Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Tickets

Broadway debut! Recent graduate of Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music. Thank you to John Bautista, DGRW, C12 and Team Mincemeat. Love you Mom, Dad and Daniel!

Brandon Contreras is New York City born & raised creative. He was last seen causing absolute chaos as “Cal” in the Off-Broadway/International hit, Titanique. Before that, he made his Broadway debut rocking out and originating in Tom Kitt and Cameron Crowe’s, Almost Famous. Some other theatrical favorites include Titanic and Road Show at the historical and honorable City Center Encores!, In the Heights (1st National Tour), Jerry Springer: The Opera (The New Group), Beauty & the Beast (Drury Lane), Bhangin’ It! (La Jolla Playhouse), You Deserve to be Here (Roundabout Theatre Workshop) and the regional premiere of The Play that Goes Wrong (Pioneer). FILM/TV include: The upcoming feature film, There She Goes with Rachel Leigh Cook and Utkarsh Ambudkar, WeCrashed, Mr. Robot and Awkwafina is Nora from Queens. Outside of performing, Brandon is also a freelance director, writer, filmmaker & choreographer for multiple collaborative art pieces. With over 1.6 Million followers across all social media platforms, he is the co-creator of the award-winning Queer platform, The HomoSapien Experience.

Jeff Kready was most recently seen playing the Phantom of the Opera in the original company of Masquerade. Broadway: The Great Gatsby, Company, Tootsie, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Billy Elliot, Sunday in the Park with George, Les Misérables. Off-Broadway: Henry Ford in Ragtime (Encores). TV: Bert Healy in Annie Live! starring Harry Connick Jr. (NBC), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), The Code (CBS), The Good Fight (CBS), Elementary (CBS), Boardwalk Empire (HBO). In concert, he performs as guest soloist with symphony orchestras across the country. He was previously an elementary school music teacher and is a graduate of Washburn University in his hometown, Topeka, KS. He married way up and has two extremely clever daughters.

Amanda Jill Robinson (she/her) is an actor, singer, musician, writer, and composer/arranger. A Long Island native, she is thrilled to be back in New York after most recently workshopping Sarah Rose Kearns’ adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion as the Music Director/Arranger and Mary Musgrove, a role she originated in 2017. Favorite credits include: Charlotte in Cinderella, Blithe Spirit, A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Walnut Street Theatre); Kacie in Ugly Lies the Bone (Florida Studio Theatre); Mrs. Randolph in the world premiere of John Guare’s Lydie Breeze Trilogy (EgoPo Classic Theater); Man of La Mancha (Barrymore Nomination- Act II Playhouse); Smee in Peter…Starcatcher, Henry V (Theater at Monmouth); Bumbrake/Teacher in Peter…Starcatcher (Delaware Theatre Company); Merry Wives (DelShakes); Tis Pity (PAC); How to Keep an Alien (Inis Nua). Amanda is the co-creator and half of the comedy duo Ruth and Estelle (the esteemed theatrical coaches of the original cast of Cats) and their joyful podcast, “Learning Through Laughter”. Listen on Apple and Spotify!

Julia Knitel is a 2025 Tony Award Nominated Actress for her performance in the Drama Desk, Drama Critic’s Circle, and Outer Critic’s Circle Award Winning Best Musical Dead Outlaw. For her performance in Dead Outlaw, Julia also received an Outer Critic’s Circle award nomination. Other Broadway: Beautiful, Bye Bye Birdie. First National Tour: Carole King in Beautiful, Come From Away. Off-Broadway: Jack Thorne’s A Christmas Carol (Dir. Matthew Warchus), Dead Outlaw (OCC Nomination), A Letter to Harvey Milk (Lortel Nomination), Panic of ‘29, The Tycoons (Rave Theatre Award). Regional: Beautiful at Asolo Rep, Cape Playhouse (Gertrude Lawrence Award), & Theatre Aspen (Henry Award Nomination). Louise in Gypsy opposite Beth Leavel (The Muny - St. Louis Theatre Circle Nomination), The Constant Wife (Denver Center), The Producers (Casa Mañana), Brighton Beach Memoirs (Portland Stage). Television: The Other Two, Sub/liminal. Film: Miles.

To come.

To come.