| Atlantic Theater Company announces casting for This Ain't No Disco | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 01:36 pm EDT 05/11/18 | |
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| Atlantic Theater Company Announces Casting for THIS AIN’T NO DISCO World Premiere Musical Music & Lyrics by Stephen Trask & Peter Yanowitz Book by Stephen Trask & Peter Yanowitz and Rick Elice Directed by Darko Tresnjak Choreographed by Camille A. Brown Featuring Krystina Alabado, Will Connolly, Eddie Cooper, Tony d’Alelio, Lulu Fall, Hannah Florence, Antwayn Hopper, Chilina Kennedy, Peter LaPrade, John-Michael Lyles, Krystal Mackie, Trevor McQueen, Nicole Medoro, Ian Paget, Theo Stockman, Samantha Marie Ware, and Antonio Watson TICKETS NOW ON SALE Performances begin Friday, June 29th, 2018 Opening Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 Limited Engagement through Sunday, August 12th, 2018 at the Linda Gross Theater Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce casting for the world premiere production of This Ain’t No Disco, a new musical from Stephen Trask (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and Peter Yanowitz (The Wallflowers). Featuring a book by Trask, Yanowitz and Rick Elice (Jersey Boys, Peter and the Starcatcher), direction by Darko Tresnjak (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Anastasia), and choreography by Camille A. Brown (Once On This Island), This Ain’t No Disco will open Tuesday, July 24th with preview performances beginning Friday, June 29th. The production will play through Sunday, August 12th, 2018 Off-Broadway at the Linda Gross Theater (336 West 20th Street). This Ain’t No Disco will feature Krystina Alabado (The Mad Ones at 59E59 Theatre), Will Connolly (After The Blast at LCT3), Eddie Cooper (The New World at Bucks County Playhouse), Tony d’Alelio (Off-Broadway debut), Lulu Fall (Broadway: Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812), Hannah Florence (Paramour: A Cirque du Soleil Musical), Antwayn Hopper (Hair), Chilina Kennedy (Beautiful), Peter LaPrade (The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical), John-Michael Lyles (Sweeney Todd at The Barrow Street Theatre), Krystal Mackie (Off-Broadway debut), Trevor McQueen (Annie Get Your Gun), Nicole Medoro (The Illusionists Live on Broadway), Ian Paget (A Chorus Line at The Muny Theatre), Theo Stockman (American Psycho), Samantha Marie Ware (Hamilton in Chicago), and Antonio Watson (“Blue Bloods”). Set against the grit, the garbage strikes and the graffiti of 1979 New York City, This Ain’t No Disco tells the story of drifters and dreamers searching for their place in the night world of Studio 54 and Mudd Club. In their uptown / downtown quest for revelry and kinship, every decision is fateful in a city where one’s fate can turn on a dime bag. This Ain’t No Disco will feature scenic design by Jason Sherwood, costume design by Sarah Laux, lighting design by Ben Stanton, sound design by Emily Lazar, projection design by Aaron Rhyne, musical direction by Darius Smith, and casting by Telsey + Company: Craig Burns, CSA. Workshop productions of This Ain’t No Disco were presented by New York Stage and Film & Vassar at the Powerhouse Theater, Summer 2015 and Summer 2017. This Ain’t No Disco is produced in cooperation with Miramax. The authors gratefully acknowledge Joy Gorman, Adam Shulman, and Steve Golin of Anonymous Content for their role in the development of This Ain’t No Disco. This Ain’t No Disco is supported by generous funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. It is the recipient of a Laurents / Hatcher Theater Development Grant as well as a 2018 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. This Ain’t No Disco is also supported by the National Fund for New Musicals, a program of National Alliance for Musical Theatre – www.namt.org Biographies: KRYSTINA ALABADO (Meesh). Broadway: American Psycho (Original Broadway Cast), Green Day’s American Idiot. 