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Beaches

Feb 18 – Mar 29, 2014
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Based on the beloved book, Beaches follows two extraordinary friends through 30 years of camaraderie, laughter and sorrow. Vivacious, outlandish Cee Cee and beautiful, privileged Bertie meet as children and become fast friends. From pen-pals to roommates to romantic rivals, Cee Cee and Bertie’‘s oil-and-water friendship perseveres through even the most tragic trials. With a touching vulnerability, Beaches exemplifies the triumph of the human spirit and the bonds of sisterhood.

"Dart's snappily paced tale is spiced with spot-on doses of black humor, while her insight into female friendships, as always, rings reassuringly true." - Publishers Weekly

Book by Iris Rainer Dart & Thom Thomas
Lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart
Music by David Austin
Based on the novel Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart
Directed by Eric Schaeffer
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Cast Members

Maya Brettell

Maya Brettell

Teen Bertie, Ensemble
Heather Brorsen

Heather Brorsen

Ensemble
Mara Davi

Mara Davi

Bertie
Davis Hasty

Davis Hasty

Ensemble
Svea Johnson

Svea Johnson

Nina
Gracie Jones

Gracie Jones

Teen Cee Cee, Ensemble
Ryah Nixon

Ryah Nixon

Ensemble
Presley Ryan

Presley Ryan

Little Cee Cee
Cliff Samuels

Cliff Samuels

Michael Barron
Brooklyn Shuck

Brooklyn Shuck

Little Bertie
Alysha Umphress

Alysha Umphress

Cee Cee

Michael Bunce

Arthur, Ensemble

SIGNATURE: Beaches, Urinetown, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd. NATIONAL TOURS: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Victor/Victoria (with Toni Tennille). INTERNATIONAL: 42nd Street (Troika Moscow). DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: 110 In the Shade, Our Town, A Christmas Carol, 1776, Liberty Smith, Meet John Doe, One Destiny; Olney Theatre Center: 1776, Anything Goes; Kennedy Center: Regina (with Patti LuPone); Rep Stage: The Fantasticks, Cumberland: Dirty Blonde, The Full Monty, Camping with Henry and Tom.  REGIONAL: Geva: Camelot; Barrington: South Pacific.

Jamie Eacker

Jamie Eacker

Ensemble

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

Helen Hedman

Rose White

SIGNATURE: Crazy for You (Mrs. Childs, Patricia), Beaches (Rose), The Sex Habits of American Women (Agnes), Show Boat (Mrs. O’Brien). DC AREA: Arena Stage: A Delicate Balance, Watch on the Rhine, The Women; Round House: I’ll Get You Back Again, Rapture, Blister, Burn; Studio Theatre: The Year of Magical Thinking; Shakespeare Theatre: A Woman of No Importance, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Camino Real; Ford’s: Sabrina Fair, A Christmas Carol; Olney: Piaf (Helen Hayes nomination), Triumph of Love, Omnium Gatherum; Rep Stage: The Seagull (Baltimore Theatre Awards nomination), Kimberly Akimbo (Best Actress, Baltimore City Paper); Everyman Theatre: August: Osage County (Violet), The Book of Joseph, The Importance of Being Earnest, Pygmalion. REGIONAL: Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma: Glass Menagerie, An Inspector Calls. FILM: recent, BEAST (Winner SXSW Film Festival).

Dan Manning

Ensemble

SIGNATURE: Silver Belles, Road Show, The Fix, Sunday in the Park with George, Beaches, Gypsy, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, 110 in the Shade, Allegro. BROADWAY: Ragtime. OFF-BROADWAY: Lamb’s Theatre: Smoke on the Mountain. DC AREA: Arena Stage: Snow Child; Kennedy Center: Ragtime; The Golden Age; Ford’s Theatre: Big River, 1776; Round House Theatre: I’ll Get You Back Again, Camille, Murder, Mystery, and a Marriage; Maryland Stage: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Rep Stage: Lie of the Mind, A Shayna Maidel. REGIONAL: CENTERSTAGE: The Murder of Isaac; National Symphony Orchestra: Narrator, Le Histoire du Soldat. FILM: Gods and Generals, State of Play, Renaissance Man, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Marie. TV: Veep, House of Cards, The Wire, West Wing, X-Files.

Donna Migliaccio

Donna Migliaccio

Leona Bloom

SIGNATURE: Co-founder; Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Gypsy, The Highest Yellow, Urinetown, Assassins, The Threepenny Opera, Sunday in the Park with George, Girlstar, Kid Victory, Silver Belles. BROADWAY: War Paint, Ragtime (2009 revival). NATIONAL TOUR: Guys & Dolls (50th anniversary production). REGIONAL: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Sunday in the Park with George, Oliverio: A Brazilian Twist, Katie Couric’s The Brand New Kid; Ford’s Theatre: Liberty Smith, Sabrina Fair; Olney Theatre Center: Cabaret, Bakersfield Mist, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, The Sound of Music; Arena Stage: Guys & Dolls, The Music Man; Alabama Shakespeare Festival: The Little Mermaid. AUTHOR: The Gemeta Stone series. AWARDS: Two-time Helen Hayes Award winner, twelve additional nominations. www.donnamigliaccio.com

Robbie Roby

Ensemble, Assistant Choreographer

SIGNATURE: Beaches (Assistant Choreographer). BROADWAY: Billy Elliot, Hairspray, Paint Your Wagon (Encores!, Cast Album). NATIONAL TOUR: Spamalot, Fiddler on the Roof with Topol, Joseph…Dreamcoat (Associate Choreographer/Cast Album), Starlight Express; Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Associate Choreographer). REGIONAL: Associate/Assistant Choreography: Goodspeed Opera House: Thoroughly Modern Millie; MUNY: All Shook Up; Shakespeare in the Park: The Tempest; Las Vegas: Idaho! The Comedy Musical (Las Vegas premiere), Papermill Playhouse: Hairspray; Carnegie Hall: Carnegie Hall Family Holiday Concert: The New York Pops. EDUCATION: Towson University, BS in Elementary Education. 

Matthew Scott

John Perry

SIGNATURE: Company, First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb, Ace, Side By Side By Sondheim, Beaches. BROADWAY: An American In Paris, Sondheim On Sondheim, Grand Horizons, A Catered Affair, Jersey Boys. WEST END: I Loved Lucy. REGIONAL: Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Paper Mill Playhouse, Philadelphia Theatre Co., Pittsburgh CLO, MUNY, TUTS, Goodspeed, Alliance Theatre, York Theatre Co., O’Neill Theatre Center. TELEVISION: First You Dream: The Music Of Kander & Ebb (PBS), All My Children, 2006 and 2009 Tony Awards. SOLO SHOW: THE JESUS YEAR – a letter from my dad. RECORDINGS: THE JESUS YEAR – a letter from my dad (solo show recording), Sondheim On Sondheim, Noel & Cole, The Land Where The Good Songs Go. EDUCATION: Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. Instagram: m.a.t.t.h.e.w_s.c.o.t.t

Bayla Whitten

Janice, 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.

Creative Team

Stephanie Junkin

Assistant Stage Manager

SIGNATURE: Production Assistant: Gypsy, Miss Saigon, Shakespeare’s R&J, Dreamgirls, The Hollow; Crew: Hairspray, The Boy Detective Fails, The Lieutenant of Inishmore. DC AREA: Stage Manager: Forum Theatre, The Hub Theatre, The Inkwell, WSC Bard, Source Festival. INTERN: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London.

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