The Fear of 13 Tickets

Adrien Brody became the youngest winner of the Oscar for Best Actor in 2003 for The Pianist, and won the award a second time in 2025 for The Brutalist. He is known for collaborating with director Wes Anderson, appearing in The Darjeeling Limited, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch and Asteroid City. He also portrayed Salvador Dalí in Midnight in Paris and Arthur Miller in Blonde.

Tessa Thompson starred as Hedda Gabler in 2025's Hedda, a  provocative, modern reimagining of Henrik Ibsen's classic play. She also stars alongside Jon Bernthal in His & Hers, a new Netflix series based on Alice Feeney's 2020 thriller novel. Thompson played Bianca Creed in all three Creed films and the warrior Valkyrie in the Marvel Thor films. Other notable film roles include in Passing and Sorry to Bother You.

Ephraim Sykes was nominated for a Tony, Grammy, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama League Award for his performance as David Ruffin in Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations. He recently starred in Broadway’s 2024 revival of Our Town directed by Kenny Leon where he earned a Drama League Nomination for Distinguished Performance. Other Broadway credits include Hamilton (also streaming on Disney+), Motown The Musical, Newsies, Memphis, and The Little Mermaid. Off-Broadway, Sykes starred in Pal Joey at City Center Encores, co-starred in Black No More (The New Group, Audelco Award winner), Rent(New World Stages) and Bye Bye Birdie at the Kennedy Center. On screen, Sykes was seen in Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit as well as the HBO series Vinyl, Luke Cage (Marvel/Netflix), Crisis in Six Scenes (Amazon), Russian Doll (Netflix), and in the NBC live broadcast of Hairspray Live! opposite Ariana Grande, earning an MTV Movie + TV Awards nomination for Best Musical Moment: “You Can’t Stop the Beat”

Michael Cavinder is an actor, producer, director, writer, and half-Filipino giant from Orange County, California. He is the creator and Artistic Director of Ambush Cabaret. The Fear of 13 will be his Broadway debut. Regional: Annie (Hollywood Bowl), Frozen (The Hyperion Theater), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Laguna Playhouse), Bottle Shock! The Musical (California Center for the Arts, Escondido), 9 to 5: The Musical (Musical Theatre West), Clue (La Mirada). TV: Law and Order. Michael strives to uplift fellow artists and contribute to a creative community grounded in generosity and compassion. He is inspired by those who give back, including the Mondays Dark team in Las Vegas, led by Mark and Cheryl, and his own ragtag ensemble of friends: James, Nancy, Terry, Andrew, Katie, Joven, and Daniel (and many more!). Heartfelt thanks to his loving wife and forever collaborator, Libby, and to Pedro Pascal. If she hadn’t seen a resemblance between him and Pedro, she never would have asked him out.

Broadway: Dead Outlaw, PARADE. Audible Theatre: Dead Outlaw, Encores!: Titanic, PARADE, Promenade, Assassins, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, and 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. On screen: Law & Order, The Night Of, Banshee, Better Nate Than Ever. Up next: Not Suitable for Work and Furious both on Hulu and Little Brother on Netflix

Victor Cruz is thrilled to make his Broadway debut! Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, and raised in the vibrant heart of the South Bronx, he began performing stand-up comedy at the tender age of sixteen and earned his BFA from the acting conservatory at SUNY Purchase College. His recent television appearances include Matlock (CBS), Evil (Paramount+), and Law & Order: SVU. He’s also the creator of the hit YouTube animated series TITA, where he writes, animates, and voices most of the characters. Offstage, Victor is a dedicated educator, teaching Video Production, Drama, and English Language Learners (ELL). He extends heartfelt gratitude to his wife Liana, his children Leslie and EJ, his lovely mom Minerva, Gio and Arelis, his spiritual teacher Guru Enlightment, his spirits, and his Higher Power.

Joel Marsh Garland is a two time SAG Award-winning actor. He last appeared on Broadway in the 2014 revival of Of Mice and Men. He is well known for his TV work on Orange is the New Black, Godfather of Harlem, The Last O.G., Pokerface and numerous other TV shows and movies. He has appeared off-Broadway in notable productions at the Vineyard Theater and Playwright’s Horizons. Joel is a graduate of Bennington College and a frequent face at the 24 HR plays. To Em, C, and G: Papa loves you.

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New York credits include Dead Outlaw; Good Night, and Good Luck; The Antiquities; The Counter; I’m Almost There; A Prayer for the French Republic (MTC); Camp Siegfried; A Case for the Existence of God; The Sound Inside; The Band’s Visit; The Treasurer; The House of Blue Leaves; Brighton Beach Memoirs; Nikolai and the Others; The Effect; When the Rain Stops Falling; Tribes; Adding Machine; Our Town; and Orson’s Shadow. For his work, he has received a Tony Award, three Tony Award nominations, a Drama Desk Award, three Obie Awards, three Lortel Awards, and in 2010 was named a MacArthur Foundation fellow.

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