DIRECTED BY TRENT STORK

BOOK BY HARVEY FIERSTEIN

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY CYNDI LAUPER

Original Broadway Production Directed and Choreographed by Jerry Mitchell. Based on the Miramax motion picture Kinky Boots Written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth.

August 18, 2021-October 17, 2021
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In this regional premiere, a shoe factory owner stumbles upon a drag queen that unexpectedly changes his business and his life.

A REGIONAL PREMIERE! This flashy, sassy, sexy story of big heels invading a small town shook Broadway and was universally adored by critics and audiences. Now it’s Paramount’s turn to try these shoes on for size.

Charlie Price is a reluctant shoe maker. Lola is a fierce drag queen. These two could not be any more different, but when they find common ground in shoes, they see a whole new world of possibilities open up to them that will turn their small town upside down, and just might save Charlie’s failing shoe factory.

With a Tony Award-winning score by Grammy Award winner Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein (Tony Award-winning star of Broadway’s Hairspray), Kinky Boots tears up the stage and never lets go. From its glorious costumes to its dizzyingly tall heels and songs you’ll be humming for days, no show on Broadway has captured what it means to do what you love and love what you do as much as Kinky Boots.

Michael Wordly (left) plays Lola and Devin DeSantis is Charlie in Kinky Boots, running now through October 17, 2021 at Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, IL. For tickets and information, visit ParamountAurora.com, or call the Paramount box office, (630) 896-6666. Credit: Liz Lauren.

Michael Wordly (foreground) plays Lola and Devin DeSantis (behind) is Charlie in Kinky Boots, running now through October 17, 2021 at Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, IL. For tickets and information, visit ParamountAurora.com, or call the Paramount box office, (630) 896-6666. Credit: Liz Lauren.

Michael Wordly plays Lola in Kinky Boots, running now through October 17, 2021 at Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, IL. For tickets and information, visit ParamountAurora.com, or call the Paramount box office, (630) 896-6666. Credit: Liz Lauren.

Devin DeSantis is Charlie in Kinky Boots, running now through October 17, 2021 at Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, IL. For tickets and information, visit ParamountAurora.com, or call the Paramount box office, (630) 896-6666. Credit: Liz Lauren.

Michael Wordly (center, left) plays Lola and Devin DeSantis (center, right) is Charlie in Kinky Boots, running now through October 17, 2021 at Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, IL. For tickets and information, visit ParamountAurora.com, or call the Paramount box office, (630) 896-6666. Credit: Liz Lauren.

Michael Wordly plays Lola in Kinky Boots, running now through October 17, 2021 at Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, IL. Behind are Lola’s Angels (from left) played by Anthony Avino, Christopher Kelly, Anthony Sullivan Jr., Matthew Bettencourt, J Tyler Whitmer, and Terrell Armstrong. For tickets and information, visit ParamountAurora.com, or call the Paramount box office, (630) 896-6666. Credit: Liz Lauren.

Michael Wordly plays Lola in Kinky Boots, running now through October 17, 2021 at Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, IL. For tickets and information, visit ParamountAurora.com, or call the Paramount box office, (630) 896-6666. Credit: Liz Lauren.

Michael Wordly (center) plays Lola in Kinky Boots, running now through October 17, 2021 at Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, IL. For tickets and information, visit ParamountAurora.com, or call the Paramount box office, (630) 896-6666. Credit: Liz Lauren.

Devin DeSantis (left) is Charlie and Michael Wordly plays Lola in Kinky Boots, running now through October 17, 2021 at Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, IL. For tickets and information, visit ParamountAurora.com, or call the Paramount box office, (630) 896-6666. Credit: Liz Lauren.

Devin DeSantis (center) is Charlie in Kinky Boots, running now through October 17, 2021 at Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, IL. For tickets and information, visit ParamountAurora.com, or call the Paramount box office, (630) 896-6666. Credit: Liz Lauren.

Michael Wordly (left) plays Lola and Devin DeSantis is Charlie in Kinky Boots, running now through October 17, 2021 at Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, IL. For tickets and information, visit ParamountAurora.com, or call the Paramount box office, (630) 896-6666. Credit: Liz Lauren.

