Passing Through Cast and Creative Team

JOAN ALMEDILLA* (Ensemble/Woman 3) recently performed as Donna Sheridan in East West Player's acclaimed production of Mamma Mia!. Credits: Broadway: Miss Saigon (Kim). National Tours: Les Misérables (Fantine), LCT’s The King and I (Lady Thiang), Jesus Christ Superstar. Regional: Chess, Criers For Hire, Krunk Fu Battle Battle, Tea, It’s Only Life, Songs For A New World. She has performed at Carnegie Hall (Imelda Marcos in Here Lies Love) and Disney Concert Hall. Rosalie in the feature film Commencement. Joan was discovered on Amateur Nights At The Apollo. Proud member of AEA/SAG-AFTRA and Mama Bares. Thank you, Goodspeed. To my boys! joanalmedilla.com

REED ARMSTRONG*Ensemble/Man 3) Goodspeed debut! Reed comes straight from 1776 at The Muny. Broadway: Miss Saigon. Tours: Les Misérables, Beauty and the Beast, Phantom. Off-Broadway: The Great Society, Opal. Carnegie Hall. Regional: The Fourth Wall, Crimes of the Heart, Jesus Christ Superstar, Chamberlain, Baby, My Fair Lady, South Pacific. Los Angeles: Chess, The Diviners, Berlin to Broadway, Songs from the Tall Grass. Recordings: L’Histoire Du Soldat (Chesky), La Cenerentola (NPR). Television: City on a Hill, Arrest & Trial, The Young and the Restless, Capitol, Another World, Highway to Heaven, Dynasty. Film: Fracture, A Taste of Hemlock, Copperhead, Michael Jackson’s Thriller. To LJ. www.reedarmstrong.biz

GARRETT LONG (Andrew’s Mom) So, so happy to be back at The Terris! Last seen here as Aviva in Cutman. Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Fun Home, Bonnie and Clyde, South Pacific. 1st National of Seussical starring Cathy Rigby. Off-Broadway: The Spitfire Grill(Drama Desk/Drama League nominations). Good times at Pittsburgh Public, The Guthrie, McCarter, Signature, Fords, Paper Mill, George Street, MT of Wichita, and Cape Playhouse, to name a few. Thanks to Andrew Forsthoefel for teaching me to slow down and listen more. Twitter: @garrettlongnyc

JENNIFER LEIGH WARREN* (Professor/Miss Emma) is happy to return to Goodspeed, where she previously appeared in Abyssinia. Broadway/Off-Broadway: Big River (original Alice’s Daughter, “How Blest We Are” written for her by Roger Miller), Little Shop of Horrors (original Crystal), Marie Christine (original), Lonesome Traveler (original). She starred as “The Blues Singer” in all three National Tours of A Night with Janis Joplin (streaming on BroadwayHD.com) and returns this fall. Television: Rent: Live (Mrs. Jefferson, Mrs. Cohen, Bag Lady), Pretty Little Liars, Scrubs, The Tonight Show, Conan, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! (with Broken Bells, The Kills, Trombone Shorty, Lisa Loeb, and OK GO). Film: Valentine’s Day, Grace of My Heart, The Crossing Guard, Sour Grapes. She is an Ovation Award winner and a proud AEA Member. Instagram: @Jenniferleighwarrensings www.JenniferLeighWarren.com

ERIC ULLOA (Book) is the author of 26 Pebbles, which had its world premiere at The Human Race Theatre Company. The play was featured in American Theatre Magazine and The NY Times, won the Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Award for 2017, was named one of the Top Ten Plays of 2017 by Samuel French, and was one of the top-produced plays nationally of 2018. Eric is the writing assistant to Academy Award winner Alex Dinelaris on his upcoming screen adaptation of Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse’s Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical. Eric is the book writer of the musical Molly Sweeney, based on the play by Brian Friel, which was a part of the Bay Street Theatre 2017 Festival of New Works. He is the author of the play Reindeer Sessions. On the other side of the footlights, Eric was in the original Broadway company of On Your Feet: The Story of Gloria and Emilio Estefan. Eric has appeared on The 2016 Tony Awards, The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and A Capital Fourth. Follow the journey! Instagram: theulloa Twitter: eulloa03

