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Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota is a city located in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida. It is south of the Tampa Bay Area and north of Fort Myers...
. It is the largest Equity
Actors' Equity Association
The Actors' Equity Association , commonly referred to as Actors' Equity or simply Equity, is an American labor union representing the world of live theatrical performance, as opposed to film and television performance. However, performers appearing on live stage productions without a book or...
theatre in Florida, and the largest Repertory theatre
Repertory
Repertory or rep, also called stock in the United States, is a term used in Western theatre and opera.A repertory theatre can be a theatre in which a resident company presents works from a specified repertoire, usually in alternation or rotation...
in the Southeastern United States
Southeastern United States
The Southeastern United States, colloquially referred to as the Southeast, is the eastern portion of the Southern United States. It is one of the most populous regions in the United States of America....
. Asolo Rep is a resident regional theatre company which also invites in guest artists. It works in conjunction with Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
's MFA Acting program, the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training
Florida State University/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training
The Florida State University/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training or FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training is a three-year graduate program culminating in a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting...
. It is currently housed in the Florida State University Center for the Performing Arts, which is a multi-theater complex, located on the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is the state art museum of Florida, located in Sarasota, Florida. It was established in 1927 as the legacy of Mable and John Ringling for the people of Florida...
property. The 2008–2009 season marked Asolo Rep's 50th anniversary.
History of the Historic Asolo Theatre
The original performance space for the Asolo Repertory Theatre was housed in a historic theatre that was initially located in AsoloAsolo
Asolo is a town and comune in the Veneto Region of Northern Italy. It is known as "The Pearl of the province of Treviso", and also as "The City of a Hundred Horizons" for its mountain settings.-History:...
, Italy just outside of Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
. Built in 1798 by Italian impressario Antonio Locatelli, the theatre stood in the former audience hall of the castle of Caterina Cornaro, the former Queen of Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
. The horse-shoe shaped theatre contains four tiers of boxes and was modeled after La Fenice
La Fenice
Teatro La Fenice is an opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of the most famous theatres in Europe, the site of many famous operatic premieres. Its name reflects its role in permitting an opera company to "rise from the ashes" despite losing the use of two theatres...
. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the building was the home theatre of the great Italian actress Eleonora Duse
Eleonora Duse
-Life and career:Duse was born in Vigevano, Lombardy, and began acting as a child. Both her father and her grandfather were actors, and she joined the troupe at age four. Due to poverty, she initially worked continually, traveling from city to city with whichever troupe her family was currently...
.
In 1930, the Asolo Theatre was dismantled and put into storage. In 1949 the museum director of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is the state art museum of Florida, located in Sarasota, Florida. It was established in 1927 as the legacy of Mable and John Ringling for the people of Florida...
learned of the theatre's existence and saw the theatre as an ideal acquisition for the museum. The State of Florida agreed and purchased the theatre which was crated and shipped to Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota is a city located in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida. It is south of the Tampa Bay Area and north of Fort Myers...
. In 1952 the theatre was set up in a gallery in the Ringling museum. In the late 1950s it was decided that the theatre should be reconstructed so that modern theatre performances could be staged. The reconstructed theatre therefore incorporates the historic architecture into a building that is modern in design.
The Asolo Theatre opened its doors on January 10, 1958 with a production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
's Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Die Entführung aus dem Serail is an opera Singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner with adaptations by Gottlieb Stephanie...
. Presented by the New York City Opera
New York City Opera
The New York City Opera is an American opera company located in New York City.The company, called "the people's opera" by New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, was founded in 1943 with the aim of making opera financially accessible to a wide audience, producing an innovative choice of repertory, and...
, the production was directed and conducted by Julius Rudel
Julius Rudel
Julius Rudel is an American opera and orchestra conductor who emigrated to the United States from Austria at the age of 17 and studied conducting at the Mannes College of Music in New York City. He then forged a 35-year career with the New York City Opera, from 1944 to 1979, and was the Music...
