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SOMETHING ROTTEN!

Book by

Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell 

Music and Lyrics by 

Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick

 

Conceived by Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick

DIRECTED BY David Horak

MUSICAL DIRECTION BY Michael Clark

Produced in partnership with Edmonton Pops Orchestra & Shelley's Dance Company. 

Join us for the hit-musical SOMETHING ROTTEN!, running  

July 1 - July 12, 2026!


Heritage Amphitheatre in Hawrelak Park 
July 1 - July 12, 2026

9330 Groat Rd NW

Edmonton, AB

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Evening Performances: Tuesdays - Saturdays at 7:30 pm

Matinee Performances: Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 pm

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Tickets:

Adults: $50

Students & Seniors: $40

Children (under 12): Free

Pay-What-You-Will performances for this show are on Tuesdays and Saturdays matinees. 

ABOUT THE SHOW

SOMETHING ROTTEN! is the outrageous Broadway smash that asks the ultimate question: what if Shakespeare had competition? It’s the English Renaissance and this wildly funny musical follows two brothers as they struggle to write a hit play in the shadow of a certain rock-star playwright. Desperate to outshine him, they turn to Nostradamus who predicts the future of theatre… and it’s all singing, all dancing, and completely ridiculous.

Bursting with show-stopping numbers, tap-dancing eggs, and more theatrical in-jokes than you can count, SOMETHING ROTTEN! is a love letter to musicals and the joy of live performance, a perfect way to return back to the Amphitheatre in Hawrelak Park! It’s a joyful collision of past and present, where the Renaissance meets Broadway in the most unexpected ways.

Join us this summer for a production that’s as clever as it is contagious. With a brilliant cast, dazzling choreography, and a setting in the beautiful Edmonton River Valley that makes every moment feel like magic, SOMETHING ROTTEN! is the must-see event of the season—bold, hilarious, and guaranteed to leave you grinning and humming all the way home.

Arrangements by 

Glen Kelly

Orchestrations by 

Larry Hochman

Originally produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum

Broadway Global Ventures     CMC     Mastro/Goodman    Jerry & Ronald Frankel     Morris Berchard

Kyodo Tokyo Inc.     Wendy Federman     Barbara Freitag    LAMS Productions     Winkler/DeSimone

Timothy Laczynski     Dan Markley     Harris/Karmazin     Jam Theatricals     Robert Greenblatt

and Jaujamcyn Theaters

Produced in association with the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, WA, David Armstrong, 

Executive Producer and Artistic Director, Bernadine Griffin, Managing Director, and

Bill Berry, Producing Artistic Director

CAST

Brian Christensen - Shakespeare

Stephen Allred - Nick Bottom

Eli Yaschuk - Nigel Bottom

Melenie Reid - Bea

Alyson Horne - Portia

Nico Maiorana - Nostradamus

Todd Huack - Brother Jeremiah

Patrick Lynn - Lord Clapham / Ensemble

Renell Doneza - Minstrel / Ensemble

Lisa Kotelniski - Dance Captain / Ensemble

Francesca Scarpella - Ensemble

Amy Bazin - Ensemble

Connor Foy - Ensemble

Megan Holt - Ensemble

Nicole Robyn Mackenzie - Ensemble

Ethan Bintu-Watt - Ensemble

CREATIVE TEAM

 

Director - David Horak

Assistant Director - Brett Dahl

Musical Director - Michael Clark

Assistant Musical Director - Elisabeth Wagner

Choreographer - Shelley Tookey

Assistant Choreographer - Lisa Kotelniski

Stage Manager - Molly Pearson

Assistant Stage Manager Theodore Clark

Assistant Stage Manager - Macy McCubbing

Production Manager/Technical Director - Josiah Hiemstra

Costume Designer - Karlie Christie

Sound Designer/Audio Head - Nicole O'Brien

Lighting Designer - Josiah Hiemstra

This page is constantly updating - stay tuned!

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