Cast & Creative
Matthew López
Book
was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Drama Desk for his work on Some Like It Hot. He is the author of The Inheritance, which won the Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, Evening Standard, Outer Critics Circle, London Critics Circle and GLAAD Media awards for Best Play. He wrote and directed the Amazon Prime feature “Red, White, and Royal Blue,”for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award.
Amber Ruffin
Book
is an Emmy and WGA Award nominated writer and performer for NBC’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers” and “The Amber Ruffin Show.” She wrote and performed on Comedy Central’s “Detroiters” and was a regular narrator on “Drunk History.” She also wrote on “A Black Lady Sketch Show.” Ruffin is a New York Times bestselling author, along with her sister Lacey Lamar, of You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories of Racism. She wrote the most recent Broadway production of The Wiz.
Marc Shaiman
Composer, Co-Lyricist, Vocal Arranger
Seven Oscar nominations: “Mary Poppins Returns,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” “Patch Adams,” “The First Wives Club,” “The American President,” “South Park.” Other films: “Beaches,” “When Harry Met Sally,” “City Slickers,” “The Addams Family,” “Sister Act,” “A Few Good Men,” “The Bucket List.” Broadway (three Tony noms): Hairspray (Tony win), Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Catch Me If You Can, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. TV (thirteen Emmy noms.): “SNL,” “Smash,” “The Oscars (Emmy win),” “Only Murders In The Building.” Recordings (six Grammy noms.): Bette Midler, Harry Connick Jr., Mariah Carey, two Grammy wins for Hairspray and Some Like It Hot cast albums.
Scott Wittman
Co-Lyricist
is a Tony, Two time Grammy and Olivier Award-winning lyricist and director. Broadway: Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Upcoming: Smash. Television: “Smash” (Golden Globe, Grammy and Emmy-nominated) and Emmy nominated “Pickwick Triplets” from “Murders in the Building” Film: Oscar nominee for “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns.” Concerts: Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole, Nathan Lane and Bette Midler. His ’80s Downtown shows are in the permanent collection of MOMA.
Casey Nicholaw
Director and Choreographer
Two-time Tony Award winning Director-Choreographer, Casey Nicholaw, is represented on Broadway as director/choreographer of Disney’s Aladdin (Tony® and Drama Desk nominations Best Choreography), and co-director and choreographer of The Book of Mormon (Tony® and Drama Desk awards Best Co-Director, nominations in the same categories Best Choreography); Olivier Award winner Best Choreography. Other Broadway credits as director/choreographer: Some Like It Hot (Tony® and Drama Desk awards Best Choreography, Tony® nomination Best Direction), The Prom (Tony® nomination Best Direction), Mean Girls(Tony® nominations Best Direction and Choreography), Tuck Everlasting, Something Rotten! (Tony® and Drama Desk nominations Best Direction and Choreography) Elf: The Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony® and Drama Desk nominations Best Direction and Choreography), Monty Python’s Spamalot directed by Mike Nichols (Tony® and Drama Desk nominations Best Choreography). Represented on London’s West End as director/choreographer of Mean Girls, and co-director/choreographer of The Book of Mormon. Next spring he will direct and choreograph Disney’s Hercules on the West End.
Christian Borle
Joe/Josephine
Broadway: Something Rotten! (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), Peter and the Starcatcher (Tony Award), Falsettos (Tony nomination), Legally Blonde (Tony nomination), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mary Poppins, Spamalot, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Amour, Footloose, Jesus Christ Superstar. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors (Drama Desk Award), Sweeney Todd (PBS’ “Live at Lincoln Center”); Angels in America (Signature Theatre); Elegies: A Song Cycle (Lincoln Center); On the Town, Little Me and Me and My Girl (City Center Encores!). Television: “Smash,” “Gilmore Girls,” “Younger,” “Masters of Sex,” “The Good Wife,” “Tangled: The Series,” Disney Junior’s “Lucky Duck,” “The Sound of Music Live!” and “Peter Pan Live!” Film: The Bounty Hunter, Michael Mann’s Blackhat. Directing: Popcorn Falls (Davenport Theater), Footloose (The Muny). Playwriting: Hammered: A Thor & Loki Play (Marvel Spotlight Plays).
