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Silver Belles

Nov 22 – Dec 31, 2016
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DC’s finest leading ladies—Donna Migliaccio, Nova Y. Payton, Ilona Dulaski, Naomi Jacobson and Peggy Yates—star in this hilarious world premiere musical for the holiday season.

When Oralene, the longtime director of small town Sylva Ridge’s Christmas Pageant, suddenly passes away, the Silver Belles must come to the rescue! With the spirit of Oralene looking on, the sterling-hued vixens band together, discover their talents and pull out all the stops to keep the beloved pageant alive.

It’s Golden Girls meets Designing Women with a heaping helping of well-known Christmas tunes and clever new ditties. Christmas without the Silver Belles… just wouldn’t be Christmas!

Book by Allyson Currin
Music by Matt Conner
Lyrics by Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith
Based on an idea by Cathy Alter and Sandra Johnson

Running time is approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes, with no intermission.

Specialty Nights

Discussion Nights

December 6 & 7, 2016

Pride Night

December 9, 2016

Open Captioned Performances

December 11, 2016 at 2PM and December 13, 2016 at 7:30PM

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Cast Members

Ilona Dulaski

Berneice

SIGNATURE: Shooting in Madrid, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Follies, 110 In the Shade, Witches of Eastwick. DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Turandot (Washington Opera), Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Shear Madness, Dahlia; Studio Theatre: Caroline, or Change; Round House Theatre: Wintertime, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Man of La Mancha, She Loves Me. REGIONAL: CATCO: Master Class; Shenandoah: Fiddler on the Roof, Show Boat; Totem Pole: Nunsense, Ten Little Indians, My Three Angels; Cumberland: Pippin; Mill Mountain: Spitfire Grill. TV: Homicide: Life on the Streets; Unsolved Mysteries; House of Cards. Upcoming: MetroStage: Master Class. www.IlonaDulaski.com

Naomi Jacobson

Bo Jack

SIGNATURE: Cabaret, God of Carnage, Available Light. DC AREA:  Shakespeare Theatre Company (Affiliated Artist), Woolly Mammoth Theatre (Company Member), Arena Stage, Kennedy Center, Ford's Theatre, Wolf Trap Opera, Folger Theatre, Round House Theatre, Theater J, Olney Theatre Center. REGIONAL: Guthrie Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Center Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Arizona Theatre Co., Milwaukee Repertory, Delaware Theatre Co., Berkshire Theatre Festival, L.A. Theatreworks. FILM/TV: Homicide, Her Father’s Eyes (A&E), I Fall to Pieces. VOICEOVER: Discovery Channel, Smithsonian, NPR, PBS. AWARDS: Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship (with Lynn Redgrave), 3 Helen Hayes Awards, 14 Helen Hayes nominations, Individual Artist Grant - DC Commission on the Arts. Member: Actors Arena.

Dan Manning

Earl

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

Oralene

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
Nova Y. Payton

Nova Y. Payton

Gloria

SIGNATURE: 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: 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.

Peggy Yates

Ruth Ann

SIGNATURE: No Way to Treat A Lady. INTERNATIONAL: Play, MSC and The Beckett Festival, Berlin, Germany. DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: Paper Moon, The Fantasticks, I’m Not Rappaport, A Christmas Carol; Kennedy Center: Merrily We Roll Along, Noel and Gertie; Arena Stage: Camelot; Olney Theatre Center: Dinner With Friends, She Loves Me, Omnium Gatherum, Oliver!, Peter Pan, Hayfever, Man of La Mancha; Maryland Stage Company: Six Degrees of Separation, The Seagull. TV: Homicide: Life on the Street (Maria Delgado). AWARDS: Two Helen Hayes Award nominations. EDUCATION: BA Seton Hall University. MFA Catholic University of America

Creative Team

Matt Conner

Music by

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.

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