1st National Tours: Evita (Mistress), American Idiot, Spring Awakening. Off-Broadway: The Mad Ones (Samantha Brown, 59E59 Theatre), David Bowie's Lazarus (NYTW), Camp Wanatachi (La MaMa). Regional: Burn All Night (American Repertory Theater), Miss You Like Hell (La Jolla Playhouse), Pregnancy Pact (Weston Playhouse), Beautiful Room (Long Wharf Theatre). TV/Film: First Reformed, “Tyrant” (FX). IG and Twitter @krystinaalabado. WILL CONNOLLY (The Artist). Broadway: Once (Original Broadway Cast). Off-Broadway: After The Blast (LCT3); Once (NYTW); Spacebar: A Broadway Play by Kyle Sugarman (The Wild Project). Regional: Be More Chill (Two River Theater), Candida (Palm Beach Dramaworks; Carbonell Award). Co-Writer/Composer of the musical Fly By Night (Playwrights Horizons; Drama Desk nominee for Best Musical) and founding member of The NOLA Project. TV credits include “Person of Interest” and “Deadbeat.” Original Music: Caterpillars of the Commonwealth, Freddie Won The Toss. MFA from Yale School of Drama. EDDIE COOPER (The D.A.). Credits: Bucks County Playhouse’s The New World (Miles Standish); Encores! Off Center productions of Assassins, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater (Jerome) and Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II); Two Rivers’ all-male A Funny Thing Happened… (Domina). TV: “Delco Proper,” “Forever,” “Mozart In The Jungle,” recurring on Cinemax’s “Banshee” as Fat Au and HBO’s Emmy-nominated “The Night Of.” Proud graduate of LaGuardia High School & Ithaca College. @MrEddieCooper TONY d’ALELIO (Disco Man). Off-Broadway debut. National Tours: Kinky Boots (Angel), Matilda the Musical (Michael Wormwood), and Beauty and the Beast (LeFou). Regional: Matilda at The Kennedy Center, South Pacific at The Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Gypsy at Harbor Lights Theatre Co, and La Cage Aux Folles at The Wick. @tonydalelio LULU FALL (Landa/Landon). Broadway: Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812; Hair. National Tour: Hair. Off-Broadway: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812; Pretty Filthy; Hadestown. Regional: The Who’s Tommy, Acid Queen (Denver Center), Smokey Joe’s Café (Capital Repertory Theatre), Crowns (Arena Stage), Passing Strange (Studio Theatre). Select Workshops: August Rush (Dir. John Doyle), 15 Minute (NYSAF), Annie Golden Bounty Hunter (Dir, Leah Gardiner). TV: “Black Rest” (HBO). Featured music performances: Jazz Re:freshed, Performer (London); American Songbook Program, Performer. HANNAH FLORENCE (Disco Woman) Broadway: Paramour: A Cirque du Soleil Musical (Lila); Gigi; Scandalous. New York: West Side Story (Carnegie Hall); Anna Nicole: The Opera (BAM/NYC Opera); Grand Hotel; It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman!; The Golden Apple (New York City Center Encores!). The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Tour (Meg). Regional: A Chorus Line (Diana, The MUNY), Anything Goes (Hope, Goodspeed Opera House), The Honeymooners (Paper Mill Playhouse). @yeshannahbanana ANTWAYN HOPPER (Disco Man) BWAY: Hair (Hirschfeld). Off-BWAY: Civil War Christmas (NYTW). NY: This Ain't No Disco (NYS&F), A Strange Loop (P73, MTF, Playwrights), Yeast Nation (Fringe-"Best Show"), Lesser Mercies (EPBB), Roller Derby (NYMF), RESPECT (NYS&F), Showboat (Carnegie Hall). Select Regional: Kilroy in Camino Real (Goodman), Elegba in Brothers Size (Old Globe), Rent (Syracuse Stage), UnCivil War (ATF), Jesus Christ Superstar (Lyric Opera House), Smokey Joe's Cafe (New Theatre), Madame Soutsazka (Toronto), Porgy & Bess (Cinn. Pops Orch.), & White Noise (La Petit/NY). NY Readings/Workshops: Toronto, Playwrights, Williamstown, Roundabout, Warner Bro's., Labyrinth, York Theatre, Rattlestick & Civilians. TV: Woodson on “The Knick,” “Blacklist,” “Royal Pains,” “Z: The Beginning Of Everything,” “Girl Most Likely,” “A Gifted Man,” “Bored To Death.” Film Girl Most Likely. Voice-over work as well as choreographer. Training: School of Drama, Carnegie Mellon. CHILINA KENNEDY (Binky) has starred as Carole King in Broadway’s Beautiful The Carole King Musical for the past three years. Credits include: Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar (Broadway, Stratford, La Jolla), Phoebe D’Ysquith in A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder at Hartford Stage/Old Globe San Diego (Hartford and San Diego Outer Critics Circle nominations), three seasons each with the Stratford and Shaw Festivals, the World Premiere of The Lord of the Rings (Toronto, Mirvish), and Sophie in the 1st US National Tour of Mamma Mia!. Chilina has performed in concert with Stephen Schwartz, Jason Robert Brown and Colm Wilkinson. She is also the Artistic Producer of Toronto’s Eclipse Theatre Company