Cast and Creative Bios | Huzzah!
JOSH BRECKENRIDGE (Inigo Johnson) The Old Globe: Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show. Broadway: Swept Away, The Heart of Rock and Roll, Come From Away, The Scottsboro Boys, The Ritz. Off Broadway: Urinetown, The Scottsboro Boys, Saved. National Tour: Into the Woods, The Book of Mormon. Regional: The Apple Boys (Bucks County Playhouse), Tootsie (Ogunquit), Christmas In Connecticut (Goodspeed), Dave (Arena), Sunday…George (Huntington), The Whipping Man (KC Rep), Tales of the City (A.C.T.), TSB (Guthrie), Hairspray (Marriott Theatre), Smokey Joes Café (Cape Playhouse), HSM2, Dreamgirls (NCT), Memphis (La Jolla Playhouse/5th Ave). Film: Finding Me: Truth. Television: “The Morning Show,” ”FBI Most Wanted,” “American Rust,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Blacklist,” “FBI.” B.F.A.: CCM. Album: Monotony. | |
ANTHONY CHATMON II (Gareth) Broadway: Hadestown, Be More Chill. National Tour: Fiasco Theater’s Into The Woods, The Book of Mormon. Off Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong, The Tempest (Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park). Regional: Hood (Asolo), Double Helix (Bay Street Theater), Hairspray (Dallas Theater Center). Film/TV: recurs as Terrance Stewart on Hulu’s “Reasonable Doubt”, BET’s “A Jenkins Family Christmas,” “Law and Order: SVU,” “The Other Two,” “Invasion,” “Blue Bloods.” Reps: Buchwald and Rebel Creative. B.F.A. from UC Irvine. Instagram: @anthonychatmonjr. |
PEYTON CRIM (Wayland Smith) Off Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong (New World Stages), Brigadoon (Encores!), On a Clear Day.., Finian’s Rainbow (Irish Rep) Touring: The Play That Goes Wrong (First National), The Music Man. Regional: Fiddler On The Roof (A.C.T. of CT), Into The Woods, A Little Night Music (Knot Free Productions), Mary Poppins (Paper Mill Playhouse), Sunset Blvd., Sweeney Todd (The Gateway), The Music Man (Musical Theatre West), Peter Pan, Ring of Fire (The Fireside Theatre), The Pokemusical (Color and Light Theatre), A Dash of Rosemary (Sierra Repertory Theatre) Film/TV: “Solar Opposites,” “L&O: SVU.” He can be heard in numerous national commercials, video games, and audio dramas. Education: Oklahoma City University. Instagram: @mrpeytoncrim. | |
MICHAEL LOUIS CUSIMANO (Ensemble, Rosencrantz) The Old Globe: The Tale of Despereaux. Regional: The Ballad of Johnny and June, Lempicka (La Jolla Playhouse), Oklahoma, The Last Five Years, Rocky Horror, On the 20th Century (Cygnet), Once, Million Dollar Quartet, Big Fish, The Importance of Being Earnest, Baskerville (Lamb’s Players), The Cherry Orchard, Desperate Measures (North Coast Rep). TV: “A Moment in Crime” and “Devil in the Details” on ID. Honors: Two-time Craig Noel Award winner for Actor of the Year in 2019, and for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2024 for playing Anatole in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 at Cygnet Theatre. Education: B.F.A. Carnegie Mellon. Michael is also a co-founder of award-winning production company Chalk Circle Collective. @koozimano on Instagram. |
MATT DASILVA (Troubadour Tim) New York Theatre: Endlings (NYTW). National Tour: Beauty and the Beast (LeFou). Select regional: Waitress (Theatre By The Sea), Jersey Boys (Weston Theater Co.), I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change, Rock of Ages (Engeman Theater), Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Arkansas Rep.), How To Succeed... (Flat Rock Playhouse), Miracle on 34th Street (Ocean State Theatre Company). Album: Heathers The Musical - Deluxe Edition. TV: “FBI.” mattdasilva.com, @mattydasilva on Instagram. |
