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WINNER! 2023 Tony Award for BEST MUSICAL

Kimberly Akimbo Kimberly Akimbo on Broadway

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The Tony-Award® winning musical is coming to a city near you.

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Venue

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Denver, CO
09/22/2024 - 10/05/2024
San Diego, CA
10/08/2024 - 10/13/2024
Los Angeles, CA
10/15/2024 - 11/03/2024
San Francisco, CA
11/06/2024 - 12/01/2024
Tempe, AZ
12/03/2024 - 12/08/2024
Salt Lake City, UT
12/10/2024 - 12/15/2024
Sacramento, CA
12/31/2024 - 01/05/2025
Seattle, WA
01/07/2025 - 01/12/2025
Portland, OR
01/14/2025 - 01/19/2025
Costa Mesa, CA
01/21/2025 - 02/02/2025
Las Vegas, NV
02/04/2025 - 02/09/2025
Omaha, NE
02/11/2025 - 02/16/2025
Cincinnati, OH
02/18/2025 - 03/02/2025
Pittsburgh, PA
03/04/2025 - 03/09/2025
Detroit, MI
03/11/2025 - 03/23/2025
St. Louis, MO
03/25/2025 - 04/06/2025
Nashville, TN
04/08/2025 - 04/13/2025
Charlotte, NC
04/15/2025 - 04/27/2025
Durham, NC
04/29/2025 - 05/04/2025
Boston, MA
05/06/2025 - 05/18/2025
Washington, DC
05/20/2025 - 06/01/2025
Columbus, OH
06/03/2025 - 06/08/2025
Chicago, IL
06/10/2025 - 06/22/2025
Memphis, TN
06/24/2025 - 06/29/2025
Minneapolis, MN
07/08/2025 - 07/13/2025
Cleveland, OH
07/15/2025 - 08/03/2025
Greenville, SC
08/05/2025 - 08/10/2025
Kimberly Akimbo on Broadway

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THE MOST TONY AWARD-WINNING SHOW OF THE SEASON

KIMBERLY AKIMBO features Tony Award-winning book and lyrics by DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE (Rabbit Hole), a Tony Award-winning score by JEANINE TESORI (Fun Home), choreography by DANNY MEFFORD (Dear Evan Hansen) and direction by Tony-nominated director JESSICA STONE (Water for Elephants).

Kimberly (three-time Tony Award nominee CAROLEE CARMELLO) is about to turn 16 and recently moved with her family to a new town in suburban New Jersey. In this “howlingly funny heartbreaker of a show” (The New Yorker), Kim is forced to navigate family dysfunction, a rare genetic condition, her first crush…and possible felony charges. Ever the optimist, she is determined to find happiness against all odds and embark on a great adventure.

Kimberly Akimbo

Cast

Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Carolee Carmello

Kimberly
Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Carolee Carmello

Kimberly

Carolee Carmello is a three-time Tony nominee and has appeared in 16 Broadway musicals: Mamma Mia!, Kiss Me, Kate, The Addams Family (Drama Desk nomination and Outer Critics Circle nomination), Parade (Tony nomination and Drama Desk Award), Lestat (Tony nomination and Drama Desk nomination), Tuck Everlasting, Finding Neverland, City of Angels, Falsettos, Scandalous (Tony nomination and Drama Desk nomination), The Scarlet Pimpernel, Urinetown, Sister Act, two revivals of 1776, and most recently the new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Bad Cinderella.  Off-Broadway: john & jen, Das Barbecü, I Can Get It For You Wholesale, Hello Again (Obie Award), A Class Act, The Vagina Monologues, Elegies and the critically-acclaimed, immersive Sweeney Todd. Her screen credits include: “Dopesick,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Madam Secretary,” “Blue Bloods,” “Evil,” “The Good Fight,” “The Deuce,” “Smash,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Frasier” and “Remember W.E.N.N.” (SAG Award nomination). Ms. Carmello has toured with Les Misérables, Big River, Falsettos and Hello, Dolly! and her concert appearances have taken her across America and Europe, including engagements at Lincoln Center, Town Hall and Carnegie Hall.

Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Miguel Gil

Seth
Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Miguel Gil

Seth

Miguel Gil (He/Him) is making his National Tour debut! Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo. Regional: Bye Bye Birdie (The Kennedy Center), In the Heights (The Muny). NYC: Follies (Carnegie Hall), The Jimmy Awards (2021). Shoutout to his friends, family, CESD, Luber Roklin and The Telsey Office. Miguel holds a lot of gratitude for this opportunity (and for you being here). Venezuela is in the house! IG @Miguelito.Gil

Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Jim Hogan

Buddy
Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Jim Hogan

Buddy

Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo (OBC). National Tours: Waitress, The Phantom of the Opera, Spring Awakening. TV: “America’s Got Talent” with vocal group, T.3 (@t.3official). Their debut album, Option Up, is available on all streaming platforms and they’re currently touring a city near you! Many thanks to 321, the Kimberly Akimbo creative team, CGF Talent, Telsey, family and Emily, who’s playing Debra. Despite what she does on stage, she’s actually pretty cool in real life. @jimhogan220

Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Emily Koch

Debra
Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Emily Koch

Debra

Broadway/National Tours: Elphaba in Wicked, Waitress, Kimberly Akimbo. Regional: The Full Monty (North Shore) The Secret Garden (Broadway Sacramento), Godspell (Berkshire Theatre Group), Little Women (Palo Alto TheatreWorks), Violet (FPAC), In the Bones (APAC). Proud Interlochen Arts Academy, Carnegie Mellon alum. Many thanks to 321, BRS/Gage, the Kimberly creative team, Telsey, Matt Farnsworth, Sarah Brown, her parents, and Jim Hogan who plays “Buddy” in this show, Emily’s boyfriend of seven years. @embkoch

Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Dana Steingold

Pattie
Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Dana Steingold

Pattie

Original Broadway Casts of Beetlejuice (Girl Scout) and The Cottage (Dierdre). First National: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Logainne). Off Broadway/New York: Avenue Q (Kate/Lucy), The Visit (Otillie opposite Chita Rivera), Saturday Night (Mildred), Anyone Can Whistle (City Center Encores!). Regional Includes: Paper Mill Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, George Street, Weston, KC Rep, North Carolina Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Barrington Stage. TV: “Inventing Anna” (Netflix), Saraline Timbers on Nickelodeon’s “Welcome to the Wayne.” @dsteinface

Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Grace Capeless

Delia
Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Grace Capeless

Delia

Broadway/New York: Disney’s The Lion KingMatildaA Christmas Story (OBC), Radio City Christmas Spectacular30 Years of Stephen Flaherty Carnegie Hall. Film/TV: BeachesLanding UpFrozen Fever, “Lost Girls,” “The 67th Annual Tony Awards.” Current MT major at CCM. Love and thanks to my family, the Akimbo team, Mara Entertainment, CESD, and Telsey. @gracecapeless

Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Darron Hayes

Martin
Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Darron Hayes

Martin

Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo. Australian Theatre: Pharus in the Australian Premiere of Choir Boy with The National Theatre of Parramatta. Off-Broadway/New York: I Can Get It for You Wholesale, The Gospel According to Heather, Notes From Now, Love Around the Block. TV/Film: “FBI: Most Wanted” and “American Idol.” All the love! @darronhayes_ 

Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Skye Alyssa Friedman

Teresa
Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Skye Alyssa Friedman

Teresa

National Tour Debut! Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo, Annie. Off-Broadway: The Lucky Star (59E59), Kimberly Akimbo (ATC). Regional: The Audience (MJT). Film: Lemonade Blessing (upcoming), Busybody, Mute. TV:I Am Frankie” (Nickelodeon). Pace University BFA Acting graduate. Eternally grateful for this “great adventure” and everyone in it. www.skyealyssafriedman.com; IG: @skyealyssafriedman

Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Pierce Wheeler

Aaron
Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Pierce Wheeler

Aaron

Pierce Wheeler recently finished his junior year at New York University after traveling with the National Tour of Dear Evan Hansen. Pierce is overjoyed to collaborate with such generous creatives and a beautiful cast, especially with this story. Gargantuan thanks to his family, friends, mentors, and The Telsey Team for their support! @pierce_wheeler

