The Cast
Jennifer Barnhart
(Cookie)
@iamjenbarnhart
Telly Leung is a New York City native, Broadway performer, recording artist, producer, & theater arts teacher. His Broadway & national touring credits include Aladdin in Disney's "Aladdin" on Broadway, In Transit, Allegiance (with George Takei & Lea Salonga), Godspell, Rent (final Broadway company), Wicked (Boq, original Chicago company), Pacific Overtures, and Flower Drum Song.
Telly Leung
(Chestnut)
@TellyLeung
ANN HARADA is best known for AVENUE Q ( Christmas Eve) on Broadway and in London’s West End. Other Bway: CINDERELLA ( Charlotte) LES MISERABLES, (Mme. Thenardier), 9 TO 5, SEUSSICAL, and M.BUTTERFLY.
Ann Harada
(Raisin)
@iamannharada
Julia Mattison
(Crumpet)
@JuliaMat
James Monroe Iglehart
(Santa)
@JMiglehart
NICK KOHN recently finished 14 years in Avenue Q where he played the role of Brian in over 5,000 performances! Favorite roles: Husband to Marissa and Father to August.
Nick Kohn
(Fruitcake)
@NickKohnArtist
Don Darryl Rivera
(Gumdrop)
@dondarrylrivera
The Creative Team
Directed Sesame Street: The Power of We (HBO Max and PBS), Sesame Street (Season 51, Monster Foodies, Elmo’s World) , and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC. As an actor, Mr. Muraoka has appeared in 7 Broadway shows, and has been a cast member of Sesame Street for the past 21 years, where he plays Alan, the proprietor of Hooper’s Store.
Alan Muraoka
Director
Phoebe Kreutz is a singer/songwriter-turned-bookwriter/lyricist from New York City. Because life is strange, Phoebe may be best known as the "Pizza Nico" in Macaulay Culkin's controversial parody band "The Pizza Underground".
Phoebe Kreutz
Book & Lyrics
Gary Adler is a conductor, pianist and composer in New York City. He served as the music director/arranger for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular for eight years. He also music directed Avenue Q for its six year run on Broadway. As a writer, Gary received two 2005 Drama Desk nominations for his music and lyrics for the off-Broadway hit Altar Boyz . For Disney Channel, he created the musical world for Johnny and the Sprites , starring John Tartaglia.
Gary Adler
Music
Michael’s choreography has been featured in productions of Gypsy (North Carolina Theatre), Xanadu (ReVision Theatre), Beauty and the Beast (Northern Stage), as well as several BC/EFA benefit concerts. As a performer, Michael appeared on Broadway in Aladdin (Dance Supervisor), Bring It On , Mamma Mia, 9 to 5, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Michael Mindlin
Choreographer
Costume Design by Brian HemesathProps Design by Kathy Fabian / Propstar LLCPuppet Design by Jennifer BarnhartProduction Coordinator: Melissa Spengler WinnerEditing by Ikpemoghena Ikharo of 3Eyes Media LLCDirector of Photography: Kevin SpenceSound Design & Mixed by Michael Croiter (Yellow Sound Lab, NYC)Music Edited & Mixed by Michael Croiter, Matthias Winter, Tyler HartmanThe Nice List Band
Keys: Gary Adler
Bass: Mary Ann McSweeney
GuItar: Brian Koonin
Violin: J.J. Johnson
Drums & Percussion: Michael Croiter
Legal Counsel: Nevin Law Group PLLC (Doug Nevin & Ashley Hellberg)
Publicity: Chris Belcher
Logo & Key Art Design: Mayumi Ando
The Producing Team
Executive Producer: TELLY LEUNG
MASIE Productions is a unique boutique company - combining theater, engagement, technology and learning. We create or co-produce events and shows that have high social impact and are "breaking" boundaries. Elliott Masie combines 40 years background in learning, technology and entertainment to focus MASIE Productions on projects that combine Storytelling and Social Impact! Cathy DiMiceli Masie grew up singing in various school and community choruses – at Northfield Mt Hermon and Hamilton College. Now, as a producer, she has the joy of bringing live musical theater as well as some straight theatrical performances to the stage!
Masie Productions (Cathy & Elliott Masie)
Wendy has been reinvented as a New York Broadway producer. Her most successful production, “Come from Away,” premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse, received 7 Tony Award nominations in 2017, with Chris Ashley winning “Best Musical Director” and she received an Olivier Award for Best Musical in 2019. Her first production, “Allegiance: A New American Musical,” made its debut at the Old Globe in 2012, and premiered on Broadway in 2015-16. “Diana” opened for previews in March 2020 and will return when Broadway reopens later this year. “Working Girl” is currently in development.
Broadway positions: 2015 An American in Paris, 2015 Penn & Teller on Broadway, 2015 The Heidi Chronicles, 2014 Bridges of Madison County, 2013 Lucky Guy, 2012 Evita, 2011 Merchant of Venice & Addams Family, 2010 American Idiot
National Tours: An American in Paris, Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, American Idiot.
Starhawk Productions (Wendy Gillespie)
Joey currently serves as a Producer with Sing Out Louise Productions and a General Manager/Co-Founder of Dailey-Monda Management. With Sing Out Louise Productions, he is a Producer on the currently running Hadestown (Tony Award) and Mrs. Doubtfire and the previous Broadway productions of The Inheritance (Tony nomination), Slave Play (Tony nomination), Mike Birbiglia’s The New One and The Cher Show. With fellow Sing Out Louise partners Lorenzo Thione and Jay Kuo, Sing Out Louise Productions shepherded actor and activist George Takei’s true-life experience of WWII Japanese American internment camps into the Broadway musical and subsequent film Allegiance, which starred Takei and Tony Award winner Lea Salonga.
Joey and Sing Out Louise are passionate about extending the brand, reach, and impact of Broadway through cinema-quality stage-to-screen films and Joey has served as the Executive Producer on the films of Allegiance and Bandstand and oversaw the full marketing and distribution of the Broadway musical Kinky Boots film.
In 2016, Joey co-founded Dailey-Monda Management, a full-service production and management office to bring a fresh and innovative approach to theatrical business management. Specializing in new work and self-producing artists, DMM has overseen the Off-Broadway productions of Fern Hill, Smart Blonde, Goldstein, the bi-annual commissioning Inner Voices series, as well as the National Alliance for Musical Theatre Festival of New Musicals (2012-present), multiple New York Musical Festival (NYMF) productions, the Musical Theatre Factory, and the multi-city charity concert Concert for America, which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the National Immigration Law Center, NAACP, Sierra Club, and Planned Parenthood with performances from Barry Manilow, Wayne Brady, Jane Lynch, Melissa Manchester, Alan Cumming, Tina Fey, Andrea Martin, Chita Rivera, and many more.
Outside of his work with Dailey-Monda Management, Joey served as the original General Manager for Seth Rudetsky’s Off-Broadway hit Disaster which then moved to Broadway and the Off-Broadway production of Unbroken Circle.
In response to the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting, he helped to organize and produce the Broadway recording of What the World Needs Now is Love which gathered Grammy, Oscar, Tony, and Emmy award winning artists including Carole King, Sara Bareillies, Lin Manuel Miranda, Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Whoopi Goldberg.
Originally from Youngstown, Ohio, Joey proudly holds a BFA from Wright State University and was recently named 2020’s Graduate of the Last Decade. He is a member of the Broadway League, Off-Broadway League, Off-Broadway Alliance, and National Alliance for Musical Theatre.