BIGFOOT!
By Amber Ruffin, David A. Schmoll and Kevin Sciretta
Directed and choreographed by Danny Mefford
Featuring Grey Henson, Jade Jones, Crystal Lucas-Perry, Katerina McCrimmon, Alex Moffat, Jason Tam
Directed and choreographed by Danny Mefford
Featuring Grey Henson, Jade Jones, Crystal Lucas-Perry, Katerina McCrimmon, Alex Moffat, Jason Tam
Produced by Benson Drive Productions in Association with Manhattan Theatre Club
OFF-BROADWAY AT
New York City Center
Performances begin February 11, 2026
If you think great musical comedies are an urban legend, have we got a show for you: BIGFOOT!
Set in the town of Muddirt, a glow-in-the-dark oasis that exists somewhere between a chemical dump site and a nuclear power plant, BIGFOOT! is a larger-than-life musical tale of corrupt politicians, small-town paranoia and misunderstood youth. When that youth happens to be eight feet tall, innocent and in dire need of electrolysis, it makes him more than a target. It makes him the subject of a can’t-miss can’t-myth musical comedy.
Featuring lyrics by Tony® and Emmy® Award nominee Amber Ruffin, a book by Ruffin and Kevin Sciretta (MST3K), music by David Schmoll (The Second City) and direction and choreography by Danny Mefford (Spelling Bee, Fun Home), BIGFOOT! is musical comedy’s next BIG thing.
Cast
Grey Henson
Bigfoot
Grey Henson recently starred as Buddy the Elf in Broadway’s limited engagement of Elf The Musical for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical. He made his Broadway debut as Elder McKinley in Broadway’s The Book of Mormon, a role that he performed on the first national tour. He starred as Storyteller 2 in the 2022 Broadway musical of Shucked, which received a Tony Award Nomination for Best New Musical and received Tony and Drama Award nominations for his performance as Damian in the original Broadway cast of Mean Girls. He recently made his Kennedy Center debut in Tick Tick Boom. On television, Grey recurred as Tate in Netflix’s Girls5Eva and on ABC’s Suburgatory. Additionally, he can be seen in Sony Pictures A Journal for Jordan directed by Denzel Washington. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.
Jade Jones
As Cast
Jade Jones s a multifaceted performer dedicated to storytelling that challenges norms and centers joy. They were most recently seen in the world premiere of We Are Gathered Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney and are widely recognized for their celebrated portrayal of Belle in Olney Theatre Center’s internationally acclaimed Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Jade made their New York debut as Mary in the Off-Broadway revival of Vanities and recently took the stage as Madame Thénardier in Les Misérables at The MUNY, the nation’s oldest and largest outdoor theater. They’ve appeared on ABC’s 20/20 for the 25th anniversary Cinderella reunion special alongside Billy Porter and Todrick Hall, and their work has been featured in Playbill, MSNBC, and People Magazine.
Crystal Lucas-Perry
Francine
Broadway: Ain’t No Mo’ (Tony Award Nomination, Dorian Award Winner), 1776 (John Adams, Roundabout). Off-Broadway: PAC NYC: A Christmas Carol; The Public Theater: Pericles (Public Works), A Bright Room Called Day (Antonyo Award nomination), Ain’t No Mo’ (Lucille Lortel Award Winner); Soho Rep: The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar); Lincoln Center: Bull in a China Shop, Sheila’s Day; Roundabout: Little Children Dream of God; New World Stages: A Sign of the Times (Audelco Award Nominee). Regional: Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio); Peoples Light Theatre: Such Things As Vampires; Delaware Theatre Company: A Sign of the Times; Williamstown Theatre Festival: A Streetcar Named Desire, Far From Heaven. TV: “Law and Order: SVU”; “And Just Like That…”; “The Last O.G.”. Film: Goodnight Mommy (Amazon); Frank and Azalee Austin (Craft Acting Award); Never Can Say Goodbye (Best Actress: Meliora International Film Festival). Education: Tisch Graduate Acting M.F.A., New York University. Honored recipient of the 2025 Bezalel Award for Creativity in the Arts presented by T.Lab Global. Instagram: @CrystalLucasPerry.
Katerina McCrimmon
Joanne
Katerina McCrimmon is a Miami-born performer of Cuban heritage who first gained national attention for her breakout performance as Fanny Brice in the Broadway tour of Funny Girl. Praised by Entertainment Weekly as “the next greatest star” with a “once-in-a-generation voice,” she quickly established herself as one of the most thrilling new talents in American musical theatre. This past year, Katerina starred as Eva in Evita at The Muny opposite Tony Award winner Paulo Szot, and appeared as Nina in the 20th Anniversary Concert of In the Heights, directed by Tony Award winner Karen Olivo (KO). Her other theatre credits include The Rose Tattoo (Broadway), The Counterfeit Opera (Little Island), and The Light in the Piazza (New York City Center Encores!), as well as developmental works at The O’Neill and Williamstown Theatre Festival. Katerina recently debuted her solo show, Katerina McCrimmon: NAKED, at Joe’s Pub.