. The opera starred Robert Rounseville
Robert Rounseville
Robert Rounseville was an American tenor, who appeared in opera, operetta, and Broadway musicals.-Career:Rounseville was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts. He made his Broadway debut in a small role in the Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Babes in Arms, then appeared in other musicals in...
as Belmonte, Beverly Bower
Beverly Bower
Beverly Bower was an American operatic soprano who had an active international opera career from the mid 1950s through the early 1970s. She began her opera career at the New York City Opera where she sang between 1956-1963...
as Konstanze, Herbert Beattle as Osmin, and Jacquelynne Moody as Blonde.
The theatre has since been moved to another location on the Ringling grounds and is now known as The Historic Asolo Theatre. The Asolo Repertory Company still puts on a few productions there each year, but it is no longer its primary location. Most shows for the Rep Company are performed at the Mertz Theatre, which is housed in the Florida State University Center for the Performing Arts, which is across the street.
History of the Mertz Theatre
The Harold E. and Esther M. Mertz Theatre was brought over from Scotland, where it had its first life as the Dunfermline Opera House. The Mertz Theatre was dedicated on January 27, 1990. The 2009/2010 season marks its 20 year anniversary, which will be celebrated with a Scottish-themed event in January.2011–2012 Season
- My Fair LadyMy Fair LadyMy Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe...
by Alan Jay LernerAlan Jay LernerAlan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre for both the stage and on film...
; November 18–December 23 - Once In A LifetimeOnce in a Lifetime- Film and television :* Once in a Lifetime , a film based on a play by Kaufman and Hart , starring Jack Oakie* Once in a Lifetime , a TV film based on a novel by Danielle Steele...
by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart; January 6–February 29 - God of CarnageGod of CarnageGod of Carnage is a play by Yasmina Reza. It is about two pairs of parents, one of whose child has hurt the other at a public park, who meet to discuss the matter in a civilized manner. However, as the evening goes on, the parents become increasingly childish, resulting in the evening devolving...
by Yasmina RezaYasmina RezaYasmina Reza is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter. Her parents were both of Jewish origin, her father Iranian, her mother Hungarian.-Career:...
; January 13–April 6 - YentlYentlYentl is a play by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer.Based on Singer's short story "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy," it centers on a young girl who defies tradition by discussing and debating Jewish law and theology with her rabbi father...
by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer; January 20–April 26 - Fallen AngelsFallen Angels (play)Fallen Angels is a play by British actor and playwright Noel Coward that opened at the Globe Theatre in 1925, starring Tallulah Bankhead.Cast of the original 1927 Broadway production included:...
by Noël CowardNoël CowardSir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
; March 9–May 13 - Hamlet, Prince of Cuba by William ShakespeareWilliam ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
, adapted by Michael Donald Edwards; March 23–May 6 - REDRedRed is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...
by John Lagon; March 30–April 22 - Tommy Tune Presents: Pulse, A New Dance Musical Starting Noah Racey by Noah Racey; May 25–June 7
- Hamlet Redux
2010–2011 Season
The Asolo's 52nd anniversary season will be presented under the helm of Michael Donald Edwards, who has been serving as Producing Artistic Director for the past four years. http://florida.broadwayworld.com/article/BONNIE_CLYDE_LA_BETE_DEATHTRAP_et_al_Set_for_Asolo_Reps_New_Season_20100308Mainstage
- Bonnie & Clyde: A New MusicalBonnie & Clyde: A New MusicalBonnie & Clyde is a musical with a book by Ivan Menchell, music by Frank Wildhorn, and lyrics by Don Black. It is directed by Jeff Calhoun. The musical made its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse in November 2009, and opened on Broadway with previews beginning November 4, 2011.The musical...
(Pre-Broadway Run) by Frank WildhornFrank WildhornFrank Wildhorn is an American composer known for both his musicals and popular songs. He is most known for his musical Jekyll & Hyde, which ran four years on Broadway, and for writing the #1 International Hit song "Where Do Broken Hearts Go?" for Whitney Houston.-Early years:Wildhorn was born in...