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Sarah Lynn Marion

u/s Pattie, Debra
Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Sarah Lynn Marion

u/s Pattie, Debra

First national tour! Off Broadway: Ordinary Days. Regional: Kinky Boots, Beehive, All Shook Up. TV: “Law & Order: SVU,” “High Maintenance.” BFA University of Michigan. Proud auntie and cat mom. Don’t take yourself too seriously. @sarahlynnmarion

Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Regene Seven Odon

u/s Seth, Aaron, Martin
Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Regene Seven Odon

u/s Seth, Aaron, Martin

National Tour Debut! This is for Mommy Rose. Eternally grateful for Take3Talent, Rebel, and The Prep. Thanks to Michelle, Natasha, Shannon, Jimmy, Nicky, and Theresa. Endless love to Mama, Papa, Jilian, Jillaine, and my friends. @regeneodon

Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Marcus Phillips

u/s Seth, Aaron, Martin
Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Marcus Phillips

u/s Seth, Aaron, Martin

Recent/favorite credits: Spring Awakening (East West Players), The Prom (First National Tour), Dog Man: The Musical (National Tour). BFA in Theatre & Film, #longliveL7! Love, hold, and listen to one another. @who.is.marcus

Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Bailey Ryon

u/s Delia, Teresa
Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Bailey Ryon

u/s Delia, Teresa

Broadway/National Tour: OBC Matilda The Musical (Matilda – Tony recipient). How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Cindy-Lou Who). James Madison University BA: Musical Theatre. Thanks to my friends and family! Representation: Evolve Talent Management. www.bailey-ryon.com

Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Brandon Springman

u/s Buddy
Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Brandon Springman

u/s Buddy

An Anagram for Thankful is “Flunk Hat.” First National Tour of Come From Away. Regional: Sacramento Music Circus, Paramount Theatre, Marriott, Chicago Shakespeare, Drury Lane. Thanks to Stewart Talent. For my Family & Michelle.

Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Valerie Wright

Kimberly Standby
Kimberly Akimbo | Cast

Valerie Wright

Kimberly Standby

Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo; Tuck Everlasting; Elf; Annie Get Your Gun; Damn Yankees; Steel Pier; Sally Marr and Her Escorts; Song and Dance; Cats. Numerous Regional Theater, Off-Broadway and National Tours. Film: Sleepless in Seattle, Ordinary Heroes, Second Glance, The Life List. Valerie is the recipient of two Helen Hayes Award nominations and a Jefferson Award. She is a director/choreographer and is married to actor Mark Lotito. They proudly share sons Luca and Gio.

Creative

Music

JEANINE TESORI

JEANINE TESORI

Music

JEANINE TESORI (Music) is a composer of musical theatre, opera and film. She is a two-time Tony Award winner for Best Score, for Kimberly Akimbo with David Lindsay-Abaire and for Fun Home with Lisa Kron. Her other musicals include Caroline, or Change (with Tony Kushner); Shrek (David Lindsay-Abaire); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Dick Scanlan); Violet (Brian Crawley); and Soft Power (David Henry Hwang), which was her second work after Fun Home to be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. Her operas include A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck (Tony Kushner); The Lion, The Unicorn and Me (J.D. McClatchy); and Blue (Tazewell Thompson). Her latest opera, Grounded (George Brant), marks Tesori as one of the first women, along with Missy Mazzoli, to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and will open the 2024-2025 season. In addition to her work as a composer, Tesori is the founding artistic director of New York City Center’s Encores! Off-Center series, the supervising vocal producer of Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story and a lecturer in music at Yale University. Proud member of the Dramatists Guild.