J. Harrison Ghee
Jerry/Daphne
J. Harrison Ghee hopes to inspire, enlighten, and uplift someone in the journey of playing Jerry/Daphne. Hopefully, you will learn to free yourself to see yourself beyond any of your wildest dreams. Thank you, friends, family, fans, and my agents at Nicolosi & Co. for your love and support. Broadway/International Tour: Kinky Boots (Lola), Mrs. Doubtfire (Andre Mayem). Regional: The Color Purple (Ensemble), The Sting (Johnny Hooker). Television: “High Maintenance” (Charles), “Raising Dion” (Kwame). Industrial: Tokyo Disney Sea’s Big Band Beat, Norwegian Cruise Line. Proud graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (NY) @jharrisonghee
Adrianna Hicks
Sugar
Adrianna Hicks is a Texas native with a B.F.A degree in Musical Theatre from The University of Oklahoma’s Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre. Her credits include, BROADWAY: SIX, The Color Purple Revival. Aladdin. TOUR/REGIONAL: SIX (Catherine of Aragon) at Chicago Shakes, A.R.T, Citadel, and Ordway; The Color Purple Revival Tour (Celie); The Wiz (Dorothy) at Sacramento Music Circus; Ragtime (Sarah); Buddy Holly (Marlena) INTERNATIONAL: Sister Act Germany, Legally Blonde Austria, Dirty Dancing Germany. CONCERT: Michael Bublé Call Me Irresistible Tour (Backup Singer). Insta: @missadriannahicks
Kevin Del Aguila
Osgood
Broadway: Frozen (Oaken), Peter and the Starcatcher (Smee), Rocky. Off-Broadway: Starcatcher (NYTW), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shakespeare in the Park), Jacques Brel, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Encores). TV/Film: “Peg + Cat,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Deadbeat.” Kevin is also an Emmy-winning writer & author of the musicals Altar Boyz and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. FUN FACT: Kevin was the voice of a Troll in the Disney blockbuster Frozen.
Natasha Yvette Williams
Sweet Sue
Broadway: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Zelma), Chicken and Biscuits (Brianna), Waitress (Becky), Chicago (Mama Morton), A Night with Janis Joplin (Aretha, Joplinaire), The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess (Mariah), The Color Purple (Sofia). Selected TV/Film Credits: “Harlem” (Rebecca), “FBI” (Mrs. Adamu), “New Amsterdam” (Esther), “The Good Fight”. You can catch her in the historical thriller “Alice” (Ruth), the Disney+ movie “Better Nate Than Never” (Principal) and Fall 2022 on Netflix’s “Partner Track”. Follow Insta @Natashayvettewillliams. Proud Black Theatre United and Actor’s Equity Member.
Adam Heller
Mulligan
Broadway: It Shoulda Been You; Elf; Baby, It’s You; Caroline, or Change; A Class Act; Victor/Victoria; Les Miserables. National Tours: Titanic; Falsettos. Off-Broadway: Popcorn Falls (Davenport); A Letter to Harvey Milk (Theater Row); Peer Gynt (CSC); Wings (Second Stage); Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn (New World Stages); The Immigrant (New World Stages); Merrily We Roll Along (York). Regional: Chicago; 1776; Gypsy (the Muny); The Flamingo Kid (Hartford Stage); Fiddler on the Roof (Goodspeed, Connecticut Critics Circle Award/Best Actor); Rags (Goodspeed); The Chosen (Barrington Stage); My Name is Asher Lev (Arden); Merrily We Roll Along (Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration). Television: “We Crashed;” “FBI Most Wanted;” “The Bite;” “The Good Fight;” “Elementary;” “Unforgettable;” “The Americans;” “The Sopranos; Law & Order (All);” “Oz;” “Submissions Only.”
Mark Lotito
Spats
Mark Lotito is a veteran of ten Broadway shows. Original productions include: The Most Happy Fella, Victor/Victoria, Betrayal, Marie Christine, The Smell Of The Kill, The Boys From Syracuse, Dinner at Eight, Fiddler On The Roof (performing the role of Tevye) and Jersey Boys, originating the role of Gyp DeCarlo. He also appeared in The Producers, having the opportunity to perform the role of Max Bialystock.
He is proud to have had the honor of working three times with the late, great director Gerald Gutierrez and twice with the esteemed David Leveaux. He has worked in regional theater, on national tours, and off-Broadway for over thirty-five years. Most recently he appeared in the premiers of three new American plays, including the hit Smart Blonde, Tech Support, and Drift, which was shut down by the pandemic. Mark has worked extensively in film, television, and commercials. He has made over 100 appearances as a guest or a recurring player from soap operas to “The Sopranos” and everything in between. This past year he was a guest on “Pose”, “For Life”, and the first episode of the reboot of the original “Law & Order”.
