Full Cast Announced for UK Premiere of Broadway Musical Shucked at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Plot and Musical Highlights

Set in the fictional Cob County, Shucked follows Maizy and Beau, a young couple whose impending marriage is interrupted when their town’s essential corn crop begins to mysteriously die. As Maizy ventures beyond the county lines in search of answers, she encounters a con artist who may hold the key to saving their home—or breaking their hearts.

The musical features standout numbers including “Woman of the World,” “Somebody Will,” and “Independently Owned,” blending country-pop hooks with Broadway energy.

Award-Winning Creative Team

• Director: Jack O’Brien (Hairspray, The Full Monty, The Coast of Utopia)

• Choreographer: Sarah O’Gleby

• Set Designer: Scott Pask

• Costume Designer: Tilly Grimes

• Lighting Designer: Japhy Weideman

• Sound Designer: John Shivers

• Musical Supervisor and Orchestrations: Jason Howland

• Musical Director: Katy Richardson

• Casting Director: Jill Green CDG

• Voice & Dialect Coach: Aundrea Fudge

Presented in association with Mike Bosner, Jason Owen, AEG Presents/Jay Marciano, and Michael Harrison, Shucked brings together some of the biggest names in contemporary musical theatre on both sides of the Atlantic .

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre: A Summer Destination

As part of Regent’s Park’s 2025 summer season, Shucked joins a programme that includes:

• Dream Ballets: A Triple Bill (19–22 June)

• Noughts & Crosses (28 June – 26 July)

• Brigadoon (2 August – 20 September)

• The Enormous Crocodile (15 August – 7 September)

• Plus special events including the Family Takeover Day and the Open Air Theatre Festival

With a 1,300+ seat capacity, the theatre remains one of London’s most distinctive and ambitious producing venues, celebrated for both large-scale musicals and bold revivals. Its productions have transferred nationally and internationally, with Jesus Christ Superstar, Fiddler on the Roof, and 101 Dalmatians among recent successes.

A Fresh Take on a Broadway Hit

With its genre-blending sound, quirky humour, and message of community and resilience, Shucked arrives in London as a fresh and timely musical for summer audiences. For fans of Come From Away, Waitress, or Oklahoma!, this UK premiere promises a similar blend of warmth, music, and originality—under the stars in one of the capital’s most atmospheric venues.