WaterTower Theatre Announces Casting and Creative Team for the Regional Premiere of SILENT SKY

WaterTower Theatre Managing Director Greg Patterson and Associate Artistic Director Kelsey Leigh Ervi today announced casting and creative team details for the Regional Premiere of Silent Sky, directed by Kelsey Leigh Ervi. A new play by Lauren Gunderson, Silent Sky will run January 20-February 12, 2017, in the Canterbury Family Main Stage at the Addison Theatre Centre. The cast features Anastasia Munoz as Henrietta Leavitt, Sarah Elizabeth Price as Margaret Leavitt, Mitchell Stephens as Peter Shaw, Marianne Galloway as Annie Cannon, and Shannon J. McGrann as Williamina Fleming.

Making their WaterTower Theatre debuts in Silent Sky are Anastasia Munoz and Marianne Galloway.

This new play by Lauren Gunderson blends humor and romance in a riveting exploration of the life and career of celebrated astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868-1921), who fearlessly asserted herself in the male-driven, turn-of-the-century world of science and academia. A true story of discovery, Silent Sky invites us to join Leavitt and the real women "computers" working at the dawn of modern astronomy as they explore the magic of the universe in what is an historic journey of love, science, and determination.

Individual tickets to Silent Sky will go on sale December 6, 2016, at noon and will be available by calling the WaterTower Theatre Box Office at 972.450.6232 or online at www.watertowertheatre.org. Silent Sky is sponsored, in part, by Atmos Energy and Slalom Consulting. Student matinee performances on January 31 and February 7 are sponsored by Atmos Energy.

The creative team, in addition to Director Kelsey Leigh Ervi, includes Clare DeVries (Set Designer), Sylvia Fuhrken (Costume Designer), Leann Burns (Lighting Designer), Ryan Joyner (Sound Designer) Stephen Hersack (Assistant Sound Designer),Matthew Duvall (Properties Designer), Anne Schilling (Dialect Coach) Kyle Eric Bradford (Dramaturg), Caron Gitelman Grant(Stage Manager), and Connor John (Assistant Stage Manager).

Performance details:

In the Canterbury Family Main Stage at

The Addison Theatre Centre

Show Run Dates: January 20 - February 12, 2017

Preview dates: Friday, January 20 and Saturday, January 21 at 8pm & Sunday, January 22 at 2pm

Opening night: Monday, January 23 at 7:30pm

Performances:

Wednesdays & Thursdays: 7:30 p.m.

Fridays: 8:00 p.m.

Saturdays: 8:00 p.m. (& 2:00 pm February 4 and 11)

Sundays: 2:00 p.m.

Ticket Prices:

Single Tickets: $22 - $40 per show

Preview Tickets: $20

How/Where to Buy Tickets:

Online: www.watertowertheatre.org

By Phone: 972.450.6232

Or In-person: WaterTower Theatre at the Addison Theatre Centre
15650 Addison Road, Addison, TX 75001

Fax: 972.450.6244
Email: boxoffice@watertowertheatre.org

Box Office Hours

Performance Weeks:
Tuesday-Saturday Noon-6 p.m.
Closed Sunday-Monday

Non-Performance Weeks:
Tuesday-Friday Noon-6 p.m.
Closed Saturday-Monday

Please note: The Box Office opens one hour before show time on performance days and remains open through intermission.

About the Director:

KELSEY LEIGH ERVI, Director

Kelsey is honored to be directing Silent Sky, a play that celebrates women and their awe-inspiring achievements. Other directing credits include WTT's upcoming Benefit Concert of Parade, as well as Lord of the Flies, The Spark, The Santaland Diaries, The Tom Sawyer Project, Honky (WaterTower Theatre); Precious Little (Echo Theatre); Love Me, Tinder (FIT Festival, world premiere); Ask Questions Later (Rite of Passage Theatre, world premiere); and Dani Girl (Greyman Theatre Company). Kelsey is also an accomplished actor, having worked with many area theatre companies including WaterTower Theatre, Stage West, Shakespeare Dallas, Uptown Players, Echo Theatre, and Shakespeare in the Bar. When she's not directing or performing onstage, Kelsey can be heard on the Little Big Scene Podcast, a monthly podcast which serves to promote the past, present and future of the DFW theatre community. Currently, Kelsey serves as Associate Artistic Director for WaterTower Theatre.

