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May 7–September 3

Welcome to Bass Performance Hall . On behalf of the Performing Arts Fort Worth staff and Board of Directors, I thank you for joining us.

I can’t believe we’re already at the start of another Broadway season. From big name blockbusters to familiar favorites, plus the first ever play in the Broadway series, this 2023-2024 Broadway at the Bass Season presented by PNC Bank is sure to be something incredible.

There are some shows that you never forget your first time seeing, and this one is near the top of my list of core Broadway memories. It gives me great pleasure to welcome nine-time Tony Award® winner The Book of Mormon back to the Bass Hall stage. This no-holds-barred comedy from the creators of South Park has had audiences roaring with laughter since 2011, and we’ve had the privilege of having it here in Fort Worth in 2015 and 2019. I think what I love most about this show is that it doesn’t take itself too seriously and reminds us that sometimes laughter truly is the best medicine. Theater has a way of bringing us all together, no matter what stage or walk of life we come from; there’s just something so magical about not only the shared environment of live theater, but in this case, shared laughter. Whatever your mission in life may be, I hope your time spent in the theater with us brings a smile to your face.

Next up at the Hall, we welcome the Fort Worth premiere of Disney’s Frozen, August 10-20. Then on August 24, Lyle Lovett and his Large Band return as the first show in our 2023-2024 BNSF Popular Entertainment Series. Visit www.basshall.com for more show information and a full list of all the shows currently on sale.

As always, thank you to all of our sponsors and donors for their generous contributions and continued support. Now, let’s get ready to say ‘hello!” as we welcome back The Book of Mormon!

Dione Kennedy President & CEO Performing Arts Fort Worth

Networks Presentations

Presents

BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY

TREY PARKER, ROBERT LOPEZ AND MATT STONE

WITH

SAM McLELLAN SAM NACKMAN

KEKE NESBITT SEAN CASEY FLANAGAN LAMONT J. WHITAKER

TREVOR DORNER DEWIGHT BRAXTON JR.

BERNIE BALDASSARO DeVON BUCHANAN GIDEON CHICKOS

JARIUS MIQUEL CLIETT MATT COSCO MATTHEW DANT TIANNA DAVIS

JUSTIN FORWARD CRAIG FRANKE AARON CHANCELLOR GILMER LARS HAFELL

ELIAH B. JOHNSON KISAKYE VANCE KLASSEN EVAN LENNON

JOEY MYERS CONNOR OLNEY TRINITY POSEY THOMAS ED PURVIS

MICHELLE RAY REYNEL REYNALDO KYLE SEGAR CHELSEA M. SMITH

DEVITT CHAD PARSLEY

BASED ON THE ORIGNAL DESIGN BY BRIAN RONAN

DANCE MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS

HAIR DESIGN ORCHESTRATIONS

JOSH MARQUETTE LARRY HOCHMAN & GLEN KELLY STEPHEN OREMUS

ASSOCIATE MUSIC SUPERVIOR MUSIC DIRECTOR MUSIC COORDINATOR CASTING

JUSTIN MENDOZA MASON MOSS JOHN MEZZIO C12 CASTING

CARRIE GARDNER, CSA

PRESS AND MARKETING COMPANY MANAGER PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER THE BOOKING GROUP/ ALLIED GLOBAL BRAD SIEBEKING EMMA IACOMETTA MEREDITH BLAIR MARKETING

TOUR BOOKING AGENCY

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

GENTRY & ASSOCIATES SETH WENIG NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS

STEVEN VARON-MOORE WALKER WHITE

MUSIC SUPERVISION AND VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS

STEPHEN OREMUS

DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY JENNIFER WERNER

ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY BY CASEY NICHOLAW

ORIGINALLY DIRECTED BY

CASEY NICHOLAW AND TREY PARKER

Cast

(in order of appearance)

Mormon......................................................................................................................... VANCE KLASSEN

Moroni SEAN CASEY FLANAGAN

Elder Price ...................................................................................................................... SAM McLELLAN

Elder Cunningham SAM NACKMAN

Missionary Voice TREVOR DORNER

Price’s Dad TREVOR DORNER

Cunningham’s Dad GIDEON CHICKOS

Mrs. Brown ...................................................................................................................... TRINITY POSEY

Guards DeVON BUCHANAN, JUSTIN FORWARD, THOMAS ED PURVIS

Mafala Hatimbi ...................................................................................................LAMONT J. WHITAKER

Nabulungi KEKE NESBITT

Doctor .................................................................................................................................. KYLE SEGAR

Elder McKinley SEAN CASEY FLANAGAN

Joseph Smith TREVOR DORNER

General ............................................................................................................. DEWIGHT BRAXTON JR.

Mission President TREVOR DORNER

Ensemble ............................... DeVON BUCHANAN, GIDEON CHICKOS, JARIUS MIQUEL CLIETT, MATTHEW DANT, JUSTIN FORWARD, CRAIG FRANKE, LARS HAFELL, KISAKYE, VANCE KLASSEN, EVAN LENNON, JOEY MYERS, TRINITY POSEY, THOMAS ED PURVIS, MICHELLE RAY, KYLE SEGAR, CHELSEA M. SMITH

Understudies

Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For Elder Price—CRAIG FRANKE, VANCE KLASSEN

For Elder Cunningham—LARS HAFELL, EVAN LENNON

For Mafala Hatimbi—DeVON BUCHANAN, THOMAS ED PURVIS, KYLE SEGAR

For Nabulungi—ELIAH B. JOHNSON, CHELSEA M. SMITH

For McKinley/Moroni—GIDEON CHICKOS, CRAIG FRANKE

For Price’s Dad/Joseph Smith/Missionary President/et al—GIDEON CHICKOS, LARS HAFELL For General—DeVON BUCHANAN, JUSTIN FORWARD

SWINGS

BERNIE BALDASSARO, DeVON BUCHANAN, MATT COSCO, TIANNA DAVIS, AARON CHANCELLOR GILMER, ELIAH B. JOHNSON, CONNOR OLNEY, REYNEL REYNALDO

DANCE CAPTAINS

CONNOR OLNEY, THOMAS ED PURVIS

ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN ELIAH B. JOHNSON

THE BOOK OF MORMON ORCHESTRA Conductor/Keyboard 1—MASON MOSS; Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2—THOMAS MICHAELS; Guitar—ARI FRIEDMAN; Bass—JOHN CONVERTINO Drums—JARED SHAW; Reeds—ALEX JASHINSKI; Trumpet—SEAN McKAY; Trombone—BRIAN MORGAN; Violin/Viola—ANNIKA PORTER Keyboard Programmer—RANDY COHEN

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION