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A Chorus Line

Oct 29, 2019 - Jan 5, 2020

Signature continues our tradition of big musicals in intimate spaces with one of the most iconic musicals ever written. Up close in the audition room, feel every heartbeat and heartbreak as hopeful dancers pour out their dreams, memories, loves, and why they dance in a breathtaking display of the tremendous talent it takes to be in a chorus line.

Winner of nine Tony Awards® and the Pulitzer Prize, and overflowing with sensational ballet, tap and jazz dance numbers, this non-stop showcase features the acclaimed songs “At the Ballet,” “The Music and the Mirror,” “What I Did for Love” and more. With one of the largest casts in Signature history, A Chorus Line is the one singular sensation for the holiday season.

“One of the greatest musicals ever.” – THE NEW YORK TIMES

Conceived and Originally Directed and Choreographed by Michael Bennett
Book by James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Edward Kleban
Choreographed by Denis Jones
Directed by Matthew Gardiner

Performance Information

  • Run Time

    Running time is approximately 2 hours with no intermission.

  • Content Warnings

    A Chorus Line contains theatrical haze and adult language and subjects.

  • Specialty Nights

    Discussion Nights December 4 & 10, 2019

    Pride Night December 13, 2019

  • GalaPro

    Closed Captioning available at every performance of our mainstage shows via the free GalaPro App.

Content Warnings

A Chorus Line contains theatrical haze and coarse language. The show has scenes which include discussions of adult sexuality (no sexual acts are depicted on stage), bullying/molestation and suicidal thoughts.

Cast Members

Caroline Attayek

Swing

REGIONAL: New London Barn Playhouse: The Pajama Game (Gladys Hotchkiss), Grease (Patty Simcox, D.C.), Catch Me If You Can, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Peter and the Starcatcher; Virginia Repertory Theatre: West Side Story (Rosalia, u/s Maria); Manhattan Concert Productions: Ragtime; The Prizery: West Side Story (Maria), Carousel (Louise); Jenny Wiley Theatre Company: Tarzan (Leopard, D.C.). EDUCATIONAL: Sweeney Todd (Beggar Woman), American Idiot, Cats, Oklahoma, Hello Dolly, Parade, Working. EDUCATION: Elon University BFA Musical Theatre Class of 2019. Instagram: @caro_daye

Joshua Buscher

Larry

BROADWAY: Kinky Boots, Big Fish, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, West Side Story (2009 revival). NATIONAL TOUR/INTERNATIONAL: Priscilla: Queen of the Desert (Associate Choreographer). OPERA: Metropolitan Opera/Lyric Opera Chicago: The Merry Widow (Associate Choreographer, director Susan Stroman). TV: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Smash, America’s Got Talent. OTHER: Norwegian Cruise Lines: Priscilla: Queen of the Desert (Associate Choreographer).

Michelle E. Carter

Tricia

DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: Matilda, Elf. REGIONAL: Barrington Stage Company: The Royal Family of Broadway (World Premiere); Mac-Haydn Theatre: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Anything Goes, Saturday Night Fever, Sweeney Todd, Spamalot, Hello, Dolly!; Tibbits Opera House: Oklahoma! (Gertie), The Addams Family. EDUCATION: Marymount Manhattan College MT. Represented by Take 3 Talent. www.michelle-e-carter.com @idtapthat03

Zeke Edmonds

Roy

SIGNATURE: Saturdays (reading). REGIONAL: McCarter Theatre: A Christmas Carol; Westchester Broadway Theatre: Newsies; Glimmerglass Festival: Oklahoma!; Cortland Repertory Theatre: A Chorus Line, West Side Story; Forestburgh Playhouse: Young Frankenstein, 42nd Street, Damn Yankees; Tibbits Opera House: A Chorus Line, Guys & Dolls. OTHER: YoungArts Finalist (2013). EDUCATION: Syracuse University, B.F.A. www.zekeedmonds.com

Adena Ershow

Val

REGIONAL: Riverside Theatre: Legally Blonde, Gypsy; Walnut Street Theatre: Legally Blonde; Paper Mill Playhouse: Mary Poppins; Bucks County Playhouse: The New World (World Premiere); Maine State Music Theatre: Grease; Fulton Theatre: Annie Get Your Gun; North Shore Music Theatre: Spamalot. OTHER: Royal Caribbean: CATS. EDUCATION: Wagner College: B.A. Theatre Performance, KJS. Instagram: @aershow

Samantha Marisol Gershman

Diana

BROADWAY TOUR: Jekyll & Hyde (Lucy understudy). OFF-BROADWAY/NYC: Bells Are Ringing (Gwynne), Okay! (Phillippa), We Are Ameena (workshop, Ameena). DC AREA: The Kennedy Center: The Who’s Tommy. REGIONAL: TUTS: A Chorus Line (Diana); The MUNY: Cinderella; St. Louis Rep: Evita (Eva Peron U/S); Riverside Theatre: Evita (Eva Peron understudy), West Side Story (Rosalia). OTHER: BNHM: musical improvisation cast member. For my dad.

