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Chess

Aug 10 – Sep 26, 2010
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From the Composers of Mamma Mia! and the Lyricist of The Lion King and Jesus Christ Superstar

1988. The two greatest chess masters—one American, one Russian—competing to be the best in the world. And yet their greatest contest is for the love of the same woman.

Amidst political intrigue and international conspiracies, American Freddie Trumper and Russian Anatoly Sergievsky (Signature Cabaret favorite and Broadway star Euan Morton) fight to take the queen in a romantic triangle that mirrors the heightened passions of the Cold War. Also starring Jill Paice (Broadway’s Curtains and Signature ACE).

Originally produced on Broadway in 1988, this Tony®-nominated cult rock musical explores the classic themes of love, loss, and betrayal.

Featuring the hit single “One Night in Bangkok” and unforgettable songs like “Anthem,” “I Know Him So Well,” “Nobody’s Side,” and “Pity the Child.”

“One of the best rock scores ever produced in the theatre!” — Time Magazine

Book by Richard Nelson
Music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Based on an idea by Tim Rice
Music Supervision and Orchestrations David Holcenberg
Choreographed by Karma Camp
Directed by Eric Schaeffer

Cast Members

Jonathan Atkinson

Ensemble

SIGNATURE: Chess. DC AREA: Ford’s: Ragtime, A Christmas Carol; Olney Theatre Center: Evita, The Crucible; Imagination Stage: Zomo the Rabbit/Thumbelina; Kennedy Center: Knuffle Bunny. PODCAST: @uyquehorror EDUCATION: Interlochen Arts Academy, Boston Conservatory. Instagram/Twitter: @jonnyeliot.
Christopher Bloch

Christopher Bloch

Gregor, Molokov

SIGNATURE: The Bridges of Madison County, Into the Woods, Assassins, Grand Hotel, The Scottsboro Boys, Titanic, Kid Victory, Cloak and Dagger, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Chess, Les Misérables, Merrily We Roll Along, Urinetown. NATIONAL TOUR: The Buddy Holly Story. DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: Trip to Bountiful, My Lord, What a Night, 12 Angry Men, Ragtime, Jefferson’s Garden, 1776, Meet John Doe, Shenandoah, Big River, Christmas Carol; Arena Stage: Christmas Carol 1941, Damn Yankees, Black No More; Everyman: M Butterfly, God of Carnage, ART, Uncle Vanya, Jaques Brel…; Olney Theatre, Kennedy Center, Shakespeare Theatre. REGIONAL: Lyric Theater, Guthrie Theatre, Virginia Stage, ACT, Repertory Theatre St. Louis, Indiana Rep., 2012 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship. FILM/TV: West Wing, House of Cards, TURN, Butler MN, Damascus Road, WCBDC!, Star Wars audio (Lucas Productions). 

Rachel Boyd

Young Florence

SIGNATURE: Show Boat (Young Kim, Helen Hayes Award nomination), Les Misérables (Young Cosette, Helen Hayes Award Ensemble). DC AREA: Round House: Story Theatre; Fairfax High School: Beauty and the Beast (Chip). SWING BAND: Radio King Orchestra, Featured Artist. FILM: Scarred, Embalming. EDUCATION: The Dance Company (Ballet/Tap/Jazz), The Center for Ballet Arts (Ballet/Tap), Burnett Thompson (Piano).
Jamie Eacker

Jamie Eacker

Ensemble/Assistant Choreographer

SIGNATURE: Titanic, Freaky Friday, Girlstar, The Fix, Cabaret, Elmer Gantry, The Threepenny Opera, Beaches, Spin, Company, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Xanadu, Hairspray, Chess, Revenge of the Understudies, A Matt Conner’s Christmas. OFF-BROADWAY: Elephant and Piggie’s: We Are In A Play! NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL TOUR: Phoenix Entertainment: Grease (China), The Kennedy Center: Phantom Tollbooth, E&P: We Are In A Play! DC AREA: Shakespeare Gala as Elizabeth McGovern; ArtsCentric: Delilah (Delilah); Teatro101: The Wild Party (Queenie); Ford’s Theatre: A Christmas Carol; Studio Theatre: Grey Gardens, Carrie; Totem Pole: Leader of The Pack; Washington Savoyards: The Music Man; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Hairspray, Aida, The Wizard of Oz, George M! EDUCATION: AMDA of NYC www.jamieeacker.com

Eleasha Gamble

Svetlana/Dance Captain

SIGNATURE: First You Dream, Les Misérables (Helen Hayes Award Winner, Best Ensemble), Into the Woods, My Fair Lady, Urinetown, Follies, Grand Hotel, Gospel According to Fishman, The Christmas Carol Rag, The Rink, Company. OFF-BROADWAY: Zipper Theatre: Under the Bridge. DC AREA: Ford’s: Civil War (Helen Hayes Award Winner, Outstanding Supporting Actress), Little Shop Of Horrors, A Christmas Carol, Meet John Doe; Kennedy Center: Broadway: Three Generations; Arena Stage: The Women of Brewster Place; Round House: Once On This Island (Helen Hayes nomination); Toby’s: Ragtime (Helen Hayes nomination). REGIONAL: Alliance Theatre: The Women of Brewster Place; Perseverance Theatre: Hair. CABARET: Partial Eclipse, Ebony & Ivory. RECORDINGS: Euan Morton’s NewClear. EDUCATION: Catholic University.

