Roberto Alcaraz as Guitarrista
Roberto is delighted to be performing in Man of La Mancha and for the first time with Reprise. Mr. Alcaraz is making his return to the stage after a three year hiatus to…“make babies”. You see him now as a father of two beautiful boys and with a wealth of new experiences. Previously, Mr. Alcaraz was seen performing the title role of Cesar Chavez in the musical Cesar and Ruben written and directed by Ed Begley Jr. He appeared with Culture Clash in Chavez Ravine at the Ahmanson Theatre and with East LA Classic Theater performing the role of Claudio in their touring adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. He also appeared in Selena: A Celebration of Life, Wheels, Viva la Vida - Frida Kahlo, Los de Abajo, and as Paco Navarette in Paquito’s Christmas, which he was delighted to perform at Washington’s Kennedy Center. Mr. Alcaraz hosted the TV series My Americas journeying throughout Latin America exploring indigenous cultures and traditions. Roberto’s television and film credits include appearances on CSI Miami, The Division, Injustice, The Bold and the Beautiful, Higgleytown Heroes, La Cruz, and Ringside Hero. He extends all his love to his wife Rosa.

George Ball (official website) as The Governor
George has starred on and off Broadway in Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Other stage credits include: leading roles in the pre-Broadway production of the musicals Cowboy and Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (Pittsburgh and San Jose C.L.O.s); Paint Your Wagon and the musical Silver Dollar (Goodspeed Opera House); Brecht Sacred and Profane (Mark Taper Forum); Vincent The Musical (Las Palmas Theatre, L.A.); Merry-Go-Round ( El Rey Theatre); Heartbeats (Old Globe Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, and Morris Mechanic Theater); and Lies and Legends: The Musical Stories of Harry Chapin (Apollo Theatre, Chicago; Pasadena Playhouse; and the Canon Theatre, L.A.) for which he received the Dramalogue and L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards. Mr. Ball’s credits also include leading roles in Camelot; Oliver; I Do, I Do; Damn Yankees; Most Happy Fella (for Reprise), 1776; She Loves Me; A Little Night Music; and Sweeney Todd, which was voted by the LA Times one of the top ten theatrical events of the year 2000. He was nominated for an L.A. Ovation Award for the leading role in the Rubicon Theatre’s Ovation Award-winning production of All My Sons. Most recently he starred as Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha for The Rubicon Theatre. His television roles have included guest starring and recurring roles on Judging Amy, Cheers, and The David Letterman Show.

Brad Culver (official website) as Guard
Brad is honored to be performing in his first show with Reprise. A Los Angeles native, Brad received his BFA in Theatre from the California Institute of the Arts, and has performed at notable venues across the globe including the Riverside Church in New York City, The Walt Disney Modular Theatre, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Recent theatre credits: Futura at South Coast Repertory (NewSCRipts Series); Hey. Hey, Man. Hey. at REDCAT; Paradise Lost at The Theatre @ Boston Court. Recent film credits: A Lonely Place for Dying (with James Cromwell and Michael Wincott), Growth, and Family of Four. Brad has taught Voice and Acting at the Academy for Creative Education at the Oakwood School and currently works as an actor/educator for the 24th Street Theatre’s acclaimed “Enter Stage Right program.” He is a founding member of Poor Dog Group www.poordoggroup.com.

Thomas Fiscella (official website) as Captain of the Inquisition (u/s the Duke)
Thomas’s recent work in Southern California includes acclaimed performances as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof at CLO South Bay Cities, as Johnny in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune at International City Theatre, and as Dr. Philip Malaad in the world premiere of Tranced at The Laguna Playhouse. Extensive work on Chicago stages includes productions of Stalag 17 and The Manchurian Candidate (both recipients of Chicago’s “Jeff” Citations for outstanding cast). Highlights elsewhere include principal roles for the Colorado, Georgia, Virginia and Texas Shakespeare Festivals, Detroit Repertory Theatre, and a national tour of The Sound of Music. Thomas is a member of Circle X Theatre Company here in Los Angeles, with whom he’s appeared in The Bigger Man and directed You’re From Philly, which transferred to the Philadelphia Live Arts Fest and the Comedy Central Stage. A member of Equity, SAG and AFTRA, this is his Reprise debut – with grateful appreciation to Messrs. Alexander, Donovan, Matyas and Michetti, to his management and colleagues at Allied, and to the Biller Family Foundation and the Biller Student Theatre Initiative for bringing the indispensable experience of live theatre education to the youth of our community. www.thomasfiscella.com

Christopher Guilmet (official website) as The Duke (u/s Miguel de Cervantes)
Christopher is a recent transplant to Los Angeles from New York, where he performed at the Lucille Lortel (A Christmas Carol), New York Musical Theatre Festival (Plane Crazy and Smoking Bloomberg), New York Fringe (Fleet Week - winner of Best Musical of 2005 Festival), The 24 Hour Plays, and others. In Los Angeles, he appeared as Haskell in The Immigrant at The Colony Theatre (directed by Hope Alexander), Ilse’s Choice at The Road Theatre, and One of the Great Ones in The Secret Rose’s Short Play Festival. Regionally, he has appeared as Arthur in Camelot and Fredrik in A Little Night Music (Stages St. Louis); Valmont in Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Tench/Wisehammer in Our Country’s Good (Cold Comfort Theatre); Rutledge in 1776 (5th Avenue Theatre); Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music and The Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance (Village Theatre); and many others. He is a proud member of Actor’s Equity. Christopher lives in West LA with his wife Lindsay, an actor and a student in the Performance Studies Ph.D. program at UCLA.

