- Book and Lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton
- Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Based on the Billy Wilder Film Sunset Boulevard
- Directed by Eric Schaeffer
- Choreography Karma Camp
- Scenic Design Daniel Conway
- Costume Design Kathleen Geldard
- Lighting Design Howell Binkley
- Sound Design Matt Rowe
- Video Design Matthew Gardiner
THE WASHINGTON PREMIERE OF THE LEGENDARY, TONY AWARD®-WINNING HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL
“All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.”
This December, legendary silent film star Norma Desmond will be singing the glorious songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber in Signature’s new production of Sunset Boulevard. All the glamour of old-time Hollywood and Paramount Pictures comes alive in this tale of love, lust, and revenge.
Starring Florence Lacey (star of Broadway’s Evita and Signature’s Follies) as the faded screen star, Sunset Boulevard is a noir musical and one of the greatest Hollywood tales ever told. With such stunning songs as “With One Look,” “As If We Never Said Goodbye,” and “Perfect Year,” Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard is a lush romantic tragedy. With a cast and orchestra of 38 strong, Sunset Boulevard promises to be the musical event of the season!
Sunset Boulevard is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals and The Really useful Group, Ltd. www.rnhtheatricals.com
The Cast
Sandy Bainum (Larissa/Heather/Doctor/Dance Captain) SIGNATURE: Show Boat (Ellie, Helen Hayes nomination, Best Ensemble); BROADWAY: 42nd Street (Annie). NATIONAL TOUR: 42nd Street (Annie, Lorraine). DCAREA: Kennedy Center: Millennium Stage Solo Concert, Celebrate Broadway, Blue Skies (one woman cabaret), Sandy Sings Gershwin (one woman cabaret), featured soloist in concerts/recitals in the Washington, DCarea. REGIONAL: The Music Man (Marian Paroo, Helen Hayes nomination, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical), Kiss Me, Kate (Kate), Regina (Dance captain, ensemble), Anything Goes (Bonnie), Grease (Marty), George M! (Mary). RECORDINGS: Believe by Sandy Bainum available on iTunes. sandybainum.com.
D.B. Bonds (Joe) SIGNATURE: The Visit (Young Anton). BROADWAY: The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables. NATIONAL TOURS: Legally Blonde (Emmett), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Freddy Benson), The Scarlet Pimpernel. OFF-BROADWAY: Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn, The Last Five Years (standby). REGIONAL: Weston Playhouse: Urinetown, john and jen; Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park: Godspell, The Last Five Years.
Madeline Botteri (Mary/Beautician) SIGNATURE: [title of show] (Heidi u/s), My Audition Book. DCAREA: Kennedy Center: Page-to-Stage The Greenwood Tree, Keegan Theatre: A Man of No Importance (Adele). COLLEGE: Sunday in the Park with George (Dot/Marie), Nine (Claudia), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Jason Robert Brown Cabaret: Journey. EDUCATION: The Catholic University of America, BM, Music Theatre (2012).
Matt Conner (Manfred/Morino/Hog-Eye) SIGNATURE: Sweeney Todd (Bird Seller/Jonas Fogg), Show Boat (Windy/Capt. Andy u/s), Les Misérables (Thenardier, Monparnasse, Pimp), Kiss of the Spider Woman (Ensemble, Aurelio), Merrily We Roll Along (Scottie), The Witches of Eastwick (Toby), Into the Woods (Steward, Baker u/s), My Fair Lady (Second Cockney), Assassins (John Hinckley, Jr.), Pacific Overtures (Tamate, Lion Dancer), A Funny Thing...Forum (Protean, Hero u/s). COMPOSITIONS: Signature: Nevermore, Partial Eclipse, The Hollow (21/24 Workshop), The Girl from No Man's Land (Incidental music), Crossing (Workshop); GMCW: A Carol Christmas; Creative Cauldron, inc.: Martin: The King of Pizza. DCAREA: Olney Theatre: West Side Story (Riff); Synetic Theatre: Oscar Wilde's Salome (Page of Herodias); ATW: Naked Boys Singing; Open Circle Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas). EDUCATION: BFA, Shenandoah University.
