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FULL CAST ANNOUNCED FOR
ALL THE WAY BY ROBERT SCHENKKAN
TEXAS PREMIERE AT ZACH THEATRE
AUSTIN, TX – ZACH Theatre announces the full cast for the upcoming Texas Premiere
of 2014 Tony Award® - winning play All The Way by Robert Schenkkan, based on
Lyndon Baines Johnson’s first year as President of the United States. ZACH Theatre
Producing Artistic Director DAVE STEAKLEY will direct at the Topfer Theatre on the
Karen Kuykendall stage April 8 – May 10, 2015. Noted Broadway, film, and television
actor STEVE VINOVICH will star as President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Mr. Vinovich
performed the role of Rep. Emanuel Cellar in the Broadway production of All The Way
and was the understudy to Bryan Cranston as LBJ. Broadway and film actor MELVIN
ABSTON, most recently in Broadway’s Sister Act, will play Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. ROBERT WALDEN who is best known for his role as Joe Rossi on Lou Grant for
which he was nominated for an Emmy three times, will portray J. Edgar Hoover and
Sen. Robert Byrd. Walden also starred in the films Blue Sunshine, The Hospital, All the
President's Men, and Capricorn One.
The 17 member ensemble cast includes NICOLE SCHIRO as Lady Bird Johnson and
Katharine Graham; MICHAEL MILLER (The King & I) as Sen. Hubert Humphrey; AMBER
QUICK as Muriel Humphrey; MILES CHICK as Robert McNamara and Sen.James
Eastland; DELANTE G. KEYS as Bob Moses, David Dennis, and James Harrison;
MICHELLE ALEXANDER (The Gospel At Colonus) as Coretta Scott King and Fannie Lou
Hamer; WILLIAM "BILL" EARL RAY (The Gospel At Colonus) as Roy Wilkins and Aaron
Henry; RICK SMITH as Gov. George Wallace and Walter Ruether; RICHARD ROMEO as
Rev. Ralph Abernathy; J. QUINTON JOHNSON (Les Misérables) as Stokely Carmichael
and James Earl Chaney; GARRY PETERS (Boyhood) as Sen. Richard Russell; DAVID
JARROTT (Peter and the Starcatcher) as Rep. Howard “Judge” Smith and Sen.Everett
Dirksen; CRAIG ROOKE as Walter Jenkins, and RICK ROEMER (A Christmas Carol) as
Stanley Levison and Rep. John McCormack.
A searing, enthralling dramatization of President Johnson's first year in office, All The
Way illuminates the passage of The Civil Rights Act and a pivotal point in American
history. All The Way enjoyed critical success earning the 2013 Drama Desk Award,
Drama League Award, Outer Critics Circle, and New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards
for Best Play as well as the 2014 Tony Award for Best Play.
Special events in celebration of All The Way include:
 Press Night: Saturday, April 11, 2015. Please RSVP to llovell@zachtheatre.org
 GLBT Wilde Party Night: Thursday, April 9, 2015
 Champagne Opening Night: Thursday, April 16, 2015
 Z Lounge: Pre-show musical entertainment in the Topfer Theatre’s Main
Lounge
Tickets start at $25 and are available online at www.zachtheatre.org, by phone at 512476-0541 ext. 1, or in person at the ZACH Theatre Box Office, in the Topfer Theatre, 202
South Lamar Blvd. (corner of Riverside Drive and South Lamar Blvd.) Monday through
Saturday, 12 noon – 7 p.m. ZACH Theatre is wheelchair accessible. Discounts are
available for groups of 8 or more. Student Rush Tickets are $18 one hour before show
time (with valid ID).
AT&T is the Presenting Sponsor of ZACH’s production of All The Way. Supporting
Sponsors are Norton Rose Fulbright and Pakmail at Davenport Village. Executive
Producers are Claire and Carl Stuart. Producers include Mindy Ellmer and Brian McCall.
