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Pippin

May 12 – Jul 26, 2026
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Spotlight on a shirtless man reaching upward toward a crown, surrounded by falling confetti and dramatic purple lighting streaks on a dark background.

Stephen Schwartz’s (Godspell, Wicked) musical masterpiece of purpose, ambition, lust and glory sizzles for summer, thrillingly staged as only Matthew Gardiner can do.

A traveling troupe of performers bring to life the story of Pippin, the restless heir of Charlemagne, on his quest for purpose. Dreaming of greatness, he dives into war, passion, and even murder—only to find himself disillusioned at every turn in this dazzling and provocative coming-of-age parable about what it means to be extraordinary.

Join us for this sardonic and witty extravaganza, flush with spellbinding dance and the iconic songs “Corner of the Sky,” “Magic to Do” and “Morning Glow.”

“Massively, almost overwhelmingly entertaining” – BroadwayWorld 

Book by Roger O. Hirson
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Originally produced on the Broadway stage by Stuart Ostrow
Originally directed on the Broadway stage by Bob Fosse
2013 Broadway revival directed by Diane Paulus
Theo Ending Originally Conceived in 1998 by Mitch Sebastian
Music Directed by Jon Kalbfleisch
Choreographed by Rachel Leigh Dolan
Directed by Matthew Gardiner

Performance Information

Seating Chart

Seating chart
  • Running Time

    Running time is approximately 2 hours and 35 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission.

  • Effects Warnings

    This show will use strobe and lighting effects, loud noises, theatrical haze and smoke.

  • Content Warnings

    This show will contain adult themes, sexual content, adult language, drug use, representations of violence, war and death, and discussion of suicide.

  • Age Recommendation

    Recommended for mature teens and up. Signature does not admit anyone under 6.

Specialty Performances

Discussion Nights

June 3 at 7:30PM & June 16 at 7:30PM

Go behind the scenes with an exclusive post-show discussion following select Tuesday and Wednesday performances.

Pride Night

June 12 at 8PM

A special Friday event for members of the LGBTQ community, family and friends with a lively post-show reception.

Accessibility

Signature Theatre offers several accessibility options to ensure our Theatre is welcoming to everyone.

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Accessible Performances

ASL Interpreted
Recommended Seats

July 11 at 2PM

Masks Required

May 31 at 2PM

Closed Captions via the GalaPro app

All performances

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The Cast

Cedric Neal

Cedric Neal

Leading Player
Dylan Arredondo

Dylan Arredondo

Charles Understudy

SIGNATURE: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Daphne’s Dive. DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: Sister Act; Theater J: An Enemy of the People; Round House Theatre: Quixote Nuevo; 1st Stage: Between Riverside & Crazy, Birthday Candles, The Nance; Rep Stage: The Glass Menagerie; Olney Theatre: Lend Me a Soprano, Fiddler on the Roof, Beauty & the Beast, The Great Gatsby, Alice in Wonderland, Othello; Kennedy Center: Mortification of Fovea Munson; Constellation Theatre Co.: School for Lies, White Snake; Spooky Action Theater: Frontières Sans Frontières, Lady…Falling Flowers. DIRECTING: NextStop Theatre: Dream Hou$e; Flying V Theatre: Astro Boy & the God of Comics (Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Direction & 6 nominations). EDUCATION: BFA NYU Tisch. www.DylanArredondo.com @dmarredondo

Brayden Bambino

Brayden Bambino

Pippin

he/him OFF-BROADWAY: The Flea Theater: Orion and the Goatman (Luke). NEW YORK: American Theatre of Actors: GoodTV (Leo). WORKSHOPS/READINGS: Eugene O'Neill Theater Center: Almost Famous (William Miller); Playwrights Horizons: For My Last Trick (Harry Houdini). EDUCATION: American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) Acting for Theatre, TV, and Film ’27; previously University of Michigan BFA in Musical Theatre; El Dorado Musical Theater (EDMT). braydenbambino.com. Instagram: @brayden.bambino TikTok: @BraydenBambi

Ellison Bihm

Ellison Bihm

Theo

he/him DC AREA: Silver Spring Stage: A Christmas Carol. EDUCATIONAL: Imagination Stage, Round House Theatre. 

