moved to Los Angeles from New York City just a handful of months ago and is proud to be in this REPRISE! production.  New York:  Celestina (NY Premier), Pilgrim (NY Premier), Oh, Captain! (The York Theater Company); Regional:  Nunsense (Actors Theater of Louisville), Babes in Arms (The Guthrie Theater), Grease, Guys and Dolls, Gigi, Grand Hotel (Westchester Broadway Theatre), West Side Story (The St. Louis MUNY & The Croswell Opera House), My One & Only (Eurpoean Tour), Me and My Girl (The Walnut Street Theatre).  Shari thanks her friends and family for their great love and support.

Having appeared as the Night Watchman and a featured tapper in Mack & Mabel, Paul is thrilled to be returning to the REPRISE! stage.  Previously for REPRISE!, he appeared as the Doctor in Of Thee I Sing, with Maureen McGovern and Gregory Harrison.  Most recently, Paul was assistant choreographer and performed the role of Bela Zangler in Crazy For You for the Bakersfield Music Theater.  Favorite roles include Jerry Cohan in George M! and the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz for the Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera.  Paul appeared as Mr. Bronstein in a concert version of Rags and Custus in Crazy for You for the American Musical Theatre of San Jose.  He is very proud to have been part of the Gaiety Quartet in Sugar Babies, starring Juliet Prowse and Rip Taylor, and an original member of the first national tour of David Merrick’s 42^nd Street.  You might have seen Paul tapping his heart out in the Applause number starring Bonnie Franklin in last year’s S.T.A.G.E. Benefit.  Film and television credits include the movie Tap as a featured tapper with Gregory Hines and Dr. Dan Drexler on daytime’s General Hospital.

is pleased to return to REPRISE! where she was last seen in Call Me Madam as Princess Maria.  She also appeared in the Chicago Ovation Series Strike Up The Band as Anne Draper, starring Bea Arthur.  Ms. Dye appeared in the Toronto production of Phantom of the Opera as Christine Daae with Paul Stanley, of Kiss fame, in the title role.  She also appeared in the Broadway and Canadian National Tour Productions of Phantom.  She traveled with the National Tour of Ragtime as Evelyn Nesbit and played Sandy in the Broadway production of Grease!.  On TV, Melissa played the sweet-girl-turned-psycho-killer on ABC Daytime’s The City and had recurring roles on Another World and AMC’s Remember Wenn.  Originally from DeKalb, IL., she spent several years in Chicago in such shows as Candide (Cunegonde) for which she received a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination, Into the Woods (Little Red Riding Hood), Meet Me in St. Louis (Esther) and Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? (Mary Kenny).  She served as a soloist with Grant Park Symphony and recently participated in a Kurt Weill benefit supporting Actors’ Fund of America.  Melissa was most recently seen in an episode of the NBC hit drama ER.

is thrilled to be transplanted in LA after finishing an exciting run as Lulu in Broadway’s revival of Cabaret.  Her other favorites are:  the National Tour of Cabaret, where she played Lulu and occasionally Sally Bowles, Meet Me in St. Louis (Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera), Show Boat (North Carolina Theatre), Camelot (Walnut Street Theatre), Brigadoon (Music Theatre of Wichita), A Chorus Line (Lincoln Square Theatre) and Nickelodeon’s TV Land.  Alison hails from Iowa, graduated from Millikin University, and has been studying acting with Terry Schrieber in NYC.  Alison would like to express her lover for Jason.  “Yeah, but yeah…”

is thrilled to work with REPRISE! once again, having previously performed in The Pajama Game as part of the student ensemble.  Now, with her BA in Dance from UCLA in hand, she is currently working throughout Southern California as a choreographer and performer.  She was the 1996 first place recipient of the Carol Burnett award for musical theatre and had the pleasure of playing Lady Larkin in Once Upon a Mattress under the direction of Ms. Burnett.  Susannah recently performed in the West Coast premiere of Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World as well as the critically acclaimed premiere production of the pop opera Bare.  She was a four year member of the UCLA musical theatre workshop under the direction of John Hall and is happy to be working with Professor Hall again as choreographer for their current production of You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown.  Susannah is a founding member of the up and coming theatre company Tiny Band Productions.  Favorite roles include:  Audrey – Little Shop of Horrors, Tiger Lily – Peter Pan, and Cinderella – Into the Woods.  Susannah would like to thank her dear friends and family for their unwavering support and inspiration.

