The Original off-Broadway Cast
Stanley Bahorek (Evan/Rick)
Recent: Bill Gates in NERDS. Original cast recordings: FEBRUARY HOUSE, SEE ROCK CITY, QUEEN OF THE MIST, and HONK. Broadway: Leaf Coneybear in THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE. Off-Broadway: FEBRUARY HOUSE, QUEEN OF THE MIST by Michael John LaChiusa, SEE ROCK CITY, INVENTING AVI, and the upcoming new play AND AWAY WE GO by Terrence McNally. Regional: Mozart in AMADEUS at The Alley Theatre, Candide in CANDIDE at The 5th Avenue Theatre, as well as work at Ford’s Theatre, The Kennedy Center, and others. Graduate of the University of Michigan. www.stanleybahorek.com
Donna Lynne Champlin (Claire/Kate)
Most recently seen Off Broadway in Working, the musical at The Prospect Theatre and as "Audrey" in Shakespeare in the Park's As You Like It, OBIE Award winner Donna Lynne Champlin is currently a regular cast member on the hit Web TV sensation Submissions Only. Her Broadway credits include Sweeney Todd, By Jeeves, James Joyce's The Dead, Billy Elliot, and most notably "Older Helen" (based on a young Carol Burnett) in Hollywood Arms written by Carol Burnett and directed by Harold Prince. Other NYC/Off-Broadway credits include Master Class at the MET, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (OBIE Award), See Rock City, Bury The Dead, Pride and Prejudice (NYMF award), Flight of the Lawnchair Man (NYMF award), Love Jerry (NYMF award), First Lady Suite, My Life with Albertine, City Center Encores! Bloomer Girl, and Carnegie Hall's Very Warm for May. DL's self-produced vocal debut album Old Friends was voted “One of the ten best vocal albums of 2009” and in addition to TV and film work, DL also performs her own one-woman show Finishing The Hat regularly in NYC and around the country. A Princess Grace Grant winner and Presidential Scholar in the Arts, DL sends endless love to her boys, Andy and Charlie. www.donnalynnechamplin.com
Jonathan Hammond (Dempsey/Tour Guide)
Broadway: Ragtime. First National Tour: Light in the Piazza. Recent Off-Broadway: Boys in the Band (Obie Award Winner and Drama League Nom.), Hello Again (Drama League Nom.), Man and Superman (Irish Rep), See Rock City. Other Credits: North Shore Music Theater (IRNE nom.), La Jolla Playhouse, Theatre for a New Audience, Transport Group, Kennedy Center, Shakespeare Theatre-DC, American Repertory Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, McCarter Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Pioneer Theatre, North Carolina Theatre, Barrington Stage, York Theatre, Penguin Rep etc. Upcoming: Flashdance on Broadway. Jonathan is the recipient of Boston's Elliot Norton & Outer Critic's Circle Awards. TV: "Law and Order". Jonathan is the recipient of Boston's Elliot Norton & Outer Critic's Circle Awards. Training: MFA- A.R.T. Institute at Harvard University, BFA- University of Michigan. www.jonathanhammond.com
Ryan Hilliard (Grampy/Carney)
Other work includes touring as Admiral Boom and the Chairman of the Bank in "Mary Poppins" through June 2nd; Major Bouvier in "Grey Gardens" at Playwrights Horizon and Washington Studio Theatre; Mr. Potter in "A Wonderful Life" at the John W. Engeman, Major Domo in "Don Pasquale" at the Met; and the First Voice in Bill T. Jones adaptation of"Reading Mercy, The Artificial Nigger" at BAM, Saddler's Wells in London, and through-out Canada and the US. Film credits include Dario Argento's "Inferno"; "Heartburn; and most recently "Noise" with Tim Robbins. Television appearances include "30 Rock", "Ed", "One Life To Live", "The Cosby Mysteries", and "Kojak".
Mamie Parris (Dodi/Lily)
Broadway/National Tour: Wicked (Elphaba), 9 to 5 (Judy Bernly), Ragtime (2009 revival), Legally Blonde, The Drowsy Chaperone. Off-Broadway: See Rock City presented by The Transport Group (Dodi/Lily). Various regional roles, readings, and other fun stuff. Visit me on Facebook, Twitter, and mamieparris.com
Bryce Ryness (Jess/Cutter)
Broadway: Tony Award-winning revival of HAIR (Woof, Drama Desk nom), Leap Of Faith (Zak, Jonas Nightengale u/s), Legally Blonde (Aaron, Emmett u/s); Off-Broadway in HAIR (Delacorte, Public), NY premiere of Drama Desk-award winning See Rock City... (Jess/Cutter), and Crossing Brooklyn (AJ, Transport Group). Regional: Sleeping Beauty Wakes (McCarter Theatre & La Jolla Playhouse), Floyd Collins (Floyd, Ovation nom., West Coast Ensemble), Leap Of Faith (Ahmanson), Cabreret (Emcee, Reprise!). Tour: Rent (Roger). His band, RYNESS, has released two albums. A Fire In The Night is available on iTunes (rynessband.com). Bryce is married to Meredith Anderson and together they're proud parents of Mercy Jane (9/4/09) and Judah George (6/21/11).
Sally Wilfert (Lauren/Judy)
Broadway: Assassins, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Disney’s King David.
National Tour: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Rona). Off-Broadway: See Rock
City..., The Lady in Penthouse B (opposite Nancy Dussault), 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: See Rock City, Sweet Little Devil, Make Me A Song,
Assassins, King David, The Prince & the Pauper, Kitty’s Kisses, A Christmas Survival Guide,
Sondheim: A Tribute, South Pacific in Concert (both on PBS). Regional: La Jolla Playhouse,
Pittsburgh CLO, Cincinnati Playhouse, Northshore Music Theatre, Barrington Stage, Baltimore
Center Stage, Goodspeed, Hartford Theatreworks, Fulton Opera House in such roles as Miss
Jenkins in Little Miss Sunshine (World Premiere), Madame Thernardier in Les Miserables,
Gladys in Copacabana, Rona in Spelling Bee, Sally in Make Me A Song (World Premiere),
Cathy in The Last Five Years, Woman 1 in Elegies: A Song Cycle, Rose in Enchanted April,
Constanze in Amadeus, to name a few. Television: “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, “Loving”
“The Americans” for Comedy Central. Numerous Concert appearances across the country.
National Tour: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Rona). Off-Broadway: See Rock
City..., The Lady in Penthouse B (opposite Nancy Dussault), 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: See Rock City, Sweet Little Devil, Make Me A Song,
Assassins, King David, The Prince & the Pauper, Kitty’s Kisses, A Christmas Survival Guide,
Sondheim: A Tribute, South Pacific in Concert (both on PBS). Regional: La Jolla Playhouse,
Pittsburgh CLO, Cincinnati Playhouse, Northshore Music Theatre, Barrington Stage, Baltimore
Center Stage, Goodspeed, Hartford Theatreworks, Fulton Opera House in such roles as Miss
Jenkins in Little Miss Sunshine (World Premiere), Madame Thernardier in Les Miserables,
Gladys in Copacabana, Rona in Spelling Bee, Sally in Make Me A Song (World Premiere),
Cathy in The Last Five Years, Woman 1 in Elegies: A Song Cycle, Rose in Enchanted April,
Constanze in Amadeus, to name a few. Television: “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, “Loving”
“The Americans” for Comedy Central. Numerous Concert appearances across the country.
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)
