Announcing the cast of The Stephen Schwartz Project

A Hot New Musical Revue featuring the songs of award-winning composer/ lyricist Stephen Schwartz. Celebrate the work of one of Broadway’s most acclaimed writers with “Wicked” new musical arrangements from Broadway and regional favorites Pippin, Godspell, Children of Eden, and The Baker’s Wife, the award-winning films Prince of Egypt, Pocahontas and more. There is ‘magic to do’ in our little ‘corner of the sky’…‘ when you believe’ you will ‘defy gravity’ …all at MetroStage this spring! Directed and choreographed by Michael Bobbitt with musical direction by Doug Bowles. The cast includes:
Amber Iman Moorer is a graduating Senior Musical Theatre Major at Howard University, from Atlanta, GA. Recently, she has appeared in Into the Woods (Jack’s Mother), Sweeney Todd, A Chorus Line, Working and Eyes, to name a few.
Andrew Sonntag graduated from the Catholic University of America in 2007, where he received a BA in Drama. He recently appeared as Jimmy Harper in The Studio Theatre's production of Reefer Madness and he will appear as Atreyu in Imagination Stage's Neverending Story this Summer.

Kerry Deitrick is a graduate of the Baltimore School for the Arts and recently received her BM in music theatre from Catholic University. Upcoming projects include this Summer's Jerry Springer: The Opera at The Studio Theatre.

Jobari Parker-Namdar is making his MetroStage debut. He is a recent graduate of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts.

Felicia Curry has been seen previously at MetroStage in Two Queens One Castle, Three Sistahs and tick, tick…BOOM!

Benjamin Horen, an Ohio native, is a choral director in Fairfax County Public Schools and has served as the music director for US Performing Arts camps at The George Washington University. Ben has performed at The Kennedy Center, understudied the role of Cosme (Souvenir) at Studio Theatre and has performed in a backers’ audition with Stephen Schwartz for the upcoming Broadway production of Children of Eden.
Priscilla Cuellar has worked in various theatres in the area including Signature Theatre, Imagination Stage, Adventure Theatre and Toby's Dinners Theatre. She has worked with some of Broadway's best including Carolee Carmello, E. Faye Butler and Judy Kuhn and she will be in Big River at Olney Theatre this Summer.

Clif Walker is a native Washingtonian and graduate of D.C.'s famed Duke Ellington School of the Arts. He has appeared in Arena Stage's South Pacific, Round House Theatre's Once On This Island and The Kennedy Center’s Soul Possessed among other countless musicals and revues.

Florrie Bagel has appeared in Into the Woods at Signature Theatre, Godspell at Olney Theater Center and, most recently, originated the role of “Bethany” in the new musical, Nobody’s Perfect, at The Kennedy Center. She will be performing next in Jerry Springer: The Opera at The Studio Theatre.

The set designer is Alex Cooper, costumes will be by Reggie Ray and the lighting designer is Jason Arnold.