TV: First Look at Highlights of TUTS Underground's BONNIE & CLYDE

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You have been warned: the infamous bank-robbing lovers are on their way to Houston, accompanied by an electrifying cast! TUTS Underground is thrilled to present BONNIE & CLYDE, the story of two small-town nobodies in West Texas who became America's most renowned folk heroes and the Texas law enforcement's worst nightmares. The show will run October 1 - 11 in Zilkha Hall at The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Check out a first look at highlights below!

When Bonnie and Clyde meet, their mutual cravings for excitement and fame immediately set them on a mission to chase their dreams. Their bold and reckless behavior turns the young lovers' thrilling adventure into a downward spiral, putting themselves and their loved ones in trouble with the law. Forced to stay on the run, the lovers resort to robbery and murder to survive. As the infamous duo's fame grows bigger, their inevitable end draws nearer.

Starring as the bold, reckless lovers are Robert Hager as Clyde Barrow and Kathryn Porterfield as Bonnie Parker. Hager and Porterfield are joined by Drew Starlin as Buck Barrow, Clyde's adventurous and troubled brother, andCourtney Markowitz as Blanche Barrow, Buck's religious wife who disapproves of his wild lifestyle. Cumie Barrow, Clyde and Buck's loving mother, is played by Susan Shofner and their father, Henry Barrow, is played by Curt Denham. Bonnie's widowed mother, Emma Parker, is played by Susan Koozin. Adam Gibbs plays Ted Hinton, a police officer who struggles with his deep feelings for Bonnie and doing right by the law. Playing Governor Miriam Ferguson, the tough female governor of Texas, is Brooke Wilson. Scott Fonseka and Ella DuCharme, both students at TUTS' Humphreys School of Musical Theatre, star as Young Clyde and Young Bonnie.

The rest of the cast is sure to thrill too: Colton Berry, Marco Camacho, Kevin Cooney, Casey Gilbert, Dylan Godwin,Nick Henderson, Miles Marmolejo, Savannah May and Robin Van Zandt.

Creative team: Co-Directors Bruce Lumpkin and Marley Wisnoski, choreographer Dana Lewis, musical director Thom Culcasi, scenic designer Ryan McGettigan, lighting designer Christina R. Giannelli, costume designer Colleen Grady, hair and makeup designer Jeff Knaggs and sound designer Andrew Harper. Casting by Binder Casting/Jason Styres, CSA.

Music is by legendary Frank Wildhorn, lyrics by Don Black and book by Ivan Menchell.

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