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Jeff Gorti

Paul

NYC: Monsoon Wedding (workshop), New World (workshop), Kicking and Screaming, Donna Murphy Concert. SELECT REGIONAL: The Muny: Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella; Pittsburgh CLO: Damn Yankees; Sacramento Music Chorus: The Wiz; Riverside: Evita; Pittsburgh Playhouse: The Who’s Tommy, Jack Allison’s Drowsy Chaperone; Weathervane Playhouse: Footloose; NCL: Soul Rockin’ Nights. FILM/TV: Isn’t It Romantic, The Today Show. Instagram: @jeffgorti

Ben Gunderson

Ben Gunderson

Bobby

SIGNATURE: Blackbeard, Grand Hotel. BROADWAY/NATIONAL TOUR: Les Misérables. OFF-BROADWAY: Prospect Theatre: The Hidden Sky; York Theatre: A Time for Singing. DC AREA: Theater Alliance: Still Life With Rocket (Helen Hayes Outstanding Actor nom); Arena Stage: Anything Goes, The Pajama Game; STC: Camelot; Olney: Cabaret. REGIONAL: Engeman: Fiddler on the Roof; Coastal Carolina: Cabaret. TV: The Tony Awards, The Academy Awards, America's Got Talent. LEADERSHIP: Les Mis Mexico & Japan - Musical Staging. EDUCATION: UNCSA; SITI; Odin Teatret; MICHA.

Lawrence Hailes

Butch

DC AREA: Constellation Theatre: Aida; Monumental Theatre: Pippin; Keegan Theatre: Legally Blonde, American Idiot. REGIONAL: Mill Mountain Theatre: A Chorus Line; Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre: Oklahoma!, Hairspray, Beauty and the Beast.

Vincent Michael

Vincent Michael

Al

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

Julia Klavans

Vicki

NATIONAL TOUR/OFF-BROADWAY: Kennedy Center’s Theatre for Young Audiences: Elephant and Piggie. DC AREA: Olney Theater: My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, Guys and Dolls, Finian’s Rainbow (Applause Series); Keegan Theatre: Legally Blonde; Constellation Theatre: The Wild Party, Absolutely! (perhaps); Adventure Theatre: Frosty the Snowman, Jumanji; Studio Theatre: Cry It Out; Gala Hispanic Theater: Fame; Arts on the Horizon: Drumming with Dishes, Beep Beep; Faction of Fools: The Cherry Orchard; Flying V: The Oregon Trail. REGIONAL: Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace: Joseph…Dreamcoat. EDUCATION: University of Maryland College Park, Baltimore School for the Arts.

Elise Kowalick

Elise Kowalick

Kristine

SIGNATURE: Crazy for You. NATIONAL TOURS: 42nd Street. DC AREA: Shakespeare Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet; Adventure Theatre MTC/Round House: Oliver!. REGIONAL: Goodspeed Opera House: The Music Man; Fireside Theatre: Grease and 42nd Street; Fingerlakes MTF: Holiday Inn; Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma: Oklahoma!; Cortland Rep: Saturday Night Fever. EDUCATION: Oklahoma City University. @elise___k

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Lina Lee

Connie

BROADWAY: The Broadway Theatre: Miss Saigon Revival. DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: Cabaret. REGIONAL: Select: A Chorus Line (Connie/Dance Captain), Legally Blonde (Pilar), Chicago (Annie/Roxie understudy), Les Miserables (Eponine), Miss Saigon (Mimi). TV: Fox: Gotham; CBS: Tony Awards. NYC DANCE/CONCERTS: Broadway Bares (2017/2018); Alvin Ailey: Broadway Barkada’s LUMIPAD; Carnegie Hall: A Paradise Lost; 54 Below: Miss Saigon Reunion; NAAP: Green Room 42; Broadway at W. EDUCATION: James Madison University, Theatre and Dance. The Mine Agency. @linalee512

