THEATRE ASPEN ANNOUNCES ITS 2024 HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS CABARET AND FAMILY SHOW
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
T H E A T R E A S P E N
ANNOUNCES ITS 2024 HOLIDAY EVENTS
TWO ICONIC HOLIDAY PROGRAMS
“D R E A M I N G O F A W H I T E
C H R I S T M A S C A B A R E T”
STARRING
ERIN DAVIE
NEHAL JOSHI
ANA MARCU
ALEX ROSS
NATHANIEL STAMPLEY
WITH
DIRECTION BY PATRICK O’NEILL
AND
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY SAM DAVIS
AND, PERFECT FOR FAMILIES,
“O N C E U P O N A T I M E :
W H I M S I C A L W I N T E R T I M E T A L E S ”
AN APRÉS SKI PERFORMANCE
Aspen, CO (December 5, 2024) – Today, Theatre Aspen (Jed Bernstein, Producing Director) announced the return of two cherished holiday programs: the celebrated 4th annual cabaret series Dreaming of A White Christmas Cabaret, and the hit family show, Once Upon a Time: Whimsical Wintertime Tales, for kids 4-10-years-old (but enjoyed by all). Each will be performed in the ballroom at the iconic Hotel Jerome (330 E Main St, Aspen, CO) this December.
Dreaming of A White Christmas Cabaret (December 18 – 22) will begin in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Jerome at 7 PM each evening with a chef’s dinner followed by a 60-minute musical revue featuring Broadway and holiday favorites. Adult tickets for the dinner and performance $245 – $275; and tickets for kids 12-years-old and under are $145.
The holiday cabaret has several returning cast members including Erin Davie (Broadway: Diana the Musical; Side Show), Nehal Joshi (Broadway: The Cottage; The Phantom of the Opera) and Nathaniel Stampley (Broadway: CATS; The Color Purple). They will also be welcoming back Theatre Aspen mainstage alums Ana Marcu (Once, Theatre Aspen’s Jersey Boys) and Alex Ross (Book of Mormon, Theatre Aspen’s Jersey Boys). Patrick O’Neill is once again directing (The Muny, The Boston Pops, The Old Globe) and musical direction is by Tony Award® Nominee Sam Davis.
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A second-holiday event, in its second year, Once Upon a Time: Whimsical Wintertime Tales, best for families with children ages 4-10, will be held each afternoon from December 19-22 at 4 PM in Hotel Jerome’s Ballroom. Theatre Aspen’s Fairytale Makers present Once Upon a Time with a new collection of five classic stories, adapted by Vanessa Vivas – an alumni of Theatre Aspen’s apprentice program, as you have never heard them before. Plus, a special collaboration with DanceAspen. After the performance stay for the meet and greet with the cast, all local Aspenites, right after the show. Tickets are $95 for adults and $65 for kids 10 and under, including a complimentary cocktail/mocktail and sweet and savory treats.
The cast includes Jess Elkins (Theatre Aspen), Eleanor Carroll (Theatre Aspen’s Anastasia), Harry Spitteler (Theatre Aspen’s AMFS collaboration The Sound of Music), Anna Riley (Theatre Aspen’s AMFS collaboration The Sound of Music), and Christopher Wheatley (Theatre Aspen’s Spamalot). DanceAspen dancers are Meredith Harrill and Jonah Delgado. The event will be directed by Vanessa Strahan, the Director of Education at Theatre Aspen.
“Great songs, great stories and great food are the cornerstones of our holiday cabarets at the Hotel Jerome. Now in its fourth year, these special performances are a delightful way to ring in the holidays,” said Producing Director Jed Bernstein.
For tickets and more information on both holiday events, including full dinner menus, visit TheatreAspen.org or call 970-300-4474.