(music), Don Black (lyrics), and Ivan Menchell (book), directed by Jeff Calhoun; November 19, 2010 - December 19, 2010 - La BêteLa BêteLa Bête is a comedy by American playwright, David Hirson. Written in rhymed couplets of iambic pentameter, the Molière-inspired story, set in 17th century France, pits dignified, stuffy Elomire, the head of the royal court-sponsored theatre troupe, against the foppish, frivolous street entertainer...
by David HirsonDavid HirsonDavid Hirson is an American dramatist, best known for his award winning Broadway comedies, La Bête and Wrong Mountain.-Biography:Hirson was born in New York City to actress, Alice, and playwright, Roger O. Hirson...
, directed by Michael Donald Edwards; January 27, 2011 - February 24, 2011 - Twelve Angry Men by Reginald RoseReginald RoseReginald Rose was an American film and television writer most widely known for his work in the early years of television drama. Rose's work is marked by its treatment of controversial social and political issues...
, directed by Frank GalatiFrank GalatiFrank Galati is an American director, writer and actor. He is a member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, an associate director at Goodman Theatre, and a professor of performance at Northwestern University. In 2004, Galati was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame...
; January 14, 2011 - March 31, 2011 - Boeing BoeingBoeing Boeing (play)Boeing-Boeing is a classic farce written by French playwright Marc Camoletti. The English language adaptation, translated by Beverley Cross, was first staged in London at the Apollo Theatre in 1962 and transferred to the Duchess Theatre in 1965, running for a total of seven years...
by Marc Camoletti, translated by Beverley CrossBeverley CrossBeverley Cross was an English playwright, librettist and screenwriter.Born in London into a theatrical family, Cross started off by writing children's plays in the 1950s. He achieved instant success with his first play One More River, which dealt with a mutiny in which a crew puts its first...
& Francis Evans, directed by Greg Leaming; January 21, 2011 - April 23, 2011 - DeathtrapDeathtrap (play)Deathtrap is a play by Ira Levin in 1978 which encompasses many plot twists and is essentially a play within a play. It is a play in two acts with one set and five characters. It holds the record for the longest running comedy-thriller on Broadway and was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best...
by Ira LevinIra LevinIra Levin was an American author, dramatist and songwriter.-Professional life:Levin attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa...
, directed by Peter Amster; April 1, 2011 - May 14, 2011 - Las Meninas (The Waiting Women) by Lynn NottageLynn NottageLynn Nottage is an American playwright whose work often deals with the lives of women of African descent, African Americans and women. She was born in Brooklyn and is a graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Drama. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005, and a MacArthur Genius...
, directed by Michael Donald Edwards; March 18, 2011 - May 15, 2011
Off-main
- Antigone Now by Melissa Cooper (based on AntigoneAntigone (Sophocles)Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles written in or before 442 BC. Chronologically, it is the third of the three Theban plays but was written first...
by SophoclesSophoclesSophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides...
); preview on October 4, 2010, followed by a performance on October 9, 2010, and then TBA touring dates - George Gershwin Alone by Hershey FelderHershey FelderHershey Felder is a Canadian pianist, actor, playwright, composer, and producer. He created the role of American composer George Gershwin for the theatrical stage in the stage play George Gershwin Alone...
; May 19, 2011 - June 5, 2011 - Beethoven, As I Knew Him by Hershey FelderHershey FelderHershey Felder is a Canadian pianist, actor, playwright, composer, and producer. He created the role of American composer George Gershwin for the theatrical stage in the stage play George Gershwin Alone...
