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Elmer Gantry

Oct 7 – Nov 9, 2014
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The charismatic, but completely broke, salesman Elmer Gantry stumbles upon a struggling religious tour, led by pious evangelist Sister Sharon Falconer. Falling for Falconer, Gantry joins the troupe as a preacher and, with a little showmanship and theatrics, transforms the revival into the hottest ticket in town. However, inspired by Falconer's earnestness and his reawakened spirit, Gantry inserts one spectacle too many and risks blowing up the entire operation.

Featuring Charlie Pollock (Broadway's Violet) and Mary Kate Morrissey (Hair International Tour) as Elmer Gantry and Sharon Falconer and Nova Y. Payton (Dreamgirls) as Mary Washington.

Book by John Bishop
Additional Book Material by Lisa Bishop
Lyrics by Bob Satuloff
Music by Mel Marvin
Based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis
Directed by Eric Schaeffer
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The Cast

Jessica Lauren Ball

Paula

SIGNATURE: The Fix, Elmer Gantry. NATIONAL TOUR: The Pajama Game. DC AREA: The Kennedy Center: Lost in the Stars; Ford’s Theatre: Freedom’s Song; Olney Theatre Center: Guys and Dolls (Helen Hayes nomination), Cinderella, The Sound of Music (Helen Hayes nomination), Grease, 1776; Adventure Theatre: Miss Nelson is Missing; Imagination Stage: The Dancing Princesses; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Oklahoma! (Helen Hayes nomination), Legally Blonde, Cinderella, Nunsense, Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, The Sound of Music, Titanic, Grease. REGIONAL: Totem Pole Play House: Leader of the Pack. EDUCATION: London Dramatic Academy; BM, Catholic University of America.

Ian Berlin

Young Man

SIGNATURE: Elmer Gantry. DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Camelot; Arena Stage: The Music Man; Olney Theatre Center: The King and I, Carousel; Imagination Stage: James and the Giant Peach. EDUCATION: Maret School, French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts, Imagination Stage, Levine Music.

Sean Burns

Will / Michael / Bellboy

SIGNATURE: Elmer Gantry. TOURING/CRUISE: Peter Pan 360 National Tour (Michael Darling); Disney Cruiseline (Peter Pan). DC AREA: Keegan Theatre: Spring Awakening; Kennedy Center: Defiant Requiem; Atlas Theatre: Treemonisha, Pirates of Penzance; Dissonance Dance Theatre: Cinema. REGIONAL: Seven Angels Theatre: Legally Blonde, Footloose; Ocean City Theatre Company: James and The Giant Peach (James), Damn Yankees, West Side Story; The Palace Theatre: West Side Story; Winnipesaukee Playhouse: Cabaret.

Matt Conner

Art

SIGNATURE: The Fix (Frankie/Ensemble), Elmer Gantry (Art Nichols), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Rufus/Senator Wingwoah), Hairspray (Male Authority Figure), Sunset Boulevard (Manfred), Sweeney Todd (Bird Seller/Jonas Fogg), Show Boat (Windy), Les MisÈrables (Thenardier, Pimp), Kiss of the Spider Woman (Aurelio), Merrily We Roll Along (Scottie), The Witches of Eastwick (Toby), Into the Woods (Steward), My Fair Lady (Cockney), Assassins (Hinckley), Pacific Overtures (Tamate, Lion Dancer), A Funny Thing…Forum (Protean). DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: West Side Story (Riff); Synetic Theatre: Oscar Wilde’s Salome (Page of Herodias); ATW: Naked Boys Singing; Open Circle Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas). COMPOSITIONS: Signature: Silver Belles, Crossing, The Hollow, Nevermore, Partial Eclipse; Regional: Night of the Living Dead, Turn of the Screw, Monsters of the Villa Diodati.

Jamie Eacker

Jamie Eacker

Bernice / Mother

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

Maria Egler

Maria Egler

Maude

SIGNATURE: A Little Night Music, The Fix, Diner; Elmer Gantry; Sunday in the Park with George; Woodstock, Gone Country; Good Times: TV Theme Songs; Lost Songs of the 80s; 2013 Holiday Follies; Signature’s Funny Ladies cabarets; Hello, Dolly! (Ford’s Theatre co-production, Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble); Dirty Blonde; Giant; Crossing; Crossing in concert. NATIONAL TOURS: Gypsy. DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: Into the Woods, Ragtime, 110 In the Shade; A Christmas Carol; Kennedy Center: Camelot. Olney Theatre Center: Camelot, The Sound of Music, Cinderella; Studio Theatre: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; Washington Savoyards: The Music Man, It’s A Grand Night for Singing; EDUCATION: BM, The Catholic University of America.