Daniel Guzman as Lobillo
Daniel was last seen at Reprise as Lt. Munoz in City of Angels. He just completed The King and I as “The King” with Deborah Gibson for Cabrillo Music Theatre, Les Miserables (Grantaire) at The Hollywood Bowl to a sold-out audience for the three night concert. Recent films: My Sister’s Keeper. Stage: The Who’s Tommy (Specialist, u/s Uncle Ernie), Montalban Theater. Tours: Camelot with Michael York (Dinadan, u/s Merlyn), Jesus Christ Superstar with Carl Anderson (King Herod), Les Miserables (Montparnasse), Evita (Magaldi, u/s Che). Broadway: Cyrano: The Musical, Les Miserables. Moscow & Austria as Rum Tum Tugger in Cats directed by Gillian Lynne & Andrew Lloyd Webber. Regional: Water and Power at Mark Taper Forum (u/s Water & Power); Stephen Sondheim’s 75th: The Concert at the Hollywood Bowl; Mame and The King and I (King) for MTW; A Chorus Line (Zach) at Cabrillo; Carousel (Jigger) at Welk Resort; Guys & Dolls (Sky Masterson) at Arvada/Las Vegas; Sweet Charity (Vittorio Vital) Arvada; Wonderful Town with Lucie Arnaz (Valenti) for Reprise; West Side Story (Bernardo) at Arvada; Man of La Mancha (Dr. Carrasco) for SBCLO. TV Highlights: Ally McBeal, Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Diagnosis Murder, Crusade, Pacific Palisades, Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Numerous commercials, workshops and demo tapes. To my beautiful fiancé, I love you.

John Kassir as El Medico
John was most recently seen on stage at Lincoln Center, originating the role of Dottore in the new Ahrens-Flaherty musical, The Glorious Ones. Also originated the role of Ralph in the Off-Broadway and Los Angeles productions of Reefer Madness: The Musical (winner Ovation and Garland awards), and starred in the Emmy winning, Reefer Madness, The MOVIE Musical. John originated the Role of Kenny, a struggling stand-up comic, in Three Guys Naked From The Waist Down (Drama Desk and Outer Critic Circle Award Nominations). Life imitated art in 1985, when after years performing professional theater in NYC and Street performing in front of the Metropolitan Museum, John Kassir shot from obscurity, becoming the Star Search Stand-up Comedy Champ, winning over $100,000! Many know John as “The Crypt Keeper” from Tales From The Crypt or from hundreds of his other voices including “Meeko” the raccoon in Pocahontas and “Santa’s Little Helper” on The Simpsons, to name a few. Of his countless roles in Film and Television, his favorites include: “Zagreb” the kicker on HBO’s 1st and 10; “The Atom” on CBS’s The Justice League; Gar on Star Trek: Voyager, and “Shemp” in The Three Stooges, produced by Mel Gibson. For more about Mr. Kassir: www.imbd.com or http://www.myspace.com/therealjohnkassir.

Ethan Le Phong as The Gypsy
Ethan makes his Reprise debut with Man of La Mancha and recently starred as JoJo in the LA premiere of The Life (Jaxx Theatricals). He was recognized with an Outstanding Achievement by a Lead Actor Award from StagesceneLA.com for his portrayal of Pippin in East West Players' Pippin. Other credits include: Montparnasse in Hollywood Bowl's Les Miserables starring Brian Stokes Mitchell; Scott in Pasadena Playhouse's world premiere of MASK; Ching Ho and Bun Foo in Thoroughly Modern Millie (original West End, and MSMT); Lun Tha in The King & I (West End, UK Tour, American Musical Theatre); Miss Saigon (Broadway, Second National US Tour, Germany); Abner in Trevor Nunn's South Pacific at the Royal National Theatre (original London cast recording); Tein Mien Wong in The Ballad of Little Jo (European premiere); We Will Rock You (original West End cast recording);. TV/film: Darren Chow in HBO's Little Britain USA; Naked Boys Singing: The Movie; Elvis Chang in BBC's Jerry Springer the Opera. He had the honor of performing for the Queen of England both at the 75th Royal Varity Performance and Party at the Palace. Ethan would like to give thanks to Michael Donavan, Peter Matyas, Orion Barnes, friends, family, and all who believe in me.

