The Office star Jenna Fischer has joined the cast of Mean Girls , the musical remake of the Paramount Pictures film of the same name , based on the Broadway musical of the same name.
She will play Ms. Heron, the mother of Cady Heron played by Ana Gasteyer in the original film.
Fischer joins a cast that already includes Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Auli’i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Avantika, Christopher Briney and Bebe Wood .
At the base of this new Mean Girls , as mentioned, there is the musical written by Tina Fey , with music by Jeff Richmond and lyrics by Nell Benjamin . The musical was nominated for twelve Tony Awards.
Lorne Michaels will produce with Tina Fey. Erin David, Caroline Maroney and Micah Frank will oversee the project for Broadway Video, Eric Gurian and Jeff Richmond for Little Stranger. Arturo Perez and Samantha Jayne will direct, from a script written by Tina Fey herself.