Ben Bogen

Ben Bogen

Player

he/him SIGNATURE: Fiddler on the Roof. BROADWAY: Frozen. NATIONAL TOURS: Jersey Boys (Frankie Valli alternate), Wicked, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. OFF-BROADWAY: Jersey Boys, Only Human. DC AREA: Round House Theatre: The Inheritance (Charlie Wilcox). REGIONAL: ACT of CT: Rent; Hartford Stage: The Flamingo Kid (World Premiere); Elgin Theatre: Sousatzka (World Premiere); Pittsburgh CLO: Mary Poppins; North Carolina Theatre: Mamma Mia. TV: Pose. CHOREOGRAPHY CREDITS: Clear Space Theatre Company: Spring Awakening; Sierra REP: Jersey Boys (Associate Dir/Choreographer); Henegar Theatre: Shrek the Musical (upcoming). EDUCATION: BFA University of Michigan. Instagram: @benmbogen 

Calvin L'mont Cooper

Calvin L'mont Cooper

Player

He/She/They BROADWAY: Mrs. Doubtfire. NATIONAL TOUR: Finding Neverland. REGIONAL: La Jolla Playhouse: 3 Summers of Lincoln; Goodman Theatre: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil; MUNY: Guys and Dolls; Barrington Stage Company: Kiss Me Kate (Hortensio). OTHER: Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

Candice Hatakeyama

Candice Hatakeyama

Player

BROADWAY: Funny Girl. REGIONAL: Broadway at Music Circus: Jesus Christ Superstar; Ogunquit Playhouse: Guys & Dolls; Paper Mill Playhouse: White Christmas; MUNY: Anything Goes; Hangar Theatre: Cabaret (Sally Bowles); Asolo Rep: Crazy for You (Irene Roth). OTHER: Co-owner and Financial Director of Next Stop Creatives. EDUCATION: Syracuse University BFA Musical Theatre. @canditheduck

Eric Hissom

Eric Hissom

Charles

SIGNATURE: JOB. NATIONAL TOUR: The 39 Steps. NEW YORK: China: The Whole Enchilada. DC AREA: Arena Stage: Death on the Nile, Vanya, Sonya, Masha and Spike, JQA; Shakespeare Theatre: Our Town, Comedy of Errors; Ford’s Theatre: Born Yesterday, Twelve Angry Men; Folger Theatre: Arcadia (Helen Hayes award), Cyrano; Studio Theatre: The Effect; Theater J: The Chameleon, Life Sucks, Body of an American; Round House Theatre: The Tempest, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo; Woolly Mammoth: The Vibrator Play. REGIONAL: La Jolla Playhouse: The 39 Steps; Milwaukee Rep: Eurydice; Seattle Rep: The 39 Steps; Asolo Rep: Glengarry Glen Ross; Syracuse Stage: Around the World in Eighty Days; Cleveland Playhouse: The Game’s Afoot. FILM: Out of Time. TV: One Tree Hill; Xena; Mortal Kombat. EDUCATION: MFA from FSU’s Asolo Conservatory. erichissom.com

Naomi Jacobson

Naomi Jacobson

Berthe

SIGNATURE: Cabaret, God of Carnage, Silver Belles, Available Light. DC AREA: Shakespeare Theatre Company (Affiliated Artist), Woolly Mammoth Theatre (Company Member), Arena Stage, Kennedy Center, Round House Theatre, Ford's Theatre, Folger Theatre, Theater J, Olney Theatre Center, Wolf Trap Opera. REGIONAL: Guthrie Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Center Stage, Jupiter Maltz, Seattle's Village Theatre, Cleveland and Cincinnati Playhouses, Arizona Theatre Co., Indiana Rep & Milwaukee Rep, Delaware Theatre Co., Berkshire Theatre Festival, L.A. Theatre Works, Atlantic Theatre (NYC). FILM/TV: Homicide, Her Father’s Eyes (A&E), I Fall to Pieces. VOICEOVER: Discovery Channel, Smithsonian, NPR, PBS Documentaries. AWARDS: 3 Helen Hayes Awards, numerous nominations, Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship, the Anderson-Hopkins Award, DC Individual Artist Grant. UPCOMING: VO for forthcoming documentary: Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls: Another Side of Woody Guthrie

