Get ready to rock… and bleed! On October 31, Keegan unleashes LIZZIE, the ferocious punk-rock musical that rips the lid off the legend of Lizzie Borden. Fueled by rage, retribution, and a blistering all-female rock score, LIZZIE reimagines the infamous 1892 axe murder in a show that’s equal parts gothic horror, riot grrrl rebellion, and rock concert. LIZZIE is a visceral, unapologetic thrill ride. Blood will spill. Guitars will wail. Justice will scream.
Thursdays-Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Sundays at 3:00 pm
Select Mondays and Wednesdays at 8:00 pm
$65 Adult
$54 Seniors 62+
$54 Students/under 25
Single tickets incur $5 service fee per ticket
SEASON SUBSCRIPTION: 25% discount and no service fees when you build a package with Adult tickets for 5+ mainstage shows before December 31!
FLEX PASS: Get a 5-ticket Flex Pass for just $275 and no service fees when you buy before December 31! Choose your show dates and seats later – use tickets however you like, for one show or five!
GROUP SALES: $10 off per ticket and no service fees when you buy 10+ tickets to a single performance.
RUSH TICKETS: On sale at the door, when available, starting 1 hour before showtime.
1 hour, 30 minutes with one 15-minute intermission
This production is intended for adult audiences and includes mature content. Specific elements include sexual content, depictions of abuse, violence, and blood.
The production also features the use of haze/fog, bright lights, and strobe lighting.
November 9, 2025 | 2:30-6:30 pm
Parents can join us for the matinee performance and register their Pre-K to 5th grade children for onsite child care with Keegan PLAY-RAH-KA Teaching Artists during the show. (Limited capacity and all children must be registered in advance. Show ticket sold separately.)
November 9, 2025 | Following the matinee performance
Free and open to all patrons!
November 14, 2025 | Happy Hour @ 7:00 pm, Show @ 8:00 pm
Patrons under 30 years old are invited to purchase discounted tickets, which include 1 drink coupon, exclusive access to our mezzanine for mingling, and a seat for the evening’s performance.
November 16, 2025 | Following the matinee performance
Special guests Sara Matthiesen, associate professor of history and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at George Washington University, and Matthew Riemer, a Ph.D. student researching the production and use of queer history, will discuss the suspected queer identity of Lizzie Borden and expand on broader examples of how female and queer histories are so often erased. Free to all patrons!
November 19, 2025 | 8:00 pm
Discounted $20 tickets are available for the November 19 performance to current students with a valid student ID (to be checked at the door) — just use promo code 29STUDENTS at checkout.
Caroline Graham she/her (Lizzie) DC Credits: Keegan Theatre: Seussical (Mayzie); Signature Theatre: Hair (Crissy); Kennedy Center TYA: Finn (Swing); Olney Theatre Center: Fiddler on the Roof (Swing); Constellation Theatre Company: Head Over Heels (Ensemble); Adventure Theatre: The Lightning Thief (Clarisse), Junie B. Jones (Junie B.), You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Lucy); NextStop: Little Women (Beth, Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Performer); Monumental Theatre Co.: Tick, Tick Boom (Susan u/s). Regional: Great Lakes Center for the Arts: Godspell (Turn Back O’ Man). Education: Catholic University, BM in Musical Theatre.
Brigid Wallace Harper she/her (Bridget) Previous shows include: Adventure Theatre MTC: The Lightning Thief (Annabeth), Dragons Love Tacos (Red Dragon), Sing Down the Moon: Appalachian Wonder Tales (Catskins), Junie B. Jones (Junie Understudy), You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Swing); NextStop Theatre Co.: Footloose (Ariel); Imagination Stage: Winnie the Pooh (Eyore/Kanga/Owl); The Keegan Theatre: Noises Off (Brooke), Merrily We Roll Along (Beth), An Irish Carol (Anna); The Puppet Co: The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy).