Susan Derry (Betty Schaefer) SIGNATURE: Show Boat (Helen Hayes nomination Outstanding Ensemble). BROADWAY: Wonderful Town (Eileen, Ensemble). INTERNATIONAL: Phantom of the Opera (Christine) in Hamburg, Germany. DCAREA: Kennedy Center: Ragtime (Kathleen), Mame. REGIONAL: Othello (Desdemona), My Fair Lady (Eliza), Crimes of the Heart (Meg), The Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolen), I Do! I Do! (Agnes), Brigadoon (Fiona), West Side Story (Maria), Company (Susan), Regina (Alexandra), The Merchant of Venice (Jessica). CITY CENTEREncores!: 11 appearances, 2 cast albums. CONCERT: Bernstein's Mass (Street Chorus Soloist), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with Marin Alsop, Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall; guest soloist with New York Pops at Carnegie Hall An Evening of Frank Loesser; My Fair Lady at Avery Fisher Hall; Joe's Pub. EDUCATION: Northwestern University, Manhattan School of Music.
William Diggle (2nd Finance Man/Salesman/Jones) DCAREA: Olney Theatre: Call of the Wild; Ford's Theatre: Lincoln in Love (world premiere reading); Kennedy Center TYA: Chasing George Washington (Nat'l Tour). REGIONAL: Texas Shakespeare Festival: Amadeus, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Much Ado About Nothing; Wayside Theatre: The Matchmaker; Kiss Me, Kate; A Christmas Carol; Totem Pole Playhouse: I Love You, You're Perfect…; Prather Entertainment: White Christmas; Hello, Dolly!; Monomoy Theatre: Macbeth, Oklahoma!, A Servant of Two Masters, The Butter and Egg Man, Noises Off!. EDUCATION: University of Houston PTTP: MFA.
Ed Dixon (Max Von Mayerling) BROADWAY: Sunday In The Park With George (Mister); How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Old Max); Gore Vidal's The Best Man (Senator Carlin); The Iceman Cometh (General Wetjoen); Les Misérables (Thenardier); Cyrano (Raganeau); The Three Musketeers (Cardinal Richelieu); King Of Schnorrers (Belasco); The Scarlet Pimpernel (Ozzy). OFF-BROADWAY: Shylock (Drama Desk nomination), The Persians, Here Lies Jenny, Under The Bridge. NATIONAL TOURS: The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (with Ann-Margret), Pippin (with Ben Vereen), Sunset Boulevard (Joseph Jefferson nomination). AUTHOR/COMPOSER: Shylock, Cather County, Richard Cory, Fanny Hill, Whodunit…The Musical. AWARDS: Leon Rabin Award, Steinberg Grant, Helen Hayes nomination, Dramalogue nomination, two Drama Desk nominations, two Dean's Lists Awards. www.eddixon.biz.
Rebecca Fale (Joanna/Beautician) DCAREA: Kennedy Center: NSO Pops w/Marvin Hamlisch; Toby's: West Side Story (Graziella), A Christmas Carol (Ghost of Christmas Future), The Producers, White Christmas, The Wizard of Oz, La Cage. REGIONAL: Ogunquit Playhouse: Spamalot; John W. Engeman Theatre: Crazy For You. OTHER: American Spirit Dance Company (Featured Dancer), FIDM Inaugural Event (Dancer/Model). EDUCATION: Oklahoma City University, BPA, Summa Cum Laude.
