Robert Petkoff & Linda Mugleston to Lead Gypsy-Punk SWEENEY TODD in Denver; Full Cast, Creative Team Set!

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is proud to announce full casting and creative team for the Theatre Company's upcoming production of Sweeney Todd, featuring new orchestrations from Denver's own Grammy-nominated gypsy-punk band, DeVotchKa.

"We are very much looking forward to sinking our teeth into this piece," said Kent Thompson, Director and Producing Artistic Director of the Theatre Company." "Thanks to Mr. Sondheim's blessing, we have been working closely with DeVotchKa to create a new orchestral backdrop for this epic villain. The lifeblood, no pun intended, of the Denver Center is innovation. There is an inherent theatricality in DeVotchKa's work that we believe will not only serve the piece, but will introduce the Demon Barber to a brand new generation of audiences."

Sweeney Todd will feature the following cast (listed alphabetically):

Colin Alexander (DCPA Theatre Company's A Christmas Carol) as Ensemble.

Jefferson Behan (DCPA Theatre Company Debut) as Swing.

Daniel Berryman (Off Broadway: The Fantastiks, DCPA Theater Company Debut)as Anthony Hope.

Samantha Bruce (Off Broadway: The Fantastiks, DCPA Theater Company Debut)as Johanna.

Kevin Curtis (Off Broadway: Invisible Thread, DCPA Theater Company Debut) as Tobias Ragg.

Dwelvan David (First National Tour The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, DCPA Theater Company Debut) as Beadle Bamford.

Tia DeShazor (DCPA Theatre Company Debut) as Ensemble.

Michael Brian Dunn (Broadway's Sweeney Todd, Doctor Zhivago, Amazing Grace, DCPA Theatre Company Debut) as Pirelli.

Donterrio Johnson (DCPA Theatre Company's Lookingglass Alice) as Ensemble.

Charlie Korman (DCPA Theatre Company's A Christmas Carol, Lord of the Flies) as Ensemble.

Kathleen McCall (Broadway's M. Butterfly, DCPA Theatre Company's All The Way, Benediction) as Beggar Woman.

Jean McCormick (DCPA Theater Company Debut) as Ensemble.

Kevin McGuire (Broadway's LES MISERABLES, DCPA Theater Company Debut) as Judge Turpin.

Linda Mugleston (Broadway's Anything Goes, Young Frankenstein, Into The Woods, DCPA Theatre Company's The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Quilters, A Christmas Carol) as Mrs. Lovett.

Robert Petkoff (Broadway's All The Way, Ragtime, Spamalot, Fiddler on the Roof, DCPA Theatre Company's Sense & Sensibility The Musical, Tantalus) as Sweeney Todd.

Jeffrey Roark (DCPA Theatre Company's All The Way, A Christmas Carol, To Kill A Mockingbird) as Ensemble.

Danny Rothman (DCPA Theatre Company Debut) as Ensemble.

Christine Rowan (DCPA Theatre Company's A Christmas Carol, Animal Crackers) as Ensemble.

Lauren Shealey (DCPA Theatre Company's A Christmas Carol) as Swing.

Shannan Steele (DCPA Theatre Company's A Christmas Carol, Animal Crackers) as Ensemble.

The creative team will feature Greg Coffin (Music Director), Joel Ferrell (Choreographer), James Kronzer (Scenic Designer), Kevin Copenhaver (Costume Designer), Kenton Yeager (Lighting Designer), Zach Williamson (Sound Designer), and Geoffrey Kent (Fight Director).

Photo by Walter McBride