Cast & Creative
Cast
NOLAN ALMEIDA (Peter Pan) is a 17-year-old, currently in his junior year of high school. His last appearance was as Crutchie in Newsies directed by Richard J. Hinds at 5-Star Theatricals. Nolan hails from Orange County, California, where he and his sister grew up putting on magic shows for his parents. When he’s not on stage Nolan can be found with a guitar in one hand and a bottle of hot sauce in the other. He also loves writing, skateboarding, and making movies with his friends. Nolan has always loved the story of Peter Pan. So much so that in fifth grade he tried to publish a sequel. It did not get published. Playing this iconic role and getting to introduce his generation to the magic of Peter Pan is a dream come true! Endless gratitude to his acting coach Danielle Keaton for introducing him to the art in acting, as well as his family and friends for their constant support.
CODY GARCIA (Captain Hook) is a tall and stereotypically indecisive Libra that never acted before but is excited to figure out how it works today. In their spare time, Cody enjoys being a wall flower at social gatherings, dancing like people are watching, and honking at chickens who are taking their sweet time crossing the road. Like most people, Cody lies awake at night wondering what life was like before they sliced bread. One would have to assume it was a pretty crazy time prior to that. Cody would like to dedicate their performance to all the pirates and none of the crocodiles—you know what you did. National tours: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Wonka), Elf (Buddy). Other credits: Urinetown (Officer Lockstock), the Star Wars Ballet (Darth Vader), and Oklahoma (Roustabout #3). Alma mater: Boston Conservatory.
HAWA KAMARA (Wendy) is absolutely delighted to be making her professional debut playing Wendy Darling in Peter Pan. She recently graduated from Emerson College with a BFA in Musical Theatre and is now based in New York City. Some of her favorite credits include Jelly’s Last Jam (Anita), Heathers: the Musical (Veronica Sawyer) and Spitfire Grill (Hannah Ferguson). Hawakamara.com
RAYE ZARAGOZA (Tiger Lily) has been called “one of the freshest and most compelling voices in folk music today” by NPR. The LA-based singer-songwriter, who recently released her third studio album Hold That Spirit, makes political folk music that is informed by her identity as a woman of mixed Indigenous, Asian and Latina heritage. In addition to inspiring change with her music and performing at iconic venues like Red Rocks Amphitheater and Lincoln Center, Zaragoza also writes the music for Netflix’s ‘Spirit Rangers.’ She is thrilled to return to the theatrical stage as Tiger Lily. Follow the journey @rayezaragoza.
SHEFALI DESHPANDE (Mrs. Darling) is thrilled to be touring with this beautiful new production of Peter Pan. Shefali, a graduate of USC, is a musical theatre performer, actress, and pop/R&B singer-songwriter. She played Chalali on Minx (HBO Max), wrote/sang on the soundtrack for Double Cross (ALLBLK), and played Kamala Harris in the nationally-touring political parody musical, Capitol Comedy. Shefali is proud of her Bay Area and Indian roots, and is ever-grateful to her family, friends, and educators for their unconditional belief in her.
KURT PERRY (Smee) is ecstatic to join the company of Peter Pan. NYC: Noblesse Oblige (Ma-Yi Theatre Company), Quilt: A Musical Celebration (MJP Theatricals). Tours: A Christmas Carol (Christmas Present). Regional: The Addams Family (Fester, Beef and Boards), The Music Man (Jacey Squires, Fireside Dinner Theatre), South Pacific (Stewpot, Plaza Theatricals), HAIR (Margret Mead, Maine State Music Theater). TV: “Bull” (CBS). Thank you to Penny Luedtke, Jordan Fischer and my friends and family for their unconditional support. @KurtPerry41.
