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Jesus Christ Superstar

May 9 – Jul 9, 2017
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The icon. His traitor. The most famous story ever told. Experience Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s stunning award-winning rock opera in a sleek, modern, environmental production.

With the legendary songs “What’s the Buzz,” “I Don’t Know How to Love Him,” “Everything’s Alright” and the title song, Joe Calarco (Gypsy) directs this dazzling and fiery epic of celebrity, passion, guilt and salvation.

Jesus Christ Superstar is presented through an exclusive arrangement with R & H Theatricals and Two Knights Rights Limited. www.rnh.com

Lyrics by Tim Rice
Music by Andrew Lloyd Weber

Performance Information

  • Run Time

    Approximately one hour and 50 minutes, including one fifteen-minute intermission

  • Effects Warnings

    Contains theatrical smoke and haze

  • Plan Your Visit

    Plan to Arrive Early: Due to the unique immersive staging of the show, for actor and patron safety, late seating and reseating will be extremely limited – wait times to enter the Theatre could be up to 25 minutes if you are late or leave the performance.

Specialty Nights

Discussion Nights

June 7 & 13, 2017

Pride Night

June 23, 2017

Open Captioned Performances

June 4, 2017 at 2PM and June 6, 2017 at 7:30PM

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Cast Members

Natascia Diaz

Natascia Diaz

Mary Magdalene

SIGNATURE: Passion (Fosca, Helen Hayes Award), Threepenny Opera (Jenny, Helen Hayes nom.), West Side Story (Anita, Helen Hayes nom.), Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Aurora).  BROADWAY: Man of La Mancha (Antonia, u/s Aldonza), Seussical. OFF-BROADWAY: Encores! Grand Hotel (Rafaella), The Capeman (Esmeralda), Jacques Brel, tick, tick, BOOM! (Susan, LA Ovation nom.). TOUR: West Side Story (Anita, Chicago Jeff Award, St. Louis Kevin Kline Award). DC: Shakespeare Theatre: Our Town (Mrs. Gibbs); Woolly: Collective Rage (Betty #3); MetroStage: Jacques Brel (Woman 1, Helen Hayes Award), Savage In Limbo (Savage), Rooms (Monica, Helen Hayes Award, shared with Chita!). REGIONAL: San Francisco Playhouse: Sally (Follies); St. Louis Muny: On Your Feet (Gloria Fajardo, St. Louis Critics Award), Chicago (Velma, Critics nom.); Hartford Stage: Ah, Wilderness! (Lily). FILM: Every Little Step. natasciadiaz.com 
Sherri L. Edelen

Sherri L. Edelen

King Herod

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.

Nicholas Edwards

Jesus

OFF-BROADWAY: Spamilton (Daveed Diggs). NATIONAL TOUR: Sister Act (Pablo). REGIONAL: Triangle Productions: Kiss of the Spider Woman (Valentin), Tibbits Summer Theatre: A Chorus Line (Paul), Ocean City Theatre Co.: Swing!, Joseph…Dreamcoat. CRUISE LINE: Vocalist on Celebrity Cruises. EDUCATION: BFA Musical Theatre, Montclair State University. 
Vincent Michael

Vincent Michael

Ensemble

he/him SIGNATURE: Into the Woods, RENT, Assassins (Helen Hayes nomination), A Chorus Line, Camille Claudel, Gypsy, Grand Hotel, Billy Elliot, Jesus Christ Superstar, Miss Saigon, Spin, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Ol’ Blue Eyes, Entirely Elvis, Woodstock, Crossing: In Concert. NEW YORK: Musical Theatre Factory: The Greenwood Tree. REGIONAL: St. Louis MUNY: RENT; Goodspeed Musicals: Private Jones; Ford’s Theatre: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Round House Theatre: The Nutcracker; Olney Theatre Center: Kinky Boots, Grease, Joseph…Dreamcoat, Takes One to Know One; Keegan Theatre: Spring Awakening; The Kennedy Center: The Greenwood Tree, Latino Inaugural 2013; DAR Constitution Hall: Horatio Alger Awards 2018; Capital Fringe Festival: Gilded; TELEVISION: A Capitol Fourth; EDUCATION: Bachelor of Music, CUA. @vincentmichael.k

David Landstrom

Ensemble

NATIONAL TOURS: Big Nate. DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: Avenue Q, How To Succeed In Business, Forever Plaid, Spring Awakening; Imagination Stage: Lyle the Crocodile; The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (2013 Helen Hayes Award Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding TYA Production); Studio Theatre 2nd Stage: The Rocky Horror Show; Factory 449: The Ice Child; The Riverside Center: Forever Plaid; Steel River Playhouse: La Cage Aux Folles. EDUCATION: American University.