Book, Lyrics, Original Play

DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE

DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE

Book, Lyrics, Original Play

DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE (Book, Lyrics, Original Play) is a playwright, screenwriter, lyricist and librettist. He received Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Book of a Musical for his work on Kimberly Akimbo. Other Broadway credits include Rabbit Hole (MTC, Pulitzer Prize); Good People (MTC, NY Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, Horton Foote Prize); Shrek with Jeanine Tesori (Kleban Award for Lyrics); High Fidelity with Tom Kitt and Amanda Green. Off-Broadway: at ATC, Kimberly Akimbo (Lortel, NYDCC, OCC and Drama Desk awards for Best Musical); at MTC, Ripcord, Kimberly Akimbo (the play), Wonder of the World, Fuddy Meers; at Soho Rep, A Devil Inside. Film: The Family Fang, Rise of the Guardians, Rabbit Hole, Oz the Great and Powerful, Poltergeist, Inkheart, Robots. Member: Dramatists Guild, WGA, ASCAP. David is also, along with Tanya Barfield, co-director of the playwriting program at The Juilliard School.

Scenic Design

DAVID ZINN

DAVID ZINN

Scenic Design

DAVID ZINN (Scenic Designer). Broadway: Scenic Design for Funny GirlThe MinutesDianaTorch SongThe Humans. Scenic and Costume Design for Choir BoyBoys in the BandSpongeBob SquarePantsAmélieFun HomeThe Last Ship. Costume Design for A Doll’s House Part 2Airline HighwayXanadu. Off-Broadway: Playwrights Horizons, Atlantic Theater, Public Theater, New York Theater Workshop, Second Stage, Clubbed Thumb, ERS, Target Margin; Regional and International: A.C.T, Berkeley Rep, Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, CTG, Guthrie Theater, Yale Rep, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, National Theatre and Young Vic (UK), Theater Basel, and the Berlin Staatsoper. Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, Hewes awards.

Costume Design

SARAH LAUX

SARAH LAUX

Costume Design

Sarah Laux (Costume Design) Broadway: The Band’s VisitFully CommittedThe Humans. Selected Off Broadway: Wish You Were Here (Playwright’s Horizons); The Wanderer (Papermill Playhouse); Prayer For The French Republic (MTC); Kimberly AkimboThis Ain’t No DiscoThe Band’s Visit (Atlantic Theater Company); Jerry Springer: The Opera (New Group, Obie Award); A Play Is A Poem (Taper Theater); Before The Meeting (WTF). Film: Not Okay, The Sixth Reel, Freakshow. Television: High FidelityGodfather of Harlem: S2.

Lighting Design

JEANETTE OI-SUK YEW

JEANETTE OI-SUK YEW

Lighting Design

JEANETTE OI-SUK YEW (Lighting Design). Award-winning designer for theatre, dance, opera, musicals, music performances and large-scale immersive installation. NY Times described her designs as “clever” and “inventive”. Kimberly Akimbo is her Broadway debut.The Nosebleed (LCT3), Gloria: A Life (Daryl Roth Theatre), Golden Shield (MTC), cullud wattah (The Public), american (tele)visions (NYTW), Oratorio For Living Things (Ars Nova), Snow in Midsummer (CSC), Suicide Forest (Ma-Yi), KPOP! (Ars Nova), WILD: A Musical Becoming (A.R.T.), Walden (Theaterworks), Blue (Detroit Opera), Sweetland (The Industry), A Dozen Dream (Engarde Arts). www.jeanetteyew.com

Sound Design

KAI HARADA

KAI HARADA

Sound Design

KAI HARADA (Sound Design). Broadway: Mr. Saturday Night; Head Over Heels; The Band’s Visit (Tony, Drama Desk Awards); Amélie; Sunday in the Park With George; Allegiance; Gigi; Fun Home; On the Town; First Date; Follies (Tony, Drama Desk Nominations); Million Dollar Quartet. Regional: The Karate Kid; The Bedwetter; Swept Away; Soft Power; Marie: Dancing Still; The Light in the Piazza, Candide; We Live in Cairo, The Black Clown; many musicals at City Center and Kennedy Center. Education: Yale University.

Wig, Hair, and Makeup Design

J. JARED JANAS

J. JARED JANAS

Wig, Hair, and Makeup Design

J. JARED JANAS (Wig, Hair, and Makeup Design) Broadway: & JulietHow I Learned to DriveAmerican BuffaloJagged Little PillFrankie and Johnny in the Claire de LuneGettin’ the Band Back TogetherBandstandIndecentSunset BoulevardThe VisitThe Real ThingLady Day at Emerson’s Bar & GrillMotownPeter and the StarcatcherThe Gershwins’ Porgy and BessAll about Me. Recent Off Broadway: Between the LinesPrayer for the French RepublicThe Tap Dance KidKimberly Akimbo.

