Jason Pennycooke

Jason has 3 Olivier nominations for: Lafayette/Jefferson (Original cast of Hamilton) (also W.O.S.A winner), Bobby Dupree (Memphis), and Jacob (La Cage Aux Folles). 3 affiliate Olivier nominations for West End shows he choreographed Porgy & Bess, Soul Sister and The Big Life. Other West End credits include: Sondheim’s Old Friends, Toulouse Lautrec (Moulin Rouge Musical), Benny Southstreet (Guys & Dolls), Paul (Kiss Me Kate), Little Moe (Five Guys Named Moe), Second (Father Comes Home From The Wars – Royal Court), Benny (RENT), Rocky III (Starlight Express), Jason (Soul Train), Particle Man (Stomp), Sammy Davis Jnr (The Rat Pack live from Las Vegas), John Jasper (Simply Heavenly), Joe Wellington (Golden Boy), Lamar (Elegies), Admiral (The Big Life), Will Scarlett (Robin and The Seven Hoods), Cats. He Can Currently be seen as Wilson Pickett in Elton John biopic ROCKETMAN, Other Samuel in BBC Drama/Comedy – BOAT STORY, Larry in season 2 – LOKI – Marvel Studios, Steve in – DINNER WITH THE PARENTS – Prime, and Barry in Season 3 – SISTER BONNIFACE MYSTERIES – BBC/Britbox. Other credits include Bus Conductor in WORZEL GUMMAGE – BBC. As the voice of the Lead Wildebeest in feature animation JUNGLEBEAT THE MOVIE. Voice of lead character ARNI in new Disney Animation series VIKING SKOOL Disney+. Choreography/Direction/Resident Direction: Get Up Stand Up, The Big Life, Half a Sixpence, Into The Woods, Shrek The Musical – Sweden, Crazy For You – Sweden, End of The Rainbow, Five Guys Named Moe, Pearl Fishers. Numerous Stage shows, stadium events and music videos. Other credits Film and T.V include: Mister Lonely. Dir. Harmony Korine, Bumps – BBC1, Shopping Dir Paul W..S Anderson, All About The Mckenzies – ITV, London Live, and Stay Lucky (YTV).

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Kevin Earley

Broadway credits include Les Misérables, Thoroughly Modern Millie and A Tale Of Two Cities. Kevin secured a NY Drama Desk Award nomination for the title role in Death Takes a Holiday at the Roundabout, Laura Pels Theater. He has also received a Chicago Joseph Jefferson Award, L.A. Drama Critics’ Circle Award and four L.A. Ovation Award nominations. Original cast albums include Death Takes a Holiday, A Tale of Two Cities, Secondhand Lions and Ripper, as well as his solo album “Earley Standards.” His regional highlights include Pierre in Natasha Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812, Dysart in Equus, Robert in The Play That Goes Wrong, Andrews in Titanic, Mr. Hart in 9 to 5 and Archibald in The Secret Garden. Directing credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Glass Menagerie, Changing Channels and The Fantasticks. Special thank you to Julie Ann. kevinearley.com

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Maria Wirries

Maria Wirries (she/they) is a Performer, Composer, Lyricist, and Self-Proclaimed Swamp Witch. Select credits include: Dear Evan Hansen (Broadway and First National Tour), Kinky Boots (Off Broadway Revival), and Penelope or How the Odyssey Was Really Written (Off Broadway). She is currently in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, and has developed her own original musicals at the Goodspeed Opera House, the Paramount Theater, and Penn State University. She is a proud Penn State and Young Arts Alum, and says a huge thank you to her childhood voice teacher Alan for gifting her a love of Sondheim and his work from an early age; “children will listen.”

