These boots were made for walkin’
Your favorite Top-40 songs lay the soundtrack to real women’s personal stories about finding dreams, lost love, relationship issues, entering the workforce, gaining independence, and more in this exhilarating show! It’s more than just a story worth telling, it’s a toe-tapping, must-see and must-hear musical that’ll have you humming your way home.
Meet the Artists
Shannan Steele
Director / Choreographer
Directing credits include Footloose, The Drowsy Chaperone, Joseph…Dreamcoat,...
Directing credits include Footloose, The Drowsy Chaperone, Joseph…Dreamcoat, Legally Blonde, Fame, and Little Shop of Horrors. Choreographer credits include John & Jen (CCT); West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Crazy for You, My Fair Lady, Grease, Catch Me if You Can, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and The Music Man. Shannan has directed and/or choreographed for Regis University for the past 20 years, and has choreographed for Littleton Town Hall Arts Center and The Arvada Center summer teen programs.
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Traci Kern
Music Director
Traci Kern is thrilled to be making her debut at Cherry Creek Theatre by...
Traci Kern is thrilled to be making her debut at Cherry Creek Theatre by music directing these hard working, crazy-talented ladies! She has music directed many shows from Denver to NYC to the Fringe Festival in Scotland, including The Nance, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Seussical the Musical, High School Musical, A Year with Frog & Toad, Nunsense A-Men, Wonderful Town, and How To Succeed… In the past, Traci was the co-music director for Magic Moments productions, vocal coach for Phamaly’s production of The Wiz, and assistant music director for their productions of Beauty and the Beast, Man of La Mancha and Urinetown The Musical! In addition to music directing, Traci is also a prolific performer. Her first role in Denver was at Town Hall Arts Center in 1999 as Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors. Receiving her Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of South Dakota and her Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Northern Colorado, Traci has been a professional voice teacher and performer for over 20 years and currently maintains a full-time voice studio in Denver.
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Anna High
Rosa
Anna High is well known for brassy, buxom, belty roles with attitude. She...
Anna High is well known for brassy, buxom, belty roles with attitude. She is beyond blessed to be making her Cherry Creek Theatre debut. She is a recent Henry Award nominee for her portrayal of Serena in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess at the Aurora Fox. You may have seen her in the one-woman show Hi-Hat Hattie this past holiday season. Other credits: Dreamgirls (Effie White); The Color Purple (Sofia); Chicago (Mama Morton); Smokey Joe’s Cafe (BJ); Violet the Musical (Lula); Shrek The Musical (Dragon); Rent (Seasons of love soloist); Swing! (Lead Vocalist); Avenue Q (Gary Coleman). Infinite love to Mama, Steph, Cole, Suzanne, and Keith.
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Sarah Rex
Eden
This is Sarah’s debut at the Cherry Creek Theatre, and what a gift to get...
This is Sarah’s debut at the Cherry Creek Theatre, and what a gift to get to be in a show with some of her favorite actresses in this town! Sarah was in a national tour of Footloose, she has toured in over 20 countries and 47 states. She has performed as lead singer on Celebrity Cruises and at the Alabama Theatre (South Carolina). Her local credits include: Woman #1 in Forbidden Broadway and Five Course Love (DCPA Galleria); Paulette in Legally Blonde, The Narrator in Joseph…Dreamcoat, Ellen in Miss Saigon and Candy in Saturday Night Fever (Arvada Center); Lady of the Lake in Spamalot (Aurora Fox). Sarah would like to thank her husband Greg for holding the kite string, so she can fly.
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Rachel Turner
Samantha
Rachel Turner is thrilled to return to Cherry Creek Theater! She was last...
Rachel Turner is thrilled to return to Cherry Creek Theater! She was last seen as Sarah Goldman in Beau Jest. Colorado credits include: Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew, Hero in Much Ado About Nothing (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); Margaret in Silent Sky (BETC); Marlowe Award-winner as Cinderella in Into The Woods, Kathy Selden in Singing in the Rain, Mary Jane in Big River (Candlelight Dinner Playhouse); Anne in La Cage Aux Folles, Mary Lou in Buddy, I’ll Be Home For Christmas, She Loves Me, Tarzan, Christmas Carol, Camelot, Curtains, Big River (Arvada Center); Marisa in Consider the Oyster, Josephine in Big Fish, Grace Farrell in Annie (Aurora Fox); Judy in White Christmas, Gollum in The Hobbit (Town Hall); Sally in You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Ado Annie in Oklahoma! (Performance Now).
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Sharon Kay White
Janet
Sharon Kay is thrilled to be returning to Cherry Creek Theatre, having appeared...
Sharon Kay is thrilled to be returning to Cherry Creek Theatre, having appeared earlier this year in Red Hot and Cole and Beau Jest. Recent: Sister Act (Mother Superior) and Noises Off (Dotty Otley) at Lake Dillon Theatre Company. Local credits: 18 productions at The Arvada Center including I’ll Be Home For Christmas, Sister Act, The Fully Monty, White Christmas and Hollywood Arms; Aurora Fox Theater, Country Dinner Playhouse, Denver Civic Theater, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Senior Housing Options at The Barth Hotel. National Tours: Guys and Dolls and Funny Girl. Regional: Cincinnati Playhouse, Pioneer Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Peterborough Players, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Surflight Theater. Sharon Kay is a multiple Denver Post Ovation, Henry, Marlowe and True West Award nominee and winner.
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Tina Anderson
Scenic Design
Steffani Day
Costume Design
Karalyn Star Pytel
Lighting Design
Morgan McCauley
Sound Design
Beki Pineda
Prop Design
Kortney Hanson
Stage Manager
Behind the scenes
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