Angie Schworer
Minnie
Broadway! The Prom (Angie ), The Producers (Ulla) , Something Rotten!, Big Fish, Catch Me If You Can, Young Frankenstein, Annie Get Your Gun, Chicago, Sunset Boulevard, Crazy For You, and The Will Rogers Follies. Met Opera: The Merry Widow. Regional: The Cher Show (Georgia/Lucille Ball), Annie (Lily St Regis), Disaster The Musical (Jackie), Mamma Mia (Tanya), Always A Bridesmaid (Monette), Sweet Charity (Nikki), Chicago (Roxie), Damn Yankees (Lola), The Full Monty (Vicki), Minskys (Ginger), Crazy For You (Irene), The Will Rogers Follies (Z’s Fav). TV: Rosie O’Donnell Show, Dana Carvey Show, Law and Order: CI, QueerEye, As The World Turns, Kennedy Center Honors, and Smash . Film: The Producers
TyNia René Brandon
Dolores/Ensemble
TyNia René Brandon (she/they) is a Charlotte, NC native thrilled to be joining her first OBC. Favorite credits include: The Lion King (Rafiki Tour), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Broadway), Born For This (Arts Emerson). She thanks her family, friends, Clear Talent Group, and loving partner, Leo for their endless love and support. “Reaching back, moving forward” IG: @thetybrand
Ian Campayno
Swing
Thrilled to be back on Broadway with Some Like It Hot! Broadway: Mary Poppins Off-Broadway: Trip of Love Tour: Something Rotten!, Chicago, Mary Poppins, The Wizard of Oz, Cats. TV/Film: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Lovestruck: The Musical. Regional: Arvada Center, North Shore Music Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Bucks County Playhouse. BFA Shenandoah Conservatory. @icampayno
DeMarius R. Copes
Ensemble
Broadway- Mean Girls. National Tours- Hamilton (Philip Tour), Newsies (FirstNat’l). Regional- Mean Girls(National Theatre), The Prom (Alliance Theatre), A Chorus Line (Maltz Jupiter Theatre). TV/Film- Dear Evan Hansen, POSE. Thanks to Clear, Lynne, and Casey! Love you, mom! @demariusr_copes
Jonathan Duvelson
Sonny/Ensemble
BROADWAY DEBUT BABY! Favorite credits include A Chorus Line (Richie), Something Rotten! (Minstrel) and Legally Blonde (Kiki). TV/film: “Girls5Eva” (Peacock and Netflix). My girls Sofia and Rebecca its giving…TYILSM! Five, Four, Three and Two I love you immensely. Mom and Dad Thank You. Chosen family you are my rock. Watch me bake endless amounts of bread @johnnnybabyy.
Elizabeth Earley
Swing
OBC Broadway: Something Rotten!; Hello, Dolly! (2017). Tours: Mary Poppins (1st & 2nd national), Whistle Down the Wind. Regional: Kennedy Center, Milwaukee Rep, Broadway Sacramento. TV: “Tony Awards,” “Dancing With the Stars,” “Modern Love.” NYU: Classical Studio, ETW, CAP21. Gratitude to Casey & Telsey. Mom, Emilio & Gabriel: LOVE! www.elizabethearley.com
Casey Garvin
Mack/Ensemble
Bullets Over Broadway, Disaster!, Miss Saigon, King Kong, and Doubtfire (Broadway), West Side Story (first national), Bareoff-Broadway, pre-Broadway workshops, regional theaters globally, and film/TV work. Love to Aidan and my family. @caseygarvin
Ashley Elizabeth Hale
Swing
Ashley is a Scottish American actor and associate. Broadway & US: Leopoldstadt – Associate Movement, Frozen – OBC, Matilda – u/s Miss Honey, Mamma Mia – u/s Donna & Tanya, Carmen (HGO & Lyric) – Associate Choreographer, Frozen
Tour Remount- Associate Director & Choreographer. West End & UK: Shrek OLC, On The Town, Candide, Jersey Boys, Dirty Dancing, Fame, Finding Neverland, Guys & Dolls, Starlight Express, Saturday Night Fever. Film: Cinderella, Ted 2.
TV: SNL, Kennedy Centre Honors, Tony Awards. www.ashleyelizabethhale.com
Jenny Hill
Vivian/Ensemble
KJ Hippensteel
Bar Manager/Man with Suitcase
Broadway: The Book of Mormon, Doubtfire OBC. West End: The Book of Mormon. National Tours: Wicked, 9 to 5, The Wedding Singer. Chicago: Something Rotten! (Marriott-Lincolnshire). Film/TV: “Blacklist,” “Sweetbitter,” “Snuggle Buddies.” Proud graduate of Wright State University. More info on Insta (@kjhippensteel) Endless love to Brooke, Josh, Mom, Dad, and my beautiful boys, Huck, Shep, and Coby.
Dan Horn
Ensemble
Dan Horn is thrilled to be returning to Broadway in Some Like It Hot! Other credits include Broadway: Cinderella, Bullets Over Broadway, Allegiance, and Miss Saigon. Tour: Hello, Dolly! and Mean Girls. Many thanks to Casey Nicholaw for this opportunity!
Abby Matsusaka
Ensemble
Broadway Debut! Regional: The Karate Kid (Stages St. Louis), Hair (Asolo Rep). BFAfrom Montclair State University. Thanks to Marc, Dustin, and her friends and family. @abbyrose_m
Brian Martin
Ensemble
Broadway: Mrs.Doubtfire (OBC). Nat’lTour: Bullets Over Broadway, Elf, Guys and Dolls, Beauty and the Beast. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, Fulton Theatre. BFA Western Michigan University, RADA. Endless love and gratitude to my family and friends. ForSai. @btmartz
Amber Owens
Ensemble
Amber hails from California and has appeared on Broadway in Mary Poppins and Aladdin. She was a Radio City Rockette and toured the country with Spamalot (Las Vegas Company) and 42nd Street (revival, 1st National Tour). Other credits include North Shore Music Theatre, LA’s Reprise Theatre Company, and multiple shows with Sacramento Music Circus. Favorite television and film credits include “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The Blacklist,” “Law and Order: SVU,” “Younger,” and the Kathryn Bigelow directed Detroit. Amber has a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University and recently completed a Master of Science in Marketing.
