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Robyn Hurder is best known for her Tony Nominated performance of “Nini” in original Broadway cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, and her dynamic portrayal of Cassie in the 75^th Anniversary New York City Center Gala Production of A Chorus Line. Most recently, Robyn led the Broadway cast of Chicago as Velma Kelly. Other Original Broadway/Revival Casts: A Beautiful Noise (as Marcia Murphey, Drama Desk Nomination, Chita Award Winner), Nice Work If You Can Get It (as Jeanie Muldoon), Grease (as Marty), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (as Violet). NYCC Encores: The New Yorkers (as Lola McGee), Paint Your Wagon (as Cherry Jourdell). National Tours:  A Chorus Line (as Cassie) and Starlight Express (as Pearl). Selected Regional: 5^th Avenue Theatre: Kiss Me Kate (as Lois/Bianca, Gregory Award Nomination), Drury Lane: Crazy For You (as Polly Baker), Shakespeare Theatre Company: Kiss Me Kate (as Lois/Bianca, Helen Hayes Award Winner, Emily Battis Award for Excellence in Acting Recipient). Film/TV: The Equalizer (CBS), Fosse/Verdon (FX) Management: The Rosenzweig Group

she/her. Currently, the Norma Desmond standby in the Revival of Sunset Blvd. Fresh off her 5-year run as Elsa in the North American tour of Disney’s Frozen playing over 1,000 performances. Broadway/Tours include Kinky Boots OBC and closing cast (Nicola), Wicked (Elphaba), Evita (Eva Peron, Helen Hayes nomination), Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), Fame (Carmen) and Grease (Rizzo). Select Regional: The Muny (All Shook up, Kinky Boots), Cape Playhouse (Gypsy), Toby’s Dinner Theatre (Joseph and the…) HH nom, Vancouver Opera (Evita). She holds a BFA in musical theatre from Penn State.

Two-time Tony Award nominee, Brooks Ashmanskas has appeared on Broadway in Once Upon A Mattress, The Prom (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Drama League nominations), Sunday In The Park With George, Shuffle Along, Something Rotten, Bullets Over Broadway, Promises, Promises, Present Laughter, The Ritz, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me (Tony, Drama Desk nominations), The Producers, Gypsy, Little Me, Dream and How To Succeed. He has appeared in multiple Off-Broadway productions including Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s WiseGuys, Jonathan Marc Sherman’s Clive, Neil Simon’s London Suite, Jason Robert Brown’s Songs For A New World and New York City Opera’s Candide directed by Hal Prince, and has been seen in regional theaters across the country from Los Angeles to Boston, Atlanta to Washington D.C. Brooks can be seen as Stanley James in the Showtime series UnCoupled and heard as the voice of Gore Vidal in Ethan Hawke’s The Last Movie Stars on MAX. Other recent television appearances include The Good Lord Bird (Showtime), Tales Of The City (Netflix), I Love You More (Amazon) and as Judge Greg Brochard in both The Good Wife and The Good Fight (CBS).  On film he was in Nora Ephron’s Julie and Julia, can be seen in Tim Federle’s recent feature Better Nate Than Ever, William Parker’s Atrabilous, and Richard LaGravanese’s A Family Affair. 

Fans of NBC’s Smash may remember her as the high-flying diva Ana Vargas in the original television series. Krysta starred as Cinderella in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods and in The Collaboration for Manhattan Theatre Club. Most recently, she took on the role of Rosie Alvarez in the Kennedy Center/Broadway Center Stage production of Bye Bye Birdie. Rodriguez co-starred in the Emmy Award winning Netflix/Ryan Murphy limited series Halston as the iconic entertainer Liza Minnelli, which marked her return to the platform after starring in Daybreak with Matthew Broderick. Krysta’s long list of television roles include the NBC series Trial & Error and Smash. Other credits include recurring roles on Younger, Married, Gossip Girl, Quantico, Chasing Life, The Mysteries of Laura and Indoor Boys (Indie Series Award). Rodriguez’s theater résumé includes  Theresa Rebeck’s play Seared at MCC, in a role she originated at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, for which she was honored with an Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance. Rodriguez took on the role of famous animated princess ‘Megara’ in Disney’s premiere stage adaptation Hercules as part of The Public Theater’s PublicWorks program. Broadway credits include: Ilse in the Deaf West revival of Spring Awakening; First Date and original companies of The Addams Family, In the Heights, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line (Revival) and Good Vibrations. Other memorable turns include Anita in West Side Story at The Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra; What We’re Up Against at The Women’s Project; and a standout in the Hollywood Bowl production of A Chorus Line as ‘Diana’. 

