Steve Vinovich to Star as LBJ in Texas Premiere of ALL THE WAY at ZACH Theatre This Spring

ZACH Theatre announces the full cast for the upcoming Texas Premiere of 2014 Tony Award - winning play All The Way by Robert Schenkkan, based on Lyndon Baines Johnson's first year as President of the United States. ZACH Theatre Producing Artistic Director DAVE STEAKLEY will direct at the Topfer Theatre on the Karen Kuykendall stage April 8 - May 10, 2015.

Noted Broadway, film, and television actor STEVE VINOVICH will star as President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Mr. Vinovich performed the role of Rep. Emanuel Cellar in the Broadway production of All The Way and was the understudy to Bryan Cranston as LBJ. Broadway and film actor MELVIN ABSTON, most recently in Broadway's Sister Act, will play Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ROBERT WALDEN who is best known for his role as Joe Rossi on Lou Grant for which he was nominated for an Emmy three times, will portray J. Edgar Hoover and Sen. Robert Byrd. Walden also starred in the films Blue Sunshine, The Hospital, All the President's Men, and Capricorn One.

The 17 member ensemble cast includes NICOLE SCHIRO as Lady Bird Johnson and Katharine Graham; MICHAEL MILLER (The King & I) as Sen. Hubert Humphrey; AMBER QUICK as Muriel Humphrey; MILES CHICK as Robert McNamara and Sen.James Eastland; DELANTE G. KEYS as Bob Moses, David Dennis, and James Harrison; MICHELLE ALEXANDER (The Gospel At Colonus) as Coretta Scott King and Fannie Lou Hamer; WILLIAM "BILL" EARL RAY (The Gospel At Colonus) as Roy Wilkins and Aaron Henry; RICK SMITH as Gov. George Wallace and Walter Ruether; RICHARD ROMEO as Rev. Ralph Abernathy; J. QUINTON JOHNSON (LES MISERABLES) as Stokely Carmichael and James Earl Chaney; GARRY PETERS (Boyhood) as Sen. Richard Russell; DAVID JARROTT (Peter and the Starcatcher) as Rep. Howard "Judge" Smith and Sen.Everett Dirksen; CRAIG ROOKE as Walter Jenkins, and RICK ROEMER (A Christmas Carol) as Stanley Levison and Rep. John McCormack.

On the prodcution team are: Dave Steakley - Director; Natalie Novacek - Assistant Director; Cliff Simon - Scenic Designer; Michael McDonald - Costume Designer; Michelle Habeck - Lighting Designer; Craig Brock - Sound Designer; Scott Groh - Properties Designer; Russell M. Dembin - Dramaturg and Dialect Coach; Catherine Anne Tucker - Stage Manager; Lisa Goering - Stage Manager; and Megan Barrett - Assistant Stage Manager.

A searing, enthralling dramatization of President Johnson's first year in office, All The Way illuminates the passage of The Civil Rights Act and a pivotal point in American history. All The Way enjoyed critical success earning the 2013 Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award, Outer Critics Circle, and New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards for Best Play as well as the 2014 Tony Award for Best Play.

Special events in celebration of All The Way include:

· Press Night: Saturday, April 11, 2015. Please RSVP to Lauren Lovell

· GLBT Wilde Party Night: Thursday, April 9, 2015

· Champagne Opening Night: Thursday, April 16, 2015

· Z Lounge: Pre-show musical entertainment in the Topfer Theatre's Main
Lounge

Tickets start at $25 and are available online at www.zachtheatre.org, by phone at 512-476-0541 ext. 1, or in person at the ZACH Theatre Box Office, in the Topfer Theatre, 202 South Lamar Blvd. (corner of Riverside Drive and South Lamar Blvd.) Monday through Saturday, 12 noon - 7 p.m. ZACH Theatre is wheelchair accessible. Discounts are available for groups of 8 or more. Student Rush Tickets are $18 one hour before show time (with valid ID).

About the star, STEVE VINOVICH: Broadway: Loose Ends, Lost in Yonkers, The Magic Show, The Robber Bridegroom, The Grand Tour, The Secret Rapture. Off-Broadway: Old Jews Telling Jokes. National Tour: The Dinner Party. Regional: Over 100 plays and musicals including Westport Playhouse: Diary of Anne Frank, Pittsburgh Public: 1776; Pasadena Playhouse: The Foreigner, The Little Foxes; Laguna Playhouse: Art, The Price; Reprise: Kiss Me Kate, Strike up the Band, Babes in Arms; Pacific Resident Theater: Awake and Sing, Golden Boy, All My Sons; Stratford: TwelfthNight with Lynn Redgrave; Public: A Midsummer Night's Dream; NCT:Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, How I Learned to Drive, Inherit the Wind. Film: The Santa Clause, Awakenings, Mannequin, Puffin in The Swan Princess. TV: about 100 guest spots and two series including such iconic shows as Three's Company, LA Law, Hill Street Blues, Roseanne, Star Trek, ER, Everybody Loves Raymond, Law and Order, Matlock, Touched by an Angel, Malcolm in the Middle, and Hannah Montana. Commercials: over 200. Training: Juilliard Acting School under John Houseman, Strasberg Institute, Charles Nelson Reilly, Larry Moss. Awards: three LA Drama Logue Awards.

About the author, ROBERT SCHENKKAN: Plays: The Kentucky Cycle (Pulitzer Prize; Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards nominations, and LA Drama Critics Award), By the Rivers of Babylon, Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates, Handler, Heaven on Earth, Final Passages, The Marriage of Miss Hollywood and King Neptune, Tachinoki, The Devil and Daniel Webster, A Single Shard, The Dream Thief. Musicals: The Twelve, A Night at the Alhambra Café. Film: The Quiet American. Television: The Pacific (two Emmy nominations and a WGA Award), The Andromeda Strain, Crazy Horse, and Spartacus. All The Way won the inaugural Edward Kennedy Award, and the National Critics Association/Steinberg Best New Play Award. Its sequel, The Great Society, premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in July, 2014.

About ZACH Theatre: A non-profit organization, ZACH creates intimate theatre experiences that ignite the imagination, inspire the spirit, and engage the community. As Austin's leading professional producing theatre, ZACH employs more than 300 actors, musicians, and designers annually to create its own diverse array of nationally recognized plays and musicals under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Dave Steakley and Managing Director Elisbeth Challener. Each year, ZACH serves nearly 115,000 Central Texans - 50,000 of which are children and youth who participate in our education and outreach programs, as well as inspiring camps and classes. ZACH Theatre is honored to host private and community events across the beautiful rental-ready spaces on our three-stage campus located in the heart of Austin. Founded in 1932 and in its 82nd season, ZACH is the longest continuously running theatre company in the state of Texas, and one of the ten oldest in the country. Visit www.zachtheatre.org for more information.

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