JELANI REMY A new Jersey native, Jelani most recently starred as Eddie Kendricks in the Broadway production of Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations. He made his Broadway debut starring as Simba in Disney’s The Lion King. He also starred as Victor in the recent New York revival of Smokey Joe’s Café as well as the Off-Broadway production of The Apple Boys (Jack). Regional credits include Disney’s  High School Musical 2 (Chad Danforth); Parade (Jim Conley); Pippin (Leading Player) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Judah). He was also featured on NBC’s “One Night Only: The Best of Broadway” hosted by Tina Fey and representing Ain’t Too Proud. He recently concluded a run as The Emcee in The Goodspeed Opera House’s production of Cabaret. 

TODD BUONOPANE is an actor, singer and educator. He has appeared on Broadway as Jean-Michel in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Roger in Grease, Amos in Chicago and many characters in  …Spelling Bee. He has toured the U.S. with The Play That Goes Wrong, Godspell and Chicago (which he has also done in Dubai, Seoul and Tokyo). Off-Broadway credits include The Butter & Egg Man, Henry & Mudge, and The New Yorkers at City Center Encores!  Regionally, he has performed at the Alliance, The Old Globe, Asolo Rep, MUNY, Signature, Pasadena Playhouse, 5th Avenue, Ordway, Papermill Playhouse, Goodspeed, Maine State and Barrington. TV credits include roles on “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”, “Braindead”, “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, and “30 Rock” (as Weinerslav). Todd is a Councilor for Actors’ Equity Association and a proud graduate of The University of Michigan.  He is the creator and star of a quarantine project called #BathtubTheatre.

SARA JEAN FORD Broadway: Cats (Jellylorum); The Phantom of the Opera (Christine Daae); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Smitty); A Little Night Music (Petra); Finian’s Rainbow. Off-Broadway: The Fantasticks (Luisa); Anyone Can Whistle (June; Encores!). National Tours: Wicked; The Phantom of the Opera. Regional: Sunday in the Park with George (Dot); Candide (Cunegonde). BFA, Carnegie Mellon.  

EMILY BAUTISTA is best known for her portrayal of Kim in Miss Saigon both in the show’s most recent Broadway revival and on the company’s National tour . She also starred as Eponine in the the North American touring company of Les Misérables. Most recently she has been seen in London at the Hackney Empire in the world premiere of Vanara the musical and as Lenina in the developmental reading of the musical adaptation of Brave New World.   Current television credits include Elodie in “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin” which will have its series premiere on HBO Max later this Summer.

TEAL WICKS burst onto the musical theater scene in 2008 when she snagged the role of Elphaba in the Los Angeles company of Wicked, a role she reprised to critical acclaim in the San Francisco company before making the leap to Broadway in 2011. She most recently starred as Cher (“Lady”) in the Broadway production of The Cher Show. She originated the role of Mary Barrie opposite Matthew Morrison in Finding Neverland and re-created the role of Emma Carew in the revival of Jekyll and Hyde. Other New York stage credits include Piece of My Heart: the Bert Berns Story at Signature Theatre, The Blue Flower at Second Stage, NY City Center Encores! Stairway to Paradise, Fahrenheit 451 at 59E59.  Teal starred in the National tours of Jekyll and Hyde and Pippin as well as various regional productions at Two River Theater, Goodspeed Musicals, A.R.T., Theatreworks, and Bay Street Theatre. She has been a guest star on “Chicago Justice” “Elementary” and “The Good Wife”.  Teal has appeared in numerous concerts across New York City including two celebrated solo concerts at 54 Below.  She can be heard on The Cher Show (Original Broadway Cast Recording); The Ballad of Little Jo (Original Cast Recording), Finding Neverland (Original Broadway Cast Recording), You Never Heard My Song: the music of Brad Ross, and Jekyll and Hyde 2012 Concept Album.  In 2011, Teal was awarded the honor of Distinguished Alumna of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine.