BERTO FERNÁndez (Swing) The Old Globe: Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Favorite credits: In the Heights (Signature Theatre), Next to Normal (OTC), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (CCAE Theatricals), Kinky Boots, Ragtime (Moonlight), Evita, La Cage aux Folles, Rock of Ages (Cygnet), Head Over Heels (Diversionary), The Addams Family (Welk), In the Heights, Catch Me If You Can, Sister Act (SDMT), Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage (Disney World), Jesus Christ Superstar, Little Shop of Horrors (Lyric Theatre of Puerto Rico). Honors: 2022 Craig Noel Actor of the Year Award from the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle. Bertoworld.com. |
CAILEN FU (Kate Mirandola) The Old Globe: debut. Broadway: Mean Girls. Select regional: King Lear (as Cordelia; Shakespeare Theater Co.), The Devil Wears Prada (Chicago), Newsies (as Katherine; Theater Under the Stars), Frozen (as Anna; Theater Under the Stars/La Mirada Theater), Escape to Margaritaville (as Rachel; Ogunquit Playhouse). Film/TV: The Housemaid (upcoming in theaters Christmas 2025), Kinda Pregnant (Netflix), “Elsbeth” (CBS), “Law & Order” (NBC). Rep: CESD/Lakey Wolff & Co. Education: B.F.A. in Musical Theater, Honors in Acting from UC Irvine. Additional training: RADA; ArtsEd and Shakespeare’s Globe; Oregon Shakespeare Festival. @cailenfu on Instagram, @cailenreneefu on TikTok, cailenfu.com. |
MAX ANTONIO GONZALEZ (Swing) (he/him) is an actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer based in Brooklyn, NY. Off Broadway: Romeo and Juliet, The Three Musketeers (The Acting Co.), The Angel Makers (SheNYC). Regional: Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (Pasadena Playhouse), The Music Man (Marriott Theatre), Cabaret (Barrington Stage Co.), Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Alabama Shakespeare Festival). Developmental: Lempicka (Broadway Choreography pre-pro), The Death of Desert Rose (Off Broadway work session), Aura (New York Theatre Workshop). Choreography: Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (Pasadena Playhouse). Training: NYU Tisch at the New Studio on Broadway. Maxantoniogonzalez.com, @maxgonzo13. |
ALLISON GUINN (The Lady Eve): Broadway: Tammy Faye, On the Town (2014 Revival), Hair (2009 Revival). West End: Hair (2009 Revival). National Tour: Les Miserables (as Madame Thenardier, 2017). TV: “Only Murders in the Building” (SAG Award Nomination), “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “American Horror Story: Delicate,” ‘Inside Amy Schumer,” “The Knick,” “Boardwalk Empire.” Graduate of East Tennessee State University and Circle in the Square Theatre School. Love and thanks to The Katz Company, Nicolosi & Co., family, and Bear! |
LIISI LAFONTAINE (Gwen Mirandola) The Old Globe: debut. Theatre: Moulin Rouge (West End original company), Dreamgirls (West End original company), DRAG: The Musical (New World Stages), Fly (La Jolla Playhouse), Born for This (Regional), Gun & Powder (Paper Mill Playhouse). TV credits include “God Friended Me” (CBS) and “Good Trouble” (Freeform). Liisi is a Young Arts award winner and attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. Instagram: @liisilafontaine. She dedicates this performance to her Renaissance Faire loving sister, Skye. |
BETH STAFFORD LAIRD (Ensemble, Lady Alisoun the Healing Nun) The Old Globe debut. National Tour: Company, Anastasia, Newsies, Ghost. Regional: Anna in Frozen, Belle in Beauty and the Beast (Paramount Aurora; two-time Jeff Award nominee), Katherine in Newsies (PCLO and La Mirada), Ali in Mamma Mia (PCLO), Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes (Theatre Row, NYC), Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Joanna in Sweeney Todd (White Plains Performing Arts Center). Film/TV: Newsies (Disney+). Education: current graduate student (CCM Vocal Pedagogy) at Shenandoah University. B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Emerson College. Bethstaffordlaird.com, @bethstaffordlaird on Instagram. |
