“BIGFOOT!” ANNOUNCES INITIAL CASTING
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
TONY AWARD NOMINEE CRYSTAL LUCAS PERRY
TONY AWARD NOMINEE GREY HENSON
BREAKOUT STAR KATERINA McCRIMMON
AND
“SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE” ALUM ALEX MOFFAT
TO STAR OFF-BROADWAY IN
“BIGFOOT!”
BY TONY AWARD AND EMMY AWARD-NOMINEE AMBER RUFFIN
DAVID A. SCHMOLL
AND
KEVIN SCIRETTA
PERFORMANCES BEGIN FEBRUARY 11, 2026
AT NEW YORK CITY CENTER STAGE I
DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY
DANNY MEFFORD
TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
New York, NY (December 8, 2025) – Benson Drive Productions (George Strus, CEO) announced today the initial casting for BIGFOOT!, the new musical comedy by Amber Ruffin, David A. Schmoll, and Kevin Sciretta. Directed and choreographed by Danny Mefford, the production will star Crystal Lucas-Perry (Ain’t No Mo’) as ‘Francine,’ Grey Henson (Mean Girls, Elf) as ‘Bigfoot,’ Katerina McCrimmon (Funny Girl) as ‘Joanne,’ and Alex Moffat (The Cottage) as ‘Mayor.’ This 8-weeks-only engagement is produced in association with Manhattan Theatre Club (Nicki Hunter, Artistic Director and Chris Jennings, Executive Director) and will begin performances on Wednesday, February 11, 2026 ahead of an official opening night on Sunday, March 1, 2026.
Tickets are now on sale at bigfootthemusical.com. Additional casting will be announced at a later date. To download headshots, click here.
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 Meffford (Kimberly Akimbo, Dear Evan Hansen), BIGFOOT! is musical comedy’s next BIG thing!
The creative team for BIGFOOT! Includes Alejandro Senior (Music Direction), Meg Zervoulis (Music Supervision), Tim Mackabee (Scenic Design), Mextly Couzin (Lighting Design), Ricky Reynoso (Costume Design), Sun Hee Kil (Sound Design), and J. Jared Janas & Cassie Williams (Hair, Wig & Makeup Design). Casting is by Jason Thinger, CSA. Hillel Friedman (Evan Bernardin Productions) will serve as general manager and Mario-Mars Wolfe will serve as production stage manager.
BIGFOOT! is produced by Benson Drive Productions (George Strus, CEO) in association with Manhattan Theatre Club.
BIOGRAPHIES
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
www.CrystalLucasPerry.com.
GREY HENSON (Bigfoot) 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.
KATERINA McCRIMMON (Joanne) 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 and will bring it to Lincoln Center on December 11th.
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)
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