Matthew James Thomas
Biography
Television & film includes: “Accused” Season 1 (Alexei Volkov) & “Accused” Season 2 (Tom Braddick) (Fox/Hulu); “The Summer of Rockets” (Nicolas Halliday, BBC); “The Devil You Know” (Henry Paine, HBO Pilot); “Shelter” (Dr. Sam Carnahan, NBC Pilot); “Believe” (Morgan,NBC); “NCIS: New Orleans” (Det. Ted Bradley, CBS); “Britannia High” (Jeremy Tyler, ITV); “Midsomer Murders” (Orlando Guest, ITV), “The Lost Prince” (Prince Johnnie, BBC); Billy Elliot (Simon, Working Title). Theatre includes: Tony-winning 2013 revival of Pippin (Pippin, Broadway), Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (Peter Parker/Spiderman, Broadway), Time and the Conways (Robin Conway, Broadway), Diner (Fenwick, Signature), West Side Story (Riff, Hollywood Bowl).
Credits
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Time and the Conways, Pippin, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark
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Gary-Kayi Fletcher
Currently in: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
he/him. Broadway debut. Theatre includes Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (San Francisco company). Regional: The Great Society (Arena Stage); The Second City’s Love, Factually (The John F. Kennedy Center); Marley (Baltimore Center Stage); Ruined, Fences (Everyman Theatre); Rhinoceros, Objects in the Mirror (Tantrum Theater); Stick Fly (Meadow Brook Theatre); Possessing Harriet (Franklin Stage Company); The Brothers Size (1st Stage). Helen Hayes Award Recipient (Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play).
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John Alix
Currently in: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Training: BFA in Dance/Choreography from VCU. Credits include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (San Francisco Company), Fuerza Bruta (Off-Broadway & Lima, Peru), Les Pêcheurs de Perles at The Metropolitan Opera, Associate Choreographer of In The Heights (Axelrod PAC, Gala Hispanic Theatre), as well as choreographing for Broadway Bares, an annual benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and a Telly Award (dir/choreo) for But…I Survived, a project for National Trans Day of Remembrance. Film/TV credits include Step Up, Isn’t It Romantic, “AGT,” eBay, “Boardwalk Empire,” “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” NBC/Universal Kids, and the LAB SERIES Skincare: Men of Broadway campaign.
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Chadd Alexander
Currently in: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
he/him. Training: English Literature BA, Rice University (former basketball player at Rice). Studio Member, The Freeman Studio. TV: Carl Harris in Wu-Tang: An American Saga (Hulu). Theatre: Harry Potter & The Cursed Child (San Francisco company), To an Athlete Dying Young, Wedding Band (Harlem Drama Studio), Machinal (Main Street Theater, Houston), Show Boat (dir. by Hal Prince, children’s ensemble, 1st National Tour). Playwright: Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference semi-finalist, To an Athlete Dying Young, Townsman of a Stiller Town.
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Kira Player
Currently in: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
she/her. Broadway debut. Theatre includes Noises Off (Delaware Theatre Company); Written by Phillis (Quintessence Theatre Group); Wolf Play (Theatre Exile); The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare in Clark Park); Athena (Theatre Horizon); Votes for Women (Speranza Theatre Co); And Then They Came for Me, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cat in the Hat (Alabama Shakespeare Fest.); A Doll’s House, Part 2 (TheaterWorks Hartford); and Women on Fire: Stories from the Frontlines (Royal Family Prod.). Training includes BFA Acting at Montclair State University and Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Apprenticeship.
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Alexandra Peter
Currently in: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
she/her. Broadway debut. Training: Marymount Manhattan College, Bachelor of Arts (dance). Theatre includes For(give) me, NOMA (Circus Solaris), Summer Blue (LoudSol), Lorca Libre (Michael Mao Dance), Mahaway (Alison Cook Beatty Dance). Film includes Echo: Shostakovich in Catharsis (Frisson Films).
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Riley Thad Young
Currently in: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
he/him. Broadway debut. Theatre: To Sir, with Love (Reading, Ogunquit Playhouse), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Theatre Aspen), Cinderella, The Bridges of Madison County (Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre). Film: “Second Coming” (Short). Training: BFA in Musical Theatre, Shenandoah Conservatory.
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