. ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁second ▁show , ▁the ▁cast ▁and ▁crew ▁of ▁the ▁U . S . ▁version ▁of ▁Pl ague ! ▁were ▁treated ▁to ▁a ▁special ▁surprise ▁visit ▁by ▁the ▁writers , ▁David ▁Mass ingham ▁and ▁Matthew ▁Town end . ▁ ▁Under ▁the ▁direction ▁of ▁Martin ▁B ones , ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁shows ▁reached ▁sell - out ▁status . ▁ ▁The ▁musical ▁direction ▁was ▁led ▁by ▁Gary ▁Schmidt , ▁and ▁E ri ka ▁Schmidt ▁directed ▁the ▁ch ore ography . ▁ ▁On ▁November ▁ 9 th ▁and ▁ 1 0 th , ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁show ▁was ▁performed ▁at ▁I th aca ▁College ▁by ▁“ The at rist s ▁The atr ics ” — ▁a ▁student - run ▁the ater ▁group . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁college ▁production ▁done ▁of ▁the ▁show . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁Official ▁Pl ague ! ▁The ▁Musical ▁Website ▁ ▁Category : Ed inburgh ▁Festival ▁Category : 2 0 0 8 ▁musical s ▁Category : Second ▁pl ague ▁pan demic ▁in ▁fiction <0x0A> </s> ▁Elizabeth ▁Sam anth a ▁Me ck es ▁( born ▁ 1 9 8 0 ) ▁is ▁an ▁American ▁math ematic ian ▁special izing ▁in ▁probability ▁theory . ▁Her ▁research ▁includes ▁work ▁on ▁Stein ' s ▁method ▁for ▁bound ing ▁the ▁distance ▁between ▁probability ▁distributions ▁and ▁on ▁random ▁matrices . ▁She ▁is ▁a ▁professor ▁of ▁mathematics , ▁applied ▁mathematics , ▁and ▁statistics ▁at ▁Case ▁Western ▁Reserve ▁University . ▁ ▁Education ▁and ▁career ▁Me ck es ▁went ▁to ▁Case