Sharon Playhouse Sets Star-Studded Casts for 2017 Summer Season

Sharon Playhouse has announced complete casting for its 2017 Season. The season kicks off with MINOR CHARACTER: SIX TRANSLATIONS OF UNCLE VANYA, created by New Saloon (Morgan Green, Madeline Wise, and Milo Cramer), followed by FAR AWAY by Caryl Churchill (Love and Information). The season will conclude with a new, intimate chamber production of Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN. In a shift that begins this season, Morgan Green (William Shakespeare's Mom) will direct all three productions, showcasing the talents and range of the rising director.

MINOR CHARACTER: SIX TRANSLATIONS OF UNCLE VANYA, an adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, is an irreverent mash up of six different English-language translations - from the dusty 1916 edition to Google Translate's whack results. A kaleidoscopic amplification of Chekhov's tragic comedy, each character is interpreted by multiple actors and through multiple translations in an athletic attempt to say one true thing. Created by New Saloon (Brooklyn-based theatre company made up of Morgan Green, Madeline Wise, and Milo Cramer), directed by Morgan Green, and featuring dramaturgy by Elliot B. Quick, MINOR CHARACTER will run in Sharon Playhouse's Bok Gallery from June 9 through June 25, 2017.

MINOR CHARACTER will feature performances from Milo Cramer, Jamal Crowelle, FerNando Gonzalez, David Greenspan, Kennedy Kanagawa, Caitlin Morris, Anne Troup and Madeline Wise.

In FAR AWAY, Caryl Churchill's fable about a world where the line has disappeared between the normal and the fantastic, beauty and horror, plain talk and poetry, Joan has just seen something she shouldn't have. Far from home, she hears screams in the night. She's uncovered a terrible secret that will change the course of her life. Churchill confronts our deepest fears, depicting a chilling world where everyone is at war, and not even the birds in the trees or the river below can be trusted. Directed by Morgan Green, FAR AWAY will run in the Bok Gallery from July 7 through July 23, 2017.

The cast of FAR AWAY will include Mia Katigbak, Gabriel Levey, MadeLynn Peterson and Madeline Wise.

The season will conclude with THE MUSIC MAN, written by Meredith Willson, in celebration of the musical's 60th anniversary as an American Classic. Under the direction of Morgan Green, Sharon Playhouse invites you to experience the story of a lovable conman who warms his way into the heart of small town American like you've never seen it. THE MUSIC MAN will run on the Sharon Playhouse Mainstage from August 4 through August 20, 2017.

THE MUSIC MAN will feature Robert Bannon, Jennie Boone, Arnie Burton, Myles Crain, Milo Cramer, Robert Johanson, Annie McNamara, Ethan Dubin, Rachel Eddy, Colin Gallaher, Tyler Gallaher, Lorelei Gnerre, Susan Hackel, Denise Johnson, Matthew Krob, Ben Langhorst, Helen Laser, Katelin Jeanette Lopes, Megan O'callaghan, Larry Owens, Jacob Pressley, Becca Schneider, Elizabeth Thomas, Daniel Walstad and Jessie Weil

Performance for the season will be Thursdays at 7pm, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8pm, and Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm. Tickets, priced at $20-47, are available by calling the Sharon Playhouse box office at (860)-364-7469 or by visiting www.sharonplayhouse.org.

The Sharon Playhouse will for the first time be offering a complimentary shuttle from the Wassaic MetroNorth Train station to the Playhouse. Reservations required at time of ticket purchase.

