Signature Has Complete Spider Woman Cast for DC Run

By Kenneth Jones
04 Feb 2008

The complete cast of director Eric Schaeffer's new Signature Theatre staging of Kiss of the Spider Woman, the musical, has been announced.

Joining the previously announced Will Chase (as Valentin), Natascia Diaz (as Spider Woman/Aurora) and Hunter Foster (as Molina) will be Helen Hayes Award winner Erin Driscoll as Marta, Channez McQuay as Molina's mother, Helen Hayes Award winner Steven Cupo as Warden, Christopher Bloch as Esteban, Helen Hayes Award winner Andy Brownstein as Marcos, and ensemble members Danny Binstock, Kurt Boehm, Matt Conner, James Gardiner, LC Harden, Jr., and Helen Hayes Award winner Stephen Gregory Smith.

Performances will be March 11-April 20 a The Max Theatre in Signature's complex in Arlington, VA.

The creative team includes music director Jon Kalbfleisch, scenic designer Adam Koch, costume designer Anne Kennedy, lighting designer Chris Lee, and sound designer Matt Rowe.

Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman "weaves a distressing tale of persecution into a theatrical web. Signature brings to life the thrilling tale of two men, a window dresser and a socialist rebel, forced to share a jail cell in Argentina. Imprisoned for their beliefs and lifestyles, each man comes to find comfort in the other's company as the line between reality and fantasy blurs," according to Signature.

The production launches Signature's Kander and Ebb Celebration, which runs March-June 2008. The fest includes songwriting team John Kander and Fred Ebb's The Visit and The Happy Time, plus special events.

For more information, visit www.signature-theatre.org.