REED EPLEY (Michael) is excited to make his national tour debut as Michael Darling in Peter Pan. Born and raised in Marietta, GA, Reed has been performing on stage since the age of four. Regional Credits: Peter Pan (Loleks), Addams Family (BAPA), and Broadway Workshop NYC Showcase. Reed would like to thank all his teachers, especially Marsha Newton and the rest of the BAPA family, friends, and family for their constant support. Also, a special thank you to the cast, crew, and creative team of Peter Pan. @Reedepleyactor
WILLIAM FOON (John) is a CA native, loves the stage and has performed since age six. Recent credits: Oliver! (Encores, NY City Center), The Secret Garden (CTGLA), A Christmas Carol (CenterREP). Thanks to DDO, my teachers, family & friends. @william.foon
CAMDEN KWOK (Michael) is ecstatic to be making his national tour debut! He loves all things performing and cannot wait to meet Peter Pan fans across the country! When not on stage, he enjoys movie night with his fam, breakdancing, playing sports, or time with friends. Thanks to Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister and pup Gigi Pickles for their love and support. Special thanks to BEA, Maxed Management, ARC + Robert @CamdenKwok
MICAH TURNER LEE (John) grew up in Covina CA. He is trained in Contemporary and modern dance. Micah receives voice training at the ‘Ivory Performing Arts Program’ where he has learned all musical styles including Musical Theater, Pop & R&B. Micah has received professional acting coaches with Zak Barnett Studio. Micah’s Credits include: Baby Coalhouse in Ragtime. Micah can be seen featured in multiple commercials such as Target, Takis, Arm & Hammer, Disney plus and LG. He can be heard on multiple Voice over projects like Barbie Touch of Magic and Super Wings. Peter Pan is Micah’s first National tour so he’s very excited to be a part of this cast. Micah gives thanks for support, guidance, and sacrifice to his mom Jasmine, Family, Manager and Agency.
CHARLES ANTENEN (Ensemble). Originally from Atlanta, GA, Charles is a recent graduate of the FSUMT program. Regional Credits: Cats, Kinky Boots, 42nd St, Jersey Boys (MTWichita). He would like to thank his family and agent Craig for all their help and support. @charles_antenen
JONAH BARRICKLO (Ensemble), a NYC native now living in Boston, Jonah is a recent graduate of Emerson College with a BFA in Musical Theatre. He is thrilled to join this magical production! Some of his favorite credits include: Xanadu (Sonny Malone), Anything Goes (Featured Sailor/FBI Agent), The Prom (Ensemble/Nick u.s), and Cabaret (Herr Schultz). He owes everything to his friends, family, and loving girlfriend for their continuous support! jonahbarricklo.com @_jonahbear
CHRISTINA HÉLÈNE BRAA (Ensemble) is an LA-based artist. She grew up studying classical ballet. She earned her BA in Acting at USC. She has garnered several film credits including Miss Brown (Tribeca 2023) as the title character. Playing as Ensemble and u/s Wendy in Peter Pan marks her professional musical theater debut.
JORDAN T. DeLEON (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut! Regional: Starlight Theatre, Music Theatre Wichita, Theatre Aspen, Lexington Theatre Co, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. University of Oklahoma ‘23! Love to Mom, Dad & friends! @jordantdeleon
BRANDON GILLE (Ensemble) is absolutely thankful and thrilled to be performing in national tour in Peter Pan! Brandon attended Pepperdine University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre. Notable credits include him starring as Josh in the North American Tour of Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues (Round Room Live), understudying Claude in Hair (El Portal Theater), starring as Quasimodo in Disney’s West Coast premiere of the Hunchback of Notre Dame in 2017 (Disney Theatricals), and featured as various live roles at the Foundation of New American Musicals in Los Angeles, CA. “I would like to express my gratitude and thanks to ARC Casting, my agent, and my family!” Check him out on his website, www.brandongille.com, or follow his new Instagram account, @bdgille.