With new management this season in Artistic Director Johnson Henshaw and Managing Director George Quick, the Sharon Playhouse is focused on emerging directors, bringing the best and brightest new talent from The New York to Sharon, CT to create innovative and exciting theatre on their intimate stages. For more information, visit www.sharonplayhouse.org.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

MILO CRAMER is a playwright, actor, and co-founder of New Saloon theater company. His plays include CUTE ACTIVIST, APOLOGY CIRCLE, and I'M MISERABLE BUT CHANGE SCARES ME, and have been developed at Soho Rep, Clubbed Thumb, Ars Nova, The Bushwick Starr, Mabou Mines, The Brick, NYU, Williams College, and Lincoln Center's Directors Lab. He is currently under commission from Playwrights Horizons. Milo is delighted to be performing in Minor Character and The Music Man this summer at the Sharon Playhouse.

Jamal Crowelle is beyond thrilled to be working at the Sharon Playhouse for the first time. Born and raised in the suburbs of VA, Jamal graduated with a B.F.A. from Emory & Henry College in acting and has been working ever since! Glad to be in the adventure that is NYC, he recently returned from Walt Disney World as a Jedi Knight (Dream!Geek!) and is a proud member of the Hedgepig Theatre Ensemble and AEA. His favorite productions include Titus Andronicus, The Last Five Years, Violet, Beauty and The Beast, Letters from Anne Frank and MLK, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Seven, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, and For Vixens...Thankful to God, Mom, Dad, Nate, Jared, Seth, Big Mama, Nikki, Lamar, Ms. Shronda, his massive family and friends, and to the fabulous cast and crew he learns from and adores everyday.

FerNando Gonzalez is an actor, science enthusiast, ne'er-do-well, rascal, scamp, and synonym fan. Credits include Charleses (The Tank/The Brick), Omega Kids (NLTP), Minor Character (UTR/The Public Theater), Now is the Time... (Abrons Arts Center), Adventure Quest (Edinburgh Fringe), Big Green Theater (Bushwick Starr), The Improbable... John Law (IRT), The Cherry Orchard (Robert Moss Theater, dir. Robert Moss), sundry readings at NYTW, and a smattering of web projects. He also translated and adapted Bohemian Lights for Live Source's production at HERE Arts Center. BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch/Playwrights Horizons. Follow him @uniqueid... if you've a strong stomach for puns. fernando-gonzalez.com

David Greenspan New Saloon: Minor Character at Invisible Dog and Under the Radar; has acted in his plays Dead Mother, She Stoops to Comedy, The Argument, The Myopia, Go Back to Where You Are and I'm Looking for Helen Twelvetrees - and in premieres by David Adjmi, Sarah Ruhl, Adam Rapp, Stephin Merritt, William Hoffman, Terrence McNally, David Grimm, Kathleen Tolan, Richard Foreman and Mac Wellman; has performed solo renditions of Barry Conner's 1925 comedy The Patsy, Gertrude Stein's lecture Plays and a program of Stein lectures and a playlet Composition...Masterpieces...Identity and is the recipient of a Fox Fellowship, Alpert Award and five OBIES.

Kennedy Kanagawa: Kennedy Kanagawa has recently appeared in the National Asian Artists' Project's "Discover: New Musicals" series, and as Stadler in the premiere reading of "Mr. Holland's Opus," a new musical by BD Wong & Wayne Barker. He is an associate artist of Strangemen & Co., and is currently developing their latest piece, "The 13 Clocks." Favorite regional credits include Judas in "Jesus Christ Superstar" and Tommy in "The Who's Tommy."

Caitlin Morris is a current cast member of the raucous Off-Broadway show Drunk Shakespeare. In the city, she has also appeared in New Saloon's Minor Character at the Public's Under the Radar Festival, at the United Solo Festival (in a sold-out run of Gina Femia's Happily Never Ever), at 24-Hour Plays: Nationals, HERE Arts Center, The Brick, Ars Nova ANT Fest, Dixon Place, in readings at Rattlestick and Playwrights Horizons, and in numerous TinyRhino Productions. Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival (workshop of Love's Labour's Lost with Alex Timbers, Valley of Fear directed by Lila Neugebauer), Contemporary American Theatre Company, Arrow Rock Lyceum, Dixie Theatre and Parrish Art Museum (Kurt Vonnegut's Galapagos). She is also a co-founder of Pitch Her Productions, a non-profit promoting women in film. B.F.A: Otterbein University. www.thecaitlinmorris.com

Anne Troup: Off Broadway: Ivanov (CSC); Regional: Lungs (The Kitchen), Mother of the Maid (Shakespeare and Co), Oliver Twist (A Noise Within); Anne holds an MFA from NYU and a BA from Brown University.