Florence Lacey (Norma Desmond) SIGNATURE: Ace, Saving Aimee, Nevermore, The Rhythm Club, The Gospel According to Fishman, Follies, One Red Flower. BROADWAY: Evita; The Grand Tour; Hello, Dolly!; Les Misérables; An Evening with Jerry Herman. OFF-BROADWAY: Sweet Feet, Elizabeth and Essex, Styne After Styne, Under the Bridge. REGIONAL: Kennedy Center: Sunday in the Park with George; Goodspeed: Pal Joey; Connecticut Rep: A Little Night Music, Wings. AWARDS: Theater World, MAC, Drama Logue, Critics Outer Circle.
Gia Mora (Jean/Waitress/Astrologer) DCAREA: MetroStage: Glimpses of the Moon, Cool Papa's Party; Arena Stage: Christmas Carol 1941, She Loves Me; Shakespeare Theatre: Imaginary Invalid; Rep Stage: God's Ear; Woolly Mammoth Theatre: She Stoops to Comedy; Round House Theatre: A Prayer for Owen Meany; Capital Fringe: Super Claudio Bros.; three Helen Hayes nominations. REGIONAL: Baltimore Shakespeare Festival: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Colorado Shakespeare Festival: Othello, Winter's Tale; Arvada Center: The Women; Theatre Aspen: Picnic. SOLO JAZZ/CABARET VOCALS: Blues Alley, Germano's Trattoria, Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret, Bethesda Theatre. RECORDINGS: Something Borrowed, Something Blue (solo album); Knuffle Bunny (original cast album). UPCOMING: Ford's Theatre: Liberty Smith.
Jake Odmark (Studio Guard/Sammy/Salesman) SIGNATURE: Tamar and The River (21/24 Workshop), Signature Sings: 2005-2009, The Lost Songs of Broadway: 1950-1960, Ain't Got No - A Pop/Rock Cabaret. PHOENIX ENTERTAINMENT: Grease (Macau, China), The Pajama Game (Nat'l Tour), Fame! (China Tour), Grease (Istanbul, Turkey). DCAREA: Olney Theatre: Triumph of Love; Toby's: Grease, West Side Story, Oklahoma!; MetroStage: CabarYAY. EDUCATION: James Madison University, BM, Voice/Music Theatre.
Kirstin Riegler (Lisa/Masseuse) DCAREA: Adventure Theatre: Spot's Birthday Party; Olney Theatre: Camelot; Studio Theatre: Jerry Springer: The Opera (Helen Hayes nomination); Toby's: Damn Yankees; Washington Savoyards: The Music Man. REGIONAL: Broward Stage Door Theatre: Thoroughly Modern Millie; Flat Rock Playhouse: Children of Eden; Mac-Haydn Theatre: The Pajama Game. EDUCATION: James Madison University, 2007, BA Musical Theatre.
J. Fred Shiffman (Sheldrake) SIGNATURE: Show Boat, Dirty Blonde. DCAREA: for the past thirty-three years, Fred has performed at Arena Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth and Theater J. Additionally, Fred has recorded Barefoot in the Park for LA Theatre Works with Laura Linney and Eric Stoltz. AWARDS: 12 Helen Hayes nominations; two Helen Hayes nominations for Outstanding Ensemble; three Helen Hayes Awards: Outstanding Actor/Resident Play (Souvenir); Outstanding Actor/Resident Musical (Falsettos); Outstanding Supporting Actor/Resident Play (Lovers and Executioners). Proud member of Actors' Equity.
Stephen Gregory Smith (1st Finance Man/Barman/Salesman) SIGNATURE: The Boy Detective Fails (21/24 Workshop) (The Boy Detective), Les Misérables (Helen Hayes Award, Best Ensemble), Kiss of the Spider Woman, Funny Girl in Concert (Eddie Ryan), Into the Woods (Jack), My Fair Lady, Assassins (Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald), Pacific Overtures, The Highest Yellow (Dr. Barrault), One Red Flower (Billy), Allegro (Charlie), 110 in the Shade (Jimmy, 2004 Helen Hayes Award), Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Grand Hotel, Gypsy. DCAREA: DCAC: High Fidelity (Rob); Studio Theatre: Adding Machine: A Musical (SHRDLU); MetroStage: tick, tick…BOOM! (Jon); Ford's Theatre: The Civil War, Meet John Doe (Beany); Arena Stage: Damn Yankees; Kennedy Center: Regina; Wolf Trap: Street Scene (Dick); Olney Theatre: The Secret Garden (Dickon).
