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 production runs February 4 to March 1, 2015. Press Night: Saturday, February 7, 2015. Performances are Wednesday-Saturday at 8pm; matinees on Sunday at 2pm; Saturday matinees at 2pm on February 14, 21, and 28. Wednesday matinees at 2pm on February 11, 18, and 25. Tickets are $38-$75. Discounts available for groups, seniors, military, and students.
About Olney Theatre Center - Olney Theatre Center is an award-winning, nonprofit, Equity theatre. Located just north of Washington, D.C. in arts-rich Montgomery County, Maryland, Olney Theatre Center offers a diverse array of professional productions year-round. Olney Theatre Center is situated on 14 acres in the heart of the beautiful Washington-Baltimore-Frederick "triangle," within easy access of all three cities. Olney Theatre Center is home to the National Players, America's longest-running touring company and led by Artistic Director Jason Loewith and Managing Director Debbie Ellinghaus. For more information visit www.olneytheatre.org.Photo Credit: Stan Barouh
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