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DC Premiere

The Scottsboro Boys

by John Kander, Fred Ebb, & David Thompson May 22 – Jul 1, 2018
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Signature’s tradition of celebrating Kander & Ebb continues with their final musical collaboration. In the vein of their iconic Chicago and Cabaret, the Tony Award®-winning masterminds deliver a breathtaking musical critique of a stunning true story of racism and injustice in the American South.

On March 25, 1931, nine young African-American teenagers were ripped off a train, falsely accused of a crime, hastily tried and sentenced to death in an outrageous disregard of due process. With a sound and style reflecting the period and exhilarating dance and song, The Scottsboro Boys transforms an event that gripped the nation into a compelling musical nominated for twelve Tony Awards®.

“A powerful and provocative musical. An absolute marvel.” – The Associated Press

Performance Information

  • Run Time

    Running time is approximately two hours with no intermission.

  • Content Warnings

    The Scottsboro Boys contains theatrical haze, cigarette smoking, gunshots, strobe lights and male nudity.

Specialty Nights

Discussion Nights

June 13 & 19, 2018

Pride Night

June 8, 2018

Open Captioning

June 24, 2018 at 2PM

Sponsors

Cast Members

Scean Aaron

Swing

DC AREA: Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Peter Pan, Hairspray, Ragtime; Olney Theatre Center/Roundhouse Theatre: In the Heights; ArtsCentric: The Color Purple, Jesus Christ Superstar, Snapshots; CCTA: Seussical the Musical; Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day.

Jonathan Adriel

Andy Wright

SIGNATURE: Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Dreamgirls. DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: The Wiz; Rep Stage: Dorian’s Closet; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Man of La Mancha; Kiss Me, Kate; Arena Stage: Smokey Joe’s Café, The Pajama Game. TV: House of Cards, House Hunters, For My Man. TEACHING: Prince George’s County Public Schools educator, Certified Personal Trainer EDUCATION: Winthrop University, BA Dance and Theater Performance; Strayer University: Med, Leadership and Supervision. Facebook, Twitter & Instagram @JayAdriel

Malik Akil

Charles Weems

BROADWAY: Studio 54: Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn. REGIONAL: Arden Theatre Company: Gypsy; Weston Playhouse: A Chorus Line, Three Little Pigs; Cain Park: Smokey Joe’s Café, Toxic Avenger; Playhouse Square: Saturday Night Fever; Beck Center for the Arts: In the Heights; EDUCATION: Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music; B.M. Music Theatre.

Iyona Blake

Iyona Blake

The Woman (Understudy)

SIGNATURE: Ain't Misbehavin' (Armelia McQueen), Scottsboro Boys (The Lady understudy), Titanic (Caroline Neville), Jelly’s Last Jam (Gran Mimi). OFF-BROADWAY: June Havoc Theater & Terrace Theater/Kennedy Center: Soul on Fire the Musical (Gabriel/Eva Mae). DC AREA: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Lady Day), The Mistress Cycle (Lulu White), The Wizard of Oz (Glinda), Blues in the Night (The Lady), Caroline, or Change (Caroline Thibodeaux), Once on This Island (Asaka), Shout! The Mod Musical (Green Girl), Thunder Knocking on the Door (Good Sister);Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Armelia McQueen), Black Nativity (As Cast). AWARDS: 2017 Helen Hayes Award Winner for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, BroadwayWorld’s Washington, DC Award Winner for Best Actress in a Musical for a Small Professional Theater. www.iyonablake.com
Christopher Bloch

Christopher Bloch

Interlocutor

SIGNATURE: The Bridges of Madison County, Into the Woods, Assassins, Grand Hotel, The Scottsboro Boys, Titanic, Kid Victory, Cloak and Dagger, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Chess, Les Misérables, Merrily We Roll Along, Urinetown. NATIONAL TOUR: The Buddy Holly Story. DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: Trip to Bountiful, My Lord, What a Night, 12 Angry Men, Ragtime, Jefferson’s Garden, 1776, Meet John Doe, Shenandoah, Big River, Christmas Carol; Arena Stage: Christmas Carol 1941, Damn Yankees, Black No More; Everyman: M Butterfly, God of Carnage, ART, Uncle Vanya, Jaques Brel…; Olney Theatre, Kennedy Center, Shakespeare Theatre. REGIONAL: Lyric Theater, Guthrie Theatre, Virginia Stage, ACT, Repertory Theatre St. Louis, Indiana Rep., 2012 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship. FILM/TV: West Wing, House of Cards, TURN, Butler MN, Damascus Road, WCBDC!, Star Wars audio (Lucas Productions). 

