“How to Succeed ... proves that satire ages well when performers understand the joke as deeply as they understand the score, and this cast and production crew clearly do.”
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Music by Frank Loesser
Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert
Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, February 2026
Scenic Sara Azampanah | Lighting Regina “Reg” Harris | Costumes Naya Tadavarthy | Sound Matt Reich
Fight/Intimacy Cristin Carole | Dramaturg Juniper Viernes | Assistant Directors Theo Rickert and Mariah Waters
Choreographer Chrissy Martin | Assistant Choreographers Joey Collins and Mary Kate Tanselle
Music Director Selina Liu | Associate Music Director Jordan Klein
Production Stage Manager Audrey Michael | Assistant Stage Managers Jackson Hollis and Olivia Baron
Voice of the Book Richard Kind
Cast Alec Westland-Hurwitz, Azalea Brown, Celeste Shuman, Elebetel H Negusse, Gabby Gutierrez, Helena Ayas, Ibrahim Khan, ien Ruark, Jonah Mensch, Kennedy Naseem, Lily Ramras, Marcus Dowd, Mary Kate Tanselle, Mia Van De Mark, Noah Cooper, Rose Bicas-Dolgen, Sophie Simon, Yehuda Zilberstein
Understudies Alec Rego, Jasmine Eidem Jenkins, Lucy Winzenreid, Theo Rickert
Photos by Justin Barbin