Sean Thompson (Artie/Salesman) REGIONAL: Walnut Street Theatre: The Eclectic Society, Cinderella; Arden Theatre Company: Candide, A Year With Frog and Toad; Bristol Riverside Theatre: Honey Brown Eyes (reading); Prince Music Theater: Jamaica; Wilma Theater: The Life of Galileo; Mauckingbird Theatre Company: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Flashpoint Theatre Company: The Little Dog Laughed; Media Theatre: Oliver!, Sean Thompson in Concert; Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center: The Seduction of Sheila Valentine (concert reading); Shawnee Playhouse: Camelot, Wit; Maples Repertory Theatre: Oklahoma!, Run For Your Wife, CLUE The Musical, Barefoot in the Park; Great Plains Theatre: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. EDUCATION: Temple University, 2008, Theater and English, Cum Laude.
Kara-Tameika Watkins (Delilah Handmaiden/Analyst) SIGNATURE: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. DCAREA: Ford's Theatre: Children of Eden, Little Shop of Horrors; Arena Stage: Crowns; Studio Theatre: Caroline, or Change; Round House Theatre: Once on This Island. REGIONAL: Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera: Hairspray; North Shore Music Theatre: Hairspray; Las Vegas: Hairspray; Reno: Smokey Joe's Café. Member AEA.
Harry A. Winter (Cecil B. DeMille) NATIONAL TOURS: Gigi, Jolson: the Musical. DCAREA: Allegro, 110 in the Shade, Racing Demon, The Laramie Project, Circle Mirror Transformation, Pins and Needles, Bringing Up Amy.
Matthew Wojtal (Myron, Salesman) SIGNATURE: Giant (Bobby Jr. u/s), The Visit (Lenny/Benny u/s). DCAREA: Washington Savoyards: The Music Man; Toby's: Rent; Catholic University: Our Town (George Gibbs), Sweeney Todd, Jacques Brel..., Grand Hotel. EDUCATION: Catholic University.
Creative Team
Andrew Lloyd Webber (Music) Andrew Lloyd Webber is the composer of The Likes of Us, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat®, Jesus Christ Superstar, By Jeeves, Evita, Variations and Tell Me On A Sunday later combined as Song & Dance, Cats, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down the Wind, The Beautiful Game, The Woman in White and Love Never Dies. He composed the film scores of Gumshoe and The Odessa File, and a setting of the Latin Requiem, Mass Requiem. In 2004 he produced a film version of The Phantom of the Opera directed by Joel Schumacher and, in 2006, a unique spectacular version of the show in Las Vegas. His new musical Love Never Dies, which continues the story of The Phantom and Christine, opened at London's Adelphi Theatre in March this year. He pioneered television casting for musical theatre with the Emmy award-winning BBCseries How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?. He repeated his success with Any Dream Will Do which cast the title role of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and in 2008 he cast the musical Oliver! for the BBC. This year in the BBCseries Over The Rainbow he has cast Danielle Hope in the role of Dorothy for his new theatrical production of The Wizard of Oz which will open at the London Palladium in 2011. His awards include seven Tonys, three Grammys including Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Requiem, seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar®, two International Emmys, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre and The Kennedy Center Honor. He currently owns seven London theatres including the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and the London Palladium. He was knighted in 1992 and created an honorary life peer in 1997.