EUGENE GWOZDZ

(Musical Director/Accompanist) is originally from Fort Worth, Texas and now resides in NYC. Eugene is the Music Director/Arranger for the American Dance Machine 21, and the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts. Eugene was the MD/Arranger for Our Guy, Cy, a musical concert tribute to Cy Coleman, starring Tony Award Winners, Randy Graff, Cady Huffman, and Lillias White which received rave reviews from the NYC critics; MD/Arranger for the Jerome Robbins Awards honoring Chita Rivera, Harold Prince, and Stephen Sondheim. Music Director and Pianist/Arranger for Tony Award-winning “Princess and the Frog” star Anika Noni Rose at the Lincoln Center American Songbook Series and The Drama League Tribute to Patti Broadway: The Full Monty   and   Oklahoma!. Broadway and  National Tour credits include Sunset  Boulevard  (with Petula Clark), Flower Drum Song, Swing!, The Color Purple, The Phantom of the Opera, The Will Rogers’ Follies and West Side Story (Conducted and played keyboards). He has worked with many Broadway stars including Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Norbert Leo Butz, James Monroe Iglehart, Shuler Hensley, Stephanie J. Block, Patti Lupone, Cady Huffman, Chita Rivera, Leslie Uggams, Donna McKechnie, Andre DeShields, Lee Roy Reams, Ken Page, Patrick Wilson, Billy Porter, Harvey Fierstein, Shirley Jones, Will Chase, Betty Buckley, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Will Chase, LaChanze, Nikki James, Victoria Clark, Kelli O’Hara, Andrea McArdle, Chris Seiber, Rachel York, Norm Lewis, Megan Hilty, Kristin Chenowith, Brent Barrett, Valisia Lekae, John Tartaglia, Laura Benanti, Melissa Errico, Karen Ziemba, N’Kenge, Mark Kudisch, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Laura Bell Bundy.   

STEPHEN DeANGELIS

(Producer/Host) has produced over 300 different Broadway concerts at venues in New York and across the United States featuring a multitude of Broadway stars including many Tony Award and Drama Desk Award winners and nominees, stars from hit television series and films whose roots are on stage and Broadway’s fastest rising young performers. Throughout his career, he has worked with over 100,000 performers across all entertainment mediums. He is also the Producing Artistic Director and Host of At This Performance… ,  the critically acclaimed concert series that has showcased the talents of  almost 1100 Broadway Standbys, Understudies and Alternates since October 2003. He has cast over 3600 network television and radio commercials for Manhattan’s leading advertising agencies for such clients as DirecTV, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, E*TRADE, Febreze, Cover Girl, Pantene, Advil, Robitussin, Downy and Hewlett-Packard and has contributed to many historic and award-winning spots and campaigns including many which have been recognized with Platinum, Gold and Silver Lions at Cannes. Stephen also cast the six-time Emmy Award nominated Playhouse Disney series “Johnny and the Sprites” starring Tony Award nominee John Tartaglia which was seen on the Disney Channel. His work has been seen in New York and regionally in over 300 theatrical productions for companies including Musicals Tonight!, York Theatre Company, The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport, The Drama League, Casa Mañana, North Shore Music Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Stage One, Studio Arena Theatre, American Stage Company, GeVa Theatre, Starlight Theatre of Kansas City, the St. Louis Municipal Opera (The MUNY) and Dallas Summer Musicals among others as well as numerous festival showcases, workshops and readings. Other credits include The World AIDS Day All-Star Concert Revivals of Pippin and The Secret Garden, the All-Star production of Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens and the 25th Anniversary National Tour of Hair. He is a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and has staged musicals in major theatres across the country in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Dallas and St. Louis and throughout New York and New England. Recent productions include the All-Star concert version of Into the Woods, the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Tommy album (both at Patchogue Theatre) as well as a variety of productions for the Drama League. Stephen is the Producing Artistic Director of the new Pocono Center for the Arts which is now scheduled to open in late 2022. He has worked with Actors, Singers, Dancers, Directors, Choreographers, Composers, Lyricists and Playwrights who have been recognized with the following distinctions across all mediums: 251 Tony Award wins, 823 Tony Award nominations, 247 Drama Desk Award wins, 945 Drama Desk Award, nominations, 31 Drama League Award wins, 194 Drama League Award nominations, 181 Primetime Emmy Award wins, 785 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, 121 Daytime Emmy Award wins, 463 Daytime Emmy Award nominations, 49 Academy Award wins, 151 Academy Award nominations, 22 Olivier Award wins, 75 Olivier Award nominations, 144 Grammy Award wins, 445 Grammy Award nominations, 99 Golden Globe Award wins, 332 Golden Globe Award nominations, 5 Pulitzer Prize wins, 8 Pulitzer Prize Award nominations and 8 Kennedy Center Honors recipients.