Richard O'Brien began his career as an actor, performing in the London productions of Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar in the 1970s. With the guidance of director Jim Sharman, Mr. O’Brien opened his new musical The Rocky Horror Show at the Theatre Upstairs in 1973. Within weeks it became a cult theatre hit and quickly led to an original cast album. Two years later Mr. O’Brien and Sharman adapted it into a film, retitled The Rocky Horror Picture Show, starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick. Though the material was highly provocative for its time, including depictions of gay and transgender culture, the movie gained a huge cult following and made stars of its leads. Mr. O’Brien himself appeared in the movie as Riff Raff. Still in limited release 35 years after its premiere, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the longest-running theatrical release in film history. Mr. O’Brien created a follow-up movie, Shock Treatment, and several more stage musicals in the ‘80s, and he continued to act in bit parts in cult films such as Flash Gordon, Dark City, Ever After and Dungeons & Dragons. In 1998 he released a CD, entitled Absolute O’Brien, of music from his one-man revue, Disgracefully Yours. He served as the host of the popular British game show “The Crystal Maze” and appeared on the West End in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. He also occasionally does cabaret-style music and comedy performances on stages around the world, singing songs from Rocky Horror, among others.

(As of July 2013)

STUDIO 2NDSTAGE: Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, POP!, Passing Strange, Fucking A, Jerry Springer: The Opera, Reefer Madness: The Musical! (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Musical), Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, Terrorism, The Who’s Tommy, Polaroid Stories, Nocturne, Wonderland Alice, The Wild Party, Kerouac, HAIR (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Musical), Goblin Market, 2-2 Tango, Alfred and Victoria: A Life, Road. AWARDS: 2008 Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Director (Reefer Madness: The Musical!); 1998 Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Director (HAIR); 1999 Mayor’s Arts Award.

(As of July 2014)

STUDIO 2NDSTAGE: Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show. DC AREA: Man of La Mancha, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Boys From Syracuse, Free For All Revivals of Twelfth Night and The Winter’s Tale, Associate Director for Henry IV (directed by Michael Kahn) and As You Like It (directed by Michael Attenborough), Shakespeare Theatre Company; I Am My Own Wife, Signature Theatre; Penny, Washington National Opera; operas for Urban Arias and the In-Series; and productions for The University of Maryland and Catholic University. INTERNATIONAL: 2013 Finalist for the European Opera Directing Prize (Vienna, Austria). AWARDS: Helen Hayes Award for Best Director of a Musical. TEACHING: Washington National Opera Young Artists Program. EDUCATION: Northwestern University.

(As of July 2015)

BROADWAY: Rock of Ages, Fiddler on the Roof. OTHER NEW YORK THEATRE: Avenue X, The Rockae,The Full Monty. TOUR: West Side Story, Casper the Musical. REGIONAL: The Toxic Avenger, The Full Monty, Sweeney Todd, The Secret Garden, West Side Story, Bus Stop, The Spitfire Grill, The Rainmaker, Grease, Clue, The Phanton, Jesus Christ Superstar. FILM: Happy Baby, Dean Slater-Resident Advisor, Fool’s Day, Midnight Clear. TELEVISION: Late Night With Conan O’Brien, Law and Order SVU, The Today Show, All My Children, Guiding Light. WEB SERIES: it could be worse (co-creator), Billy Green (co-creator), Rock of Ages Productions (co-creator). COMMERCIAL: Keystone Light Beer front man—Keith Stone. EDUCATION: Carnegie Mellon University. SPECIAL THANKS: Katie Webber.

(As of July 2013)

Sarah Marshall returns to Studio Theatre for Doubt: A Parable after appearing in Admissions last season. Sarah has the honor of having performed at Studio Theatre more than any other performer in its history. Some of her Studio credits include The Apple Family Cycle, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Prometheus, Betty’s Summer Vacation,  Three Sisters, Miss Margarida’s Way, Sylvia, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Baltimore Waltz, When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout, My Sister in this House, Playing for Time, A Taste of Honey, The Visit, and Medea. She has performed at many Washington theatres including Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Ford’s Theatre, Round House Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Folger Theatre, Washington Stage Guild, Signature Theatre, and The Kennedy Center. Sarah has taught acting for 30 years and currently teaches at Georgetown University. 

(As of October 2019)

LOCAL: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Longacre Lea, WSC Avant Bard, Impossible Theatre Company, American Century Theater, and Imagination Stage. EDUCATION: Point Park University.

(As of July 2013)

LOCAL: My Fair Lady in Concert, Kennedy Center; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare Theatre; Home of the Soldier, Rough-Faced Girl, Open World, Synetic Theatre; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (u/s), Imagination Stage. EDUCATION: BM in Musical Theatre from The Catholic University of America.

(As of July 2013)

LOCAL: Big Nate, Adventure Theatre MTC; Jason Invisible, Kennedy Center; Spring Awakening, Olney Theatre; The Fantasticks, No Rules Theater Company; The Rocky Horror Show, Washington Savoyards; Grease, Toby’s Dinner Theatre; The Boys from Syracuse (concert), Shakespeare Theatre Company; The Hollow, The Boy Detective Fails, Signature Theatre. TRAINING: Bachelor of Music, Catholic University, 2011.

