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NAMT Festival 2006
Tia Speros (Katherine present day) Most recent: Caroline or Change (Rose) The Studio Theatre, DC; Off Broadway: The Taffetas (original cast album), The Cocoanuts; Regional: Lucky Stiff (Helen Hayes nomination), Lend Me a Tenor, and Marry Me A Little at the Olney Theatre; Guys and Dolls (Adelaide) at the Long Wharf Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, and Missouri Rep.; Footloose (Ethel) Sacramento Music Circus; George M (Agnes) Goodspeed; Company (Amy) Huntington Theatre Co.; The Wizard of Oz (Wicked Witch), On the Town (Hildy) North Shore Music Theatre, Harvey (Myrtle Mae) Cincinnati Playhouse. Film and TV: “Believe”, “Out of Box”.
Katie Thompson (Katherine age 35) studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, CA. Vocalist credits include, “The Forgotten Carols, the Anniversary Edition”, “Connie Lou’s Christmas”, as well as two of her own CD’s featuring her original material, “What I’ve Done Right” (2001) and “KT LIVE” (2006). Acting credits include originating the role of Connie Lou in The Forgotten Carols, The Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing…, and Female Singer in Stand Up Shakespeare. Since her arrival to NYC in January, Katie has performed in “Broadway’s Acoustic Soul”, “Diva’s Live”, and “Monday Night’s New Voices”, and is slated to perform in a reading of her first original musical at the Duplex in November. www.katiethompson.com
Marla Mindelle (Katherine age 26) New York Credits Include: The Hudsucker Proxy at the Manhattan Theatre Club, Muscleman vs. Skeleton-man with the New York Fringe Festival and Songs of Love and Aggravation with the NYMF. Regional Credits include: Mafalda in Cole Porter’s, The Pirate, Woman 2 in Songs for a New World and Demeter in Cats. Marla is a recent graduate of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. www.marlamindelle.com
Kate Wetherhead (Katherine age 17) is currently in the company of Broadway’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Off Broadway: Sarah Plain and Tall, Cam Jansen, Tatjana in Color, Summer of Swans. Regional: The Spitfire Grill. Kate will be starting rehearsals for Legally Blonde this November, a new musical scheduled to open on Broadway in April 2007.
WORKSHOP 2005 CAST Mother: Patricia Kilgarriff
Katherine: Rachel York
35: Emily Skinner
26: Shoshana Bean
17: Kate Wetherhead
Stacey: Adriane Lenox
Joe: James Lloyd Reynolds SHOSHANA BEAN (26) currently stars as Elphaba in the Broadway cast of Wicked, after having originated the role of Shelley in the Broadway production of Hairspray, and covered the roles of Tracy, Velma and Prudy. She toured in Leader of the Pack, was in the Off-Broadway revival of Godspell, in which she sang “Bless the Lord” (cast recording), and is featured on the Actors’ Fund Benefit concert recording of Hair. She sang backup for Michael Jackson and friends at his 30th Anniversary Concert at Madison Square Garden and opened for Kanye West at the Hammerstein Ballroom. She is now working on her debut solo album. A Northwest native, she holds a BFA in musical theatre from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. www.shoshanabean.com. PATRICIA KILGARRIFF (Mother): Broadway: Tartuffe, James Joyce’s The Dead, Night Must Fall, La Bête, Lettice & Lovage, Shirley Valentine, Noises Off, The Man Who Had Three Arms. Off-Broadway: Time and Again, Kindertransport, The Art of Success, Spread Eagle, London Suite, All’s Well That Ends Well, Counting the Ways. Regional: Happy Days, Mary Stuart, Shirley Valentine (Drammy Award for Best Actress), A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest. Television: “Law & Order,” “Second Honeymoon.” ADRIANE LENOX (Stacey) won the 2005 Tony Award for Doubt. She is no stranger to Broadway, having appeared in shows that include Ain’t Misbehavin’; Dreamgirls; How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; and Kiss Me, Kate among others. NY audiences remember her particularly for her Obie and AUDELCO Award-winning, multiple-characters performance in Dinah Was. Off-Broadway has also seen her in Miss Evers’ Boys, Cavedweller, Spunk, Suzan-Lori Parks’ The America Play and The Venus Hottentot, Beehive, and others. TV appearances include “Law & Order” (original and SVU) and “Third Watch.” She has worked regionally at such theatres as Arena Stage, receiving the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Actress in a musical in its acclaimed production of On the Town, as well as at Berkeley Rep, Yale Rep, the Mark Taper Forum, the Long Wharf Theatre and the Alliance Theatre. Member of AEA. JAMES LLOYD REYNOLDS (Joe): New York Theatre: On The Mountain by Chris Shinn at Playwrights Horizons, Kicker, Connelly Theater, and The Jammer at NY Fringe Festival, Regional Theatre: Antony and Cleopatra at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Yale Summer Cabaret: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hot ‘N’ Throbbing, Private Eyes, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Musical (Spike); Yale School of Drama: Lonesome West, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, Wild Party (Burrs), The Sungatherers by Tim Acito, Film/TV: The Good Shepherd, Catwoman, The Road From Erebus, and "Law and Order: Criminal Intent". EMILY SKINNER (35): Broadway: Dinner at Eight, Side Show (Tony nomination, Drama League honoree), The Full Monty, James Joyce's The Dead, Jekyll & Hyde. Off-Broadway: leading roles at Encores!, WPA, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, Paramount Theatre at Madison Square Garden. Regional: Kennedy Center, McCarter Theatre, Long Wharf, Old Globe, Hartford Stage, Ford's Theatre, Theater Virginia. In concert: Pittsburgh Symphony, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Masterworks Chorus, New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, Avery Fisher Hall. Recordings: many original cast albums, Duets and Unsuspecting Hearts with Alice Ripley, The Stephen Schwartz Album, The Stephen Sondheim Album, her solo CD Emily Skinner, 20th Century Fox's animated feature, Anastasia. She will be seen this summer in Mame at the Kennedy Center. KATE WETHERHEAD (17). Currently covering Olive, Marcy and Logainne in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on Broadway. Off-Broadway: Tatjana in Color (The Culture Project); Cam Jansen (Lamb’s Theatre); Sarah, Plain and Tall and Summer of the Swans (Lucille Lortel Theatre). Regional credits include The Spitfire Grill and Working. Tours: A Christmas Carol. Kate is a graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School. www.katewetherhead.com. RACHEL YORK (Katherine): Broadway: City of Angels; Les Misérables; The Scarlet Pimpernel; Victor/Victoria (Drama Desk Award); Kiss Me, Kate (London and Broadway national tour, Helen Hayes nomination). Off-Broadway: Dessa Rose, Putting It Together (Drama Desk nomination), Where's Dick, Lost in the Stars, A Minor Incident. Favorite regional roles: Reno Sweeney, Anything Goes (Ovation nomination); Dorothy, Summer of '42; Eva Peron, Evita; Alma, Summer and Smoke; Irene St. Claire, Crucifer of Blood. TV: "Reba," "Frasier," "Spin City," "The Naked Truth," "Arli$$," "Fantasy Island (2)," "L.A. Law," "Diagnosis Murder," "Courtship of Eddie's Father (2)." MOW: "Lucy," "Au Pair II" "Second Honeymoon," "Terror Tract," "Taking the Heat." Film: One Fine Day, Billy Bathgate, Killer Instinct, Dead Center. Animated series: "Justice League," "Higgly Town Heroes." Solo Album: Let's Fall In Love.
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