The Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s 2026 production of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical does not appear to have a named star listed yet on the festival page I found, only the run dates for July 16 to August 16, 2026. A separate casting notice confirms the role of Carole King was being cast for ASF, but it does not name the actress in that notice.

What is known

  • ASF has the show scheduled for July 16–August 16, 2026.
  • The available casting notice shows the lead role of Carole King was still in the audition/casting process at the time of that posting.

Best current read

Right now, the safest answer is: the actress has not been publicly identified in the sources I found. The most up-to-date casting announcement I found for a different production of the same musical in 2026 names other actresses elsewhere, but not for ASF.

TL;DR: ASF has announced the show dates, but I couldn’t confirm the actress starring as Carole King from the public listings available here.