Alex Moffat
Mayor
Actor, comedian, and writer Alex Moffat spent six seasons on Saturday Night Live as a main cast member. He is best known for his impersonations of Joe Biden, Eric Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, Anderson Cooper, Joe Scarborough amongst others, as well as his prolific original recurring Weekend Update character ‘Guy Who Just Bought A Boat’.
Alex appeared in the indie “Susie Searches” which appeared at TIFF as well as “Holidate,” “Someone Great,” and “Kinda Pregnant” for Netflix, the live action hybrid feature “Clifford” and “80 for Brady” for Paramount, and the indie OPENING ACT. He will be starring in an upcoming feature film, “Brewmance,” alongside Kennedy McMann and recently was seen in “Summer of 69”, alongside Chloe Fineman for Hulu. On the television side Alex can be seen in Bill Lawrence’s Bad Monkey alongside Vince Vaughn now streaming on Apple TV+. He can also be seen in Showtime’s Billions and FX’s Emmy-nominated comedy The Bear. Alex has lent his voice as the role of Jimmy in Disney’s sequel “Wreck-It-Ralph 2” as well as the upcoming “Daria” re-boot for Paramount. Spending the earlier years of his career in Chicago, he was a regular performer at iO and The Annoyance Theatre as well as an official acro-dunker for the renowned Chicago Bulls. He played in the Celebrity All-Star game in February 2020.
On Broadway, Alex made his debut opposite Eric McCormack in a run of The Cottage for director Jason Alexander. Last fall, Alex was seen in the off-Broadway Lucky Chap Entertainment production of The Big Gay Jamboree.
“In The Cottage, Alex Moffat delivered a gonzo Expressionist-by-way-of-Plastic Man performance in which merely lighting up a cigarette became a full-fledged event.” (The New York Times)
Jason Tam
Doctor
Broadway: Be More Chill, If/Then, Lysistrata Jones (Astaire nomination), A Chorus Line, Les Misérables. Off-Broadway: The Jonathan Larson Project, The White Chip, The Ghost of John McCain, KPOP (Lortel award), Be More Chill, Lysistrata Jones, Marry Me A Little. Regional Theater: The Heart at La Jolla Playhouse, Come From Away at The MUNY, A Chorus Line at The Hollywood Bowl, She Loves Me at The Guthrie, Merrily We Roll Along at Sharon Playhouse. TV/Film: “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert,” “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “The Blacklist,” “Hawaii 5-0,” “Do No Harm,” “One Life to Live,” “Beyond the Break,” Every Little Step. BFA NYU Tisch. Jason proudly serves on the board of directors at Keen Company.
Grey Henson
Bigfoot
Jade Jones
As Cast
Crystal Lucas-Perry
Francine
Katerina McCrimmon
Joanne
Alex Moffat
Mayor
Jason Tam
Doctor
Jake Letts
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Off-Broadway & NY City Center debut! Indiana born and raised, BFA in Musical Theatre (Ball State University). National Tour: Disney’s Aladdin. Thank you to my friends and family for family for their endless support; special thanks to mom and dad! @thejakeletts
Mike Millan
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Broadway: Escape to Margaritaville. National Tour: Sister Act. Off Broadway: Titanique (Asylum Theater), SOON (East Village Basement), As You Like It (The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park), Piece of My Heart (Signature Theater Company). Regional: Huzzah! (Old Globe) A Funny Thing…Forum, Which Way to the Stage (Signature);42nd Street, Pirates! (The Muny); Band Geeks, Nobody Loves You (Goodspeed). LA Theatre: Found (IAMA Theater Company; Ovation nom for Best Lead Actor in a Musical), Buyer & Cellar (Celebration Theater). TV: Erik on NBC’s “Sunnyside,” “Let’s Be Tigers” (Disney+), “The Neighborhood,” “High Maintenance,” “Carpool Karaoke.” Other: 2019 CBS Diversity Sketch Showcase (LA). IG:@mikemillan, TikTok: @itsmikemillan
Kala Ross
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Kala Ross is thrilled to make her New York City Center debut! Broadway credits include For Colored Girls. Regional credits include The Preacher’s Wife (Alliance Theatre) and Flex (Actors Theatre), among others. A Georgia native, she holds an M.F.A. from the University of Louisville and a B.S. from Tennessee State University. Kala is the creator of the award-winning pilot “Welcome to New York”. She extends heartfelt thanks to Dave Secor of Daniel Hoff Agency, the creative team, her castmates, and her family.