Madeline Wise: Choice (Huntington Theatre); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Millbrook Playhouse); Heart's Desire (Bard Theatre); Blue Kettle (Bard Theatre); What is the Cause of Thunder (Williamstown); William Shakespeare's Mom (Ars Nova ANT Fest), Cooking to me is Poetry (Galapagos Art Space); I'm Miserable But Change Scares Me (The Brick), Kurt Vonnegut's Galapagos (Parrish Art Museum), Parabola (JACK), PlayMoney (LaMAMA), Three Translations of Uncle Vanya (Invisible Dog). Film/Television: Whatever This Is (dir. Adam Goldman -whateverthisis.com); Peacekeepers (dir. Charlie Reeves -peacekeepersnyc.com); The Outs (dir. Adam Goldman theouts.tv); The Lonliest (dir. Lilian Mehrel)

Mia Katigbak (Off Broadway: The Public Theater: Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn, Sound and Beauty by David H. Hwang; New York Theater Workshop: Light Raise the Roof by Kia Corthron, Architecture of Loss by Julia Cho; Target Margin: As Yet Thou Art Young and Rash; Intar: Tight Embrace by Jorge I. Cortinas; National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO): many productions including BlindMouth Singing, Antigone, Long Day's Journey Into Night, The House of Bernarda Alba, The Cherry Orchard; Ma-yi; Women's Project; Theatre for a New Audience; Pan Asian Repertory Theatre; New Federal Theatre; Berkeley Repertory Theatre: McTeague by Neal Bell; Swine Palace: Cocktail by Ping Chong; Sundance Theatre Lab, Summer 2007. Film/Television: Slow Jam King, "Conviction." Other: Co-founder and artistic producing director of the Obie-Award winning NAATCO in New York.)

GABRIEL LEVEY: Recent New York projects and productions include An Octoroon and Ruzante (workshop), both at Theatre For a New Audience; Checkpoint Charlie's State of Affairs in the ANTFEST at Ars Nova; and an original one man show, The Most Beautiful Thing in the World at Cloud City in Brooklyn, Untitled Jenny Schwartz Play at Playwrights Horizons, King Lear (LaMaMa), Marie Antoinette at Yale Repertory Theatre.

MADELynn Peterson: Madelynn is so excited to be a part of this year summer performance of Far Away at the Sharon Play house. This is her first big stage debut. Madelynn loves spending time with her Mom, Dad and little sister Olivia. She also enjoys spending quality time with her cousins Avery, Aly, Sarah, Thomas and Lucas whenever she can. Madelynn enjoys playing her trumpet and cuddling with her kitty. Madelynn has performed in many productions at the Falls Village Community Center and in the God Given Talent Shows at Sharon Congregational Church. Madelynn's dream is to be a star on Broadway someday.

Madeline Wise: Choice (Huntington Theatre); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Millbrook Playhouse); Heart's Desire (Bard Theatre); Blue Kettle (Bard Theatre); What is the Cause of Thunder (Williamstown); William Shakespeare's Mom (Ars Nova ANT Fest), Cooking to me is Poetry (Galapagos Art Space); I'm Miserable But Change Scares Me (The Brick), Kurt Vonnegut's Galapagos (Parrish Art Museum), Parabola (JACK), PlayMoney (LaMAMA), Three Translations of Uncle Vanya (Invisible Dog). Film/Television: Whatever This Is (dir. Adam Goldman -whateverthisis.com); Peacekeepers (dir. Charlie Reeves -peacekeepersnyc.com); The Outs (dir. Adam Goldman theouts.tv); The Lonliest (dir. Lilian Mehrel)

