DECEMBER 9 - 18, 2022
HEAD
OVER
HEELS
A new queer musical where
once upon a time — meets right now.
DECEMBER 9 - 18, 2022
HEAD
OVER
HEELS
A new queer musical where
once upon a time — meets right now.
Head Over Heels is the bold new queer musical comedy from the visionaries that rocked Broadway with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Avenue Q, and Spring Awakening. This laugh-out-loud love story in blank verse is set to the music of the iconic 1980’s all-female rock band The Go-Go’s, including the hit songs “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” “Vacation,” Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven is a Place on Earth” and “Mad About You.” Head Over Heels made Broadway musical history by featuring a trans actor in a principal role for the first time.
A hilarious, exuberant celebration of love, Head Over Heels follows the escapades of a royal family trying to prevent an oracle's prophecy of extinction. In order to save their beloved kingdom, the family embarks on an extravagant journey wrought with mistaken identities, jealous lovers, sexual awakening, scandal, and self-discovery, where everything (and everyone) is not quite what it seems. In the end, they soon discover the key to their realm’s survival lies within each of their own hearts.
“…a show that celebrates the importance of not
being binary.”
— Ben Brantley
“…joyfully queering the canon (which isn’t all that straight, to begin with) and throwing a heady, hearty party while it’s at it.”
— Sara Holdren
“Head Over Heels does go retro, but waaay retro, to achieve something rarer and wonderfully strange.”
— David Cote
SONGS BY
THE GO-GO’S
THEY / THEM / THEIRS
CONCEIVED & ORIG. BOOK
JEFF WHITTY
HE / HIM / HIS
BASED ON THE ARCADIA BY
SIR PHILIP SYDNEY
HE / HIM / HIS
ADAPTED BY
JAMES MAGRUDER
HE / HIM / HIS
DIRECTOR
SEAN ELIAS+
HE / HIM / HIS
CHOREO & ASST. DIRECTOR
QUAE SIMPSON+
HE / HIM / HIS
STAGE MANAGER
RIVER HANSEN+
THEY / THEM / THEIRS
ASST. STAGE MANAGER
JOE KINGERY+
HE / HIM / HIS
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
BRUCE KAPPLIN+
HE / HIM / HIS
LIGHTING DESIGN
THOMAS P. GARDNER+
HE / HIM / HIS
SAFER SPACES TRAINING
SHAWNA POTTER+
SHE / HER / HERS
COSTUME DESIGN
J. ETHAN HENRY
HE / HIM / HIS
SET DESIGN
THOMAS JENKELEIT
HE / HIM / HIS
SOUND DESIGN
JANE SCHWARTZ
SHE / HER / HERS
MUSIC DIRECTOR
RACHEL SANDLER
SHE / HER / HERS
ASST. LIGHTING DESIGN
SCOTT MONNIN
HE / HIM / HIS
TEXT COACH
ANN TURIANO+
SHE / HER / HERS
ELECTRICIAN
PARKER STILLING
HE / HIM / HIS
STITCHER
MARIE RODGERS
SHE / HER / HERS
SONGS BY
THE GO-GO’S
THEY / THEM / THEIRS
CONCEIVED & ORIG. BOOK
JEFF WHITTY
HE / HIM / HIS
BASED ON THE ARCADIA BY
SIR PHILIP SYDNEY
HE / HIM / HIS
ADAPTED BY
JAMES MAGRUDER
HE / HIM / HIS
DIRECTOR
SEAN ELIAS+
HE / HIM / HIS
CHOREO & ASST. DIRECTOR
QUAE SIMPSON+
HE / HIM / HIS
STAGE MANAGER
RIVER HANSEN+
THEY / THEM / THEIRS
ASST. STAGE MANAGER
JOE KINGERY+
HE / HIM / HIS
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
BRUCE KAPPLIN+
HE / HIM / HIS
LIGHTING DESIGN
THOMAS P. GARDNER+
HE / HIM / HIS
INTIMACY & FIGHT DIRECTOR
MALLORY SHEAR
THEY / THEM / THEIRS
COSTUME DESIGN
J. ETHAN HENRY
HE / HIM / HIS
SET DESIGN
THOMAS JENKELEIT
HE / HIM / HIS
SOUND DESIGN
JANE SCHWARTZ
SHE / HER / HERS
MUSIC DIRECTOR
RACHEL SANDLER
SHE / HER / HERS
ASST. LIGHTING DESIGN
SCOTT MONNIN
HE / HIM / HIS
PYTHIO
NICHOLAS MILES+
DAMETAS
NATHAN ZIMMERMAN
ENSEMBLE & PAMELA/GYNECIA U/S
ALANA KNOBEL
ENSEMBLE & PYTHIO U/S
AILEEN MITCHENER
ENSEMBLE & PHILOCLEA U/S
MICAELA OLIVERIO
TEXT COACH
ANN TURIANO+
SHE / HER / HERS
MOPSA
ASIA-LIGÉ ARNOLD
MUSIDORUS
BRETT KLOCK
PHILOCLEA
KRISTEN STICKLEY
GYNECIA
HANA CLARICE+
BASILIUS
BRIAN DAUGLASH
MALE SWING
CAM POWELL
ENSEMBLE & MOPSA U/S
WHITNEY REED
STITCHER
MARIE RODGERS
SHE / HER / HERS
PAMELA
ALLISON BRADBURY
SAFER SPACES TRAINING
SHAWNA POTTER+
SHE / HER / HERS
+ denotes Iron Crow Theatre Resident Artist
* denotes Member, Actors’ Equity Association. The professional union for actors and stage managers in the United States.