and has a debut album titled What You Find In A Bottle. www.chilinakennedy.com PETER LaPRADE (Chad/Rake) is thrilled to join the cast of This Ain’t No Disco! He was most recently Off-Broadway in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical and has appeared on TV in PBS’s “Mercy Street.” Peter also debuted his solo concert at 54 Below earlier this year. Other favorite credits include Spring Awakening, Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, The Importance of Being Earnest, and HAIR. B.A. in Theatre, University of Kentucky JOHN-MICHAEL LYLES (Disco Man). Off-Broadway: Sweeney Todd (Barrow Street), The Flick (Barrow Street), Brooklynite (Vineyard), Jasper in Deadland (Prospect). City Center Encores: Big River, 1776. Regional: The Art of Falling (Second City/Hubbard Street), Choir Boy (Guthrie). TV: “NCIS: New Orleans,” “The OA.” Film: Blind. Recordings: Jasper in Deadland. BFA: Pace University Musical Theater. Instagram: @jmlyles1 | www.john-michaellyles.com KRYSTAL MACKIE (Disco Woman). Brooklyn-bred. Off-Broadway debut. Alumna of LaGuardia Arts HS and UNCSA, BFA. Credits include: After Midnight on Norwegian Cruise Line, George Faison’s The Wiz. Regional Theater: In the Heights. Recently assisted Juel D. Lane’s choreographic work on Ailey II. @krystalmackie TREVOR McQUEEN (Staffer/Steve Mass) is a performing artist and writer. Broadway: Annie Get Your Gun. He last appeared at Atlantic Theater Company as Papi in a reading of The Band's Visit. His original character, Agnus Stephenson: The Acting Teacher With a Dream, regularly plays The Duplex. www.TrevorMcQueen.com IG: @trevormcqueen. Agnus IG: @agnusthegreat NICOLE MEDORO (Disco Woman) A multi-talented entertainer, Nicole has performed with Madonna, Nicki Minaj, and Hailee Steinfeld, and also appeared on “The Tonight Show,” “SNL,” “Last Week Tonight,” and Nickelodeon. Nicole made her Broadway debut with The Illusionists and danced as a Brooklynette at the Barclays Center. Additionally, she has an upcoming role in Natalie Portman’s Vox Lux. Nicole is also pursuing her ultimate passion as a Pop singer/songwriter. When not on stage, she spends her time in the studio creating her original music. IAN PAGET (Disco Man). Recent credits: Paul in A Chorus Line at The Muny Theatre (Dir: Dennis Jones). Broadway: Soul Doctor (Original Broadway Cast), Leap of Faith (OBC), Mamma Mia!. The New York Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall (Dir/Chor: Mia Michaels). West End: A-rab in West Side Story (Olivier Nomination). Regional: Escape to Margaritaville (La Jolla Playhouse), How to Succeed… (Tuts), Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (La Jolla), and Dreamgirls (Tuts). Film/TV: “Lip Sync Battle,” Rock of Ages, Step Up Revolution, “Mozart in the Jungle,” “One Life to Live,” “America's Got Talent,” “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” and “Saturday Night Live.” ipaget.com THEO STOCKMAN (Steve Rubell) last appeared on Broadway originating the role of Tim Price in American Psycho. Other Broadway credits include the original casts of American Idiot and The Public Theater's revival of Hair. Off-Broadway he starred in the world premiere of David Rabe’s An Early History of Fire. TV credits include “Law & Order: SVU,” “Shades Of Blue,” “Inside Amy Schumer,” “The Following,” “Private Practice,” “Nurse Jackie,” “Blue Bloods,” “CSI,” “30 ROCK,” and HBO's “Olive Kitteridge.” Recent film includes The Boy Downstairs, Stephen King's A Good Marriage, and Home. He can be seen in the critically acclaimed web series “High Maintenance,” now on HBO. Upcoming: Anonymous Content’s “Bonding on Blackpills.” SAMANTHA MARIE WARE (Sammy). Stage credits: Lion King (Nala); Book Of Mormon (Broadway/ 1st National, Nabulungi); Hamilton (Chicago, Peggy Schuyler). TV: “Glee” as Jane Hayward, “Barry,” “Bull,” “Chicago Med,” “N.C.I.S.” ANTONIO WATSON (Charlie) is excited to be making his Atlantic Theater Company debut. A New Jersey native, Antonio made his professional stage debut in Caroline, Or Change (Tantrum Theater). TV/Film: "Blue Bloods,” All The Little Things We Kill, In The Field, Lily, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Nick Jr., Sesame Street Workshop, and Sprout TV. Regionally: The People Garden, Junie B. Jones, Winnie the Pooh KIDS, Seussical KIDS, Oliver Jr. Antonio loves to create fun drawings, play