July 10-19, 2026 Big Fish
Performances · Como Lakeside Pavilion
7:00 PMJuly 10 · 11 · 16* · 17 · 18
1:00 PMJuly 12 · 19*
*ASL interpreted
Rosetown Playhouse’s summer intergenerational musical returns to the Como Lakeside Pavilion with Big Fish — a big-hearted, fantastical musical based on the celebrated novel by Daniel Wallace and the acclaimed Columbia Pictures film.
Big Fish tells the story of Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman whose larger-than-life tales of witches, giants, mermaids, and a very big fish light up the stage — even as his grown son Will tries to separate fact from fable and truly know his father before it’s too late. Blending spectacle with a deeply human emotional core, and featuring a cast of over 120 community members of all ages, Big Fish is a celebration of the stories we tell and the people who inspire them.
Book by John August
Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Based on the novel Big Fish by Daniel Wallace and the Columbia Pictures film screenplay written by John August
Big Fish is presented through special arrangement with, and all authorized performance materials are supplied by, Theatrical Rights Worldwide, New York, NY. www.theatricalrights.com
Photo Gallery
Rehearsal photos by Ryan Mayer
Production Team
- Director — Kaitlen Osburn
- Co-Director — Tyler Olsen-Highness
- Music Director — Jamie Schmidt
- Choreographer — Madi Nelson
- Stage Manager — Hannah Buss
- Assistant Stage Manager — Jacob Mack
- Production Manager — Maddie Stuart
- Costumer — Kristyn Lee
- Props Master — Jenny Moeller
- Set Designer / Builder / Painter — Linsey Owen
- Sound Designer & Set Builder — Joe Dodge
- Lights — Mike Evans
- Rehearsal Pianist — Jeff Patry
- Board Liaison — Rachel Warn
- Board Liaison — Casey Scott
- Orchestra Manager — Ben Gangl-Lipson
Pit Orchestra
- Director — Jamie Schmidt
- Reed 1 (flute/piccolo) — Andy Schultz
- Reed 2 (oboe/English horn) — Angela Kennedy
- Reed 3 (clarinet/alto sax/bass clarinet/bari sax) — Ben Gangl-Lipson
- Reed 4 (flute/clarinet/alto sax/bass clarinet/bari sax) — Taylor Riess
- Trumpet — Joe Eckberg
- French Horn — Lilabeth Swalley
- Percussion — Amanda Schultz
- Keyboard — Jeffrey Patry
- Violin — Abbey Roemer
- Viola — Amy Letson
- Cello — DJ Gallagher
- Bass — Benjamin Kitt
- Guitar 1 — Veronica Omundson
- Guitar 2 — Curtis Thompson
- Bass Sub (7/10–11) — Grant Gordon
- Violin Sub (7/17) — Emily Doyle
Cast
- Edward, present day — Bob Wills
- Edward, in the past — Nathan Fink
- Sandra, present day — Clare Sorman
- Sandra, young mom — Maggie Pearson
- Sandra, college aged — Ruby Larsen
- Will, present day — Jack Johnston+
- Will, as a boy — Annabelle Schumacher
- Josephine — Mishy Wang
- Jenny Hill, present day — Virginia Andres+
- Jenny Hill, in the past — Kathryn Gubrud
- Eddie, Will & Josephine’s Son — Jesse Lee
- Don Price — Dan Fischer
- Don Price, in the past — George Newburg
- Zacky Price — Lindsay Millett-Glass
- Zacky Price, in the past — Ingrid Kelsey*+
- The Witch — Chloe Petersen
- Farmer & The Mermaid — Emily Moody*^+
- Amos — Devin Malone*^
- Karl — Kent Hawks
- Shepherd — Laura Anderson*+
- Mayor — Erin Azer*
- Head Cheerleader — Jancyn Bindman*^
- Red Fang — Jared Bittner
