"ON YOUR TOES will have audiences up on their feet."
- Backstage West
was last seen in Los Angeles at the Pantages Theatre in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas as Phil Davis opposite Brian d’Arcy James. He recently starred as Pat Mason, Jr. in Face the Music at City Center Encores! in NYC and debuted his solo concert Jazz Turns at the legendary NY jazz club, Birdland. This winter: a return engagement of Jazz Turns at Birdland and the Boston production of White Christmas. Broadway: Original casts of The Producers, How to Succeed In Business…, Dream, and Cats (final cast). Encores!: Of Thee I Sing. Off-Broadway: Children of A Lesser God, Pvt. Wars, YANK (NYMF), and as choreographer of Naked Boys Singing!. Tour/Regional: Original Phil Davis in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (San Fran, LA, and St. Paul), Dinner with Friends (Portland Stage), Crazy For You (NSMT), Singin’ in the Rain (Muny). Recordings: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Ghostlight), Face the Music (DRG). Author: A Year with ‘The Producers’ (Routledge, 2002) a journal of his time in Mel Brooks’ mega-hit. Concert: Standard Time with Michael Feinstein at Carnegie Hall and Gershwin/Berlin Tributes for the Philadelphia Symphony and National Symphony with Marvin Hamlisch. Creator of Lazy Tuesday – I Love A Piano Style on YouTube. Proud member of Actor’s Equity. Visit www.jeffrydenman.com.
This Canadian native is thrilled to be making her Reprise! debut with On Your Toes. She recently relocated to LA from New York where she performed on Broadway with Hairspray, All Shook Up, Urban Cowboy, Sweet Smell of Success, Dance of the Vampires, and The Music Man. Jennie was also in the National Tour of Ragtime and played Sandy in Grease. She has performed twice on the Tony Awards as well as “The Rosie O’Donnell Show”, “The Today Show”, “Good Morning America”, and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. She can be heard on three Broadway Album recordings of Sweet Smell of Success, The Music Man, and All Shook Up. Film: Shadow Puppets and Walk Hard (2008). Television: “Grease! You’re the One That I Want”. Jennie is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Thank you Eric Stevens and all my love to Steve for his continuous and abounding support!
is thrilled to be performing for the first time with Reprise! As an alumnus ‘03, he is equally thrilled to be performing at his alma mater, UCLA. Regional theater credits include: Tommy Djilas in The Music Man (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, NY), Ambrose in Hello Dolly (Downey Civic Light Opera), Gus in Babes in Arms (Saddleback Civic Light Opera), Protean in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Performance Riverside), Billy u/s in 42nd Street (Fullerton Civic Light Opera), a dancer for the Los Angeles Opera’s production of Idomeneo, and most recently, as a Featured Cowboy in CLOSBC's Annie Get Your Gun. Casey was born and raised in Southern California and for the last three years he has directed and taught for the Orange County High School of the Arts.
has a Bachelors Degree in theatre from New Mexico State University where he studied under Tony Award-winning playwright Mark Medoff. Favorite roles include P.T. Barnum in Barnum, Harold Hill in The Music Man, Oscar Jaffe in Twentieth Century, Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun, Tito Morelli in Lend Me A Tenor, and Jack in the award-winning Reefer Madness. He is probably best known as the villainous Jude St. Clair on Days of Our Lives. Jeff is also an accomplished artist and was honored by the President with a personal invitation to the White House for his 9/11 memorial painting, "The Eyes of a Nation".
is thrilled to be making her Reprise! debut and to be working again with Lee Martino. On Your Toes also marks her return to the stage after a hiatus during which she earned an MFA in screenwriting from the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television. While at USC, she was the recipient of the Mary Pickford, Frank Sinatra, USC Associates, and Women in Film scholarships. Recent film credits include the Oscar winning short film, West Bank Story, and the upcoming short, You, written and directed by Melora Hardin. She currently performs in Degas and the Dancer for the non-profit organization Enrichment Works, which tours the Los Angeles Unified School District’s after school programs. Favorite roles include Katharine in Henry V, Irina in The Three Sisters, and Alice in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (choreographed by none other than the fabulous Lee Martino). In her spare time, she is a passionate college football and basketball fan, her team being (of course) USC. She would like to thank her family for their continued support.
