HEATHERS: The Musical

Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Studio Theater

Oct. 11 – Nov. 16, 2025

Book, Music, & Lyrics by Kevin Murphy & Laurence O’Keefe

Directed by Sean Gray

Musical Direction by Stephen Olear

Choreographed and Assistant Directed by Sonya Randall

HEATHERS: The Musical is the darkly delicious satire based on the iconic teen-comedy movie of the 80s. Veronica Sawyer, a brainy teenage misfit, hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: the Heathers. Once there, Veronica falls in love with the dangerously sexy new kid, J.D. But before she can get comfortable atop the food chain, she runs afoul of Heather Chandler, the almighty queen of the school. Veronica decides to bite the bullet and kiss Heather’s aerobicized ass…but J.D. has other plans, as a series of murders of Westerberg’s most popular students reveals the real-cut throat nature of teenage popularity.

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• Friday, October 10, 8pm – Preview
• Saturday, October 11, 8pm – Opening Night and Champagne Gala
• Friday, October 17, 8pm
• Saturday, October 18, 8pm
• Sunday, October 19, 2pm
• Friday, October 24, 8pm
• Saturday, October 25, 8pm
• Sunday, October 26, 2pm
• Friday, October 31, 8pm
• Saturday, November 1, 8pm
• Sunday, November 2, 2pm
• Friday, November 7, 8pm
• Saturday, November 8, 8pm
• Sunday, November 9, 2pm
• Friday, November 14, 8pm
• Saturday, November 15, 8pm
• Sunday, November 16, 8pm – Closing

PLEASE NOTE: The Studio Theater is on the 2nd Floor. Due to the age of our building, there is no elevator and the theater is only accessible by stairs.

AGE LIMIT

As a courtesy to our patrons, it is the policy of the theatre not to admit children under the age of 5. This policy may be altered from time to time based on shows and show content.

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Written by Lauren Gunderson

Directed by Madison Mooney and Gregory Cohen

Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world.

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This production closed Oct. 1, 2022.

COVID Patron Safety Protocol

Please know that at our performances you, and everyone in your party (including children), will be asked to:

• Provide Proof of Vaccination or show A Negative Covid Test result from within the past 72 hours upon entry.
• Wear a mask within the facility.
• Voluntarily assume all risks related to potential exposure to COVID-19.

Any questions regarding the policy please call and speak to a staff member, 562-494-1014

PLEASE NOTE: The Studio Theater is on the 2nd Floor. There is no elevator and the theater is only accessible by stairs.

CAST:

• Meredith Miranda (OLYMPE DE GOUGES)
• Tara Brown (MARIANNE ANGELLE)
• Stacy Park (CHARLOTTE CORDAY)
• Amara Phelps (MARIE-ANTOINETTE)

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A BIG THANK YOU TO THE PORT OF LONG BEACH FOR SPONSORING THE OPENING NIGHT GALA

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Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollman

Book and Lyrics by Greg Kotis

Directed by Rovin Jay

Assistant Directed and Choreographed by Sonya L. Randall

Musical Direction by Stephen Olear

Winner of three Tony Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of capitalism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, municipal politics, and musical theatre itself! In a large city a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity’s most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he’s had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom! This irreverently humorous “comedic romp” reinvigorates the very notion of what a musical could be, with wickedly modern wit and sustained unbridled laughter!

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THIS PRODUCTION CLOSED NOV. 19TH, 2022

COVID Patron Safety Protocol

Please know that at our performances you, and everyone in your party (including children), will be asked to:

• Wear a mask within the facility.
• Voluntarily assume all risks related to potential exposure to COVID-19.

Any questions regarding the policy please call and speak to a staff member, 562-494-1014

PLEASE NOTE: The Studio Theater is on the 2nd Floor. There is no elevator and the theater is only accessible by stairs.

This Show Contains:

• Adult Content & Themes
• Fog and Smoke Effects
• Pulsing and Flashing Lights
• A Fee for the Privilege to Pee
• Bunny Endangerment
• A lot of Stealing from other Shows

This is a Two Act Show, with one, 15 min. Intermission

• Act I is Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.

• 15 Minute Intermission

• Act II is Approx. 1 hr.

