Meet the Cast of [title of show] At Signature Theater 5/6

Just two decades ago, Washington, DC's theater scene was dominated by large venues that presented mostly traditional plays. Few theaters dared to take the risk of producing new work, and even fewer produced lesser-known or new musicals. Today, Signature Theatre broadens and brightens the region's cultural landscape with its bold productions of challenging new and established works. Musical Theater is 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.

Brown Bag Thursday: May 6

Meet the Cast of [title of show]
Director MATT GARDINER and his cast: Erin Driscoll, James Gardiner, Sam Ludwig, and Jenna Sokolowski

THURSDAY, MAY 6
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Mead Lobby
Signature Theatre,
4200 Campbell Avenue

[title of show] is a musical about two nobodies named Hunter and Jeff who decide to write a completely original musical starring themselves and their attractive and talented lady-friends, Susan and Heidi. Jeff Bowen, composer and lyricist, and Hunter Bell, book writer, chronicle their real-life struggle to complete the show in three and half weeks in order to enter the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

Their musical was indeed first seen at the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2004 and began an off- Broadway run in 2006. In 2008, it previewed at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre and ran for 102 performances. The writer-stars as well as the director all won Obie Awards, and Bell was nominated for a Tony Award®. [title of show] has since become a post-modern work-in-progress, with updates and changes to each new production reflecting the circumstances that the individual cast and show have experienced.

Matt Gardiner will lead his cast in a candid discussion about their version of [title of show]. Erin Driscoll, who played Johanna in Sweeney Todd and was the featured artist at the February 1st Page to Stage Monday, appears with her real-life fiancé James Gardiner, brother of director Matt. (These dynamics are every bit as theatrical as the musical!) Joining Matt, Erin, and James in [title of show] are Signature regular Sam Ludwig, who also is in the cast of Sweeney with Erin, and Jenna Sokolowski, who was last seen at Signature in Urinetown, for which she and Erin both received Helen Hayes Awards for their performances in the show. This cast is very well inter-connected!

Be on hand Thursday, May 6, to delve into the multi- layered collaboration between the cast and director of Signature's production of [title of show] .

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This Brown Bag conversation is free to the public. No reservations are required. There's a table waiting for you.

FREE BACKSTAGE TOUR: MAY 4

Ever curious about the inner workings of a theater?
Join us for a free backstage tour on May 4 at noon.
Meet in the Mead Lobby and get a behind-the-scenes view of what goes on at Signature.

Reservations recommended. Call 703-820-9771.

 

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