Kayla Pecchioni
Ginger/Ensemble
(she/her) BROADWAY: Paradise Square. TOUR: The Book of Mormon (Nabulungi), SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical (Duckling Donna), Dreamgirls (South Korea). NYC: Radio City Christmas Spectacular. REGIONAL: A Chorus Line (Maggie) at Signature Theatre. Kayla is a Louisville, KY native with a BFA degree in musical theatre from Northern KY University. Overflowing with gratitude! Agent: Avalon Artists Group. @kaylapecchioni
Richard Yoder
Ensemble
Richard is an Astaire Award-winning Broadway veteran of five Tony-nominated and winning musicals. He was nominated for Best Male Dancer in a Broadway Show by the Astaire Awards and has received two others. His Broadway credits include White Christmas, On The Twentieth Century, Shuffle Along, Hello Dolly, and My Fair Lady. Richard’s TV credits include Co-Starring as Conrad on Mom on CBS, featured performer on the Late Late Show with James Corden starring Zac Efron, Zendaya, and Hugh Jackman and two Tony Awards Telecasts. He can also be heard on the revival cast recordings of Hello, Dolly!, and On The Twentieth Century. He has also worked as a master tap and jazz teacher around the country when not performing. He has had the pleasure to work onstage with Julie Andrews, Billy Porter, Bette Midler, Audra McDonald, Bernadette Peters, George C. Wolfe, Savion Glover, and Kristin Chenoweth to name a few.
Charles South
Toothpick Charlie/Ensemble
Charles is honored to share this dashing story in the historic Schubert theatre! Broadway: Aladdin Nat’l/Internat’l Tours: Aladdin (OTC), Carman la Cubana (Paris Theatre du Chatelet), West Side Story (Bernardo) Regional: La Jolla, Goodspeed, Hartford Stage, Rev Theatre Other: Omaha Symphony Orchestra, Hartford Symphony. Hartt School Grad- Nothing but love to this cast, crew, and creative team! Vamanos and eat a cookie- @Charlessouth421
Julius Williams
Swing
Julius is super excited to make his Broadway debut in Some Like It Hot. Hailing from Columbia, Missouri, Julius attended Howard University where he received his BFA in Musical Theater. Julius has recently debuted his first Off Broadway production in The Wrong Man at MCC Theatre. Regional: Chicago, Rock of Ages, Mamma Mia, Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins, Footloose, Crazy For You, Passing Strange, and Finian’s Rainbow. He would like to thank God, family, friends, and representation Pantera for their loving support and believing in everything he does.
Ericka Hunter Yang
Ensemble
Original Broadway Casts: Moulin Rouge!, American Psycho, Rock Of Ages, Miss Saigon (Revival), Doctor Zhivago, Flower Drum Song. Other credits: 42nd Street (Broadway), The Band Wagon (Encores!), The Lion King (Toronto), Chess (Kennedy Center), Radio City Rockette. TV Credits: Schmigadoon, Schmicago, Better Nate Than Ever, Modern Love. @erickahunter
Matthew López
Book
was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Drama Desk for his work on Some Like It Hot. He is the author of The Inheritance, which won the Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, Evening Standard, Outer Critics Circle, London Critics Circle and GLAAD Media awards for Best Play. He wrote and directed the Amazon Prime feature “Red, White, and Royal Blue,”for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award.
Amber Ruffin
Book
is an Emmy and WGA Award nominated writer and performer for NBC’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers” and “The Amber Ruffin Show.” She wrote and performed on Comedy Central’s “Detroiters” and was a regular narrator on “Drunk History.” She also wrote on “A Black Lady Sketch Show.” Ruffin is a New York Times bestselling author, along with her sister Lacey Lamar, of You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories of Racism. She wrote the most recent Broadway production of The Wiz.
Marc Shaiman
Composer, Co-Lyricist, Vocal Arranger
Seven Oscar nominations: “Mary Poppins Returns,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” “Patch Adams,” “The First Wives Club,” “The American President,” “South Park.” Other films: “Beaches,” “When Harry Met Sally,” “City Slickers,” “The Addams Family,” “Sister Act,” “A Few Good Men,” “The Bucket List.” Broadway (three Tony noms): Hairspray (Tony win), Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Catch Me If You Can, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. TV (thirteen Emmy noms.): “SNL,” “Smash,” “The Oscars (Emmy win),” “Only Murders In The Building.” Recordings (six Grammy noms.): Bette Midler, Harry Connick Jr., Mariah Carey, two Grammy wins for Hairspray and Some Like It Hot cast albums.
