Samantha Williams
Biography
(Mabel Stanley). Samantha Williams is a NY based artist. Broadway: Caroline, Or Change (Emmie), Dear Evan Hansen (Alana). Other credits: Titanic at NY City Center (Kate McGowen), Empire Records at the McCarter Theatre (Gina), Dear World at City Center (Nina), Life After at the Goodman Theatre (Alice). Love to her mentors, team, and MOM.
Credits
Pirates! The Penzance Musical, The Pirates of Penzance, Caroline; or Change, Dear Evan Hansen
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Currently in: Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Broadway: The Who's Tommy (u/s Mrs. Walker, Acid Queen), Dancin', Funny Girl (u/s Emma), Hadestown (u/s Persephone), Summer (u/s Disco Donna), Shuffle Along, Motown, Soul Doctor, Ghost, In The Heights, Wicked. National Tour: Hamilton. TV: Annie Live!, Boardwalk Empire.
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Eddie Cooper
Currently in: Pirates! The Penzance Musical
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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David Hyde Pierce
Currently in: Pirates! The Penzance Musical
is an Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor and director last seen on stage in Stephen Sondheim’s final musical, Here We Are. His Broadway acting credits include Hello, Dolly! (Tony nomination), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony nomination), Curtains (Tony Award), Spamalot, La Bête, Accent on Youth, The Heidi Chronicles, and Christopher Durang’s Beyond Therapy. Off-Broadway credits include The Visitor at The Public Theater, Adam Bock’s A Life, Richard Greenberg’s The Maderati, and Mark O’Donnell’s That’s It Folks!, all at Playwrights Horizons, and John Kander and Greg Pierce’s musical The Landing at The Vineyard. He directed Brian Hargrove and Barbara Anselmi’s musical It Shoulda Been You on Broadway, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at the Mark Taper Forum, David Lindsay-Abaire’s Ripcord for MTC, and a gangster-themed The Importance of Being Earnest at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Film credits include Bright Lights, Big City, Crossing Delancey, Little Man Tate, Sleepless in Seattle, Wolf, Nixon, Isn't She Great, Wet Hot American Summer, Full Frontal, Down With Love, A Bug's Life, Osmosis Jones, Treasure Planet, and The Perfect Host. Television credits include playing a suicidal congressman on Norman Lear's political satire The Powers That Be, Dr. Niles Crane on Frasier (Emmy, SAG Awards), and Julia Child’s husband Paul on Julia.
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Tommy Gedrich
Currently in: Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Broadway debut! National Tour: Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Regional: Guys and Dolls (The Kennedy Center), Rogers and Hammerstein’s State Fair (The Rev). Muhlenberg College alum. Huge thank you to Marc and Dustin at Daniel Hoff, every mentor and educator who supported that little dreamer, and my magical family. ¡Te amo mucho!
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Jinkx Monsoon
Currently in: Pirates! The Penzance Musical
(she/her) is a two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner, award-winning actor, and recording artist. She made her highly-anticipated Broadway debut in 2023 as Matron “Mama” Morton in Chicago, breaking box office records during an extended 10-week run. She would later return to the show in 2024 for a two-week encore and broke her own single performance gross record yet again. In 2024, she played Audrey in the off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors opposite Corbin Bleu and made a spectacular Doctor Who debut as the new fan-favorite villain Maestro. She's toured the world performing original cabaret shows with music partner Major Scales, including the hit Off-Broadway sensation The Vaudevillians. Her accolades include the Gregory Award for her portrayal of Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch and The MAC Award for original show The Ginger Snapped. On Valentine's Day 2025, she'll make her Carnegie Hall debut with “Jinkx Monsoon: Live at Carnegie Hall.” Jinkx first garnered an international fan base following her win on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 5 (2013), and continued her winning streak on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7 (2022) where she was crowned “Queen of All Queens,” winning the competition against all previous winners. Jinkx has voiced characters for such animated shows as Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (playing the beloved character Lemongrab), Steven Universe, Helluva Boss, Mighty Magiswords, Bravest Warriors. As a recording artist, Jinkx has released three critically-hailed albums of original music written by Major Scales including her most recent The Virgo Odyssey (2022), The Inevitable Album and The Ginger Snapped.
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Maria Briggs
Currently in: Pirates! The Penzance Musical
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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