RYAN PERRY MARKS (Ensemble, Co-Fly Captain) is thrilled to be touring with the incredible new production of Peter Pan! Regional: Mary Poppins (Bert), Cinderella (Prince Topher), Newsies (Race, Dance Captain), Saturday Night Fever (Double J). National Tour: Rudolph… (Charlie). Thank you to ARC Casting, Natalie at LA Talent, and my incredibly supportive family and friends! @ryanperrymarks
MICHAEL MARRERO (Ensemble). Credits: The Donna Summer Musical (Swing), In The Heights (Ensemble), Evita (Ensemble), 42nd Street (Ensemble). B.F.A. Ithaca College. Pantera/Murphy the Agency! To my family and friends — Mmmwah! For Nick Pratico. michaelmarrero.me
KENNY RAMOS (Ensemble) is from the Barona Band of Mission Indians/Kumeyaay Nation and he grew up on the Barona Indian Reservation. He is an ensemble member at Cornerstone Theatre Company in Los Angeles, and Artist-in-Residence at La Jolla Playhouse. Kenny has credits with Cornerstone Theater Company, The Rose/Omaha Theater Company, Native Voices at the Autry, Perseverance Theatre, Krannert Center/Illinois Theatre, Passage Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth, South Dakota Shakespeare Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center, Seattle Rep, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum, and The Kennedy Center. TV: “Spirit Rangers” (Netflix). Awards: 2019 Theatre Communications Group (TCG) Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellow; 2019 First Peoples Fund Cultural Capital Fellow; Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration 2021 Mellon Artist Fellow; Center for Cultural Innovation 2022 CALI Catalyst Grantee. Education: BA in American Indian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). @krayramos
HANNAH SCHMIDT (Ensemble) (she/her). National tour debut! Northeast Ohio native from Bainbridge Township. BFA in musical theatre from Otterbein University. Endless gratitude to the Peter Pan team, Hudson Artists Agency, and Casting by Arc. Love to everyone who keeps me dancing—Mom, Dad, Allie, Joe, Dean, and my amazing friends! @hannahdschmidt
KIARA WILLIAMS (Ensemble) is so excited to make her national tour debut in Peter Pan! Kiara is a dance artist born and raised in New Jersey and currently based in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BFA in dance from the University of Michigan and was most recently seen in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (NCL). Kiara would like to thank her friends and family for all of their love and support! IG: @kiarawilliams
TONY COLLINS (Swing, Assistant Dance Captain) is thrilled to be joining the National tour of Peter Pan! Off Broadway: The Goodbye Girl. Regional: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Full Monty, Kinky Boots, Newsies, and Ragtime! TV/Film: NBC’s “Rockin NYE” 2021/22 as a dancer and J. Lo’s Halftime Netflix Premier Viewing as a dancer! Thank you to the best of friends and loved ones. Huge thank you to Duncan and Patrick at ARC! Social Media: @tonyycollinss
BAILEY FRANKENBERG (Swing, Dance Captain, Co-Fly Captain). Choctaw/ Cherokee Nation Citizen! Training: CAP21 Conservatory, NYC. Regional: 9 to 5 (Doralee), Unto These Hills (Wilani), The Lost Colony (Eleanor Dare). Tours/International: Tokyo Disney (Singer), Alvin and the Chipmunks Live! Tour. Instagram @baileyfrankenberg
LEO GALLEGOS (Swing) is a striving Latino artist who was most recently seen in the Ensemble of Phoenix Theatre Company’s production of The Prom. His other credits include the socially awkward Daryl in Bright Star and the lovesick Musidorus in Head Over Heels.
CHEYENNE OMANI (Swing). National Tour: Annie (Dance Captain/Swing). Regional: Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Charlaine), On Your Feet! (Robin), A Chorus Line (Maggie), Mamma Mia! (Ali), Singin’ in the Rain (Mary Margaret), and Ragtime (Evelyn Nesbit). Special thanks to Tiera Ashley at Firestarter Entertainment. @cheyenneomani
Creative
SIR J.M. BARRIE (Author, Original Play) was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, in May 1860. When their parents died, Barrie became guardian to three boys whom he had met in Kensington Gardens in 1897. The boys are thought to be the inspiration for the creation of Peter Pan. Peter Pan first took place in 1904 and remarkably Barrie gifted the copyright to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London in 1929, later extended for perpetuity in the U.K. JM Barrie died in 1937.
CAROLYN LEIGH (Lyricist) was elected posthumously to the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in March 1984. Her last song, written with Jule Styne, called “Killing Time,” will be published shortly. Just before her death in 1983 she was collaborating with Marvin Hamlisch on the original Smile. Her main partner in her illustrious as a lyricist was Cy Coleman. Together they gave the music world such hits as “Witchcraft,” “The Best Is Yet to Come,” “Hey Look Me Over,” “I’ve Got Your Number,” “Pass Me By” and “When in Rome.” Together they created the scores to Wildcat starring Lucille Ball and Little Me starring Sid Caesar. Two more of her hits, “Young at Heart” and “How Little We Know,” were written with Johnny Richard and Phillip Springer respectively. She not only wrote the lyrics but had the original idea for a musical which went on to become How Now Dow Jones, on which she collaborated with Elmer Bernstein, and for which she was presented a Tony Award nomination.