; June 8, 2011 - June 12, 2011 - Asolo Rep UNPLUGGED 2011 (A new works festival, comprising a world premiere of a new play, and four staged readings of new works); - April 15, 2011 - May 14, 2011
The FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training
- The Two Gentlemen of VeronaThe Two Gentlemen of VeronaThe Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1590 or 1591. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as his first tentative steps in laying out some of the themes and tropes with which he would later deal in more...
by William ShakespeareWilliam ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
, directed by Greg Leaming; October 26, 2010 - November 14, 2010 - reasons to be prettyReasons to be prettyreasons to be pretty is a play by Neil LaBute, his first to be staged on Broadway. The plot centers on four young working class friends and lovers who become increasingly dissatisfied with their dead-end lives and each other...
by Neil LaButeNeil LaButeNeil N. LaBute is an American film director, screenwriter and playwright.-Early life:LaBute was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Marian, a hospital receptionist, and Richard LaBute, a long-haul truck driver. LaBute is of French Canadian, English and Irish ancestry, and was raised in Spokane,...
, directed by Barbara Redmond; January 4, 2011 - January 23, 2011 - The Lady from the SeaThe Lady from the SeaThe Lady from the Sea is a play written in 1888 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.Kvinnan från havet is a ballet by choreographer Birgit Cullberg, and based on Ibsen's play...
by Henrik IbsenHenrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
, directed by Andrei Malaev-Babel; February 22, 2011 - March 13, 2011 - TartuffeTartuffeTartuffe is a comedy by Molière. It is one of his most famous plays.-History:Molière wrote Tartuffe in 1664...
by MolièreMolièreJean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
, directed by Wes Grantom; April 12, 2011 - May 1, 2011
World Premieres, American Premieres, and Pre-Broadway Runs
Asolo Rep frequently incorporates new works into its seasons.The 2010–2011 season will involve a pre-Broadway run of Bonnie & Clyde: A New Musical
Bonnie & Clyde: A New Musical
Bonnie & Clyde is a musical with a book by Ivan Menchell, music by Frank Wildhorn, and lyrics by Don Black. It is directed by Jeff Calhoun. The musical made its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse in November 2009, and opened on Broadway with previews beginning November 4, 2011.The musical...
by Frank Wildhorn
Frank Wildhorn
Frank Wildhorn is an American composer known for both his musicals and popular songs. He is most known for his musical Jekyll & Hyde, which ran four years on Broadway, and for writing the #1 International Hit song "Where Do Broken Hearts Go?" for Whitney Houston.-Early years:Wildhorn was born in...
(music), Don Black (lyrics), and Ivan Menchell (book). The production will be directed by Jeff Calhoun, and will run November 19, 2010 - December 19, 2010.
The 2009–2010 season showcased the world premiere of a new adaptation of the play Parfumerie by Miklós László
Miklós László
Miklos Laszlo was a playwright and naturalized American citizen born in Budapest, Hungary. He is best remembered for his play Illatszertár, also known as Parfumerie, which was used as the storyline for three movies, The Shop Around the Corner, In the Good Old Summertime, and, most recently,...
called The Perfume Shop (adapted by E.P. Dowdall). Under the helm of KJ Sanchez, the Conservatory class of 2010 created a play based on over 250 interviews with high school students, called Life in the Middle. It was also the inaugural year of the "Asolo Rep Unplugged Festival" of new works. http://florida.broadwayworld.com/article/Asolo_Rep_Presents_UNPLUGGED_Kicks_Off_314_20100224 The festival involved How to Pray by Michelle Carter; The Innocents
The Innocents (play)
The Innocents is a 1976 play written by William Archiblad. The show opened at the Morosco Theatre on October 21, 1976 and closed on October 30, 1976 after 12 performances.-Setting:...
by Steven Drukman
Steven Drukman
-Biography:In 1999, Drukman received a Ph.D. from New York University, where he is currently a full-time professor. Drukman spent many years writing for the Arts and Leisure section of The New York Times....
; Higher by Carey Perloff
Carey Perloff
Carey Elizabeth Perloff is an American theater director and playwright. She has been the artistic director of American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco since 1992.- Biography :...
; Fizz by Rogelio Martínez
Rogelio Martínez
Rogelio Bautista Martínez Ulloa was a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Washington Senators during the season. Listed at 6' 0", 180 lb., Martínez batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Cidra, Matanzas Province, Cuba...