James Gardiner

Ensemble

SIGNATURE: Miss Saigon, Spin, Company, The Last Five Years (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Actor in a Musical), The Boy Detective Fails, The Hollow, [title of show], Chess, Les Misérables, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Merrily We Roll Along, The Witches of Eastwick, Saving Aimee. BROADWAY: Glory Days (book writer). DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: Violet, Liberty Smith, A Christmas Carol (Associate Director); Olney Theatre Center: Little Shop of Horrors (2013 Helen Hayes nomination), You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown; Woolly Mammoth/UM: The Distance from Here; Kennedy Center: The Phantom Tollbooth, The Brand New Kid; Round House Theatre: A Prayer for Owen Meany; Studio Theatre: Dog Sees God. REGIONAL: Williamstown Theatre Festival; Everyman Theatre. EDUCATION: University of Maryland College Park TEACHING: George Mason University, Adjunct Instructor of Musical Theatre Performance.

Jeremy Kushnier

Freddie

SIGNATURE: The Rhythm Club (2000 Helen Hayes nomination). BROADWAY: Footloose, Rent. TOUR: Jersey Boys, Rent, Aida, The Who’s Tommy. REGIONAL: Maine State Music Theater: The Full Monty; Kansas City Starlight: Jesus Christ Superstar; Prince Music Theater: Bright Lights Big City. DIRECTION: Rainbow Stage: Rent.

Gregory Maheu

Nikolai/Ensemble

SIGNATURE: Passion, Sunday in the Park...; Hello, Dolly! (co-production with Ford’s Theatre); Chess; Sweeney Todd. NEW YORK: Lincoln Center: I Am Harvey Milk; Momentum Rep.: Assassins; NYMF: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice; The Toymaker. DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: Once; Ford's Theatre: Ragtime; 110 in the Shade; Freedom's Song; Violet; A Christmas Carol; 1776; Liberty Smith; Kennedy Center: Ragtime; Adventure Theatre: Big. REGIONAL: MGR Playhouse: Austen's Pride; Studio Tenn: West Side Story; The Wizard of Oz; Les Misérables; Hangar Theatre: Hair. EDUCATION: BFA, Elon University.

Katie McManus

Ensemble

SIGNATURE: Chess, Sweeney Todd, The Happy Time, The Break. DC AREA: Creative Cauldron: Ruthless!, And the World Goes ‘Round, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well…; NextStop: City of Angels, Into the Woods, Seussical; Keegan: RENT, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, A Man of No Importance, Man of La Mancha, National Pastime; Studio Theatre: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; Shakespeare Theatre: Two Gentlemen of Verona: a Rock Opera; Ford’s Theatre: Violet (swing). CABARET: The Divine Miss McM. OTHER: Kennedy Center: Songs of My Family (Guest Soloist, Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC).

Euan Morton

Anatoly

SIGNATURE: Signature Sings: 1995-1999, Sizzlin’ Summer Cabaret. BROADWAY: Sondheim on Sondheim, Cyrano De Bergerac, Taboo (Boy  George). OFF-BROADWAY: Roundabout: Howard Katz (opposite Alfred Molina); Leaves of Grass. REGIONAL: Kansas City Rep: Moisés Kaufman’s Into the Woods; Public Theatre: Measure for Pleasure; New Victory Theatre: Brundibár; Berkeley Rep: Brundibár; Bay Street Theatre: The Who’s Tommy; New York Musical Theatre Festival: Caligula. FILM: Showbusiness: The Road to Broadway. CONCERTS: Oak Room at the Algonquin, Town Hall, the Metropolitan Room, the Zipper, Joe’s Pub, Birdland. RECORDINGS: NewClear. AWARDS: OBIE, NYMF, Nominations: Olivier, Tony®, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League.
Christopher Mueller

Christopher Mueller

Ensemble

he/him SIGNATURE: Pacific Overtures, She Loves Me, Simply Sondheim, Assassins, Blackbeard, Passion, Titanic, The Fix, Crossing, Miss Saigon, Spin, Brother Russia, Chess, Sweeney Todd, The Hollow, The Boy Detective Fails, Giant, Kiss of the Spider Woman. NEW YORK: LaGuardia Arts: Chess in Concert. DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors, Into the Woods, A Christmas Carol, Ragtime; The Kennedy Center: Camelot in Concert, My Fair Lady in Concert; Olney Theatre Center: My Fair Lady, Carousel, Godspell, Spring Awakening; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Two Gentlemen of Verona (a rock opera); Arena Stage: Redhand Guitar Workshop, Skindiver Reading; Imagination Stage: Dr. Doolittle, Disney's Mulan; Adventure Theatre: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Keegan Theatre: The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee, RENT. EDUCATION: The Catholic University of America; The London Dramatic Academy. IG: @christopher_mueller