is thrilled to return to REPRISE! having played Brando wannabe Blake Barton in Bells Are Ringing.  Having transplanted from New York,  he has appeared on Broadway as Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees with Jerry Lewis, Elvis in the short lived sequel The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, and was in the original Broadway cast of The Will Rogers Follies.  Off-Broadway he played Craig Prince in the infamous Vampire Lesbians of Sodom with Charles Busch and has appeared at various regional theaters throughout the country.  Locally, he has played Monty in the West Coast premiere of Violet at the Laguna Playhouse, the Prince in Cinderella for SBCLO, and is currently involved with two new premieres, The Masada and as Jesus in the upcoming arena tour of Lord of Light.  He has performed on the Kennedy Center Honors, the Grammy Awards and the Tony Awards.  Television credits include:  The Drew Carey Show, 90210, Disney’s Gipetto, as well as numerous appearances on the Rosie O’Donnell Show.  Originally from North Carolina, he is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Circle in the Square theater program.

REPRISE! audiences will remember Joe as Dr. Kitchell, the song-writing dentist, in Bells Are Ringing and as Frank Lippencott in Wonderful Town.  He appeared on Broadway in Swinging on a Star and off-Broadway in Pageant and Forever Plaid.  National companies:  The Mystery of Edwin Drood and La Cage Aux Folles.  Los Angeles:  The People vs. Mona and Forbidden Hollywood.  TV credits:  Everybody Loves Raymond, Ellen, HBO’s Hardcore TV and the 50^th Anniversary Tony Awards.  His video spoof Swish Adams was screened at Toronto’s InsideOUT 2000 and OUTFEST ’99 in LA.  Joe recently joined the faculty of Hamilton Academy of Music.  He is happy to be working with Don, Peter and Marcia again.

is thrilled to be making her REPRISE! debut.  She last appeared in Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show at the Tiffany Theatre and in Billy Barnes Revued at the Hollywood Roosevelt Cinegrill.  West Coast premieres include:  Justin Tanner’s Heartbreak Help, Mary Bland in Eating Raoul, the Musical, Blue Corridor, Babes and Les Miserables.  Hope is the voice of Chet Zipper on As Told by Ginger for Nickelodeon and can be heard singing in the upcoming animated feature film Shrek! for Dreamworks.  Love always to Tom Lavagnino.

is perhaps best known to theatergoers for his portrayal of Enjolras in the original Broadway company of Les Miserables for which he won the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Theater World Award and was featured on the cover of Newsweek.  He repeated that performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London celebrating the 10^th anniversary of Les Miz.  At the New York City Opera he starred as Count Carl Magnus in A Little Night Music.  He has sung extensively with symphony orchestras nationwide including the Cleveland, Minnesota, Kansas City, St. Louis, Buffalo, Columbus, Seattle, Utah and National Symphonies.  He has starred nationally in musicals including Carousel, Brigadoon, Kismet, Annie Get Your Gun, Side by Side, 110 in the Shade and Showboat.  He teamed up with fellow Tony Award winner Debbie Gravitte to create their critically acclaimed show Direct from Broadway which debuted at the Kennedy Center in Washington and has toured the US.  In film he recently starred in the independent feature Go Fish.  Other film credits include, Where the Day Takes You, Cadillac and Deep End of the Ocean.  On television he has guest starred on Quantum Leap, Nowhere Man, Hearts Afire and Star Trek-Voyager.  He will be performing at the Cinegrill May 15-20.

is making his LA debut having just married his company manager, Susan Blyth.  They toured together for two and a half years with Hal Prince’s Show Boat and Victor/Victoria starring Toni Tenille.  Before following his new bride to LA, Chris also toured Europe in another Gershwin musical, My One and Only.  In New York, Chris covered the lead roles in West Side Story, Singin’ In The Rain and won a rave in the New York Times for his portrayal of Mike in A Chorus Line.  Other regional credits include Cornelius in Hello, Dolly!, Good News, Damn Yankees, Pippin, George M!, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Succeed in Business…, The Student Prince, Applause and Carousel.  For several years, Chris worked as a singer, dancer and emcee for the Walt Disney World parks in Florida and Tokyo.  In the short time he’s been in town, Chris has been seen in such films as Family Man and Beautiful as well as several appearances on Days of Our Lives.  A big thank you to Stuart K. Robinson who has been an invaluable teacher and to Teresa Valente at Beverly Hecht for her confidence and enthusiasm!