; Lend Us Your Voice - original ensemble works by area high school students; Love & Irony by Craig Lucas
Craig Lucas
Craig Lucas is an American playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, musical actor, and film director.-Biography:...
A Tale of Two Cities (musical)
In September 2007, rehearsals started for the Asolo's first major new musical endeavor - a Broadway tryout production for Jill SantorielloJill Santoriello
Jill Santoriello is an American musician, composer, lyricist, and author. She is a self-taught musician whose award winning first musical A Tale of Two Cities was an Outer Critics Circle Award nominee for Outstanding New Musical in 2009.Santoriello was born in Summit, New Jersey and grew up in...
's A Tale of Two Cities (musical)
A Tale of Two Cities (musical)
A Tale of Two Cities is a musical with book, music and lyrics by Jill Santoriello based on the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens....
. The musical agreed to hold audition for local actors, many of which were featured in the ensemble. All set pieces were built in Sarasota, and those set pieces were all held in storage in New Jersey while Tale waited for a Broadway theatre. The production starred James Stacy Barbour
James Stacy Barbour
James Stacy Barbour , a.k.a. James Barbour, is a singer and Broadway actor. He graduated from Hofstra University with a degree in Acting and a minor in Philosophy.- Theatre credits :...
, Derek Keeling, who was freshly off of the NBC Casting show Grease: You're the One that I Want!, and Jessica Rush
Jessica Rush
Jessica Rush is an American Broadway actress who was born in Beaumont, Texas, but grew up mostly in Orlando, Florida. She is perhaps best known for creating the role of Lucie Mannette in the 2007 world premiere of the Broadway-bound A Tale of Two Cities, by Jill Santoriello, opposite James Barbour...
as Lucie Mannette. It featured Alex Santoriello and Natalie Toro
Natalie Toro
Natalie Toro is an American singer and stage, television, and film actor.Natalie debuted at the Apollo Theater at age 5. She studied piano and voice at the Manhattan School of Music and the High School of Music and Art until the age of 18...
, among others in the large cast from both Tale alums from previous workshops in New York (and new New York faces) and several local actors.
The show received mixed to positive notices from Sarasota and select national critics, but the show was declared a hit from the people at the Asolo and in Sarasota. Tale's run was entirely sold out, and provided a big boost for the Asolo economically, and re-put them on a national level. Tale transferred to Broadway after 10 months in August 2008, but closed, with mainly negative reviews and due to the troubled economy in November.
Artists
The Asolo has engaged a collection of talented artists throughout the years, including all those listed below.Actors
John Sterling Arnold, James Stacy BarbourJames Stacy Barbour
James Stacy Barbour , a.k.a. James Barbour, is a singer and Broadway actor. He graduated from Hofstra University with a degree in Acting and a minor in Philosophy.- Theatre credits :...
, Wendy Barrie-Wilson
Wendy Barrie-Wilson
Wendy Barrie-Wilson is an American stage actress who has performed in more than 90 plays on Broadway and around the world...
, Leslie Becker, Mimi Bessette, Laurie Birmingham, Jason Bradley, David Breitbarth, Joseph Cassidy
Joseph Cassidy
Joseph "Joe" Cassidy was a Scottish football player. His favoured position was as a forward. Cassidy started his career with Motherwell and Blythe...
, James Clarke
James Clarke
James Clarke VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
, Dan Donohue, Deanna Dunagan
Deanna Dunagan
Deanna Dunagan is a Chicago based American actress. Although Dunagan has appeared on television and in films, she is most admired for her work as a stage actress. She is best known for her Tony Award-winning portrayal of Violet Weston in Tracy Letts' August: Osage County.-Early life and...
, Wayne Duvall
Wayne Duvall
Wayne Duvall is an American actor, known for playing Homer Stokes in O Brother Where Art Thou?, Coach Ferguson in "Leatherheads" and Ned Guston in "Duplicity". On television he is best known for playing Sgt. Phil Brander on The District . In 2002, he married Denise Guillet...
