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Shrek

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June 25–July 2 An Ogre-Sized Adventure!

Performance time 8:15 p.m. nightly

The lovable fairy-tale misfits from the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation sensation storm The Muny after 13 years! In a hilarious adventure that’s perfect for the whole family, a grumpy ogre named Shrek sets off with a wisecracking donkey to rescue a feisty princess who doesn’t exactly need saving. Add a pint-sized villain, a cookie with an attitude and a kingdom of storybook outcasts, and you’ve got a mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there’s one on hand. Irreverently funny and surprisingly sweet, Shrek The Musical proves that beauty is truly in the eye of the ogre.

Music by Jeanine Tesori • Book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire • Based on the DreamWorks Animation motion picture and the book by William Steig

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  • John Tartaglia

    Director

  • Patrick O’Neill

    Choreographer

  • Ben Whiteley

    Music Director/Conductor

  • Bryan Thomas Hunt

    Associate Choreographer

  • Kelly Sheehan

    Assistant Choreographer

  • Adam Koch

    Scenic Designer

  • Robin L. McGee

    Costume Designer (based on original design by Tim Hatley)

  • Jason Lyons

    Lighting Designer

  • Joshua Hummel

    Sound Designer

  • Kylee Loera

    Video Designer

  • Jeff Knaggs

    Wig Designer

  • Jim Henson’s Creature Shop

    Puppet Designer/Builder

  • James Wojtal

    Puppet Designer

  • Larry Smiglewski

    Production Stage Manager

  • The Telsey Office, Lindsay Levine, CSA

    Casting

Cast

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NIK WALKER

Shrek

Broadway and Broadway-adjacent roles include Sir Galahad in the 2023 revival of Spamalot, Aaron Burr in Hamilton and one of the six original Phantoms in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Masquerade. On screen, he’s been seen on Blue Bloods, Law & Order: SVU, in the Apple TV film The Instigators (alongside his hometown hero, Matt Damon), and he’s lent his voice to the new Adult Swim cartoon President Curtis, debuting this year. As a writer, Nik’s first original cartoon, Cleaners, is in development with Warner Bros. Animation and Amazon Studios.

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KARA LINDSAY

Princess Fiona

most recently appeared off-Broadway as Michele in Romy & Michele: The Musical. Broadway: Wicked (Glinda), Beautiful (Cynthia Weil), Newsies (Katherine, original cast and Fathom Events film), Once Upon a Mattress (standby for Sutton Foster, Winnifred). National tours: Wicked (Glinda), Little House on the Prairie (originated Laura). Paper Mill Playhouse: Newsies, A Jolly Holiday, Little House on the Prairie. Sacramento Music Circus: Singin’ in the Rain (Kathy Selden). NCT: Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins). Kansas City Rep: Cabaret (Sally Bowles). 5th Avenue: Lone Star Love (Miss Ann Page). TV: Murphy Brown (CBS), Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong (ABC) and Disney Family Singalong Volume II. Film: Wicked (female vocalist). BFA, Carnegie Mellon University.

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MARCUS M. MARTIN

Donkey

makes his Muny debut. He is currently making his Broadway debut as a Genie standby in Disney’s Aladdin after granting wishes as the Genie on the show’s North American tour, which included a 2023 stop at the Fabulous Fox Theatre. Regional: Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II), The Wiz (The Lion), The Music Man (Marcellus Washburn), Carousel (Enoch Snow). TV: Power Book II: Ghost, Law & Order. Baldwin Wallace Music Theatre graduate.

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TROY IWATA

Lord Farquaad

was last seen on the Muny stage as Jacob in La Cage aux Folles and as Ogie in Waitress. You can catch him as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show or in his hit independent film Summoning Sylvia — a horror-comedy in which he stars alongside Michael Urie and Frankie Grande. Troy recently recurred on Netflix’s The Perfect Couple, opposite Nicole Kidman, as well as on the Apple TV limited series WeCrashed alongside Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway. He also starred in the Netflix series Dash & Lily, which garnered 12 Emmy nominations. Troy made his Broadway debut in the viral sensation Be More Chill in 2019.

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SOLOMON ROSENTHAL

Young Shrek

makes his professional debut. Last seen at The Muny in the Youth Ensemble of Disney’s Frozen and Fiddler on the Roof. Recently seen in The Music Man (LifeLight Youth Theatre). He is a current member of the Muny Kids troupe. Solomon, 12, dances at Rokita Dance Center and takes voice with Dr. Jeffrey Carter.

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LAKE SCHULTZ

Young Fiona

is 10 years old and makes her Muny debut. Favorite community credits include 101 Dalmatians (Lucky, Visitation Academy), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Vulgarian Child, Shooting Star Productions), Frozen Jr. (Sven, GCPA), Finding Nemo (Squirt, Young People’s Theatre) and multiple productions under the direction of Marty Strohmeyer. She is a vocal student at Lisa Christine Studios, studies dance at St. Louis Ballet and enjoys figure skating.