Scott Wittman
Co-Lyricist
is a Tony, Two time Grammy and Olivier Award-winning lyricist and director. Broadway: Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Upcoming: Smash. Television: “Smash” (Golden Globe, Grammy and Emmy-nominated) and Emmy nominated “Pickwick Triplets” from “Murders in the Building” Film: Oscar nominee for “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns.” Concerts: Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole, Nathan Lane and Bette Midler. His ’80s Downtown shows are in the permanent collection of MOMA.
Casey Nicholaw
Director and Choreographer
Two-time Tony Award winning Director-Choreographer, Casey Nicholaw, is represented on Broadway as director/choreographer of Disney’s Aladdin (Tony® and Drama Desk nominations Best Choreography), and co-director and choreographer of The Book of Mormon (Tony® and Drama Desk awards Best Co-Director, nominations in the same categories Best Choreography); Olivier Award winner Best Choreography. Other Broadway credits as director/choreographer: Some Like It Hot (Tony® and Drama Desk awards Best Choreography, Tony® nomination Best Direction), The Prom (Tony® nomination Best Direction), Mean Girls(Tony® nominations Best Direction and Choreography), Tuck Everlasting, Something Rotten! (Tony® and Drama Desk nominations Best Direction and Choreography) Elf: The Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony® and Drama Desk nominations Best Direction and Choreography), Monty Python’s Spamalot directed by Mike Nichols (Tony® and Drama Desk nominations Best Choreography). Represented on London’s West End as director/choreographer of Mean Girls, and co-director/choreographer of The Book of Mormon. Next spring he will direct and choreograph Disney’s Hercules on the West End.
Christian Borle
Joe/Josephine
Broadway: Something Rotten! (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), Peter and the Starcatcher (Tony Award), Falsettos (Tony nomination), Legally Blonde (Tony nomination), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mary Poppins, Spamalot, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Amour, Footloose, Jesus Christ Superstar. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors (Drama Desk Award), Sweeney Todd (PBS’ “Live at Lincoln Center”); Angels in America (Signature Theatre); Elegies: A Song Cycle (Lincoln Center); On the Town, Little Me and Me and My Girl (City Center Encores!). Television: “Smash,” “Gilmore Girls,” “Younger,” “Masters of Sex,” “The Good Wife,” “Tangled: The Series,” Disney Junior’s “Lucky Duck,” “The Sound of Music Live!” and “Peter Pan Live!” Film: The Bounty Hunter, Michael Mann’s Blackhat. Directing: Popcorn Falls (Davenport Theater), Footloose (The Muny). Playwriting: Hammered: A Thor & Loki Play (Marvel Spotlight Plays).
J. Harrison Ghee
Jerry/Daphne
J. Harrison Ghee hopes to inspire, enlighten, and uplift someone in the journey of playing Jerry/Daphne. Hopefully, you will learn to free yourself to see yourself beyond any of your wildest dreams. Thank you, friends, family, fans, and my agents at Nicolosi & Co. for your love and support. Broadway/International Tour: Kinky Boots (Lola), Mrs. Doubtfire (Andre Mayem). Regional: The Color Purple (Ensemble), The Sting (Johnny Hooker). Television: “High Maintenance” (Charles), “Raising Dion” (Kwame). Industrial: Tokyo Disney Sea’s Big Band Beat, Norwegian Cruise Line. Proud graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (NY) @jharrisonghee
Adrianna Hicks
Sugar
Adrianna Hicks is a Texas native with a B.F.A degree in Musical Theatre from The University of Oklahoma’s Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre. Her credits include, BROADWAY: SIX, The Color Purple Revival. Aladdin. TOUR/REGIONAL: SIX (Catherine of Aragon) at Chicago Shakes, A.R.T, Citadel, and Ordway; The Color Purple Revival Tour (Celie); The Wiz (Dorothy) at Sacramento Music Circus; Ragtime (Sarah); Buddy Holly (Marlena) INTERNATIONAL: Sister Act Germany, Legally Blonde Austria, Dirty Dancing Germany. CONCERT: Michael Bublé Call Me Irresistible Tour (Backup Singer). Insta: @missadriannahicks
Kevin Del Aguila
Osgood
Broadway: Frozen (Oaken), Peter and the Starcatcher (Smee), Rocky. Off-Broadway: Starcatcher (NYTW), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shakespeare in the Park), Jacques Brel, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Encores). TV/Film: “Peg + Cat,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Deadbeat.” Kevin is also an Emmy-winning writer & author of the musicals Altar Boyz and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. FUN FACT: Kevin was the voice of a Troll in the Disney blockbuster Frozen.
Natasha Yvette Williams
Sweet Sue
Broadway: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Zelma), Chicken and Biscuits (Brianna), Waitress (Becky), Chicago (Mama Morton), A Night with Janis Joplin (Aretha, Joplinaire), The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess (Mariah), The Color Purple (Sofia). Selected TV/Film Credits: “Harlem” (Rebecca), “FBI” (Mrs. Adamu), “New Amsterdam” (Esther), “The Good Fight”. You can catch her in the historical thriller “Alice” (Ruth), the Disney+ movie “Better Nate Than Never” (Principal) and Fall 2022 on Netflix’s “Partner Track”. Follow Insta @Natashayvettewillliams. Proud Black Theatre United and Actor’s Equity Member.
