Baby Case
book, music, and lyrics by Michael Ogborn
October 5–November 3, 2013
REGIONAL PREMIERE
This Barrymore Award-winning musical follows the sensationalized searches, investigations, and accusations which led up to America’s first “trial of the century.” The infamous story of the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping centers around America's first media darling Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh. They were already [reluctant] household names and then when their first son was kidnapped in 1932 the media attention irrupted into full-scale frenzy the like of which the country had never seen. Newspaper men, radio announcers, policiticians and movie stars clammored to make or break the latest headlines at any cost. The story features a Who's Who of 1932 including Norman Schwartzkopf, Sr., Walter Winchell, J. Edgar Hoover, Herbert Hoover, William Randolph Hearst, Al Capone, Ginger Rogers, and the notorious Bruno Richard Hauptman who maintained his innocence until his dying breath.
Enjoyed by ages 14+
Approximate running time of Baby Case is 2 hours and 20 minutes with one 15-minute intermission
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Cast
Jon Andrew Hegge* - Walter Winchell
Peter Middlecamp - Charles A. Lindbergh / Walter Lyle / Bruno Hauptmann
Kendall Anne Thompson - Anne Morrow Lindbergh / “Secretary” / Anna Hauptmann
Gary Briggle* - Dr. John “Jafsie” Condon / Edward J. Reilly
Kym Chambers Otto* - Studio Sister / Betty Gow / Emily Sharpe / Adela St. Johns
Paul R. Coate - Evalyn Walsh McLean / Photographer
Ron Collier - Millard Whited / William Allen / Funeral Singer
Laurie Flanigan Hegge* - Studio Sister / Cecile Barr / Ladder Lady
Nicholas Freeman* - David Wilentz / Father Coughlin
Emily A. Grodzik – Studio Sister / Violet Sharpe / Mrs. Wilentz / Ginger Rogers
James Ramlet - Norman Schwartzkopf / William Randolph Hearst / Al Capone
Creative team
directed by Ron Peluso*
music direction by Jake Endres
choreography by Jan Puffer*
scenic design by Michael Hoover
costume design by E. Amy Hill
lighting design by Chris Johnson
sound & video design by C. Andrew Mayer
properties design by Kirby Moore
stage management by Janet L. Hall*
assistant stage management by Kristy Goebel*
Play guide
Download the play guide (PDF)