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AMELIE LOCK

Teen Fiona

returns for her ninth consecutive Muny season. Amelie was grateful to represent St. Louis at the 2025 Jimmy Awards as the Ken Page Award winner for best leading actress, honoring her performance as Emma in The Prom. Muny: The Sound of Music (Louisa von Trapp), Gypsy (Baby June), Jersey Boys, Little Shop of Horrors, Les Misérables, Waitress, Footloose, Mary Poppins (Jane Banks standby) and Beauty and the Beast. Amelie can be heard as Ribberta in DreamWorks’ Madagascar: A Little Wild and as Rooney Lane in Welcome to Hope Springs. A junior at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Amelie serves as Missouri’s State Ambassador for Arts Education and is a proud member of the Muny Teens troupe. Most recently, she appeared as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde.

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AYMEE GARCIA

Gingy

makes her Muny debut. She originated Mama Bear in Shrek The Musical on Broadway and on tour. Recent credits include Madame Morrible in Wicked and Jack’s Mother in Into the Woods (Broadway revival and tour). Other theatre: Les Misérables, Cinderella, Avenue Q. TV: Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, Splash and Bubbles, Sesame Street.

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TYLER JOSEPH ELLIS

Pinocchio

Muny debut. Tyler recently stopped through St. Louis playing Storyteller 2 in the Shucked first national tour. TV: That ’90s Show (Netflix), The Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO). You may recognize him from his comedy videos on TikTok and Instagram.

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SALOME SMITH

Voice of the Dragon

Theatre credits: 1776 (Broadway, national tour), Jelly’s Last Jam (off-Broadway), Little Shop of Horrors (off-Broadway), A New Brain (Barrington Stage Company), The World Goes Round (Everyman Theatre), The Wiz (Theatre Under the Stars, Lyric Stage Company), Take the Lead (Paper Mill Playhouse). Film/TV: East New York (co-star).

Creative Team

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JOHN TARTAGLIA

Director

returns to The Muny, where he has directed Disney’s Frozen, The Little Mermaid, and Beauty and the Beast; Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins; Matilda; Annie; The Wizard of Oz; Tarzan and Shrek. Muny (actor): Disney’s Frozen (Oaken), Forum (Hysterium, St. Louis Theater Circle Award), Seussical (The Cat in the Hat), Disney’s Aladdin (Genie). Other theatre: Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Live and Fraggle Rock: A Space-y Adventure (writer/director/choreographer); Stephen Schwartz’s The Secret Silk (writer/director); Elf The Musical and Mamma Mia! (Bucks County Playhouse, director); Disney’s Frozen and Beauty and the Beast (Maltz Jupiter Theatre, director); John Tartaglia’s ImaginOcean (writer). Broadway (actor): Avenue Q (Tony nomination), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Shrek. TV: The First Snow of Fraggle Rock, Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Emmy Award), Wowsabout, Johnny and the Sprites, Sesame Street, Jim Henson’s Word Party, Julie’s Greenroom, Jim Henson’s Splash and Bubbles. John hosts Sunday Funday on SiriusXM On Broadway.

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PATRICK O’NEILL

Choreographer

has five Muny productions and three St. Louis Theater Circle nominations to his credit. He was last represented on Broadway as the associate choreographer for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical School of Rock, which he also staged in Sydney, Melbourne and Seoul. Upcoming in London: On the Edge. Upcoming in New York: Radio 930, The Violin. Other favorites: On a Clear Day …, starring Harry Connick Jr. (Broadway); Ever After (Alliance Theatre); Barry Manilow’s Harmony (Ahmanson Theatre, Alliance Theatre); The Nutty Professor (directed by Jerry Lewis). He is the co-creator of The Time Step Symposium, a program that connects and supports choreographers and musicians to ensure the future of dance music on Broadway.

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BEN WHITELEY

Music Director/Conductor

Muny: Evita; Anything Goes; The Sound of Music; Singing in the Rain; A Chorus Line; 42nd Street; My Fair Lady; The Addams Family; Spamalot; Pirates!; Beauty and the Beast; Kiss Me, Kate; Oklahoma!; The Music Man; Meet Me in St. Louis; South Pacific. St. Louis Symphony: A Little Sondheim Music and Muny at 100. Music director for 1776 at NY City Center Encores! Broadway/first national tours: Hello, Dolly!; A Christmas Story; The Addams Family; Spamalot; The Full Monty; Cats; Grand Hotel; Falsettos; Big. Carnegie Hall: Sail Away with Elaine Stritch. Madison Square Garden: A Christmas Story. Sacramento Music Circus: Oklahoma!, Something Rotten! Choral direction/preparation: Carousel (NY Philharmonic/PBS), 33 City Center Encores! productions. Other: Paper Mill Playhouse, 5th Avenue Theatre, University of Michigan, Three Irish Tenors. Recordings: Allegro, Boardwalk Empire.

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