Director JT Landry has released the cast list for our December production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, part of our diverse and entertaining 2022-23 season.

“We have assembled a stellar cast for our upcoming production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” remarked Landry. “We can’t wait for you to experience the magic December 2 through 17. Midnight is calling.”

The cast, including both veterans and newcomers, is as follows.

Ella – Crystal Kurek, a Pull-Tight newcomer who recently played Cinderella in a production of Into the Woods.

Topher – Ross Canales, another new face who appeared this summer in Little Women: The Musical in Eugene, Or.

Madame – Sarah Kieffner, director of this year’s The Play that Goes Wrong.

Sebastian – Jeremy Hargis, a past season executive producer and cast member of Waiting in the Wings.

Marie – Lisa Graham, a veteran actress with Murfreesboro Center for the Arts.

Gabrielle – Chelsea Craig, who most recently starred as Carly Speranza in Pull-Tight’s production of Madame Buttermilk.

Charlotte – Sydney Hooper, returning to our stage following her appearance in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

Jean-Michel – Forrest Hutchinson, adding to our slate of Pull-Tight first-timers.

Lord Pinkelton – Logan Michael, a board member and artistic director at Elite Studio Works in Murfreesboro.

Ensemble – Erin Hailey (Big Fish), Bev Kassis (Waiting in the Wings), Megan Roberts (All My Sons), Rachel Sinclair (The Miracle Worker), and David Weatherbee (lighting and sound technician on Crimes of the Heart).

Tickets for our 12 performances will go on sale Nov. 21.

Pull-Tight Players’ first drama of its 2022-23 season is Arthur Miller’s Tony-winning All My Sons. First staged in 1947, the play unfolds the story of an American family caught up in the tragedy that follows secrets and betrayal. Pull-Tight last produced the show in 2001.

The next production will open Sept. 30. Daryle Tallent, who most recently appeared in last season’s Madame Buttermilk, directs, with production by JK Gregg and Mark Mason.

The cast is as follows:

Cabot Pyle as Joe Keller – Cabot most recently appeared in last season’s closer, The Odd Couple, and also appeared as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman.

Jeanne Drone as Kate Keller – Jeanne appeared in 2020’s Waiting in the Wings, and directed The Miracle Worker.

Megan Roberts as Ann Deever – Megan won Pull-Tight’s Newcomer of the Year award in 2021. She played Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker.

Lenny West as George Deever – Lenny won Most Valuable Player for his role in The Odd Couple. He will direct this season’s The Book of Will.

Steve Mook as Jim Bayliss – Steve served on the crew of last season’s opener, Crimes of the Heart.

Willa Ross as Sue Bayliss – Willa appeared in our 2004 production of Steel Magnolias.

Tom Gregg as Frank Lubey – Tom appeared as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple, and played Victor Fleming in 2019’s Moonlight and Magnolias.

Meredith Seymour as Lydia Lubey – Meredith returns to Pull-Tight after last appearing in Waiting in the Wings.

Pull-Tight also welcomes Nathan Basner as Chris Keller and Chandler Young as Bert.

Tickets for All My Sons will go on sale September 19.

The 54th season of shows at Pull-Tight Players will “day-boo” with a show demonstrating the power of Murphy’s law at work. Everything that can go wrong will hilariously do so when The Play that Goes Wrong opens July 29 at the Pull-Tight Theater in Franklin, Tenn.

Director Sarah Kieffner, who most recently led the comedy Moonlight and Magnolias, released her list of chosen wrong-doers.

Chris (director/Inspector Carter) – Caitlin Kent
Jonathan (Charles Haversham) – Lee Davies
Robert (Sir Thomas Colleymoore) – Philip Johnson
Dennis (Perkins) – Nathan Brown
Sandra (Florence Colleymoore) – Abigail Haggard
Max (Cecil Haversham/the Gardener) – JT Landry
Annie (Stage Manager) – Breanna Theobald
Trevor (Sound/Lights) – Joey Echeverria

Pull-Tight is pleased to welcome back a few veterans of our stage as well as a host of newcomers as we mount this popular comedy

The Play that Goes Wrong is written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields.

General tickets will go on sale Monday, July 18.