SOPHIA LAROSH (Swing) The Old Globe: Regency Girls. Regional: Matilda, Legally Blonde, Anything Goes, The 25th Annual…Spelling Bee (SDMT), Miracle on 34th Street (NVA), Ride the Cyclone (Trinity Theatre Company), Stranger Sings: A Parody Musical (OTC; West Coast premiere). Education: graduate from the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts. @thesophialarosh on Instagram. |
MICHELLE LAUTO (Ensemble, Wolfwalker) The Old Globe: debut. Regional: Jenna in Waitress (Paramount), Rona in The 25th Annual…Spelling Bee (IRT), Carla in In The Heights, Ado Annie in Oklahoma, Evelyn Nesbit in Ragtime, Marty in Grease (Marriott Theatre), Sheila in Hair (Mercury Theatre), Spamilton (The Royal George; Jeff Award for Best Actress in a Revue), Million Dollar Quartet (South Coast Rep), Evita (Drury Lane), Sunset Boulevard, In The Heights (Porchlight Music Theatre). Represented by Stewart Talent. Michellelauto.com, @michellelauto on Instagram. |
TATIANA LOFTON (Ensemble, Pixie) Broadway: Pirates! The Penzance Musical, A Beautiful Noise (u/s Doctor). Off Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors (Ronnette). National Tour: Once on This Island (u/s Asaka), Waitress (u/s Becky). Regional: The Wiz, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Beauty and the Beast (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Pace University alum. IG: @Tatianalofton. |
MIKE MILLAN (Juan Diego Santiago de Fuensalida) Broadway: Escape to Margaritaville. National Tour: Sister Act. Off Broadway: Titanique (Asylum Theater), As You Like It (The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park), Piece of My Heart (Signature Theater Company). Regional: A Funny Thing…Forum, Which Way to the Stage (Signature); 42nd Street, Pirates! (The Muny); Band Geeks, Nobody Loves You (Goodspeed). LA Theatre: Found (IAMA Theater Company; Ovation nom for Best Lead Actor in a Musical), Buyer & Cellar (Celebration Theater). TV: Erik on NBC’s “Sunnyside,” “Let’s Be Tigers” (Disney+), “The Neighborhood,” “High Maintenance,” “Carpool Karaoke.” Other: 2019 CBS Diversity Sketch Showcase (LA). |
KEVIN PARISEAU (Sir John Thomas Morningwood) The Old Globe: debut. New York: Little Shop of Horrors (Off Broadway); My Fair Lady (LCT National Tour); Grand Hotel (Encores!); Legally Blonde (OBC, ACCA Award); Show Boat (NY Philharmonic); The Explorers Club, Ink (MTC); I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Off Broadway). Regional: Kennedy Center, DPAC, Paper Mill Playhouse, Asolo Rep, Riverside Theatre, Bucks County Playhouse, Two River Theater, Delaware Theatre Co. Film/TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The Blacklist,” “Evil,” “Boardwalk Empire,” Tower Heist, Morning Glory. Audiobooks: over 130 recordings, including Herman Wouk’s The Winds of War (Audie nomination) and War and Remembrance. |
KATHERYNE PENNY (Swing) The Old Globe: Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Off Broadway: Forbidden Broadway. Regional: Diana (La Jolla Playhouse), Spamalot (Hollywood Bowl), Frozen (Disney’s Hyperion Theater). TV: “Comedy Bang Bang” (IFC), “Elsbeth” (CBS). Education: UCLA. @kpennylane, katherynepenny.com. |
AARON MICHAEL RAY (Ensemble, Guildenstern) The Old Globe: debut. Off Broadway: Ghost of John McCain (SoHo Playhouse), The Low Road (The Public Theater), Spamilton. Tours: Come From Away (First National Tour), A Wonderful World (pre-Broadway). Select regional: Little Shop of Horrors (Denver Center), A Strange Loop (Speakeasy Stage Company/Front Porch Arts Collective), The 25th Annual…Spelling Bee (George Street Playhouse). TV: “Daredevil: Born Again.” Aaron is a jazz trumpet player of over 20 years. B.M. in Professional Music from Berklee College of Music and a M.F.A. in Musical Theatre from The Boston Conservatory. IG: @aaronmichaelray. |