MORRIS “MOOSE” CHARLAP (Composer) (December 19, 1928 – July 8, 1974) was a Jewish-American Broadway composer. Born Morris Isaac Charlip in Philadelphia, he was best known for Peter Pan (1954), for which Carolyn Leigh wrote the lyrics. The idea to do the show came from Jerome Robbins, who planned to have a few songs by Charlap and Leigh. However, the show evolved into a full blown musical, with additional songs by Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It starred Mary Martin as Peter Pan and Cyril Ritchard as Captain Hook. Moose Charlap was also the composer for the movie musical Hans Brinker (lyrics by Alvin Cooperman), which starred Eleanor Parker, Richard Basehart, John Gregson, Robin Askwith, Roberta Torey, Sheila Whitmill, and Cyril Ritchard. It was based on the novel by d. He also wrote the song “First Impression” with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. This song was dropped from the original 1954 production of Peter Pan, but recorded by Eydie Gorme in 1956. Other songs he wrote which were not included in musicals include “English Muffins and Irish Stew,” “Mademoiselle,” “Great Day In The Morning,” “My Favorite Song” and “Young Ideas.” He was also a recording artist and had a single ‘Good Old Fashioned Lovin’/’It Was My Father’s Habit’ released on ABC 9674 in 1956.
BETTY COMDEN and ADOPH GREEN (Additional Lyrics) in a partnership spanning nearly 60 years, received Tony Awards for their lyrics and/or librettos for Applause; Wonderful Town; Hallelujah, Baby!; On the Twentieth Century and The Will Rogers Follies. Other Broadway credits: On the Town, Peter Pan, Bells Are Ringing, Do Re Mi, Subways Are For Sleeping, and A Doll’s Life. They wrote the screenplays and/or lyrics for the motion pictures Good News, On the Town, Singin’ In the Rain, The Band Wagon, It’s Always Fair Weather (Academy Award nomination) and Auntie Mame, among others. Among many tributes, Betty and Adolph were inducted into the Song-writers Hall of Fame and received the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 1991. BETTY COMDEN appeared in films Garbo Talks and Slaves of New York, and authored a collection of essays published under the title Off Stage. Ms. Comden is survived by her daughter, Susanna Kyle. ADOLPH GREEN appeared in the films Simon, My Favorite Year, Lily in Love, I Want to Go Home and The Substance of Fire, and as Dr. Pangloss in the television broadcast of “Candide,” conducted by his wife, Phyllis Newman (Claire in the 1971 Broadway revival of On the Town), and their children, Adam and Amanda.
AMANDA GREEN (Additional Lyrics) is proud to contribute additional lyrics to this beautiful bold re-imagining of Peter Pan and the work of her late great father, the brilliant Adolph Green & Betty Comden. She is a two-time Tony Award and Grammy Award Nominated Lyricist and Composer. Her writing has also garnered 4 Drama Desk Award Nominations, and she won The Frederick Loewe Award for Best Original Composition for the theater and the Larson Award. Broadway: Mr. Saturday Night starring Billy Crystal (2022, Lyrics; Grammy, Tony Nominated, Best Score, Best Musical) Hands On A Hardbody (Lyrics & Co-Composer, Tony-Nominated Best Score). Bring It On (Co-Lyrics with Lin Manuel Miranda; Tony nom, Best Musical, Drama Desk Nomination, Lyrics), High Fidelity (Lyrics) and the revivals of Kiss Me Kate (starring Kelli O’Hara; Additional Book & Lyrics) & On The Twentieth Century (starring Kristin Chenoweth; Additional Lyrics). Next up, Female Troubles: A Period Piece, an original musical comedy premiering in 2024. Amanda serves as the first woman President of The Dramatists Guild of America.
JULE STYNE (Additional Music) made Broadway sing for 50 years as composer of High Button Shoes; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Two on the Aisle; Hazel Flagg; Gypsy; Peter Pan; Bells Are Ringing; Say Darling; Do Re Mi; Subways Are for Sleeping; Funny Girl; Fade Out-Fade In; Arturo Ui (the dramatic score); Hallelujah, Baby!; Red Shoes; Darling of the Day; Lorelei; and Sugar. His many film scores include Anchors Aweigh and My Sister Eileen as well as the title song of Three Coins in the Fountain. His songbook includes the standards “All I Need Is the Girl,” “I Don’t Want to Walk Without You,” “Just in Time,” “People,” “I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry,” “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “I Fall in Love Too Easily,” “Small World” and “Time After Time.” He is a member of the Songwriter’s and Theatre Halls of Fame; a 1990 Kennedy Center Honoree; and the winner of two Grammys, an Oscar for “Three Coins in the Fountain,” an Emmy, the Donaldson Award, and the Drama Critics Award as a producer. The following lyric writers have collaborated with Mr. Styne: Frank Loesser, Sammy Cahn, Leo Robbin, Bob Hilliard, E. Y. Harburg, Stephen Sondheim, Susan Birkenhead, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and Bob Merrill. Mr. Styne served on the Dramatists Guild Council and has been a member of ASCAP for more than 50 years.
