Photo Flash: First Look at PLAID TIDINGS at the CLO Cabaret

Pittsburgh CLO welcomes the highly anticipated return of Plaid Tidings to the CLO Cabaret, now through January 12. The cast features an exciting mix of Pittsburgh CLO veterans and newcomers to the CLO Cabaret. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Billy Hepfinger (Smudge) returns to the CLO Cabaret after appearing in this summer's Side by Side by Sondheim. A graduate of Princeton and a proud Pittsburgh native, Mr. Hepfinger's local credits include the Pittsburgh CLO (A Musical Christmas Carol, Young Washington), Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theater (Three Sisters, Ivanov), Pittsburgh Musical Theater (The Sound of Music, Hairspray), City Theatre (2011 Young Playwrights Festival), the REP/Pittsburgh Playhouse (Antarktikos), and Carnivale Theatrics (Next to Normal). NYC: workshop of Tamar of the River (Prospect Theater Company). You can also see Mr. Hepfinger in Pittsburgh Public Theater's upcoming production of Company.

Jim Hogan (Frankie) is taking the CLO Cabaret stage for the first time. National Tour: Spring Awakening. Regional: A Little Night Music (Arden Theatre Company), MASS, Grand Hotel, Sweeney Todd (Penn State Centre Stage), Spring Awakening (Mazeppa Productions). BFA: Penn State. www.jimhogan.org

BranDon Lambert (Jinx) is a recent graduate of Point Park University making his CLO Cabaret debut. Other Pittsburgh credits include Pittsburgh Public Theater's Born Yesterday, Pittsburgh Musical Theater's Legally Blonde, and Point Park University's Illyria. Beyond performing, Brandon also enjoys writing music; he recently received the Anna Sosenko Grant for his musical Another World (book by Annick Dall), and his recent theatre-for-young-audiences show, Beauty Can't Sleep, was commissioned and produced by Gretna Theater this past summer.

Quinn Patrick Shannon (Sparky) returns to the CLO Cabaret after appearing in A Grand Night for Singing. He is a graduate of Point Park University and has appeared in Assassins, The Rover, Robin Hood, Alice in Wonderland and Hair. His regional credits include roles with Theatreworks USA, West Virginia Public, Pittsburgh Musical Theater, Stage 62 and Little Lake.

Eric Longo (Understudy) recently appeared in Chicago the Musical on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas and South Pacific at Delaware Theatre Company. Other companies include Quantum Theatre, Attack Theatre and Media Theatre. He earned his BFA from Carnegie Mellon and his Master of Music from Rice University.

Tickets are $34.75-$44.75 and are available online at CLOCabaret.com, by calling 412-456-6666 or at the Box Office at Theater Square. Groups of 10 or more can call the Group Sales Hotline at 412-325-1582 to learn more about special discounts and priority seating.

Photo Credit: Archie Carpenter

BranDon Lambert, Billy Hepfinger, Eric Longo and Quinn Shannon

BranDon Lambert, Eric Longo, Billy Hepfinger and Quinn Shannon

Billy Hepfinger

BranDon Lambert, Quin Shannon, Eric Longo and Billy Hepfinger

BranDon Lambert

BranDon Lambert, Quinn Shannon, Eric Longo and Billy Hepfinger