, Linda Eder
Linda Eder
Linda Eder is an American singer and actress. She made her Broadway debut in the musical Jekyll & Hyde, for which she received 1997 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Nominations, as well as the Theatre World Award for Best Actress in a Musical...
, Claybourne Elder, Rob Evan
Rob Evan
Rob Evan is a singer and actor, best known as a lead performer in numerous Broadway musicals, a performer in national and international tours of musical productions, and a featured vocalist on several music albums.-Personal:...
, Richard Falklen
Richard Falklen
Richard Falklen is the show producer for Gerry House and the House Foundation, the and award-winning morning radio show on The Big 98, WSIX-FM in Nashville, Tennessee, and heard across the world on and on , from 6 to 10am Monday through Friday...
, Hershey Felder
Hershey Felder
Hershey Felder is a Canadian pianist, actor, playwright, composer, and producer. He created the role of American composer George Gershwin for the theatrical stage in the stage play George Gershwin Alone...
, Kelsey Fowler
Kelsey Fowler
Kelsey Fowler is a child stage and film actress. She began her professional acting career at the age of ten, performing on Broadway, and acting in television commercials and film. She has performed on Broadway for four years and been in three Broadway productions...
, Steve Garland, Suzanne Grodner, Kate Hampton, Mercedes Herrero, Philip Hoffman
Philip Hoffman
Philip Hoffman may refer to:*Philip Guthrie Hoffman , Former President of the University of Houston from 1961–1977, and first Chancellor of the University of Houston System from 1977–1979...
, Polly Holliday, Jayne Houdyshell
Jayne Houdyshell
Jayne Houdyshell is a Tony Award–nominated American theater actress.-Life and career:Raised in Topeka, Kansas, she is the youngest of four daughters born to Galen "Buzz" Houdyshell and Louella Taylor...
, David S. Howard, Tom Hulce
Tom Hulce
Thomas Edward "Tom" Hulce is an American actor and theater producer. As an actor, he is perhaps best known for his Oscar-nominated portrayal of Mozart in the movie Amadeus and his role as "Pinto" in National Lampoon's Animal House. Additional acting awards included a total of four Golden Globe...
, Doug Jones
Doug Jones
Doug Jones is the name of:* Doug Jones , American film actor* Doug Jones , American heavyweight boxer* Doug Jones , American MLB relief pitcher...
, Jeremy Jordan, Derek Keeling, Matthew Labanca, James Leaming, Kevin Massey
Kevin Massey
Kevin Massey is an American actor in musical theatre productions. Most recently, he portrayed Ted Hinton in Bonnie & Clyde: A New Musical at Asolo Repertory Theatre , and Alamanzo Wilder in the production of Little House on the Prairie.-Regional::...
, Carolyn Michel, Ann Morrison
Ann Morrison
Ann Morrison is an American actress, best known for her Broadway debut as Mary Flynn in the Stephen Sondheim/George Furth musical, Merrily We Roll Along directed by Harold Prince for which she won the 1982 Theatre World Award...
, Brad Oscar
Brad Oscar
Brad Oscar is an American musical theatre actor known for his Broadway performances in musicals such as The Producers and Jekyll and Hyde. The former garnered him a Tony Award nomination.-Career:...
, Laura Osnes
Laura Osnes
Laura Ann Osnes is an American stage actress, and the winner of the role of "Sandy" on the televised Grease: You're the One that I Want! competition. She played Sandy in the 2007 Broadway run of Grease, which opened August 19, 2007, starring alongside the other winner, Max Crumm, who played the...
, John G. Preston
John G. Preston
John G. Preston is an American stage and film actor.Preston starred as the title character in the short film Feet of Clay, and as Alex Dowd in the 2008 feature film Ready? Okay! He has also appeared in television's Law & Order and As the World Turns....
