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DOUGLAS ESKEW
(
Ensemble
) Broadway:
Rev. Avery,
The Color Purple
; Big Moe,
Five Guys
Named Moe
;
Truly Blessed
. Off-Broadway:
Thunder
Knocking on the Door
,
Josephine Songs
. National
Tours:
The Color Purple
,
Cats
,
Dreamgirls
,
Ain’t
Misbehavin’
and
Five Guys Named Moe
(NAACP
nomination and LA Ovation Award). Regional:
Caroline or Change
,
Chasin’ Dem Blues
,
Crowns
,
Ain’t Misbehavin’
(Helen Hayes nomination),
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
,
Polk County
,
Golden
Boy
and
Thunder Knocking on the Door
(Helen
Hayes nomination). TV Credits:
One Life to Live
,
Oprah
,
David Letterman
,
The Tonight Show
,
The
Today Show
,
Good Morning America
and the Tony®
Awards show (1992, 2005).
MIKAELA FLEMING
(
Ensemble
) Credits
include:
Hairspray
(Tracy Turnblad),
A Chorus
Line
(Val),
Curtains
,
Crazy For You
,
Dial M For
Murder
,
Amelia Earhart
, and
Les Misérables
. She
created the role of Ellie Hammond for the original
workshop of
First Kids
. She was a performer with
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company and stars in
the soap opera series
Studio 127
.
www.mikaelafleming.com.
CAITLAINNE ROSE GURRERI
(
Ensemble
) is
thrilled to make her Muny debut. Credits include:
Radio One in
Caroline or Change
, Deena in
Dreamgirls,
Andrea in
Once on this Island, Ragtime
,
Dynamite in
Hairspray
, and Taylor in
High School
Musical
. She is a graduate of Loyola University
Chicago and a proud member of Actors’ Equity
Association. Much love and gratitude to the
Dreamgirls
team and her family.
www.caitlainne.com
ADAM JEPSEN
(
Ensemble
) hails from Chicago
and is thrilled to be here. He is a proud recent
graduate from Penn State University with a BFA
in musical theatre. National Tour:
The Wizard of
Oz
(Scarecrow). Regional: Ogunquit Playhouse:
Legally Blonde
. A big thanks to everyone here at
The Muny!!! Proud member of Actors’ Equity.
www.AdamJepsen.com
CASSANDRA C. PALACIO
(
Ensemble
) is excited
to perform at The Muny. Credits include:
Annie
Get Your Gun
,
Sweet Charity
,
Dreamgirls
,
Beauty
and the Beast
,
The Wiz
,
West Side Story
, and she
was a Rockette. TV: HBO’s
In Treatment
,
All My
Children
,
Hope & Faith
, all
Law & Orders
,
Bored of
Education
and
Prison Life
pilots. Films:
War of the
Worlds
,
Freedom Land
and
The Devil Wears Prada
.
Alphaomegadance.org
BECCA PETERSEN
(
Ensemble
) is thrilled to
make her Muny debut this summer in
Thoroughly
Modern Millie
and
Dreamgirls
. She will be a junior
in the fall studying musical theatre at Brigham
Young University. Favorite credits:
Oklahoma!
(Laurey),
Beauty and the Beast
(Belle),
High School
Musical
(Cindra/Cheerleader), and BYU Young
Ambassadors (Singer/Dancer).
JEFFREY POLK
(
Ensemble
) is happy to be back
at The Muny! Credits: Banzai,
The Lion King
,
Annis,
Jesus Christ Superstar
;
Smokey Joe’s Cafe
(Australia, Japan, Germany, and Las Vegas with
Gladys Knight); Little Moe,
Five Guys Named
Moe
(Broadway, Tour/LA Ovation, Award-Best
Supporting Actor in a Musical). I want to thank
Robert and my family.
GIA GRAZIA VALENTI
(
Ensemble
) is over the
moon to be performing under the moon in her
21st season at The Muny. She is really excited to
be performing in two shows she has never done
before,
Chicago
and
Dreamgirls
! Offstage, Gia is a
proud mommy to Trudy, 3 and Eddie, 1. Love to
husband Paul. Proud member of AEA!
SARA K. WIMMER
(
Ensemble
) trained at Clater-
Kaye Theatreworks. She is currently a student at
the American Musical and Dramatic Academy
studying musical theatre. Favorite roles include:
A
Chorus Line
(Cassie),
The Stephen Schwartz Project
(Sara), and
Crazy For You
(Polly). Sara is delighted
to be working at The Muny.
VICTOR J. WISEHART
(
Ensemble
) is joining
The Muny for
Dreamgirls
and
Pirates!
Credits
include: NY/off-Broadway:
Pipe Dream
, Encores!;
The Apartment: A Play With Four Sides
(Matt).
West End:
West Side Story
(Diesel/Riff). Tours: first
national tour of Lincoln Center’s
South Pacific
,
50th Anniversary world tour of
West Side Story
(Diesel/Riff). Regional: Goodspeed Musicals,
Pirates!
and The Muny,
Oklahoma!
(Dream Curly).
BORRIS YORK
(
Ensemble
) returns to The Muny
after being in Disney’s
High School Musical
.
Regional credits: Stages St. Louis, Casa Mañana,
Music Theatre of Wichita, and the Repertory
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