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Bernadette Peters

Throughout her illustrious career, Bernadette Peters has dazzled audiences and critics with her performances on stage, film and television, in concert, and on recordings. She has garnered numerous accolades including three Tony Awards, a Golden Globe, four Emmy and four Grammy Award nominations and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Best known for her work on stage and one of Broadway’s most critically acclaimed performers, Bernadette just concluded a highly successful West End debut in the Cameron Mackintosh production of Old Friends, celebrating the life and work of Stephen Sondheim. Bernadette has starred as Dolly Gallagher Levi in the hit musical, Hello, Dolly!. She also starred in City Center’s Encores! production, A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love Affair featuring the music of Stephen Sondheim and orchestrations by Wynton Marsalis. Prior to that, she starred on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music and Follies. Peters garnered both the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for her performance in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Song and Dance. She also won a Tony Award for her performance in Annie Get Your Gun. She received Tony nominations for her outstanding performances in Sam Mendes’ critically acclaimed revival of Gypsy, in Neil Simon’s The Goodbye Girl, Stephen Sondheim’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park with George, the Jerry Herman/Gower Champion ode to the movies, Mack and Mabel, and the Leonard Bernstein/Comden and Green musical On The Town. In addition to these honors, Peters earned a Drama Desk nomination for her unforgettable portrayal of the Witch in Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. She also enjoys a career which boasts an impressive list of television credits, most recently the Apple TV+ series, “High Desert” and a guest-starring role on the NBC-TV series, “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” for which she earned an Emmy nomination. The popular series was made into a TV movie musical titled “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas” for The Roku Channel. Other TV appearances include “The CW’s “Katy Keene”; CBS All Access’ “The Good Fight”; and Amazon Prime’s Golden Globe winning series, “Mozart in the Jungle”. Additional television credits include NBC-TV’s “Smash,” ABC-TV’s “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Ugly Betty’. In addition to starring in the Lifetime TV movie Living Proof, Peters has lit up the silver screen in over 30 films throughout her distinguished career. She received a Golden Globe Award for her memorable performance in “Pennies From Heaven.” Other film credits include The Jerk, The Longest Yard, Silent Movie, Annie, Pink Cadillac, Slaves of New York, Woody Allen’s Alice, Impromptu, It Runs in the Family, Coming Up Roses, The Broken Hearts Gallery and most recently, a surprise appearance in the popular Jonathan Larson biopic, tick, tick…BOOM! Bernadette has recorded six solo albums, including the Grammy-nominated I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight, Sondheim, Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall, and Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein, in addition to numerous original Broadway cast recordings. Peters devotes her time and talents to numerous events that benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Her “pet project” Broadway Barks, cofounded with Mary Tyler Moore, is an annual, star-studded dog and cat adoption event that benefits shelter animals in the New York City and tristate area. The American Theater Wing honored her efforts and awarded her with the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award which recognizes an individual from the theatre community who has made a substantial contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of one or more humanitarian, social service or charitable organizations, regardless of whether such organizations relate to the theatre. This past November, while in London Bernadette presented West End Woofs, a sister organization to Broadway Barks that she co-hosted with her good friend, Elaine Paige. The event is the first of its kind in the UK that fostered a spirit of community among animal shelters and rescue groups. She is a New York Times best-selling author who has penned three children’s books: “Broadway Barks”, “Stella is a Star”, and “Stella and Charlie: Friends Forever”. All of her proceeds from the sale of these books benefit Broadway Barks. Peters resides in New York and Los Angeles with her rescue dogs, Charlie and Rosalia.

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Lea Salonga

Lea Salonga is best known for her Tony Award Winning role in Miss Saigon. In addition to Tony, she has won the Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Theater World Awards, Time100 Impact Award from Time Magazine, and the Gold Legend Award from Gold House. Most recently, Lea starred in the West End production of Old Friends, and as Aurora in Here Lies Love on Broadway, which she also produced. Lea was also the first Asian to play Eponine in the musical Les Misérables on Broadway and returned to the show as Fantine in the 2006 revival. Fans of all ages recognize Lea as the singing voice of Princess Jasmine from Aladdin and Fa Mulan for Mulan and Mulan II. For her portrayal of the beloved princesses, the Walt Disney Company bestowed her with the honor of “Disney Legend.” She has released 14 albums – including her latest recording, Sounding Joy– and toured all over the globe, performing sold-out concerts in landmark venues. Salonga’s talents extend to the screen, where she can be seen on MAX’s Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin and Sony’s Yellow Rose and heard on Netflix’s Centaurworld and FX’s Little Demon.

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David Harris

Currently in: Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Originated “The Duke” in the Moulin Rouge! National Tour. Regional: Next to Normal (Dan), Les Misérables(Valjean), Ragtime (Father), Rags (originating Max Bronfman), Anything Goes (Billy). Australia: multiple award wins/nominations for Miss Saigon (Chris), Wicked (Fiyero), Legally Blonde (Emmett), Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Tick), Into the Woods (Baker), The Full Monty (Malcolm). Concerts: “Ragtime,” “Defying Gravity,” “Do You Hear the People Sing?”

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