Anna Grace Nowalk

Young Florence

SIGNATURE: Les Misérables (Young Cosette, Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Ensemble), Show Boat (Young Kim, Helen Hayes nomination, Outstanding Ensemble), Chess (Young Florence). DC AREA: Zemfira Stage: The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy). SCHOOL: Thoroughly Modern Millie Jr. (Millie Dillmount), Guys and Dolls Jr. (Miss Adelaide). TRAINING: Stage One, Voice: Erin Driscoll.

Jill Paice

Florence

SIGNATURE: ACE (Elizabeth). BROADWAY: The 39 Steps (Annabella, Margaret, Pamela), Curtains (Niki Harris), The Woman in White (Laura Fairlie). WEST END: Gone with the Wind (Scarlett O’Hara), The Woman in White (Laura Fairlie), Night of 1000 Voices (Royal Albert Hall). NATIONAL TOUR: Les Misérables. REGIONAL: Detroit Company: White Christmas (Betty); Ahmanson Theater: Curtains (Niki Harris); Las Vegas: Mamma Mia! (Sophie); York Theater: The Gig (Lucy), Weird Romance (Delphi/Susan). ORIGINAL CAST RECORDINGS: Curtains, The Woman in White, The Gig, Andrew Lloyd Webber on Broadway. TV: The Beautiful Life, The Wonderful Maladys. EDUCATION: Baldwin-Wallace College.

Chris Sizemore

Arbiter

SIGNATURE: Midwestern Gothic, Titanic, Crossing, Miss Saigon, Spin, Crossing in concert, Spin, Chess, Sweeney Todd, Show Boat (Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Ensemble), Les Misérables (Helen Hayes nomination for Supporting Actor, Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble). NATIONAL TOUR: Kennedy Center: Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka. DC AREA: Arena Stage: Fiddler; Ford's Theatre: Freedom’s Song, Violet, 1776, Parade, The Civil War (Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Ensemble); Shakespeare Theatre: Two Gents...Rock Opera, Candide (Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Ensemble); Olney Theatre Center: 1776, Fiddler, Cinderella; Toby's: Miss Saigon, Beauty & The Beast, Grease, Seussical. REGIONAL: Serenbe Playhouse: Miss Saigon.

Russell Sunday

Walter

SIGNATURE: Elmer Gantry, Brother Russia, The Boy Detective Fails, The Hollow, Chess, Sweeney Todd, Les Misérables (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Ensemble). DC AREA: Studio Theatre: Jerry Springer: The Opera (Helen Hayes nomination, Outstanding Ensemble); MetroStage: Closer than Ever, The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!); Theatre J: David in Shadow and Light; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Jekyll and Hyde (2003 Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Male Lead), Sweeney Todd, Titanic, Aida, Miss Saigon, Kiss Me, Kate, Beauty and the Beast, Damn Yankees, Annie Get Your Gun, Carousel.

Bayla Whitten

Ensemble

SIGNATURE: Elmer Gantry, Beaches, Chess (Ensemble, u/s Florence), Saturday Night, The Boy Detective Fails, Merrily We Roll Along (Beth). LONDON: West End: Les Misérables (Ensemble/Fantine). NEW YORK: Lady, Hurricane, In the Ebb. REGIONAL: My Fair Lady; Enchanted April; Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris; Two Gentlemen of Verona (a rock opera); Snow White, Rose Red (and Fred!); Christmas Carol 1941; No One in the World. WORKSHOPS: The Lord of the Rings, Tamar and the River. EDUCATION: Royal Academy of Music; London School of Musical Theatre. AWARDS: Broadway World's 'Best Actress in a Musical' for Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. ALBUM: Some Kind of Wonderful: Bayla Whitten sings Carole King. www.baylawhitten.com.

Rachel Zampelli

Ensemble

SIGNATURE: Heisenberg, Midwestern Gothic, The Gulf, The Fix, Dying City, Brother Russia, Chess, See What I Wanna See, The Happy Time. DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Lost in the Stars, Gift of Nothing; Folger: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Comedy of Errors, Orestes: A Tragic Romp, Midsummer Night’s Dream; Olney: The Amateurs, On the Town, The Crucible, Annie, Sweeney Todd, Evita, Godspell, Avenue Q; Ford’s: Into the Woods, The 25th Annual...Spelling Bee, Shenandoah; Studio: Bloody...Andrew Jackson, POP! (Helen Hayes nomination, Supporting Actress), Jerry Springer: The Opera, Reefer Madness; Round House: Stage Kiss; NRTC: Stop Kiss; Adventure: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. REGIONAL: Two River: Orestes: A Tragic Romp; New Rep: Romeo and Juliet, Into the Woods; Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Breast Entanglements.

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