ROBERT BANNON has been acting and singing his whole life. Starting his education in Musical Theater under Bertin Rowser at Julliard Prep, he has performed throughout the tri-state area. He appeared in various commercials and in musical productions such as Grease, Bye Bye Birdie, & Guys and Dolls. He has been fortunate enough to perform with Patti LaBelle, Roseanne Cash, Whoopi Goldberg, George Benson, etc. He has performed for Sec. Hillary Clinton, Gov. George Pataki, etc. and at such venues as Madison Square Garden, The Beacon Theater, and the Brooklyn Academy Of Music. Upon completing college and receiving his teacher certificate and a dual Masters in Reading and Educational Leadership, Robert enrolled at William Esper Studio under Barabra Marchant. With a focus on acting, this marked a new journey into the arts. He was featured on SNL this season and recently appeared in the production of My Big Gay Italian Wedding in Atlantic City, NJ.

Jennie Boone toured the country and Asia on the National Tour of Sister Act. She then performed Sister Mary Patrick at North Shore Music Theatre, Theatre By the Sea and Arkansas Repertory Theatre. She played Tracy in Hairspray at the Allenberry and Hackmatack Playhouse, Cha Cha in Grease at Summer Theatre of New Canaan and Miss Lark in Mary Poppins at North Shore Music Theatre.

Arnie Burton. Broadway: The 39 Steps, Peter and the Starcatcher, Machinal, A Free Man of Color, and Amadeus.

MILO CRAMER is a playwright, actor, and co-founder of New Saloon theater company. His plays include CUTE ACTIVIST, APOLOGY CIRCLE, and I'M MISERABLE BUT CHANGE SCARES ME, and have been developed at Soho Rep, Clubbed Thumb, Ars Nova, The Bushwick Starr, Mabou Mines, The Brick, NYU, Williams College, and Lincoln Center's Directors Lab. He is currently under commission from Playwrights Horizons. Milo is delighted to be performing in Minor Character and The Music Man this summer at the Sharon Playhouse.

Ethan Dubin. Off-Broadway: Rancho Viejo (Playwrights Horizons), Shear Madness, NYC premiere (New World Stages). TV: Orange is the New Black.

Rachel Eddy is thrilled to be spending the summer at the Sharon Playhouse in her home state of CT. Most recently, she worked at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Favorite credits include Lucy in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown at MST, Maria Robinson in "Mysteries at the Museum," Mildred in Sondheim's Saturday Night, and Logainne in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre. You may also have seen her face in all sorts of contorted positions as a part of T-Mobile's "fee face" campaign. Proud recipient of a BFA in Musical Theatre from University of Miami.

COLIN GALLAHER will be a sophomore at Western Connecticut State University and is from Wappingers Falls, New York. He has worked with the Sharon Playhouse on Peter and the Starcatcher as Mrs. Bumbrake. His WCSU credits include Violet (Monty/Ensemble) and The Drowsy Chaperone (Robert US/Ensemble). Other credits include Thoroughly Modern Millie (Jimmy), Bye Bye Birdie (Conrad Birdie), The Addams Family (Lucas), Nice Work If You Can Get It (Jimmy). He is very excited to be a part of The Music Man company!

TYLER GALLAHER (Male Ensemble and Boys Band) is going to be a Sophomore musical theatre major at Western Connecticut State University. The Music Man is his first production with The Sharon Playhouse. University Credits include: The Drowsy Chaperone (Underling), Violet (LeRoy Evans/Passenger/Radio Soloist/Bus Driver #3 also Father and Preacher u/s). Other favorite credits include: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Trevor Graydon III), The Music Man (Marcellus), The Addams Family (Uncle Fester), Footloose (Rev. Shaw), Nice Work if You Can Get it (Duke), Clue the Play (Mr. Geen), The Crucible (Rev. Parris) and Bye Bye Birdie (Mr. Macafee)

LORELEI GNERRE is thrilled to return to the Sharon Playhouse stage in this year's production of Music Man. She most recently appeared in a production of Once On This Island at The Hotchkiss School. She has previously appeared in Sharon Playhouse productions of Les Misérables and The Sound of Music. Her favorite thing in the world is singing. She just can't stop!