Sydne Lyons she/her (Emma) Previous shows include: Theatre Silco: Escape to Margaritaville (Tammy); Compass Rose: Proof (Catherine); and Monumental Theatre Company: American Psycho (Mrs. Bateman et. al). Website: www.Sydnelyons.com
Savannah Blackwell she/her (Alice) Previous shows include: Signature Theatre: Hair (Dionne u/s, Lorrie); Monumental Theatre: Built For This *concert reading (Steel); Howard University: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (u/s Logianne and Marcy).
Chloe Pearl she/her (Lizzie & Alice u/s) is a senior Musical Theater major at Howard University. After recently playing Jaime in the student-led Fine Fine Fine Showcase, Chloe is excited to join the cast of Lizzie at Keegan Theatre this fall. At Howard, Chloe has appeared in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf, Black Nativity, and the workshop of Broadway Our Way: The Homecoming. She has also worked behind the scenes on productions such as Heathers, Seven Guitars, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Her previous credits include Chicago, Radium Girls, and Mamma Mia in high school, as well as her professional debut as a swing in Monumental Theater’s Spring Awakening. She is thankful to her family for their unwavering support.
Hana Clarice she/her (Emma & Bridget u/s) Previous credits include: Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: Julius Caesar and The Oresteia; Taffety Punk: Macbeth; Nu Sass Productions: Craigslisted; Iron Crow Theatre: Hurricane Diane, Head Over Heels, Bare, and Collective Rage: A Play In 5 Betties; Sisters Freehold: The Code Switch and The Sleepover; Imagination Stage: 10 Seconds; Best Medicine Rep: The Trip (Helen Hayes nomination); Endangered Species Theatre Project: Hamlet; Silver Spring Stage: Intimate Apparel.
Jennifer J. Hopkins (Director & Choreographer) is thrilled to be working again with Keegan Theatre, after Co-Directing and Choreographing last year's Helen Hayes Award winning production of Merrily We Roll Along. Jennifer's direction and choreography credits span twenty performing arts school and collegiate productions as well as over thirty professional theatrical productions across the country. Jennifer is currently an Adjunct Professor at both George Washington and George Mason Universities. She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Webster Conservatory and an MFA from George Washington University and The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting.
Marika Countouris she/her (Music Director) WOOLLY MAMMOTH: A Strange Loop (pre-Broadway); ARENA STAGE: The Bedwetter, Ride the Cyclone; FORD'S THEATRE: Grace; SIGNATURE: Private Jones, Passing Strange, The Color Purple. OLNEY: AD16; ROUND HOUSE: A Hannukah Carol; CONSTELLATION: The Last Five Years, Little Shop of Horrors, Aida; FLYING V: We're Gonna Die; NEXTSTOP: Ride the Cyclone; MONUMENTAL: American Psycho, Spring Awakening, tick, tick...BOOM!, Songs for a New World, Head Over Heels, Be More Chill, Daddy Long Legs, Brooklyn. REGIONAL: Goodspeed: Private Jones; Great Lakes Center for the Arts: Godspell. AWARDS: Helen Hayes Nominee, 2023 BroadwayWorld DC Winner - Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance for Passing Strange. EDUCATION: Catholic University: BM, Musical Theatre. UPCOMING: Olney: Little Miss Perfect. @marikanne
Gabrielle Busch she/her (Production Manager) graduated from High Point University with a B.A. in performance theatre. While at High Point, Gabrielle was involved with stage managing, acting, and directing. Coming back to her hometown of D.C she has her sights set high on getting involved in the theatre community as much as she can. Some projects that she has worked on at Keegan include N (Stage Manager), Yoga Play (Stage Manager), Elegies: A Song Cycle (Stage Manager), The Lifespan of A Fact (Stage Manager), Shakespeare In Love (Stage Manager), Merrily We Roll Along (Stage Manager/Assistant Director), Noises Off (Stage Manager), Falsettos (Stage Manager), and Apropos of Nothing (Assistant Director).
