The upcoming Broadway production of Lucy Prebble's critically acclaimed play ENRON, directed by Rupert Goold, is proud to welcome actors Jordan Ballard (Hairspray), Brandon J. Dirden (Prelude to a Kiss), Anthony Holds (Spamalot, Pal Joey), Ty Jones (Judgment at Nuremberg, Henry IV, Julius Caesar), Tom Nelis (The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, Aida), Jeff Skowron (The Lion King, High Society), Lusia Strus (the upcoming untitled Gus Van Sant project), Ben Hartley (Swan Lake, The Little Mermaid) and Ellyn Marie Marsh to the company.
They join the previously announced Norbert Leo Butz, Gregory Itzin, Stephen Kunken, Marin Mazzie, Noah Weisberg, Rightor Doyle, Ian Kahn, Mary Stewart Sullivan, Madisyn Shipman, and January LaVoy.
ENRON will begin previews on Broadway on April 8, 2010 at The Broadhurst Theatre (235 W. 44th St. between 8th and Broadway), in preparation for an April 27, 2010 opening.
Tickets are currently on sale via Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200. The Broadhurst Theatre box office will officially open March 11th.
Jordan Ballard returns to Broadway after a two year engagement as one of Bette Midler's famed Harlettes. Other credits include: Broadway: Hairspray ; National Tour: Hairspray, Rent, Tick, Tick...Boom!, Footloose. Concert: Liza's Back (Beacon Theatre) Television: "Reno 911" (Guest Star) "ER" (Guest Star), "Oprah","The Tonight Show". Film: Sex and the City 2. Endless gratitude to BT, all at Telsey & Co., and as always, EF. For my Fam.
Brandon J. Dirden On Broadway, Brandon appeared in Prelude To A Kiss (Roundabout Theatre Company, dir. Daniel Sullivan). Off-Broadway he was seen in The First Breeze of Summer and Day of Absence (Signature Theatre). His regional credits include the world premiere of Magnolia (Goodman Theatre, dir. Anna Shapiro); Fences (Huntington Theatre Company, dir. Kenny Leon); Topdog/Underdog (Playmakers Repertory Co); Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (True Colors Theatre Co, dir. Kenny Leon); Othello, Twelfth Night, Metamorphoses, Comedy of Errors and others (Georgia Shakespeare); A Death in the House..., A Christmas Carol and The Breach (ALLIANCE THEATRE); Take Me Out (Theatre In The Square); Come On in My Kitchen (7 Stages); Miss Dessa (Ensemble Theatre Company); Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Alley Theatre); Harvey (Utah Shakespearean Festival); and Julius Caesar and As You Like It (North Carolina Shakespeare Festival). He received a BA from Morehouse College and an MFA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Member of the Actors Center.
Anthony Holds played the role of Sir Galahad on the 1st National Tour of Monty Python's Spamalot, and has appeared on Broadway in Spamalot, Pal Joey, and Dracula. Off-Broadway he has been seen in The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and as Steve Jobs in the world premiere of Nerds (2005 NY Musical Theatre Festival). Anthony has guest starred on NBC's "Law & Order". His regional theatrical credits include Company (Bobby), The Last Five Years (Jamie), The Full Monty (Jerry), Titanic (Andrews), and My Fair Lady (Freddy). He is a former naval officer and graduate of Annapolis.
Ty Jones made his Broadway debut in the role of Lt. Byers in Judgment at Nuremberg, portrayed Nym in the Tony Award-Winning production of Henry IV with Ethan Hawke and Kevin Kline and Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington. He won an OBIE Award for his portrayal of Archibald in the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway production The Blacks: A Clown Show. As a company member of the Classical Theatre of Harlem, Ty received Audelco Nominations for his performances in Macbeth, Trojan Women, Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death and won Best Actor for his portrayal of Nat Turner, in Emancipation: Chronicles of the Nat Turner Rebellion. He has been notably mentioned in a number of performances including Hamlet with the American Shakespeare Theatre Company in the title role, Paul in Six Degrees of Separation at the Baltimore Center Stage/MSC, Cory in Fences at the Guthrie, Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird at Indiana Rep., and various credits at the Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, Pittsburgh Public and the Utah and New Jersey Shakespeare Festivals. Principal film roles include his work in The Taking of Pelham 123, Redacted, The International, Kiss it Up to God, and My Normal. He has been seen in a number of episodics such as Ugly Betty, Fringe, Cupid and all the Law & Orders. As a writer, Ty Jones' play Emancipation: Chronicles of the Nat Turner Rebellion, premiered at the Audubon Ballroom - where Malcolm X was assassinated - for the award-winning Classical Theatre of Harlem in April 2008. Jones first created Emancipation as a screenplay; it was selected as a finalist in The Sundance Institute Feature Film Program, was endorsed by the Southern Poverty Law Center, received Honorable Merit from the Writer Digest Screenwriters Association, and won the San Francisco Black Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. Ty also is the Grant Coordinator for the Get Together Foundation for the Children and Board Chair of the Classical Theatre of Harlem. Mr. Jones received his MFA from the University of Delaware, where he was the recipient of the Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement Award as an alum, and was named "One of 25 to Watch" in TIME OUT magazine. He resides in NYC, with his wife, photographer Jill Jones and their two children, Kaden and Roen.
Tom Nelis Broadway: The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, Aida; Off-Broadway: Road Show (NYSF); Iohigenia, Hot ‘n Throbbing (Signature); The Merchant of Venice (TFNA, RSC); The Seven, Score, The Medium (NYTW); Oscar Wilde in Gross Indecency: (Minetta Lane); Hot Mouth (MTC); American Document, Richard III, The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV, ‘Tis Pity She's A Whore, the title role in Henry VI (NYSF); Lilith (New York City Opera); Another Person is a Foreign Country, The Trojan Woman/A Love Story (En Garde Arts); The Blue Sky is a Curse (Talking Band). Also: Ahab in Laurie Anderson's Songs and Stories from Moby Dick, Richard Foreman's Pearls for Pigs, and Tadashi Suzuki's Dionysus. Regional theaters across the country. Nelis is a founding member of Siti Company, now celebrating 18 years of work around the world, under the direction of Anne Bogart. Awards: OBIE (The Medium), Drama League Nomination (Score), San Diego Critics Award, Ensemble (Wintertime), Barrymore Nomination (Candide). MFA, UC San Diego.