is thrilled to be back at Reprise!. This year Beth originated the role of Sister Mary Robert in the world premiere productions of Sister Act: The Musical at the Pasadena Playhouse and the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, directed by Peter Schneider. Beth spent last year in NYC making her Broadway debut originating the role of June Carter Cash in Ring of Fire (Cast Album) directed by Richard Maltby, Jr. and her Off-Broadway Debut originating the role of Alison in Bingo! (Cast Album). Regional Credits include: Ring of Fire (Studio Arena Theatre), You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Colony Theatre/Ovation Nom.), Grand Hotel (Colony Theatre/Peter Schneider dir.), A New Brain (Reprise!/David Lee dir.), Babes In Arms (Reprise!/Glenn Casale dir.), Guns (Mark Taper Forum), Denver Center Theatre, the Ordway, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Arvada Center, and Aspen Theatre in the Park. TV: “Reno 911”, “Wanda Does It”, “Second Nature” (pilot), “Judging Amy”, “One Minute Soap Opera” (Series Regular) and Host of “What’s On” (TV Guide Channel). A Colorado native, Beth graduated from the University of Northern Colorado and holds an MFA from UC Irvine. www.bethmalone.com
was previously seen on the Reprise! stage in On the Town and is thrilled to be back. Originally from Las Vegas, Joey now resides in Los Angeles. Some of his favorite credits include: Tommy Djilas in The Music Man, Annie Get Your Gun (South Bay CLO), It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman (MTG), Guys and Dolls (Musical Theater West), Andy in 42nd St., Hennesey in Biloxi Blues, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Tuachan Amphitheater. Many thanks to Dan, Jerry, Lee, Steven, and all his friends and family.
On Your Toes marks Melissa’s debut performance at Reprise! and she is thrilled to be here! Her most memorial musical theatre credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Oklahoma, Pirates of Penzance, The Phantom of the Opera, Children of Eden, Camelot, Showboat, Meet Me in St. Louis, and The Wizard of Oz. Melissa has performed all over California in various productions, including events at Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, and in Palm Springs for the re-opening of various resorts and casinos. Melissa was a flying angel for two years and a company dance member for two seasons at The Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. She has trained extensively in ballet, tap, modern, and jazz dancing. From a very young age, she found her muse on the stage and has felt complete there ever since. Born and raised in Southern California, Melissa now calls the great City of New York her home. A big thank you to Lee for getting her away from the sticky, east coast humidity and a huge thanks to her family and friends! All my love!!
returns to Reprise! after performing in On The Town and My One and Only. Other credits include A Chorus Line (Mike), Kiss Me Kate (Hortensio), Fiddler on the Roof (Fyedka), The Goodbye Girl (Billy), Crazy for You (Bobby), and as a Rome-Tone in Musical Theater West’s production of Never Gonna Dance, and more. He has also performed in Footloose, The Hot Mikado, Evita, Phantom, 42nd Street, and Romeo and Juliet with the East Los Angeles Classic Theater. An avid dancer and performer for over twenty years, Aaron specializes in tap, jazz, and ballet, studying with some of the most sought after professionals in the business; instructors that include Cory Finn, Stephen Harding, Richard Pierlon, Louis Mckay, and Mark Goodman. A company member with The San Diego Ballet Company for ten years, performing as a soloist, Aaron has also danced with the Mark Goodman Tap Company in Los Angeles. When not performing, Aaron travels throughout the United States as a dance adjudicator and a master class instructor/choreographer for Starbound National Talent Competition. Aaron will perform next in the Chicago Company of New York City’s production of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Aaron now resides in New York City.
began her career at age 15, dancing for Jerome Robbins. Under contract to Columbia Pictures, she appeared in 15 films, among them Experiment in Terror, The Interns, and McClintock! After her first television series, “The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.,” came 12 more films, over 20 mini-series (Mistral’s Daughter, Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun, among others), stage productions such as Sabrina, Oliver! and Annie Get Your Gun and two more TV series, “Feather & Father Gang” and the long-running “Hart to Hart.” She toured extensively with “Hart to Hart” co-star Robert Wagner in Love Letters, including in London’s West End, where she returned to do the musical Matador and, later, the American drama The Adjustment. After eight “Hart to Hart” TV movies, she starred in the first revival of the musical Applause and returned to England as Anna in The King and I, in which she also toured throughout the US. Her debut CD, “On the Same Page,” is a collaboration with veteran musician/arranger Page Cavanaugh. She is co-founder of the William Holden Wildlife Foundation, established in 1982 as a public charity, is a Fellow of the Los Angeles Zoo, Royal Geographical Society and Explorers Club of America, and she created the Jaguar Conservation Trust for Jaguar Cars North America. Powers will bring her new one-woman show, One from the Hart, to the Orange County Performing Arts Center in November.