About the Cast:

Marianne Galloway, Annie Cannon

Marianne is thrilled to be making her WaterTower Theatre debut! Off-Broadway: the NYC premiere of Lone Star/Laundry and Bourbon. Film/TV: 11.22. 63, You're Served. Local credits include Angels in America (Uptown Players); Children of a Lesser God, Rabbit Hole (Contemporary Theatre of Dallas); [title of show] (Theatre Three); and Lovers and Executioners (Circle Theatre). Awards/Nominations: multiple DFW Theater Critics Forum, Column, Dallas Theatre League, and Dallas Observer Reader's Choice Awards. Affiliations: Risk Theater Initiative (Founder/Artistic Director), Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, Directors Lab West, Gideon's Feet (Board Member, www.gideonsfeet.org). Represented by Core Talent.

Shannon J. McGrann, Williamina Fleming

Shannon is delighted to be returning to WaterTower Theatre. Previous credits include Belinda/Flavia in Noises Off and Beth in Dinner with Friends. Favorite local and regional theatre credits include Virginia Noyes in It's Only a Play (Uptown Players); Mrs. Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (Dallas Theater Center); Masha in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Stage West); and Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz (Lyric Theatre of OKC & Casa Mañana). TV/Film work includes The Good Guys, Lone Star, My Generation, Fatal Deception: The Marina Oswald Story, Barney and Friends, as well as several regional and national commercial credits.

ANASTASIA MUNOZ, Henrietta Leavitt

Anastasia is a professional theater and teaching artist from Dallas, Texas. She is thrilled to be making her WaterTower Theatre debut! As an actor she has worked with the Dallas Children's Theater, Dallas Theater Center, Casa Mañana, Undermain Theatre, Shakespeare Dallas, Stage West, Second Thought Theatre, Amphibian Productions, Drama Club, Theatre Three, Ochre House, and Contemporary Theatre of Dallas. She has worked as a voice actor for the past eight years with FUNimation Entertainment. As a teaching artist she has worked with the Dallas Children's Theater, Dallas Theater Center, Junior Players, and St. Patrick Catholic School. She is currently working on an artist co-working and education center in Oak Cliff.

SARAH Elizabeth Price, Margaret Leavitt

Sarah is grateful to be returning to the WaterTower Theatre stage! Previous WTT credits include Creep, Bonnie & Clyde, Putting it Together. Following Silent Sky, Sarah will appear as Lucille Frank in WTT's Benefit Concert of Parade. Other Regional credits include Ordinary Days (Our Productions); The Boy from Oz (Uptown Players); Camelot (Lyric Stage); and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer(Wishing Star Productions, National Tour).

Mitchell Stephens, Peter Shaw

Mitchell is a local DFW actor who was last seen in the Undermain Theatre production of 10 out of 12. Other credits include One Man, Two Guvnors and Lord of the Flies (WaterTower Theatre); Animal vs. Machine (PrismCo Theatre); Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (Amphibian Stage Productions); A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear, Love's Labour's Lost, A Comedy of Errors, The Tempest, Julius Caesar, The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Macbeth, As You Like it (Trinity Shakespeare Festival). Mitchell is a proud graduate of TCU.

About WaterTower Theatre:

WaterTower Theatre, celebrating its 20th Anniversary Season, is one of the leading regional theatres in North Dallas and Texas. It is consistently recognized for its artistic excellence by the Dallas Theatre League, DFW Theatre Critics Forum, The Dallas Morning News, The Dallas Observer, D Magazine, and The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, among others. WaterTower Theatre has a subscription base of more than 2,000 subscribers and serves an audience of over 28,000 patrons annually.

WaterTower Theatre gratefully acknowledges the support of The Town of Addison, TACA, Texas Commission on the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the Shubert Foundation. WaterTower Theatre is supported, in part, through the generosity of Atmos Energy, , Don and Barbara Daseke, FastSigns Carrollton, Frost Bank, Liberty Capital Bank, Mary Kay Inc., Nissan Foundation, Pinnacle, Rainmaker Advertising, Relax the Back Addison, Slalom Consulting, Table 13, the WaterTower Theatre Board of Directors, and Women of WaterTower.

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