(As of July 2013)

Matthew Aldwin McGee was last seen at Studio as Riff Raff in Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show. Other local credits include Arabian Nights, Urinetown, Scapin, Taking Steps (Helen Hayes Award, Best Supporting Actor) at Constellation Theatre Company; Wonderland: Alice’s Rock & Roll Adventure and The BFG at Imagination Stage; King Charles III, King Henry the IV (parts 1 & 2), Merry Wives of Windsor, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Much Ado About Nothing at the Shakespeare Theatre Company; as well as Flying V, Avant Bard, LiveArt DC, No Rules, and others. Mr. McGee also works as a freelance props and puppet designer and is a graduate of CSU Fresno.

STUDIO 2NDSTAGE: The Rocky Horror Show. ACADEMIC: Rent, Next to Normal, Hair, Act Two @ Levine School of Music. TELEVISION: Outlaw, NBC.

(As of May 2015)

STUDIO 2NDSTAGE: POP! LOCAL: Imagination Stage, The Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre, Wolf Trap. TELEVISION: HBO’s VEEP. AWARDS: 2012 Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Resident Musical. EDUCATION: Shenandoah Conservatory.

(As of July 2013)

NEW YORK: Wonderland (final pre-Broadway reading), Baby Case, Fairy Tale, The Wild Party, Songs for a New World, Pirates of Penzance, The Rocky Horror Show. NATIONAL TOURS: Jesus Christ Superstar, Handel’s Messiah Rocks (1st tour). REGIONAL: Music of the Night, Pippin, Grease. LOCAL: Who’s Your Baghdaddy?, Mae, Pascal’s Aquarium. EDUCATION: BFA, New York University (CAP21).

(As of July 2013)

LOCAL: Keegan Theatre, 1st Stage, American Century Theater, Spooky Action Theater, Lean & Hungry Theater, First Draft, Nu Sass. HONORS: DC Theatre Scene Audience Choice Awards Nomination for Best Actress in a Musical (2012). TRAINING: American Musical and Dramatic Academy. EDUCATION: Boston University.

(As of July 2013)

STUDIO 2NDSTAGE: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. REGIONAL: The Who’s Tommy, Crossing, Anything Goes, Shenandoah Conservatory. LOCAL: The Rocky Horror Show, Washington Savoyards. TRAINING: Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory. EDUCATION: BFA, Musical Theatre, Shenandoah Conservatory.

(As of July 2013)

Ashleigh King most recently appeared in Studio 2ndStage’s production of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show. Her other local appearances include Hairspray at Signature Theatre; Brothers of the Knight, Pearl, Pepito’s Story, and Dreams at The Kennedy Center; Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day at Adventure Theatre MTC; multiple shows with Toby’s Dinner Theatre and Riverside Center Dinner Theater; along with many productions at Olney Theatre Center, including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Grease, Aida, Cats, and South Pacific. She performed in The Nutcracker at the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. Ms. King has trained with Mark Marino at the American Dance Company, and at Dancensations Dance Center in Alexandria, VA, and received a Dance Theatre of Harlem Residency at The Kennedy Center.

(As of September 2013)

LOCAL: Olney Theatre Center, Imagination Stage, Source Theater, Factory 4.49, and Washington Savoyards. EDUCATION: American University.

(As of July 2013)

STUDIO 2NDSTAGE: Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show. OFF BROADWAY: Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds. LOCAL: Shakespeare Theatre Company, Signature Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Adventure Theatre MTC, Toby’s Dinner Theatre, ArtsCentric, QuackenSteele Theatre Company. AWARDS: Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical. EDUCATION: BM Voice, James Madison University.

(As of July 2014)

STUDIO 2NDSTAGE: POP!. STUDIO THEATRE: The Motherfucker with the Hat (u/s). FILM: After the River. TELEVISION: House of Cards, Deadly Affairs, and Nightmare Next Door. HONORS: 2012 Washington Area Theater Community Honors Nominee for Outstanding Cameo in a Play.

(As of July 2013)

LOCAL: Appropriate (workshop), Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; Pygmalion, Washington Stage Guild; Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Signature Theatre; Spring Awakening (Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Ensemble), Keegan Theatre; Cabaret, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Nine, CUA. TRAINING: London Dramatic Academy, Catholic University. EDUCATION: BM, Catholic University.

(As of July 2013)

LOCAL: Spring Awakening, Olney Theatre Center; The Sound of Music, Grease, Chicago, Toby’s Dinner Theatre. FILM: The Red Phone, Ghost. EDUCATION: BS in Theatre, Towson University.

(As of July 2013)

REGIONAL: Mame, Bucks County Playhouse; Phantom of the Opera, Alhambra Dinner Theater. LOCAL: The Visit, Giant, Sunset Boulevard, Hairspray (2012 Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Ensemble) Signature Theatre; RENT, Toby’s Dinner Theater; The Music Man, Washington Savoyards. EDUCATION: Bachelor of Music from Catholic University.

(As of July 2013)

Jaysen Wright has appeared in Studio Theatre's productions of Wig Out!, Choir Boy, and The Rocky Horror Show. Other credits include The Royale, Now Comes the Night, and Take Me Out at 1st Stage; The Royale at Olney Theatre Center; Jubilee and Smart People at Arena Stage; The Importance of Being Earnest at Everyman Theatre; Actually and Sons of the Prophet at Theater J; Macbeth at Folger Theatre; The Wiz and A Christmas Carol at Ford’s Theatre; Choir Boy at Marin Theatre Company; and Measure for Measure, Wallenstein, and Coriolanus at Shakespeare Theatre Company. Upcoming performances include The Till Trilogy at Mosaic Theater Company and Acoustic Rooster at The Kennedy Center. He received a BA in Theatre from Grinnell College and an MFA in Acting from Indiana University. jaysenwright.com.

(As of November 2020)