Metrostage at the Lyceum Presents
WITCH
A new musical by Stephen Gregory Smith and Matt Conner
It’s historic, it’s political. Listen and embrace ALL witches before it is too late!
Featuring Felicia Curry, Donna Migliaccio, Molly Rumberger, and Bobby Smith
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14 & TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15
From Joan of Arc to Stormy Daniels, join us on an hysterical, historical trip, through politics, persecution, and a persistent Patriarchy.
“WITCH” has been remade/remodeled/and remixed to reflect our current political and pop culture.
As Election Day looms, bring brooms and join our witches as they “Sweep Them Out!”
Enter a group of women. Mysterious women. A family? A coven? A political movement? Stories of powerful women throughout time and the persecution faced at the hands of those fearful and distrusting of their power. BUT they give life and wisdom to those who seek it. And for this crime, they will forever be known by the name of WITCH. Witness the story AND the music. Historic themes will resonate today as we navigate our way through this political season.
MetroStage showcased the songs of Conner & Smith in past cabarets, and NOW you can experience a reading of one of their acclaimed musicals. Four of Washington’s finest actors with three exceptional musicians will perform this musical written by the DMV’s favorite songwriting team.
Casting and showcasing Washington’s great artists is what we do at MetroStage while always sharing compelling stories and music. Please join us at The Lyceum while we await the opening of our new theatre.
The Lyceum | 201 S. Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314
Street Parking And The Closest Parking Garage At 111 S. Pitt St. (2 ½ Blocks From The Lyceum)
BIOS
Matt Conner - Composer Matt Conner has been performing, composing, teaching, and directing in the DC area for twenty years. He was the recipient of the 2008-2009 AMERICAN MUSICAL VOICES PROJECT: THE NEXT GENERATION. His produced commissioned works Include: Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA; Nevermore (2006), Partial Eclipse (2009), The Hollow (2011), Crossing (2013) and Silver Belles (2016). Matt was also commissioned for a Five Year Initiative at Creative Cauldron in Falls Church, VA. They include Turn of the Screw (2015), Monsters of the Villa Diodati (2016), Kaleidoscope (2017),WITCH (2018), and On Air (2019). Matt was awarded the Helen Hayes Award for Best Direction for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast produced at Creative Cauldron (2020).
Stephen Gregory Smith – BOOK/LYRICS: The Christmas Angel, Ichabod: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, On Air, WITCH, Kaleidoscope, Monsters of the Villa Diodati, The Turn of the Screw - a 5 year commission(Creative Cauldron), Silver Belles (Signature Theatre, VA) , The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Shenandoah Conservatory; Creative Cauldron 2022), Night of the Living Dead the musical (Richmond Shepard Theatre; NYC, Kensington Arts Theatre, MD, New Line Theatre, MO), Edgar Allan Poe Academy (Creative Cauldron, VA, Riverside Children’s Theatre, FL). Finalist in the Bernard Ebb Songwriting Award. UPCOMING - World Premiere of Whitechapel at Stillpointe Theatre in Baltimore. www.connersmithmusicals.com
BOBBY SMITH
(Witchfinder General) METROSTAGE: Girl in the Goldfish Bowl, Musical of Musicals, Jacques Brel, (Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Actor). BROADWAY: Crazy for You, and The World Goes ‘Round. OFF-BROADWAY: Forever Plaid, The World Goes ‘Round, Of Thee I Sing. NATIONAL TOURS: Brigadoon, The World Goes ‘Round. SIGNATURE: Thirty shows including: A Little Night Music, Titanic, Grand Hotel, Passion, Simply Sondheim, Company, Midwestern Gothic, Road Show, The Threepenny Opera, Disney’s Freaky Friday, La Cage aux Follies(Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Actor), and Spin(HH Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor), She Loves Me, and Ragtime. OLNEY THEATRE: Disney's Beauty and the Beast, On the Town, Elf, Little Shop of Horrors; Annie; Sound of Music. He directed; Grease, Forever Plaid, and Cinderella, and choreographed Avenue Q. STUDIO THEATRE: A Class Act; The Long Christmas Ride Home; Reefer Madness; Jerry Springer: The Opera; Grey Gardens, Caroline or Change, and Fun Home (2024 HH Award for Best Leading Actor). FORD’S THEATRE: Elmer Gantry, Liberty Smith, 1776, A Christmas Carol, Violet; ROUND HOUSE THEATRE: A Year With Frog and Toad. KENNEDY CENTER: The Happy Prince, Peter and the Wolf with the National Symphony Orchestra. Recordings: Ben Bagley’s Rodgers and Hart Revisited and Disney’s Freaky Friday. 4 Helen Hayes Awards and 20 nominations, and the 2019 Anderson/Hopkins Award, recognizing artists and actors in the DC community whose creative lives demonstrate great accomplishment to date and promise for the future. He teaches at Catholic University of America.
MOLLY RUMBERGER
(Joan of Arc) is delighted to be working with Matt and Stephen on this project! This is her METROSTAGE debut. Credits include MONUMENTAL THEATRE: Spring Awakening, Be More Chill (HH award for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical), CREATIVE CAULDRON: Sondheim Revue, Working, Disenchanted! (HH nom for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical and Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical), NEXTSTOP THEATRE: The Wedding Singer, KEEGAN THEATRE: Big Fish. Love to Scott and her whole family.
DONNA MIGLIACCIO (Crone)
BROADWAY: War Paint, Ragtime (2009 revival). NATIONAL TOUR: Guys & Dolls (50th Anniversary Tour). REGIONAL: KENNEDY CENTER: Sunday in the Park with George, Oliverio: A Brazilian Twist. SIGNATURE THEATRE: The Threepenny Opera, Gypsy, Beaches, Assassins, Sweeney Todd. OLNEY THEATRE: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,
Cabaret, On The Town, Bakersfield Mist, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, The Sound of Music. ARENA STAGE: Music Man. FORD’S THEATRE: Liberty Smith, Sabrina Fair. ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: The Little Mermaid. ARDEN THEATRE: The Dinosaur Musical. At METROSTAGE Donna appeared in Musical of Musical (The Musical!) twice, and Broadway Christmas Carol (as the Woman Who Wasn’t Scrooge). She is a Two-time Helen Hayes Award winner, with twelve additional nominations. Co-founder of Signature Theatre, and author of The Gemeta Stone fantasy series.
www.donnamigliaccio.com.
FELICIA CURRY (outsider)
is the Emmy-nominated host of WETA Arts on WETA/PBS. Curry was in the Tony-nominated BROADWAY revival and national tour of Into the Woods. OFF-BROADWAY she recently reopened the iconic BILLIE HOLIDAY THEATRE as Undine in Lynn Nottage’s Fabulation and received an AUDELCO nomination for the solo show Queen’s Girl in the World at ABINGDON THEATRE CO. At METROSTAGE she has appeared in Three Sistahs, Two Queens One Castle, tick, tick, Boom!, and The Stephen Schwartz Project, and the recent cabaret celebrating Sammy Davis Jr. Curry is a Helen Hayes Award winner for Lela & Co., an RTCC Award winner for The Color Purple, a Berkshire Theatre Critics Award winner for Nina Simone: Four Women and a recipient of the Anderson Hopkins Award for Excellence in Theatre Arts. She is an Artistic Associate at FORD’S THEATRE and Resident Company Member at FACTORY 449 and EVERYMAN THEATRE, where she recently finished a run of her solo cabaret, Baltimore, Broadway and Beyond. @thefeliciacurry
