DEE HOTY
(
Reverend Mother Mary Regina
)
is thrilled to be back at The Muny, having
previously appeared in
Mame, 42nd Street
and
Footloose
. She comes directly
from Scottsdale, Arizona,
where she appeared in
Love,
Loss and What I Wore
. Prior
to that, she completed a run
of a new play,
Rich Girl
, at
the George Street Playhouse
and Cleveland Play House, and was inducted into
the Cleveland Play House Hall of Fame. Dee
has earned three Tony® nominations for starring
roles in
Footloose, The Best Little Whorehouse Goes
Public
, and
The Will Rogers Follies
. She starred on
Broadway and in eight major U. S. cities as Donna
in
Mamma Mia!
. More Broadway:
Bye Bye, Birdie
(Roundabout),
City of Angels
(Outer Critics
Circle Nomination),
Me and My Girl, Big River,
The Five O’Clock Girl,
and
Shakespeare’s Cabaret
.
Other highlights: The Second Anniversary New
York City cast of
Love, Loss and What I Wore
;
Diana Vreeland in
Full Gallop
; tours of
9 to 5
for Producer Mike Isaacson (Violet);
Barnum;
Doctor Dolittle
; Phyllis in
Follies
(Paper Mill,
cast recording); Kay Thompson in
Stormy
Weather
(Barrymore Award, L.A. Ovation Award
nomination). Film and TV:
Smash, Elementary,
Law & Order
(s), etc. Otterbein College graduate/
Honorary Doctorate. Proud Equity member.
TARI KELLY
(
Sister Mary Amnesia
) returns
to the Muny stage where she starred in last
season’s
Thoroughly Modern
Millie
(Millie, Louis award
nomination).
Recently
she appeared as Ado
Annie in the Lyric Opera
of Chicago’s production
of
Oklahoma!
She has
been seen on Broadway
in
Anything Goes
(Reno
Sweeney),
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
(Mama
Who),
The Boy From Oz
(Trio, Liza Minnelli),
and Hal Prince’s revival of
Show Boat
(Ellie,
Kim). National Tour appearances include
Little
Shop of Horrors
(Audrey),
Cabaret
(Sally Bowles),
and
Show Boat
(Ellie). Regional favorites include
My One and Only
(Edythe Herbert);
The Drowsy
Chaperone
(Janet Van De Graaff);
Promises,
Promises
(Fran Kubelik) all at Stages St. Louis;
Chicago
(Velma Kelly),
Once Upon a Mattress
(Princess Winnifred), and
White Christmas
(Judy
Haynes).
BETH LEAVEL
(
Sister Robert Anne
) is so very
happy to be back in her summer home, The
Muny, and in a Nun’s habit!
Last year she loved being
“Mrs. Meers” in
Thoroughly
Modern Millie
, and a few
seasons before that, one
of her favorite roles, “Miss
Hannigan” in
Annie
. Beth
received Tony®, Drama
Desk, NY Outer Critics
Circle and L.A. Drama Critics Awards for her
performance as the title character in
The Drowsy
Chaperone
. Beth also received a Tony®, Drama
Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nomination for
her role as Florence Greenberg in
Baby It’s You
.
Other Broadway roles include Emily in
Elf
,
Donna in
Mamma Mia!
, Frau Blucher in
Young
Frankenstein
, Dorothy Brock in the revival of
42nd Street
, Tess in the original company of
Crazy For You
, Mrs. Bixby in
The Civil War
, Ellie
in Hal Prince’s
Show Boat
, and Anytime Annie
(her Broadway debut) in
42nd Street
. She recently
performed the roles of Sally Adams in
Call Me
Madam
at Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, M’Lynn
in
Steel Magnolias
at the North Carolina Theatre,
and the much put-upon maid, Berthe, in
Boeing-
Boeing
at the Paper Mill Playhouse. Ms. Leavel
was also seen in New York City Center Encores!
production of
No, No, Nanette
as Lucille.
Numerous Off-Broadway, regional theatre,
commercials, and TV, including the final episode
of
ER
. MFA from UNC-G. Proud mom to T.J.
and Sam. Grateful to my boys @ BRS.
SARAHMEAHL (
Sister Mary Leo
)
Hailing from
Orlando, Florida, Sarah is returning for her third
season at The Muny! Past Muny shows include
Legally Blonde, The Little Mermaid, Seven Brides...
(Ruth),
Thoroughly Modern Millie
(Pearl Lady),
Aladdin,
and
Joseph...Dreamcoat
(Mrs. Potiphar).
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SUMMER PROGRAM 2013