CREATIVE TEAM
+ denotes Iron Crow Theatre Resident Artist
PAMELA
ALLISON BRADBURY
MUSIDORUS
BRETT KLOCK
PHILOCLEA
KRISTEN STICKLEY
MOPSA
ASIA-LIGÉ ARNOLD
BASILIUS
BRIAN DAUGLASH
GYNECIA
HANA CLARICE+
PYTHIO
NICHOLAS MILES+
DAMETAS
NATHAN ZIMMERMAN
ENSEMBLE & PAMELA/GYNECIA U/S
ALANA KNOBEL
ENSEMBLE & PYTHIO U/S
AILEEN MITCHENER
ENSEMBLE & PHILOCLEA U/S
MICAELA OLIVERIO
MALE SWING
CAM POWELL
ENSEMBLE & MOPSA U/S
WHITNEY REED
CREATIVE TEAM
SONGS BY
THE GO-GO’S
THEY / THEM / THEIRS
CONCEIVED & ORIG. BOOK
JEFF WHITTY
HE / HIM / HIS
BASED ON THE ARCADIA BY
SIR PHILIP SYDNEY
HE / HIM / HIS
ADAPTED BY
JAMES MAGRUDER
HE / HIM / HIS
DIRECTOR
SEAN ELIAS+
HE / HIM / HIS
CHOREO & ASST. DIRECTOR
QUAE SIMPSON+
HE / HIM / HIS
MUSIC DIRECTOR
RACHEL SANDLER
SHE / HER / HERS
STAGE MANAGER
RIVER HANSEN+
THEY / THEM / THEIRS
ASST. STAGE MANAGER
JOE KINGERY+
HE / HIM / HIS
COSTUME DESIGN
J. ETHAN HENRY
HE / HIM / HIS
SET DESIGN
THOMAS JENKELEIT
HE / HIM / HIS
LIGHTING DESIGN
THOMAS P. GARDNER+
HE / HIM / HIS
ASST. LIGHTING DESIGN
SCOTT MONNIN
HE / HIM / HIS
SOUND DESIGN
JANE SCHWARTZ
SHE / HER / HERS
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
BRUCE KAPPLIN+
HE / HIM / HIS
TEXT COACH
ANN TURIANO+
SHE / HER / HERS
STITCHER
MARIE RODGERS
SHE / HER / HERS
INTIMACY & FIGHT DIRECTOR
MALLORY SHEAR
THEY / THEM / THEIRS
SAFER SPACES TRAINING
SHAWNA POTTER+
SHE / HER / HERS
RUN TIME:
2 hours including one 15 minute intermission.
CONTENT:
The production includes sexual themes, jokes, and undertones, kissing, simulated intercourse, violence, and death. The production design includes the use of loud sound effects, haze, the use of props that sound similar to that of a gunshot, and bright, strobing, reflective lighting.
AT THE DECEMBER 17 PERFORMANCE
The role of Pamela, originally played by Allison Bradbury, will be played by Alana Knobel.
BALTIMORE THEATRE PROJECT
45 W. PRESTON STREET
BALTIMORE, MD 21201