John Behlmann most recently played Dolly Parton’s husband Carl Dean in the pre-Broadway run of the new musical Dolly. On Broadway he last appeared as Jerry in the musical of Smash. Before that he received a Grammy nomination starring as conman Gordy Jackson in the Tony-nominated Broadway musical comedy Shucked. John also got an Outer Critics Nomination for creating the role of dim-witted beefcake Max in the Tony-winning musical Tootsie. He was in the Broadway premiere of Joshua Harmon’s play Significant Other, starred as Richard Hannay in the New York production of The 39 Steps, and made his Broadway debut in the Tony-winning play revival of Journey’s End. On camera, he’s been in the movies of celebrated directors like Martin Scorsese, Sam Mendes, and Greg Mottola. His last television appearances were on Elsbeth, And Just Like That, and season 2 of HBO’s The Gilded Age. He also recurred as Agent Adams in Riverdale, as Ann Dowd’s bumbling FBI partner in Good Behavior, and has guest-starred on many other shows. He’s appeared in off-Broadway plays and musicals for many of New York’s most respected theater companies; and been a voice actor in several global video game franchises, including 15+ years in World of Warcraft. He’s a hobbyist photographer, former trapeze artist, and lives in New York with his wife and two young children. After participating in much of the show’s development, John is excited to return to East Egg and The Great Gatsby. 

Kristine Nielsen was just in Joseph Schuman and Austin Stark’s comedy Coup! which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was seen in Carol McCann’s The Suit competing in many short film festivals around the country, and receiving some award recognition. She is currently a regular in Julian Fellowes’ The Gilded Age as Mrs. Bauer. She will next be seen in Peacock’s Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy. She is a 2-time Tony Award nominee for Taylor Mac’s Gary, A Sequel To Titus Andronicus and for Christopher Durang’s Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike. For VSMS, she was awarded the Outer Critics Circle Award. Additional Broadway credits include The Iceman Cometh, Present Laughter, You Can’t Take It With You, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Green Bird and others. She has appeared in numerous Off-Broadway productions at the NY Shakespeare Festival, Playwrights Horizons, MTC, The Roundabout, Second Stage, the Promenade, The Signature, NY Theatre Workshop, and Lincoln Center. She is a recipient of 2 Obie Awards, a Drama Desk nomination, and many Drama League nominations. She has worked extensively in regional theatres throughout the US. She attended the Yale School of Drama and Northwestern University.

Recently seen as La Chocolat in Moulin Rouge! The Musical Broadway OBC. Other credits include: Priscilla Queen of the Desert Broadway OBC (Diva 1), Hairspray 1^st National Tour (Lorraine, Motormouth U/S), Rent 2^nd National Tour (Joanne), We Will Rock You 1^st National Tour (Killer Queen), An Evening with Phyllis Hyman (One Woman Show), Vocalist for RuPaul's Drag Race Season 7 Finale, Bette Midler Harlette.

Previous: Jane Seymour in Six (Broadway, Mirvish Productions). Off-Broadway: Pat in Kinky Boots. Regional: Delaware Theatre Company. BFA Musical Theatre, Texas State University. Stream Bella’s music on Spotify and Apple Music! 

Smash marks Casey’s seventh Broadway show. Other Broadway credits include Bullets Over Broadway, Disaster! The Musical, Miss Saigon, King Kong, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Some Like It Hot, where he understudied Tony winner Christian Borle in the Tony nominated role Joe/Josephine. Other credits include the West Side Story first national tour, Bare: the Musical at New World Stages, and Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt in the New York City premier of From Here to Eternity, as well as on screen in the Coen Brothers’ film Hail, Caesar! He has worked in the most prestigious regional theaters across the country and on numerous Broadway-bound workshops and readings over the years. “For my family, given and chosen, and, as always, my sweet Aidan.”

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Stroman has established herself as a powerhouse director and choreographer, having been nominated for Tony Awards with numerous wins for almost all of her work on Broadway since 1992's Crazy for You. She won the Tony Award for choreographing Contact despite being nominated against herself, then walked away with both an award for Choreography and Directing for 2001's smash-hit, The Producers.

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