JEROME ROBBINS (Original Director and Choreographer) (1918—1998) is world renowned for his work as a choreographer of ballets, as well as his work as a choreographer/director in theater, movies, and television. His Broadway shows include On the Town, Billion Dollar Baby, High Button Shoes, West Side Story, The King and I, Gypsy, Peter Pan, Miss Liberty, Call Me Madam, and Fiddler on the Roof. His last Broadway production in 1989, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, won six Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Director. Among the more than 60 ballets he created are Fancy Free, Afternoon of a Faun, The Concert, Dances at a Gathering, In the Night, In G Major, Other Dances, Glass Pieces, A Suite of Dances, created for Mikhail Baryshnikov and West Side Story Suite which are in the repertories of New York City Ballet and other major dance companies throughout the world. Mr. Robbins won two Academy Awards for the film West Side Story, four Tony Awards, five Donaldson Awards, one Emmy Award , the Screen Directors’ Guild Award, and the NY Drama Critics Circle Award. He was a Kennedy Center Honors Recipient and was awarded the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur.
LARISSA FASTHORSE (Additional Book), Sicangu Lakota Nation, is an award-winning writer and 2020-2025 MacArthur Fellow. In 2023, her satirical comedy, The Thanksgiving Play, will make her the first known female Native American playwright on Broadway at the Helen Hayes under the direction of Rachel Chavkin. Additional new plays in 2023 include Fake It Until You Make It (CTG Mark Taper Forum), Wicoun (Cornerstone Theater Company), the national tour of Peter Pan (NETworks Presentations), and other regional openings. Selected past plays include What Would Crazy Horse Do? (KCRep), Landless and Cow Pie Bingo (AlterTheater), Average Family (Children’s Theater Company of Minneapolis), Teaching Disco Squaredancing to Our Elders: a Class Presentation (Native Voices at the Autry), as well as numerous productions of The Thanksgiving Play. Larissa also created the nationally recognized trilogy of community engaged theatrical experiences with Cornerstone Theater Company; Urban Rez, Native Nation, and Wicoun. She and her collaborator, Michael John Garcés, spend years on each project in an Indigenized community engagement process. “The engagement itself is the art form.” These projects have earned them national funding and an appointment to Arizona State University. Larissa’s company, Indigenous Direction, recently produced the first land acknowledgement on national television for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and are currently consulting on a permanent Indigenous float for the parade. They also consult for the largest theater organizations in the country. She is based in Los Angeles with her husband, the sculptor Edd Hogan, and represented by Jonathan Mills at Paradigm NY. hoganhorsestudio.com
LONNY PRICE (Director) has been a consistent presence on and off Broadway, as a director, writer, and actor, for more than 40 years. As a performer, he made his Broadway debut in 1981, at the age of 22, in The Survivor, and later that year starred as Charley Kringas in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along. His work on that production sparked a decades-long working relationship with the composer, with Price going on to direct productions of Sweeney Todd (starring Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel, Emmy Award), Company (starring Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen Colbert, and Patti LuPone), Passion (Emmy Award) and the special event “Sondheim: The Birthday Concert” (Emmy Award). On Broadway, Price directed Gabriel Byrne’s Walking With Ghosts, 2017 revival of Sunset Boulevard (starring Glenn Close), Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (starring Audra McDonald), 110 in the Shade, and Urban Cowboy. He directed, starred in, and co-wrote the book (with Linda Kline) for A Class Act, which earned him a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical; and starred in Athol Fugard’s “MASTER HAROLD” … and the boys (opposite Zakes Mokae and Danny Glover and later, James Earl Jones). He also co-wrote and directed the play Sally Marr…and her escorts (written with and starring Joan Rivers). Off Broadway he directed Michael Mitnick and Adam Gwon’s Scotland, Pa., Visiting Mr. Green, and Valley Song. Price made his opera directing debut at the Houston Grand Opera directing Audra McDonald in Poulenc’s La Voix humaine and Michael John LaChiusa’s Send. His directorial film work includes Hal Price: The Director’s Life, The Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened, and the HBO screen adaptation of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. As a film actor, he is best remembered as Neil, the nerdy grandson of resort owner Max Kellerman, in the classic Dirty Dancing.