- Over-Excited Scout — Sierra Cotton, Bert Eckberg, Leo Gapen, Molly Mayer, Ondre Vandarcia
- Barber — Jim Donnelly+
- Schoolteacher — Stacy Goebel*+
- Judge — David Houston
- Frustrated Fisherman — Kasey Mancia-Madrid
- The General — Ryan Mayer+
- Farm Girl — Brynn McConnell*+
- Dr. Bennett — Kathy Nevins
- Little Girl with Orange Cat — Nelly Nguyen*
- Orange Cat — Anika Schultz
- Hot Blooded Club Toter — Jeremy Skaggs
- TV Narrator — Derek Sykes*
- Laura Anderson*+ — Swamp Creature
- Virginia Andres+ — Swamp Creature
- Althea Archer — Jury, Wedding Guest
- Effie ArchMiller — Cowboys & Bandits, Wedding Guest, Circus Folk
- Ray Artz — Circus Folk, Cheerleader, Heroes & Villains
- Elise Austin*+ — Scout, Heroes & Villains
- Erin Azer* — Swamp Creature
- Layla Basabe — Circus Folk, Scout, Secret Agent
- Harper Bedell — Cheerleader, Heroes & Villains, Circus Folk
- Kai Bharucha* — Fisherman, Don Price’s Posse, Wedding Guest, Circus Folk
- Jancyn Bindman*^ — Circus Folk, Red Fang’s Assassin, Alabama Lamb, Cheerleader
- Jared Bittner — Red Fang’s Assassin, Wedding Guest
- Shannon Buncher* — Alabama Lamb, Swamp Creature
- Annie Corcoran* — Fisherman, Circus Folk, Cheerleader
- Sierra Cotton — Scout
- Celia Crespo — Cowboys & Bandits, Pet Owner, Dung Dancer
- Caitlin Davern — Cowboys & Bandits, Wedding Guest, NYC Mothers & Children
- Violet Davern — Cowboys & Bandits, Wedding Guest, NYC Mothers & Children
- Eddie Day — College Student, Wedding Guest, General’s Guard
- Sabine Djevi — Scout, Cheerleader
- Jim Donnelly+ — Cowboys & Bandits, Wedding Guest
- Charlie Dording — Cowboys & Bandits
- Annea Dressen — Cheerleader, Wedding Guest, NYC Fathers & Children, Dung Dancer
- Jason Dressen — Red Fang’s Assassin, Wedding Guest, NYC Fathers & Children
- Bert Eckberg — Scout
- James Feltz — Cowboys & Bandits, NYC Fathers & Children
- Dan Fischer — Red Fang’s Assassin, Swamp Creature, Circus Folk, Don Price’s Posse
- Marce Gangl-Lipson — Cowboys & Bandits, NYC Mothers & Children
- Oscar Gangl-Lipson — NYC Mothers & Children
- Beverly Gangl-Lipson — NYC Mothers & Children
- Leo Gapen — Scout, Cheerleader
- Colin Gapen — Catfish, Scout
- Melissa Gillman — Jury, Wedding Guest, General’s Guard
- Stacy Goebel*+ — Swamp Creature, Alabama Lamb
- Alexa Gordon — Catfish, Wedding Guest, Dung Dancer
- Kathryn Gubrud — College Student
- Gavin Hamblin — Cowboys & Bandits, Heroes & Villains
- Kent Hawks — Jury
- Nola Henry — Circus Folk, Secret Agent
- David Houston — Jury, NYC Fathers & Children, Wedding Guest
- Emma Houston* — Alabama Lamb, Swamp Creature, Featured Dancer
- Ariana Jacobs — Cheerleader, Knights/Dragon Fighter
- Kate Kadrmas — Cheerleader, Knights/Dragon Fighter
- Lucy Keeler — Circus Folk, Heroes & Villains
- Ingrid Kelsey*+ — Circus Folk, Don Price’s Posse, Alabama Lamb
- Lupine Kugler — Cowboys & Bandits, Wedding Guest, Vampire Assistant
- Fern Kugler — Cheerleader, Wedding Guest, Vampire Assistant
- Julia LaDouceur — Scout, Wedding Guest
- Ruby Larsen — Alabama Lamb
- Miriam Leary — Cowboys & Bandits, Pet Owner
- Jesse Lee — Cowboys & Bandits, Dung Dancer
- Britta Lindberg — Circus Folk, Scout
- Elizabeth Lindquist — Cowboys & Bandits, Heroes & Villains
- Winnie Mabbott — Catfish, Circus Folk