LEO ROBERTS (Sir Roland Prowd) Stuart Dunmire in the U.S. tour of Mrs. Doubtfire. Alternate Shrek in the U.K. & Ireland tour of Shrek the Musical. West End: Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre and All-Star Universal Pictures concert), Riff in West Side Story (BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall), Steve Baker in Show Boat (New London Theatre). Other credits: Queen of the Mist, An American Eclipse. Regional: The Beast in Beauty and the Beast (MTW). Records with the Sinfonia of London on award-winning albums including Oklahoma!, Carousel, and My Fair Lady. Trained at ArtsEd London. Instagram: @leorobertsbaritone. |
KATE SHINDLE (Anne Bonny the Pirate Queen) The Old Globe: Himself and Nora. Broadway: Wonderland (Mad Hatter), Legally Blonde (Vivienne; OBC), Cabaret (Sally Bowles), Jekyll & Hyde. National Tour: Fun Home (Alison). Elsewhere: Rapture, Blister, Burn (Catherine), After the Fall (Maggie), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena), Gypsy (Louise), Enter Laughing, Children of Eden, Into the Woods, The Last Five Years, First Lady Suite, Sympathy Jones. Film/TV: “The Good Fight” (Rachelle Max), “L&O SVU,” Lucky Stiff, Capote, The Stepford Wives, “Gossip Girl,” “White Collar,” “Elementary.” Kate has written for Variety, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, Slate, Salon, and her book Being Miss America. She is also an Executive Performance Coach with standdeliver.com. |
LANCE ARTHUR SMITH (Johnny Mirandola) (he/him), The Old Globe: Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, October Sky, Life After. San Diego: Jersey Boys (CCAE Theatricals); Redwood, Like They Magical (La Jolla Playhouse); Spamalot, The Bodyguard, Mamma Mia!, My Fair Lady (Welk); Million Dollar Quartet, Around the World in 80 Days (Lamb’s Players); La Cage aux Folles, Bed and Sofa (Cygnet); Victor/Victoria, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mamma Mia!, Guys and Dolls (Moonlight Stage); Intimate Apparel (San Diego Rep); Tomfoolery, Romance/Romance (North Coast Rep); A Piece of My Heart (Mo`olelo); Tuesdays with Morrie (Vista’s Broadway Theater). Regional: Julius Caesar (Kingsmen Shakespeare); The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Merchant of Venice, Return to the Forbidden Planet (ARK); Carousel, Grease (PCPA). Proud AEA member. |
NELL BENJAMIN
(Book, Music, and Lyrics) The Old Globe: Come Fall in Love – The DDLJ Musical (also Manchester Opera House). Broadway: Mean Girls, Real Women Have Curves, Legally Blonde with Laurence O’Keefe. Off Broadway/Regional: Dave; Because of Winn Dixie; Pirates! (or Gilbert & Sullivan Plunder’d); Half Time; Cam Jansen; Sarah, Plain and Tall; The Mice (from 3hree); I Want My Hat Back; How I Became a Pirate; The Explorers Club. The New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve celebration and Young People’s concerts. Film: The Sea Beast; Mean Girls (2024). TV: “Unhappily Ever After;” “Whoa! Sunday with Mo Rocca;” “The Electric Company;” “Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris;” “Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway;” “Julie’s Greenroom.” Member: ASCAP, Dramatists Guild. Honors: Kleban Prize, Jonathan Larson Grant.
laurence o'keefe
(Book, Music, and Lyrics) Broadway and NYC: Legally Blonde; Heathers: The Musical; Bat Boy; Sarah, Plain and Tall; Cam Jansen; The Explorers’ Club. TV/film: The Sea Beast, “The Simpsons,” “The Daily Show,” “Ant & Dec,” “Best Time Ever,” “Make ‘Em Laugh,” “Johnny and the Sprites,” “Legally Blonde Live On Broadway,” “The Search for Elle Woods.” Albums: Heathers, Blonde, and Bat Boy each have US and UK albums; Heathers certified Gold. Honors: Olivier Award; Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Awards; Kleban Award; American Academy’s Richard Rodgers Award; ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award; Jonathan Larson Award. Huge love and Huzzahs to Nell, Persephone, Evelyn, Dan, Mark, Tina, Nikos.
