Pasadena Playhouse Launches “Grumpy Monkey, The Musical”

Kay Sibal, Frankie Zabilka, Hao Feng, Marc Ginsburg, and Ciarra Stroud in Grumpy Monkey, The Musical (Photo – Jeff Lorch)

Pasadena Playhouse launches its inaugural Youth & Family season with the world premiere of Grumpy Monkey, The Musical now through March 3.

By News Desk

Commissioned by the Playhouse, and based on the book Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne and Max Lang, this will be the first full production of the Playhouse’s newly announced youth and family programming initiative.

The production features Hao Feng (Lifetime’s Twisted Little Lies) as Jim Panzee, Marc Ginsburg (Ragtime at Pasadena Playhouse) as Norman, Kay Sibal (Spring Awakening at East West Players) as Snake, Ciarra Stroud (Grease at Drury Lane Theatre) as Marabou, Frankie Zabilka (Newsies at 5-Star Theatricals) as Lemur, and Danny Holmberg (She Loves Me at Conundrum Theatre Company) as Understudy.

Grumpy Monkey, The Musical is adapted and directed by Nina Meehan, with music and lyrics by Daniel Mertzlufft and Jacob Ryan Smith. This professionally produced production is being presented at Porticos Art Space, located at 2033 E. Washington Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91104.

Tickets are available at pasadenaplayhouse.org, by phone at 626-356-7529, and at the box office at 39 South El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101.