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Mechanicsburg native Jonathan Dunkle, who teaches lighting design and is the production manager for New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, is the lighting designer for the production. READ: Residents discuss local, national issues at forum READ: Several homeless after two house fires this week

Totem Pole Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Rowan Joseph is directing the production which is dedicated to the late actor/director, Jason Edwards, who staged Totem Pole’s hugely successful 2014 production of "Ring of Fire, the Music of Johnny Cash." Edwards, who was to have directed the production, passed away suddenly after having appeared in the same production this past winter in Vero Beach, Florida. Joe Boover is reprising his role as a young Elvis Presley having played the King of Rock n’ Roll in four previous productions of "Million Dollar Quartet." Jason Cohen, who appeared earlier this season as one of the gangsters in Totem Pole Playhouse’s successful production of The Drowsy Chaperone, will portray the legendary flamboyant pianist Jerry Lee Lewis.

David Elkins portrays Johnny Cash, having won rave reviews from Cash’s own family during the national tour of "Million Dollar Quartet." Michael Monroe Goodman serves as music director for the production, and also lends his musical talents to the role of Carl Perkins. Legendary Sun Records Producer Sam Phillips is played by Tony Award-winning Broadway producer Hugh Hysell. The production features such classic hit songs as: “Blue Suede Shoes,” “I Walk the Line,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Who Do You Love?,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “That’s Alright Mama,” “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” “Hound Dog,” and more. READ: Cheap Trick, Chicago, Jay Leno among performers in Luhrs Center's 2017-18 season READ: Local talent recognized at Totem Pole Playhouse Awards The production recreates the era with an incredible score of rock ‘n’ roll, gospel, R&B and country hits, performed live onstage by world-class actors and musicians. The production brings the legendary recording session to life with an irresistible tale of broken promises, secrets, betrayals and celebrations that is both poignant and funny.