Bring It On: The Musical

June 16-22 The Ultimate Cheer Showdown.

Performances at 8:15 p.m. nightly

Experience the exhilarating clash of competitive cheerleading, high school rivalries and teen romance. Campbell is a cheer team captain, but an unexpected twist uproots her senior year, sending her to a new school with no cheer squad. Undeterred, she teams with her new school’s dance crew to form a powerhouse squad for the national championships. Inspired by the hit film franchise, Bring It On: The Musical is a high-flying journey through the tangled web of friendship, jealousy, betrayal and forgiveness. This bitingly relevant musical has a fresh story by a creative team that includes Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt and Jeff Whitty. A Muny premiere!

Book by Jeff Whitty • Music by Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda • Lyrics by Amanda Green and Lin-Manuel Miranda

Bring It On: The Musical is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. mtishows.com

  • Denis Jones

    Director

  • Jennifer Weber

    Choreographer

  • Anne Shuttlesworth

    Music Director/Conductor

  • Ryan Martin O’Connor

    Cheer Consultant/Choreographer

  • Ann Beyersdorfer

    Scenic Design

  • Tristan Raines

    Costume Design

  • Jason Lyons

    Lighting Design

  • John Shivers

    Sound Design

  • David Patridge

    Sound Design

  • Caite Hevner

    Video Design

  • Ashley Rae Callahan

    Wig Design

Creative team

Square image of director Denis Jones

DENIS JONES

Director

A veteran of 11 Muny productions and a three-time recipient of the St. Louis Theater Circle Award, Denis is also a two-time Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee. Denis’ work on Broadway has been seen in Tootsie, Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn and Honeymoon in Vegas. Recent credits include Bye Bye Birdie, Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed … (Kennedy Center), Mary Poppins (5th Ave), Crazy for You (Asolo Rep), Oliver! (Maltz Jupiter Theatre), A Chorus Line (Signature Theater), Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz (Paper Mill Playhouse), Hello, Dolly! (Marriott Theater), Eurydice (Metropolitan Opera), Call Me Madam and Paint Your Wagon (NY City Center Encores!), The Flamingo Kid (Hartford Stage) and The Music Man (Goodman Theatre).

JENNIFER WEBER

Choreographer

Broadway/off-Broadway: & Juliet (Olivier and Tony nominations for best choreography); Redwood (dream choreography); American Idiot (CTG/Deaf West, 2024), Take the Lead (Papermill Playhouse, 2025), KPOP (Tony nomination, best choreography), Teenage Dick (The Public), Cruel Intentions (LPR/US tour). Film: Zombies 2 (Disney), While You Were Gone (writer/director/choreographer, Emmy for short-form entertainment). Commissions: Baryshnikov Arts Center, Tulsa Ballet, New York City Center, CLI Studios, The Arsht Center Miami, The Music Center Los Angeles and Gala de Danza (Mexico). Commercial direction/choreography: Marc Jacobs, CK2, American Express, Uber, Ulta, L’Oreal, Reebok, Philosophy. Weber is the co-creator, director and choreographer of The Hip Hop Nutcracker, featuring rap legend Kurtis Blow, touring annually across the US and recorded for an Emmy-winning PBS All Arts special. She collaborated as executive producer/choreographer on a film version of The Hip Hop Nutcracker for Disney+.

ANNE SHUTTLESWORTH

Music Director/Conductor

returns to The Muny following her 2024 debut in Dreamgirls. Broadway: Annie, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon. National tours: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (first national tour), Wicked, Jesus Christ Superstar, Spamalot, Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Dreamgirls, Annie. Regional: Music supervisor/MD, Riverside Theatre, Vero Beach, Fla: Thoroughly Modern Millie; La Cage aux Folles; Carousel; Evita; Gypsy; Hello, Dolly!; My Fair Lady; Mamma Mia!; Legally Blonde and more. IRNE Award nominee. Carbonell Award winner for music direction of The Music Man at Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Work as pianist, conductor and transcriber has spanned from Meat Loaf to Metallica and beyond. She was AMD/pianist for The Bridges of Madison County with Kate Baldwin and Aaron Lazar. She spent 2024 as MD for Engelbert Humperdinck’s world tour.

RYAN MARTIN O’CONNOR

Cheer Consultant/Choreographer

is the head coach of the 24-time national championship cheerleading program at the University of Kentucky. A native of Lexington, Ky., O’Connor was a five-time KAPOS state champion and a five-time UCA National High School Cheerleading Champion while cheering for Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. O’Connor was a cheerleader at UK from 2008 to 2009, then at Alabama from 2009 to 2012. While with the Crimson Tide, she won the 2011 UCA College National Championship. She was a part of Team USA Coed in 2011 and 2012 and Team USA All-Girl in 2013, winning three ICU gold medals. She was the star of Lifetime’s Cheerleader Nation as an athlete and Cheerleader Generation while coaching at Ole Miss.