Damn Yankees
Words and Music by: Richard Alder and Jerry Ross
Book by: George Abbott and Douglass Wallop
Based on the Novel by: Douglass Wallop “The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant”
Directed by: Karlyn Love
July 31 – August 24, 2025
Faust meets professional baseball in this light, fast-paced and clever sendup of America’s favorite pastime. Joe Boyd is a middle-aged man who trades his soul to the Devil for a chance of a lifetime — to lead his favorite team to victory in the pennant race against the New York Yankees. A Broadway mega hit and winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Damn Yankees is a wicked, romantic comedy with an irreverent sense of humor that knocks it out of the park.
“A truly tremendous musical.” — Journal-American
“Here’s a pennant winner if we ever saw one.” — Daily Mirror
“What fun it is, in this fantasy about the national pastime, to watch the Devil scheme, a temptress vamp, an old man turn young and scrappy athletes reverse their fortunes.” — The New York Times
Sponsored by Jim Osterman, Karen and Brian Comstock, Wendell and Betsy White.
Cast
Joe Boyd: Todd Hermanson
Meg Boyd: Debbie Hunter
Mr. Applegate: Leif Norby*
Sister: Lauren Pickthorn
Doris: Emily Smith
Joe Hardy: Isaac Elmore
Henry: Brian Kennedy
Sohovik: Robert Altieri
Smokey: Riley Parham
Linville: Jared Lingle
Van Buren: Danny Bruno
Rocky: Blake Isaac
Gloria: Thorpe Clara-Liis Hillier
Lynch/Ensemble: Dan Bahr
Welch/Ensemble: Alan King
Bryant: Jared Beideck
Lola: Donzelle Roane
Lowe: RJ Tofte
Mickey: Teddy Sferrazza
Vernon: Alika Bright
Miss Weston/Ensemble: Voni Kengla
Commissioner/Ensemble: Rich Cohn-Lee
Post Mistress/Ensemble: Sarah Rose
Miss Hearn/Ensemble: René Bordelon
Guard: Joel Anderson
*Appears through courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