PREVIEW CLIP:

HUMOROUS COMMERCIAL FOR THE SHOW:

PERFORMANCE PHOTOS:

CAST:

• Zachary Balagot (BOBBY STRONG)
• Fadeke Oparinde (HOPE CLADWELL)
• Eric Schiffer (CALDWELL B. CLADWELL)
• Derek Rubiano (OFFICER LOCKSTOCK)
• Via May (LITTLE SALLY)
• Amanda Webb (PENELOPE PENNYWISE)
• Rick Reischman (SENATOR FIPP)
• Tucker Price (JOSEPH “OLD MAN” STRONG / HOT BLADES HARRY)
• Gary Douglas (OFFICER BARREL)
• Veronique Merrill Warner (JOSEPHINE “MA” STRONG / OLD WOMAN)
• Ja’lil Nelson (TINY TOM / DR. BILLEAUX)
• Andrew Taylor (MR. MCQUEEN)
• Kyra Olschewske (SOUPY SUE / CALDWELL’S SECRETARY)
• Jessica Flynn (LITTLE BECKY TWO SHOES / MRS. MILLENNIUM)
• Russell Malang (ROBBY THE STOCKFISH)

A BIG THANK YOU TO THE PORT OF LONG BEACH FOR SPONSORING OUR OPENING NIGHT GALA!

At the height of the AIDS epidemic in mid 1980s New York, a group of charismatic and lost characters tackle politics, sex, religion, and a way forward in this Pulitzer Prize winning two-part epic. Following last year’s award winning production of Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches comes Part Two: Perestroika. As Prior confronts his encounter with an angel, Roy faces his own mortality as Belize is forced to care for him as his nurse, Harper returns to reality to face the dissolving of her marriage, and Joe and Louis discover the consequences of their differing politics.  This moving, funny, gut-wrenching ending to this two-part masterpiece will fill you with emotional highs and lows, draw you in and trap you in its web of global and timeless issues.

PLEASE NOTE: Because of the length of this show, it will start one hour earlier than usual, at 7pm.

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Produced by JD THEATRICALS in Collaboration with the Long Beach Playhouse.

This laugh-out-loud musical tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton, who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that, although the residents seem nice, it’s clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood. Together, Princeton and his new-found friends struggle to find jobs, dates and their ever-elusive purpose in life. Filled with gut-busting humor and a delightfully catchy score, not to mention puppets, Avenue Q is a truly unique show that has quickly become a favorite for audiences everywhere.

CAST LIST:

• Zachary Balagot (PRINCETON)
• Kelsey Weinstein (KATE MONSTER)
• Brandon Gomez (NICKY/MRS. THISTLEWAT)
• Sean McCallon (ROD)
• Gloria Henderson (CHRISTMAS EVE)
• David Ponce (BRIAN)
• Eileen Goodwin (GARY COLEMAN)
• Eric Schiffer (TREKKIE MONSTER)
• Mia Anderson (LUCY THE SLUT)
• Cris Cortez (BAD IDEA BEAR/RICKY/NEW GUY)
• Mabel Schreffler (BAD IDEA BEAR)

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Billy’s dream of getting away from the island of Inishmaan seems to come true when he gets the chance to meet Hollywood director Robert Flaherty as he comes to the neighboring island of Inishmore to film his next project. Will Billy have the chance to escape his tedious daily life and the casual meanness of the other inhabitants of this small Irish island, or will it all go wrong? Find out in this very funny, darkly comic tale from the playwright who brought us The Lieutenant of Inishmore and the recent Oscar-nominated film, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. McDonagh’s characters will entertain you as they balance on his famous tightrope of cruelty, kindness, humor, and vulnerability.

CAST:

• Mary Price Moore (KATE)
• Carmen Tunis (EILEEN)
• Karl Schott (JOHNNYPATEENMIKE)
• Dylan La Rocque (BILLY)
• Ronan Walsh (BARTLEY)
• Makena Margolin (HELEN)
• Patrick Peterson (BABBYBOBBY)
• Floyd Harden (DOCTOR McSHARRY)
• Kip Hogan (MAMMY)

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A BIG THANK YOU TO THE PORT OF LONG BEACH FOR SPONSORING OUR OPENING NIGHT GALA!

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