The Landless Theatre Company presents the DC Premiere of Walmartopia (A Musical On A Mission) at DCAC We are captivated that Walmartopia is accepting produced in the nation's capital I achievement Walmartopia helps humans to amount their bounded businesses, their bounded flavor, all that makes their communities different - like theatre companies that do abstruse musicals /Danny and Sylvia (American Century), /Jekyll and Hyde (Toby's). Two time Baltimore Theater Award Winner: /Miss Saigon (Toby's) and /Titanic (Toby's). Local credits: /Jerry Springer the Opera (Studio), /The Musical of Musicals (MetroStage), /The Odyssey of Telemeca (TFA), /Kiss Me Kate (Toby's),
Washington, DC -- The Landless Theatre Company presents the DC premiere of Walmartopia - A Musical On A Mission at DCAC, April 2 - 26, 2009. The agreeable is accounting by Wisconsin artistic aggregation Catherine Capellaro and Andrew Rohn. The assembly is directed by Melissa Baughman (music administration by Charles Johnson and choreography by Karissa Swanigan), and stars Robin Rouse and Brittany N. Williams, with a featured achievement by four time Helen-Hayes appointee Janine Gulisano-Sunday.
"Walmartopia" runs April 2 - 26 at DCAC. Performances are Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30. Sunday performances at 3:00 PM (except for April 19 achievement at 7:30).
The contempo Off-Broadway and NYC Fringe hit agreeable Walmartopia tells the abandoned and appropriate account of a individual mom and Wal-Mart agent who speaks out adjoin her company's alive altitude and finds herself and her adolescent babe jettisoned to 2039, into a approaching area Wal-Mart dominates the absolute world. Yes, the agreeable appearance the singing arch of Wal-Mart architect Sam Walton.
After its 2005 sold-out premiere in Madison, Wisconsin, Walmartopia took to the alley for the 2006 New York International Fringe Festival area it was a sensation, and as a anniversary admired the agreeable was arrive aback for the Fringe Encore Series.
The aweless caricature of big business and abiding smiley faces was alleged "genuine Fringe fun" by the Village Voice, and "not to be missed" by NewYorkTheater.com. Anna Jayne Marquardt in the advance role of "Vicky Latrelle" accustomed the Outstanding Actor Award from the Fringe Festival. The appearance was after produced at the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York.
"We are captivated that Walmartopia is accepting produced in the nation's capital," said author Catherine Capellaro. "In these times of bread-and-butter hardship, Walmartopia's pro-worker bulletin is apprenticed to be able-bodied received. Wal-Mart's success is complete on the backs of its workers and the Chinese branch laborers who actualize the corporation's bargain goods. As a nation, we charge to ask ourselves what are our priorities? We achievement President Obama and his agents and abounding associates of Congress get a glimpse into this science-fiction approaching area one association controls the absolute world."
The assembly is directed by Melissa Baughman, who a lot of afresh directed President Harding Is A Rock Star (named a Washington Post Editor's Pick) and Diamond Dead (winner of the 2008 Best Musical Pick of the Fringe). She is abutting by music administrator Charles Johnson (Gutenberg! The Musical!) and choreographer Karissa Swanigan.
The assembly stars Robin Rouse and Brittany N. Williams as the activating mother-daughter duo, and appearance acknowledging performances by Landless Artistic Director Andrew Lloyd Baughman (Gutenberg! The Musical! and President Harding Is A Rock Star) and four-time Helen Hayes Award appointee Janine Gulisano-Sunday (Toby's Jekyll and Hyde, Danny and Sylvia).
"I achievement Walmartopia helps humans to amount their bounded businesses, their bounded flavor, all that makes their communities different - like theatre companies that do abstruse musicals," artisan Andrew Rohn said.
Walmartopia runs April 2, 2009, through April 26, 2009, Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 PM. Sunday performances at 3:00 PM (except for April 19 achievement at 7:30). All performances are captivated at The District of Columbia Arts Center (DCAC) amid at 2438 18th Street, NW in Adams Morgan. Admission is $18. For tickets and advice appointment www.landlesstheatrecompany.org.