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Meet the Team

Artistic Team

Trent Stork

Director

Kory Danielson

Music director & Conductor

Isaiah Silvia-Chandley

Choreographer

Michael George

Choreographer

Kevin Depinet †

Co-scenic designer

Christopher Rhoton

Co-scenic designer

Ryan Park †

Costume Designer

Greg Hofmann †

Lighting Designer

Adam Rosenthal

Sound Designer

Joe Burke

Projection Designer

Katie Cordts

Wig, Hair and Makeup Designer

Ethan Deppe

Electronic Music Designer

Catherine Miller

Dramaturg & Gender Consultant

Susan Gosdick

Dialect Coach

John A. Tovar

Fight Director

Gaby Labotka

Intimacy Director

Jinni Pike *

Stage Manager

Luci Kersting *

Assistant Stage Manager

Celia Villacres

Associate Music Director/Associate Conductor

Max J. Cervantes

Associate Director

previously in Groundhog Day and Cinderella

Darren Patin

Associate Director

TJ Tapp

Assistant Choreographer

Tara Rubin Casting, Peter Van Dam, CSA

New York Casting

Cast

Devin DeSantis *

Charlie Price

previously in Into the Woods, Kinky Boots, The Little Mermaid, Hairspray, Les Misérables and The Who’s Tommy

Michael Wordly *

Lola

making Paramount Theatre debut

Daniel Font-Wilets

Young Lola

previously in Newsies

Mark David Kaplan *

Ensemble, George, u/s Mr. Price

previously in A Christmas Story

Mark Lancaster

Don

making Paramount Theatre debut

Emilie Lynn *

Nicola

previously in Miss Saigon, Hair, My Fair Lady and Kinky Boots

Nolan Maddox

Young Charlie

making Paramount Theatre debut

Patrick Scott McDermott

Young Charlie

making Paramount Theatre debut

Sara Reinecke *

Lauren

previously in Kinky Boots, Beauty and the Beast, The Producers, Legally Blonde, Elf, and Mamma Mia!

Terrell Armstrong

Angel

previously in Kinky Boots

Anthony Avino *

Angel, Dance Captain

previously in Newsies

Brian Bandura *

Ensemble, Swing, 2nd u/s George

previously in Beauty and the Beast & Kinky Boots

Matthew Bettencourt *

Angel

previously in Kinky Boots and Cinderella

Jack Cahill-Lemme

Ensemble, u/s Richard Bailey, 2nd u/s Charlie Price, 2nd u/s Harry

making Paramount Theatre debut

Barry DeBois *

Ensemble, Harry, u/s Charlie

previously in Kinky Boots and Once

Vasily Deris *

Ensemble, u/s Don, u/s George, 2nd u/s Mr. Price

previously in Kinky Boots, The Secret of My Success, Newsies and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Nick Druzbanski *

Ensemble

previously in School of Rock, Rock of Ages, Groundhog Day, Kinky Boots, and Beauty and the Beast

Neil Friedman *

Ensemble, Mr. Price

previously in Newsies

Carisa Gonzalez

Ensemble, u/s Nicola

previously in Kinky Boots, Rock of Ages, Groundhog Day and The Secret of My Success

Christina Hall *

Ensemble, Trish

previously in The Little Mermaid

Luke Halpern

Ensemble, Swing, u/s Simon Sr.

previously in Newsies

Immanuel Houston *

Ensemble, u/s Lola

making Paramount Theatre debut

Dakota Hughes

Ensemble, Swing, 2nd u/s Pat, 2nd u/s Trish

previously in School of Rock, Into the Woods, Cinderella, and Kinky Boots

De’jah Jervai

Ensemble, u/s Trish

making Paramount Theatre debut

Christopher Kelley *

Angel

previously in Cinderella, Kinky Boots, Beauty and the Beast, Newsies, The Producers and The Wizard of Oz

Bernell Lassai III

Ensemble, Simon Sr.

previously in Beauty and the Beast and The Producers

Darren Patin

u/s Young Lola

making Paramount Theatre debut

Ken Singleton *

Ensemble, Richard Bailey, u/s Harry, 2nd u/s Don, Fight Captain

previously in Newsies

Anthony Sullivan Jr. *

Angel

previously in The Producers, The Wizard of Oz, Legally Blonde, The Little Mermaid and West Side Story

Dana Tretta *

Ensemble, Pat

previously in A Christmas Story and Hair

Shelbi Voss

Ensemble, 2nd u/s Lauren

Previously in The Sound of Music, Kinky Boots, Cinderella, Dreamgirls, and Little Shop of Horrors.

J Tyler Whitmer *

Angel

previously in The Producers, The Wizard of Oz, Legally Blonde, Cabaret, Elf, The Little Mermaid, Oklahoma! and Miss Saigon

Missy Wise

Ensemble, Milan Stage Manager, u/s Lauren

previously in Legally Blonde

* indicates member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
† indicates member of United Scenic Artists (USA)
‡ indicates member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)

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Behind the Scenes

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