Georgia Monroe

Georgia Monroe

Player

she/her BROADWAY: Sunset Blvd. NATIONAL TOUR: Escape to Margaritaville. DC AREA: Arena Stage: Damn Yankees. REGIONAL: Goodspeed: Cabaret; MUNY: Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid; PCLO: Rock of Ages; ACT of CT: Guys and Dolls. EDUCATION: Pace University; BFA Commercial Dance. Instagram: @georgiaemonroe 

Veronica Quezada

Veronica Quezada

Swing

she/her INTERNATIONAL: Tour: West Side Story (Assistant Dance Captain, Margarita, u/s Rosalia & Anybodys). REGIONAL: The Phoenix Theatre Company: Bandstand, On Your Feet!; Arizona Broadway Theatre: Tootsie; Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center: In The Heights; Pittsburgh Playhouse/Point Park University: 42nd Street. EDUCATION: Point Park University: BFA, MBA. IG: @veronica.pqr

Maria Rizzo

Maria Rizzo

Fastrada

she/her SIGNATURE: Ragtime (Evelyn - Helen Hayes Nomination), Into the Woods, She Loves Me (Ilona - HH Award), A Chorus Line, Assassins, Grand Hotel, Crazy For You, A Little Night Music, The Gulf (world premiere), West Side Story, Cabaret, Gypsy (Louise - HH Nom), Spin (world premiere), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Xanadu. DC THEATRE: Arena Stage: Anything Goes (Erma - HH Award), Fiddler on the Roof; Olney Theatre Center: Evita, Grease!; Keegan Theatre: Chicago (Roxie - HH Award), Cabaret (Sally Bowles - HH Nom), and others; Studio Theatre 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 

Ian Rubin

Ian Rubin

Swing

he/him REGIONAL: Music Theatre Wichita: Something Rotten (Ensemble, u/s Nick Bottom), Newsies (Henry); The Encore: West Side Story (Riff); SSMT: Fiddler on the Roof (Mendel, u/s Motel). EDUCATION: University of Michigan BFA MT ‘27. ianrubin.net @ianrubinn

Awa Sal Secka

Awa Sal Secka

Catherine

SIGNATURE: Play On! (Lady Liv), Where the Mountain Meets the Sea (Natalie/Musician 2), Ragtime (Sarah), Gun and Powder (Flo), Jesus Christ Superstar (Simon). NEW YORK: The Public: GODDESS (Zawadi/Nadira u/s). NATIONAL TOUR: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding (Bea). REGIONAL: Paper Mill: After Midnight (Sassy); Berkeley Rep: GODDESS (Zawadi). DC AREA: Arena Stage: Chez Joey (Linda English); 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); Theater 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, Children of Eden Concert (Eve). Multi HH Award Winner/Nominee. EDUCATION: Montgomery College. REP: Nicolosi & Co. IG: @_kujichagulia_  

Ryan Sellers

Ryan Sellers

Lewis

he/him SIGNATURE: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Pacific Overtures, West Side Story, The Threepenny Opera, Miss Saigon. DC AREA: Round House Theatre: The Tempest (Helen Hayes, Best Supporting Performer); Ford’s Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors; Folger Theatre: The Second Shepherds' Play; Studio Theater: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Adventure Theatre: Not Your Mothers Goose (Helen Hayes Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Performer); Imagination Stage: The Snowman and the Snowdog, Ballad of Mu Lan, The Night Fairy, Anime Momotaro; Constellation Theatre Company: Dracula… Terrors, School for Lies, White Snake; Keegan Theatre: Noises Off (Helen Hayes Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Performer), Apropos of Nothing, The Undeniable Sound of Right Now, Shakespeare in Love.