annie tippe
(Director) Off Broadway: Octet (Signature, world premiere; Lortel Awards for Best Direction and Best Musical), Three Houses (Signature, world premiere; Lortel Award for Best Musical), Ghost Quartet (Bushwick Starr, world premiere; Norton Award for Best Visiting Production), Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares (Audible; Edinburgh), Magnificent Bird/Book of Travelers (Playwrights Horizons), Your Own Personal Exegesis (LCT). Regional: Life After (Goodman, Ed Mirvish CAA; Jeff Award nominee), COWBOY BOB (Alley; world premiere), Cult of Love (IAMA; world premiere), Potus (Berkeley Rep). Film: “HELP ME MARY’’ (Lower East Side Film Fest; Best Narrative Short). Honors: Ars Nova Director-in-Residence, Drama League Directing Fellow, Williamstown Directing Corps. Education: NYU Tisch. Annietippe.com.
(Choreographer) The Old Globe: debut. Broadway: The Notebook. Select regional: …Great Comet (Writers Theatre), Waitress (Paramount), The Music Man (Marriott Theatre), Cabaret (Barrington Stage and Olney Theatre), An American Tail (CTC; world premiere), Once (Writers Theatre), Swearing in English (Ars Nova), AD 16 (Olney Theater), The Beautiful Game (Tokyo), The Who’s Tommy (DCPA), Oklahoma! (Goodspeed). TV: “School Spirits,” “Jessica Jones,” “RENT! Live.” Associate Choreographer: Moulin Rouge, Amélie, American Psycho, Once (Broadway). Additional collaborations: Lookingglass, Ars Nova, Goodman, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Camerata Bern, Court Theatre, The Hypocrites, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Timeline Theatre, Northwestern University.
(Scenic Design) The Old Globe: Noises Off. Broadway: August Osage County (Tony, Olivier Awards), The Motherfucker with the Hat (Tony, Outer Critics Circle nom), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Of Mice and Men, This is Our Youth, Fish in the Dark, Straight White Men, Linda Vista, Eureka Day, Purpose. International: August Osage County (London, Australia); Beauty Queen, Madama Butterfly (Ireland); Nice Fish, Downstate (London); Life After (Toronto). Works at many regional theaters in the US including Steppenwolf (35 productions); the Goodman (Artistic partner) and more. Select awards: Distinguished Achievement (USITT), Helen Hayes, Ovation, Joseph Jefferson, Michael Merritt. Jaharis Family Professor, Northwestern University. Education: Yale Drama.
(Costume Design) The Old Globe: debut. Opera: Carousel, Das Lied von der Erde (Boston Lyric Opera). Off Broadway: Bad Kreyol, Three Houses (Signature Theatre), Wet Brain (Playwrights Horizons/MCC), Mojada (The Public), Space Dogs (MCC), Eva Luna (Repertorio Español), among others. Regional: POTUS, The Aves (Berkeley Rep); Clyde’s (Alabama Shakes, St. Louis Rep); productions at Alley Theatre, American Players Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Hartford Stage, TheatreSquared, among others. Honors: Obie Award, Artistas de Teatro Independiente Award. Education: M.F.A. in Design from Yale School of Drama. Haydeezelideth.com, @haydeezelideth on Instagram.
(Lighting Design) Broadway: Guttenberg! The Musical!, Cost of Living, Freestyle Love Supreme, Bandstand, Falsettos, Holiday Inn, Something Rotten!, Penn & Teller, Newsies, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Disaster!, Jekyll and Hyde, Next Fall, among others. Off Broadway: over 150 productions including Kowalski, Curse of the Starving Class, Sabbath’s Theatre, Night of the Iguana, Only Gold, Black No More, Beyond Babel, Smokey Joe’s Café, Jerry Springer: The Opera, Tiny Beautiful Things. Received Tony, Hewes, Bass Awards and Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lortel, NAACP, Ovation, IRNE and AUDELCO nominations. Recently designed Hercules on the West End and Limitless in Las Vegas.