STEVE VINOVICH
Broadway: Loose Ends, Lost in Yonkers, The Magic Show, The Robber Bridegroom, The
Grand Tour, The Secret Rapture. Off-Broadway: Old Jews Telling Jokes. National Tour:
The Dinner Party. Regional: Over 100 plays and musicals including Westport Playhouse:
Diary of Anne Frank, Pittsburgh Public: 1776; Pasadena Playhouse: The Foreigner, The
Little Foxes; Laguna Playhouse: Art, The Price; Reprise: Kiss Me Kate, Strike up the Band,
Babes in Arms; Pacific Resident Theater: Awake and Sing, Golden Boy, All My Sons;
Stratford: TwelfthNight with Lynn Redgrave; Public: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; NCT:
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, How I Learned to Drive, Inherit the Wind. Film: The Santa
Clause, Awakenings, Mannequin, Puffin in The Swan Princess. TV: about 100 guest spots
and two series including such iconic shows as Three’s Company, LA Law, Hill Street
Blues, Roseanne, Star Trek, ER, Everybody Loves Raymond, Law and Order, Matlock,
Touched by an Angel, Malcolm in the Middle, and Hannah Montana. Commercials: over
200. Training: Juilliard Acting School under John Houseman, Strasberg Institute,
Charles Nelson Reilly, Larry Moss. Awards: three LA Drama Logue Awards.
About the author, ROBERT SCHENKKAN: Plays: The Kentucky Cycle (Pulitzer Prize;
Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards nominations, and LA Drama Critics
Award), By the Rivers of Babylon, Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates, Handler, Heaven
on Earth, Final Passages, The Marriage of Miss Hollywood and King Neptune, Tachinoki,
The Devil and Daniel Webster, A Single Shard, The Dream Thief. Musicals: The Twelve, A
Night at the Alhambra Café. Film: The Quiet American. Television: The Pacific (two
Emmy nominations and a WGA Award), The Andromeda Strain, Crazy Horse, and
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Spartacus. All The Way won the inaugural Edward Kennedy Award, and the National
Critics Association/Steinberg Best New Play Award. Its sequel, The Great Society,
premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in July, 2014.
CAST
Steve Vinovich
Nicole Schiro
Michael Miller
Amber Quick
Miles Chick
Delante G. Keys
Melvin Abston
Michelle Alexander
William "Bill" Earl Ray
Rick Smith
Richard Romeo
J. Quinton Johnson
Garry Peters
Robert Walden
David Jarrott
Craig Rooke
Rick Roemer
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson/Katharine Graham
Sen. Hubert Humphrey/Strom Thurmond
Muriel Humphrey/Lurleen Wallace
Robert McNamara/Sen. James Eastland
James Harrison/Bob Moses/David Dennis
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Coretta Scott King/Fannie Lou Hamer
Roy Wilkins/Aaron Henry
Gov. George Wallace/Walter Reuther/Rep. James Corman/Sen.
Mike Mansfield
Rev. Ralph Abernathy
Stokely Carmichael/James Earl Chaney
Sen. Richard Russell/Rep. Emanuel Celler/King of Norway
J. Edgar Hoover/Sen. Robert Byrd
Sen. Everett Dirksen/Rep. Howard “Judge” Smith/
Cartha “Deke” DeLoach/Gov. Carl Sanders
Walter Jenkins/Rep. William Colmer
Stanley Levison/Seymore Trammel/Rep. John McCormack/
Rev. Edwin King; LBJ Understudy
PRODUCTION
Dave Steakley
Natalie Novacek
Cliff Simon
Michael McDonald
Michelle Habeck
Craig Brock
Scott Groh
Russell M. Dembin
Catherine Anne Tucker
Lisa Goering
Megan Barrett
Director
Assistant Director
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Properties Designer
Dramaturg and Dialect Coach
Stage Manager
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
About ZACH Theatre
A non-profit organization, ZACH creates intimate theatre experiences that ignite the
imagination, inspire the spirit, and engage the community. As Austin’s leading professional
producing theatre, ZACH employs more than 300 actors, musicians, and designers annually to
create its own diverse array of nationally recognized plays and musicals under the leadership
of Producing Artistic Director Dave Steakley and Managing Director Elisbeth Challener. Each
year, ZACH serves nearly 115,000 Central Texans – 50,000 of which are children and youth who
participate in our education and outreach programs, as well as inspiring camps and
classes. ZACH Theatre is honored to host private and community events across the beautiful
rental-ready spaces on our three-stage campus located in the heart of Austin. Founded in 1932
and in its 82nd season, ZACH is the longest continuously running theatre company in the state
of Texas, and one of the ten oldest in the country. Visit www.zachtheatre.org for more
information.
ZACH Theatre’s 2014-2015 Season is sponsored in part, by Applied Materials, Austin Catering,
Baylor Scott & White Health, Holiday Inn-Lady Bird Lake, Kirk Tuck Photography, Marquee
Event Group, OnRamp Access, Schlotzsky’s, and KXAN TV 36; and by grants from The Shubert
Foundation, the Junior League of Austin, The National Endowment for the Arts, Texas
Commission on the Arts, and the Cultural Arts Division of The City of Austin Economic
Development Department.
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