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About Landless Theatre Company: The Landless Theatre Company is a 501(c)3 nonprofit alignment committed to infusing animation into the bounded arts by bearing agitative and accessible addition theatre to accomplish new and assorted audiences. More advice and assembly history online at www.landlesstheatrecompany.org
Catherine Capellaro (Book, Lyrics) and Andrew Rohn (Music, Lyrics), a bedmate and wife team, accept performed and accounting musicals for added than 10 years in Madison, Wisconsin. In January of 2007, they arranged their accoutrements and confused themselves, their accompanying sons, again age-old 7, and an animated chicken lab to New York to barrage Walmartopia off Broadway. Walmartopia was aboriginal produced by Mercury Players in Madison in 2004 and acquired a awareness at the 2006 New York International Fringe Festival. Rohn and Capellaro aswell created the band hit Temp Slave in 1997; the appearance had a account in 2001 by New York's Working Theater (directed by Daniel Goldstein). Rohn and Capellaro met in 1992 beneath the administration of the backward agnostic amphitheater administrator Joel Gersmann of Broom Street Theater, area Rohn composed music for The Grant (1992) and My Fair Arab (1993) and area Capellaro performed. The brace has produced ten abbreviate musicals, some of which were accumulated to actualize Attack of the Mini-Musicals (2002). They just accomplished a run of a new agreeable leash alleged Blasphemy: An Unholy Trinity of Musical Comedies, and are currently accretion one of those shows. They are both associates of the Dramatists Guild of America. Visit www.walmartopia.com for added advice or to acquaintance the creators.
Melissa Baughman (Director) is Production Manager and a citizen administrator for Landless Theatre Company. She endure directed Washington Post Editor's Pick President Harding Is A Rockstar and the Best Musical Pick of the Fringe Diamond Dead for the 2008 Capital Fringe Festival at Warehouse Theatre. She aswell afresh directed Hillary The Musical, which won Best in Show and Best Writing at the 72 Play Fest, as able-bodied as Batboy: The Musical, Night of the Living Dead, Godzilla and Vlad Dracula (for which she was co-lyricist). Other contempo administering credits cover FCC: Five Women Wearing The Same Dress; The Fun Company: The Brothers Grimm Excellent Adventure and My Father The Elf. Baughman is an able date manager, a novelist/playwright, and she becoming her BA in Theatre Production from University of Delaware.
Charles Johnson (Music Director) ahead served as music director/pianist for Landless productions of Gutenberg! The Musical! and The Last Five Years. Recent agreeable administration credits cover Kiss Me Kate for the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre in Florida, and Forever Plaid for the National Park Players in Colorado. Charles has aswell served 5 years as agreeable administrator and articulate drillmaster for Stagedoor Manor in upstate New York. Other admired Music Direction credits cover Assassins, Into the Woods, The Fantastiks, and The Rocky Horror Show. Favorite onstage credits cover Bobby Strong in Urinetown, Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, and Jean-Michel in La Cage Aux Folles.
Robin Rouse (Vicki Latrell), a Baltimore-area actress, accustomed her B.A. in Theatre achievement from SUNY at Fredonia. In accession to theatre, Robin has aswell had the advantage of assuming as a applesauce diva (her aboriginal love) in New York State and in the Baltimore/Annapolis across and in 1995 won the Billie Holiday Vocal Competition. Robin larboard the theatre arena for over a decade to accession two abundant sons but in contempo years has enjoyed assuming at Toby's Dinner Theatre, Pumpkin Theatre, Theatre Hopkins and the Maryland Arts Festival, a allotment of others.
Brittany N. Williams (Maia) spent the endure year assuming at Hong Kong Disneyland and is blessed to be aback in the USA. She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Howard University.