is thrilled to be on the REPRISE! stage for the first time!  She recently played the role of Hildy, the taxicab driver, in Fullerton Civic Light Opera’s On the Town.  She just completed 81 performances in the 6^th Annual Lawrence Welk Musical Christmas.  Favorite stage credits include:  Evita (Tango Dancer), Jesus Christ Superstar (Maid by the Fire), the voice of Anita in West Side Story (See Sound Productions, an all hearing-impaired company), Tiger Lily in Larry Hart’s Pan Jam, a modern day version of Peter Pan, co-starring with Sam Harris in Different Hats (Pasadena Playhouse), and debuting Sam Harris’ and Bruce Newberg’s musical, Hurry, Hurry, Hollywood! at the Hollywood Playhouse.  Television credits include:  3 years as series regular on Nickelodeon’s hip-hop, comedy series, Roundhouse and a recurring role on General Hospital as Dee Dee.  Film credits include:  Flintstones, 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag and House Party II.  Natalie enthusiastically thanks Bruce Newberg (Casting Director), Marcia Seligson (Producer), Don Amendolia (Director), Gene Castle (Choreographer) and Nancy O’Meara (Assistant to Choreographer).

is very excited to be making her REPRISE! series debut.  A native of Boston, Nancy has traveled the world choreographing, teaching, and dancing on multiple projects from live tours, television appearances, music videos, commercials and film.  For the past three years, she has been choreographing and dancing with Latin superstar Chayanne.  Other prominent tours include Paula Abdul’s Spellbound World Tour and Reba McEntire.  Nancy has performed on the Academy Awards, the Grammy Awards and the MTV Movie Awards.  Her television credits include:  Jack and Jill, Chicago Hope, Fame LA and Boston Common.  Nancy can be seen in such feature films as Forest Gump, Boys and Girls and, the soon to be released, The Wedding Planner.  Nancy would like to thank her family and friends for all their love and support.  She dedicates this performance to her teacher and mentor Sherry Gold.

is a five time nominated, CableACE Award winning actor for HBO’s Not Necessarily The News ; Master’s Degree in Theatre from Columbia University; starred in the New York premiere of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; performed with the New York Shakespeare Festival, The Brooklyn Academy of Music Company, The American Place Theatre, Lincoln Center, and Folger Shakespeare Theatre; starred in over thirty-five Off-Broadway, summer and regional theatre productions (Tartuffe, Joe Egg, Sly Fox, Chapter Two, Carnival, Born Yesterday, Talley’s Fox, etc.); starred or has been featured in such movies as Honey We Shrunk Ourselves, Fatal Attraction, Zenon: the Zequel, Hollywood Knights, Arachnophobia, and Striptease; was a series regular on nine prime time shows and pilots, guest starred in over fifty television shows with recurring roles in numerous others; many cartoon characters; the voice of Earl Sinclair on the award winning show Dinosaurs; composed for and performed on the Disney album “Dinosaurs:  The Big Songs”; starred in, co-wrote, and co-executive produced the Stuart Pankin Cinemax Comedy Experiment (Hump!, the musical comedy version of Richard III), in which he played five roles and sang his own original music.  Stuart is blessed with Joy and Andy.

is pleased to be making her third appearance here at the Freud Playhouse following REPRISE!’s two hits, Mack & Mabel, starring Douglas Sills, Jane Krakowski, and Donna McKechnie and Call Me Madam, starring Karen Morrow and Michael Nouri.  Some other favorite productions include:  The national tour of West Side Story, original cast of Lord of Light, 42^nd Street, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Carousel, A Chorus Line, Anything Goes, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, South Pacific, Sweet Charity and Peter Pan, among others.  Lauren’s versatility as a performer has enabled her to travel all over the US, Europe, Africa and Asia performing for cruise lines, Disney, Magic Productions, The U.S.O. and dance companies.  In addition to performing, Lauren also enjoys helping people stay healthy with her work as a fitness trainer.  Enjoy the show!

Jim’s numerous credits include:  Broadway:  Cats (Mistofeles, Skimbleshanks, Mungojerrie), LA-US Premiere:  Ragtime (Stanford White), Chicago and Vancouver:  Ragtime (Houdini), Theatre:  Floating Rhoda and the Glue Man (Barn’s stand-in), I’m Not Rappaport (Gilley), The Duck Pond (John), MASH (Radar O’Reilly), Clandestine at the Crystal (Larry) and A Lie of the Mind (Frankie).  He received rave reviews as Cosmo Brown in Singin’ in the Rain, Bobby Randall in Good News (Robby Award Best Supporting Actor), Chip in On The Town (Robby Award Nominee, Best Supporting Actor-2001), Tommy Djilas in The Music Man (B Iden Payne Award Nominee, Best Featured Actor) and Mike in A Chorus Line.  TV/Film:  Planet of the Apes-The Visitor, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (Donatello), For The Boys, Newsies and Mrs. Santa Claus.  Love to C.Shell.

