JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, Starring Nicholas Edwards, Extends at Signature Theatre

Following weeks of high demand, Signature Theatre is happy to announce that Jesus Christ Superstar will play for an added ninth week - an addition of seven performances between July 5 and July 9.

Tickets to the extension performances are now on sale and are available online at www.sigtheatre.org, by phone at 703-820-9771 and in person at the Signature Theatre Box Office.

Directed by Signature Theatre Director of New Works Joe Calarco (Gypsy, The Flick) the epic rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice comes to life in an immersive new staging in Signature Theatre's MAX Theatre.

The production stars Nicholas Edwards (Off-Broadway's Spamilton, Sister Act National Tour) as Jesus of Nazareth, Ari McKay Wilford (Broadway's Once) as Judas Iscariot, and Natascia Diaz (Signature's West Side Story, The Threepenny Opera) as Mary Magdalene. Edwards, Wilford and Diaz are joined in the cast by Sherri L. Edelen (Signature's Midwestern Gothic, Gypsy) as King Herod, Sam Ludwig (Signature's Midwestern Gothic, Titanic) as Annas, Michael J. Mainwaring (Arena's Smokey Joe's Café) as Peter, Awa Sal Secka (Round House's Caroline, or Change) as Simon Zealotes, Thomas Adrian Simpson (Signature's Company) as Caiaphas, and Bobby Smith as Pontius Pilate (Signature's Midwestern Gothic, Titanic).

The ensemble is rounded out by Vincent Kempski (Signature's Miss Saigon), David Landstrom (Olney's Avenue Q), Calvin McCullough (Ford's A Christmas Carol), Solomon Parker III (Red Branch Theatre's Dogfight), Jobari Parker-Namdar (Signature's Anyone Can Whistle), Chris Sizemore (Signature's Titanic), Harrison Smith (Keegan Theatre's Parade), Korinn Walfall (Round House Theatre's Caroline, or Change), and Kara Tameika Watkins (Signature's Jelly's Last Jam).

The creative team includes Choreography by Karma Camp (Signature's Elmer Gantry), Musical Direction by William Yanesh (Signature's The Last Five Years), Scenic Design by Luciana Stecconi (Signature's Tender Napalm), Lighting Design by Jason Lyons (Signature's La Cage Aux Folles), Costume Design by Frank Labovitz (Signature's Titanic), Sound Design by Ryan Hickey (Signature's Titanic), Video Design by Zach Borovay (Broadway's Rock of Ages), Fight Choreography by Casey Kaleba (Signature's Midwestern Gothic) Production Stage Manager Kerry Epstein, Assistant Stage Manager Karen Currie, Production Assistant Joey Blakely, New York Casting by Laura Stancyzk, CSA.

Founded in 1989, Signature Theatre is a Tony Award-winning regional theater that broadens and brightens the region's cultural landscape with its bold productions of challenging new and established works and engaging education and outreach programs. Under the leadership of co-founder and Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer and Managing Director Maggie Boland, musical theater has become Signature's "signature," and the Theatre is renowned for its definitive Sondheim productions, inventive adaptations of overlooked or forgotten works, and investment in fresh new projects. Called a "musical theater powerhouse" by The Washington Post, Signature combines Broadway-caliber productions with intimate playing spaces and aims to be a leading force in U.S. musical theater. Since its inception, the Theatre has produced 51 world premiere works-including 19 new musical commissions-and is home to the single largest musical theater commissioning project in the United States, The American Music Voices Project. Attracting talent from the DC metropolitan region and New York, Signature has grown to reach more than 100,000 people annually from the Washington, DC region and beyond. Signature has won 103 Helen Hayes Awards for excellence in the Washington, DC region's professional theater and has been honored with 411 nominations.

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