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Xanadu

May 8 – Jul 1, 2012
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The award-winning instant cult classic musical comedy – featuring the hit songs “Magic,” “Suddenly” and “I’m Alive.”

Grab your loved ones and glow sticks as Signature turns the MAX Theatre into one big disco-heaven ball!
1980. Venice, California. Legwarmers are in and roller skates are way sexy.

Xanadu, the zany send-up of the cult film starring Olivia Newton-John, delivers rock-star hilarity in an electrifying tale of forbidden love. Kira, one of seven quirky Greek muses, is sworn to three things: to inspire mortals, never reveal her identity and never, ever fall in love. However, when she emboldens struggling artist Sonny to create the first roller disco, Kira feels the artistic pull of her own.

“Heaven on wheels – outlandishly enjoyable.” —The New York Times

Book by Douglas Carter Beane
Music & Lyrics by Jeff Lynne & John Farrar
Based on 1980 Universal Pictures film Xanadu
Directed & Choreographed by Matthew Gardiner

Cast Members

Charlie Brady

Charlie Brady

Sonny Malone

SIGNATURE: Glory Days in concert. BROADWAY: Lincoln Center Theater: South Pacific. OFF-BROADWAY: Playwrights Horizons/Vineyard Theater: The Burnt Part Boys (cast recording). NATIONAL TOURS: South Pacific, Les Misérables, Mamma Mia!. REGIONAL: Guthrie Theater: The Master Butcher’s Singing Club; Weston Playhouse St Ex; North Shore Music Theater: Les Misérables; Barrington Stage Co.: The Burnt Part Boys, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick; The St Louis Muny, Kansas City Starlight, Walnut Street Theater. EDUCATION: Carnegie-Mellon University. 

Mark Chandler

Thalia, Siren, Young Danny, Tubes Singer, Cyclops

SIGNATURE: Cabaret, Xanadu, Giant, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Glory Days, Merrily We Roll Along. TOURS: NETworks: Wizard of Oz; ATMTC: Five Little Monkeys. REGIONAL: Les Misérables, Forever Plaid, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Fiddler on the Roof, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, The Normal Heart (Theatre Tampa Bay Awards, Outstanding Ensemble), Reefer Madness (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Musical). TV: ABC: The View, Season 14 Episode 1. EDUCATION: Catholic University of America, Bachelor of Music 2009.
Jamie Eacker

Jamie Eacker

Euterpe, Siren, Andrews Sister, Thetis

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
Sherri L. Edelen

Sherri L. Edelen

Calliope/Aphrodite

SIGNATURE: Into the Woods, Jesus Christ Superstar, Midwestern Gothic, Gypsy, Cake Off, Sweeney Todd, Les Misérables.  NATIONAL TOURS: Me and My Girl, Nunsense, Big. NEW YORK: Disney Theatricals: Freaky Friday; Fringe Festival: Citizen Ruth. DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Sunday in the Park with George, Merrily We Roll Along; Arena Stage: DAVE (pre-Broadway), Cabaret, My Fair Lady, Vanya...Spike; Shakespeare Theatre: Design for Living; Folger Theatre: Romeo and Juliet; Round House Theatre: The Diary of Anne Frank; Theatre J: Copenhagen. REGIONAL: Arden Theatre Company: Caroline, or Change; Philadelphia Theatre Company: The Light in the Piazza, Elegies; Fusion Theatre Company: Outside Mullingar; Stages St. Louis:  Annie Get Your Gun. DIRECTING: Riverside Center for the Performing Arts: Steel Magnolias, On Golden Pond (starring Joyce DeWitt). AWARDS: Helen Hayes, Barrymore.

Kellee Knighten Hough

Erato, Siren, Andrews Sister, Eros, Hera

SIGNATURE: Simply Sondheim, Xanadu (Erato); Music in the Movies II cabaret. NATIONAL TOURS: Fame the Musical. DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: Avenue Q, Once on this Island, The Submission; Ford's Theatre: Violet, Our Town, A Christmas Carol, Parade, Presidential Gala, The Civil War (Helen Hayes Award nomination Outstanding Supporting Actress); Shakespeare Theatre: Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Rock Opera; REGIONAL: Flat Rock Playhouse: For the Glory; Merry-Go-Round Playhouse: Little Shop of Horrors; North Shore Music Theatre/Goodspeed Opera House: Abyssinia (director Stafford Arima). TV: Praise the Lord! (Live), TBN (featured soloist). OTHER: Clark Eno Orchestra (featured soloist). EDUCATION: American Musical and Dramatic Academy (NYC); Xavier University of Louisiana, BS, Biology Pre-Med (New Orleans).
Nova Y. Payton

