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[email protected] IMAGES: User: pressroom Password: pittstadium Casting Announced for the Smash-Hit Parody, THE BOOK OF MERMAN! Pittsburgh, PA ∙ January 9, 2020 – Casting has been announced for Pittsburgh CLO's exclusive engagement of the hit musical comedy THE BOOK OF MERMAN, part of the Pittsburgh CLO Kara Cabaret Series at the Greer Cabaret Theater January 30 – March 8, 2020. Don’t miss this incredibly original hit fresh from its side-splitting Off-Broadway run! ABOUT THE SHOW Two Mormon missionaries ring the doorbell of Ethel Merman and hilarity ensues in this new musical comedy. This diva-driven whirlwind features original songs and show-stopping ballads, combining one of Broadway’s smash hits with the larger-than-life persona of the legendary belter Ethel Merman. Mistaking the two young men for door-to-door salesmen, Ethel welcomes the missionaries in after their frustrating day of canvassing the neighborhood for prospective converts. The result — a hilariously heartfelt journey about being true to oneself, as both the Mormons and Merman come to embrace who they really are. THE CAST CHRISTINE LAITTA (Ethel) Game On, Perfect Wedding, Up and Away, Girls Only - The Secret Comedy of Women, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Forbidden Broadway and Forbidden Broadway: SVU. The Diary of Anne Frank, To Kill A Mockingbird, Hairspray and Ms. Frizzle in The Magic School Bus. She is co-author of The Dramatically Different Classroom and the creator of TV Tunes Sing a Long. JERREME RODRIGUEZ (Elder Braithewaite) was last seen at the CLO Cabaret originating the role of Kenny in the World Premiere of The Double-Threat Trio and playing Paco in Miss Abigail’s Guide… opposite Paige Davis.