Merrily We Roll Along – Shifting Ground Collective

*Colette Richardson, Duncan Lang, Jameson Mosher. Photo by Audrey Persaud.*

“How did you get to be here? What was the moment?”

Video shot and edited by Taylor Long.

Franklin Shepard, a gifted composer turned shallow movie producer, is at the peak of his success and the depth of his misery. His second marriage is on the rocks, he hasn’t seen his son in years, and his longest and most cherished friendships have entirely disintegrated.

As the memories of Frank’s past revisit him, he is challenged not just to take stock of his life but to take responsibility for the actions that lead him to where he is… and see if he can find where it all went wrong.

In a story spanning twenty years and told in reverse, Merrily We Roll Along escorts Frank through his life with his closest friends and collaborators Charley Kringas and Mary Flynn, confronting him with all the moments in which they grew apart and grew away from their dreams.

With one of the most exciting and inventive scores in musical theatre, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s musical reminds us of the dreams we start with and how, by facing the choices we make, we can always find our way back to them.

Duncan Lang (foreground), Ian Kowalski, Colette Richardson, Oliver Daniel, Sydney Gauvin, Azaria Shams, Max Goodman, Jameson Mosher, Evan Sokolowski. Photo by Taylor Long.
Duncan Lang, Sydney Gauvin, Colette Richardson, Jameson Mosher. Photo by Taylor Long.
Colette Richardson, Duncan Lang, Jameson Mosher. Photo by Taylor Long.
Oliver Daniel, Ian Kowalski, Jada Rifkin, Randy (Lei) Chang, Mona Hillis, Dallis Brinkman, Fynn Cuthbert, Jessica Rosales. Photo by Taylor Long.
Jameson Mosher, Colette Richardson, Duncan Lang. Photo by Taylor Long.
Randy (Lei) Chang, Oliver Daniel, Fynn Cuthbert, Duncan Lang, Jada Rifkin, Mona Hillis, Jessica Rosales. Photo by Taylor Long.
(in foreground) Colette Richardson, Duncan Lang, Jameson Mosher (in background) Mona Hillis, Jessica Rosales, Ian Kowalski. Photo by Taylor Long.

CAST

Duncan Lang – FRANKLIN SHEPARD

Jameson Mosher – CHARLEY KRINGAS

Colette Richardson – MARY FLYNN

Azaria Shams – GUSSIE CARNEGIE

Evan Sokolowski – JOE JOSEPHSON

Sydney Gauvin – BETH SPENCER

Dallis Brinkman – TERRY/MRS. SPENCER and others

Randy Chang – RU and others

Oliver Daniel – BUNKER/MR. SPENCER and others

Mona Hillis – MEG KINCAID and others

Ian Kowalski – TYLER and others

Jada Rifkin – KT and others

Jessica Rosales – SCOTTY and others

and Max Goodman as FRANK JR.

CREATIVE

Director – Joshua רועי Kilimnik

Choreographer/Assistant Director – Shannon Murtagh

Music Director – Ethan Rotenberg

Set/Prop Design – Sarah Yuen

Costume Design – Pasha Bardell

Lighting Design – Jadyn Buchanan

PRODUCTION

Production Manager – Franco Pang

Assistant Production Manager – Shania Mendes

Technical Director – Quanah Lawrence

Stage Manager – Kiera Doerksen Smith

SHIFTING GROUND TEAM

Creative Producer – Joshua Kilimnik

Communications and Outreach Producer – Shannon Murtagh

Managing Producer – Colette Richardson

Associate Producer – Julian Da Silva

Merrily We Roll Along
is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.mtishows.com