Photo Flash: First Look at Nova Y. Payton, Christopher Mueller and More in Olney Theatre's GODSPELL

Olney Theatre Center, a Mid-Atlantic destination for extraordinary theater performance and education, launches its 77th Anniversary season with Steven Schwartz's Tony-nominated classic Godspell running February 4 - March 1, 2015 on the Mainstage. Check out a first look below!

Jason King Jones, Associate Artistic Director and Director of Education/National Players at Olney Theatre Center, directs this production ofGodspell. He is joined by Helen Hayes Award-winning Music Director Christopher Youstra as well as Helen Hayes Award-nominated Choreographer Bryan Knowlton.

The cast is led by Jordan Coughtry, who makes his Olney Theatre Center debut as Jesus. Mr. Coughtry has recently been seen at the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre as Hamlet in Hamlet and at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey as Young Hamlet in Wittenberg. Rachel Zampelli will return to Olney Theatre Center this season as Judas/John. Ms. Zampelli was most recently seen at Olney Theatre Center as Kate Monster/Lucy in Avenue Q.

The ensemble is made up of Olney Theatre Center veterans Kurt Boehm, Maggie Donnelly, Christopher Mueller, andAllie Parris, as well as Michael Mainwaring, Calvin McCullough, Nova Y. Payton, and Emily Zickler making their Olney Theatre Center debuts.

The award-winning design team includes Scenic Designer Paige Hathaway, Lighting Designer Sonya Dowhaluk, Costume Designer Ivania Stack, and Sound Designer Will Pickens.

Godspell, with Book by John-Michael Teblek and Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Conceived and Originally Directed by John-Michael Teblak, and based on The Gospel According to St. Matthew, is directed by Jason King Jones with musical direction by Christopher Youstra and choreography by Bryan Knowlton.