The Bobbie Olsen Series on the Waxlax Stage presents:
Master Class

By Terrence McNally

Winner of the Tony® Award for Best Play, Master Class tells the story of opera diva, Maria Callas, as she teaches a life-altering master class to students at an elite opera school. During the class, she encounters three students who are crushed, uplifted, and inspired by her artistry. Based on a series of real-life classes Callas delivered at Juilliard, Master Class is a window into the soul of one of the most complicated and celebrated artists of the 20th century.

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JULIAN BOND (Emmanuel Weinstock/Music Director) is originally from Winchester, England, where he began piano lessons at the age of seven. He undertook studies in several other instruments, as well as composition, and graduated from the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has performed jazz and classical piano internationally and has been the recipient of many awards, including the European Junior Piano Festival, the EMI "Make Music" competition, the Alexander Grotsz Prize for Composition (London). He is currently writing music for various ensembles and projects around the country, and his work can be heard on film and television, as well as live worldwide. Most recently he was cast as the uptight hotel manager Barry in Amazon Prime's "Guns For Hire". 

ZINA ELLIS (Sharon Graham) is thrilled to be making her Riverside debut! Selected Credits: Marie, the Fairy Godmother, in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (National Tour), Belle in Beauty and the Beast (Arvada Center), Jo in The Legend of Georgia McBride (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center), Annie (Ogunquit Playhouse), Phoebe Meryll in The Yeomen of the Guard (The Blue Hill Troupe), and Hattie in Kiss Me, Kate in Concert (Cole Porter Centennial at Yale University). Zina is also an award-winning screenwriter, soon to release her first film project, @divine.intervention.series. YoungArts Winner. Training: B.A; Yale University. www.Zinaellis.com @abitoverzellis 

JAZMIN GORSLINE (Sophie De Palma)  is delighted to return to Riverside Theatre, where she was previously seen as Irene in Hello, Dolly! and Sally Cato in Mame. She just finished a run of Mary Poppins (Winifred Banks) at The 5th Avenue Theatre, as well as the one-person show Tell Me on a Sunday at Judson Theatre. Other favorites include Christine Daaé in Love Never Dies (Hamburg), the National Tour of My Fair Lady, Carnival! at The Kennedy Center, Off-Broadway's The Sorceress (NYTF), and regional productions of She Loves Me, Fiddler, Guys and Dolls, and Carousel. MM Eastman School of Music. Big thanks to Allen and DJ. www.JazminGorsline.com 

TIM QUARTIER (Anthony Candolino) can currently be seen in the National Touring company of Les Misérables. Most recently, he covered Jean Valjean in the MUNY’s production of Les Misérables. Other credits: Come From Away (Kevin T), Holiday Inn (Jim Hardy), Beautiful (Gerry Goffin), Titanic (Charles Clarke), The Light in the Piazza (Fabrizio), West Side Story (Tony), Les Misérables (Marius), Hairspray (Link Larkin) and the MUNY’s first-ever production of Sweeney Todd. Tim is a Syracuse native and holds a BFA from Ithaca College. @timquartier.

KAREN ZIEMBA (Maria Callas) won the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award for Contact at Lincoln Center Theatre. For other productions she’s received three Tony nominations, the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, and Chicago’s JEFF Award. Select Theatre: Doubt, Much Ado About Nothing, Six Degrees of Separation, Broadway Bound, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Prince of Broadway, Curtains, Steel Pier, And The World Goes ‘Round, Crazy For You, Chicago, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, 110 In the Shade. TV: “The Blacklist,” “Elementary,” “Madam Secretary,” “The Good Wife,”“Law and Order C.I” & “S.V.U.,” “The Kennedy Center Honors,” PBS’ “Great Performances.”