Taylor Louderman, Alex Wyse & More Set for Ride the Cyclone Off-Broadway

The cast is now set for the New York premiere of Ride the Cyclone. Among those on board for the MCC production are Peter Pan Live!’s Taylor Louderman, Spring Awakening’s Alex Wyse and Gus Halper. Performances will begin at off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre on November 9. Tickets are now on sale.

In addition to Peter Pan Live!, Louderman has appeared on Broadway in Bring It On and off-Broadway in Gigantic. Wyse’s additional credits include Lysistrata Jones, Bare and Wicked. Halper will appear opposite Nick Jonas in the upcoming film Goat.

The cast will also include four performers from the original Chicago Shakespeare Theatre production: Lillian Castillo, Karl Hamilton, Emily Rohm and Kholby Wardell.

Rachel Rockwell directs and choreographs the Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell musical, which follows a group of high school students who take a fatal ride on the Cyclone roller coaster.

Ride the Cyclone will feature set design by Scott Davis, costumes by Theresa Ham, lighting design by Greg Hofmann, sound design by Garth Helm and projection design by Mike Tutaj. The production is schedule to open officially on December 1 and run through December 18.