Cooper Stanton

Cooper Stanton is a queer NYC-based performer hailing from the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts. He is thrilled and honored to make his Broadway debut in Pirates! The Penzance Musical. Previous credits include Watch Night (Perelman PAC NYC), 50th anniversary tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Paint Your Wagon, Cinderella (MUNY), and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (TUTS). A 2014 graduate of The National Circus School (Montreal), Cooper has performed aerial and ground acrobatics internationally, and has toured the U.S. with Seattle-based circus company Acrobatic Conundrum. In NYC, his solo acts have been featured at Paradise Club (Times Square), House Of Yes, and The Stranger. Cooper’s artistic pursuits are driven by a deep desire to uplift and unite through shared experiences and the celebration of love! A heartfelt thank you to Craig and the entire Avalon Artists Group team for their unwavering support. To Jacob-every day is brighter with you by my side. And to my family-endless love and gratitude to mom, dad, Adam, Tyler, Jahna, and Rider for your constant love and encouragement.

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Rick Faugno

Rick Faugno has performed across the country, at every major theater, from Carnegie Hall to the Kennedy Center, from the Chicago theater to San Francisco’s Curran. He was last seen on Broadway in Kiss Me, Kate, his seventh Broadway show, for which he was nominated for a Chita Rivera Award. He is also the recipient of a Fred Astaire Award for Roundabout’s On the 20th Century, and a Best Singer Award for the role of Frankie Valli, in the original Las Vegas production of Jersey Boys. He was recently seen in the 50th Anniversary concert of Great Performances on PBS, live at Lincoln Center. Rick has been seen on TV in: FBI, The Newsroom, The Following, America’s Got Talent, Conan O’Brien and more. He received the Best Performance Award at the Orlando Film Festival for his role in the film Virgin Alexander. He is also a choreographer, setting pieces for dance competitions, dance companies and special performances. He has choreographed A Chorus Line, Grease! and Jersey Boys at the Cape Playhouse. Rick is a master musical theater teacher at various colleges and studios around the country. He is a returning teacher at Interlochen Center for the Arts, in Michigan, where he recently co-directed and co-choreographed Wonderful Town, alongside his wife, Joyce Chittick. In addition to that, he created his own movement and physicality course for Interlochen Online, which is taken by students around the world. He also performs his one man show on cruise ships and at various cabaret venues.

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Ramin Karimloo

Called “a global actor for a global time,” by The New York Times, the Iranian-born, Canadian-raised Tony & Olivier Award nominated actor and singer has taken the West End and Broadway by storm with stand-out performances in the most iconic roles in musical theater, as well as nuanced characterizations in new and surprising pieces of theater. He most recently starred on Broadway in the revival of Funny Girl as Nick Arnstein and just completed a run at the Young Vic in London starring in A Face in the Crowd. Previous Broadway includes originating the role of Gleb in Anastasia, and Jean Valjean in the revival of Les Miserables which garnered Karimloo his first Tony Award nomination. Entertainment Weekly said, “the revelation is Ramin Karimloo, who projects a masculine authority that cannily reveals hidden pockets of vulnerability. He's blessed with matinee-idol looks and a crystalline tenor that pierces the back rows of the theatre. With apologies to Hugh Jackman, his may be the best sung, best acted Valjean I've ever seen.” In the West End, Ramin rose to fame in starring roles in both of the West End's longest running musicals: Les Misérables, where he's played Jean Valjean, Enjolras and Marius; and The Phantom of the Opera, where he played Raoul and The Phantom. Ramin was then hand-picked by Andrew Lloyd Webber to originate the lead role of The Phantom in Love Never Dies, the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. For his performance, he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for 'Best Actor in a Musical' among many more accolades. Additional stage credits include Tom in Murder Ballad (West End), Che in Evita (Vancouver Opera), Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar (Japan), Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden (Lincoln Center), Anatoly in Chess (Kennedy Center) and White Rabbit Red Rabbit in NYC. Ramin played the role of Enjolras in the PBS filmed 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2 of Les Misérables, which is one of the most widely viewed shows in the history of PBS. Karimloo has performed with Barbra Streisand in Hyde Park; toured the world performing solo concerts, and with his band and has released solo albums on Sony Records: Human Heart and From Now On; and independently The Road to Find Out: East, South, North and West. Ramin starred for two seasons on the long-running BBC series Holby City, in the Paralysis Productions feature film Bound; the musical feature film Tomorrow Morning opposite Sam Barks and next up will be recurring in Your Friends and Neighbors on Apple TV (starring Jon Hamm) premiering in 2025.

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Ryo Kamibayashi

Currently in: The Outsiders

Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. Broadway: The Outsiders. Readings: The Last Man. Ryo recently graduated with a BFA in Musical Theatre, and a minor in Music Composition from the University of Michigan. An accomplished Jazz Piano player, he has composed music for various films and is working on a musical. He would like to thank his friends and family!

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Maria Briggs

Happy holidays! Broadway: Spamalot; The Music Man; Mean Girls; Anastasia; Hello, Dolly; Frozen; and Cats. Thank you to casting, the creatives, and CESD! Lots of love to Kevin, my family, and friends! For Grandma.

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Eddie Cooper

Broadway: PARADE, Audible Theatre: Dead Outlaw, Encores! Off Center: Titanic, PARADE, Promenade, Assassins, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Little Shop of Horrors. Classic Stage Company: I Can Get It For Your Wholesale, Assassins, The Cradle Will Rock and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Atlantic Theater Company: This Ain't No Disco. Carnegie Hall: Anyone Can Whistle. WTF: Cabaret 2024 HBO: The Night Of. CINEMAX: Banshee. Disney+: Better Nate Than Ever.

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