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Cathy Freemont Maria de Cesare originated
the role of Cathy Freemont in The Children and has played Cathy
in nearly every incarnation of the show since its
inception at N.Y.U.'s Tisch School of the Arts, where she received her
B.F.A. Previous collaborations with Stan Richardson and Hal Goldberg
include Ma Vie En Rosewood, The Night Larry Kramer Did My Laundry, and
A Play Without Gravity. Theatre credits include Beloved Dearly (Lincoln
Center); The Millennium Lounge (Playwrights' Horizons/ NYU); The Rose
Tattoo (Hangar Theater); Crazy Locomotive (Hangar Theater); The Conduct
of Life (Hangar Theater). Television credits include The Sopranos (HBO)
and Third Watch (NBC). On a different note, Maria has spent the past
three years at the University of Southern California Law School, where
she received her J.D. in May 2006. She resides in Los Angeles. |
John Freemont Jonathan Rayson Proud member of Actor’s Equity
since 1998. Most recently appeared as Cornelius in HELLO, DOLLY! at
Paper Mill Playhouse. Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour); A
Year with Frog and Toad. National Tours: Little Shop of Horrors
(Seymour). Minneapolis: A Little Night Music (Henrik); She Loves Me
(George); Side Show (Buddy) directed by Bill Russell; Falsettos
(Whizzer); Love! Valour! Compassion! (Bobby); The Wizard of Oz
(Scarecrow); My Fair Lady (Freddy). Jonathan’s debut solo CD Shiny and
New was just released in April. The CD, featuring music by some of the
1970s’ greatest pop songwriters, is available for purchase in stores
nationwide and online at Amazon and iTunes. www.jonathanrayson.com
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Sheriff Billy Hart Tally Sessions OFF-BROADWAY: The
Joys of Sex, Godspell. NYMF: Yank!, Tim and Scrooge, The Happy Prince.
SELECTED REGIONAL: Signature Theatre: Assassins, The Gospel According
to Fishman; Carousel/NAMT: Meet John Doe; Goodspeed: Lizzie Borden;
Westport Country Playhouse: The Immigrant (Connecticut Critics Circle
nom.); Florida Stage: The Spitfire Grill; Actors' Playhouse: The Full
Monty, Floyd Collins (Carbonell Award), Beauty and the Beast (Carbonell
Award nom.), Songs for a New World; WV Public: Beauty and the Beast;
TBTS: I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change; SpeakEasy Stage: The Last
Five Years (IRNE Award nom). www.tallysessions.com
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Harry Heath Calvert Broadway:
Good Vibrations Other NY: Dust & Dreams: A Sandburg
Celebration at the York Theatre, Swimming Upstream and Byzantium at the
NY Fringe Festival, Children and Wild Women of Planet Wongo at
the NY Musical Theatre Festival. Regional: The Human Comedy
(Marcus/Matthew), Sweeney Todd (Sweeney), Parade (Dorsey), Secret
Garden (Neville), I Love You, You're Perfect Now Change (Jordan) &
Little Shop of Horrors. Thanks to SCAW & Family.
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Suzie Megan
Reinking Broadway: Lestat, Dracula.
Other: Lestat (Curran Theatre), Footloose (Ariel Moore; Marriott
Lincolnshire, Sacramento Music Circus, Music Theatre of Wichita), The
Three Musketeers (Constance; Chicago Shakespeare Festival), Bye Bye
Birdie (Encores!), Cinderella (NSMT), And/Or (HOT! Festival). BFA in
Musical Theatre, University of Michigan. Proud member of AEA. Thanks to
my amazing family, my priceless friends and the rockin' crew at
Nicolosi & Co. - I heart you all.
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Molly Jeff Hiller is
most commonly seen performing improv and sketch at the Upright Citizens
Brigade Theatre. New York Stage credits: "Air Guitar: The Musical"
"Silence: The Musical" (the musical version of "Silence of the Lambs"),
"Slut", "The Awesome 80's Prom" (Original Off-Broadway Cast), "Kilgore:
The Musical", and "A Ho Ho Horatio Christmas" with SNL's Horatio
Sanz.