(Sound Design) (he/him/his) The Old Globe: Noises Off, The Tale of Despereaux (associate). Broadway: How to Dance in Ohio. Off Broadway: Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares, Sorry For Your Loss, Jason Gotay: Where You’ll Find Me, Solea Pfeiffer: You Are Here (Audible/Minetta Lane). Regional: Co-Founders (A.C.T.), Jersey Boys (Village Theatre), Leroy and Lucy (Steppenwolf), Rutka (Cincinnati Playhouse), Once (KC Rep), Gun & Powder (Paper Mill Playhouse), Evita (A.R.T./S.T.C.), The Hot Wing King (Alliance), Kim’s Convenience (TheatreSquared). Concerts: Disney’s DCappella, Disney Princess The Concert, Disney ’80s-‘90s Celebration in Concert. Education: B.F.A. in Sound Design from DePaul University. Connorwangdesigns.com, @connor_waaang.
(Wig Design) Broadway: Fat Ham. Associate Designer: Macbeth, Chicken & Biscuits, Sweat, Camelot, Blues for an Alabama Sky (Barrington Stage); Two Strangers, Diary of a Tap Dancer (A.C.T.); The Grove, Sojourners, Toni Stone, Fat Ham, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (The Huntington); Bad Kreyól, Three Houses (Signature); Table 17 (Makeup Design, MCC); A Midsummer Night Dream, Malvolio, Twelfth Night (Classical Theater of Harlem); Hamlet, The Harder They Come, Fat Ham, cullad wattah, Mojada (Public Theater); Dames at Sea, Kinky Boots (Bucks County Playhouse); On Killing (Soho Rep); Little Girl Blue (Goodspeed, New World Stages); On Sugarland (NYTW); Nina Simone: Four Women (Berkshire Theatre Group). IG: @earonnealey.
(Fight Choreographer) (he/him) The Old Globe: Noises Off, Henry 6, The Last Goodbye, Robin Hood!, As You Like It, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet. Other credits: Here Lies Love (Broadway, etc.), Peter and the Starcatcher (Broadway, etc.), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Broadway, etc.), Cyrano (Broadway), Henry IV (TFANA), Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout), Sailor Man (co-creator; NY Fringe; Outstanding Play Award), The Buccaneer (playwright; The Tank). Choreography: Disney Cruise Line, The Public, Williamstown, Asolo, Ogunquit Playhouse, Les Freres Corbusier, Robin Hood Foundation, many others. TV/film: Peter Pan Live! (NBC/Universal), Dark Was the Night (also creature performer; Caliber/Image). Education: fencing epee for Yale.
(Associate Director) Life After (Mirvish), Perpetual Sunshine and the Ghost Girls (NAMT), Helen (La Ti Do Productions), Spiral Bound (Joe’s Pub), All We Know of Love & Fire (The Tank), Death of an Underling (Theatre Now), The Baroque Cycle (Teatro Latea), Plane Girl (Manhattanville University), Sense & Sensibility (Capilano University Theatre), The Addams Family (Bravo Academy for the Performing Arts), Hot Girls Write Musicals (Greenroom 42). Honors: Musical Creators’ Institute Fellowship, NAMT Creative Assistantship. Hayleygoldenberg.com, @hayleygoldenberg on Instagram.
(Associate Choreographer) Regional: Evita (A.R.T., Associate Choreographer and Swing); Evita
(STC, Associate Choreographer and Swing); Romeo & Juliet (Hudson Valley Shakespeare, Choreographer); Dare to Dream (Disney, Associate Choreographer). International: Dangling Conversation (Berlin); Om (Esthètes à Klak, France). Film/TV: Silver Linings Playbook (dir. David O. Russell); Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (Cirque du Soleil); The Coronation (dir. Emily Penick). Education: NYU Gallatin. Kelsey is a choreographer, movement director, and dancer based in New York City. Burnsworks.squarespace.com, Instagram: @kelsinmotion.
(Dialect Coach) The Old Globe: Henry 6, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B, Ride, Cabaret, Murder on the Orient Express, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dial M for Murder. Regional: Noises Off, Sweeney Todd, Man from Nebraska, Private Lives (Cygnet Theatre), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (North Coast Rep), The Glass Menagerie (Diversionary). The Old Globe and USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program: Voice and Speech faculty; The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Cloud 9, Measure for Measure, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Mother Courage and Her Children, more. Honors: Horrigan Award, Craig Noel M.F.A. Fellowship. Emmelynthayer.com.