, Zach Rand, Benjie Randall, Steve Rankin, Barbara Redmond, Paul Reubens
Paul Reubens
Paul Reubens is an American actor, writer, film producer, and comedian, best known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s and started his career as an improvisational comedian and stage actor...
, Charles Ross
Charles Ross
Charles Ross may refer to:*Charles Ross , English historian, biographer of Edward IV and Richard III*Charley Ross , US missing person case in the 1870s...
, Jessica Rush
Jessica Rush
Jessica Rush is an American Broadway actress who was born in Beaumont, Texas, but grew up mostly in Orlando, Florida. She is perhaps best known for creating the role of Lucie Mannette in the 2007 world premiere of the Broadway-bound A Tale of Two Cities, by Jill Santoriello, opposite James Barbour...
, Marlyn Sanchez, Danny Scheie, Molly Scott, Kraig Swartz, Christianne Tisdale, Bryan Torfeh, Natalie Toro
Natalie Toro
Natalie Toro is an American singer and stage, television, and film actor.Natalie debuted at the Apollo Theater at age 5. She studied piano and voice at the Manhattan School of Music and the High School of Music and Art until the age of 18...
, Melissa van der Schyff, Granville Van Dusen
Granville Van Dusen
Granville Van Dusen is an American stage, screen, and voice actor who portrayed Race Bannon in the 1986 television series The New Adventures of Jonny Quest, Jonny's Golden Quest, Jonny Quest vs...
, Chuck Wagner
Chuck Wagner
Chuck Wagner is an American actor, Director, Musical Theatre Historian, and Teacher.-Education and early career:Wagner was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and raised in Hartsville, Tennessee. He attended public school in Gallatin, TN...
, Craig Waletzko, Don Walker
Don Walker
Don Walker may refer to:*Don Walker , Australian musician*Don Walker , American orchestrator*Don Walker...
, Elizabeth Ward, Anna Aimee White, Paul Whitworth, Jud Williford, Jason Workman
Directors
Peter Amster, Seth Barrish, Dave Barton, Gregory Boyd, Jeff CalhounJeff Calhoun (choreographer)
Jeff Calhoun is an American director, choreographer, producer and dancer.As a student at Richland High School, now Pine-Richland High School , Calhoun was interested in both athletics and performance, playing football and studying tap dance. He danced in the ensemble at The Kenley Players in Ohio...
, Warren Carlyle
Warren Carlyle
Warren Carlyle is a director and choreographer who was born in Norwich, Norfolk, England. He received Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Choreography and Outstanding Director of a Musical for Finian's Rainbow.-Biography:...
, Patti Columbo, Brad Dalton
Brad Dalton
Bradley Dalton is a former Australian basketball player, who played for the City of Sydney Astronauts , West Adelaide Bearcats , Sydney Supersonics , Geelong Supercats and the Sydney Kings in the NBL.Dalton represented Australia in both the 1984 and 1988 Olympics...
, Michael Donald Edwards, Carl Forsman, Frank Galati
Frank Galati
Frank Galati is an American director, writer and actor. He is a member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, an associate director at Goodman Theatre, and a professor of performance at Northwestern University. In 2004, Galati was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame...
, Dr. Moses Goldberg, Lillian Garrett-Groag
Lillian Garrett-Groag
Lillian Garrett-Groag is an American playwright, theatre director, and actor. Her plays include The Ladies of the Camellias, The Magic Fire, and The White Rose -Theatre career:...
, Wes Grantom, Gordon Greenberg
Gordon Greenberg
-Education:Greenberg attended Stanford University and NYU Film School Tisch School of the Arts, as well as The Lincoln Center Directors Lab, The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and Stagedoor Manor.-Career:...
, Greg Leaming, Howard Millman, Charles Morey, Stephen Rothman, Mark Rucker, KJ Sanchez, Danny Scheie, Scott Schwartz, Dmitry Troyanovsky, Tony Walton
Tony Walton
Tony Walton is an English set and costume designer.Walton was born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. He began his career in 1957 with the stage design for Noel Coward's Broadway production of Conversation Piece. Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s he designed for the New...