Sierra Young she/her (Blood & Intimacy Coordinator) is a Helen Hayes nominated violence & intimacy director working in the DC/Baltimore area. Sierra is the Resident Fight and Intimacy Director for Baltimore Center Stage and Mosaic Theater Company in DC. She is an active member of the SAFD, IDC, and SDC. Past Keegan credits include: Everything Is Wonderful, Hand to God, Merrily We Roll Along, and Sweat. Recent choreography credits include: The Age of Innocence, Ja Ja’s African Hair Braiding, and POTUS! at Arena Stage; Twelfth Night at The Folger; Sister Act and Little Shop of Horrors at Ford’s Theater; Dodi & Diana, Cullud Wattah, One in Two, the Till Trilogy et. al. at Mosaic Theater; Paradise Blue, The Scenarios, and Downstate at Studio Theater; Frankenstein, King Lear (Helen Hayes Nomination) and Red Velvet at The Shakespeare Theater Company; Porgy and Bess at The Washington National Opera. Website: sierrayoung.org
Deb Crerie, any and all pronouns (Dramaturg) is Kinheart Studio, established in The Historic Cherry Building, in Downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A studio named for the common bonds we all share. Made by and for people who have not always felt welcome as artists and collaborators. This studio is about who gets to occupy space and whose comfort and catharsis are attended to. Kinheart is an ongoing effort to help create a safer, more buoying creative space. Formerly a resident of Arlington, Virginia and a Founding Artist and Artistic Associate of 1st Stage Theatre, Deb and her wife, Kay Rzasa created props for many DC area theatre productions 2008-2020.
Josh Sticklin (Scenic Designer & Technical Director; Artistic Director of The Boiler Room Series; Associate Producer, Facilities Manager of The Keegan Theatre) is a true multi-hyphenate theater maker and brings that perspective to his work on all fronts. As a director, his credits include WOMAN IN BLACK, HAND TO GOD, GOOD PEOPLE, AS YOU LIKE IT, SHE SINGS LIGHT, CHILDREN OF EDEN, and CURTAINS. As a choreographer, his credits include CHESS, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, BALTIMORE WALTZ, and CAROUSEL. As a designer, his credits include SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA (Set), SEUSSICAL (Set - Helen Hayes Award Winner for Outstanding Set Design), JUNIE B. JONES (Set), YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN (Set), and OTHER LIFE FORMS (Props). As an artisan/engineer he has designed notable scenic elements in LONESOME WEST, SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION, RIPCORD, TOP GIRLS, BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, and THE UNDENIABLE SOUND OF RIGHT NOW. As an actor, Sticklin has performed in 22 productions at Keegan including HAIR, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S RIOT, CUCHULLAIN, BASRA BOY, STONES IN HIS POCKETS, and AMERICAN IDIOT. He also serves as Associate Producer, Technical Director, and Facilities Manager. His leadership on energy efficiency and production quality has resulted in over $500k in upgrades for tech and the physical infrastructure. Josh is a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographer Society and holds a dual Bachelor’s degree in Musical Theatre and Political Science from American University.
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Logan Benson she/her (Costume Designer). Previous works include: Keegan Theatre: Hand to God (Costume Designer); Wolf Trap Opera: Dialogues of the Carmelites (Asst. Costume Designer); Kennedy Center: Kenan Fellow 24-25, The Other Children of the Sun (Asst. Costume Designer); Theater Alliance: Covenant (Co-Costume Designer), American Fast (Asst. Costume Designer/Wardrobe); Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co: Akira Kurasawa... (Asst. Costume Designer); American Players Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing (First Hand), Dancing at Lughnasa, The Liar (Stitcher), etc.
Tiesha Cooper (Hair / Wig / Make-up Designer) has one universal goal: to make clients look fresh and flawless. This goal is achieved by specializing in all textures of hair for over 20 years. A versatile artist skilled in making custom wigs is also capable of flawless installs. A makeup artist with experience in the areas of makeup education and product consultation with completed studies at Paul Mitchell.
