(HOUSTON) – You have been warned: the infamous bank-robbing lovers are on their way to Houston, accompanied by an electrifying cast! TUTS Underground is thrilled to present Bonnie & Clyde, the story of two small-town nobodies in West Texas who became America’s most renowned folk heroes and the Texas law enforcement’s worst nightmares. The show will run October 1 – 11, 2016 in Zilkha Hall at The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts.

When Bonnie and Clyde meet, their mutual cravings for excitement and fame immediately set them on a mission to chase their dreams. Their bold and reckless behavior turns the young lovers’ thrilling adventure into a downward spiral, putting themselves and their loved ones in trouble with the law. Forced to stay on the run, the lovers resort to robbery and murder to survive. As the infamous duo’s fame grows bigger, their inevitable end draws nearer.

Starring as the bold, reckless lovers are Robert Hager as Clyde Barrow and Kathryn Porterfield as Bonnie Parker. Hager and Porterfield are joined by Drew Starlin as Buck Barrow, Clyde’s adventurous and troubled brother, and Courtney Markowitz as Blanche Barrow, Buck’s religious wife who disapproves of his wild lifestyle. Cumie Barrow, Clyde and Buck’s loving mother, is played by Susan Shofner and their father, Henry Barrow, is played by Curt Denham. Bonnie’s widowed mother, Emma Parker, is played by Susan Koozin.  Adam Gibbs plays Ted Hinton, a police officer who struggles with his deep feelings for Bonnie and doing right by the law. Playing Governor Miriam Ferguson, the tough female governor of Texas, is Brooke Wilson. Scott Fonseka and Ella DuCharme, both students at TUTS’ Humphreys School of Musical Theatre, star as Young Clyde and Young Bonnie.

The rest of the cast is sure to thrill too: Colton Berry, Marco Camacho, Kevin Cooney, Casey Gilbert, Dylan Godwin, Nick Henderson, Miles Marmolejo, Savannah May and Robin Van Zandt.

Creative team: Co-Directors Bruce Lumpkin and Marley Wisnoski, choreographer Dana Lewis, musical director Thom Culcasi, scenic designer Ryan McGettigan, lighting designer Christina R. Giannelli, costume designer Colleen Grady, hair and makeup designer Jeff Knaggs and sound designer Andrew Harper. Casting by Binder Casting/Jason Styres, CSA.

Music is by legendary Frank Wildhorn, lyrics by Don Black and book by Ivan Menchell.

TUTS Underground's production of Bonnie & Clyde is made possible by the generosity of Berg & Androphy and The Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation. United Airlines is the official airline of TUTS Underground.

Special Post-Show Event:

• Law & Order Night– October 2
  Join us for a free, post-show talkback with expert panelists including members of Houston’s law enforcement and moderated by nationally recognized criminal and civil plaintiff and defense attorney, Joel Androphy.

Tickets:

• Online at TUTSUnderground.com
• Phone at (713) 558-TUTS (8887), outside the Houston area at (888) 558-3882
• In person at the Theatre Under The Stars Box Office, (800 Bagby), Monday - Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., and Saturday - Sunday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Special offers are available for groups of 10 or more by calling (713) 558-8888 or via email at groupsales@tuts.com.

The Underground series is a new venture and legacy for TUTS, Houston’s premier nonprofit musical theatre company. TUTS Underground features productions that are edgy, captivating and occasionally a bit risqué.

Principal Cast Bios (headshots linked in name):

ROBERT HAGER (Clyde Barrow) Broadway: Doctor Zhivago as Yanko, Spring Awakening (OBC), How To Succeed…, Bye Bye Birdie . Tour: Spring Awakening as Hanschen. Arden Theatre Company: Next To Normal as Gabe, Parade as Frankie Epps. Robert has performed at various venues in NYC including The Bitter End and Joe’s Pub. Twitter/Instagram @robihager.

KATHRYN PORTERFIELD (Bonnie Parker) Recent credits include: First Date (Woman #2), The Music Man (Ensemble), James and the Giant Peach (Lady Bug) and Sweet Potato Queens Reading (Flower Tammy) with TUTS!  Other credits include; Panto: Rapunzel (Rapunzel) and Xanadu (Euterpe) at Stages Rep, Into the Woods (Lucinda) at Main Street Theater, Parade (Lucille), The Secret Garden (Martha) and Les Miserables (Fantine) at Casa Mañana.

