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 Jeff Bowen ( Music and Lyrics/Jeff)
won a 2006 Obie for [title of show] as well as a GLAAD Media nomination and, along with his cast mates, a Drama League nomination for Distinguished Performance by an Ensemble. He has written music and lyrics for the 2007 Easter Bonnet competition for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the Actors Fund 125th Anniversary Gala, the Vineyard Theatre’s 25th Anniversary Gala, the 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards and Broadway Bares 18: Wonderland. He has composed music for several shows at P.S. 122 including Avant-Garde-A-Rama in Sparklevision, Hello, My Name Is Avant-Garde-A-Rama; Sparklefest 2000 at Dixon Place; The A-Train Plays; and the film Boat Mime. As an actor, he has performed works at manhattan theatre source, Ars Nova and the Vineyard. Other performances include The Who’s Tommy, Of Thee I Sing, Shenandoah, On the Twentieth Century and the Actors Fund benefit of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Jeff is a proud member of the National Audubon Society and the American Birding Association. Thank you to my family for always believing in me. |
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 Hunter Bell ( Book/Hunter)
was awarded an Obie, earned a GLAAD Media nomination and, along with his cast mates, received a Drama League nomination all for [title of show]. Other writing credits include the books for Silence! The Musical
and the 137th edition of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Bellobration!, as well as original material for BC/EFA's Easter Bonnet competition, the Actors Fund 125th Gala,
Vineyard Theatre's 25th Anniversary Gala, Broadway Bares 18: Wonderland and the 53rd Annual Drama Desk awards. He has appeared on Broadway in How The Grinch Sole Christmas and at the St. Louis Rep,
Great Lakes Theatre Festival, North Shore Music Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, the MUNY, P.S. 122, Dallas Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland Play House, Stages St. Louis, Goodspeed Opera House, Aliance Theatre, Carnegie Hall,
York Theatre, Coconut Grove, Paper Mill Playhouse, and the Vineyard Theatre. TV Credits: Guiding Light, Disney's Out of the Box. Film: Goodbye Baby, upcoming Men Who Stare at Goats.
Internet: the [title of show] show. Hunter is a proud graduate and a distinguished alum of Webster University and a member of Actors' Equity and the Dramatists Guild. He thanks his
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 Susan Blackwell ( Susan) recently played herself in the Broadway musical [title of show]. Susan has written and performed
original material for many projects, including [title of show], the [title of show show], The 2009 NYC Gay Men's Chorus Holiday Spectacular at Carnegie Hall (guest artist), The 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards, 2008 Gypsy of the Year, The Actors Fund 125th Anniversary Gala, and the Avante Garde-A-Rama
series at PS122. Off-Broadway credits include [title of show] at the Vineyard Theatre, Speech and Debate at the Roundabout Theatre, Anon at The Atlantic Theatre Company, Working Title and Vilna's Got a Golem at the American Jewish Theatre, as well as playing Peter Patrone in The Heidi Chronicles.
Television appearances include 'The Sopranos', 'Third Watch', 'All My Children' and various 'Law & Orders'. Films include P.S.: I Love You, Margot at the Wedding, Bun Bun, Changing Lanes, and Night Int. Trailer for the feature film Ten Minutes Older. Susan is an avid teacher specializing in creative writing and performance.
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 Heidi Blickenstaff ( Heidi) Broadway: The Little Mermaid (OBC, Ursula), The Full Monty (Susan Hershey, u/s Vicki Nichols). Off-Broadway: [title of show] (Heidi) at the Vineyard. NYMF: 2004 [title of show] (Stacia), 2005 The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde (Blanche Barrow). Regional: In 2008, Heidi was honored with the Helen Hayes Award for her work as Ann Mitchell in Meet John Doe at Ford's Theatre. Also, The Girl in the Frame (Laney) at Goodspeed's Norma Terris Theatre; Bat Boy: The Musical (Meredith Parker) at Theatreworks in Palo Alto (Bay Area premiere); and Prairie (Caroline Ingalls), directed by Francesca Zambello at New York Stage and Film (world premiere). Tours: The Full Monty (Vicki Nichols), Jekyll & Hyde, Steel Pier, The Who's Tommy (u/s Mrs. Walker) and Dreamgirls. Heidi is also a part of the voiceover cast for the PBS kids series, "Word World". She is a graduate of Duke University.
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 Courtney Balan ( Standby for Susan
and Heidi). Broadway: original companies of Cry-Baby and In My Life. Off-Broadway: [title of show]; I Love You, You’re Perfect…; How to Save the World…; and I Love You Because. Regional: Oklahoma! (Ado Annie), Funny Girl (Fanny u/s), Fiddler (Tzeitel) and Jekyll & Hyde (Emma). She is psyched to be back battling vampires with the gang on Broadway...dreams come true!! Jersey native. Michigan musical theatre graduate. Thanks to my amazing family, CTG and Jason always. For Finn. |
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 Benjamin Howes ( Standby for Hunter
and Jeff). Broadway debut. Benjamin hails from Australia where his credits include Les Misérables, Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors and Grease. Off-B’way: [title of show] (Vineyard), The Charity That Began at Home (Mint Theatre Co.). Regional credits include Goodspeed, Barrington Stage and Milwaukee Rep. Recently created the role of Hal Meadows in the Bandwagon project Dancing in the Dark at the Old Globe. TV: “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” and “One Life to Live” as Shakespeare-reciting drag queen Harvey DeWitt/Alma Children. [website] |
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