WICKED Tour Welcomes New Elphaba, Glinda, Nessarose and Boq Tonight in St. Louis

The WICKED tour recently announced that it will welcome Emily Koch as Elphaba, Amanda Jane Cooper as Glinda, Megan Masako Haley as Nessarose and Sam Seferian as Boq beginning tonight, December 9, at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis.

Emily Koch comes directly from the Broadway company of WICKED, where she was the Elphaba Standby. Other credits include Little Women at Palo Alto TheatreWorks, VaulueVille and Housewarming at the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Emily is a Carnegie Mellon Musical Theatre graduate, a youngARTS finalist and Interlochen Arts Camp and Academy alumnus.

Amanda Jane Cooper is returning to WICKED after having played Glinda in the First National Tour. Also a Carnegie Mellon graduate, Amanda's credits include: Letter From Algeria, BUNKED! A New Musical, What the Butler Saw and Bye Bye Birdie, to name a few. She has also appeared on "Glee," Disney's "Jessie," "Bones" and "Masters of Sex."

Megan Masako Haley, new to the WICKED family, has performed in The King and I, Disney's Mulan, as well as appeared in episodes of "Blue Bloods," "Younger" and "Broad City."

Sam Seferian, a graduate of Penn State University, is also new to the WICKED Company. Regionally, he has appeared in productions at Paper Mill Playhouse, The MUNY and North Shore Music Theatre.

The company also features Wendy Worthington (Madame Morrible), Stuart Zagnit (The Wizard), Jake Boyd (Fiyero), Chad Jennings (Doctor Dillamond), and Mary Kate Morrissey (Standby for Elphaba) with Allison Bailey, Kerry Blanchard, Beka Burnham, Bridie Carroll, Jordan Casanova, Kennedy Caughell, Michael Di Liberto, Michael Drolet, Kelli Erdmann, Ryan Patrick Farrell, Dominic Giudici, Dan Gleason, Kali Grinder, Lauren Haughton, Ryan Jackson, Kelly Lafarga, Lauren Sambataro, Wayne Schroder, Tregoney Shepherd, Mark Shunkey, Ben Susak, Travis Taber, Jeremy Thompson and Justin Wirick.

Emily Koch, Amanda Jane Cooper, Megan Masako Haley and Sam Seferian will join WICKED in conjunction with the tour's opening in St. Louis. WICKED will play at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, tonight, December 9, through January 3. Tickets are available now online at MetroTix.com, by phone at 314-534-1111 and in person at the Fox Theatre Box Office.

WICKED has been performed in over 100 cities in 13 countries around the world (U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, Germany, Holland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, The Philippines, and Mexico) and has thus far been translated into five languages: Japanese, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Korean. Based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, WICKED is the winner of over 100 international major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards.

With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Pippin, Godspell, Academy Award-winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman ("My So Called Life," "Once And Again" and "thirtysomething"), WICKED is directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (Take Me Out, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Vagina Monologues) and features musical staging by Tony Award winner Wayne Cilento (Aida, The Who's Tommy, How To Succeed...).

Grammy Award-Winning Cast recording available on Decca Broadway. For more information about WICKED log on to www.wickedthemusical.com.