As Theatre Aspen ends its 41st season in 2024, it continues to rekindle a sense of discovery in audiences who live in and visit the Roaring Fork Valley by producing big theatre in a small space with intimate storytelling. Each season, Theatre Aspen promises to bring world-class theatre dramatically closer, with innovative and imaginative productions of both plays and musicals. These productions are complemented by an assortment of community events, including cabarets, educational programs and performances, collaborations with other Aspen arts organizations, and new works presentations. Theatre Aspen also boasts an impressive Apprentice Program, one of the largest in the country, devoted to training the next generation of theatrical artists and administrators.
For more information on Theatre Aspen, visit TheatreAspen.org or call (970) 925-9313.
CAST & CREATIVE BIOGRAPHIES
ERIN DAVIE. Broadway: Camilla Parker Bowles in Diana, Yvonne/Naomi in Sunday in the Park with George Violet Hilton in Side Show, Rosa Bud in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Countess Charlotte Malcolm in A Little Night Music Young Little Edie in Grey Gardens (Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut), Niki Harris in Curtains. Off-Broadway: The Glorious Ones (Lincoln Center Theater), Applause (Eve Harrington; Encores). Tours: Swing!, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Guys and Dolls. Regional: The Bridges of Madison County at Signature Theatre, Sideshow at La Jolla Playhouse/Kennedy Center, A Time to Kill at Arena Stage, Sunday in the Park with George at the St. Louis Rep, Carousel at Goodspeed, Leading Ladies at Gulf Shore Playhouse, South Pacific at the Maltz Jupiter Theater, 90 Years of MUNY Magic, Camelot , The Apple Tree, Jekyll & Hyde, The Student Prince. She can be heard on Cast albums: Sunday in the Park with George 2017 revival, Side Show revival Grey Gardens, A Little Night Music revival, The Glorious Ones. TV: “New Amsterdam,” “The First Lady,” “Tales of the City,” “Orange is the New Black,” “Law & Order,” “The Good Wife.” FILM: Angelfish, King Jack, Easter Mysteries.
NEHAL JOSHI has appeared on Broadway 8 times including most recently starring in The Cottage directed by Jason Alexander. His other Broadway credits include All My Sons (w/ Annette Bening), Phantom of the Opera (The Closing Cast), Flying Over Sunset, School of Rock, Gettin’ the Band Back Together, Les Misérables (Original Revival Cast) and Threepenny Opera. Off-Broadway he appeared in Cyrano with Peter Dinklage (later made into a feature film), Working (Drama Desk Award) Grand Hotel (Encores!), and Chekhov’s Three Sisters. Regionally, his credits include: Arena Stage, Dallas Theatre Center, Goodman Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, The Shakespeare Theatre Company and The Kennedy Center. He was the voice of the Worgen Vendors on the video game: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. His tv and film credits include: “Law & Order SVU” (NBC), “The Wire” (HBO), ”Search Party” (HBO), and the feature, Blackout. He was born in the Washington DC area and studied Biology at James Madison University. He took a vow of poverty and became a stage actor. Ig: @nehaljoshi.
ANA MARCU (she/her) is thrilled to be returning to Theatre Aspen for the Holiday Cabaret. It is an honor to be back! Recent credits include New York & Off-Broadway: Georama (Playwrights Horizons); 90210! The Musical! (Theatre 80); Gogol (Todd Almond, Josh Schmidt); Chapters (Alanya Bridge). Regional & Tours: Once, Peter Pan, and Hairspray (Syracuse Stage); The Old Man and the Old Moon (South Coast Repertory); A Christmas Carol (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Jersey Boys (Theatre Aspen); Once (California Center for the Arts, Escondido); Disney on Classic (Japan National Tour); Man of La Mancha (Arizona Theatre Company); Million Dollar Quartet (NCL); As You Like It (Great River Shakespeare Festival); The Music Man (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Film and Television: My Hero (Feature Film). VO: Hasbro Moana; BFA: Syracuse University. IG: @a_marcu. Coaching and Teaching: ivoryvoiceandpiano.com.
