Jerry Springer - The Opera
Music by Richard Thomas, Book and Lyrics by Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas
August 10 - September 9, 2007
Playhouse on the Square, 51 South Cooper Street, Memphis, TN
Winner of the 2004 Olivier Award for Best Musical, this operatic restaging of “The Jerry Springer Show” delivers an ironic universal message: Is television a mirror or a moral agent for our society? As people confess to an assortment of infidelities and guilty secrets, the television host eventually finds himself in a hell of his own making and is called upon to effect a reconciliation between the two ultimate adversaries - Jesus and Satan. Critics have hailed this provocative, ground-breaking new work as “scatological and theological, puerile and profound.”
Sponsored by The Adams Foundation
Season Sponsor: Dr. Thomas Ratliff


Cast
- Andrea/Archangel Michael: JoBeth Henderson
- Montel/Jesus: Brian Gray
- Dwight/God: Richard Koons*
- Jerry Springer: Jim Hopkins
- Peaches/Baby Jane: Anita Jo Lenhart
- Steve: Keith Patrick McCoy
- Shawntel/Eve: Carla McDonald
- Warm-up Man/Satan: Michael Detroit
- Tremont/Angel Gabriel: Russell H. Saylor III*
- Zandra/Irene/Mary: Allison Upshaw Spragin*
- Chucky/Adam: Andrew Weir
- Ensemble:
- Bill Andrews
- Jason Blank
- Jennifer Cannon
- Liz Cascio
- Shelia J. Clark
- Amy Cooper
- Annie Freres
- Claire Hayner
- Tara Lawton
- Andrew Moore
- Kevin Murphy
- Greg Pragel
- Ryan Scott
*Member of Actors Equity Association.
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Production Team
- Director: Bob Hetherington**
- Choreographer: Brian Loeffler
- Stage Manager: Melinda L. Bott
- Technical Director: Jay Morris
- Scenic Designer: Mark Guirguis
- Costume Designer: Rebecca Y. Powell
- Lighting Designer: Ben Wheeler
- Sound/Video Designer: Rory Dale
**Member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSDC).
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