J is beyond excited to be a part of Smash’s long-awaited arrival to the stage! Broadway: Elf, Bad Cinderella. Off-Broadway: Empire, A Sign of Times, and Seesaw. He is also an avid outdoorsman, a vintage Barbie collector, and a singer-songwriter. Major thanks to DGRW, the entire Smash team, Telsey, his family, and most importantly, Jared.
SMASH, Elf, Bad Cinderella
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Previous: Jane Seymour in Six (Broadway, Mirvish Productions). Off-Broadway: Pat in Kinky Boots. Regional: Delaware Theatre Company. BFA Musical Theatre, Texas State University. Stream Bella’s music on Spotify and Apple Music! Endless gratitude to my parents, Kaitlin Hopkins, and Sam Schieber — I couldn’t have gotten here without you.
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Broadway: Moulin Rouge, First National Tour: Nini in Moulin Rouge, Cherry Sundae in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Regional: Cassie in A Chorus Line at The Hollywood Bowl/PCLO, Roxie in Chicago at The MUNY and Velma at Maltz Jupiter. International; Sally Bowles in Cabaret and Esmerelda in Hunchback of Notre Dame. Enormous thanks to my Family for unconditionally supporting my crazy dreams and my awesome DGRW team.
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Broadway debut! She was last seen in Jagged Little Pill (First National Tour). Regional credits: Parade (Lucille Frank), Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), Something Rotten (Bea Bottom). She received her BFA from Cal State Fullerton. A huge thank you to Jodie and AWA. Endless love and gratitude to her mom and dad.
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Currently, the Norma Desmond standby in the Revival of Sunset Blvd. Fresh off her 5-year run as Elsa in the North American tour of Disney’s Frozen playing over 1,000 performances. Broadway/Tours include Kinky Boots OBC and closing cast (Nicola), Wicked (Elphaba), Evita (Eva Peron, Helen Hayes nomination), Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), Fame (Carmen) and Grease (Rizzo). Select Regional: The Muny (All Shook up, Kinky Boots), Cape Playhouse (Gypsy), Toby’s Dinner Theatre (Joseph and the…) Helen Hayes nomination, Vancouver Opera (Evita). She holds a BFA in musical theatre from Penn State. Gratitude always to her team: Jen Namoff at Artists First, Brian Davidson at Innovative Artists and Bernie Telsey casting. Could never do this without family. Endless love to my number one, Austin Colby. God is good.
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Favorite credits include original Nini in 1st National Tour of Moulin Rouge!, Wicked, Diana OBC (u/s Diana). Off-Broadway: The Wrong Man (MCC) and The MET Gala 2021. Regional: Tuacahn Amphitheater, MTWichita. TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Gratitude to God, my fam, Telsey, and the Talent House. All my love to Dallas.
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Fans of NBC’s “Smash” may remember her as the high-flying diva Ana Vargas in the original television series. Krysta starred as Cinderella in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods and in The Collaboration for Manhattan Theatre Club. Most recently, she took on the role of Rosie Alvarez in the Kennedy Center/Broadway Center Stage production of Bye Bye Birdie. Rodriguez co-starred in the Emmy Award winning Netflix/Ryan Murphy limited series “Halston” as the iconic entertainer Liza Minnelli, which marked her return to the platform after starring in “Daybreak” with Matthew Broderick. Krysta’s long list of television roles include the NBC series “Trial & Error” and “Smash.” Other credits include recurring roles on “Younger,” “Married,” “Gossip Girl,” “Quantico”, “Chasing Life”, “The Mysteries of Laura” and “Indoor Boys” (Indie Series Award). Rodriguez’s theater résumé includes Theresa Rebeck’s play Seared at MCC (Outer Critics Circle Award), in a role she originated at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Rodriguez took on the role of famous animated princess Megara in Disney’s premiere stage adaptation Hercules as part of The Public Theater’s PublicWorks program. Broadway credits include: Ilse in the Deaf West revival of Spring Awakening; First Date and original companies of The Addams Family, In the Heights, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line (Revival) and Good Vibrations. Other memorable turns include Anita in West Side Story at The Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra; What We’re Up Against at The Women’s Project; and a standout in the Hollywood Bowl production of A Chorus Line as Diana.
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