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Dreamgirls

Nov 13, 2012 – Jan 13, 2013
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The Tony Award®-Winning Musical

First a smash Broadway musical then an award-winning motion picture, Dreamgirls captures the spirit and hope of Motown when a girl group from Chicago makes it big. In a business controlled by men, the female trio fights for recognition, fellowship and love as superstardom challenges their musical and cultural identity. A rich, glowing spectacle about the price of show-biz success, Dreamgirls sizzles with sparkling dance and R&B soul.

Starring Hairspray‘s Nova Y. Payton as Effie.

Featuring the hit songs “Dreamgirls,” “And I am Telling You I’m Not Going” and “One Night Only.”

“One word only will do: Spectacular.” —Chicago Sun-Times

Book & Lyrics by Tom Eyen
Music by Henry Krieger
Original Broadway Production Directed & Choreographed by Michael Bennett
Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler
Produced on Broadway by Michael Bennett, Robert Avian, Geffen Records & The Shubert Organization
Directed & Choreographed by Matthew Gardiner

Cast Members

Sean-Maurice Lynch

Sean-Maurice Lynch

Wayne/Tru-Tone/Tuxedo

SIGNATURE: Dreamgirls, Brother Russia, Hairspray, [title of show], Sweeney Todd, Show Boat. DC AREA: Arena Stage: Toni Stone, Jubliee; Ford’s Theatre: Twelve Angry Men, Ragtime, Parade; Washington National Opera: Lost in the Stars; Everyman Theater: Ruined; Studio Theatre: Pop!, Passing Strange; Adventure Theatre: A Year with Frog & Toad.
Michael J. Mainwaring

Michael J. Mainwaring

Little Albert/Tuxedo

SIGNATURE: Jesus Christ Superstar, Dreamgirls, U.G.L.Y. (workshop). DC AREA: Mosaic Theater: In His Hands by Benjamin Benne (world premiere); Arena Stage: Smokey Joe’s Café; Olney Theatre Center: Godspell, Sweeney Todd, In The Heights; Kennedy Center: The Mortification of Fovea Munson, In Performance, Lost in the Stars; Ford’s Theatre: Shenandoah, Freedom Song, Ford’s Presidential Gala: An American Celebration, Now He Belongs to the Ages: A Lincoln Commemoration; Creative Cauldron: Thunder Knocking at the Door; Adventure Theatre: Three Little Birds (world premiere). REGIONAL: Harbor Lights Theatre Company: RENT. EDUCATION: Voice; Kristin Halliday.
Nova Y. Payton

Nova Y. Payton

Effie Melody White

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.
Stephawn P. Stephens

Stephawn P. Stephens

Tiny Joe Dixon/Jerry/Mr. Morgan

SIGNATURE: Billy Elliot, Dreamgirls (Helen Hayes Award nomination, Outstanding Resident Musical), Grand Hotel. REGIONAL: Kennedy Center: Earthrise, Color me Dark, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Alexander who is not, not, not going to move, Carmen Jones, Soul Possessed; Ford’s: 110 in the Shade; Metro Stage: Bessie’s Blues; Arena Stage: Smokey Joe’s Café, Crowns; Olney Theater Center: Little Shop of Horrors, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat; Round House Theatre: Once On This Island; African Continuum Theater Company: Amen Corner, Spunk; Anacostia Playhouse: A Snowy Nite at the Dew Drop Inn (Director); Karamu House Theater: The Black Nativity, The Swing Mikado, Runaways; The Cleveland Opera Company: Die Meistersinger, Die Fledermaus. EDUCATION: Karamu House Theater; Bowie State University: Musical Theater BS.

Nickolas Vaughan

MC/Tuxedo

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

Kara-Tameika Watkins

Kara-Tameika Watkins

Michelle Morris/Joann

she/her SIGNATURE: Passing Strange, Daphne’s Dive, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jelly's Last Jam, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, Sunset Boulevard, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. DC AREA: Arena Stage: Crowns, Smokey Joe’s Café; Ford's Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors, Children of Eden; Studio Theatre: Caroline, or Change; Olney Theatre: Miss You Like Hell, Carmen: An Afro-Cuban Musical, Peter Pan, Camelot; Round House Theatre: Caroline, or Change; Once on this Island; Creative Cauldron: Caroline, or Change. REGIONAL: Capital Reperto Repertory Theatre: The Honky Tonk Angels; Arts Center of North Carolina: Rock of Ages; PCLO: Hairspray; Northshore Music Theatre: Hairspray; Nevada: Hairspray, Smokey Joe’s Café. Proud Member AEA.

Creative Team

Jon Kalbfleisch

Music Director

SIGNATURE (Resident Music Director) Ragtime, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, She Loves Me, Broadway in the Park (Wolf Trap), Simply Sondheim, A Chorus Line, Assassins, Passion, Crazy for You, A Little Night Music, West Side Story, Cabaret, Sunday in the Park, Gypsy, Company, Hairspray, Saturday Night, Side by Side, Sunset Boulevard, Show Boat, Anyone Can Whistle, Spider Woman, Merrily, Into the Woods, Pacific Overtures, Elegies, Allegro, Follies, 110 in the Shade, Putting It Together, Forum, Sweeney Todd, Wings. BROADWAY: Ambassador Theatre: The Visit (Actor's Fund Benefit), Marius Company: Les Misérables (Associate Conductor). DC AREA: Kennedy Center: First You Dream; National Theatre, Warner Theatre, Round House Theatre, Everyman Theatre. OTHER: Carnegie Hall, Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony. TV: Celebration of the Arts (Executive Producer), Good Morning America. AWARDS: Grammy nomination; Bernstein MASS, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, pianist; Anderson-Hopkins Award; ten Helen Hayes Awards and 30 nominations; Distinguished Alumni Award, Cameron University. EDUCATION: Master of Music, Southern Methodist University.

Darius Smith

Associate Music Director

SIGNATURE: Dreamgirls (Associate Music Director). OFF-BROADWAY: New Victory Theater: Three Little Birds. DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: The Little Mermaid, Once on this Island; Studio Theatre: Choir Boy, Carrie: the Musical; Adventure Theater-MTC: Petit Rouge; American University: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. CABARETS: Signature Theatre: Songs in the Key of Chocolate (Composer/Lyricist); Various venues: Nova Y. Payton; Strathmore: Natascia Diaz; MetroStage: Ware’s the Disconnect? (featuring Ashley Ware Jenkins). ORIGINAL WORKS: Marcus Nate is Alive and Great in Detroit (workshop reading); Tea and Cakes (upcoming New York workshop); Adventure Theatre: The Snowy Day (book by David Toney, 2013 Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding TYA Production); Kennedy Center Page-to-Stage: U.G.L.Y., a new musical. UPCOMING: Olney Theatre Center: The Producers; Skylight Music Theater: Crowns. www.dariussmithmusic.com

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