Chaz Alexander Coffin

Mr. Tambo

REGIONAL: Arizona Broadway Theatre: HAIR; Short North Stage: Dreamgirls; Derby Dinner Playhouse: The Addams Family, Sister Act; Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe: The Wiz; Bigfork Summer Playhouse: Shrek the Musical, Grease, 42nd Street, Young Frankenstein; Interlakes Summer Theatre: 42nd Street, Miss Saigon, Hello, Dolly!, The Wiz. EDUCATIONAL: Las Meninas, Machinal, RENT, Kiss Me, Kate, The Great God Brown. TV: Empire. EDUCATION: East Carolina University, BFA Musical Theatre. www.chazalexandercoffin.com

Joshua James Crawford

Swing

REGIONAL: Virginia Repertory Theatre: In the Heights; Richmond Triangle Players: The Boy From Oz. CHILDREN’S THEATRE: Virginia Rep. On Tour: Hugs and Kisses; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; The Tailor of Gloucester.
Felicia Curry

Felicia Curry

The Lady

SIGNATURE: Masterpieces...., The Scottsboro Boys, Motown: Hitsville U.S.A, Les Misérables, Broadway Duets. BROADWAY: Into the Woods. OFF-BROADWAY: Fabulation, Queens Girl in the World; We Three Liza’s; DMLRR: The Brontes, Petite Rouge. NATIONAL TOURS: Into the Woods; Kennedy Center: Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka; Mattel/Live Nation: Barbie Live!; Capitol Steps. REGIONAL: Arena Stage, Ford's Theatre (Artistic Associate), Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Everyman Theatre (Resident Company Member), Factory 449 (Company Member), Kennedy Center, Round House Theatre, Rep Stage, MetroStage, Olney Theatre Center, Studio Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse, VA Repertory Theatre. TheaterWorks Hartford. CONCERTS: NSO: Young People’s Concert, BSO: Holiday Spectacular, Marvin Hamlisch: One Singular Sensation. AWARDS: Emmy Award nomination, Audelco Award nomination, Helen Hayes Best Actress Award, Anderson Hopkins Award, Berkshire Theatre Critics Best Actress Award, RTCC Best Actress Award. EDUCATION: UMCP. 

C.K. Edwards

Roy Wright

BROADWAY: Shuffle Along…, After Midnight (featured), Billy Elliot. OFF-BROADWAY/ NAT’L TOURS: Cotton Club Parade, I Heart Bob, 1st and 2nd National Tours: The Book of Mormon. REGIONAL: My One and Only (Mr. Magix u/s), 42nd Street (Andy Lee), The Full Monty (Horse).

DeWitt Fleming, Jr.

Ozie Powell

SIGNATURE: Jelly's Last Jam. OFF-BROADWAY: Cotton Club Parade (Lead), Cirque Du Soleil’s Banana Shpeel (featured Ensemble), Pearl (Bill Bailey), Richard III (Grey), Dutchman (Clay), Orphan Train (Conductor). REGIONAL: Alliance Theater: Sophisticated Ladies (Lead). TOURS: Riverdance (Lead tapper/ Baritone Soloist). TV/FILM: Boardwalk Empire, Smash, How to Be Single, Limitless. DANCE: Soloist with Wynton Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin, Marvin Hamlisch, Christian McBride, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. EDUCATION: Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Marymount Manhattan College. www.dewittflemingjr.com
Andre Hinds

Andre Hinds

Willie Roberson

SIGNATURE: After Midnight, The Scottsboro Boys, Crazy for You, Jesus Christ Superstar. DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: Singing in the Rain, Cabaret, Matilda (Rudolpho), Elf, In the Heights, Guys & Dolls; Keegan Theater: Chicago; Toby's Dinner Theatre: Show Boat, Sister Act, Hairspray (Seaweed), Peter Pan, Addams Family, Mary Poppins (Neleus), Memphis. REGIONAL: Mill Mountain Theatre: Legally Blonde (Emmett Forrest), Alabama Shakespeare Festival: Cinderella. @dizzydrizzy87

Aramie Payton

Eugene Williams

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL TOURS: Dreamgirls Korea; Flashdance The Musical. NEW YORK: American Theatre of Actors: A Raisin in The Sun; Gallery Players: Godspell; Theatre for the New City: Cleopatra: The New Pop Experience (workshop); MITF: Back O’ Town (workshop). REGIONAL: Hope Summer Rep.: Hairspray, Oedipus; Marriott: Mamma Mia!; Black Ensemble Theatre: Once Upon a People; HWCC: Ain’t Misbehavin’, High School Musical.

