative team
Director
Carolyn Murphy
Musical Director
Paul Adams
Choreographer
Carolyn Murphy
Cast
Lead Roles
Tracy Turnblad – Monique Matthews
Edna Turnbald – Antony Saywell
Wilbur Turnbald – David Tasker
Corny Collins – Shaun Murphy
Link Larkin – TBA
Velma Von Tussle – Melissa Lowe
Amber Von Tussle – Krystal Tofts
Prudy Pingleton – Stacy Manktelow
Penny Pingleton – Lydia Egan
Motormouth Maybelle – Joanne Soloman
Seaweed – Netahn Tuuta
Little Inez – Indiana Shewen
Ensemble
Sheree Anaru, Ellyce Bisson, Sophie Carter, Jacob Clarke, Zone Coleman, Michelle Conway, Tane Couper, Amy Foreman, Sophia Cottlieb, Ruby Hansen, Levi King, Courtney McEwen, Juliet McLean, Renee Moratti, Stephanie Murphy-Provis (also uderstudy for Tracy), Chris Murray, Jesse Pearson, Hamish Phillips, Sharron Riddick, Michaela Spurdle, Ann Stewart, Carl Stieller, Te Whatumanawa Ngati Tangirua, Phoebe Tomlinson, Blake Wilson, Cassy Woller
Offstage Chorus
Alie Bolland, Debbie Bygate, Niall Corbett, Nicole Goble, Natasha Hansman, Joe Hignett, Sara McLintock, Alyssa Poole, Jessica Ruddleston, Antonia Smith, Maree Spurdle, Tyler Stewart, Fergus Thomson, Sandra Von de Vril, Lavinia Winter
Production credits
Book by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan
Music by Marc Shaiman
Lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman
Based on the New Line Cinema film written and directed by John Waters
Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler
Arrangements by Marc Shaiman
Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).
All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia