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REGIONAL PREMIERE
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Anna Aimee White (GINGER ROGERS) premiered the role of Ginger Rogers in Backwards in High Heels at International City Theatre. She has appeared on Broadway in White Christmas (u/s Judy Haynes) and Grease (u/s/performed Sandy, Marty and Patty). For NY City Center Encores!, she was a part of Bells Are Ringing; No, No, Nanette; Of Thee I Sing and Face the Music. She was also seen at The Kennedy Center in Broadway: Three Generations and Some Enchanted Evening. In Los Angeles, she is a member of the Troubadour Theater Company and appeared in Garry Marshall’s Happy Days, in Babes in Arms at Reprise Theatre Company and in Music Man at the Hollywood Bowl. Ms. White also toured in Aida. Her film and television credits include You Again, Valentine’s Day, Princess Diaries 2, Raising Helen, Georgia Rule and Tracey Ullman Live & Exposed. Thanks to Ma and Dad. Go Big Red! |
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Heather Lee (LELA) created the role of stripper Tessie Tura in Gypsy (starring Bernadette Peters, directed by Sam Mendes), played Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls (directed by Jerry Zaks) on Broadway and originated the role of Babette in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast in the Los Angeles company. Regionally, she has appeared in The Wiz, Palm Beach and Elmer Gantry at La Jolla Playhouse (directed by Des McAnuff); Of Thee I Sing (Diana Devereaux) and A New Brain at Reprise Theatre Company; Tintypes at Rubicon Theatre Company; First Lady Suite (West Coast premiere) and Expecting Isabel at the Mark Taper Forum; The Birds at South Coast Repertory; and No Way To Treat a Lady at The Colony Theatre Company (Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award nomination). Ms. Lee’s favorite television credits include Modern Family, Desperate Housewives, NUMB3RS, According to Jim, NYPD Blue, Wings and Frasier, and her great aunt, Broadway and film actress Jane Seymour, played Ginger Rogers’ mother in the 1941 film Tom, Dick and Harry. Ms. Lee is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. |
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Christianne Tisdale (MARTHA MAY / LOUISE / ETHEL MERMAN / OTHERS) starred on Broadway in Beauty and the Beast, occasionally in Triumph of Love, belted on London’s West End as Molly in One Touch of Venus and set sail as Caroline on the first national tour of Titanic. Off-Broadway, she has played in Fanny Hill, Fermat’s Last Tango (The York Theatre Company) and Byzantium (Playwrights Horizons), as well as readings/workshops for Second Stage Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club and The Public Theater. Her favorite regional gigs are Morning’s at Seven at Berkshire Theatre Festival, the play Peter Pan at Baltimore’s CENTERSTAGE and The Drowsy Chaperone at Stages St. Louis (Kevin Kline Award). Television and film credits include 30 Rock, David Letterman, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and the title role in A Tale of Cinderella. Ms. Tisdale received her B.A. from Yale. Everything you never needed to know at www.ChristianneTisdale.com. |
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Matthew LaBanca (MARCUS / DIRECTOR / FRED ASTAIRE / OTHERS) has appeared on Broadway in Young Frankenstein (cast album), White Christmas and Children and Art. He has performed in the national tours of Crazy for You (Bobby), Anything Goes, The King and I (Kralahome) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat (Simeon; cast album). Regionally, he has been seen at Theatre Under the Stars, Paper Mill Playhouse, Trinity Repertory Company, West Virginia Public Theatre, Gateway Playhouse, Emelin Theatre and the Connecticut Repertory Theatre (eight productions). His favorite roles include Sparky in Forever Plaid, Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar and Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain, as well as his work in the world premiere of The First Wives Club at The Old Globe. He has also sung in the chorus of The Metropolitan Opera. www.matthewlabanca.com. Love to Juk. |
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Benjie Randall (JOE / BILL MCMATH / GEORGE SCHAFFER / LEW AYRES / OTHERS) recently appeared in the world premiere of the new Gershwin musical, An American in Paris, at Alley Theatre. Off-Broadway, he has performed in Dr. Sex, The Kinsey Musical and Boobs: The Music of Ruth Wallace. His regional credits include the role of Phil Davis in White Christmas at Denver Center Theatre Company (Denver Post Ovation Award and Reader’s Choice Award/Best Actor); Roger in Grease, Marguerite in Carnival!, Hello, Dolly and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at Paper Mill Playhouse; and Mungojerrie in Cats at Theatre Under The Stars. Mr. Randall has a B.F.A. from the Boston Conservatory of Music. He recently wrote, produced and recorded his debut self-titled CD, now available on iTunes. www.BenjieRandall.com. |
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James Patterson (Jack Culpepper / Hermes Pan / Jimmy Stewart / Others) recently portrayed Gene Kelly in What A Glorious Feeling at the Adirondack Theater Festival. He appeared on Broadway in Beauty and the Beast and State Fair, and in the national tours of The Drowsy Chaperone, Beauty and the Beast, Cats and State Fair. Other New York productions include Stairway to Paradise with New York City Center Encores! and Sail Away (Barnaby Slade) at Carnegie Hall. His regional credits include 42nd Street (Bert Barry) at Sacramento Music Circus; Guys and Dolls (Benny Southstreet) at Ogunquit Playhouse; Bye Bye Birdie (Albert Peterson) at North Shore Music Theatre; The Music Man (Harold Hill) at Cabrillo Stage; White Christmas at the Orpheum Theatre and Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; American in Paris at Alley Theatre; and Mame at the Kennedy Center. |
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Cameron Henderson (Associate Choreographer / FRED
ASTAIRE Wed Eve 11/24, Fri Eve 11/26, Sun Mat 11/28) is overjoyed
to be making his debut with San Jose Rep! He was last seen
as the Assistant Choreographer for On the Town at Paper Mill
Playhouse, starring Tony Award® winner Harriet Harris. As a performer, he has appeared at Madison Square Garden in Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby and in the national tours of Peter Pan, Seussical the Musical with Cathy Rigby, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Regionally, he has appeared at Paper Mill Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, Theater of the Stars, Theatre Under the Stars, Casa Mañana, Fulton Opera House, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Goodspeed Opera House, Denver Center Theatre Company, Fullerton Civic Light Opera, South Bay Civic Light Opera, Theater League, Saddleback Civic Light Opera, Barter Theatre, Riverside Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre and Sacramento Music Circus. Other appearances include Tap Your Troubles Away with Jerry Herman, Bernadette Peters, Carol Channing and Angela Lansbury. Mr. Henderson earned his B.A. in Drama with honors in musical theatre at the University of California, Irvine. As always, endless thanks to Mom, Dad and Alexis. He is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. |