LORIN LATARRO (Choreographer). Broadway: Into the Woods, Waitress, Mrs. Doubtfire, Les Liaisons Dangereuses with Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber, Waiting for Godot with Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, Merrily We Roll Along-Roundabout, La Traviata-Metropolitan Opera. Lorin directed Candace Bushnell’s Is There Still Sex in the City? (Daryl Roth Theatre -NY Times Critic’s Pick). Additional choreography: Chess (Kennedy Center), Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 21 Chump Street (BAM), Twelfth Night and Odyssey (Public), Queen of the Night (Drama Desk Award), Assassins and Oliver! (Encores!), Huey Lewis Musical (Old Globe). BFA—Juilliard. MA—NYU. Lorin is a Drama Desk, Lortel and Chita Rivera Award nominee.
PAUL RUBIN (Flying Sequence Choreographer) is a proud member of The Academy of Magical Arts at The Magic Castle in Hollywood CA. Broadway: Wicked, Doctor Zhivago, Frozen, Curtains with David Hyde Pierce, The Pirate Queen, Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan, Kiss Me, Kate, The Green Bird, Fiddler on the Roof, Bombay Dreams and Saturday Night Fever. International and Touring Productions include Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Holland, Moscow, Tokyo, and the U.S.), Tori Amos’ The Light Princess (National Theatre, London), Aladdin, West Coast Premiere of Carrie the Musical, 9 to 5 the Musical, SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical. Television credits include: “Kevin Can Wait”, “The Tony Awards”, “CNN”, and “Entertainment Tonight. Paul lives in NY with his wife Katie and daughter Juliette. www.TheFlyGuy.com @theflyguyny
ANDY EINHORN (Music Supervisor and Additional Arrangements). Broadway: Music Supervisor/Conductor: Hello, Dolly! (Bette Midler), Carousel (Renée Fleming), Holiday Inn. Music Director/Conductor: Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Brief Encounter, Sondheim on Sondheim. Music director and conductor for Audra McDonald since 2011. International Music Supervisor: The Sound of Music. TV: HBO’s “Six by Sondheim,” PBS “Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy,” Academy Awards 2019, “Eat Sh*t Bob” for HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” starring John Oliver. Faculty: Aspen Music Festival. Rice University, summa cum laude. For Samantha W.
ANNA LOUIZOS (Scenic Design). Three-time Tony award nominee. Broadway: School of Rock (sets and costumes), In the Heights, Avenue Q, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Holiday Inn, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Honeymoon in Vegas, Dames at Sea, It Shoulda Been You, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, High Fidelity, Curtains, The Performers, among others. Regional, international, and off-Broadway designs include: West Side Story (current world tour); Here You Come Again; The Secret Garden; Altar Boyz; Scotland, PA; Crimes of the Heart; Holiday Inn; Lucha Teotle; Aladdin. Illustrations: Murder Your Employer (Rupert Holmes’novel). Founder of Broadway Design Exchange, an online marketplace for theatre designers’ artwork. broadwaydex.com
SARAFINA BUSH (Costume Design). Broadway: How to Dance in Ohio, The Who’s Tommy, The Outsiders, For Colored Girls… (Tony Award Nominee), Pass Over. Off-Broadway: Oliver! (City Center Encores), Evanston Salt Costs Climbing (The New Group), Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Obie Award: Playwrights Horizons), Broadway Bounty Hunter (Greenwich House). Regional: The Who’s Tommy (Goodman Theatre), The Outsiders (La Jolla Playhouse), Life After (Goodman Theatre), Afterwords (5th Avenue). Education: BA, Adelphi University.
AMITH CHANDRASHAKER (Lighting Design) is an internationally renowned lighting designer for Opera, Theatre, and Dance. He is the recipient of The Drama Desk and Henry Hewes awards; Union Trustee for United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE; MFA, NYU Tisch School of the Arts and faculty at University of Maryland’s School for Theatre Dance and Performance Studies.
