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Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of COWBOY BOB at Alley Theatre

Cowboy Bob runs through March 26, 2023 in the Hubbard Theatre.

The Alley Theatre is presenting Cowboy Bob! The new musical Cowboy Bob, created by Molly Beach Murphy of Galveston, Jeanna Phillips & Annie Tippe, with music and lyrics by Jeanna Phillips, book and additional lyrics by Molly Beach Murphy, additional music by Alex Thrailkill, directed and choreographed by Annie Tippe and runs through 26, 2023 in the Hubbard Theatre.

See photos from opening night below!

One wouldn't look twice at Peggy Jo. She's a good daughter, always tips, plays by the rules - but when she dons a fake mustache, sunglasses, and ten-gallon hat, she becomes "Cowboy Bob"- the slickest bank robber Texas has ever known. Inspired by actual events, this world-premiere musical tells the story of one of the FBI's most unusual suspects through the eyes of a chain-restaurant waitress desperate to buck her flavorless life and awaken to all that's possible. With a genre-bending score that shifts from country to punk to folk and indie rock, Cowboy Bob is a defiant rejection of the status quo, inviting audiences to take life by the reins, join the heist, and let it ride.

The cast of Cowboy Bob includes Jackie Burns (Broadway's longest-running Elphaba in Wicked) as Peggy Jo Tallas and Ashley Pérez Flanagan (Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 and Freestyle Love Supreme) as Rena, Adam Gibbs (Amerikin, A Christmas Carol) as Cop Hank, Brandon Hearnsberger (Ken Ludwig's Lend Me A Soprano, A Christmas Carol) as Manager Bill, Susan Koozin (Clue, Lend Me A Soprano) as Jerry "Ma" Tallas, Julia Krohn as Kathy (The Three Musketeers, Freaky Friday), Camryn Nunley as Cop Roy, Jamila Sabares-Klemm (Broadway: Merrily We Roll Along) as Tanya and Nathaniel Tenenbaum (5th Avenue Theatre: The Wiz) as Stan.

The creative team includes Scenic Designer Diggle, Costume Designer Haydee Zelideth, Lighting Designer Christopher Bowser, Sound Designer Tony-winner Jessica Paz, Projection Designer Stivo Arnoczy, Music Supervisor and Orchestrator Alex Thrailkill, Orchestrator and Vocal Arranger Mike Brun, Music Director Ada Westfall, New York Casting Stewart/Whitley, Fight Director & Intimacy Specialist Adam Noble, Production Stage Manager Erin Gioia Albrecht, and Assistant Stage Managers Emily Bohannan and Ethan Mitchell.

Cowboy Bob is produced by special arrangement with Sally Cade Holmes and David Denson (Red Tail Entertainment).

Photo credit: Emily Frazee

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of COWBOY BOB at Alley Theatre
Rob Melrose, Annie Tippe, Jeanna Phillips, Molly Beach Murphy, and Alley Managing Director Dean Gladden

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of COWBOY BOB at Alley Theatre
Camryn Nunley, Adam Gibbs, Nathaniel Tenenbaum, and Brandon Hearnsberger

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of COWBOY BOB at Alley Theatre
Camryn Nunley, Susan Koozin, Adam Gibbs, Julia Khron, and Brandon Hearnsberger

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of COWBOY BOB at Alley Theatre
Rob Melrose

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of COWBOY BOB at Alley Theatre
The company

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of COWBOY BOB at Alley Theatre
The cast

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of COWBOY BOB at Alley Theatre
Rob Melrose, and the Cast and Creative Team

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of COWBOY BOB at Alley Theatre
The Design Team

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of COWBOY BOB at Alley Theatre
Ashley Pérez Flanagan and Jamila Sabares-Klemm

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of COWBOY BOB at Alley Theatre
Ashley Pérez Flanagan and Jackie Burns

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of COWBOY BOB at Alley Theatre
Annie Tippe, Ashley Pérez Flanagan and Jackie Burns

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of COWBOY BOB at Alley Theatre
Jamila Sabares-Klemm, Susan Koozin, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Jackie Burns, and Julia Krohn

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of COWBOY BOB at Alley Theatre
Annie Tippe, Jeanna Phillips, and Molly Beach Murphy



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