Don Black (Book and Lyrics) began writing lyrics after a brief career as a stand-up comedian in his native London. He has written over 100 songs for motion pictures, has been nominated for five Academy Awards, and won an Oscar® for his song "Born Free." His hit songs from films include "To Sir With Love," "Diamonds Are Forever," "Ben," "The Pink Panther Strikes Again," "Thunderball," "The Man With The Golden Gun," "True Grit," and "The World Is Not Enough." Black served as the chairman of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and was awarded the OBE. In collaboration with John Barry, he wrote the lyrics of the musical Billy, which ran in London for more than two years. His other musicals include Merlin (music by Elmer Berstein), which received a Tony nomination in 1983, Abbacadabra (music by Abba), Dear Anyone (music by Geoff Stevens), and Budgie (music by Mort Shuman). With composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, he wrote Tell Me on A Sunday which became Song And Dance. Black received two Tony Awards in 1995 for best book and best lyrics for the Webber musical Sunset Boulevard. He also wrote the love duet "Next Time You Fall in Love" for the re-vamped Starlight Express. Black wrote additional lyrics for Dance of the Vampires (2002), lyrics for Bombay Dreams (2003), and both book and lyrics for Dracula the Musical (2004). His musical, Brighton Rock, composed with John Barry, opened at the Almeida Theater in London for a limited run in 2004.
Christopher Hampton (Book and Lyrics) won the 1995 Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Book of a Musical for his work on Sunset Boulevard. His plays include When Did You Last See My Mother?, Total Eclipse, The Philanthropist, Savages (L.A. Drama Critics' Circle Award), Treats, Tales from Hollywood and Les Liaisons Dangereuses (New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, Laurence Olivier Award), among others. Television credits include The Price of Tea, Hotel du Lac and The Ginger Tree. His screenplays include A Doll's House, Tales from the Vienna Woods, The Honorary Consul, The Good Father, Wolf at the Door and Dangerous Liasions (Academy Award, Writers' Guild Award).
Eric Schaeffer (Director) SIGNATURE: Co-founder and artistic director: Chess, Show Boat; First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb; The Hollow (21/24 Workshop); Les Misérables; ACE; Kiss of the Spider Woman; Glory Days; The Witches of Eastwick; Saving Aimee; Into the Woods; My Fair Lady; Nevermore; The Highest Yellow; One Red Flower; Allegro; Twentieth Century; 110 in the Shade; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; The Gospel According to Fishman; Grand Hotel; The Rhythm Club; Over & Over; The Fix; Working; The Rink; Cabaret; First Lady Suite; Wings; Poor Superman; Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love; and Sondheim musicals Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George (Arena Stage coproduction), Passion, Into the Woods, Company, Assassins, Sweeney Todd, Follies, and Pacific Overtures. BROADWAY: Million Dollar Quartet, Glory Days, Putting It Together. NATIONAL TOUR S: big, Barbie™ Live in Fairytopia™. OFF-BROADWAY: Sweet Adeline (City Center Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert), Under the Bridge. LONDON: Royal Drury Lane & Prince of Wales Theatres: The Witches of Eastwick. DC AREA: Ford's: Meet John Doe; Kennedy Center: Mame starring Christine Baranski, Sondheim Celebration (artistic director), Passion, Sunday in the Park with George. NEW YORK: Avery Fisher Hall: Sondheim Concert. REGIONAL: Goodman: Million Dollar Quartet; Apollo Theatre: Million Dollar Quartet; Mark Taper Forum: Putting It Together (w/ Carol Burnett); Chicago: Elmer Gantry; Los Angeles: Disney's Snow White. TRAINING: BFA, Kutztown University; extended studies, Crewe and Alsager College of Visual Arts, Crewe, England. AWARDS: 2002 Washingtonian of the Year, six Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Direction, six Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Musical, 26 Helen Hayes nominations for Outstanding Director; 2007 Arts Founder Award.