Adam Heller
Mulligan
Broadway: It Shoulda Been You; Elf; Baby, It’s You; Caroline, or Change; A Class Act; Victor/Victoria; Les Miserables. National Tours: Titanic; Falsettos. Off-Broadway: Popcorn Falls (Davenport); A Letter to Harvey Milk (Theater Row); Peer Gynt (CSC); Wings (Second Stage); Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn (New World Stages); The Immigrant (New World Stages); Merrily We Roll Along (York). Regional: Chicago; 1776; Gypsy (the Muny); The Flamingo Kid (Hartford Stage); Fiddler on the Roof (Goodspeed, Connecticut Critics Circle Award/Best Actor); Rags (Goodspeed); The Chosen (Barrington Stage); My Name is Asher Lev (Arden); Merrily We Roll Along (Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration). Television: “We Crashed;” “FBI Most Wanted;” “The Bite;” “The Good Fight;” “Elementary;” “Unforgettable;” “The Americans;” “The Sopranos; Law & Order (All);” “Oz;” “Submissions Only.”
Mark Lotito
Spats
Mark Lotito is a veteran of ten Broadway shows. Original productions include: The Most Happy Fella, Victor/Victoria, Betrayal, Marie Christine, The Smell Of The Kill, The Boys From Syracuse, Dinner at Eight, Fiddler On The Roof (performing the role of Tevye) and Jersey Boys, originating the role of Gyp DeCarlo. He also appeared in The Producers, having the opportunity to perform the role of Max Bialystock.
He is proud to have had the honor of working three times with the late, great director Gerald Gutierrez and twice with the esteemed David Leveaux. He has worked in regional theater, on national tours, and off-Broadway for over thirty-five years. Most recently he appeared in the premiers of three new American plays, including the hit Smart Blonde, Tech Support, and Drift, which was shut down by the pandemic. Mark has worked extensively in film, television, and commercials. He has made over 100 appearances as a guest or a recurring player from soap operas to “The Sopranos” and everything in between. This past year he was a guest on “Pose”, “For Life”, and the first episode of the reboot of the original “Law & Order”.
Angie Schworer
Minnie
Broadway! The Prom (Angie ), The Producers (Ulla) , Something Rotten!, Big Fish, Catch Me If You Can, Young Frankenstein, Annie Get Your Gun, Chicago, Sunset Boulevard, Crazy For You, and The Will Rogers Follies. Met Opera: The Merry Widow. Regional: The Cher Show (Georgia/Lucille Ball), Annie (Lily St Regis), Disaster The Musical (Jackie), Mamma Mia (Tanya), Always A Bridesmaid (Monette), Sweet Charity (Nikki), Chicago (Roxie), Damn Yankees (Lola), The Full Monty (Vicki), Minskys (Ginger), Crazy For You (Irene), The Will Rogers Follies (Z’s Fav). TV: Rosie O’Donnell Show, Dana Carvey Show, Law and Order: CI, QueerEye, As The World Turns, Kennedy Center Honors, and Smash . Film: The Producers
TyNia René Brandon
Dolores/Ensemble
TyNia René Brandon (she/they) is a Charlotte, NC native thrilled to be joining her first OBC. Favorite credits include: The Lion King (Rafiki Tour), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Broadway), Born For This (Arts Emerson). She thanks her family, friends, Clear Talent Group, and loving partner, Leo for their endless love and support. “Reaching back, moving forward” IG: @thetybrand
Ian Campayno
Swing
Thrilled to be back on Broadway with Some Like It Hot! Broadway: Mary Poppins Off-Broadway: Trip of Love Tour: Something Rotten!, Chicago, Mary Poppins, The Wizard of Oz, Cats. TV/Film: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Lovestruck: The Musical. Regional: Arvada Center, North Shore Music Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Bucks County Playhouse. BFA Shenandoah Conservatory. @icampayno
DeMarius R. Copes
Ensemble
Broadway- Mean Girls. National Tours- Hamilton (Philip Tour), Newsies (FirstNat’l). Regional- Mean Girls(National Theatre), The Prom (Alliance Theatre), A Chorus Line (Maltz Jupiter Theatre). TV/Film- Dear Evan Hansen, POSE. Thanks to Clear, Lynne, and Casey! Love you, mom! @demariusr_copes
Jonathan Duvelson
Sonny/Ensemble
BROADWAY DEBUT BABY! Favorite credits include A Chorus Line (Richie), Something Rotten! (Minstrel) and Legally Blonde (Kiki). TV/film: “Girls5Eva” (Peacock and Netflix). My girls Sofia and Rebecca its giving…TYILSM! Five, Four, Three and Two I love you immensely. Mom and Dad Thank You. Chosen family you are my rock. Watch me bake endless amounts of bread @johnnnybabyy.