SUSAN HACKEL is a veteran of local community theater in Connecticut and is thrilled to return to the Sharon Playhouse this summer to perform in Music Man. Last summer, she performed in Big River as Miss Watson, and previously was in the Gershwin musical revue, The Way You Wear Your Hat. She has appeared in several Warner Main Stage productions, most recently in the ensemble of Follies and Beauty and the Beast. She has also performed in Addams Family (Grandma), Hello Dolly (Mrs. Rose), Fiddler on the Roof (Yente the Matchmaker), and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Grandma Josephine). Other Warner Stage productions include Ragtime, Sunset Boulevard and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Susan has also been active at other local theaters, where she appeared as Sister Mary Lazarus in Sister Act at the Landmark Community Theater in Thomaston, and Mrs. Pomerantz in Fiorello at the Gary-The-Olivia Theater. Susan's interest in theater began when she was a student at SUNY College at Cortland. She performed in several college productions and also had the chance to perform in the very first season of the Cortland Repertory Theater, now a professional regional theater. When not singing and performing in theater, Susan works as a reading specialist in the New Milford Public Schools. She enjoys writing poetry, teaching poetry to children and kayaking.

Robert Johanson is a founding member of Nature Theater of Oklahoma, and has performed around the world with the company in No Dice, Poetics: a Ballet Brut, Romeo and Juliet, and composed music for and performed in Life and Times: Episodes 1-9, part of which won an Obie award in 2013. Robert has worked extensively with Sibyl Kempson's New Theatre Company 7 Daughters of Eve on their productions of Let Us Now Praise Susan Sontag, 12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens, Public People's Enemy, and forthcoming The Securely Conferred, Vouchsafed Keepsakes of Maery S. Recently he co-created and performed in The Loon with Witness Relocation, and wrote and performed No Sympathy for Crying Man at The Lithuanian National Drama Theatre. Robert has worked with many other companies both in New York and abroad including: Elevator Repair Service, Radiohole, John Jasperse, Jesse Bonnell (Poor Dog Group), Von Krahli, and Teater Ibsen.

DENISE JOHNSON is a versatile actress who acts in a variety of mediums. Selected credits: film (Once More with Feeling w/ Chazz Palmenteri, various independent films including Before I Self Destruct), television (Are We There Yet?), Off Broadway and regional theater (19 Secrets, Death of an Angel, Oliver Reinvented, Doubt, Big River, On Strivers Row), and various commercials, voiceovers, music videos and commercial print work. Denise is an accomplished singer/songwriter who has honed her skills singing in musicals, events/showcases, talent competitions, church and in nightclubs. Denise has a current book/music project out about Michael Jackson--Broken Heart Stone--World's Most Famous Handprint--Michael Jackson King of Pop. She performed in the musical Oliver, Reinvented in August 2016 with the New Paradigm Theater, receiving a nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical from Broadway World Connecticut, and appeared in A Broadway Christmas at the Fairfield Theater Company in December with several Broadway performers.

Matthew Krob is very excited to be performing at the Sharon Playhouse! He most recently appeared in The Secret Garden at the Redhouse Arts Center. National Tours: West Side Story. Other credits: Man of La Mancha (Barrington Stage Company), A Little Night Music (Princeton Festival), Philip Glass's Madrigal Opera (National Sawdust), Man of La Mancha (Ivoryton Playhouse), Peter and the Starcatcher (Bristol VAlley Theatre), The Secret Garden (Arizona Broadway), Spamalot (Roxy Regional Theatre). K, my love to you! Please visit www.MatthewKrob.webs.com for more!

