BACKSTAGE PASS with Lia Chang: Jason Tam talks about THE WHITE CHIP

Sean Daniels' autobiographical recovery comedy, The White Chip, is currently playing at The Susan & Ronald Frankel Theater in The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space (511 West 52nd Street) through March 9, 2024. Tony Award nominee Sheryl Kaller (Next Fall, Mothers & Sons) directs.
The cast of The White Chip includes Crystal Dickinson (Clybourne Park), Jason Tam (A Chorus Line), and Joe Tapper (You Can't Take It With You).
In The White Chip, Steven (Tapper) is on top of the world and steps away from his dream job running one of the most exciting theatres in the country, but also an alcoholic spinning out of control. The play follows his life from first sip to first love and all the way to rock bottom, where he begins his wild-hilarious and heartbreaking-journey to recovery.
The creative team for The White Chip includes scenic design by Lawrence E. Moten III (Chicken & Biscuits), costume design by Devario Simmons (Bees & Honey), lighting design by Abigail Hoke-Brady (Hippolytos) and sound design by Leon Rothenberg (Babbitt). Peter Royston is the Stage Manager, Bethany Stewart is the Production Manager, and Nathan Peck is the Associate Director. Casting is by Stephanie Yankwitt & Margaret Dunn, tbd casting co.
Additional producers include John Beyer, Linda Karn, Shannyn Lambert, Barbara Manocherian, Daryl Roth, Jayne Baron Sherman, Ashley Melone & Nick Mills, Susan Edelstein, Jacob Soroken Porter, and Beth Rosner join previously announced Tony Award winner and 2023 Emmy Award nominee Annaleigh Ashford (Sweeney Todd), Emmy Award winner Hank Azaria (Tuesdays with Morrie), Jason Biggs (“Orange is the New Black,” The Heidi Chronicles), Emmy and Tony Award winner John Larroquette ("Night Court," How to Succeed...), renowned recovery activist and author Ryan Hampton, and the nonprofit organization The Recovery Project as members of the producing team.
The performance schedule for The White Chip is as follows:
Beginning January 22 - Monday-Saturday at 8:00pm
Beginning February 2 - Tuesday-Saturday at 7:30pm; Wednesday & Saturday at 1:30pm; Sunday at 3:00pm
Tickets are $87 and now on sale online.
Lia Chang is an actor, a multi-media content producer, activist, documentarian and an Award winning filmmaker and co-founder of Bev’s Girl Films making films that foster inclusion and diversity on both sides of the camera. Lia is also the host and Executive Producer of BACKSTAGE PASS WITH LIA CHANG, an Arts and Entertainment and Lifestyle program that airs on Sundays at 6:30pm on FIOS 34, RCN 83, Spectrum 56/1996 and streams on MNN2. Lia was recently profiled on Asian American Life. BGF collaborates with and produces multi-media content for artists, actors, designers, theatrical productions, composers, m