Following a critically acclaimed run at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater this past fall, One Night with Janis Joplin returns for a summer run. Leading the production is Mary Bridget Davies. Davies is joined by Sabrina Elayne Carten as the Blues Singer. Created, written and directed by Randy Johnson, the production is produced in partnership with The Pasadena Playhouse and Milwaukee Repertory Theater, in association with Todd Gershwin and Daniel Chilewich of One Night Productions, The Estate of Janis Joplin and Jeff Jampol of JAM, Inc. One Night with Janis Joplin runs June 21-August 11, 2013 in the Kreeger Theater.
BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production shots below!
Joining Davies and Carten on stage and providing backup vocals as the Joplinaires are Alison Cusano (Cohoes Music Hall's Hair), Shay Saint-Victor(Billie Holiday Theatre's Freeda Peoples) and Kim Yarbrough (season two finalist on NBC's The Voice). Cusano and Yarbrough are also alternates for Joplin and the Blues Singer, respectively.
One Night with Janis Joplin features a live, on-stage band, featuring returning musicians Tyler Evans (keyboard), Stephen Flakus (guitar), Patrick Harry(bass), Ross Seligman (musical supervisor, guitar) and Mitch Wilson (drums), who performed with the show at Arena Stage this past fall. They are joined by D.C.-area based Dennis Ferry (trumpet), Scott Silbert (tenor sax) and S. Craig Taylor (trumpet), making their debuts with the company.
Photo Credit: Jim Cox
Tricia Kelly, Shay Saint-Victor, Kim Yarbrough, Mary Bridget Davies and Sabrina Elayne Carten
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