Chess

Aug 20 - Sept 5, 2015

Chess is used as a metaphor for romantic rivalries and the US-Soviet rivalry during the Cold War of the 1980s. The story involves two chess grandmasters, an American and a Soviet, fighting over a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other—all in the context of a politically charged, Cold War-era tournament between the two men.

Cast

Florence Vassy

Rachel Drew

Anatoly Sergievsky

Erik Freeman

Fredrick Trumper

James Blanchard

The Arbiter

Peter Schmeeckle

Alexander Molokov

Jim Coates

Walter de Courcey

Jesse Clayton

Svetlana Sergievsky

Stacy Garrison

Ensemble

Jessica L. Della Pepa
Beth Esmond
Michael Gilman
Michael Jarvis
Sam Lewis
Kyle Silliman-Smith
Kristin Silverman
Andy Whitaker
Olivia Zoecklein (Featured Dancer)

Crew

Director

Ian Ferris

Music Director

Nate Venet

Choreographer

Brad Enos

Artistic Designer

Shawn Patrick Rice

Stage Manager

Maria Beattie

Credits

Book by Richard Nelson
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Music by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, formerly of ABBA.
“Chess” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

Photos by Adam Silverman Photography.