Music of the Night: the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber at Showtunes Theatre

Louis Hobson

An artist/actor/producer who makes his home in Seattle. Broadway/OBC/Cast Album: Originated the Doctor in the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal, Bonnie & Clyde, Leap of Faith, The People in the Picture. Regional Theatre: Into The Woods (Prince/Wolf), Jasper in Deadland (Lethe/Cast Album), Les Miserables (Valjean/Gregory Nomination), A Room with a View (George), Ragtime (Father), Assassins (Booth/Gregory Nomination), Jacques Brel, Spamalot (Galahad), Miss Saigon (Chris), Pippin (Pippin), West Side Story (Tony). Regional Film/TV: Lynn Shelton’s Outside In (SXSW) & Laggies (Sundance), Lucky Them (TIFF), The Man in the High Castle (Amazon), and the Academy Award-nominated Captain Fantastic (Cannes/Sundance). Producer: Shaun Cassidy’s The Magic of a Midnight Sky; Frank Wildhorn’s Death Note in Concert (London Palladium 2023); the Broadway-bound new musical, The Song of Bernadette, and Executive Producer for Burt Bacharach's 2022 Grammy-nominated album, Some Lovers.

Cayman Ilika

Mamma Mia! (Donna) at Flat Rock Playhouse, Into the Woods (Baker's Wife), Kiss Me, Kate (Lilli Vanessi/Kate) and Austen’s Pride at The 5th Avenue Theatre, Oliver! (Nancy) at Musical Theatre West, the world premiere of Beatsville (Natasha) at Asolo Repertory Theatre, Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins), and Million Dollar Quartet (Dyanne) at Village Theatre, Jacques Brel... and Vanities (Kathy) at ACT Theatre, and Always… Patsy Cline (Patsy Cline) at CenterREP and Taproot Theatre Company. Cayman’s vocals can be heard on the Original Cast Album of Persuasion, and the Studio Cast Album of Yankee Doodle Dandy.

Sarah Rose Davis

Thrilled to be making her Showtunes debut! Davis has starred in many shows at the 5th Avenue Theatre including Hope Caldwell in Urinetown (5th Ave/ ACT co-pro) Austen’s Pride (Caroline Bingley), Holiday Inn (Linda Mason), A Chorus Line (Maggie), How to Succeed...(Rosemary), Grease (Frenchy), and many more (truly about 24 more!) Village Theatre: Funny Girl (Fanny Brice). Not only is Davis an accomplished actress, but she has become a thriving Realtor at Compass Realty with the Laura Papritz team and has had the absolute joy of helping some of her closest friends become homeowners! Thank you to her longtime friends Matt and Nathan for this opportunity and to her soon to be husband for his love and support. Next up: Davis will be starring in Beautiful The Carole King Musical as Carole King at Village Theatre this winter!

Justin Gregory Lopez

Off-Broadway: Octet (Toby) at the Signature Theatre (Drama Desk Ensemble Award & OCR), Bare (Beto, Matt u/s) at New World Stages. Film/TV: Emmy-winning, Grammy-nominated Jesus Christ Superstar Live on NBC (Ensemble Soloist), Law & Order: SVU (Guest Star). Select regional credits include Leonard Bernstein’s Mass (1st Rock Tenor) at the Kennedy Center, Shakespeare’s As You Like It (Orlando) at Milwaukee Rep., Evita (Che) at Asolo Rep. as well as The REV Theatre Company, Fun Home (Roy, Mark, Pete, Bobby Jeremy) at Baltimore Center Stage, In the Heights (Usnavi) at the Ordway Center, Paint Your Wagon (Armando) at the 5th Avenue Theatre.

Hannah Schuerman

Hannah is delighted to be part of this concert with her past ALW experience including being a nine-year-old who would sing Phantom of the Opera every time her parents left the house. Other highlights in her life include The Light in the Piazza, Bridges of Madison County (Showtunes), Romy and Michele the Musical, The Sound of Music, and The Pajama Game (The 5th Ave), The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes and The Homefront (Village Theatre).

Ryan McCabe

Numerous Seattle credits include acclaimed productions of Disney's Newsies, Chicago, Next to Normal, Green Day's American Idiot, Peter & the Starcatcher, [title of show], La Cage Aux Folles, and Parade.

Matthew Kacergis

Matthew is an Associate Consultant with the DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the University of Maryland. Since joining the Institute in 2018, he has since worked on a wide variety of project teams across the organization’s portfolio of services. He specializes in the curation and delivery of performing arts programming and supports strategy development for the Institute’s strategic planning practice. Matthew currently serves on the executive leadership team of the Great Lakes Center for the Arts, overseeing a budget of $3.96 million and a year-round season of artistic programming in collaboration with Artistic Director Michael Kaiser. Before becoming an arts administrator, he spent more than a decade as a professional actor, appearing on television, at regional theatres, and on the National Tour of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. A member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity Association, he served on several national and regional committees, including contract negotiating teams. His arts advocacy work has led him to serve in a variety of capacities with the National YoungArts Foundation, of which he is an alumnus and a member of its Alumni Advisory Council. Matthew has studied Musical Theatre at The Boston Conservatory and received a Bachelor of Arts University of Massachusetts Amherst with a Core Certificate in Arts Management. He is an Executive Master of Nonprofit Administration candidate at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. He lives in Seattle with his wife Katy Tabb, a professional choreographer and dance educator.

Nathan Young

Nathan Young follows in a legacy of amazing leadership at Showtunes Theatre. Nathan comes from a management and musical theatre background. Serving as both a music director and composer in the Seattle area for 15 years, he also has served in corporate management in the technology industry. Nathan is the founder of Ignite Creative, a production company that specializes in large corporate events and online meetings. He brings an incredible working knowledge of management from his consulting work in large corporate IT and a lot of experience in the theatre industry as a music director. Prior to Showtunes Nathan has worked been a musical educator, development manager for a theatre company and served as a marketing director. He brings a passion for high quality, life changing musical theatre. Nathan truly believes that the idea of community is large. Showtunes family includes all patrons, actors, performers, musicians and stage professionals in the area.

Alex Robinson

Alex has loved her time working with Showtunes in many different capacities since 2018. She has worked as a performer and director in Seattle at Village Theatre, Showtunes Theatre Company, NM Entertainment, and at the 5th Avenue Theatre, as well as cruise ships as a cruise director. She was the Director of Singing for Seniors at NM Entertainment, bringing senior citizens high-quality musical entertainment in the Pacific Northwest and is a regular teaching artist for ages 3-20. In 2018 she completed the Arts Education Internship with Village Theatre and in 2020 completed the Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab. She cannot wait to continue to help bring Seattle audiences the very best that theatre has to offer, especially when showtunes is at the helm of it!