Cindy Landrum Jacobs (Properties & Set Dressing Designer) loves working at The Keegan Theatre! Other Keegan credits: Apropos Of Nothing, Falsettos, Woman In Black, Noises Off, Webster’s Bitch, Merrily We Roll Along, Sweat, Seussical, The Wilting Point, Lifespan Of A Fact, Elegies, The Outsider, Shakespeare In Love, Yoga Play, TransAM, N, Airness, Legally Blonde, God Of Carnage, As You Like It, The Undeniable Sound Of Right Now, Chicago, An Irish Carol (2017-2024). Co-Scenic Designer: Webster’s Bitch. Other Properties Designer credits: The Waverly Gallery, The Last Match, How The Light Gets In, Columbinus, The Farnsworth Invention, Trevor, The Pitmen Painters, and Never The Sinner (1st Stage).
Lorna Ryan they/them (Sound Engineer) is a local sound engineer in the DMV theatre scene. Recent shows include: Adventure Theatre MTC: Junie B. Jones, Sing Down the Moon, Knuffle Bunny, She Persisted, and The Lighting Thief; Keegan Theatre: The Woman in Black. Lorna is so excited for this opportunity to work with such a strong group of artists with fantastic visions. They are also studying at GMU as a Graduate student in the Educational Theatre program.
Jared H. Graham he/him (Production Manager) is a DMV based performer, educator, administrator, and director. Jared holds an MFA in Physical Theatre from the Accademia dell’ Arte in Arezzo, Italy and a BFA in Theatre Performance from the University of Memphis. He is the Director of Production and Education for the Keegan Theatre and has appeared on several local stages. Previous credits in the DMV area include Keegan Theatre: Noises Off, N, An Irish Carol; NextStop Theatre: Frankenstein; Solas Nua: The Honey Trap; 4615 Theatre: Macbeth, Dinner, Betrayal; Adventure Theatre: The Fisherman and his Wife; PG County’s Shakespeare in the Park: Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing; Chesapeake Shakespeare: Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet; Olney Theatre Center/ National Players: Othello, The Great Gatsby, Alice in Wonderland; Brave Spirits: As You Like It, The Changeling, The Duchess of Malfi; Rainbow Theatre Project: Blue Camp; Spooky Action: Sonnets for an Old Century, The Lady from the Village of Falling Flowers; and The Team Room Foundation: The Team Room.
Kristen Geatz Temple she/her (Stage Manager) Selected Previous Shows: Rorschach Theatre Magic in Rough Spaces; Imagination Stage Musical Theatre Conservatory: Between the Lines; Flying V: Monstress; The Theatre Lab: God of Carnage; Nu Sass: Open; Pointless Theatre Company: Rhinoceros!; Silver Spring Stage: Men on Boats, She Kills Monsters, Appropriate, Equivocation. All love to her endlessly supportive husband, Nicholas.
Eileen Jones she/her (Assistant Stage Manager) Previous shows include: GW Shakespeare Company: Hamlet (Stage Manager), The Great Gatsby (Producer), The Winter's Tale (Producer), Romeo and Juliet (Stage Manager).
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*The Director is a Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.