KAI HARADA (Sound Design). Broadway: Merrily We Roll Along; New York, New York (Tony Award Nomination); Kimberly Akimbo; The Old Man and the Pool; Mister Saturday Night; Head Over Heels; The Band’s Visit (Tony, Drama Desk Awards); Amélie; Sunday in the Park With George; Allegiance; Gigi; Fun Home; On the Town; First Date; Follies (Tony, Drama Desk Nominations); and Million Dollar Quartet. West End: Crazy For You; Million Dollar Quartet. Many other musicals around the country and the world.
DAVID BENGALI (Projection Design). Broadway: Roundabout Theatre Company. Off-Broadway and regional include The Public, Signature, Atlantic, 59E59, BAM, A.R.T., La Jolla Playhouse, Geffen, Dallas Theater Center, Alliance, Kennedy Center and Yale Rep. Lortel and Drama Desk nominations.
J. JARED JANAS (Wig, Hair & Makeup Design). Broadway: Purlie Victorious, Good Night, Oscar, Sweeney Todd…, Ohio State Murders, & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo, Topdog/Underdog, How I Learned to Drive, American Buffalo, Jagged Little Pill, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Gettin’ the Band Back Together, Bandstand, Indecent, Sunset Boulevard, The Visit, The Real Thing, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Motown, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, All about Me.
PAUL KIEVE (“Tinker Bell” Design). Movies include: “Wonka,” “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” Disney’s “Snow White,” “Hugo” (Scorsese). Broadway: Groundhog Day, Finding Neverland, Matilda, Ghost, Pippin, SideShow. West End (London) includes: The Invisible Man, The Witches, Zorro. Phantom… (US tour). Awakening (Wynn Las Vegas). Mickey & the Magician (Disneyland Paris), Beauty and the Beast (Disney Dream). Consultant to David Blaine, David Copperfield, Penn & Teller, Adele, Sade and Kate Bush. Awards: Drama Desk (Ghost). Creative Fellowship (Magic Castle, Hollywood). Maskelyne (Magic Circle, London). Old Vic (London) Associate artist.
DAVID DABBON (Fight Music & Dance Arrangements). Emmy Nomination: HBO’s “Last Week Tonight: Eat S__, Bob!” (composer). On Broadway: Beetlejuice, Funny Girl, and Disaster! (dance arrangements); Bob Fosse’s DANCIN’ (new music/dance arrangements), Sondheim on Sondheim (additional orchestrations-Grammy Nomination). Film: HBO’s documentary Six by Sondheim (arranger). Orchestrator: Audra McDonald New York Philharmonic: Sing Happy and Audra McDonald: Go Back Home. His interactive game show musical, Game On, was commissioned/produced by PCLO. Education: B.M. The Hartt School and M.M. from Carnegie Mellon University.
SORDELET INC. (Fight Direction). Rick and his sons, Christian Kelly-Sordelet and Collin Kelly-Sordelet created SordeletInc.com, a Native-owned action movement company with 35 years experience. Broadway: The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Wolf Hall, Waiting for Godot. National tours: Tina and Jesus Christ Superstar and more. 52 first-class productions worldwide including Beauty and the Beast UK Tour and West End production, soon to Broadway. TV/Film: The Game Plan, Dan in Real Life, Ben is Back, Respect, One True Loves and Blue Light and loads of television productions. They teach at William Esper Studio, New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, HB Studio, CUNY Harlem, Montclair State and 22 years at Yale School of Drama. Rick is a board member for Red Bull Theater and runs a publishing company for the first time writer called Sordeletink.com.
JOHN MEZZIO (Music Coordinator) has conducted national tours including State Fair starring John Davidson, Victor/Victoria starring Toni Tennille, and Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Debbie Gibson. Additionally, Mr. Mezzio was Associate Conductor for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express at the Las Vegas Hilton. National tours: Oklahoma!, The Producers, Spring Awakening, Hairspray, The Book of Mormon, A Bronx Tale, Beauty and the Beast, and Fiddler on the Roof.
JONATHAN MARRO (Music Director) is grateful to rejoin NETworks with this incredible group of artists for Peter Pan! He is an alum of the University of Southern Maine, where he received his music and theatre training. Other NETworks’ productions: Shrek The Musical (International), Elf the Musical, Dirty Dancing and Fiddler on the Roof first National. A huge thank you to Andy, David and Giacomo for their support, encouragement and all the banana chips throughout the process.
