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Stephanie J. Block and Sebastian Arcelus to Match Mystery of Edwin Drood Donations For Covenant House

Brian Scott Lipton

New York City

November 5, 2012

Broadway stars Stephanie J. Block and husband Sebastian Arcelus will provide financial aid to Covenant House by matching every $10 donation to the charity texted before and during the Wednesday, November 7 performance of the Roundabout Theatre Company’s The Mystery of Edwin Drood at Studio 54. Block plays the title role in the Rupert Holmes musical, which is now in previews prior to a November 13 opening.

By texting KIDS to 80888, you can donate $10 to Covenant House, which is the largest privately funded agency in the Americas providing shelter, food, immediate crisis care, and an array of other services to homeless and runaway youth

Block’s many other stage credits include Anything Goes, 9 to 5 the Musical, The Pirate Queen, Wicked, The Boy from Oz, and By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, for which she received a 2012 Drama Desk Award nomination. Arcelus has starred on Broadway in such shows as Jersey Boys and Elf.