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1. GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE 2019 SEASON MOVIE
2. GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE 2019 SEASON PROFESSIONAL

Loewith remarks, “It reminds me a lot of Colossal by Andrew Hinderaker, one of my favorite plays we’ve done here at Olney. First, The Royale (September 25 – October 27, 2019) by Marco Ramirez wowed New York critics when it premiered at Lincoln Center with its innovative approach to a story inspired by Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight Champion. In the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab, OTC will be producing two area-premieres by cutting-edge playwrights at the forefront of American drama, as well as a recent Tony-winning drama in the Mainstage. The production received the ultimate endorsement when Lin-Manuel Miranda re-tweeted the casting call for Miss You Like Hell on January 9, saying “The Olney rules, can’t wait for this!” Lisa Portes, currently directing Larissa Fasthorse’s Thanksgiving Play at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, is Head of Directing at The Theatre School at Depaul University.Ĭompleting the quartet of musicals is the beloved musical Pippin (June 10 – July 19, 2020) directed by Eleanor Holdridge, whose 2018 production of The Crucible at Olney Theatre ran to critical and popular acclaim. Miss You Like Hell (January 29 – March 1, 2020) by Pulitzer-winner and In the Heights co-creator Quiara Alegría Hudes and folk-rock innovator Erin McKeown opens in 2020, directed by Latinx Theatre Commons co-founder Lisa Portes. Santana will be joined by choreographer Grady Bowman, who last worked at Olney Theatre Center on the acclaimed My Fair Lady.

GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE 2019 SEASON MOVIE

Marcos Santana, the director/choreographer of OTC’s Helen Hayes Award-winning co-production of In The Heights (with Round House Theatre) returns to Olney Theatre to direct Singin’ in the Rain based on the classic movie musical (Novem– January 5, 2020). He teams with choreographer Katie Spelman who has recently worked at the Denver Center, Goodspeed Opera House and as an associate on Broadway for Amelie, Once, American Psycho, and the upcoming Moulin Rouge. Paul has become a nationally in-demand musical theatre director and has been the driving force behind the musicals added to the Shakespeare Theatre repertoire.

Olney Theatre will produce four musicals on its 428-seat Mainstage, beginning with Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret (August 28 – October 6, 2019), directed by Alan Paul, Associate Artistic Director at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, making his OTC debut.

GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE 2019 SEASON PROFESSIONAL

All of them expect the vivid and professional storytelling we’ve become known for, artistic excellence on par with anything they’ve seen downtown or in New York.

Yet another sees live theater as an opportunity to celebrate with multiple generations of their families.

“One wants to indulge in award-winning productions of classic musicals, while another expects OTC to introduce them to new works that stretch theatrical boundaries and speak to this troubled socio-cultural moment in our nation’s history. “The past five seasons have proven our community is comprised of diverse audiences,” said Jason Loewith. Included in the lineup are both classic and contemporary musicals, family fare for the holidays, Tony-winning dramas and work by some of the most innovative American playwrights. On March 2nd, Olney Theatre Center Artistic Director Jason Loewith unveiled a lineup of 16 plays, concerts, and presentations coming in 2019-2020 as part of the company’s 82nd season, including the highly-anticipated DC-area premiere of Miss You Like Hell by Quiara Alegría Hudes and Erin McKeown.