Marika Countouris she/her (Music Director) WOOLLY MAMMOTH: A Strange Loop (pre-Broadway); ARENA STAGE: The Bedwetter, Ride the Cyclone; FORD'S THEATRE: Grace; SIGNATURE: Private Jones, Passing Strange, The Color Purple. OLNEY: AD16; ROUND HOUSE: A Hannukah Carol; CONSTELLATION: The Last Five Years, Little Shop of Horrors, Aida; FLYING V: We're Gonna Die; NEXTSTOP: Ride the Cyclone; MONUMENTAL: American Psycho, Spring Awakening, tick, tick...BOOM!, Songs for a New World, Head Over Heels, Be More Chill, Daddy Long Legs, Brooklyn. REGIONAL: Goodspeed: Private Jones; Great Lakes Center for the Arts: Godspell. AWARDS: Helen Hayes Nominee, 2023 BroadwayWorld DC Winner - Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance for Passing Strange. EDUCATION: Catholic University: BM, Musical Theatre. UPCOMING: Olney: Little Miss Perfect. @marikanne
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A native of Oklahoma City, cellist Wesley Hornpetrie (she/her) now enjoys performing around the Washington D.C. region. She has been featured as a cellist on NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts, The Candlelight Concert Series, and was the cellist/actor in Netflix's Bridgerton Experience in downtown D.C. Wesley enjoys diving into chamber music and interarts collaboration as a performer and improviser. She is most energized developing projects with friends who feel the same urgency that concerts should infuse feelings of place, community, and belonging for all folks present. As a performer, Wesley has most recently collaborated with composers including Bryce Dessner, Mustafa, and Roomful of Teeth. She is also the cellist for Grammy nominated Inscape Chamber Orchestra in Maryland. As an arts administrator, she is the founder and executive director of Michigan-based music festival, Third Place [MusicFest], and she serves on the Sewanee Summer Music Festival advisory board. Additionally, she directs Regenerate! Orchestra of the DMV, an experimental community orchestra that puts on radically inclusive classical music performances around the region. She holds degrees from The University of Michigan, Oklahoma City University, and received her doctorate from University of Maryland, which is what brought her to the east coast in 2021.
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Tim Thulson (he/him) is a cellist from Denver, CO and Alexandria, VA. Solo work includes premieres of Armando Bayolo’s “Buen Viaje” for unaccompanied cello and Nicholas White’s “In Lege Domini.” Tim served as cellist for DC’s contemporary classical Great Noise Ensemble, and he remains committed to presenting new works — and elevating new voices — within classical music. Ensemble and theater work includes the Amadeus Orchestra, the Pan American Symphony, and recent shows with Creative Cauldron, Roundhouse, and Constellation theaters. Tim is a dedicated teacher, both privately and as a clinician for groups including the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras, Arlington’s Crescendo youth chamber music program, and for public schools across DC and Virginia. He has served on boards for the Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra and the Arlington Philharmonic. Tim holds degrees from the George Mason University School of Law and from Wheaton College, where he studied with Dr. Daniel Davies.
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Joanna Smith she/her (Bass) DC AREA: Signature: Hedwig and the Angry Inch; GALA Hispanic Theatre: Momia en el Clóset: Evita’s Return; Constellation Theatre Co: Desperate Measures. REGIONAL: Great Lakes Center for the Arts: Godspell; Shenandoah Summer Musical Theatre: Bridges of Madison County; Riverside CPA: Next to Normal, Jesus Christ Superstar, Heartbreak Hotel, Beautiful: The Carol King Musical, Jersey Boys, 42nd Street, Ragtime, Ghost, Camelot, Bright Star, The Color Purple, Oklahoma, Mamma Mia! OTHER: 2nd Annual Lilith Fest, Keller Williams, Mile of Music Festival, The Rock Boat XXI, Magazines: Bass Player July 2022, No Treble March 2021, Podcasts: Between the Frets 2023, Backbeat Conversations 2021. AWARDS: BHBL Performing Arts Hall of Fame 2024. EDUCATION: UMW: BA in Music. UPCOMING: Signature: In Clay. www.joannasmithbass.com @joanna_b_smith
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Lead Electrician Pierce Stoneburner
Electrical Overhire Julian Cordova
Scenic Overhire Pierre Davis, Troy Johnson, Anna Feinerman, Ben Campion, Andrew Wilkinson, Brady Dunne, Brian Wise
Administration Intern Lucille Rieke
Publicity & Production Photographer Cameron Whitman