Bryan Charles Moore

Don

NATIONAL TOURS: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Sweet Charity. REGIONAL: Sacramento Music Circus: Beauty and the Beast; Ordway Center for the Performing Arts: West Side Story; Theatre Under the Stars: Mary Poppins; John W. Engeman Theatre: West Side Story; Ogunquit Playhouse: West Side Story, Mary Poppins; Gateway Playhouse: Mary Poppins, Rock of Ages (Regional Premiere); Virginia Repertory Theatre: Fiddler on the Roof. EDUCATION: Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, B.A in Dance Performance. IG: @bryancmoore

Corinne Munsch

Corinne Munsch

Judy

SIGNATURE: Crazy for You. NATIONAL TOUR: Bullets Over Broadway, Elf, Seven Brides...; REGIONAL: Paper Mill Playhouse: Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins; Ogunquit Playhouse: Bullets Over Broadway; John W. Engeman Theater: Singin' in the Rain. TV: Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, High Maintenance. EDUCATION: Otterbein University, BFA Musical Theatre with a Dance Concentration.

Zachary Norton

Zachary Norton

Greg

SIGNATURE: West Side Story. NATIONAL TOUR: Cats: the Musical. INTERNATIONAL TOUR: Rock the Ballet/The Bad Boys of Dance. NEW YORK: The Joyce: Rock the Ballet; NYC Fringe: The Doors Project. DC AREA: DC Fringe: Martin, Love, Sex, and Rhythm. REGIONAL: Ogunquit Playhouse: Mamma Mia!, Arvada Center: A Chorus Line; Royal Caribbean Productions: Mamma Mia!, Chicago: the Musical, Blue Planet. EDUCATION: University of the Arts, Baltimore School for the Arts.

Kayla Pecchioni

Maggie

NATIONAL TOUR: The Book of Mormon (Nabulungi). INTERNATIONAL: Korean Tour: Dreamgirls (Ensemble, Lorrell understudy). NEW YORK: Radio City Christmas Spectacular. REGIONAL: Legally Blonde (Pilar). @kaylapecchioni

Daniel Powers

Daniel Powers

Frank

SIGNATURE: Billy Elliot. REGIONAL: Virginia Repertory Theatre: West Side Story; Cincinnati Ballet; Cincinnati Opera; Ballet Austin; MorDance; Dayton Performing Arts Alliance; Orlando Ballet. EDUCATION: Washington School of Ballet; Houston Ballet Ben Stevenson Academy; Ballet NOVA @daniel.powers_

Matthew Risch

Zach

SIGNATURE: Sycamore Trees. BROADWAY: Other Desert Cities (Trip Wyeth), Pal Joey (Joey Evans), Legally Blonde (Carlos), Chicago (Sgt. Fogarty). REGIONAL: Barrington Stage: Guys and Dolls (Sky). FILM: Test, Sex and The City 2, Stranger Out of You. TV: Tales Of The City, Bonding, Modern Family, How To Get Away With Murder, Switched At Birth, Looking, Younger, Rosewood, CSI: Las Vegas, Blue Bloods, Gossip Girl, Lipstick Jungle. EDUCATION: CCM, Walnut Hill School for the Arts. IG/Twitter: @matthewrisch_

Maria Rizzo

Maria Rizzo

Sheila

she/her SIGNATURE: Into the Woods, She Loves Me (Ilona - Helen Hayes Award), A Chorus Line, Assassins, Grand Hotel, Crazy For You, A Little Night Music, The Gulf (world premiere), West Side Story, Cabaret, Gypsy (Louise - Helen Hayes Nom), Spin (world premiere), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Xanadu. DC THEATRE: Arena Stage: Anything Goes (Erma - Helen Hayes Award), Fiddler on the Roof; Olney Theatre Center: Evita, Grease!; Keegan Theatre: Chicago (Roxie - Helen Hayes Award), Cabaret (Sally Bowles - Helen Hayes Nom), The Sunshine Boys, Spring Awakening; Studio 2ndStage: Carrie the Musical; 1stStage: Bat Boy; Toby's Dinner Theatre: Hairspray. REGIONAL: Arkansas Rep Theatre: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. EDUCATION: The Catholic University of America, BM, Musical Theatre. @mariarizz9o

