MEAN GIRLS Broadway Cast: Where Are the Original Stars Now?

What's the latest with the stars of your favorite shows of Broaway past? In 'Where Are They Now?' we're taking a look back at some of our favorite original Broadway casts, and catching up with their careers. Next up, the original cast of Mean Girls!

Mean Girls featured a book by Tina Fey, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, and music by Jeff Richmond. It is based on the 2004 film by Mark Waters, which was also written by Fey and was in turn inspired by Rosalind Wiseman's 2002 book Queen Bees and Wannabes.  Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, and produced by Lorne Michaels, the original production of Mean Girls premiered on Broadway at the August Wilson Theatre in 2018, after completing pre-Broadway tryouts in Washington, D.C. at the National Theatre in 2017. It closed on March 11, 2020 after 804 performances.

Erika Henningsen

Erika Henningsen originated the role of Cady Heron in Mean Girls on Broadway! In 2021 she retuned to Broadway in Flying Over Sunset at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. Her cabaret RAISE YOUR STANDARDS has played to sold out houses across the country, and she debuted her solo symphony show in 2024 with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra in Newport News.

On television, you can catch her in recurring roles in Girls5Eva for Peacock/Netflix, as well as Tracey Oliver's Amazon series Harlem, CBS' Blue Bloods and FBI: International. She can also be heard as the leading role of Charlie Morningstar in the Amazon animated musical comedy Hazbin Hotel. Additional animation credits include: Helluva Boss, Fright Krewe and Curses! for DreamWorks Animation. Most recently, she appeared oppsite Tina Fey and Steve Carrell in the Netflix comedy series The Four Seasons.

In 2025 she returned to Broadway in the four-time Tony-Nominated Just in Time to play Sandra Dee opposite Jonathan Groff. 

Henningsen is now married to her Mean Girls co-star Kyle Selig.

Taylor Louderman

Taylor Louderman originated the role of Regina George in Mean Girls, and earned a Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Musical in 2018. In 2019, as part of The Muny's 101st season, Louderman reprised her role as Lauren in Kinky Boots (she had previously played the role on Broadway in 2017.

In 2019, Louderman announced via Instagram that she would be turning her attention away from performing to focus on writing, teaching, and producing. She launched the  nonprofit Write Out Loud Project, supporting emerging musical theatre songwriters.

Her TV credits include series regulars on NBC’s Kenan and Nick Jr's Sunny Day as well as roles on The Good Fight (CBS), Evil (CBS), The Loudest Voice (Showtime) and High Maintenance (HBO). 

In 2025 she appeared in industry presentations of the Broadway-bound musical What’s New Pussycat?.

Barrett Wilbert Weed

Weed starred as the original Janis Sarkisian in Mean Girls on Broadway! In addition to performing, Weed teaches voice and acting lessons, and holds master classes for high school students.

In 2020, Weed joined the cast of Epix's Bridge and Tunnel, playing Lizzie. The show began airing on Sunday, January 24, 2021. A dramedy set in 1980, the series follows a group of college grads as they pursue their dreams in Manhattan while holding on to their connection of their Long Island home town. She also voiced Octavia "Via" Goetia in the adult animated web series Helluva Boss.

Grey Henson

Grey Henson joined the original cast of Mean Girls during the out-of-town tryout in 2017, and originated the role of Damian Hubbard on Broadway. He earned a 2018 Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical, a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical, and a nomination for a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Performer - Visiting Production.

Grey recurred as Tate in Girls5Eva on Netflix and can be seen in the Sony Pictures film A Journal for Jordan directed by Denzel Washington. 

He returned to Broadway in 2023 to originate the role of Storyteller 2 in the Tony-nominated musical Shucked. In 2024 he played Michael in tick, tick… BOOM! at the Kennedy Center. He was back on Broadway in the 2024 holiday season to play Buddy the Elf in Elf. 