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(he/him) (Production Stage Manager) The Old Globe: debut. Thirty-five Broadway shows, including Shucked, Moulin Rouge, The Cher Show, Holiday Inn, Bright Star, Promises Promises, A Steady Rain, White Christmas, The Phantom of the Opera, The History Boys, Cabaret (Roundabout), Dance of the Vampires, Kiss of The Spiderwoman, Carousel (LCT), Angels in America, The Will Rogers Follies, and Starlight Express. Associate Professor and Concentration Advisor for the M.F.A. Program in Stage Management at Columbia University. Education: B.A. from NYU Tisch School of the Arts; M.A. from NYU Gallatin School.
(Orchestrations and Arrangements) West End: Heathers: The Musical (arrangements, orchestrations). Off Broadway: Neurosis (music), Application Pending (original songs), Heathers. Regional: Sarah, Plain and Tall (orchestrations, Dallas Theater Center); Neurosis (REV Theater). Immersive: Journey Odyssey NYC (original songs). TV: “The Simpsons” (orchestrations for “Goodbye Middle Class” from Season 33 finale). Video games (upcoming): The Judgement of Quintus (music). Dramatists Guild Fellow. BMI Workshop Alum. Music Director for Harvard College’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest theatrical organization in the U.S.
(Orchestrations) is an Iranian-American conductor, music director, pianist and orchestrator/arranger. Her work spans theatre, opera, and more. She is currently the music director and conductor of the Heathers revival. Recent highlights include music directing and conducting the Lortel and Drama Desk-nominated production of We Live in Cairo and playing/conducting the Lucille Lortel-winning Three Houses. Recent credits include Water for Elephants, Kimberly Akimbo, Come From Away, Company, Mean Girls (Broadway); Heathers, We Live in Cairo, Three Houses, Terce, Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse, Oratorio for Living Things (Off Broadway); Evita (Regional); Tosca, Macbeth (Opera). Instagram: @mona_s_b_.
(Music Supervisor) is a Grammy and Drama Desk Award-winning artist who has served as the music supervisor or music director for over fifteen Broadway shows including: Death Becomes Her, Once Upon A Mattress, Water for Elephants, Some Like It Hot, The Prom, Mean Girls, Tuck Everlasting, Finding Neverland, Big Fish, The Addams Family, Company, and Sweeney Todd. Campbell is passionate about arts education and access to arts education for marginalized communities. She founded Arts Ignite (artsignite.org) which recruits and trains high-level artists to teach young people health education and life skills through the arts.
(Associate Music Supervisor) Broadway: Water for Elephants, Six, Mean Girls, Tuck Everlasting, Allegiance. Off Broadway: Sweet Charity (The New Group). Regional: Alliance, Goodman, Court, Porchlight, Timeline, Huntington. Film/TV: Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” Proud Northwestern University graduate.
(Music Director) is a pianist and music director from the Dominican Republic. He is a graduate of the University of Miami. Broadway: Death Becomes Her, Some Like It Hot. Off Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors (West Side Theater). NYC: Urinetown (Encores!), Oliver! (Encores!), Wanted (Pre-Broadway). Regional: Like Father (Alliance), Queen of Versailles (Emerson Colonial). Thank you to Mary-Mitchell for her endless guidance. Love to Patrick and Theo. @alesenior, alejandrosenior.com.
(Assistant Stage Manager) The Old Globe: debut. Broadway: Left on Tenth, Shucked, Moulin Rouge!, Tootsie, The Cher Show. Off Broadway: The Lucky Star (59E59), This Space Between Us (Keen Company), The Half-Life of Marie Curie (Audible Theater), The Low Road (The Public Theater), On the Shore of the Wide World (Atlantic Theater Company). Regional: tick, tick... BOOM!, The Music Man (The Kennedy Center); productions at Hartford Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Bay Street Theater, Minnesota Opera. UNCSA alumnus.
