The Tattooed Lady (creative producer)

World Premiere Oct 28-Nov 20 2022
Philadelphia Theatre Company

Book By Erin Courtney and Max Vernon
Music, Lyrics and Orchestrations By Max Vernon
Developed with and Directed By Ellie Heyman
Choreographed by Mayte Natalio
Music Director Rodney Bush

The Tattooed Lady is a new rock musical about the radical history of tattooed ladies by Obie Award-winning playwright Erin Courtney (Map of Virtue), Lortel-winner Max Vernon (KPOP, The View Upstairs), developed and directed by Drama League-winner Ellie Heyman (Space Dogs) and choreographed by Mayte Natalio (How to Dance in Ohio). The musical stars Emmy-nominee and Obie Award-winner Jackie Hoffman (Hairspray, “Feud,” “Only Murders in the Building”) as sideshow luminary Ida Gibson, as well as Kim Blanck (Octet), Philly fave Anthony Lawton, Ashley Pérez Flanagan (The Great Comet of 1812), Anastacia McCleskey (Caroline, or Change), Jessie Shelton (Hadestown), Katie Thompson (Oklahoma!), Grace Slear (Jagged Little Pill), Sophia Ramos (Party People), and introducing Maya Lagerstam.
Paige served as Creative Producer for the world premiere, after commissioning the musical in her former position of Producing Artistic Director at PTC.

“…the eclectic score evokes both the jazz turns of Chicago and the in-your-face rock bravado of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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