Ben Langhorst is a New York-based actor and writer. He is thrilled to be working again with Morgan, having previously worked with her on MOMS (En Garde Arts) and This Room is for Everybody (NYU-PHTS). Off-Broadway: Beardo, Clown Bar (Pipeline Theatre Company); The Pirate La Dee Da (Atlantic Theater Company). New York/Regional: I Heard...Noises (Ars Nova); A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant (Know Theatre). BFA: NYU-Tisch (Playwrights Horizons Theater School).

Helen Laser has been working as an actor in NYC since graduating cum laude from Muhlenberg College with a degree in Theatre and English. Favorite roles include: Smeraldina (Servant of Two Masters), Cassandra (Agamemnon), Laura Wingfield (The Glass Menagerie), Jean Fordham (August Osage County), The Village Idiot (Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play) and puppeteering for Doppelskope in various performances including the world premiere "Growl!" at MSMT. Helen has been regularly appearing as Anne Frank through The Anne Frank Center of NYC and is pursuing on-screen roles-keep an eye out for her in a promo for The Tonight Show: Starring Jimmy Fallon airing on NBC, Seventeen Magazine's Youtube Channel, and tune in to Discovery ID to see her as Kate in "Evil Lives Here." For more about Helen, check out www.HelenLaser.com

KATELIN JEANETTE LOPES is a 4th Grader at Lee H. Kellogg School in Falls Village, Connecticut. She is extremely excited to be making her debut performance with the Sharon Playhouse. Katelin was last seen in The Falls Village Children's Theater production of Madagascar Jr., a Musical Adventure as Gloria, the Hippo. Katelin has also been seen in several other FVCT productions which include BYE BYE BIRDIE (Mae Peterson), THE WIZARD OF OZ (Coroner & Crabby Apple Tree), SHREK THE MUSICAL (Little Fiona & Elf), and PETER PAN (Indian Girl). Katelin also appeared in the Ensemble of the Warner Stage Company's 2016 Summer production of Suessical the Musical. In addition to performing on stage, Katelin is an alter server at St. Joseph Church in Canaan, Connecticut, plays the Bass Guitar and plays soccer with the Canaan Miners and Northwest United Soccer Club.

Annie McNamara. Eulalie Shinn (Off-Broadway: GATZ (The Public), The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928) (NYTW). Other New York Theater: 41-derful, U.S. Drag (Clubbed Thumb), A Map of Virtue (13P), That Pretty Pretty or The Rape Play (Rattlestick), God's Ear (New Georges), Port Authority Throw Down (Working Theater), Film/TV: Blue Jasmine, "Mozart in the Jungle," "The Knick."

MEGAN O'CALLAGHAN is a recent graduate of Western Connecticut State University, where she received a BA in Musical Theatre. Her performance credits include The Drowsy Chaperone (Kitty), Peter Pan (Peter Pan), Parade (Monteen) and Anne of Green Gables (Gertie).

Larry Owens. Off-Broadway: Gigantic (Vineyard) Fat Camp(American Theatre of Actors and NYMF).

Jacob Pressley is thrilled to be spending this summer at the Sharon Playhouse and to be performing in The Music Man no less, which, in sixth grade, was his first musical performance. It was at that time that he developed a fascination with barbershop music. Favorite past role is Bobby Strong in Urinetown. Select NYC credits: Cascada in The Merry Widow (Southold Opera), the villain Victor Eiler in The Tiny Mustache (Symphony Space), Demetrius in Midsummer Night's Dream (Working Actor Studio). Jacob was a soloist in Broadway's Rising Stars 2015 at The Town Hall, and he can be found singing in various concerts and cabarets at venues such as Feinstein's 54 Below, Broadway Comedy Club and The Town Hall. Jacob received a BFA in Theatre Performance from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle.

