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Photos: Paper Mill Playhouse's GUN & POWDER Meets the Press

The production will play April 4 – May 5, 2024.

By: Mar. 25, 2024
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Paper Mill Playhouse is presenting the new musical Gun & Powder, with book and lyrics by Angelica Chéri and music by Ross Baum. Directed by Stevie Walker-Webb, choreographed by Tiffany Rea-Fisher and music directed by Austin Cook, the production will play April 4 – May 5, 2024 at Paper Mill Playhouse. 

See photos of the company meeting the press below! 

Gun & Powder will feature Liisi LaFontaine (West End: Dreamgirls, Moulin Rouge!; Regional: Born for This) as Martha Clarke, Ciara Renée (PMP: The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Broadway: Waitress; TV: “The Flash,” “Arrow”) as Mary Clarke, Jeannette Bayardelle (Broadway: Girl from the North Country, The Color Purple) as Tallulah Clarke, Aaron James McKenzie (Broadway: A Beautiful Noise; TV: “Bull”) as Elijah, Hunter Parrish (Broadway: To Kill a Mockingbird; TV: “Weeds,” “The Other Black Girl”) as Jesse Whitewater, and Jisel Soleil Ayon (National Tour: Hamilton, Waitress) as Standby for Mary and Martha.

The ensemble of Gun & Powder will include Rickens Anantua, Reed Campbell, Carrie Compere, Meghan Olivia Corbett, Joann Gilliam, Francesca Granell, Aaron Arnell Harrington, Mary Claire King, Malik Shabazz Kitchen, Rayshun LaMarr, Zonya Love, Tiffany Mann, Tony Perry, Adam Roberts, Hank Santos, Christine Shepard,Katie Thompson, Aurelia Williams, and Jason SweetTooth Williams.

Gun & Powder is a new musical inspired by the true story of Mary (Renée) and Martha Clarke (LaFontaine), African American twin sisters who take extraordinary measures to settle their mother’s sharecropper debt and save her home. In 1893 Texas, the Sisters Clarke—passing as white—embark on a remarkable Wild West adventure that examines race, family, and identity with two electrifying women who transformed from farm girls to outlaws to legends.

The production features orchestrations by John Clancy (Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo, The Notebook), scenic design by Beowulf Boritt (PMP: The Wanderer, Murder on the Orient Express; Broadway: Harmony; New York, New York; The Scottsboro Boys), costume design by Emilio Sosa (PMP: On Your Feet!; Broadway: Sweeney Todd; Ain’t No Mo’; Good Night, Oscar), lighting design by Adam Honoré (PMP: After Midnight; Broadway: Purlie Victorious, Ain’t No Mo’), sound design by Connor Wang (Broadway: How to Dance in Ohio; American Repertory Theatre: Evita), wig, hair, and makeup design by J. Jared Janas & Tony Lauro (PMP: Clue; Broadway: Sweeney Todd, & Juliet), fight direction by Sordelet, Inc./Rick Sordelet (PMP: The Wanderer, Fiddler on the Roof; Broadway: Take Me Out), and intimacy direction by Crista Marie Jackson (Broadway: Between Riverside and Crazy; Film: Dumb Money, No Hard Feelings). Casting is by Tara Rubin Casting. Jakob W. Plummer is the Production Stage Manager.

 Photo credit:  Bruce Glikas 

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The Cast of "Gun & Powder" including Liisi LaFontaine, Ciara Renee, Jeannette Bayardelle, Aaron James McKenzie, Hunter Parrish, Jesse Whitewater, Jisel Soleil Ayon, Rickens Anantua, Reed Campbell, Carrie Compere, Meghan Olivia Corbett, Joann Gilliam, Francesca Granell, Aaron Arnell Harrington, Mary Claire King, Malik Shabazz Kitchen, Rayshun LaMarr, Zonya Love, Tiffany Mann, Tony Perry, Adam Roberts, Hank Santos, Christine Shepard,Katie Thompson, Aurelia Williams and Jason SweetTooth Williams.

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Liisi LaFontaine and Ciara Renee

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Liisi LaFontaine and Ciara Renee

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Ciara Renee and Hunter Parrish

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Liisi LaFontaine, Jeannette Bayardelle and Ciara Renee

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Jeannette Bayardelle and Aaron James McKenzie

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Aaron James McKenzie and Liisi LaFontaine

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Hunter Parrish and Aaron James McKenzie

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Choreographer Tiffany Rea-Fisher and DirectorStevie Walker-Webb

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Composer Ross Baumbook and Book/ Lyrics by Angelica Chéri

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Aurelia Williams and Zonya Love

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Director Stevie Walker-Webb

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Choreographer Tiffany Rea-Fisher

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Hunter Parrish

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Aaron James McKenzie

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Jeannette Bayardelle

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Liisi LaFontaine

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Ciara Renee

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Paper Mill Playhouse Executive Director Mike Stotts and Paper Mill Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoebee

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Director Stevie Walker-Webb, Book/ Lyrics by Angelica Chéri Composer Ross Baumbook

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The Cast of "Gun & Powder"

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The Cast of "Gun & Powder"

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Tiffany Mann

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Liisi LaFontaine

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Ciara Renee

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Ciara Renee and Liisi LaFontaine

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Ciara Renee and Liisi LaFontaine

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Ciara Renee and Liisi LaFontaine

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Ciara Renee and Liisi LaFontaine

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Director Stevie Walker-Webb

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Ciara Renee and The Cast of "Gun & Powder"

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Ciara Renee and Liisi LaFontaine

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Ciara Renee

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Carrie Compere, Ciara Renee and Liisi LaFontaine

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Jason SweetTooth Williams, Ciara Renee, Liisi LaFontaine and The Cast of "Gun & Powder"

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Liisi LaFontaine, Jeannette Bayardelle, Ciara Renee and Adam Roberts

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Liisi LaFontaine, Ciara Renee and Carrie Compere

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Jeannette Bayardelle

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Adam Roberts

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Jason SweetTooth Williams

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Ciara Renee, Liisi LaFontaine and The Cast of "Gun & Powder"

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Jeannette Bayardelle and The Cast of "Gun & Powder"

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Ciara Renee and Liisi LaFontaine

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Francesca Granell, Jason SweetTooth Williams, Ciara Renee and Liisi LaFontaine

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Director Stevie Walker-Webb

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Liisi LaFontaine, Ciara Renee and Adam Roberts

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Liisi LaFontaine and Ciara Renee

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Katie Thompson and The Cast of "Gun & Powder"

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Katie Thompson and The Cast of "Gun & Powder"

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Liisi LaFontaine, Ciara Renee, Hunter Parrish and The Cast of "Gun & Power"

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Hunter Parrish, Liisi LaFontaine and Ciara Renee

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Katie Thompson, Mary Claire King and Hunter Parrish

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Katie Thompson and The Cast of "Gun & Powder"

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Tony Perry and Hunter Parrish

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Carrie Compere and Tiffany Mann

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Katie Thompson and The Cast of "Gun & Powder"

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Hunter Parrish and The Cast of "Gun & Powder"

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Liisi LaFontaine, Ciara Renee and The Cast of "Gun & Powder"





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