Regional: The Scott Schwartz directed "Li'l Abner" at the Goodspeed
Opera House TV: Fuse's "The PA" (Series Regular), MTV's "Boiling
Points" (Series Regular), VH1's "A2Z" and "Cheestastic" specials, FX's
"Starved", "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and the voice of Nano on
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."
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Joyce/Superstar Trisha Rapier Broadway: The Boy
From Oz (Liza Minnelli u/s and performed). Off-Broadway: Her Song,
currently at the world renowned Jazz Club Birdland, Shout! The Mod
Musical currently at the Julia Miles Theater. Nerds:// A Musical
Software Satire (Myrtle), NEWSical (Trisha), Golf: The Musical
(Trisha), Pirates of Penzance (Mabel), Forbidden Broadway (Julie
Andrews, Barbra Streisand, etc.). Tours: The Who's Tommy (Mrs. Walker
u/s and performed), Forbidden Hollywood (Marlene Dietrich, Nicole
Kidman, etc.), Fallen Angel (Lust). Regional: Evita (Eva),
Cabaret (Sally Bowles) Miss Saigon (Ellen), Little Shop of Horrors
(Audrey), Guys and Dolls (Sarah), Agnes of God (Agnes). Opera: The
Magic Flute (Pamina), The Combat of Tancredi and Clorinda (Clorinda).
Numerous industrials and workshops including most recent: Finding Nemo,
The Musical, for Disney Theatricals. Awards: Carol Burnett Award,
Spotlight Award of the Los Angeles Music Center. Bachelor of Music
degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. Thanks to Tom
and Koh for constant laughter and support. www.TrishaRapier.com
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Dee Dee Shore Stephanie Thompson was most recently
seen in Six Years and Neon Mirage at Actors Theatre of Louisville's
Humana Festival. She is currently performing Neon Mirage in the
New York Fringe Festival. Other Regional and University credits
include: Dracula, The Madwoman of Chaillot, and A Christmas Carol at
Actors Theatre of Louisville; Cabaret (Sally Bowles), Tartuffe
(Elmire), and To Kill a Mockingbird (Scout) at Wright State University
where she received her BFA in Acting.
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Clarkie/Hank Jeremy
Ellison-Gladstone is pleased to return to the NYMF after
playing Paul Allen in last year's sold out run of Nerds. Off-Broadway
credits include Gameshow, Out of the Blue, and The Fantasticks (The
Boy, Sullivan St. Playhouse final cast). Jeremy has been seen on TV in
lots of silly commercials as well as in the Showtime mokumentary Sales
Coach. Regional and College credits include: Joseph...Dreamcoat,
Waiting for Godot, The Cherry Orchard, and Alice in Wonderland. Jeremy
holds a BA in sociology from Oberlin College and has worked as a
comedian at the NY Comedy Club. Many thanks to all.
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Frank et al. Mick
Bonde is overjoyed to be
making his NYC theatrical debut with this cast of The Children. He is a
recent graduate of The Boston Conservatory where he was seen in such
shows as Blood Brothers (Mickey), Twelfth Night (Feste), North American
Premiere of John Caird's adaptation of Candide (The Grand Inquisitor),
Grapes of Wrath and others. Boston audiences may recall his performance
in SpeakEasy Stage's production of BatBoy as Rick/Lorraine. Other shows
include Grease, Forever Plaid, Footloose, The Crucible, Beauty and the
Beast, and Joseph. Mick was also a featured soloist performing with the
Boston Pops in their summer festival. TV: FUSE TV (Luke- the
ASSketeer), DittyDoodle Works (Francisco the Frog Catcher). Mick would
like to thank God, his supportive family and friends, and his teachers
that have enlightened him throughout the years.
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Joe Moran