PRODUCTION
HISTORY
Portions of “David Copperfield, The New Musical” were workshopped at the Academy for New Musical Theater and had a staged reading at the Elite Theatre. Excerpts were featured as part of Musical Cafe's Spring 2016 showcase in Oakland, CA. The entire show had three sold out stage reading performances at Mountain Community Theater's New Works Night in August 2017.
A full production of "David Copperfield, The New Musical" took place December 13-23, 2018 at the Colligan Theater in Santa Cruz, California to sold out performances every night. That production utilized the following talents:
Direction by Julie James
Music Direction by Max Bennett-Parker
Assistant Direction by Sheila Savage
Choreography by Lee Ann Payne
CAST:
Andrew Aguirre as Demple/Ensemble
Caroline Greer as Young Agnes/Ensemble
Carter Hulse as Young David
Daniel Rubio* as Mr. Murdstone
David Bryant* as Barkis/Mr. Dick
Emily Corbo as Dora Spenlow
Emily Serdahl* as Clara Copperfield
Isaac Aguirre as Traddles/Ensemble
Jack Stauffer* as Mr. Creakle/Mr. Quinion/Mr. Wickfield
Josali Moran as Young David
Kelly Ground* as Aunt Betsey
Kim Schroeder Long as Mrs. Micawber
Kyle Stoner as David
Marcus Cato as Daniel Peggotty
Marie Putko as Agnes Wickfield
Martin Rojas Dietrich* as Mr. Micawber
Max Bennett-Parker as Ham
Maxwell Bjork as Young Steerforth
Michael Stark as Tungay/Ensemble
Sadie Rose as Uriah Heep
Samuel Aguirre as Young Ham/Ensemble
Sara Safari as Em’ly
Shane Johnson as Steerforth
Shannon Cullem-Chipman as Miss Jane Murdstone
Sheila Townsend as Peggotty
*Member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.