Alanna Sibrián

Alanna Sibrián

Player

SIGNATURE: In the Heights (Helen Hayes Nominated). NEW YORK: Rearview Mirror: An Off-Broadway Dance Revue. DC AREA: Imagination Stage: Cinderella: A Salsa Fairytale, Olney Theatre: Senior Class. FILM/TV: Val, Ramsey: The Vandy Case. WORKSHOPS: Dead Girl’s Quinceañera (Studio), Age of Innocence (Arena Stage). EDUCATIONAL: NYU: Mariposa. MUSIC: Before I Let Go (debut album), Orquesta Manplesa, NPR Tiny Desk: Aterciopleados. DANCE: The CityDance Conservatory, The Jacob’s Pillow School. OTHER: 2nd Training Bootcamp for Moulin Rouge The Musical. EDUCATION: NYU Tisch School of the Arts. IG: @alanna.sibrian http://www.alannasibrian.com/ 

Jacob Taylor Starks

Jacob Taylor Starks

Player

he/him BROADWAY: Disney’s Aladdin. INTERNATIONAL: Japan: Universal Studios Japan; Broadway Christmas Wonderland (Orb Theatre @ Shibuya, Tokyo). REGIONAL: The Atlanta Opera: RENT. OTHER: Celebrity Cruise Lines: Celebrity Beyond (inaugural), Celebrity Apex (inaugural), Celebrity Edge (inaugural); FELD Entertainment: Disney Live on Tour! Mickey’s Rockin’ Roadshow (International Tour), Disney Jr. Live on Tour!, Pirate & Princess Adventure (National Tour). EDUCATION: Northwestern State University of Louisiana. @jacobtaylorstarks.

Emily Steinhardt

Emily Steinhardt

Player

she/her SIGNATURE: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Private Jones. INTERNATIONAL: Japan: A Chorus Line (Lois/Sheila). REGIONAL: Legacy Theatre: Love Affair (Phyllis Knoeffler); Goodspeed: The Snow Goose (goose puppeteer, workshop), Private Jones (workshop). OTHER: Workshops: Loch Ness, Nikola. Readings: Marcel on the Train. EDUCATION: Shenandoah University: BFA Musical Theatre. Delaware County Community College: AA Journalism. emilysteinhardt.com @_esteinhardt

Hank von Kolnitz

Hank von Kolnitz

Player

he/him SIGNATURE: Fiddler on the Roof, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Private Jones, Sweeney Todd. NATIONAL TOUR: A Christmas Story. REGIONAL: Arkansas Repertory Theatre: HAIR; The Lexington Theatre Company: West Side Story; Florida Studio Theatre: A Comedy of Tenors, New York State of Mind; Totem Pole Playhouse: Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; Santa Rosa Summer Rep: West Side Story, Chicago, The Drowsy Chaperone; Clinton Area Showboat Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar, The Little Mermaid. EDUCATION: BFA University of Cincinnati CCM. HankvonKolnitz.com

Alonso Nicolas Waller

Alonso Nicolas Waller

Theo Understudy

DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: A Christmas Carol (Tiny Tim) TV/Film: John McAuliffe for Delegate, Campaign Commercial; Delegate Josh Thomas, Campaign Commercial. @playballplaybill

Liz Weber

Liz Weber

Berthe Understudy

SIGNATURE: Grand Hotel. DC AREA: 1st Stage: Quilters; Studio Theatre: Heroes of the Fourth Turning; Next Stop: Native Gardens; Workhouse for Performing Arts: The Drowsy Chaperone, Women Playing Hamlet; Pipeline Playwrights: It’s My Party. OTHERERT: The Kennedy Center: The Music Man in Concert; Barns at Rose Hill: Walton’s Façade. REGIONAL: Cumberland: Company. NATIONAL TOURS: Can Can, Oliver!, King and I. AWARDS: Helen Hayes Nomination Outstanding Ensemble for Quilters, Nomination Outstanding Lead Actress in Me and My Girl. EDUCATION: Catholic University of America Music Degree (BM).

Creative Team

Enhance Your Experience

Backstage Tours

Saturdays in June - $12 per person

Go backstage into the magical world of Pippin and learn how we bring this extraordinary musical to life, led by an actor from the show. A cast member will take you through the dressing rooms, the green room, and more to talk about the design and production process.

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