Designers
Brandin Barón, Howell BinkleyHowell Binkley
Howell Binkley is a professional lighting designer in New York City. He received the 2006 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a musical for Jersey Boys....
, Mara Blumenfeld, Burke Brown, Amy Cianci, Jeff Croiter, David Cuthbert, Erik Flatmo, Judy Gailen, Virgil Johnson
Virgil Johnson
Virgil Johnson was an American ice hockey player. Johnson played professionally in the National Hockey League and American Hockey Association. He played for the Chicago Black Hawks winning the Stanley Cup in 1938. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1974.-External links:*...
, Kevin Kennedy
Kevin Kennedy
Kevin Kennedy may refer to:*Kevin Kennedy *Kevin Kennedy *Kevin Kennedy , screenwriter of The Assassination of Richard Nixon*Kevin J. Kennedy, former CEO of JDSU, current CEO of Avaya* Kevin Kennedy, Ed.D.,...
, Russell Metheny, Tyler Micoleau, B. Modern, David W. Walker, Aaron Muhl, Fabian Obispo, Matthew Parker
Matthew Parker
Matthew Parker was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559 until his death in 1575. He was also an influential theologian and arguably the co-founder of Anglican theological thought....
, Fitz Patton, Richard Pilbrow
Richard Pilbrow
Richard Pilbrow is an internationally renowned stage lighting designer, author, theatre consultant, and theatrical producer, film producer and television producer...
, James D. Sale, Lee Savage, Michael Schweikardt, Dan Scully, Eduardo Sicangco, Jerome Sirlin, Walt Spangler, Jane Suttell, Alejo Vietti, Tony Walton
Tony Walton
Tony Walton is an English set and costume designer.Walton was born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. He began his career in 1957 with the stage design for Noel Coward's Broadway production of Conversation Piece. Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s he designed for the New...
, Robert Wierzel
Robert Wierzel
Robert Wierzel is an American lighting designer.Mr. Wierzel is well known for his work in the American regional theatre, with national and international opera companies, museum installations, and dance. For twenty-three years he has been a collaborator with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance...
, David Zinn
Other Artists
Lynnette Barkley, Don BlackDon Black
Don Black may refer to:* Don Black , racialist campaigner* Don Black , English lyricist* Don Black , baseball player for the Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Athletics...
, Patti Colombo, Nilo Cruz
Nilo Cruz
Nilo Cruz is an Cuban-American playwright and pedagogue. With his award of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play, Anna in the Tropics, he became the first Latino so honored.-Early years:...
, Steven Drukman
Steven Drukman
-Biography:In 1999, Drukman received a Ph.D. from New York University, where he is currently a full-time professor. Drukman spent many years writing for the Arts and Leisure section of The New York Times....
, Jack Gilhooley, Mark Hartman, James Hoskins, Bruce Lecure, John McDaniel
John McDaniel (musician)
John William McDaniel is an American theatre producer, composer, conductor, and pianist. He is known as the lead composer and producer of the 1996 television talk show The Rosie O'Donnell Show, for which he received six Daytime Emmy Award nominations, winning two.McDaniel is also known for his...
, Christopher McGovern, Ivan Menchell, Charles Morey, Jack Murphy
Jack Murphy
Jack Roland Murphy or Murf the Surf is a surfing champion, musician, author, artist and convicted murderer who was involved in the biggest jewel heist in American history at the American Museum of Natural History...
, Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage is an American playwright whose work often deals with the lives of women of African descent, African Americans and women. She was born in Brooklyn and is a graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Drama. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005, and a MacArthur Genius...
, Tim Robertson, Frank Wildhorn
Frank Wildhorn
Frank Wildhorn is an American composer known for both his musicals and popular songs. He is most known for his musical Jekyll & Hyde, which ran four years on Broadway, and for writing the #1 International Hit song "Where Do Broken Hearts Go?" for Whitney Houston.-Early years:Wildhorn was born in...