Elizabeth Earley
Swing
OBC Broadway: Something Rotten!; Hello, Dolly! (2017). Tours: Mary Poppins (1st & 2nd national), Whistle Down the Wind. Regional: Kennedy Center, Milwaukee Rep, Broadway Sacramento. TV: “Tony Awards,” “Dancing With the Stars,” “Modern Love.” NYU: Classical Studio, ETW, CAP21. Gratitude to Casey & Telsey. Mom, Emilio & Gabriel: LOVE! www.elizabethearley.com
Casey Garvin
Mack/Ensemble
Bullets Over Broadway, Disaster!, Miss Saigon, King Kong, and Doubtfire (Broadway), West Side Story (first national), Bareoff-Broadway, pre-Broadway workshops, regional theaters globally, and film/TV work. Love to Aidan and my family. @caseygarvin
Ashley Elizabeth Hale
Swing
Ashley is a Scottish American actor and associate. Broadway & US: Leopoldstadt – Associate Movement, Frozen – OBC, Matilda – u/s Miss Honey, Mamma Mia – u/s Donna & Tanya, Carmen (HGO & Lyric) – Associate Choreographer, Frozen
Tour Remount- Associate Director & Choreographer. West End & UK: Shrek OLC, On The Town, Candide, Jersey Boys, Dirty Dancing, Fame, Finding Neverland, Guys & Dolls, Starlight Express, Saturday Night Fever. Film: Cinderella, Ted 2.
TV: SNL, Kennedy Centre Honors, Tony Awards. www.ashleyelizabethhale.com
Jenny Hill
Vivian/Ensemble
KJ Hippensteel
Bar Manager/Man with Suitcase
Broadway: The Book of Mormon, Doubtfire OBC. West End: The Book of Mormon. National Tours: Wicked, 9 to 5, The Wedding Singer. Chicago: Something Rotten! (Marriott-Lincolnshire). Film/TV: “Blacklist,” “Sweetbitter,” “Snuggle Buddies.” Proud graduate of Wright State University. More info on Insta (@kjhippensteel) Endless love to Brooke, Josh, Mom, Dad, and my beautiful boys, Huck, Shep, and Coby.
Dan Horn
Ensemble
Dan Horn is thrilled to be returning to Broadway in Some Like It Hot! Other credits include Broadway: Cinderella, Bullets Over Broadway, Allegiance, and Miss Saigon. Tour: Hello, Dolly! and Mean Girls. Many thanks to Casey Nicholaw for this opportunity!
Abby Matsusaka
Ensemble
Broadway Debut! Regional: The Karate Kid (Stages St. Louis), Hair (Asolo Rep). BFAfrom Montclair State University. Thanks to Marc, Dustin, and her friends and family. @abbyrose_m
Brian Martin
Ensemble
Broadway: Mrs.Doubtfire (OBC). Nat’lTour: Bullets Over Broadway, Elf, Guys and Dolls, Beauty and the Beast. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, Fulton Theatre. BFA Western Michigan University, RADA. Endless love and gratitude to my family and friends. ForSai. @btmartz
Amber Owens
Ensemble
Amber hails from California and has appeared on Broadway in Mary Poppins and Aladdin. She was a Radio City Rockette and toured the country with Spamalot (Las Vegas Company) and 42nd Street (revival, 1st National Tour). Other credits include North Shore Music Theatre, LA’s Reprise Theatre Company, and multiple shows with Sacramento Music Circus. Favorite television and film credits include “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The Blacklist,” “Law and Order: SVU,” “Younger,” and the Kathryn Bigelow directed Detroit. Amber has a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University and recently completed a Master of Science in Marketing.
Kayla Pecchioni
Ginger/Ensemble
(she/her) BROADWAY: Paradise Square. TOUR: The Book of Mormon (Nabulungi), SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical (Duckling Donna), Dreamgirls (South Korea). NYC: Radio City Christmas Spectacular. REGIONAL: A Chorus Line (Maggie) at Signature Theatre. Kayla is a Louisville, KY native with a BFA degree in musical theatre from Northern KY University. Overflowing with gratitude! Agent: Avalon Artists Group. @kaylapecchioni
Richard Yoder
Ensemble
Richard is an Astaire Award-winning Broadway veteran of five Tony-nominated and winning musicals. He was nominated for Best Male Dancer in a Broadway Show by the Astaire Awards and has received two others. His Broadway credits include White Christmas, On The Twentieth Century, Shuffle Along, Hello Dolly, and My Fair Lady. Richard’s TV credits include Co-Starring as Conrad on Mom on CBS, featured performer on the Late Late Show with James Corden starring Zac Efron, Zendaya, and Hugh Jackman and two Tony Awards Telecasts. He can also be heard on the revival cast recordings of Hello, Dolly!, and On The Twentieth Century. He has also worked as a master tap and jazz teacher around the country when not performing. He has had the pleasure to work onstage with Julie Andrews, Billy Porter, Bette Midler, Audra McDonald, Bernadette Peters, George C. Wolfe, Savion Glover, and Kristin Chenoweth to name a few.