Becca Schneider is excited to be making her Sharon Playhouse debut. An actor and producer, she is the Co-Producing Artistic Director of Between Two Boroughs Productions and has produced and performed in Summertime and The Understudy (betweentwoboroughs.com). Other NYC and regional credits include A Christmas Carol (Blessed Unrest), Gruff! the Musical (Doppelskope), Big River (Unquowa Rep), Taming of the Shrew (Connecticut Free Shakespeare) for which she also served as Musical Director, As You Like It, As I Lay Dying, Three Sisters (Columbia Stages), Cyrano de Bergerac (National Theatre for Arts & Education Tour), and Psycho Beach Party (Theatre Outlet). Becca is a member of the Blessed Unrest Train Gang and a proud Muhlenberg College graduate. becca-schneider.com

Elizabeth Thomas is excited to be making her Sharon Playhouse debut. Elizabeth has been seen in theaters throughout the Hudson Valley, most recently as Nancy (Oliver!) and Maria (West Side Story) at The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck and as Magenta (Rocky Horror Show) at the Shandaken Theatrical Society. When she is not performing, Elizabeth works for Hudson Valley Hospice as a LMSW.

Daniel Walstad is excited to make his Sharon Playhouse debut this summer as Jacey Squires in the Music Man. He performed recently in the Nick & Nora Reunion & Concert (Max Bernheim) with Tony Award winners Barry Bostwick and Joanna Gleason at Feinstein's/54 Below. His other Feinstein's/54 Below credits include; Mademoiselle Colombe: in Concert (Gourette); Onward, Victoria: in Concert; Charlie and Algernon: in Concert (Dr. Nemur). NYC; Side by Side by Sondheim; Martin Eden, the Musical (Dr. Hagwood); This Life! the Musical (Cleethorps); Going Up?! the Elevator Musical (Albert) 2015 winner of The New York New Works Festival; Freedom's Song, a New Musical (Steven). Regional; The Producers (Roger DeBris); Ghost, the Musical (Henry, Biederman, Ferguson), A Man of No Importance (Alfie Byrne); the Secret Garden (Dikon and Dr. Craven); Fiddler on the Roof (Lazar Wolf); How To Succeed... (J.B. Biggley). Training: University of Jamestown, University of North Dakota, Open Jar Institute NYC; CAP21 Musical Theatre Conservatory NYC. www.danielwalstad.com @dannywalstad

Jesse Weil is excited to explore and vivify this classic work with the thoughtful cast and creative team of The Music Man! A recent graduate oF Brown University, Jesse enjoys starting rumors about his cats in order to pit them against each other. Favorite credits include Romeo & Juliet (Romeo), The Last 5 Years(Jamie), and Mr. Burns (Bart/Gibson).

Morgan Green is a theater director and co-founder of the Brooklyn-based company, New Saloon. Selected works include: MINOR CHARACTER: Six Translations of Uncle Vanya at the Same Time (The Invisible Dog, The Public Theater's Under the Radar Festival), Milo Cramer's William Shakespeare's Mom (Ars Nova, The Brick), Sarah DeLappe's Parabola (JACK), Amy Khoshbin's The Myth of Layla (Mana Contemporary), Milo Cramer's I'm Miserable but Change Scares Me and Ariel Stess's He Ate Quietly into the Wall (The New Ohio). Morgan is a New Georges Affiliated Artist, an alumni of the Lincoln Center Director's Lab and the Williamstown Theater Festival Directing Core. With New Saloon she has been in residence with the Mabou Mines Resident Artist Program and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Residency. She was a 2014-2015 Bob Moss Directing Resident at Playwrights Horizons. Morgan is a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. She is currently the Associate Director for Pam MacKinnon on Amelie, A New Musical on Broadway. Morgan has a BA from Bard College in Theater and Human Rights, 2012.