Janine Sunday (Ensemble) is a four time Helen Hayes appointee for Lead Actress in a Resident Musical: "Maria"/West Side Story (Toby's), "Fiona"/Brigadoon (West End), Sylvia"/Danny and Sylvia (American Century), "Lucy"/Jekyll and Hyde (Toby's). Two time Baltimore Theater Award Winner: "Kim"/Miss Saigon (Toby's) and "Alice"/Titanic (Toby's). Local credits: "Andrea"/Jerry Springer the Opera (Studio), "Younger Woman"/Putting it Together (Signature), "June"/The Musical of Musicals (MetroStage), "Narrator"/Joseph...(Olney), "Pureza"/The Odyssey of Telemeca (TFA), "Amneris"/Aida (Toby's), "Lilli"/Kiss Me Kate (Toby's), "Belle"/Beauty and the Beast (Toby's). Regional credits: Kennedy Center: Sweeney Todd. North Carolina Theater: Man of La Mancha, The King and I.
Andrew Lloyd Baughman (Ensemble) is the Producing Artistic Director of Landless Theatre Company and an Associate Artist of Maryland Ensemble Theatre. Most contempo Landless roles cover "Warren G. Harding" in President Harding Is A Rock Star and "Bud Davenport" in Gutenberg! The Musical!. He aswell appeared in Diamond Dead (which he aswell music directed and conceived/adapted for the date from a cine by Brian Cooper with music by Richard Hartley, Emmy Winning Composer of The Rocky Horror Picture Show). The assembly won Best Musical Pick of the Capital Fringe Festival in 2008. Other acting credits cover Maryland Ensemble Theatre: Officer Lockstock/Urinetown, Burrs/Lippa's The Wild Party, John/The Fifth of July, Jerry/Betrayal, Carl and L-rock/Planet Claire, Charlie/Dirty Blonde, Eddie and Dr. Scott/Rocky Horror Show, John Wilkes Booth/Assassins; SAB Productions: Judas/Jesus Christ Superstar, Father/Children of Eden, Captain Walker/Tommy, Dracula/Dracula, El Gallo/The Fantasticks; Smithereens: Dr. Parker/Batboy; Cumberland Theatre: Sandy/Hay Fever; West End Dinner Theatre: Orin and Others/Little Shop of Horrors. Baughman is an Equity Membership Candidate.
Jared Davis (Set Design) has advised set for Landless productions of Debbie Does
Dallas, Cannibal! The Musical, Night of the Living Dead, Batboy, and A Very Merry
Children's Scientology Pageant. Jared designs for groups including Trixie Little and the Evil Tap Dancing Hate Monkey, The Lobsterboy Revue, Hexagon,Washington Shakespeare Company, Palace of Wonders and Imagination Stage. He organized Yuri's Night 2008(Alexandria), area Landless was featured as "theatrical con-tent", assuming called scenes from Space Battles the Musical. Additionally, Jared makes his own casting of Tiki art. Visit him at www.artbyjared.com.
Elizabeth Reeves' (Costume design) architecture credits for Landless a lot of afresh cover Gutenberg! The Musical!, A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, Batboy, and Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper. Other credits cover King and I, Once Upon a Mattress, Arsenic and Old Lace, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Damn Yankees, Brigadoon, The Wizard of Oz, Pippin and many, abounding more. She holds theatre degrees from Loretto Heights College/Regis University. Her designs can currently be apparent on several altered groups in MD, VA, and DC.
The Cast
Vicki Latrell - Robin Rouse
Maia Latrell - Brittany Williams
Miguel/Zeb - Jason Wilson
Ensemble - Ernie Achenbach, Andrew Lloyd Baughman, Matt Baughman, Janine Gulisano-Sunday, Momo Nakamura, Karissa Swanigan, Courtney Tisch, Brian Turley
Production Staff
Director - Melissa Baughman
Music Director - Charles Johnson
Choreographer - Karissa Swanigan
Set Design - Jared Davis
Costume Design - Elizabeth Reeves
Lighting Design - Peter Vargo
Props - Melissa Baughman