ALEX ROSS Alex is honored to be back at Theatre Aspen to ring in the holiday season after playing Bob Gaudio in Jersey Boys! Broadway: Book of Mormon (Standby Elder Price). National Tour: A Soldiers Play (Standby Taylor/Byrd/Wilcox) Regional: Romeo and Juliet, A.R.T; Cabaret, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Dallas Theater Center; Bull, Second Thought Theatre; City of Angels, Theater Three; Boy From Oz, Uptown Players. TV/Film: Terrifier 3, Logan Lucky, “Bull,” “Law & Order SVU,” “NCIS LA,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Queen of the South,” “Long Road Home,” “Revolution.”
NATHANIEL STAMPLEY. Broadway credits include: Paradise Square, CATS, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, The Color Purple (original production and the revival), The Lion King (Broadway and the West End). Off- Broadway performances: A Man of No Importance, Classic Stage Company; The Secret Life of Bees, Atlantic Theater Company; Big Love, Signature Theatre (NY); and The First Noel, Classical Theatre of Harlem (AUDELCO nomination). Regional performances: Sweeney Todd, Signature Theatre; Paul Robeson, Crossroads Theatre; Man of La Mancha (Joseph Jefferson Award Actor in a Principal Role-Musical), The Bridges of Madison County (Jeff nomination), Gypsy, Marriott Theatre; The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, The A.R.T.; Abyssinia, North Shore Music Theatre; Pacific Overtures, Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Violet, Once on This Island and Big River (Joseph Jefferson Award nomination), Apple Tree Theatre; Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s The Color Purple, Dreamgirls, and Man of La Mancha; The Skylight Music Theater’s Harriet, the Woman Called Moses, El Capitan, Girl Crazy, and The King and I. He recorded with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra (Naxos); Lincoln Center; The Weill Music Institute concert series at Carnegie Hall: Musical Explorers and Link Up with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Other concerts include Lyrics and Lyricists at the 92Y, the Grand Teton Music Festival, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra, the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra, El Paso Symphony Orchestra, the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, The Sound of Music at the Blossom Music Festival and Bernstein’s Mass (Deutsche Grammophon), West Side Story with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet
Séguin. He also has appeared on the hit television shows, “Law & Order: SVU” (NBC), “The Blacklist” (NBC), “Billions” (HBO), and “Blue Bloods” (CBS). He is an Artistic Associate at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. He is also a Lunt- Fontanne Fellow awarded by the Ten Chimneys Foundation.
PATRICK O’NEILL (Director) was last represented on Broadway as the Associate Choreographer of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical School of Rock, which he also staged in Sydney, Melbourne, and Seoul. He served as the Associate Choreographer on the Broadway bound musical The Heart of Rock and Roll, celebrating the music of Huey Lewis, and on Ever After, an adaptation of the 1998 film. He has staged concerts for Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara with the Boston Pops and for Mario Cantone on ABC’s “The View” celebrating Barbara Walters and opening the show’s 14th Season. As a teacher, he has served on staff for Britney Spears’ and Usher’s performing arts. He will direct the London premiere of On the Edge a new musical which he also co-wrote. In development: Radio930, story that centers around a group of young East German rebels who use banned Western rock music to bring about the fall of the Berlin Wall and Vacancy a story that sheds light on the life of Norman Bates from the Alfred Hitchcock classic, Psycho. www.patrickoneill.me / @itspatrickoneill
SAM DAVIS (Music Director). Broadway credits as arranger, orchestrator, and/or music supervisor include Death Becomes Her, New York, New York (Tony nom.), Company, An American in Paris, Side Show, and the upcoming Smash. Film work includes Hail, Caesar!, Beauty and the Beast (2017), Wonka, and the upcoming Kiss of the Spider Woman. Composer for The Penelopiad (Goodman Theater), Taming of the Shrew (Central Park), The Lost Colony (Manteo). Co-creator (with Patrick O’Neill) of the Time Step Symposium for choreographers and arrangers. Winner of the Jonathan Larson Award for Composition.
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