soccer, and conduct science experiments. Special thanks to Zoom Talent, Abrams Artists, Mom, Dad, Winston, and Ms. Servon. Instagram @antonio.j.watson STEPHEN TRASK (Music & Lyrics, Book) first achieved widespread acclaim as the co-creator / composer / lyricist of the award-winning stage musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which was also developed into a feature film release by Fine Line Features and for which he won an Obie Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical, and a 1998 New York Magazine Award, in addition to earning Drama Desk nominations for Outstanding Music, Lyrics and New Musical, a Grammy nomination for Best Cast Album, two GLAMA Awards, and Entertainment Weekly’s Best Soundtrack Award for 2001. The Broadway production of the show won four 2014 Tony Awards, and the cast album was nominated for a Grammy. Since 2003 Trask has been scoring films at both the independent and studio levels for directors as diverse as Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent, Miramax Films), Paul Weitz (In Good Company; American Dreamz; Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant; Little Fockers, Universal Pictures), Todd Graff (Camp, IFC Productions / Jersey Films / Killer Films), Tamara Jenkins (The Savages, Fox Searchlight), Jon Kasdan (In the Land of Women, Warner Brothers), Robert Benton (Feast of Love, MGM / Lakeshore), John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Fine Line), Sean Anders (Sex Drive, Summit Entertainment), Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Dreamworks / Paramount), Alan Poul (The Back-up Plan, CBS Films), Tom Vaughn (So Undercover, Exclusive Media), Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (Lovelace). In addition to Hedwig, Trask’s work for the Broadway stage includes orchestrations for the Broadway production of Rocky, the musical based on the classic film. He is also at work on a new musical in collaboration with book writer Chris D’Arienzo (Rock of Ages) to bring the Martin Scorsese / New Regency film The King of Comedy to the stage. Known for his time fronting ‘90s NYC punk band Cheater, Trask has also recorded and performed with artists such as Stone Temple Pilots, Bob Mould, Sleater-Kinney and Yoko Ono. PETER YANOWITZ (Music & Lyrics, Book) is a songwriter and performer living in New York City. He made his Broadway debut as ‘Schlatko,’ the drummer in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Yanowitz was the original drummer of The Wallflowers, and for Natalie Merchant on her first three solo records: Tigerlily, Ophelia, and Live in Concert. Other artists he has recorded and performed with include Yoko Ono, Allen Ginsberg and Wilco. Yanowitz was also the bass player and main songwriter for the band Morningwood on Capitol records. RICK ELICE (Book). Jersey Boys, Rick’s first Broadway credit, co-authored with Marshall Brickman, won the Tony Award, the Grammy Award and the Olivier Award for Best Musical, ran for more than eleven years, and entered the record books as the twelfth longest-running show in Broadway history. With Marshall Brickman and Andrew Lippa, he wrote The Addams Family, starring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth, later starring Roger Rees and Brooke Shields. His first play, Peter and the Starcatcher, received more Tony Award nominations than any American play in Broadway history and won five 2012 Tony Awards. Upcoming projects include Magnificent Climb (music and lyrics by Will Van Dyke, directed by Trip Cullman), Monopoly (music and lyrics by Dan Lipton & David Rossmer); Bag of Nails (directed by Jerry Mitchell), and The Cher Show (directed by Jason Moore). DARKO TRESNJAK (Direction) received the 2014 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for his direction of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, starring Jefferson Mays. He received an Obie Award in 2015 for his direction of The Killer at TFANA, starring Michael Shannon. Favorite productions include The Ghosts of Versailles with Patti LuPone and Patricia Racette (Los Angeles Opera); The Women with Kate Baldwin (The Old Globe); Rear Window with Kevin Bacon (Hartford Stage); The Merchant of Venice with F. Murray Abraham (TFANA, The Royal Shakespeare Company); All’s Well That Ends Well with Kate Forbes (TFANA); The Skin of Our Teeth with Marian Seldes and