After just two days of preview performances as the loveable green ogre ‘Shrek' in SHREK THE MUSICAL, Chicagoan Eric Petersen and his wife Lisa Morabito Petersen proudly gave birth to their own beautiful baby. Sophia Marie Petersen, weighing 8 lbs, 7 ounces and 20.5 inches long, was born at 5:12 p.m., Thursday, July 15, 2010 at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial's Prentice Women's Hospital.
The proud parents and baby are happy and doing well. It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks for them, as they relocated to Chicago for the opening of the National Tour, interviewed their new delivery doctor Patricia Katz, MD, all while Eric and company prepared the show for the official opening at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, Sunday, July 25th. The pending event has given extra energy and excitement to the cast and crew as they shouldered the intensely grueling schedule required to open a tour.
Eric Petersen is a native of Carol Stream, Illinois, where he attended Glenbard North High School. He received a BS in Theatre Performance from Bradley University in Peoria. He joined the National tour of SHREK THE MUSICAL from the Broadway production. He recently appeared as the socially challenged ‘Barfee' in the National tour of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Lisa Morabito Petersen, also a performer, is from Winter Garden, Florida.
SHREK THE MUSICAL tells the story of a swamp-dwelling ogre who goes on a life-changing adventure to reclaim the deed to his land. Joined by a wise-cracking donkey, this unlikely hero fights a fearsome dragon, rescues a feisty princess and learns that real friendship and true love aren't only found in fairy tales.
SHREK THE MUSICAL features a book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize® winner
David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole), music by Olivier Award-winner
Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Caroline, or Change), and is directed by Tony Award® nominee
Jason Moore (Avenue Q) and Tony and Emmy Award-winner
Rob Ashford (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Promises Promises). SHREK THE MUSICAL has set and costume designs by Tony Award® winner
Tim Hatley (Private Lives, Spamalot), lighting design by Olivier Award winner
Hugh Vanstone (A Steady Rain), sound design by
Peter Hylenski (Rock of Ages); choreography by
Josh Prince, music supervision by
Tim Weil, music direction by
Andy Grobengieser, and orchestrations by
Danny Troob &
John Clancy.
SHREK THE MUSICAL was initiated when
Sam Mendes, a big fan of the first Shrek film, suggested the idea of creating a musical to
Dreamworks Animation's
Jeffrey Katzenberg around the time the second film was in production. The musical is produced by
DreamWorks Theatricals (
Bill Damaschke, President of
DreamWorks Theatricals and Co-President of Production for
Dreamworks Animation) and
Neal Street Productions, Ltd. (principals
Sam Mendes and
Caro Newling).
Individual tickets to SHREK THE MUSICAL, playing now thru September 5th, are $25 - $90 and are on sale now. Tickets are available at all Broadway In Chicago Box Offices (24 W. Randolph St., 151 W. Randolph St. and 18 W. Monroe St.); the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line at (800) 775-2000; all Ticketmaster retail locations (including Hot Tix and select Carson Pirie Scott, Coconuts and fye stores); and online at
www.BroadwayInChicago.com. Groups of 10 or more should call (312) 977-1710.
Photo Credit: Amy Boyle Photography
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