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The Voice Meets Maleficent in this World Premiere Musical

Girlstar

Oct 14 – Nov 15, 2015
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Signature favorite Donna Migliaccio stars in this fantastical world premiere musical fairytale, brimming with magic, darkness and blinding ambition.

Legendary record producer Daniella Espere is searching for her next international sensation. She discovers it in her long-lost niece, Tina, who dreams of being a world-famous pop star. Despite warning signs that all may not be as it seems, the two eagerly forge a mother/daughter bond and Daniella transforms Tina’s image, voice and talent into star quality… but not by the usual means.

With an electrifying pop-laden score, Girlstar invites audiences of all ages to follow one girl’s breathtaking journey and asks, how far is too far to go to become a star?

“Signature, a venue that specializes in developing new musicals.” —Variety

Book & Lyrics by Anton Dudley
Music by Brian Feinstein
Directed by Eric Schaeffer

Performance Information

  • Running Time

    Approximately 2 hours, including one 15-minute intermission.

  • Effects Warning

    Girlstar will use theatrical haze and strobe lights.

Specialty Nights

Post-Show Discussion Nights

October 28 & November 10, 2015

Pride Night

November 13, 2015

Open Captioned Performances

November 3, 2015 at 7:30PM and November 8, 2015 at 2PM

Sponsors

Cast Members

Donna Migliaccio

Donna Migliaccio

Daniella Espere

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

Desi Oakley

Tina

SIGNATURE: Girlstar (Tina). BROADWAY: Wicked (Elphaba and Nessarose u/s), Annie (Grace and Lilly u/s). NATIONAL TOUR: Wicked, Evita (Eva Peron alternate). CONCERTS: New York Philharmonic: Show Boat. REGIONAL: Music Theatre of Wichita: The Little Mermaid (Ariel), Les Misérables (Eponine), High School Musical (Gabriella). TV: Fox: Gotham (Antonia, Episode 114). ORIGINAL ALBUM: Don't Look Back, iTunes. EDUCATION: University of Michigan, BFA.
Bobby Smith

Bobby Smith

Uncle Derek

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.

Sam Edgerly

Jeff

SIGNATURE: Gypsy, The Last Five Years. NATIONAL TOUR: Dirty Dancing. REGIONAL: Merry-Go-Round: Saturday Night Fever. DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: Freedom's Song; Kennedy Center: Orphie and the Book of Heroes, Camelot in Concert; Round House Theatre: Ordinary Days (Helen Hayes Nom. Best Supporting Actor); Olney Theatre: Spring Awakening,  A Chorus Line (Helen Hayes Award Outstanding Musical); No Rules Theatre Co.: The Fantasticks. Education: American University.

Diana Huey

Piper

SIGNATURE: Miss Saigon (2014 Helen Hayes Award: Outstanding Lead Actress). NEW YORK: ThanksKilling The Musical, Miss Karma, Pump Up The Volume, The Yellow Wood.  REGIONAL: 5th Avenue Theatre: Jasper In Deadland, Rent, Mama, Journey West.  Flat Rock Playhouse: Miss Saigon; Village Theatre: It Shoulda Been You, Take Me America; Seattle Children’s Theatre: James and The Giant Peach; Balagan Theatre: Spring Awakening, Avenue Q, (Gregory Award Nominee), Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog; Milwaukee Repertory Theater: A Christmas Carol; Book-It Repertory Theatre: Skippyjon Jones; Contemporary Classics: Zanna, Don’t!, The Yellow Wood; First Stage Children’s Theatre:  A Thousand Cranes; ACT Theatre: A Christmas Carol; Showtunes: Rodgers And… TV/FILM: LEVERAGE, THE GLEE PROJECT, NEW DAY NORTHWEST.  Education: Cornish College of The Arts, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre Acting Internship.
Jamie Eacker

Jamie Eacker

Neela

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

Kellee Knighten Hough

Ensemble

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).
Nora Palka

Nora Palka

Ensemble

SIGNATURE: Girlstar, Gypsy, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. DC AREA: Creative Cauldron: On Air (Helen Hayes Award Best Lead Performer in a Musical); Kennedy Center: Shear Madness, Gift of Nothing (TYA), Orphie and the Book of Heroes (TYA), Elephant and Piggie: We are in a Play! (TYA); Washington Stage Guild: Back to Methuselah, Pygmalion; Studio Theatre 2nd Stage: Rocky Horror Show; Keegan Theatre: Spring Awakening. FILM: Eagle Productions: Malice Metamorphosis, Malice Wars, Malice Emergence. MUSIC: “The EP” (Wild Idol). OTHER: Voice Teacher at Nora Palka Voice Studio. EDUCATION: London Dramatic Academy, Catholic University (BM). www.norapalka.com @nora.loves.to.sing

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.

Creative Team

Matthew Haber

Video Design by

NEW YORK: Ice Floe, Witnessed by the World. REGIONAL: The Wizard of Oz, The Ashes Under Gait City, Our Lady, Tongue of a Bird, Krapp’s Last Tape, The Dumb Waiter, The Prisoner’s Dilemma, Pentecost, Shape of the Table. OPERA: Owen Wingrave, Florencia en el Amazonas. OTHER: The 2015 GQ Grammy Party, Victor & Rolph’s Flowerbomb for Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdales, Catapult Entertainment for America’s Got Talent. SYSTEM DESIGN/ASSOCIATE: Cincinnati Playhouse, TPAC, Huntington Theatre Company, CenterStage, Signature Theatre, Arena Stage, Mannes Opera, numerous Off-Broadway. Managing Director at Imaginary Media, a New York based immersive media design studio. Member United Scenic Artists.

Julianne Menassian

Assistant Stage Manager

SIGNATURE: Girlstar (world premiere), Cake Off (reading). NEW YORK: Pip’s Island, Peccadillo Theater Co, Active Theatre, Hudson Stage Co. DC AREA: Studio Theatre: Bad Jews; Theater J: Yentl. REGIONAL: John W. Engeman Theatre: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Mamma Mia; Hangar Theatre: Titanic; Lyric Stage Co. of Boston: Water by the Spoonful; Weathervane Theatre: Les Misérables, Annie Get Your Gun, Circle Mirror Transformation, Shrek; Merry-Go-Round Playhouse: Cooking with the Calamari Sisters; Barrington Stage: 25th Annual… Spelling Bee, Private Lives. TOURS: Roundabout: Cabaret; TWUsa: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, We the People, Henry and Mudge; Royal Caribbean: The Beautiful Dream (world premiere). OTHER: SeaWorld San Antonio, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, 2014 and 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festivals.

Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth with a Signature Cupcake

enjoy classic red velvet, s’mores, vanilla chocolate, and salted caramel cupcakes from the Happy Tart Bakery.

Cocktail Specials

virgin pop princess a drink fit for a princess. This hot pink mocktail is laced with fresh raspberry juice with a glitter rim and pink straw
pop princess a drink more for adult princesses. A raspberry cosmo served over ice with fresh raspberry juice and a glitter rim
pumpkin spiced martini a fall inspired pumpkin martini laced with nutmeg and finish with a graham cracker rim
caramel coffee cake Bailey’s salted caramel liquor and Kahlua served over ice

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