Laila Erica Drew
Biography
Philadelphia native, celebrates her Broadway debut fueled by a performance journey that started at age 10. Alumni of Debbie Allen’s Rise, SSTI and CW Henry. She dedicates her performance to family and Mommom Jackie watching from heaven. Respect your dreams, trust the world will catch up. Credits: “FBI: International,” “Colin in Black & White,” “Law & Order: SVU.”
Credits
Suffs
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Hawley Gould
Original Broadway casts of Camelot (LCT) and The Ferryman. Other credits: Suffs (The Public), The Magnificent Seven, Peter Pan, Fun Home. TV/Film: “The Andy Warhol Diaries” (Netflix), What Being a Woman Means to Me. Also an MT writer & a proud collaborator on new works. Conor, you keep me dreaming real big & it is so worth it.
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Emily Skinner
Emily has been nominated for Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. She dedicates her performance in Suffs (her 11th appearance on Broadway) to Melinda Parker Skinner who is the true heroine of her life.
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Hannah Cruz
Hannah is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut. Off-Broadway: The Connector (Robin, MCC), Only Gold (Camille, MCC), Suffs (Ruza, The Public). Tour: Hamilton (IRNE Best Actress, Eliza), Bullets over Broadway (Ellen). Regional: The Da Vinci Code (American Premiere, Ogunquit Playhouse, Sophie Neveu) and Young Frankenstein (OP, Inga). Thank you to my parents, who supported me from the beginning, to Edred, without you I wouldn’t be here and my tireless team at KMR, Brillstein and imPRint.
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Nadia Dandashi
Broadway debut! Previous credits include Suffs (The Public Theater), TV: “Pretty Little Liars: Summer School.” Pace University MT ’21. Big love for her family, friends, Saks&, and CESD! For all the young brown girls to see it can be done.
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Anastaćia McCleskey
Award winning actor. Eight Broadway shows, tons of regional, some TV & Films. “I cannot help wondering sometimes what I might have become & might have done if I had lived in a country which had not circumscribed & handicapped me on account of my race, that had allowed me to reach any height I was able to attain.” — Mary Church Terrell.
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Jenna Bainbridge
Broadway debut! Theatre: Bring Down the House, Hairspray (OSF), Into The Woods, Beauty and the Beast (Phamaly), Macbeth (Merrimack Rep). TV: “Found.” Audiobooks: Unbroken. BM, Lamont School of Music. Jenna is a proud disabled artist and the Co-founder of ConsultAbility, a consulting agency working to make theatre more accessible.
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