Kristine Nielsen (Williamstown Theatre Festival); What the Butler Saw with Paxton Whitehead (Huntington Theatre Company); and Titus Andronicus with John Vickery (Stratford Shakespeare Festival). His production of Anastasia, currently on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre, is opening in Spain and Germany and going on a national tour this fall. In September, his production of Samson et Dalila, starring Elina Garanca and Roberto Alagna, will open the Metropolitan Opera’s 2018-2019 season. Darko is the Artistic Director of Hartford Stage. CAMILLE A. BROWN (Choreography). Broadway: Once On This Island (Drama Desk Award Nominee, Outer Critics Circle Award Nominee, Chita Rivera Award Nominee), A Streetcar Named Desire. Off-Broadway: Bella: An American Tall Tale (Playwrights Horizons, AUDELCO Award, Lucille Lortel Award Nominee); The Fortress of Solitude (The Public Theater, Lucille Lortel Nominee); Cabin in the Sky; tick, tick...BOOM! (NYCC Encores!). Regional: ink at The Kennedy Center, Stagger Lee (Dallas Theater Center), The Winter's Tale (McCarter Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company), Blood Quilt (Arena Stage). Television: NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.” Company: Camille A. Brown & Dancers. Awards: 2017 Art of Change Fellow-Ford Foundation, 2016 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award recipient, 2015 USA Fellow, 2015 Doris Duke Artist Award, 2015 TED Fellow, 2014 Bessie Award for Outstanding Production, 4 time Princess Grace Award winner. Upcoming: The Wiz (June 2018, The MUNY, Dir. Denis Jones). www.camilleabrown.org ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is an award-winning Off-Broadway theater dedicated to producing great plays simply and truthfully while utilizing an artistic ensemble. At Atlantic, we believe that the story of a play and the intent of its playwright are at the core of the creative process. The plays in our repertory, from both new and established playwrights, are boldly interpreted by today’s finest theater artists and resonate with contemporary audiences. Since its inception, Atlantic has produced more than 150 plays including Tony Award-winning productions of Spring Awakening (Steven Sater, Duncan Sheik) and The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Martin McDonagh); Pulitzer Prize recipient Between Riverside and Crazy (Stephen Adly Guirgis); New York Drama Critics’ Circle winner for Best New Play The Night Alive (Conor McPherson); New York Drama Critics’ Circle winner for Best Foreign Play Hangmen (Martin McDonagh); and multi-award-winning and 11-time Tony Award nominee, including Best Musical, The Band’s Visit (David Yazbek, Itamar Moses), now playing on Broadway; among many others! Atlantic has garnered 12 Tony Awards, 24 Obie Awards, 21 Lucille Lortel Awards, 10 Drama Desk Awards, 8 Outer Critics Circle Awards, 5 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards, 4 Theater World Awards, 3 Drama League Awards, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Alongside being an award-winning producing organization, we’ve also been teaching theater since our inception. The internationally-acclaimed Atlantic Acting School has the only conservatory program in the world that offers in-depth training in co-Founders David Mamet and William H. Macy’s unique and influential approach to acting: Practical Aesthetics, the Atlantic Technique. Our school’s mission is to ensure that each graduate masters the essential analytical and physical disciplines of acting and to empower every student with skills necessary for success in the profession. We also bring theater into the classroom through robust arts education initiatives that serve 4,000 public school students each year. Schedule: Tuesday at 7:00pm, Wednesday-Saturday at 8:00pm, Saturday and Sunday at 2:00pm Sunday evening performances at 7:00pm on 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 Wednesday afternoon performances at 2:00pm on 8/1, 8/8 Tickets: Tickets for This Ain’t No Disco are now on sale. Regular tickets begin at $80. Order online at atlantictheater.org, by calling OvationTix at 866-811-4111, or in person at the Linda Gross Theater box office (336 West 20th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues). atlantictheater.org |
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