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.”
Dear Evan Hansen, Kinky Boots
Gavin is currently playing Thénadier in the World Concert Arena tour of Les Miserables. Before this he was part of the London company of Sondheim’s Old Friends and is thrilled to be returning to the show in LA and NYC. Recent favorite roles have included Lumière in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at the London Palladium, the title character in How The Grinch stole Christmas at MSG and Squidward in The SpongeBob Musical on Broadway (Drama Desk Award and Tony Award nomination) He originated the role of Bert in the West End and Broadway productions of Mary Poppins (Drama Desk and Theatre World Awards, Olivier and Tony Award nominations).TV credits include “Law and Order: SUV”, “The Good Wife”, “Little America” and “White Collar.” Select London/UK theatre credits include Top Hat, Crazy For You, Peggy Sue Got Married, Me and My Girl, Oklahoma!, Contact and Singin’ In The Rain.
View Full ProfileBroadway 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
View Full ProfileBroadway: Sweeney Todd, Hamilton, Once on This Island, INK. NYC: Eyes of the World: From D Day to VE Day (Carnegie Hall), Grand Hotel (NYCC). Regional: In the Heights, Newsies (Fulton Theatre). Recent collaborations include Breathe: Portraits from a Pandemic; Music by Douglas Lyons & Ethan Pakchar, Book by Timothy Allen McDonald & Jodi Picoult; Past Demons: Tales by Shirley Jackson by Ryan Scott Oliver. Immensely grateful to MTC and excited to return and celebrate the legacy of the late Stephen Sondheim alongside this incredible cast. Love to Mom, Dad, & The Three Peas. Thank you Tara, Sheri and Erica.
View Full ProfileThroughout 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.
View Full ProfilePeter is overjoyed to be making his Broadway debut with this legendary cast! Regional: Les Miserables (The Muny), Beauty & The Beast (The Northern Stage). Recent graduate of CCM MT. Thank you to the creative team, Tara Rubin casting, and the amazing team at HCKR for this opportunity. Love to Mom, Dad, Lucy, and Grace. Thank you for always believing in my dreams!
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Jasmine Forsberg is overjoyed to be back with the Queendom! Broadway: Here Lies Love (Maria Luisa). First National Tour: SIX. Regional: A Grand Night for Singing (Goodspeed), Love in Hate Nation (Two River Theater), Wild Fire (Denver Center). TV: “One December Night” (Hallmark). BFA from Penn State. Thanks to CESD, Tara Rubin Casting and my loved ones for their endless support.
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