Sam Ludwig

Annas

Sam Ludwig SIGNATURE: A Little Night Music, Jesus Christ Superstar, Midwestern Gothic, Titanic (Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical), The Hollow, [title of show], Sweeney Todd, Show Boat, Partial Eclipse, Les Misérables. DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: How to Succeed... (Helen Hayes Award, Lead Actor in a Musical), Avenue Q, Big River, 1776; Theatre J: Sons of the Prophet; Ford’s Theatre: 1776; 1st Stage: The Farnsworth Invention (Helen Hayes nomination for the Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play), Proof; MetroStage: Jacques Brel is Alive...; Rep Stage: Speech and Debate; Theatre J: Sons of the Prophet; Creative Cauldron: Monsters of the Villa Diodati (Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical); 3D Theatricals: The Secret Garden.
Michael J. Mainwaring

Michael J. Mainwaring

Peter

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.

Calvin McCullough

Ensemble

SIGNATURE: Freaky Friday, Skin & Bones (workshop). DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: A Christmas Carol; Olney Theatre: GODSPELL, Carmen; Imagination Stage: The Freshest Snow Whyte, Looking for Roberto Clemente, Wings, Peter and The Wolf; Adventure Theatre: Miss Nelson is Missing, BIG, Mirandy and Brother Wind, Snowy Day; Everyman Theatre: A Raisin in the Sun; Capital Fringe Festival: Love in Ruins.
Solomon Parker III

Solomon Parker III

Ensemble

SIGNATURE: The Color Purple (Helen Hayes for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical - Hayes), RENT, After Midnight, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Grand Hotel, Billy Elliot, Jesus Christ Superstar. Regional: Portland Center Stage: Hair; Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival: In the Heights. DC AREA: Olney Theater: Kinky Boots; Ford’s Theatre: The Wiz, Grace the Musical, A Christmas Carol; Keegan Theatre: Legally Blonde; Toby's Dinner Theatre: Kinky Boots, Dreamgirls, Hairspray; Monumental Theatre Co: Pippin, Sunday Funday, Montgomery, Bashful; EDUCATION: Montgomery College. @thesolomonexperience

Jobari Parker-Namdar

Ensemble

SIGNATURE: Anyone Can Whistle, Lost Songs of Broadway, Sizzlin’ Summer Nights Cabaret Series, Hairspray (u/s). OFF-BROADWAY: Three Little Birds. DC AREA: Olney Theatre: Sweeney Todd; Arena Stage: Five Guys Named Moe; Ford’s Theatre: Freedom’s Song; Imagination Stage: A Year with Frog and Toad (Helen Hays nomination). REGIONAL: Ensemble Theatre: From My Hometown.
Awa Sal Secka

Awa Sal Secka

Simon Zealotes

SIGNATURE: Where the Mountain Meets the Sea (Natalie/Musician 2), Ragtime (Sarah, 2024 HHA for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical), Gun and Powder (Flo), Jesus Christ Superstar (Simon), Broadway in the Park, Signature Vinyl. NEW YORK: The Public: GODDESS (Zawadi/Nadira U/S), GODDESS 2021/2023 Workshop (Zawadi). NATIONAL TOUR: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding (Bea). REGIONAL: Paper Mill: After Midnight (Sassy); Berkeley Rep: GODDESS (Zawadi). DC AREA: Kennedy Center: RENT (Joanne), Me…Jane (Maisie), Chasing the Wind (Abby); Ford’s: Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife), The Wiz (Glinda/Dorothy u/s); Theatre J: Intimate Apparel (Mayme); Round House: School Girls (Ama); Caroline, or Change (Dottie); Imagination: Charlie Brown (Lucy); ArtsCentric: AIDA (Aida), MEMPHIS (Felicia); Studio: SILENCE! (Ardelia); OTC: Co-Writer of The Joy That Carries You (2023 Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play), Children of Eden Concert (Eve). EDUCATION: Montgomery College. IG: @_kujichagulia_ 
Thomas Adrian Simpson

Thomas Adrian Simpson

Caiaphas

SIGNATURE: Jesus Christ Superstar, Three Penny Opera, Company, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Boy Detective Fails, The Hollow, Les Misérables, The Witches of Eastwick, My Fair Lady, Pacific Overtures, Urinetown, Twentieth Century, 110 in the Shade (2004 Helen Hayes nomination), Floyd Collins, Grand Hotel, Over and Over, Vera. DC AREA: Arena Stage: A Raisin in the Sun, Mary T. & Lizzy K., My Fair Lady, The Light in the Piazza; Ford’s Theatre: 1776, Liberty Smith, Meet John Doe, A Christmas Carol; Shakespeare Theatre: Candide, The Boys From Syracuse; Kennedy Center: Orphie and the Book of Heroes; Olney Theatre Center: Sweeney Todd, Oh, Coward!, 1776, Oliver. TV: House of Cards, America’s Most Wanted. EDUCATION: UNC School of the Arts.