ARC/DUNCAN STEWART (Casting) 150+ productions across the globe & 13 Artios Awards for Casting. Broadway/NY Past & Present Productions include: Life of Pi, Chicago the Musical, Disney’s The Lion King & Beauty and the Beast, Hadestown, Lost in Yonkers, Great Comet of 1812, Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, 39 Steps, Pippin, La Cage aux Folles. TV/Film: Netflix, 20th Century Fox, NBC, Lionsgate, Disney Channel. West End/U.K.: Hadestown, Thriller Live, Menier Chocolate Factory. Tours: 1776, Hairspray, Waitress, Urinetown, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Finding Neverland, Into the Woods, We Will Rock You. Regional: A.R.T., Berkeley Rep, Alley, Bay Street, Goodspeed, Hollywood Bowl, McCarter, Signature. ARC, Part of RWS Global. castingbyarc.com castingbyarc
BOND THEATRICAL (Tour Booking, Marketing & Publicity) is an independently-owned theatrical booking, marketing and publicity company representing award-winning Broadway shows and live entertainment properties. BOND connects artists and audiences by forming strategic, authentic and profitable partnerships between producers and presenters across North America. For a complete list of current projects, please visit BondTheatrical.com
GENTRY & ASSOCIATES (General Management) has managed nearly 250 national and international touring theatrical productions over the past 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Come From Away, Funny Girl, Les Misérables, Mean Girls, Peter Pan, and To Kill a Mockingbird.
MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (MTI) is one of the world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theatres from around the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser, and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engaging art form.
MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 70,000 professional, community and school theatres in the US and in over 60 countries worldwide.
MTI is particularly dedicated to educational theatre, and has created special collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences. MTI’s Broadway Junior™ shows are 30- and 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and middle school-aged performers, while MTI’s School Editions are musicals annotated for performance by high school students.
Learn more at mtishows.com
TRINITY WHEELER (Executive Producer). Broadway: 1776 (dirs. Diane Paulus and Jeffrey Page), Les Misérables. National tours: The Sound of Music (dir. Jack O’Brien), Finding Neverland, Once on This Island, Hairspray, Waitress, The SpongeBob Musical, Chicago, Dirty Dancing, Elf the Musical, The Producers, The Wedding Singer, Oklahoma!, Funny Girl, The Wizard of Oz, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, Young Frankenstein starring Roger Bart, and Rent starring Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp. Current projects: Les Misérables and Peter Pan (dir. Lonny Price). Love to Alan, Colin, Richard, Sawyer, Huck, Curry and Alfie. @trinityonbroadway
NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Producer) is an industry-leading producer of touring theatrical productions, committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide for more than 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Come From Away, Funny Girl, Les Misérables, Mean Girls, Peter Pan, and To Kill a Mockingbird. networkstours.com
LUKE MEYER (Company Manager) is thrilled to be flying off to Neverland this season! He has toured extensively over the past decade as both a musician and Company Manager. Past Management credits: Hairspray (tour), Friends the Musical Parody (Off-Broadway/tour), The Office! A Musical Parody (tour), Sasha Velour’s Smoke & Mirrors (tour), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (tour), Love, Actually? A Musical Parody (Off-Broadway), Emojiland the Musical (tour).
KYLE HESS (Assistant Company Manager) is from Roy, Utah and is a proud Utah Valley University Alum. National Tours: Hairspray, Funny Girl; Regional: Hale Center Theatre, The Ruth, Pioneer Theatre Company, Sundance Summer Theatre, Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando Resort. #wellroaredlion
MEGAN BELGAM (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to be joining the Peter Pan Team! National Tour: Hairspray, Waitress (Lulu), To Kill a Mockingbird. Regional: Escape to Margaritaville (Ogunquit), Frozen Jr. (Ogunquit), Winter Wonderland (American Music Theatre), Aladdin (Fulton). Proud graduate of Penn State University. Thanks for supporting the arts!
KENDALL STEVENS (Assistant Stage Manager). National Tours: Anastasia, Million Dollar Quartet, CoComelon Live; Regional: Million Dollar Quartet (La Mirada Theatre); Off-Broadway: A Charlie Brown Christmas (Palladium Times Square), Revolution (The Tank). Other favorite credits: Hair, Title of Show. Kendall was born and raised in LA, and currently resides in NYC. For Skyler, my family, friends, and animals!