Full cast and creative team announced for The Real Kyle McCarren at Edinburgh Fringe

The full cast and creative team has now been announced for the new musical The Real Kyle McCarren which is set to premiere at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Find out more below.

The Real Kyle McCarren cast announced for Edinburgh Fringe

Following the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, where it won the Triple R Award and received a Pipeline Foundation Arts Grant, The Real Kyle McCarren, a new musical produced by Avalon (Operation Mincemeat - Olivier-Winning Best New Musical, Jerry Springer: The Opera - Olivier-Winning Best New Musical, One Man Musical), has announced its full cast and creative team comprising of NYC and Broadway actors and musicians ahead of its Edinburgh Festival Fringe and UK debut at Pleasance Courtyard Forth from 5th – 30th August 2026.

This modern rock and roll celebration of life stars its creators, Jonathan Larson Grant recipient Andy Roninson as himself and international indie recording artist Sean McVerry (AURORA, Danger Mouse) as Kyle McCarren. They are joined by Vincent Jamal Hooper (The Lion King, Hamilton) as Liam & Others, Jaygee Macapugay (Suffs, The Last Ship) as Siobhan & Others, and Sarah Coffey (31 Candles, Devil's Workshop) as Justine & Others, returning after appearing in the 2025 Joe’s Pub show.

The Real Kyle McCarren is co-directed by long-time collaborators, multi-Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated Lonny Price and Matt Cowart, whose 20-year partnership spans Broadway, the West End, film and television. Their work includes Sunset Boulevard (Glenn Close), Beaches, Walking with Ghosts (Gabriel Byrne), and Sweeney Todd (Emma Thompson and Audra McDonald), which was later filmed for PBS and went on to become an Emmy Award-winning broadcast, alongside Emmy Award-winning Passion and Emmy Award-nominated Company. They are joined by Resident Director Jim Fagan, reuniting with Price and Cowart following their collaboration on Sweeney Todd.

The band includes Paige Durr (Six) on drums and Jamie Mohamdein (Mozart to Pop Chart) on bass.

The Real Kyle McCarren musical

Welcome to Upstate Wherever, USA. Way back in the year two-thousand-who-cares, Kyle and Andy were more than friends, dammit — they were bandmates! But the real Kyle McCarren was a complicated dude. Well, an asshole. Worst of all, he’s dead — and he won’t let Andy forget it.

Sometimes the easiest way to tell people about a buddy of yours is to write a show. In this musical-meets-live concert séance that’s equal parts Bo Burnham and Tick, Tick... Boom!, you’re invited to meet the legend himself.

Following its award-winning retreat development, the musical was further workshopped at New York City's iconic Joe's Pub at The Public Theater and Prospect Theater. The company will make its first full ensemble appearance at Joe's Pub on 18th and 19th July ahead of the Edinburgh premiere.

• The UK premiere of The Real Kyle McCarren will be at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Pleasance Courtyard Forth from 5 – 30 August at 1.50pm.

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