Video Design

LUCY MACKINNON

LUCY MACKINNON

Video Design

LUCY MACKINNON (Video Design) Broadway: A Christmas CarolHow I Learned to DriveJagged Little PillThe Rose TattooLifespan of a FactSix Degrees of Separation, Deaf West Theatre’s Spring Awakening. Recent Off-Broadway: The Bedwetter (Atlantic Theater Company), Unknown Soldier (Playwrights Horizons), The Mother (Atlantic Theater Company), White Noise (The Public Theater), After the Blast (LCT3)The Treasurer (Playwrights Horizons), Yen (MCC).

Choreography

DANNY MEFFORD

DANNY MEFFORD

Choreography

DANNY MEFFORD’s (Choreographer) choreography includes Dear Evan Hansen (Tony and Olivier Award, Best Musical), Fun Home (Tony Award, Best Musical), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and The Bridges of Madison County. Off-Broadway, Tour: Much Ado About Nothing and Love’s Labour’s Lost for Shakespeare in the Park, Miss You Like Hell and February House (The Public); Good Person of Szechwan (The Public/Foundry), The Sound of Music international tour, Pump Boys and Dinettes (Encores! Off-Center); Melancholy Play (13P); and Dance Dance Revolution (Les Freres Corbusier). Danny’s choreography has been featured on television in “Dickinson” (Apple+) and “Rise” (NBC). He has received Drama Desk, Astaire, and Lucille Lortel Award nominations. Directing credits include: The Fitzgeralds of St. PaulBecoming Liv Ullman (NY Fringe), and Wasted (Ars Nova). MFA in Acting: Brown University.

Direction

JESS STONE

JESS STONE

Direction

JESSICA STONE (Director) worked as an actress on and off Broadway, in television and film before transitioning to directing. Her directing career began in earnest with her all-male 2010 production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Williamstown Theatre Festival. She has since been nominated for two Tony awards for her work on Broadway in Kimberly Akimbo (2023) and Water for Elephants (2024). In addition, both productions garnered nominations for Best Musical, with Kimberly Akimbo taking home the prize. She has directed all over the country at such theatres as The Old Globe, A.C.T., Shakespeare Theatre Company, Huntington Theatre Company, Two River Theater and Williamstown Theatre Festival. Productions include As You Like It, Kate Hamill’s Vanity Fair, Barefoot in the Park, Dancing at Lughnasa, Bad Dates, Ken Ludwig’s Robin Hood! (world premiere), Ripcord, Bad Jews, Arms and the Man, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Charlotte’s Web, June Moon, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Absurd Person Singular. As a performer her Broadway credits include Anything Goes, Butley, The Odd Couple, The Smell of the Kill, Design for Living, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Grease.

Best of the Year Winner! Best Musical Winner! Best Musical Winner! Best Musical Winner! Best Musical “MEET YOUR NEW FAVORITE MUSICAL. So clever, funny and touching, you might want to give everyone on stage a hug. It’s happy-sad heaven. DO NOT MISS IT.” The Hollywood Reporter “BEST THEATER OF THE YEAR. A DOSE OF PURE JOY. Profoundly funny and heartbreaking. The season’s most moving new musical.” The New York Times [Critic's Pick] “THE BEST NEW MUSICAL OF THE YEAR — BY FAR. A wondrous new musical, breathtakingly lovely and riotously funny — as full-hearted as any musical to be seen in recent years.” The Wall Street Journal “A HOWLINGLY FUNNY HEARTBREAKER OF A SHOW.” The New Yorker “IT FEELS LIKE A MIRACLE. I LOVED IT FROM THE FIRST NOTE TO THE LAST. It’s one of those perfect inventions that convinces you that the world isn’t so terrible after all. Hilarious and heartbreaking, it’s the kind of entertainment — wise, original, moving — that stamps musical theater as one of the best things ever made in America.” The Washington Post Kimberly Akimbo
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