is currently represented by two national touring companies:  The Belle of Amherst with Julie Harris and My One Good Nerve with Ruby Dee.  Last January, he and William Luce wrote the text for Renee Fleming’s Live From Lincoln Center Concert for PBS’s Great Performance Series.  Broadway directing credits include Ira Levin’s Break a Leg and Larry Shue’s The Nerd.  In 1997, Mr. Reilly became the sole American Director nominated for a Tony Award for The Gin Game.  As an actor he appeared in the original Bye Bye Birdie; How to Succeed in Business…(Tony and Drama Critics Award); Hello, Dolly! (Tony nomination); Skyscraper; God’s Favorite and Charlotte.  TV appearances include the recurring role of Jose Chung on The X Files (Emmy nomination), and guest spots on The Larry Sanders Show, Millennium (Emmy nomination), and The Drew Carey Show (Emmy nomination).  His first Emmy nomination was for The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.  He also directed two seasons of Evening Shade.  In addition to his other acting and directing credits, Mr. Reilly is a highly acclaimed opera director, directing for companies in Chicago, Dallas and San Diego.  In 2000, Mr. Reilly opened his one-man show, Save it for the Stage (2 Ovation Award Nominations), to sold out audiences in California and Florida.  It opens in the fall in New York at the Irish Repertory.

is happy to be working on his first production with REPRISE!  His most recent productions include All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten and Nunsense Jamboree with Sierra Repertory in northern California.  Stephen was in the world premiere of March Tale at the Seven Angels Theatre in Connecticut and locally in Music Theatre of Southern California’s production of Wonderful Town.  Stephen has also performed with Disneyland’s barbershop quartet, The Dapper Dans and he is a graduate of Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Clown College.  Many thanks to his family for their continued love and support.

is recently new to Los Angeles.  He comes from New York City, where he performed on Broadway, in the original cast of Parade, at Lincoln Center Theatre.  He also appeared in the original cast of the current revival of Cabaret and danced in the Johnny Mercer revue, Dream.  Last spring, Bill was at the Ahmanson Theatre with the touring production of Martin Guerre.  Television credits include:  The David Letterman Show, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, Life Goes On and Hull High.  He has been in numerous live industrial shows for companies including State Farm, Disney, and Toyota.  Bill also enjoys teaching and choreographing, and is reachable at WTSzobody@aol.com.

is back working with REPRISE! again after having played Inspector Barnes in last season’s Bells Are Ringing.  He last appeared on Broadway in Lost in Yonkers, Loose Ends, The Secret Rapture and the musicals The Grand Tour, The Robber Bridegroom and The Magic Show. In the LA area he has starred in two productions at the Pasadena Playhouse – The Foreigner and Special Occasions – as well as in Awake and Sing at the Odyssey and in Golden Boy and Divorcons at the Pacific Resident Theatre.  His films include The Santa Clause, Awakenings, I’ll Do Anything, Mannequin and The Swan Princess.  He has appeared in hundreds of TV shows and commercials.  He is married to actress Carolyn Mignini and they are the proud parents of two great sons.

appeared on Broadway twice last season.  In the current revival of The Music Man, she played the venerable Eulalie MacKechnie Shinn earning an Outer Critics Nomination; and as bedraggled Queen of the Nile in David Crane and Larry Coen’s Epic Proportions, she won a FANY, the People’s Choice Award of Broadway.  Other Broadway appearances include Little Me with Martin Short, Guys and Dolls with Nathan Lane, Marvin Hamlisch’s Smile, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 and the original Annie.  She earned a Drama Desk Nomination for Charles Busch’s The Green Heart at Manhattan Theatre Club and has appeared with the playwright in his production of Queen Amarantha and You Should Be So Lucky.  She starred in NY’s ENCORES! production of DuBarry was a Lady, Second Stage’s The Good Times Are Killing Me and M.C.C.’s The English Teachers.  Regional highlights include Arena Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, O’Neill Conference, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Papermill Playhouse and Goodspeed Opera House.  On film, Ruth can currently be seen flirting with Nicholas Cage in The Family Man, as well as roles in Psycho Beach Party, Malcolm X, Foreign Student, Double Parked and Italian Movie.  Recent TV guest appearances include Law & Order and the short lived Wonderland.