Performances are underway for the Bucks County Playhouse production of the new musical The Apple Boys, which plays the Pennsylvania venue through May 25. Get a first look at the production in the photo gallery below.
Directed by David Alpert with choreography by Marc Kimelman and music supervision by Rona Siddiqui, the cast is led by Josh Breckenridge (Swept Away), Jelani Remy (Back to the Future the Musical), Tony nominee Emily Skeggs (Fun Home), and Teddy Yudain (Little Shop of Horrors). Completing the company are DeShawn Travis Bowens, Rachel Kay, and John Mezzina Hannigan, who cover the leads.
With a book by Jonothon Lyons and music and lyrics by Ben Bonnema, The Apple Boys
is set in Gilded Age Coney Island as Jack Chapman III, grandson of
Johnny Appleseed, rallies a colorful cast of characters鈥攊ncluding the
founder of Nathan鈥檚 Famous Hotdogs and the world鈥檚 strongest man鈥攖o save
his family鈥檚 struggling apple orchard.
Teddy Yudain, Josh Breckenridge, Jelani Remy and Emily Skeggs in The Apple Boys
Teddy Yudain, Josh Breckenridge, Jelani Remy and Emily Skeggs in The Apple Boys
Teddy Yudain, Josh Breckenridge, Jelani Remy and Emily Skeggs in The Apple Boys
Teddy Yudain, Emily Skeggs, Jelany Remy, and Josh Breckenridge in The Apple Boys
Jelani Remy, Emily Skeggs, Josh Breckenridge and Teddy Yudain in The Apple Boys
Jelani Remy and Teddy Yudain in The Apple Boys
Jelani Remy in The Apple Boys
Teddy Yudain in The Apple Boys
Emily Skeggs and Jelani Remy in The Apple Boys
Emily Skeggs in The Apple Boys
Josh Breckenridge in The Apple Boys
Josh Breckenridge, Emily Skeggs, Jelani Remy, and Teddy Yudain in The Apple Boys
Emily Skeggs and Josh Breckenridge in The Apple Boys
Jelani Remy in The Apple Boys
鈥淥ne of the thrills of producing shows is happening upon a new show that takes you by surprise. Apple Boys is
both inventive and genuinely funny鈥� sending you on a roller-coaster of
laughs, thrills, and all-around merriment," said Bucks County Producing
Director Alexander Fraser in an earlier statement. 鈥淲e fell in love with its big
heart and joyful spirit and are thrilled to bring another original new
musical to our audiences.鈥�
The creative team also includes scenic designer Adam Koch, costume designer Johanna Pan, lighting designer Rui Rita, sound designer Beth Lake, vocal arranger Matt Gallagher, and music director Sujin Kim-Ramsey. Casting is by Jason Styres.
RL Campbell is the production stage manager and Sauniq Lawson is assistant stage manager.
The Apple Boys is produced by special arrangement with Johnnie Moore Hawkins and Lyons.
Bucks County Playhouse is under the artistic leadership of Producing Director Fraser, Executive Producer Robyn Goodman, and Producer Josh Fiedler.
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