Jake Letts
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Mike Millan
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Kala Ross
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Creative
Amber Ruffin
Co-Book & Lyrics
Amber Ruffin is an Emmy, Tony and WGA Award nominated writer and performer for NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and “Have I Got News For You.” She has written and performed on many TV shows including “The Amber Ruffin Show,” “Detroiters,” “A Black Lady Sketch Show” and “Drunk History.” Ruffin has written for the Emmys, Golden Globes and Tonys. Ruffin is a New York Times bestselling author, along with her sister Lacey Lamar, of “You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories of Racism” and “The World Record Book Of Racist Stories.” She co-wrote the most Tony-nominated musical of 2023, Some Like it Hot. Ruffin wrote 2024’s Broadway revival of The Wiz.
Kevin Sciretta
Co-Book
Kevin Sciretta has been a writer, improviser, and actor in Chicago for over 20 years. Originally from Rosedale, Queens, NY, he’s performed The Second City as part of their National Touring Company and Theatricals, and at iO Chicago. Currently he can be seen every week at iO Chicago performing with the critically acclaimed Improvised Shakespeare Company. As a writer he’s worked for Second City, The Second City Network, The Onion News Network, the webseries “Doomsdate” (with Carisa Barreca), Season 13 of “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” and most recently as co-writer and creator of BIGFOOT! with Amber Ruffin and David Schmoll. He can be heard regularly as the character “Dripfang” on the podcast Hello From the Magic Tavern, is contributor to the weekly live magazine “The Paper Machete” and writes weekly fiction at The Secret Ward of Chicago on Substack. He’s represented by Marisa Paonessa at Paonessa Talent and Kevin Lin at CAA for BIGFOOT!.
David Schmoll
Score
David Schmoll has specialized in music for comedy for over three decades, showcasing his unique blend of musical talent and comedic sensibility. He has served as Musical Director for comedy institutions The Second City and Boom Chicago. More recently, Schmoll has composed and produced music for major networks and platforms including NBC, Peacock, TLC, Broadway Video, AOK Digital, and FOX ADHD. In addition to his work in comedy and television, he has expanded into the neoclassical genre, releasing a collection of atmospheric, emotionally resonant solo piano pieces.
Danny Mefford
Director & Choreographer
Danny Mefford has choreographed three Tony Award winners for Best Musical: Kimberly Akimbo, Dear Evan Hansen (also Olivier award for Best Musical) and Fun Home. As a director, his work includes The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Kennedy Center (Helen Hayes nomination), The Gorgeous Nothings, and The Fitzgeralds Of St. Paul. Highlights of his off-Broadway choreography include Titanic at City Center Encores, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Drama Desk nomination, Best Choreography), Miss You Like Hell, Much Ado About Nothing, And Good Person Of Szechwan. For TV, he staged all the theatrical sequences for “Rise” on NBC, made several dances for “Dickinson” on AppleTV+, and choreographed a sequence for “Fleischman is in Trouble” on FX. He is currently choreographing the Richard Linklater movie version of Merrily We Roll Along, a twenty-year project. He has an MFA in Acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep.
Benson Drive Productions
Producer
A New York-based production company developing projects from the mind of George Strus (they/them), who grew up on Benson Drive dreaming of making theatre. In February of 2025, Benson Drive Productions produced Trisha Paytas’ Big Broadway Dream at Broadway’s St. James Theatre, raising over $150,000 for the Entertainment Community Fund. Recent projects include Emil Weinstein’s Becoming Eve at New York Theatre Workshop and Stephen Sondheim’s The Frogs at the Southwark Playhouse in London. Projects in development include Amber Ruffin’s BIGFOOT!, Cecilia Gentili’s Red Ink, a.k. payne’s Furlough’s Paradise, The Danish Girl, Neil Simon’s Rumors and over 20 projects in various stages of development. George’s co-producing credits include Stephen Sondheim’s Here We Are (off-Broadway), Illinoise (Tony nomination), Oh Mary! (2025 Tony nomination), Romeo + Juliet (2025 Tony nomination), The Roommate, All In, Evita (West End), and the upcoming Cats: The Jellicle Ball. George founded the Obie Award-winning Breaking the Binary Theatre, is the latest recipient of the prestigious Prince Fellowship, and was recently accepted as a member of the 2025 Shubert Organization Artistic Circle.
Amber Ruffin
Co-Book & Lyrics
Kevin Sciretta
Co-Book
David Schmoll
Score
Danny Mefford
Director & Choreographer
Benson Drive Productions
Producer