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MK Sagastume

Lois

DC AREA: Keegan Theatre: Legally Blonde, Bridges of Madison County, The Reluctant Dragon. REGIONAL: Mill Mountain Theatre: 42nd Street; Atlanta Lyric Theatre: Beauty and the Beast; Highlands Playhouse: Pippin. EDUCATION: James Madison University. www.mksagastume.com

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Trevor Michael Schmidt

Mike

INTERNATIONAL: A Chorus Line (Chinese Premier). NATIONAL TOUR: i. REGIONAL: The MUNY: Footloose, Matilda; Music Theatre Wichita: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Hairspray, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Newsies; John W. Engeman Theater: Elf the Musical; Abilene Opera Association: West Side Story. EDUCATION: The Florida State University, BFA. @trevormichaelschmidt

Emily Tyra

Cassie

BROADWAY: Nice Work If You Can Get It; Chaplin (Original Broadway Cast); Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway (Original Broadway Cast). OFF-BROADWAY: Minetta Lane: The City Club. WORKSHOP: An American In Paris, Little Dancer, Can-Can. REGIONAL: Singin’ in the Rain, Beauty and the Beast, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Joseph… TV: CBS: Code Black; STARZ: Flesh and Bone; HBO: Boardwalk Empire. FILM: Harpoon (2019). DANCE: Boston Ballet, James Sewell Ballet. www.emilytyra.com Instagram: @emilytyra

Jillian Wessel

Jillian Wessel

Bebe

she/her SIGNATURE: A Chorus Line (Bebe), Grand Hotel (Swing), Crazy for You (Swing). DC AREA: Keegan Theatre: Chicago (Hunyak/Ensemble, Roxie u/s). REGIONAL: Sharon Playhouse: Beauty and the Beast (Silly Girl); Palace Theatre: Christmas Carol (Ensemble). EDUCATION: James Madison University, BA Theatre and Dance, Magna cum laude. jillianwessel.com @jillian.wessel

Daxx Jayroe Wieser

Mark

REGIONAL: The Cape Playhouse, A Chorus Line (Greg); The Lexington Theatre Company, A Chorus Line (Greg), Legally Blonde (Carlos), The Music Man; Resident Theatre Company, Evita (U/S Magaldi); Westchester Broadway Theatre, Newsies (Romeo, U/S Crutchie); Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, A Chorus Line (Greg), An American in Paris (Henri understudy). CONCERT: Symphony Space: Wall to Wall: Leonard Bernstein; The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre: Krisitin Chenoweth’s My Love Letter to Broadway; The Washington Ballet: Aladdin (Jafar). EDUCATION: BM Musical Theatre, Oklahoma City University. CESD Talent Agency. @daxxjayroe

Phil Young

Richie

SIGNATURE: La Cage aux Folles. DC AREA: Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre. REGIONAL: Guthrie, Goodman, Paramount Theatre, ZACH Theatre, Wick Theatre, and others. AWARDS: NFAA youngARTS Award Winner EDUCATION: Penn State University, BFA Musical Theatre.

Creative Team

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Jon Kalbfleisch

Music Director

SIGNATURE (Resident Music Director) Ragtime, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, She Loves Me, Broadway in the Park (Wolf Trap), Simply Sondheim, A Chorus Line, Assassins, Passion, Crazy for You, A Little Night Music, West Side Story, Cabaret, Sunday in the Park, Gypsy, Company, Hairspray, Saturday Night, Side by Side, Sunset Boulevard, Show Boat, Anyone Can Whistle, Spider Woman, Merrily, Into the Woods, Pacific Overtures, Elegies, Allegro, Follies, 110 in the Shade, Putting It Together, Forum, Sweeney Todd, Wings. BROADWAY: Ambassador Theatre: The Visit (Actor's Fund Benefit), Marius Company: Les Misérables (Associate Conductor). DC AREA: Kennedy Center: First You Dream; National Theatre, Warner Theatre, Round House Theatre, Everyman Theatre. OTHER: Carnegie Hall, Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony. TV: Celebration of the Arts (Executive Producer), Good Morning America. AWARDS: Grammy nomination; Bernstein MASS, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, pianist; Anderson-Hopkins Award; ten Helen Hayes Awards and 30 nominations; Distinguished Alumni Award, Cameron University. EDUCATION: Master of Music, Southern Methodist University.

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Signature’s small theater really does connect the audience to the actors in a way few other productions have been able to replicate

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If you see nothing else this season, see A Chorus Line. It is dazzling!

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