Karma Camp (Choreographer) SIGNATURE: over 35 productions at Signature Theatre including the recent Chess. Recipient and 7-time Helen Hayes Award nominee. BROADWAY: Avery Fisher Hall: Broadway Showstoppers w/ NY Philharmonic, The Graduate w/ Kathleen Turner. OFF-BROADWAY: Never the Sinner. NATIONAL TOUR: Ring of Fire, big. DCAREA: Kennedy Center: Merrily We Roll Along (Sondheim Celebration); over 25 plays at the Shakespeare Theatre; Arena Stage, Round House, Studio.REGIONAL: Actors' Theatre of Louisville, McCarter Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, The Prince and Wilma Theatres in Philadelphia. OPERA: Goya (w/ Placido Domingo); Washington Opera: Vanessa; Wolf Trap Opera Co.: Kurt Weill's Street Scene. TV: The Sounds of WWII (PBS), All My Children (ABC), over 25 international commercials. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Disney Entertainment: Villains Tonight, Snow White, Twice Charmed; 1992 Inaugural Gala for Al Gore (director/choreographer), NSO Pops with Marvin Hamlisch. Ms. Camp is a Signature Theatre Artistic Associate.
Jon Kalbfleisch (Music Director) SIGNATURE (Resident Music Director): Show Boat, First You Dream, Les Misérables, Anyone Can Whistle, The Visit, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Merrily We Roll Along, The Witches of Eastwick, Into the Woods, Assassins, Pacific Overtures, The Highest Yellow, One Red Flower, Elegies, Allegro, Follies, 110 in the Shade, Grand Hotel, Putting It Together, Forum, A Stephen Sondheim Evening, Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, The Fix, Sunday in the Park with George, Passion, Cabaret, Wings, First Lady Suite, Company. BROADWAY: Les Misérables (Associate Conductor). DCAREA: Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, National Theatre, Warner Theatre, Washington Ballet, Studio Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre. REGIONAL: Mark Taper Forum: Putting it Together, Martin Guerre, James Joyce's The Dead. OTHER: Carnegie Hall, Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra, Capitol Hill United Methodist Church. TV: "Good Morning America." AWARDS: Grammy nomination; Bernstein MASS, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, pianist. Five Helen Hayes Awards and 20 nominations. EDUCATION: Master of Music, SMU.
Daniel Conway (Scenic Design) SIGNATURE: Chess, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Dirty Blonde. DCAREA: Over 100 productions in Washington, D.C., most recently: Studio Theatre: Radio Golf, Marcus or The Sweet; Folger Theatre: Macbeth, Measure for Measure, Orestes, A Tragic Romp; Kennedy Center: Chasing George Washington; Woolly Mammoth Theatre: Stunning; In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play; Ford's Theatre: Sabrina Fair. OFF-BROADWAY: Lily Dale by Horton Foote; Brecht's Conversations in Exile (American premiere). REGIONAL: Syracuse Stage, Arden Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Cleveland Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Wilma Theatre and ASOLO Theatre. AWARDS: 10-time nominee for the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Set Design. Winner 2000 and 2008 (Stunning, Woolly Mammoth Theatre).
Kathleen Geldard (Costume Design) SIGNATURE: Walter Cronkite is Dead., A Fox on the Fairway, Chess, Sycamore Trees, Sweeney Todd, I Am My Own Wife, Show Boat, See What I Wanna See, Les Misérables, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Happy Time. DCAREA: Woolly Mammoth Theatre: Eclipsed; Round House Theatre: Permanent Collection, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Eurydice, Orson's Shadow, Life x 3; Imagination Stage: The Neverending Story (2008 Helen Hayes nomination), Twice Upon a Time, The Hundred Dresses; Studio-Arena Theatre: Batboy; Olney Theatre: Da, Is He Dead?, Rabbit Hole, Of Mice and Men, Elephant Man, Having Our Say; Folger Theatre: Comedy of Errors, All's Well that Ends Well; Studio Theatre Secondstage; Everyman Theatre; Vineyard Playhouse; Theater J; Rep Stage. DANCE: Liz Lerman Dance Exchange: Nocturnes, The Farthest Earth From Thee, 613 Radical Acts of Prayer, Funny Uncles, Imprints on a Landscape: The Mining Project.