Nova Y. Payton

Melpomene/Medusa

SIGNATURE: Into the Woods, The Color Purple, We Shall Someday, After Midnight, Assassins, Blackbeard, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Jelly's Last Jam, La Cage aux Folles, Diner, Defying Gravity: Making of a SuperNOVA, Dreamgirls, The Best Little Whorehouse..., Xanadu, Hairspray. TOUR: 3 Mo’ Divas, Smokey Joe’s Café. DC AREA: Round House: Caroline, or Change; Shakespeare Theatre: The Amen Corner, Kiss Me, Kate; Ford's Theatre: Grace the Musical, Ragtime, Freedom’s Song; Olney Theatre: World Goes Round, Godspell; Arena Stage: Newsies, Smokey Joe's Café; Kennedy Center: How To Succeed.... REGIONAL: ZACH Theatre: Into the Woods; The 5th: Man of La Mancha, A Night with Janis Joplin; Milwaukee Rep: Dreamgirls.

Nickolas Vaughan

Terpsicore, Siren, Tubes Singer, Hermes, Centaur

SIGNATURE: Dreamgirls, Xanadu, Hairspray (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Ensemble). DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Leaf Coneybear), Our Town (George Gibbs); Hangar Theatre: The Piano Lesson; Studio Theatre: Marcus Or The Secret of Sweet, F***ing A; Kennedy Center: Gift of Nothing, The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful and Her Dog, Locomotion, Barrio Grrrl!, U.G.L.Y. A New Musical (Page-to-Stage Festival); Kay Theatre: Shadowboxer. DANCE: Kennedy Center: Dangerous Liaisons; Aaron Davis Hall: This Woman’s Work. OTHER: Studio Theatre: The Rocky Horror Show (Assistant Choreographer); Adventure Theatre MTC: Petite Rouge (Assistant Director); Washington Savoyards: Ain’t Misbehavin’ ( Assistant Director/ Assistant Choreographer). CO-CREATOR: Show:UP! an immersive experience. EDUCATION: Howard University, BFA, Musical Theatre. www.nickolasvaughan.com

Erin Weaver

Erin Weaver

Clio/Kira

SIGNATURE: Private Jones (King), Into the Woods (The Baker’s Wife), Company (Amy, Helen Hayes Award), The Last Five Years (Cathy), Xanadu (Kira). NATIONAL TOUR: Les Misérables. DC AREA: Arena Stage: Newsies (Kathrine), Mother Courage (Kattrin, Helen Hayes Award); Folger Theatre: Sense & Sensibility (Marianne, Helen Hayes Award: Ensemble), Romeo & Juliet (Juliet), Comedy of Errors (Luciana), Arcadia (Thomasina, Helen Hayes Award), The Tempest (Miranda); Round House Theatre: Oslo (Mona Juul), Or (Nell Gwynn, Helen Hayes Award), Ordinary Days (Deb, Helen Hayes Award), A Murder, A Mystery & A Marriage (Mary), A Wrinkle in Time (Meg); Theatre J: Sheltered (Mrs. Kirsch); Kennedy Center: Me, Jane (Jane); Imagination Stage: You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Sally), Wonderland…(Alice). REGIONAL: California Shakespeare Theatre; Arden Theater Company; Two River Theater; People's Light and Theater Co.

Harry A. Winter

Danny Maguire/Zeus

SIGNATURE: Allegro, 110 in the Shade, Hairspray (18 more). NATIONAL TOURS: Gigi, Jolson: the Musical. DC AREA: Kiss Me, Kate; Racing Demon; Come From Away (US); The Magic Play; Pins and Needles; Bringing Up Amy.

Creative Team

Laura Stanczyk

New York Casting

SIGNATURE: Cabaret, Sunday in the Park with George, Cloak & Dagger, Pride In the Falls of Autrey Mill, Miss Saigon, Dream Girls, Xanadu. BROADWAY, OFF-BROADWAY & TOURS: Side Show, After Midnight, A Night With Janis Joplin, Follies, Lombardi, Ragtime, Impressionism, Seafarer, Radio Golf, Coram Boy, Translations, Damn Yankees, Dirty Dancing, The Glorious Ones, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Tryst, Flight, Urinetown. OTHER THEATER INCLUDES: the premieres of Cotton Club Parade, Harps and Angels, Me Myself & I, Fetch Clay Make Man, Gruesome Playground Injuries and Golden Age as well as productions of Master Class, Lisbon Traviata, Broadway Three Generations, Don’t Dress For Dinner, Shawshank Redemption and Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Associate Casting Director at Binder Casting for nine years and a member of the Senior Artistic Staff at McCarter Theatre Center for five. AWARDS: Nominated for six Artios Award for Excellence in Casting, won for Eric Schaeffer’s production of Follies.

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