SIGNATURE THEATRE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
All programs are free. No reservations required.

BROWN BAG THURSDAYS
The first Thursday of the month join us for a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the current productions and events at Signature. Enjoy your lunch while you engage in an informal discussion with some of the artists from our 2009-2010 season. Programs are subject to guest artist availability. Please check monthly for any program changes.

1:00pm – 2:00 pm
Signature's Mead Lobby
4200 Campbell Avenue
Arlington, VA 22206

Emiy Skinner

September 3, 2009
She's back! Emily Skinner - that Dirty Blonde. A Tony Award® nominee, Emily has entertained and charmed Signature audiences with her performances in Witches of Eastwick and Ace. Now she shines as the legendary, bawdy, and unforgettable Mae West.

October 1, 2009
Jon Kalbfleisch, Signature Theatre's Resident Musical Director for 20 years, takes a musical walk down memory lane. Join him around the piano as he plays from and reflects on some of his favorite Signature musicals.

November 5, 2009
He's one of DC's favorite musical theater performers and a Signature "regular." Two-time Helen Hayes Award winner Will Gartshore will take you on his Signature journey from Floyd Collins to Show Boat.

December 3, 2009
James Kronzer has received more Helen Hayes Awards for his work than any other DC designer. He has been designing for Signature for over 10 years. His latest set design is for the current production of Show Boat.

January 7, 2010
Stephanie Waters is Magnolia in Show Boat. Her Signature career began at the age of 17 when she appeared as Anne in A Little Night Music. She returned in 2007 to appear in Signature's first production in the new space, playing Cinderella in Into the Woods.

Andrew Long

February 4, 2010
Helen Hayes Award winner Andrew Long is a one-man show in Signature's production of I Am My Own Wife—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the 2004 Tony Award® for Best Play. Andrew, a classically trained actor, is making his third appearance at Signature—his first two were in musicals: Saving Aimee and My Fair Lady, in which he played Professor Higgins. He returns in a "straight" play.

March 4, 2010
Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer is directing his third production of Sweeney Todd to celebrate Signature Theatre's 20th Anniversary. Join him for a discussion of Sweeney 1, 2, 3, and a look at some of his favorite past productions.

April 1, 2010
Ed Gero IS the barber of Fleet Street. Can you believe it? The veteran of many a production at the Shakespeare Theatre, seen previously at Signature in John Strand's The Diaries, Ed Gero now plays Sweeney Todd, and he's singing up a storm.

May 6, 2010
Visit with one of the featured artists in Signature's production of the Washington Premiere of [title of show]. The New York Times called the show "Hilarious! A fresh new musical worth cheering!" It's a musical about writing a musical—a can't-miss for those who know and love Broadway.

June 3, 2010
Gather for a behind-the-scenes look by one of the featured artists in the World Premiere of Composer Ricky Ian Gordon's musical Sycamore Tress. Directed by the acclaimed Tina Landau, Gordon's new work is a moving story of his family's struggles and their reliance on each other through good and bad.

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FROM PAGE TO STAGE
Signature Theatre is "dark" on Monday nights, but the lights are on at the Shirlington Library, just downstairs from the theater. Conversations with Signature staff and guest artists take place the first Monday of each month. Programs are subject to guest artist availability. Please check monthly for any program changes.

7:00pm – 8:00 pm
Arlington Public Library, Shirlington Branch
4200 Campbell Avenue
Arlington VA 22206

Eric Schaeffer

October 5, 2009
Conversation with Eric Schaeffer. Artistic Director and Show Boat director Eric Schaeffer sits down to talk about the upcoming production, and how he and the Signature team have worked to reinvent this classic American musical.

November 2, 2009
Conversation with Steven Cupo. A veteran of many Signature productions, first appearing at Signature as the Emcee in Cabaret for which he won the Helen Hayes Award, this season he's teaching a class for the Signature School: The Art of Cabaret—with a performance to follow the conversation, upstairs in the Signature Lobby.

December 7, 2009
Show Boat: The Film. Edna Ferber's best-seller "Show Boat," written in 1926, moved to the stage in 1927, and was made into a film in 1939. Filmed again in 1951 Show Boat featured Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Marge and Gower Champion, Agnes Moorehead, and Joe E. Brown. Many aspects of Ferber's novel and the musical were changed in this film version. Program will run past 8 pm.

February 1, 2010
Conversation with Erin Driscoll. The Helen Hayes Award winner for her role in Urinetown is playing another ingénue, this time it's the role of Johanna in Sweeney Todd.

March 1, 2010
Conversation with the Cast of Signature in the Schools. For the 15th Annual Signature in the Schools production, director/playwright Joe Calarco tackles Shakespeare—his life and times. The young cast is thrust back into the London of the 1590s—accents and all.

April 5, 2010
Conversation with Matt Gardiner and Hunter Bell. Playwright Hunter Bell is working with Signature's Associate Director Matt Gardiner to mount the Washington premiere of his witty new musical [title of show].

May 3, 2010
Conversation with Ricky Ian Gordon. Gordon is the second recipient of the American Musical Voices Project Award to present a new work on Signature's stage. Join the award-winning composer and Eric Schaeffer to discuss the process of creating a new work of musical theater and the challenge of doing it all yourself: music, lyrics, and book.

June 7, 2010
Conversation with a Guest Artist appearing in Ricky Ian Gordon's Sycamore Trees.