Dan & Marilyn

Dan & Marilyn is an American animated sitcom created by Phelan Morkel, Clarissa Fendley and Joseph Stough that premiered on on January 18, 2019, after being held back from a planned June 2018 premiere date due to production delays. The series is a co-production of Morkel & Associates, Diamond in the Rough Productions, and, with animation services by SPT's animation division.

The series' creators met while working on Trisha's Way, which Morkel co-created with Monica J. Burroughs. The series exists in the same fictional universe as Trisha's Way and its spinoff Francesca's Way, with the characters of Dan Henriksen and Todd and Jessica Hailey having originated on Trisha's Way. Characters from Trisha's Way and Francesca's Way occasionally make special guest appearances on Dan & Marilyn.

The series has been nominated for two Annie Awards, one Primetime Emmy Award, two Teen Choice Awards and two Sylvania Television Awards.

Premise
Set in, the series revolves around kind-hearted vlogger and aspiring Christian rock singer Daniel "Dan" Henriksen and sassy yet kind gymnast Marilyn Baxter, who enjoy their relationship in spite of several opposites between them, yet their eccentric and often quirky interests usually end up leading to various comical situations.

Main

 * Kenny Hulings as Daniel "Dan" Henriksen. A devout Christian, he is a vlogger and aspiring Christian rock singer. He is cheerful and kind-hearted, and tends to be very compassionate and forgiving towards others.
 * Amanda Stansby as Marilyn Baxter. Dan's girlfriend, she tends to be sassy, yet often kind. Marilyn grew up attending the same church as Dan. A gymnast, she also has a eccentric variety of interests like her boyfriend, including art, science fiction works and antiquing.
 * Corey L. Moore as Joseph Gershon, Dan and Marilyn's longtime friend. He enjoys music, particularly blues rock, and plays guitar, and often spends his time writing songs or goofing around. He is Jewish.
 * Latanya Bonds as Jessica Mack, an African-American friend of Dan and Marilyn. She works at her dad's bowling alley and hopes one day to be on the Olympic fencing team.
 * Craig Campobello as Todd Hailey, a friend of Dan since his childhood.
 * Rosalia Sosa-Chihuán as Ana Valderrama, a friend of Marilyn from her gymnastics school. She is a lesbian.
 * Akueni Sofoluwe as Folakemi "Kim" Bakare. Originally from, , she has known Dan and Marilyn since middle school. She is an aspiring musician and occasionally plays music with Joseph.
 * Britney Hynes as Samantha "Sammy" Grenville. She attends the same gymnastics school as Marilyn, and is in a relationship with Todd.
 * Marcus Boyd as Spencer Mack, Jessica's younger brother.
 * Heather Chau as Teagan Huang, a gymnastics buddy of Marilyn.
 * Jake Haverkamp as Jacob "Jake" Henry. A friend of Dan, he is an aspiring musician and often plays music together with Joseph. He moved to, in season 4 of Trisha's Way and occasionally visited Dan in Quincy before moving back sometime before the events of Dan & Marilyn began, now having picked up a Southern accent from his time in the city and with a complete change in personality, being more composed, "chill" and mild-mannered than he was originally.
 * Shalisa Acosta as Maryanne Mendoza, Jake's girlfriend. She is Filipino-American.
 * Katelyn Aytoni as Francine Tatros, a friend of Marilyn since daycare. She is of Syrian ancestry and has relatives who were displaced by the civil war. Her parents own a local drive-in restaurant. She is an accomplished figure skater with several regional wins under her belt, and once competed in the Youth Olympics.

Recurring

 * as Jessica Hailey, Todd's older sister who sometimes accompanies Dan and his friends.
 * Daphne Abbagnale as Norma Hailey, Todd's younger sister.
 * Debbie Hulings as April Henriksen, Dan's older sister.
 * Cynthia Heath as Rosie Henriksen, Dan's other older sister.
 * Jeff Matuschek as Dennis Henriksen, Dan's older brother and April's twin brother.
 * G. Fredrick Lyon as Paul Henriksen, Dan's father, a longtime musician who is a minister at the church Dan and Marilyn attend. He is originally from . Lyon reprises the role from Trisha's Way.
 * Georgina Detmold as Jolie Henriksen, Dan's mother.
 * as Frank Baxter, Marilyn's father. The character was previously voiced by Brett McKnight in Trisha's Way.
 * Jane Searle as Shannon Baxter, Marilyn's mother.
 * Stephen Verheijen as Norman Hailey, Todd's father.
 * Costanza Myers as Juliette Hailey, Todd's mother.
 * Stan Barber as Frank "Frankie" Hailey, Todd's older brother.
 * as Lena Tatros, Francine's cousin who works at Francine's dad's restaurant.
 * as Josie Grenville, Sammy's younger sister.
 * Amita Vinjamuri as Meghna Jethmalani, an Indian-American friend of Dan and Marilyn.
 * as Georgia Hailey, Todd's aunt.
 * as Jeremy Meijers, Marilyn's uncle-in-law who is a businessman. In season 3, he becomes a Congressman.
 * as a fictionalized version of himself who is Sammy and Josie's uncle-in-law. He often serves as a source of advice for Sammy and/or the gang.

Development
Phelan Morkel, Clarissa Fendley and Joseph Stough initially conceived Dan & Marilyn in 2010 while working together on Mole Miner. They had worked together on Trisha's Way, and it was Stough who first conceived the idea of a spin-off featuring the Henriksen and Hailey families. Morkel's wife Gabrielle Babbington-Morkel, who had drawn fanart for Trisha's Way during the show's run, convinced the trio to go through with the idea.

Dan & Marilyn first appeared on a development slate for in mid-2017.

In creating the series, Morkel, Fendley and Stough drew inspiration from shows such as ', ', ', ', ' and '.

Voice cast
Christian rock singer Kenny Hulings voices main character Daniel "Dan" Henriksen, who was previously voiced by Thomas Blazer and Aidan Drummond in Trisha's Way. Prior to voicing Dan, Hulings' only acting credit was in the 2015 Christian film If Only We Could..., which he and his former group FireConnect appeared in. Amanda Stansby voices Dan's girlfriend Marilyn Baxter, who was previously voiced by Sandra Regensteiner in Trisha's Way.

Corey L. Moore voices Joseph Gershon, Dan and Marilyn's Jewish friend. Prior to voicing Joseph, Moore had a history with voice acting, starting when he was a child actor.

Latanya Bonds voices Jessica Mack. In portraying Jessica, Bonds drew inspiration from a cousin who had fenced sabre in high school and had a very distinct accent.

Jake Haverkamp plays Jake Henry, a musician friend of Dan and Marilyn. The character was originally voiced by Anthony Rommedahl in Trisha's Way. Haverkamp, a friend of Hulings who was also a FireConnect member, was originally a guest star, but starting with the episode "Play That One About Excess Baggage", he was promoted to a series regular.

plays Jessica Hailey, replacing Alexa Sewell who voiced the character in Trisha's Way, as Sewell declined to reprise the role due to work commitments in, where she's lived since 2011.

G. Fredrick Lyon voices Paul Henriksen, Dan's father, reprising the role from Trisha's Way. Lyon stated in an interview that he based Paul's voice off that of Phelan Morkel's longtime associate Earl McKee, a native (Columbus being across the  from, the character's hometown ).