GIRLFRIEND Extends Through June 17th at Signature

Following weeks of high demand and critical acclaim, Signature Theatre is proud to announce that Girlfriend will play for an additional 6 performances between June 12 and June 17.

Tickets for the extension 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 and choreographed by Signature Theatre Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner (Signature's Crazy for You, Jelly's Last Jam), this coming of age musical features a book by Todd Almond and featuring the music and lyrics of Matthew Sweet. Set in small-town Nebraska in 1993, college-bound jock Mike and self-assured but aimless Will find themselves drawn to each other. This examination of first-time love is set to the songs of Mathew Sweet's iconic alternative-rock album "Girlfriend."

The production stars Signature newcomers Jimmy Mavrikes (Constellation's The Wild Party) as Will and Lukas James Miller (Virginia Musical Theatre'sFreaky Friday) as Mike.

The creative team includes Musical Direction by Britt Bonney, Scenic Design by Misha Kachman (Signature's Midwestern Gothic), Lighting Design byColin K Bills (Signature's A Little Night Music), Costume Design by Frank Labovitz (Signature's Jesus Christ Superstar), Sound Design by Ryan Hickey(Signature's Light Years), Production Stage Manager Julie Meyer, Production Assistant Sophia Lewin Adams.

GIRLFRIEND

Book by Todd Almond

Music & Lyrics by Matthew Sweet

Directed by Matthew Gardiner

EXTENDED!

Now playing through June 17

ABOUT SIGNATURE

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 58 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 107 Helen Hayes Awards for excellence in the Washington, DC region's professional theater and has been honored with 411 nominations.

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