Howell Binkley (Lighting Design) SIGNATURE: The Visit, Over and Over. BROADWAY: Lombardi, Million Dollar Quartet, Memphis, West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, In The Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Jersey Boys, Avenue Q, Cry-Baby, Xanadu, Bridge and Tunnel, LoveMusik, Golda's Balcony, Hollywood Arms, Gore Vidal's The Best Man, Minnelli on Minnelli, The Full Monty, Parade, Kiss Of The Spider Woman (1993 Tony nomination), Sacrilege, Taking Sides, How To Succeed..., High Society, Grease. OFF-BROADWAY: Landscape of the Body, Sinatra at Radio City, Batboy: The Musical, Radiant Baby. REGIONAL: Parsons Dance (co-founder); The Joffrey Ballet: Billboards; six musicals in repertory for The Kennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration. AWARDS: Five time Helen Hayes Award recipient, 1993 Sir Laurence Olivier Award and Canadian Dora Award for Kiss of The Spider Woman, 2006 Henry Hewes Design Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Tony Award Jersey Boys.
Matt Rowe (Sound Design) SIGNATURE: Walter Cronkite is Dead., A Fox on the Fairway, Chess, Sycamore Trees, [title of show], Sweeney Todd, Show Boat, First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb, Dirty Blonde, Giant, The Little Dog Laughed, Les Misérables, Anyone Can Whistle in Concert, The Visit, The Happy Time, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Glory Days, Merrily We Roll Along, The Witches of Eastwick. DCAREA: Kennedy Center: Nobody's Perfect.
Matthew Gardiner (Video Design) SIGNATURE: Director: [title of show], See What I Wanna See; Choreographer: Sweeney Todd, Dirty Blonde; Resident Director 2010-present, Resident Assistant Director 2006-2010. DCAREA: Director/Choreographer: Kennedy Center: Snow White, Rose Red (and Fred); MetroStage: tick, tick...BOOM!; Catholic University of America: La Boheme, Candide; Co-Director/Choreographer: Studio Theatre 2ndStage: Jerry Springer: The Opera, Reefer Madness (2008 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Direction of a Musical); Assistant Director: Kennedy Center: Cat on A Hot Tin Roof; Choreographer: Studio Theatre: Grey Gardens. EDUCATION: Carnegie Mellon University, BFA.
Kerry Epstein (Production Stage Manager) SIGNATURE: A Fox on the Fairway, Chess, Sycamore Trees, Sweeney Todd, Show Boat, First You Dream: The Music of Kander and Ebb, The Hollow (21/24 Workshop), See What I Wanna See, Les Misérables, ACE, The Visit, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Studio, Merrily We Roll Along, The Witches of Eastwick, Saving Aimee, Into the Woods, My Fair Lady, Assassins, The Sex Habits of American Women, Nevermore, Yemaya's Belly. SIGNATURE CABARET: Partial Eclipse, December Divas, The Last Garage Hurrah. OTHER: 2010 Salute to the Presidential Scholars in the Arts. INTERNATIONAL: Dublin Theater Festival. REGIONAL: Steppenwolf Theatre, The Goodman Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Rivendell Theatre Ensemble. EDUCATION: Dickinson College.
William E. Cruttenden III (Assistant Stage Manager) SIGNATURE: Chess, I Am My Own Wife. OFF BROADWAY: Theatre Row: Perfect Harmony. DCAREA: Woolly Mammoth Theatre: Clybourne Park, Full Circle, Eclipsed, BOOM, Maria/Stuart, Measure for Pleasure, No Child…; Olney Theatre: Is He Dead?, Bad Dates, Of Mice and Men; Imagination Stage: Twice Upon a Time; Shakespeare Theatre: 2009 Will Awards. REGIONAL: West Virginia Public Theatre: Doubt, Little Shop of Horrors, The Wedding Singer, CATS.