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Covert Performs in Chicago Premiere of Henson’s ‘Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas’

Director of Musical Theatre, Coordinator of Recruitment for Musical Theatre, Charles B. Levitin Chair in Musical Theatre and Associate Professor of Theatre Kevin Covert, B.F.A., will play the role of Mayor Fox in the Chicago premiere of Jim Henson’s “Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas” at the Studebaker Theater with performances running from Tuesday, Nov. 14, through Sunday, Dec. 31. Covert joins Andy Mientus, Nick Cearley and others in this adaptation of a 1977 television special. Visit playbill.com to learn more.

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