On Your Toes is Mark's first performance with Reprise!. Broadway and touring credits have included Fosse with Ben Vereen and Ann Reinking, Chicago with Charlotte D'Amboise and Jasmine Guy, Jesus Christ Superstar with Ted Neeley and the late Carl Anderson, and Funny Girl with Deborah Gibson. Regional credits include work with Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera House, and Pioneer Theatre Company. He has choreographed for Disney, AMDA, Rosie O'Donnell's "r family vacation", the Norris Theatre, Mt. San Antonio Community College, Orange County Song & Dance Company, and the Laguna Beach Dance Conservatory. Besides performing and teaching, Mark is a certified yoga instructor, and has developed an interest in writing for “The Story Salon”. He is extremely honored to be a part of this production and sincerely thanks Jim Gardia, Dan Mojica, Lee Martino, and Julia Flores for this opportunity.
is a recent graduate of the University of California, Irvine, where she was a member of Donald McKayle’s Etude Ensemble. Last spring she participated in the UC Irvine New York Satellite Program where she performed in 4@15 at the York Theatre in NYC. She is very happy to be working with Reprise! and would like to thank Mom and Dad for all of their support.
is excited to be making his Reprise! debut. Earlier this year, Brett played Ro’i in the acclaimed US Premiere of The Master of the House at the Laguna Playhouse. Other regional credits include: Mikey Thomas in Shear Madness, Georgie in Over the Tavern, Barnaby Tucker in Hello Dolly!, Chorus in Henry V, and Riff in West Side Story. Brett also holds a B.A. in music composition from UCLA and is an accomplished composer and playwright. His play Weïrd won the 2007 Tennessee Williams One-Act Competition and his musical Quit India, written with Ryan Scott Oliver, was a finalist for the 2007 Richard Rodgers Award. He would like to thank Danny, Julia, Dan, and Gerald for their support in garnering this role. Proud member of AEA. www.myspace.com/btryback.
received his dance training at the School of American Ballet which is the official school of the New York City Ballet. He danced professionally with the Pennsylvania Ballet and the Boston Ballet. He has also been in five original cast Broadway shows: as Ivan Boleslavski in The Red Shoes, as the Fairground Boy in the Tony Award-winning revival of Carousel (Lincoln Center), as Phantom, Frank-N-Furter, and Rocky in The Rocky Horror Picture Show Live, as the Mirror in The Dance of the Vampires, and as both Sash and Fyedka in the Tony Award-nominated revival of Fiddler on the Roof. His Television credits include a contract role on “Another World” and guest starring roles on “Gilmore Girls”, “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”, “Jack and Jill”, and “The Cosby Mysteries”. Recent performances in LA include Tannhauser, The Merry Widow, and Placido Domingo and Friends with the LA Opera and the Pasadena Playhouse Revival of Can-Can.
is pleased to be making her Reprise debut in this production of On Your Toes. Her recent adventures include playing Erica in the 5th Avenue Theater production of Princesses, Meg in the National Tour of The Phantom of the Opera, and Emily in the 2002 Broadway revival of Oklahoma!. Sarah, a proud member of Actors Equity, has also danced with leading ballet and opera companies throughout the country. Many thanks to her incredibly supportive family, Julia, and the Lord’s wonderful sense of humor. Chris YHMH!
On Broadway, Leslie originated the role of Anne in La Cage Aux Folles and appeared in Victor/Victoria with the delightful Julie Andrews. Her Off-Broadway credits include James Lapine’s Twelve Dreams at the Lincoln Center and My Fair Lady with Kelsey Grammer and Kelli O’Hara with the NY Philharmonic. Regionally, she has appeared in Comedy of Errors at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, as Miranda in The Tempest at North Shore, as Hippolyta in Tis Pity She’s A Whore at L.A.’s Odyssey Theatre, and most recently in Can Can at the Pasadena Playhouse. Ms. Stevens played Charity in Sweet Charity with Austin Musical Theatre and the Downtown Cabaret Theatre (CT), both under the direction of Scott Thompson. Those acclaimed productions were honored with Awards for Best Musical as well as Best Actress. Leslie has danced in 12 productions with the LA Opera, including The Merry Widow, Aida, Il Trovatore, and Idomeneo. On TV, she has appeared on “Strong Medicine,” “NYPD Blue,” “Over There,” “The O.C.,” and “Close To Home.” She is a proud alumnus of the fabulous Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and a graduate of the Shakespeare LAB at New York’s Public Theatre. Thank you to Lee and Dan.