Ashley Park

Ashley Park originated the role of Gretchen Wieners in Mean Girls, which earned her nominations for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, a Drama League Award, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. In 2018, Park was awarded the Clarence Derwent Award, which is "given to the most promising female and male performers" in New York City, by the Actors' Equity Foundation.

In January 2020, Park starred in the Broadway production of Grand Horizons as Jess. In 2020, Park starred in Netflix's Emily in Paris, opposite Lily Collins. She has appeared in four seasons of the show. In 2019, it was announced that Park would headline a "revamped" production of Thoroughly Modern Millie at New York City Center Encores!., but it was canceled due to Covid.

On January 1, 2021, Park starred as Colette in the benefit concert presentation Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical. In 2021, she also appeared in Tina Fey's comedy Girls5Eva in the recurring role of Ashley Gold. She stars in Crazy Rich Asians writer Adele Lim's 2023 directorial debut, Joy Ride and played Naomi in Netflix's dark comedy Beef and Kimber in the third season of Hulu's Only Murders in the Building.

Kate Rockwell

Kate Rockwell originated the role of Karen Smith in Mean Girls, which earned her Drama Desk Award and Helen Hayes Award nominations.

She’s been seen recently as Anna on Amazon Prime’s Harlem and Nina Bennett on Fox’s Almost Family, and on Blue Bloods, High Maintenance, Deadbeat, and Sex and the City: the Movie. Rockwell released her debut solo album, Back To My Roots, in 2018 on Broadway Records, and has performed her solo concert by the same name at Birdland Jazz Club, City Winery, and other venues in NYC. 

Kerry Butler

Kerry Butler originated the roles of Ms. Norbury, Mrs. Heron, and Mrs. George in the out-of-town tryout of Mean Girls at The National Theatre, and went on to reprise her roles in the Broadway production. In 2018, Butler starred as Barbara Maitland in the world premiere of the musical Beetlejuice at The National Theatre in Washington, D.C., and went on to reprise the role in the Broadway production of the show from March 2019 until its closing in March 2020. She return to the role whe the show came back to Broadway in 2022.

In 2023, Butler appeared in an episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Tuppance, a woman who has just seen a play with friends and is discussing the show afterwards at dinner. Later that year she made her directorial debut by helming a production of Newsies at Rise Above Performing Arts in Sarasota, Florida.

In 2024, Butler appeared on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and in American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez as Shelley Meyer, the wife of football coach Urban Meyer, played by Tony Yazbeck.

In 2024 she appeared in Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now! off-Broadway opposite her Hairspray co-stars Laura Bell Bundy and Marissa Jaret Winokur. She returns to New World Stages for the off-Broadway revival of Heathers, in which she will play Ms. Fleming / Mrs. Sawyer.

Kyle Selig

Selig starred as the original Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls! In March 2021, Selig released his new album Careful Days! Also in March 2021, Selig lent his voice to the R&H Goes Pop! album, singing 'The Sweetest Sounds'.

In 2024 he returned to Broadway to replace Grant Gustin as Jacob Jankowski in Water for Elephants. Not long after, he was back again in Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

Selig is married to his Mean Girls co-star Erika Henningsen.

Cheech Manohar

Cheech Manohar made his Broadway debut in Mean Girls as Kevin Gnapoor. In October 2020, Manohar starred in Poseidon Theater Company's online interactive installation X PART ONE: THE INSIDIOUS alognside Kim Exum, Gillian Saker and Meaghan Sands.

In May of 2021, he starred as Maneesh, in the Alliance Theatre production of DATA, a fast-paced thriller that looks behind the closed doors of Silicon Valley.

Rick Younger

Rick Younger originated the role of Mr. Duvall in Mean Girls on Broadway. He performed the role from the production's opening in March 2018 to its closing in March 2020. On screen, Younger has appeared as Mezzo Mike in the TV series The Last O.G., James Brown in Celebrities to Go, and more!