Darrell Purcell Jr

Clarence Norris

NEW YORK: Olympics Uber Alles. REGIONAL: Axelrod PAC: Ragtime; Weathervane: Hairspray (New Hampshire Theatre Award-Best Supporting Actor in a Musical nomination), Gypsy, West Side Story, Seussical, Inherit the Wind; Roxy Regional Theatre: Smokey Joe’s Café; Barn Theatre: Shrek, 42nd Street, Peter Pan, Tarzan, Young Frankenstein. EDUCATION : East Carolina University, Theatre; New York Film Academy Musical Theatre Conservatory.

Lamont Walker II

Haywood Patterson

NEW YORK: The Time Machine, REGIONAL: Pittsburgh CLO: Aida (Mereb); Pittsburgh REP: The Scottsboro Boys, Violet (Flick), 21 Chump Street (Justin), Choir Boy (AJ), The Who’s Tommy (Tommy), West Side Story. EDUCATION: Recent Graduate, BFA: Musical Theatre, Point Park University. @itslamonkeys.

Joseph Monroe Webb

Olen Montgomery

BROADWAY: Bring In Da Noise, Bring In Da Funk. OFF-BROADWAY: Cotton Club Parade; Carnegie Hall: Black Stars of the Great White Way. DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Masters of Juba, Savion Glover and Friends, Nixon Goes to China. REGIONAL: Thank you, Gregory. TV: Third Watch, Guiding Light, Luther’s Choice, Verizon, Jay Leno, Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee, Oprah. FILM: Morningstar Farms, Bringing Out the Dead, Black Nativity, Red Bull. EDUCATION: City University of NY- Professional Studies, Marymount Manhattan College (2001).
Stephen Scott Wormley

Stephen Scott Wormley

Mr. Bones

SIGNATURE: Jelly’s Last Jam, Hairspray (Helen Hayes award). OFF-BROADWAY: Black Nativity Now!. INTERNATIONAL TOUR: Disney on Classic with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: Once on This Island; Rep Stage: Dorian’s Closet (Dorian). NYC Theatre: Playwrights Horizons: Hart Song; NYU Tisch: Awakened. REGIONAL: Ordway: In the Heights (Benny); Syracuse Stage: Ain’t Misbehavin’; Barter Theatre: Les Misérables (Marius), Tarzan (Terk); Overture Center: Big Fish (Will) The Spirit of Broadway Theatre: SNOW (world premiere). SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS: Symphony of the Mountains: Les Misérables (Marius); Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Hairspray w/ John Waters (Seaweed). TV: Kennedy Center Honors. For Gwen www.StephenScottWormley.com .
Jay Frisby

Jay Frisby

Charlie Weems/Victoria Price

SIGNATURE: The Scottsboro Boys (Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble). NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL TOURS: South Pacific; Hong Kong Disneyland: Festival of the Lion King (Simba); Click Clack Moo; The Whiffenpoofs of Yale. DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: The Music Man, Matilda, The Royale, Miss You Like Hell, South Pacific, Annie, Mary Poppins; Ford’s Theatre: Grace; Imagination Stage: Cinderella, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; Labor Heritage Foundation: Working; Rep Stage: Dorian’s Closet; Studio Theatre: Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: The Buddy Holly Story, Miss Saigon; REGIONAL: Connecticut Repertory Theatre: Smokey Joe’s Café; Ogunquit Playhouse: South Pacific; Paper Mill Playhouse: West Side Story, Seussical. EDUCATION: Yale University: BA in Theatre Studies. JayFrisby.com

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.

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Press Reviews

A polished revival… exemplary performances

The Washington Post

"A musical for our times"

DC Theatre Scene

Utterly glorious dancing… truly incandescent songs… brilliantly executed

MD Theatre Guide

Electrifying

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