Chris Sizemore

Ensemble

SIGNATURE: Midwestern Gothic, Titanic, Crossing, Miss Saigon, Spin, Crossing in concert, Spin, Chess, Sweeney Todd, Show Boat (Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Ensemble), Les Misérables (Helen Hayes nomination for Supporting Actor, Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble). NATIONAL TOUR: Kennedy Center: Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka. DC AREA: Arena Stage: Fiddler; Ford's Theatre: Freedom’s Song, Violet, 1776, Parade, The Civil War (Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Ensemble); Shakespeare Theatre: Two Gents...Rock Opera, Candide (Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Ensemble); Olney Theatre Center: 1776, Fiddler, Cinderella; Toby's: Miss Saigon, Beauty & The Beast, Grease, Seussical. REGIONAL: Serenbe Playhouse: Miss Saigon.
Bobby Smith

Bobby Smith

Pontius Pilate

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.
Harrison Smith

Harrison Smith

Ensemble

he/him SIGNATURE: Sweeney Todd, Billy Elliot, Crazy for You, Jesus Christ Superstar, Passion, Assassins; DC AREA: The Keegan Theatre: Merrily We Roll Along, Elegies (Helen Hayes nomination), Airness, Parade, American Idiot, Dogfight; Imagination Stage: Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Round House Theatre: I’ll Get You Back Again, The Kennedy Center: Me, Jane (National Tour); 1st Stage: Floyd Collins, Airness, A New Brain. Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Newsies (Helen Hayes nomination); Prologue Theatre, Constellation, NextStop, and Mosaic. REGIONAL: Arden Theatre Company: Assassins; OTHER: One half of the band-baseball hat, hhaarriissoonn.com @hhaarriissoonn
Korinn Walfall

Korinn Walfall

Ensemble

SIGNATURE: Jesus Christ Superstar; Gun & Powder (reading), U.G.L.Y. (reading). NATIONAL TOUR: Amazing Grace the Broadway Musical. DC AREA: Round House Theatre: Caroline, or Change (Helen Hayes nomination for Best Supporting Actress); Ford’s Theatre: Hope Dies Last (reading). EDUCATION: University of Maryland-College Park, Theatre, Creative and Performing Arts Scholar.
Kara-Tameika Watkins

Kara-Tameika Watkins

Ensemble

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.

Ari McKay Wilford

Judas

BROADWAY: Once. NEW YORK: Cosplay, Gay Bride of Frankenstein, Edenville. REGIONAL: St. Louis Rep, Gateway Playhouse, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Seacoast Rep. TV/FILM: Gotham, Vinyl, Solitary.

Creative Team

Joe Calarco

Directed by

Director: SIGNATURE: Heisenberg, The Scottsboro Boys, John, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Flick, The Gulf, Cake Off, Gypsy, Shakespeare’s R&J, God of Carnage, Walter Cronkite is Dead. (writer/director), Assassins, Urinetown, Side Show, Nijinsky’s Last Dance, Nest, Elegies, The Boy Detective Fails, writer of 13 Signature in the Schools plays. OFF-BROADWAY: A Christmas Carol, In Transit, R&J, Sarah Plain and Tall, The Burnt Part Boys, Floyd and Clea Under the Western Sky, Boy, in the absence of spring (writer/director), The Memory Show, Bury the Dead. NEW YORK: Lincoln Center, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, Primary Stages. REGIONAL: The Old Globe, ACT, Barrington Stage Company, Philadelphia Theater Company. DC AREA: The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Round House Theatre. AWARDS: 4 Helen Hayes, 2 Barrymore Awards, the Lucille Lortel Award, 2 time Drama Desk nominee. UPCOMING: Barrington Stage Company: Into The Woods.

Press Reviews

Jesus Christ Superstar hits right notes

The Washington Post

Boisterous fun

DCTheatreScene

Dazzling... a definite must-see

Washington Informer

Brilliantly realized... undeniably powerful

DCist

This production… should be the definitive version produced anywhere—anytime!

The Zebra

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