The Cast & Creatives
Jack Cummings III (Director) Jack is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Transport Group. For Transport Group, he has directed Our Town, Requiem for William, First Lady Suite (Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Revivial), The Audience (Drama Desk nominations for Outstanding Director and Outstanding Musical), Normal, cul-de-sac, All The Way Home, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Crossing Brooklyn, Marcy in the Galaxy, and Being Audrey. Other favorite credits include 1,000 Words Come to Mind, See Rock City, and for television, A Tale of Two Cities broadcast on PBS. Regional credits include Violet, Carousel, The Young Man From Atlanta, She Loves Me, The Illusion, and A Streetcar Named Desire (starring his wife, Barbara Walsh, as Blanche). Jack received his MFA in Directing from the University of Virginia and his Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the College of William and Mary.
Dane Laffrey (Set & Costume Design)
R. Lee Kennedy (Lighting Design)
Alan Filderman (Casting)
Theresa Flanagan (Stage Manager)
Wendy Patten (Production Manager)
R. Lee Kennedy (Lighting Design)
Alan Filderman (Casting)
Theresa Flanagan (Stage Manager)
Wendy Patten (Production Manager)
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 inWood (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)
Broadway: Billy Elliott, Sweeney Todd, Hollywood Arms, By Jeeves, The Dead. The MET: Master Class. Carnegie Hall:Very Warm for May. Encores!: Bloomer Girl. Nat’l tour: Jolson. Off-Broadway:Dark at The Top of the Stairs (Obie Award). Childhood dream come true:Broadway DANCER! 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: Ragtimeand 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'sInferno. 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 is so honored to be here. Broadway: Ragtime, The Drowsy Chaperone, 110 in the Shade. First national tour: Legally Blonde. Much gratitude: Josh, Pete and Jed and my Johnathan. In loving memory of mom. 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 inHAIR (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.