Charles South
Toothpick Charlie/Ensemble
Charles is honored to share this dashing story in the historic Schubert theatre! Broadway: Aladdin Nat’l/Internat’l Tours: Aladdin (OTC), Carman la Cubana (Paris Theatre du Chatelet), West Side Story (Bernardo) Regional: La Jolla, Goodspeed, Hartford Stage, Rev Theatre Other: Omaha Symphony Orchestra, Hartford Symphony. Hartt School Grad- Nothing but love to this cast, crew, and creative team! Vamanos and eat a cookie- @Charlessouth421
Julius Williams
Swing
Julius is super excited to make his Broadway debut in Some Like It Hot. Hailing from Columbia, Missouri, Julius attended Howard University where he received his BFA in Musical Theater. Julius has recently debuted his first Off Broadway production in The Wrong Man at MCC Theatre. Regional: Chicago, Rock of Ages, Mamma Mia, Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins, Footloose, Crazy For You, Passing Strange, and Finian’s Rainbow. He would like to thank God, family, friends, and representation Pantera for their loving support and believing in everything he does.
Ericka Hunter Yang
Ensemble
Original Broadway Casts: Moulin Rouge!, American Psycho, Rock Of Ages, Miss Saigon (Revival), Doctor Zhivago, Flower Drum Song. Other credits: 42nd Street (Broadway), The Band Wagon (Encores!), The Lion King (Toronto), Chess (Kennedy Center), Radio City Rockette. TV Credits: Schmigadoon, Schmicago, Better Nate Than Ever, Modern Love. @erickahunter
Matthew López
Book
was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Drama Desk for his work on Some Like It Hot. He is the author of The Inheritance, which won the Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, Evening Standard, Outer Critics Circle, London Critics Circle and GLAAD Media awards for Best Play. He wrote and directed the Amazon Prime feature “Red, White, and Royal Blue,”for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award.
Amber Ruffin
Book
is an Emmy and WGA Award nominated writer and performer for NBC’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers” and “The Amber Ruffin Show.” She wrote and performed on Comedy Central’s “Detroiters” and was a regular narrator on “Drunk History.” She also wrote on “A Black Lady Sketch Show.” Ruffin is a New York Times bestselling author, along with her sister Lacey Lamar, of You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories of Racism. She wrote the most recent Broadway production of The Wiz.
Marc Shaiman
Composer, Co-Lyricist, Vocal Arranger
Seven Oscar nominations: “Mary Poppins Returns,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” “Patch Adams,” “The First Wives Club,” “The American President,” “South Park.” Other films: “Beaches,” “When Harry Met Sally,” “City Slickers,” “The Addams Family,” “Sister Act,” “A Few Good Men,” “The Bucket List.” Broadway (three Tony noms): Hairspray (Tony win), Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Catch Me If You Can, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. TV (thirteen Emmy noms.): “SNL,” “Smash,” “The Oscars (Emmy win),” “Only Murders In The Building.” Recordings (six Grammy noms.): Bette Midler, Harry Connick Jr., Mariah Carey, two Grammy wins for Hairspray and Some Like It Hot cast albums.
Scott Wittman
Co-Lyricist
is a Tony, Two time Grammy and Olivier Award-winning lyricist and director. Broadway: Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Upcoming: Smash. Television: “Smash” (Golden Globe, Grammy and Emmy-nominated) and Emmy nominated “Pickwick Triplets” from “Murders in the Building” Film: Oscar nominee for “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns.” Concerts: Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole, Nathan Lane and Bette Midler. His ’80s Downtown shows are in the permanent collection of MOMA.
Casey Nicholaw
Director and Choreographer
Two-time Tony Award winning Director-Choreographer, Casey Nicholaw, is represented on Broadway as director/choreographer of Disney’s Aladdin (Tony® and Drama Desk nominations Best Choreography), and co-director and choreographer of The Book of Mormon (Tony® and Drama Desk awards Best Co-Director, nominations in the same categories Best Choreography); Olivier Award winner Best Choreography. Other Broadway credits as director/choreographer: Some Like It Hot (Tony® and Drama Desk awards Best Choreography, Tony® nomination Best Direction), The Prom (Tony® nomination Best Direction), Mean Girls(Tony® nominations Best Direction and Choreography), Tuck Everlasting, Something Rotten! (Tony® and Drama Desk nominations Best Direction and Choreography) Elf: The Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony® and Drama Desk nominations Best Direction and Choreography), Monty Python’s Spamalot directed by Mike Nichols (Tony® and Drama Desk nominations Best Choreography). Represented on London’s West End as director/choreographer of Mean Girls, and co-director/choreographer of The Book of Mormon. Next spring he will direct and choreograph Disney’s Hercules on the West End.