“The Great Leap” was about to open at Asolo Rep in March 2020 when COVID shut down the theater. The director and most of the cast have returned for a second shot.
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An assortment of familiar actors and directors will be leading two online series of Asolo Repertory Theatre master classes, one for middle and high school students and the other for adults.
Among the participants are Josh Rhodes, the director and choreographer of several hit musicals at Asolo Rep, including “Evita” and “Guys and Dolls”; actors Diana Coates, Tina Stafford, Helen Joo Lee, Cedric Leiba Jr. and Levin Valayil; and producer, casting director and audition coach Megan Larche Dominick. Stafford, Lee and Coates were all part of the 2020 Asolo Rep season company, and Valayil starred in “The Jungle Book” at Asolo Rep in 2018 and “The Fabulous Lipitones” at Florida Studio Theatre in 2016.