CURT DENHAM (Henry Barrow/Sheriff Smoot Schmid) Recent appearances include the title role in The Wizard of Oz at Casa Manana and The Husband in Sondheim’s Putting It Together at Cabrillo Stage.  Other Casa appearances include Big River and Sound of Music.  Other Regional: Maltz Jupiter, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Theatre By The Sea, TheatreWorks and Sierra Repertory.

ELLA DuCHARME (Young Bonnie) a Kinkaid 7th grader and HSMT student. Credits: Big The Musical, Hairspray-TUTS; Annie, Once on This Island, Seussical, Shrek, Godspell, A My Name is Alice.

SCOTT FONSEKA (Young Clyde) is a student at the Humphreys School (Little Mermaid Jr. and Big The Musical). He has previously appeared with TUTS Underground in LMNOP as Timmy Towgate. Credits with TUTS include The Music Man (Ensemble) and Camelot (Sir Tom).

ADAM GIBBS (Ted Hinton/Minister) played Gabe in First Date with TUTS Underground. Recent credits: HGO’s Sweeney Todd, title roles in Theatre LaB’s My Name is Asher Lev and Classical Theatre Company’s Dr. Faustus, Alley Theatre: Ether Dome, Our Town, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Christmas Carol, Stages Repertory: Life Could Be A Dream, Yankee Tavern, and Amy’s View, Unity Theatre: Forever Plaid, Miller Outdoor: Thoroughly Modern Millie. 

SUSAN KOOZIN (Emma Parker) Seen previously in Hands on a Hard Body, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Hairspray, and The Sound of Music. Stages: Pete 'n' Keely, Sexy Laundry, The Great American Trailer Park Musicals, Always Patsy Cline, Steel Magnolias, The Blonde, the Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead, Grey Gardens, Black Pearl Sings, Nickel and Dimed, Bright Ideas, Dirty Blonde, Company. Classical Theatre Company: Ubu Roi. Unity Theatre: Shooting Star. 

COURTNEY MARKOWITZ (Blanche Barrow) Previously at TUTS: Lizzie, The Musical (Alice), Sweet Potato Queens staged reading (Too Much Tammy).  Broadway: Jekyll and Hyde (Emma u/s).  National Tours: Spring Awakening (Ilse), Jekyll & Hyde (Emma u/s). Other regional: Legally Blonde (Vivienne), All Shook Up (Sandra), The Producers (Ulla), The Drowsy Chaperone (Janet).

SUSAN SHOFNER (Cumie Barrow) TUTS:  Mrs. Squires in The Music Man, Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music, Corene in Urban Cowboy, Ma Baily in A Wonderful Life, Wardrobe in Beauty and the Beast, Evangeline Harcourt in Anything Goes.  National Tours:  Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, On the Twentieth Century.  Regional:  Light in the Piazza, Urinetown, Road Show, Pal Joey, Into the Woods, The Rink, A Civil War Christmas, Follies, Company, A Little Night Music, Nunsense, Convenience, Evita. 

DREW STARLIN (Buck Barrow) Recently seen in The Full Monty (Jerry) in Kansas City and in the World Premiere Staged Reading of Sweet Potato Queens (Rooster). Stage credits: Footloose (Chuck Cranston) Broadway Cast, Snakebit (Gary) Off-Broadway Cast, Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Elvis) among many others. Television: Law & Order, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NUMB3RS, & Monk. 

BROOKE WILSON (Eleanore/Gov. Miriam Ferguson) A few favorite TUTS credits: Smokey Joe’s Café (Patty), First Date (Woman #1), Waiting for Johnny Depp (Rita), Reefer Madness (Sally), Whorehouse (Doatsey Mae), Hands On A Hardbody (Cindy), Urban Cowboy (Sissy), Whorehouse (Shy), The Music Man (Ethel), LMNOP (Ruth/LaGreer). Other Regional Credits: Trailer Park Musical (Jeannie), Full Monty (Georgie), RENT (Maureen), Trailer Park Musical (Pippi), Honky Tonk Angels (Sue Ellen), Bat Boy (Maggie), Beauty And The Beast (Babette), Christmas Carol, The Miser and Forum at The Alley. www.brookewilson.com

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