(Assistant Stage Manager) Broadway: The Music Man, Harmony, Moulin Rouge! Off Broadway: Kissing the Floor (Theatre Row). Regional: Regency Girls, Henry 6 (The Old Globe) Kiss My Aztec! (Hartford Stage), Rent (Paper Mill Playhouse). New works: Get Happy, A Beautiful Noise, The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical, Small Town, Goree All Girl String Band. Education: B.A. in Theatre and Speech from Wagner College, M.F.A. in Stage Management from Columbia University. Vanessarebeil.com.
BARRY EDELSTEIN (Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director) is a stage director, producer, author, and educator. His Globe directing credits include The Winter’s Tale, Othello, The Twenty-Seventh Man, the world premiere of Rain, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Hamlet, the world premiere of The Wanderers, the American premiere of Life After, Romeo and Juliet, the world premiere of What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, the two-part epic Henry 6, and, during the pandemic, Hamlet: On the Radio. He also directed All’s Well That Ends Well as the inaugural production of the Globe for All community tour, and he oversees the Globe’s Classical Directing Fellowship program. In addition to his recent Globe credits, he directed The Tempest with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2018 and The Wanderers Off Broadway with Roundabout Theatre Company in 2023. As Director of the Shakespeare Initiative at The Public Theater (2008–2012), Edelstein oversaw all of the company’s Shakespearean productions as well as its educational, community outreach, and artist-training programs. At The Public, he staged the world premiere of The Twenty-Seventh Man, Julius Caesar, The Merchant of Venice, Timon of Athens, and Steve Martin’s WASP and Other Plays. He was also Associate Producer of The Public’s Broadway production of The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino. From 1998 to 2003 he was Artistic Director of Classic Stage Company. His book Thinking Shakespeare is the standard text on American Shakespearean acting. He is also the author of Bardisms: Shakespeare for All Occasions. His podcast “Where There’s a Will: Finding Shakespeare” was produced by the Globe and Pushkin Industries. He is a graduate of Tufts University and the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
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TIMOTHY J. SHIELDS (Audrey S. Geisel Managing Director) joined The Old Globe as Managing Director in 2017, bringing with him a wealth of theatrical experience and a deep commitment to community service. Since his appointment, he has been actively involved in the San Diego community, currently serving as an executive committee member of the board of the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership; as a member of the City of San Diego’s Balboa Park Committee; and as an advisory board member of the San Diego Downtown Partnership, following his term as a board member of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce’s LEAD program. In his over four decades of service to non-profit theatres, Shields has held several prominent positions. He was the Managing Director of Princeton, New Jersey’s McCarter Theatre Center from 2009 to 2017, and held the same role at Milwaukee Repertory Theater from 1998 to 2009, and at Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, New York, from 1992 to 1998. Additionally, he has held administrative roles at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis; the Denver Center Theatre Company; and earlier at McCarter Theatre Center. He has been a significant figure in the non-profit theatre field, serving as President of the League of Resident Theatres and as Vice President of the board at Theatre Communications Group, and as a grant panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. Other notable roles include being the co-founder and President of Theatre Wisconsin; a member of Milwaukee’s Latino Arts Board; the Chair of the ArtPride NJ board; and being a board member of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee. Tim holds a B.F.A. in Drama Production from Carnegie Mellon University in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and remains to this day a die-hard fan of the Steelers and Pirates. |
Casting
The Telsey Office
Bethany Knox, CSA
Jimmy Larkin, CSA
Crysilyn Childs
Special Thanks
No Guarantees Productions
Dylan Pager
Taylor Tranfaglia
Christine Schwarzman
Megan O'Keefe
Darren Johnston
Rob Laqui
Amram Zeitchik
Special Thanks
RCI Theatricals
Kyle Bonder
Dani Karliner Nash
Joe Christopher
TAKING PHOTOS IN THE THEATRE
Audience members may take photos in the theatre before and after the performance and during intermission.
Please note: Photos are strictly prohibited during the performance. Photos of the stage are not permitted if an actor is present. Video recording is not permitted at any time in the theatre.
Todd Rosenthal, Scenic Design
Haydee Zelideth, Costume Design
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Jeff Croiter, Lighting Design
Conner Wang, Sound Design
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