MARCOS SANTANA (Choreographer) is thrilled to be making his Goodspeed debut. Born and raised in Puerto Rico. Broadway as Associate Choreographer: On Your Feet and Rocky (Tony nominations), Guys and Dolls. Regional: In The Heights, Man of La Mancha (Westport Country Playhouse); Singin’ in the Rain, In The Heights (Olney Theatre Center); West Side Story, Newsies, Kiss Me Kate (Maltz Jupiter Theatre); Evita (Bay Street Theatre); Iggy, Ada, Rosie (TheaterWorksUSA); Man of La Mancha (Shakespeare Theatre Company); Randy Newman’s Faust (City Center Encores!); The Pirates of Penzance (Stratford Shakespeare Festival); White Noise (Royal George Theatre); My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls (John W. Engeman Theater); Brazil Brazil (New Victory Theater); Paul Simon’s Capeman (Associate Choreographer) Delacorte Theater; Amor Cubano, 88 Keys (Playlist Productions); Fortress of Solitude (Associate Choreographer) The Public Theater/Dallas Theater Center. Film/TV: Chasing Papi, Across the Universe, The Producers, Annie, Diva Las Vegas, The Nikki Cox Show, Pop Stars, Tony Awards, Stephen Colbert Show, Good Morning America, among others. This is for Nova and Nahuel.

MATTHEW R. MECKES (Music Director) is pleased to be returning to Goodspeed after serving as Music Director for the FNM reading. He recently served as Goodspeed's Music Assistant for two years. Regional credits include Man of La Mancha, Peter and The Starcatcher, In The Heights, Sweeney Todd, Batboy: The Musical, Seussical, Always Patsy Cline, and many more. At Goodspeed, he's assisted on numerous productions including Rags and Cyrano. Currently he is serving as the Music Assistant on the new Michael Jackson musical Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, under the Music Direction of Tony Award winner Jason Michael-Webb. He would like to thank Brett, Eric, and Igor for trusting him to bring this music to life. Special thanks to John, Jane, and Dixie for providing their endless support.

ADAM KOCH (Scenic Design) Internationally: Dreamgirls (Seoul, Korea). Adam designed the immersive outdoor productions of Carousel, Miss Saigon, and Titanic at Serenbe Playhouse in Atlanta. US credits include productions at Ford’s Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Westport Country Playhouse, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Paper Mill Playhouse, Baltimore Center Stage, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Cincinnati Playhouse, Tuacahn Amphitheater, Great Lakes Theatre, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Ogunquit Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, and Portland Stage. Adam was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award for Kiss of the Spider Woman (Signature Theatre), as well as Bat Boy (1st Stage) in Washington, D.C. Education: Carnegie Mellon University. For the past six years Mr. Koch and Steven Royal have worked jointly as Adam Koch Associates. See more at adamkochassociates.com.

TRACY CHRISTENSEN (Costume Design) Goodspeed: Oklahoma, Guys and Dolls, Good News!, Something’s Afoot, and City of Angels. Broadway: Sunset Boulevard revival starring Glenn Close, Souvenir. Recent premieres: The Prompter (Bay Street), Anne of Green Gables (Merry Go Round), Kate Hamill’s Pride & Prejudice (Cherry Lane), and All Our Children (Sheen Center). Other projects: Carousel for London’s English National Opera, Candide at Carnegie Hall with John Lithgow, Lady in the Dark starring Victoria Clark for MasterVoices, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Folger), Noises Off! (Asolo), Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (HBO, starring Audra McDonald), Company (starring

CORY PATTAK (Lighting Design) Previous Goodspeed: The Fabulous Lipitones. Off-Broadway: Finales Follies, Stalking the Bogeyman, Revolution in the Elbow…, Handle with Care, Daddy Long Legs, Skippyjon Jones, This Side of Paradise, Unlocked, Nymph Errant, With Glee, The Blue Flower. Regional: Old Globe, Kennedy Center, Maltz Jupiter, Weston, Everyman, Tuacahn, Hangar, KC Rep, Syracuse Stage, Cap Rep. Helen Hayes nominee for In The Heights. International: Sunset Boulevard, Singin’ in the Rain (São Paulo), Footloose (Norwegian Cruise Line). Broadway Associate: Newsies, Peter and the Starcatcher. Host and creator of “in 1: the podcast” featuring interviews with theatrical designers. www.corypattak.com

NAOMI ANHORN* (Production Stage Manager) Goodspeed: The Music Man, The Will Rogers Follies, The Drowsy Chaperone, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Rags, Anything Goes, Chasing Rainbows, Guys and Dolls, La Cage aux Folles, and A Wonderful Life. NYC: VocaPeople (Off-Broadway); The Gig, Crossing Swords, Swing State, Septimus & Clarissa (Ripe Time); The Diary of a Teenage Girl (The Essentials); Sunfish (ASCAP); Snapshots (Prospect Theater); Reborning (The Public); Zombie (Fringe & Off-Broadway). Regional: A Christmas Story, Evita, Music Man (John W. Engeman Theater); Ella (Long Wharf/National Tour). Naomi also spent five seasons with the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Festival of New Works presented each fall in NYC. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. For Mom, C, C, L, & S.