Imperial Theatre
Opened November 16, 2025
Closed June 21, 2026
Chess Musicians
Ian Weinberger
Conductor/Keyboard 1
Adam Rothenberg
*Keyboard 2/Assistant Conductor
Reagan Casteel
Keyboard 3/Associate Conductor
Kim O’Hare Bonacorsa
Reed 1 - Piccolo/Flute
Lynne Cohen
Reed 2 - Oboe/English Horn
Angela Shankar
Reed 3 - Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
Mark Thrasher
Reed 4 - Bassoon/Bari Sax
Eric C. Davis
French Horn
Dan Urness
Trumpet/Flugelhorn
Timothy James “T. j.” Robinson
Trombone/Bass Trombone
Sean McDaniel
Drums
Brandon Ilaw
Percussion
Jakob Reinhardt
Guitar
Yuka Tadano
Bass
Anna Parks
Concertmaster
Rieko Kawabata
Violin
Will curry
*Viola
Allison Seidner
Cello
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Roberto Sinha
Keyboard 2/Associate Conductor
Andrew Griffin
Viola
Music Team
Brian Usifer
Musical Supervisor/Orchestrator/Additional Arrangments
Ian Weinberger
Musical Director
Anders Eljas
Original Orchestrations
Anixter Rice Music Service, Russ Anixter, Richard Rockage, and Danielle Gimbal
Music Preparation
John Miller
Musical Coordinator
Musician Bios
Ian Weinberger
Conductor / Keyboard 1
Adam Rothenberg
Keyboard 2 / Assistant Conductor
Adam Rothenberg is a music director, conductor and pianist based in New York City. He has conducted the Broadway revivals of Chess, Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd, and Company, and music directed Watch Night at PAC NYC, as well as the Broadway-bound revival of Damn Yankees at Arena Stage, for which he received a Helen Hayes award. He is the arranger and music director of the upcoming Giulia at PAC NYC, served as arranger/orchestrator for Beautiful Little Fool at Southwark Playhouse in London, and is the U.S. music supervisor for the Broadway transfer of Jamie Lloyd’s production of Much Ado About Nothing. He has made concert appearances with such luminaries as Patti LuPone, Josh Groban, Ruthie Ann Miles, Annaleigh Ashford, and Matt Doyle. An avid classical musician, he has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, David Geffen Hall (with the NY Philharmonic), the Barbican Centre in London, and the Tanglewood Music Center. He holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Northwestern University.
Reagan Casteel
Keyboard 3 / Associate Conductor
Reagan Casteel (she/her) is a pianist, music director, and vocal coach based in NYC. Her most recent credits include Chess (Associate Conductor/Keyboard 3), & Juliet 1st National Tour (Associate MD/Keyboard 2), I Can Get It For You Wholesale (Associate MD), The Notebook (Music Assistant), and Once Upon a One More Time (Music Assistant). When she’s not at the theater or in rehearsal, she is passionate about working with singers to hep find confident and story-informed musical choices in audition and performance material. Reagan holds a BM in Composition from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, and David Liptak, and a MM in Vocal Coaching from Oklahoma City University where she studied with Jan McDaniel.
Kim O'Hare Bonacorsa
Flute / Piccolo
Kim O’Hare Bonacorsa, a New Jersey native, is an avid orchestral and chamber musician based in New York City. She is the flutist for the iconic revival of Chess on Broadway, and is the 2nd flute in the Harrisburg Symphony. She is the flutist for Quintet of the Americas, and regularly freelances in the tri-state area, including Wicked on Broadway. She recorded flute and piccolo for the NBC television broadcast of A Very Wicked Halloween to celebrate the Broadway production’s 15th year anniversary. In December 2022, she performed on stage at the Broadhurst Theatre for a one night concert of the Broadway show Chess to benefit the Entertainment Community Fund. She has worked as a professional consultant for the television series Mozart in the Jungle. Internationally, she was chosen to perform as a soloist in Nice, France, at the Nice Academy of Music. Each summer she travels to Austria to perform with the AIMS Festival Orchestra, additionally holding the position of Assistant Orchestra Manager. Kim earned her Master of Music degree from New York University and her Bachelor of Music degree from The College of New Jersey. In her spare time, Kim enjoys long distance running, and has completed 12 half marathons and the 2017 and 2023 NYC marathons.
Lynne Cohen
Reed 2 - Oboe / English Horn
oboe/oboe d’amore/English horn. Amateur piano and Highland Bagpipes.
33 years on Broadway holding 14 regular chairs and subbing on most other oboe books. Former faculty in oboe, theory, music history, form and analysis at Kean University. Former instructor of oboe and chamber music at Rowan University, Drew University, Florida International University and the Hindemith Institute in Blonay, Switzerland. Regular member of the Bethlehem Bach Orchestra and Riverside Symphonia in Lambertville. Former principal oboe Miami City Ballet, Palm Beach Symphony, Opera and Ballet.
Anna Parks
Concertmaster
Anna Parks is a New York–based violinist and concertmaster currently at Chess on Broadway. She previously served as concertmaster for Sweeney Todd, Floyd Collins, Swept Away, and the First National Tour of Hamilton. Her versatile career spans performances at Carnegie Hall, NPR’s Tiny Desk, and with American Ballet Theatre, as well as appearances on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and Good Morning America. She has collaborated with artists including Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett, and The Eagles. In addition to her theater and studio work, Anna is an avid baroque violinist. She enjoys writing and performing music with her husband, guitarist and songwriter Adam Kornreich, with whom she records and performs as the duo Anna & Adam.
Will Curry
Viola
Will Curry enjoys a diverse career as a music director, conductor, violist, violinist, and educator. Will currently plays viola in the Broadway revival of Chess and was the associate conductor/violist for Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Floyd Collins. Will has served as Music Director/Conductor for the national tours of Les Misérables, My Fair Lady, and Miss Saigon. Will has conducted and played over a dozen Broadway shows, including Merrily We Roll Along, Fiddler on the Roof, Camelot, My Fair Lady, and Les Miserables.
Will is the founder, artistic director, and second violinist of The Broadway Strings, who recently toured with Patti LuPone. He is an associate conductor with Lord of the Rings Live-to-Film, assisting Ludwig Wicki and Shih-Hung Young with the London Philharmonic, the Antwerp Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, FilmHarmonique, and the Grand Rapids Symphony. Will is a teaching artist with Broadway Imagined and has taught masterclasses at UCLA, The University of Northern Colorado, Michigan State University, Arizona State University, and Northwestern University.
A graduate of Northwestern University, Will studied with Roland Vamos and Victor Yampolsky.
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