Nick Lehan

Tom

SIGNATURE: The Fix, Elmer Gantry, Company, Sycamore Trees (u/s), Ain’t Got No Cabaret. NATIONAL TOUR: Peter and the Starcatcher. DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Camelot (in concert); Olney Theatre Center: Cinderella, Joseph…, Big River; Studio Theatre: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; Keegan Theatre: Spring Awakening, RENT; Washington Savoyards: Grand Night for Singing; Toby’s: Spamalot (2015 Helen Hayes Nominee- Featured Actor), Pirates of Penzance, Aida. EDUCATION: The Catholic University of America. @nlehan

Nova Y. Payton

Nova Y. Payton

Mary Washington

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.

Lawrence Redmond

Lawrence Redmond

Merle Blanchard

SIGNATURE: Ragtime, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, She Loves Me, Assassins, Blackbeard, Grand Hotel, Passion, Titanic, The Fix, Elmer Gantry, Gypsy, Sweeney Todd, Over and Over, A Stephen Sondheim Evening, Working, Sunday in the Park with George, No Way to Treat a Lady (1998 Helen Hayes Award),Three Nights in Tehran, The Rink (1997 Helen Hayes Award), Passion, Cabaret. DC AREA: Ford's Theater: Little Shop of Horrors, Twelve Angry Men; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing; Arena Stage: The Great Society, Intelligence, All the Way, Ruined, Passion Play; Round House Theatre: Quixote Nuevo; Olney Theatre Center: Miss You Like Hell; AWARDS: 2023 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow, 2023 Anderson-Hopkins Award for Excellence in Theatre, seven additional Helen Hayes nominations; Multiple DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Artist Fellowships (9/12/25-19/13/12) www.lawrenceredmond.com 

Paul Scanlan

Paul Scanlan

Paul / Ray / Russ Kohler

SIGNATURE: Into the Woods, La Cage Aux Folles, Simply Sondheim, Elmer Gantry, Sunday in the Park with George, The Threepenny Opera, Company, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Really Really. NATIONAL TOUR: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. REGIONAL: The Muny: The Unsinkable Molly Brown, My Fair Lady; DC AREA: Arena Stage: The Pajama Game, Carousel; Ford’s Theatre: The Laramie Project; Kennedy Center: Orphie & The Book of Heroes; Washington National Opera: Lost in the Stars; Round House Theatre: Fahrenheit 451; Studio 2nd Stage: The Rocky Horror Show; Keegan Theater: Spring Awakening, Cabaret, Hair; 1st Stage: By Jeeves; Capitol Fringe: Who's Your Baghdaddy?. TV: CBS: FBI, The Equalizer. @paulrscanlan

Bobby Smith

Bobby Smith

Frank Shallard

he/him SIGNATURE: No Place to Go, She Loves Me, Midnight at The Never Get, Assassins, Grand Hotel, Passion, Light Years, A Little Night Music, Titanic, Simply Sondheim, Company, Midwestern Gothic, Road Show, Threepenny Opera, Disney's Freaky Friday, La Cage aux Folles (Helen Hayes Award), Spin (Helen Hayes Award). BROADWAY: Crazy for You. OFF-BROADWAY: Forever Plaid, The World Goes ‘Round, Of Thee I Sing. NATIONAL TOURS: Brigadoon, The World Goes ‘Round. DC AREA: Theater J: Two Jews Walk Into a War; Studio Theatre: Fun Home, A Class Act; The Long Christmas Ride Home; Caroline, or Change; Grey Gardens; Reefer Madness; Jerry Springer: The Opera; Ford’s Theatre: Elmer Gantry, Liberty Smith, 1776, Violet; Metrostage: Girl in the Goldfish Bowl, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Helen Hayes Award). AWARDS: 2018 Anderson/Hopkins award.

Stephen Gregory Smith

Stephen Gregory Smith

Dave / Frankie / Emmitt Timmons

SIGNATURE: Midwestern Gothic, Titanic, The Fix, Elmer Gantry, Miss Saigon, Whorehouse, Brother Russia (Prince Felix), Hairspray (Corny Collins), The Boy Detective Fails (Billy Argo), Sunset Boulevard, Les Misérables, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Into the Woods (Jack), My Fair Lady, Assassins (Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald), Pacific Overtures, The Highest Yellow, One Red Flower (Billy), Allegro (Charlie), 110 in the Shade (Jimmy, 2004 Helen Hayes Award). DC AREA: DCAC: High Fidelity (Rob); Studio Theatre: Adding Machine: A Musical (SHRDLU), MetroStage: tick, tick…BOOM! (Jon); Ford’s Theatre: 110 in the Shade, Freedom's Song, Violet, The Civil War, Meet John Doe; Arena Stage: Oliver!, Damn Yankees; Kennedy Center: First You Dream, Regina; Olney Theatre Center: Avenue Q (Nicky/Trekkie).  

Russell Sunday

Shartel / Forrest / Father / Mike

SIGNATURE: Elmer Gantry, Brother Russia, The Boy Detective Fails, The Hollow, ChessSweeney 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

Shirley

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.

Harry A. Winter

Stationmaster / Henry / Bob Faucher

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.

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