E2E: Shake It Away: The Ann Miller Story

Producing Company

KB Productions

Kayla Boye (Playwright/Performer) is thrilled to return to 59E59 Theaters with Shake It Away: The Ann Miller Story following 2023’s sold-out production of Call Me Elizabeth, a critically acclaimed show about the life of Elizabeth Taylor which continues to tour internationally following its sold-out run at the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Credits: Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Drury Lane Theatre, Fireside Theatre, Capital City Theatre, Porchlight Music Theatre, Mercury Theater Chicago, Music Theater Works, BrightSide Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Bigfork Summer Playhouse, The Huron Playhouse, The Youngstown Playhouse, La Femme Theatre Productions, and City Lit Theater (Winnie in Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days). Awards: Best Choreography, Chicago Musical Theatre Festival (Wonder Women: The Musical). Her work has been awarded grants from Illinois Arts Council and the Arts Midwest Touring Fund. For Tom. shakeitawayplay.com | callmeelizabeth.com

Michael Weber (Director) is a nationally recognized, award-winning director, producer, actor, and educator. He currently serves as the resident director of the Chicago company of Titanique produced by Porchlight Music Theatre where he serves as artistic director. He recently directed the Off Broadway and European premieres of Call Me Elizabeth written by and starring the extraordinary Kayla Boye as Elizabeth Taylor. Porchlight productions that he directed include Anything Goes, Cabaret, Gypsy, End of the Rainbow, Sweeney Todd, Pal Joey, Assassins, and Side Show, as well as Grand Hotel at Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place and She Loves Me at Theatre at the Center, were each nominated for the Jeff Award Award for Best Production. Directing credits include Living the History - 125 Years of The Auditorium Theatre starring Patti LuPone and John Mahoney, Fifth of July and Talley’s Folly at the Oak Park Shakespeare Festival, Beauty and the Beast at Marriott Theatre, and Cirque du Symphony at Sears Center Arena featuring stars of Cirque du Soleil with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra. The recipient of two Joseph Jefferson Awards, Weber’s regional acting credits include The Merry Widow (starring Renée Fleming) at Lyric Opera, Annie Get Your Gun and Gypsy (both starring Patti LuPone) at Ravinia Festival, The Winter’s Tale and Henry V at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Around the World in 80 Days at Cleveland Playhouse, Disney’s My Son Pinocchio at First Stage Milwaukee, It Had To Be You (starring Cindy Williams and Eddie Mekka) at Little Theatre on the Square, Angel Street at First Folio Shakespeare, and The Gifts of the Magi at Indiana Repertory. He is author of the play, WAR of the WELLeS (about Orson Welles’ infamous radio broadcast) and he is a longtime pledge host for PBS station WTTW channel 11. michaelweberonline.com