Stanley Bahorek
(Evan/Rick)
Broadway: Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putman County Spelling Bee. Off-Broadway: Inventing Avi (Abingdon Theatre), Evan/Rick in Transport Group/Richard Rodgers workshop of See Rock City. Recent credits: Candide in Candide (The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle), Hunter in [title of show] (Arizona Theatre Company), Mark in Rent (Engeman Theatre), Jack in Into the Woods (PittsburghCLO), Chad in Wood (NYMF), Ralph Malph in Happy Days, and Jim Henson's Emmet Otter (Goodspeed Opera House), Adam Gwon's Ordinary Days (world premiere, PA Center Stage), Henry Krieger and Bill Russell's Up in the Air (world premiere, The Kennedy Center), Henrik in A Little Night Music (Theatre Works, CA), and three seasons with Music Theatre of Wichita. National Tour: Tom Sawyer in DeafWest Theatre's revival of Big River, also at Ford's Theatre, ...Spelling Bee in Boston and San Francisco. Member of Actors' Equity Association. Graduate of The University of Michigan. www.stanleybahorek.com
Donna Lynne Champlin
(Claire/Kate)
Transport Group: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (OBIE Award), Bury the Dead, Marcy In The Galaxy, The Audience and First Lady Suite. Broadway: Billy Elliot, Sweeney Todd, Hollywood Arms, By Jeeves, James Joyce's The Dead. Off-Broadway: My Life With Albertine, Reunion, Encores! Bloomer Girl, Carnegie Hall's Very Warm For May, The MET's Master Class, Flight of the Lawnchair Man (NYMF "Outstanding Performance" Award), Love Jerry (NYMF "Outstanding Performance" Award), Broadway By The Year 1947 and Broadway Originals at Town Hall. Recordings include: Sweeney Todd, Albertine, Reunion, By Jeeves, Carols For A Cure, and Our Heart Sings. Critics have called DL's debut CD Old Friends "a masterpiece", "haunting and heartbreaking" and voted it "One of the best vocal albums of 2009". Training: CMU (BFA), Oxford University (Shakespeare/Chekhov scholarship). A brand new bride, DL dedicates this performance to her husband, actor Andrew Arrow. www.donnalynnechamplin.com
Jonathan Hammond
(Dempsey/Tour Guide)
Broadway and National Tours: Ragtime, The Light In The Piazza. Recent credits: Transport Group's The Boys in the Band (OBIE Award and Drama League Award nomination) Kennedy Center: Ragtime and Krieger and Russell’s world premiere of Up in the Air. The Shakespeare Theatre: The Dog in the Manger. Off-Broadway: Theatre For A New Audience, Transport Group, York Theatre. Regional: Actors Theatre of Louisville, McCarter Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, American Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Syracuse Stage, Theatre Works – Palo Alto, Pioneer Theatre Company, Barrington Stage Company, Fulton Opera House, O’Neil Theatre Center. Elliot Norton Award and Outer Critics Circle Award winner. TV: “Law and Order.” Training: University of Michigan (Musical Theatre), Harvard University – American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training (MFA). JonathanHammond.com
Ryan Hilliard
(Grampy/Carney)
Most recently played Henri in "Heroes" at the Depot Theatre. He first played Major Bovier in Grey Gardens at Playwrights Horizons, then later at Washington's Studio Theatre. Europe: Monsieur Richard in Ken Hill's Phantom of the Opera. China: Arvide in Guys and Dolls. He played BAM and toured Great Britain as the First Voice in Bill T. Jones adaptation of Flannery O'Connors Reading Mercy: The Artificial Nigger. At the Met he played the Major Domo in Don Pascquale with Anna Netrebko. He played Mr. Potter in A Wonderful Life at the Engeman. Film work: The Magic Helmet with Tom Aldredge, Noise with Tim Robbins and William Hurt, and Dario Argento's Inferno. He is an original member of Emerging Artists Theatre for whom he recently directed "Emily Breathes" which went to the Dublin Gay Play Festival. "It is my great joy to perform for you."
Mamie Parris(Dodi/Lily)
Mamie loves road trips. Broadway and National Tour credits include the recent revival of Ragtime, The Drowsy Chaperone, Roundabout Theatre's 110 In The Shade, and Legally Blonde - The Musical. Also: Chicago at the Macau International Music Festival, Macua, China, and two holiday tours with country music icon Kenny Rogers (really). Varied and sundry regional roles including Millie, Rizzo, and Audrey. Numerous readings and workshops, including see Rock City (Alexander/Mathias, dir: Kevin DelAguila) and It Shoulda Been You (Anselmi/Hargrove, dir: Casey Nicholaw). Many thanks to Jack, Brad & Adam, Tom & Kristen, and more than ever, my Johnathan. "Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive." - J. Hart. www.mamieparris.com
Bryce Ryness
(Jess/Cutter)
Bryce is so happy to be alive. Most recently, he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his portrayal of 'Woof' in the Tony Award-winning revival of HAIR. He was also seen in Legally Blonde (Aaron, u/s Emmett); Off-Broadway in HAIR (Delacorte, Public) and Crossing Brooklyn (Transport Group). Regional (L.A.): Floyd Collins (Floyd, Ovation nom.). Tour: Rent (Roger). Ryness' first studio album, A Fire In The Night is available on iTunes (rynessband.com). Support these organizations: InvisibleChildren.com, RestoreNYC.org. Bryce is married to Meredith Anerson and together they're proud parents of Mercy Jane (9/4/09).
Sally Wilfert (Lauren/Judy)
Broadway: Assassins, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Disney's King David. National Tour: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Off-Broadway: The Lady in Penthouse B, Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn, The Mistress Cycle, The Prince & The Pauper. Other NY: West Side Story Suite (NYCB Lincoln Center), South Pacific in Concert, Sondheim Tribute, Cole Porter's Jubilee (all at Carnegie Hall). Original Cast Recordings: Make Me a Song, Assassins, King David, The Prince & The Pauper, A Christmas Survival Guide, Sondheim: A Tribute, South Pacific in Concert (both on PBS). Regional: Les Miserables, Marry Me a Little, Spelling Bee, Make Me a Song (World Premiere), The Last Five Years, Elegies: A Song Cycle, Enchanted April, Joyful Noise, Amadeus, to name a few. Television: "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", "Loving", "The Americans" for Comedy Central.