a true Southerner, began his training at the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts for Drama and Dance. Classical solo roles followed with world premieres for the Pacific Northwest Ballet and Houston Ballet as well as guest principal roles on international stages. John co-starred in the Sundance awarded play, The Studio, at South Coast Repertory. Broadway roles include The Phantom of the Opera and Movin' Out. John was most recently seen on the Reprise! stage in No Strings. Just prior, John was quite “naked” to the world in The Full Monty. John just shot the series regular role of Olsen for “Bourbon Street”, a pilot for Producer Joel Castleberg and Director John Coppola, shot entirely on location in New Orleans. Other TV credits include daytime shows “All My Children”, “As the World Turns”, and “Days of Our Lives”.
is thrilled to return to Reprise! Recent credits include Claudine in Pasadena Playhouse’s Can-Can and as a principal dancer with The Los Angeles Opera’s The Merry Widow. Yvette has appeared as a guest artist in several LA Opera productions, as well as the Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Pacific, and Palm Beach Opera. Regional theatre credits include: Lisa in The Studio (South Coast Rep.), Velma in Never Gonna Dance (Music Theatre West), Tiger Lily in Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan (North Shore Music Theatre), Zelda in The Wild Party (Musical Theater Guild), performances for the Goodspeed Opera House, Music Theatre of Wichita, and Damn Yankees national tour. Yvette danced with Shakira and Wyclef Jean at the 2007 Grammys and performed with Tony Bennett, Elton John, Christina Aguilera, John Legend, Diana Krall, and Michael Buble in “Tony Bennett, An American Classic”, directed and choreographed by Rob Marshall. Film: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Miss Congeniality 2. Television: “Scrubs”, “Close to Home”, “Cold Case”, “Charmed”, “Jack and Jill”, “The Suite Life of Zak and Cody”, “Passions”, and over a dozen national and regional commercials. Love and gratitude to Dan, Lee, and Julia, and to my Colin for his encouragement.
is pleased to be performing at Reprise! for his first time. Favorite Southern California roles include Hysterium in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Moonlight Amphitheatre), Albert in Bye, Bye Birdie, Mingo in Crazy For You (Music Theatre of Southern California), Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, Moonface Martin in Anything Goes, Orin in Little Shop of Horrors (Performance Riverside), and as a dancer in Mame for Musical Theatre West. John is a tenured member of the faculty at Citrus College teaching dance and musical theatre as well as a busy Director/Choreographer. A big thanks to Lee and Dan for this opportunity! Proud member of AEA for nineteen years.
is delighted to return to Reprise! having appeared in Fiorello!, On The 20th Century, and Kismet. She has received Drama-Logue Awards for Singin’ In The Rain and Guys & Dolls. She performed at the Hollywood Bowl in The Sound of Music and The Music Man and swears she’s not the reason John Mauceri left. Other regional credits include: Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Tessie in Gypsy, Sugar in Some Like It Hot, Doatsie Mae in Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Hedy in How to Succeed…, Bonnie in Anything Goes, Portia in Cinderella, Flora in No, No Nanette, and Gladys in Pal Joey. She was also a featured cast member in From The Top! starring Carol Burnett and played the role of Marion, opposite George Wendt, in Happy Days the Musical, written and directed by Garry Marshall. Since 1995, Diane has been licensed and authorized by CBS Worldwide and Desilu, too, LLC to portray the famous redhead “Lucy Ricardo” at Universal Studios Hollywood and throughout the world. Diane lives in Los Angeles with her multi-talented husband Sam Kriger. Huge thanks to Dan, Lee, Gerald, Jim, Julia, and Stage 9. As a member of Actor’s Equity she thanks you for supporting live theatre.
was most recently a soloist with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo and has also danced with Boston Ballet 2. He has trained at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Paris as well as Boston Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet schools. He has performed in La Cage aux Folles with Musical Theater West and The Phantom of the Opera at Performance Riverside. He is currently finishing his last quarter at the University of California Irvine as a Literary Journalism major and is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association. Shout out to the Wilson Sisters!!
