Barry returned to Los Angeles in 1982 from London where he lived and worked for fifteen years. He created his award-winning performance as the Emcee in London's West End production of Cabaret starring Judi Dench and originated the role of Pontius Pilate on the “Brown” album, on Broadway, and in the film version of Jesus Christ Superstar. Barry appeared as the ventriloquist's dummy in the Mark Taper's production of Ghetto, as the testy headwaiter in the Ahmanson's revival of She Loves Me and in Annie Get Your Gun at San Francisco's A.C.T. Films include: Trading Places, The Shining, Kentucky Fried Movie, Superman III, Dark Crystal, Fiddler on the Roof, and Titanic. On television, he has been seen on Wonder Woman, Batman, L.A. Law, Newhart, Hill Street Blues, Tales From the Darkside, Murphy Brown, and Murder She Wrote. In 1997, Barry wrote My Life with Barbra: A Love Story, a memoir of his early days with Barbra Streisand and the nightclub act he created and directed for her which catapulted Barbra into her early stardom. He recently created the role of Bertold Brecht in the premiere staging of Silent Partners by Charles Marowitz at the Scena Theatre in Washington D.C.

Springfield, Missouri native Lucas Grabeel began his acting career when he responded to a call for the local high school’s stage production of The Secret Garden. He soon began auditioning for plays and musicals at the community theater, starring in productions of Oliver!; Romeo and Juliet; and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, among others. In 2004, he made a trip to Los Angeles to look into becoming a professional actor. After landing a few commercial jobs, he was chosen for a role in Disney’s telefilm Halloweentown High and reprised the part in Disney’s Return to Halloweentown. He has guest-starred on such television series as Boston Legal, Veronica Mars, and Smallville; and appeared in such movies as College Road Trip and The Adventures of Food Boy. Cast as Ryan Evans in the 2006 Disney Channel telefilm High School Musical, he became part of an ongoing media phenomenon that has encompassed a 2007 telefilm sequel (High School Musical 2) and a 2008 movie sequel (High School Musical 3: Senior Year); all three features were directed by Kenny Ortega. Lucas’ role as Danny Nicoletta in Gus Van Sant’s MILK, starring Sean Penn, again brought him to the “big screen” in 2008.

Broadway credits include: Crazy For You (Tony nomination) Oklahoma! (Theatre World Award, Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations), Cats (Tony Award nomination), Harrigan and Hart with Mark Hamill (Drama Desk Award nomination), Oh Brother!, Is There Life After High School, Sleight Of Hand, George in Sunday In The Park With George, Imaginary Friends, and, in 2006, King Arthur in Spamalot. Lincoln Center: Twelve Dreams by James Lapine. Off-Broadway: Picasso At The Lapin Agile by Steve Martin, and If Love Were All with Twiggy. Over 60 TV credits include: “The Mayor” in Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Ralph in Dear John, and episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Voyager, and Enterprise, Medium, Bones, Las Vegas, CSI, Mad About You, Breaking Bad, The West Wing. Film: About Schmidt with Jack Nicholson, Road To Perdition with Tom Hanks, Amistad, Dance With Me with Vanessa Williams, Patch Adams with Robin Williams, Brubaker with Robert Redford, Manna From Heaven, Role Of A Lifetime with Scott Bakula, and The Day The World Ended. He is an Associate Artist of the Globe Theatre in San Diego. He is also a proud member of The Antaeus Company in Los Angeles and is happily married to his wife of 30 years, Dawn Didawick.

Hap has played lots of Brits, including Mr. Wemmick in Great Expectations: the Musical at the Odyssey Theatre, Fagin in Oliver! at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Georgie Lord Bellimore in Only A Kingdom at The Pasadena Playhouse, and multiple roles in Gilbert & Sullivan a la Carte, the national concert tour. He has starred as Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, appeared with Dale Kristien and B.D. Wong in Gifts of the Maji at the Coast Theatre, and toured in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Film credits include: The Best of Times with Robin Williams, Loving Couples with Susan Sarandon, Coast to Coast with Robert Blake and Diane Canon, Altered States for Ken Russell, and Wholly Moses! with Dudley Moore. TV credits include: HBO’s Inherit the Wind with Jack Lemon and George C. Scott, Aunt Mary with Jeanne Stapleton, Carnivalle, The Pretender, Profiler, Ellen (the sit-com), and the controversial Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer as President Lincoln. Hap was the M&M’s Candy Man back when your mom was little, and his very first principal role was as Matt in The Fantasticks in college in 1966.

Eric hails from Toronto, where he got his start as an actor over twenty years ago. After five seasons with the Stratford Shakespearean Festival and stints in theaters across Canada, he ventured into the United States and into television. He has appeared in dozens of series and TV movies, including two seasons as Col. Clay Mosby on Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years. In 1998, he began the role that would earn him five Golden Globe nominations and the Emmy Award for Leading Actor in a Comedy: Will Truman in NBC’s hit series Will & Grace. He made his Broadway debut starring as The Music Man in 2001 and returned to the New York stage in Neil LaBute’s Some Girl(s). In the summer of 2008, Eric co-starred in A&E’s mini-series The Andromeda Strain. Currently, Eric can be seen as the star of TNT’s Trust Me. Additionally, Eric stars in the indie film Alien Trespass, released earlier this year. Eric, his wife Janet, and their five year old son, Finnigan, split their time between Los Angeles and their home away from home, Vancouver.

Kimberly is thrilled to return to Reprise where she was last seen in Li’l Abner and On The Town. Favorite musical theatre credits include: Maggie in Brigadoon for Reprise and Musical Theatre West, Cha Cha in Grease for CLOSBC, Phantom for Performance Riverside (Belladova), and Carousel for Performance Riverside (Louise). Other credits include: Mame starring Carol Lawrence and Sally Struthers, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Children of Eden, and Show Boat, just to name a few. She has danced at the Ford Amphitheatre in Reprise! Broadways Best, in Detroit for the extravaganza “Impact at Ford Field”, the opening gala for Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions, and in Palm Springs in the opening Gala for the Spa Resort Casino. Kimberly has danced in several Actor’s Fund Benefits as well as S.T.A.G.E. Benefits. She holds a BA in dance from UC Irvine and is a certified Pilates Instructor. Thank you to Jason and Lee for this opportunity!

Eileen most recently appeared as Mrs. Peachum in International City Theatre’s critically-acclaimed production of The Threepenny Opera. Last season, she appeared as Beatrice Pomeroy in Don’t Talk to the Actors at Laguna Playhouse, Paulette in the world premiere musical Gulls for The Theatre @ Boston Court, and as Fraulein Schneider in ICT’s production of Cabaret. The recipient of a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award as well as three L.A. Weekly, one OOBR and three Drama-Logue Awards, Ms. T’Kaye has performed such diverse roles as Mattie/Mrs. Higby in the world premiere of They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?; Phyllis in Death Defying Acts; Maxie in June Moon; Rebecca in Morning Star; Penny in You Can’t Take It With You; Adelaide in Guys and Dolls; Woman #1 in Side by Side by Sondheim; Miss Goldberg in In Trousers; Sister Mary in Sister Mary Ignatius...; the Soviet Minister of Culture in The Rehearsal with the L.A. Philharmonic at Disney Hall; and as Zarova Petrova in Sam Harris: Out of Control at Carnegie Hall. Ms. T’Kaye is the Founding Producing Director of the Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena and is also an award-winning producer. Much love and gratitude to David and the kids.

Alison comes to The Fantasticks directly from 42nd Street! An award-winning dancer, Alison recently performed Gower Champion’s original choreography in Cabrillo Music Theatre’s production, under the direction of original Broadway cast member Jon Engstrom. Other favorite theatre credits include "Cinderella” in Into the Woods, “Sally Bowles” in Cabaret, “Louise” in Carousel, and multiple Disney projects at the El Capitan Theatre. Film and TV credits include: Big Love (HBO), An Accidental Christmas (Lifetime), Superhero Movie (Weinstein Co.), and the upcoming Hallmark Channel movie Safe Harbor premiering May 30th.