- Flynn MacGregor Farris — Cheerleader, Don Price’s Posse, Wedding Guest
- Lydia Maher* — Circus Folk, Swamp Creature, Knights/Dragon Fighter
- Devin Malone*^ — Circus Folk, Cowboys & Bandits, NYC Fathers & Children
- Kimberly Malone* — Circus Folk, Cowboys & Bandits, Wedding Guest
- Phoenix Malone — Circus Folk, Cowboys & Bandits, Wedding Guest, Catfish, NYC Fathers & Children, Dung Dancer
- Kasey Mancia-Madrid — Circus Folk, Fisherman, Bat!, Wedding Guest
- Molly Mayer — Scout, Wedding Guest
- Ryan Mayer+ — Cowboys & Bandits, NYC Fathers & Children, Wedding Guest
- Brynn McConnell*+ — Fisherman, Wedding Guest
- Bernie Miller — Jury, Wedding Guest
- Brady Milles — Circus Folk, Red Fang’s Assassin, NYC Fathers & Children
- Lindsay Millett-Glass — Don Price’s Posse
- Emily Moody*^+ — Circus Folk, Alabama Lamb
- Val Neri* — Swamp Creature, Medical Staff
- Kathy Nevins — Medical Staff
- George Newburg — Circus Folk, Don Price’s Posse
- Nelly Nguyen* — Cowboys & Bandits
- John Palumbo — College Student, Wedding Guest, General’s Guard, Jury
- Liam Pantano — Catfish, Circus Folk
- Clara Panzer — Cowboys & Bandits, Dung Dancer
- Brenda Patik* — Circus Folk, Swamp Creature, Medical Staff
- Maggie Pearson — College Students
- Matt Peltier — Fisherman, Bat!, Wedding Guest
- Chloe Petersen — Circus Folk, Jury
- Elizabeth Petrin — College Student, Wedding Guest
- Joette Poehler — Jury, Medical Staff, General’s Guard
- Jenny Robinson — Jury, Wedding Guest
- Erin Roop — College Student, Jury, Medical Staff
- Lola Ruckel* — Circus Folk, Secret Agent
- Mia Russ* — Fisherman, Heroes & Villains
- Tenley Russ — Catfish, Boat Person
- Shannon Saeger — Scout, Knight/Dragon Fighter
- Layla Schaefer* — Alabama Lamb, Cheerleader
- Annabelle Schumacher — Circus Folk, Scout
- Atlas Schultz — Swamp Creature, Cheerleader, Bat!
- Anika Schultz — Cowboys & Bandits
- Shannon Sinkel* — Circus Folk, Don Price’s Posse, Medical Staff
- Jeremy Skaggs — Don Price’s Posse, NYC Fathers & Children
- Autumn Smith* — Swamp Creature
- Garrett Smith*+ — Circus Folk, Red Fang’s Assassin, Featured Dancer, Medical Staff
- Clare Sorman — Townsfolk
- Annelise Stene* — Circus Folk, Cheerleader
- Arlou Stinogel* — Scout, Bat!
- Alice Stinogel* — Scout, Bat!
- Tighe Strickland — Cowboys & Bandits
- Seth Strudthoff — Don Price’s Posse, Wedding Guest
- Ashleigh Swenson-Stinogel* — Swamp Creature, Bat!
- Eva Swisher — Cowboys & Bandits, Heroes & Villains
- Lucie Swisher — Catfish, Secret Agent, Dung Dancer
- Henry Swisher — Cowboys & Bandits, NYC Fathers & Children, Dung Dancer
- Derek Sykes* — College Student, Jury, Wedding Guest
- Mary Sykes — College Student, Jury, Wedding Guest
- Ann Taiwo — Scout, Knight/Dragon Fighter
- Amy Taiwo — Scout, Knight/Dragon Fighter
- Alex Taiwo — Catfish, Scout
- Julia Thomalla*^ — Alabama Lamb, Swamp Creature
- Shirley Thunem — Cowboys & Bandits, Dung Dancer
- Silas Urlaub — Cowboys & Bandits, NYC Fathers & Children, Dung Dancer
- Ondre Vandarcia — Circus Folk, Scout
- Priscilla Wassenberg* — Swamp Creature, Cheerleader
- Niko Wilson — Don Price’s Posse, Bat!, Medical Staff, Fisherman
- Lexi Ziemek* — Bat!, Knight/Dragon Fighter
* Featured Dancer ^ Dance Captain + Understudy