Shucked Announces Full Casting for North American Tour

Casting has been announced for the North American tour of Shucked, the Tony-nominated musical. As previously announced, the tour will tech and begin performances on October 20 at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Rhode Island and will play over 30 cities, including Nashville, the home of the Grammy-winning writers of the score, Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally.

The cast includes Miki Abraham (Shucked on Broadway) as Lulu, influencer Tyler Joseph Ellis (The Sex Lives of College Girls) as Storyteller 2, Maya Lagerstam (The Gospel According to Heather) as Storyteller 1, Mike Nappi (Darling Grenadine) as Peanut, Jake Odmark (Kinky Boots) as Beau, Quinn VanAntwerp (Jersey Boys) as Gordy, and Danielle Wade (Mean Girls national tour) as Maizy.

The cast also includes Zakiya Baptiste, Mackenzie Bell, Carly Caviglia, Cecily Dionne Davis, Ryan Fitzgerald, Sean Casey Flanagan, Jackson Goad, Erick Pinnick, Nick Raynor, Celeste Rose, Kyle Sherman, and Chani Wereley.

Featuring a book by Tony Award winner Robert Horn (Tootsie) and direction by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien (Hairspray), Shucked is a musical comedy about the one thing Americans can’t get enough of: corn.

The creative team also includes choreographer Sarah O’Gleby, music supervisor, music director, orchestrator, and arranger Jason Howland, scenic designer Scott Pask, costume designer Tilly Grimes, lighting designer Japhy Weideman, sound designer John Shivers, wig designer Mia Neal, and tour music director Nick Williams.