Robert Mammana (official website) as Judas Macabeo
Broadway: Les Misérables. National Tours: Show Boat and Les Misérables. Regional Theatres: Goodman, Alliance, McCarter, Victory Gardens, Musical Theatre of San Jose, Portland Center Stage, and ELA Classic Theatre in such shows as Cyrano de Bergerac, Guys and Dolls, Never the Sinner, 1776, Old Wicked Songs, Beast on the Moon, The Substance of Fire, and The Three Musketeers. Film credits include: Just Say Love, Flightplan (with Jodie Foster), Bitch Slap (with Kevin Sorbo), Berkeley (with Henry Winkler), Between Blood and Sand, and Menace. Television: Prison Break, The Unit, Numbers, Lincoln Heights, Vanished, The OC, Charmed, Star Trek: Voyager, and Enterprise. Robert has been nominated for two Joseph Jefferson Awards (Best Actor, Best Direction), as well as two L.A. Ovation Awards for Best Direction.

Maegan McConnell (official website) as Graciosa
Maegan has been seen nationwide in musical theatre, opera, classical and contemporary theatre. Recent appearances: Off-Broadway: Naughty Marrietta (Adah), Regional: The Buddy Holly Story (Maria Elena), Arvada Theatre Center, Denver; West Side Story (Maria), Fullerton Civic Light Opera and Seattle 5th Avenue Theatre; The Pirates of Penzance (Mabel) starring Rex Smith, Bellflower Civic Center; The Merry Widow (Nathalie), Intimate Opera Company; The Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolyn) and The Consul (Ana Gomez), Marjorie Lawrence Opera Theatre. World Premieres: Andak Stage Company’s A Magic Christmas (Maria) and Don Juan – The Trickster of Seville (Tisbea), both by Daikin Matthews; and most recently, A Winter’s Tale (Perdita) with The Chekhov Players. Maegan studies acting with the Michael Chekhov Studio and voice with Virginia D’Auria, Rene Sousa, and renowned opera coach William Vendice.

Julia Migenes (official website) as Escalante
Born in New York, Julia spent her childhood performing in the opera house and tap dancing and singing in and around NY. As a teen, she was chosen to sing in Leonard Bernstein's Young People’s Concerts leading her to Broadway and the original cast of Fiddler on the Roof with Zero Mostel. After deciding to leave musicals to sing opera, she left the United States and joined the repertory opera company of the Volksopera in Vienna. There, she sang lead roles in opera and operetta for the next seven years. After, the Metropolitan Opera engaged her to sing lead roles in La Boheme, Pagliacci, Mahagony, and to cover the incredibly difficult role of Lulu in Lulu. While performing the role of “Salome” in Geneva, Italian director Francesco Rosi cast her opposite Placido Domingo in his film version of Carmen and the soundtrack earned her a Grammy Award. Julia was part of the original cast of the opera version of Angels in America, by Peter Eötvös, which was created at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in November 2004. The part sung by Julia in Angels was composed specifically for her singing style and ability. Last year, she directed her first opera, The Barber of Seville, which was nominated as one of the ‘Best Operas’ in France. To date, Julia has recorded more than 20 albums and will release a CD this year dedicated to the divas of Hollywood. Her extensive career has taken her from the U.S. to Europe and Asia and, most recently, to Jordan where she sang for the King with Placido Domingo.

Valerie Perri (official website) as Escalante (Matinee performances only)
When theatergoers hear the name of Valerie Perri, more than likely they recall her legendary performance as Eva Peron in Evita. However, Valerie’s artistry extends beyond bringing the First Lady of Argentina to resplendent life for audiences across the United States and Canada. She has starred in such Broadway blockbusters as Fiddler on the Roof; West Side Story; Gypsy; Jesus Christ Superstar; I Do, I Do; Man of La Mancha; City of Angels; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. Valerie has received a Los Angeles Drama Critics Award as one of the stars in the Pasadena Playhouse production of Harry Chapin: Lies and Legends and bravos from concert hall audiences worldwide, from Wolf Trap in Virginia, Copley Symphony Hall in San Diego, Disney Hall in Los Angeles, to the Opera House in Frankfort, Germany, and London’s Palladium. Her television and film credits include: ER, Another World, Brooklyn Bridge, Who’s the Boss, Disney’s TV musical Gepetto, The Out of Towners, George of the Jungle, Grease, and Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star. Valerie’s CD “Sweet Conversation,” is available through iTunes, cdbaby.com, or her website at www.valerieperri.com. Valerie is married to CBS photographer Cliff Lipson and they have 16-year-old twin sons. Both boys attend the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts – proving, once again, that acorns rarely fall far from the tree.

Stefan Raulston as Torito
Stefan is a happy to be in the cast of Man of La Mancha. He is an accomplished dancer, singer and actor who has been in numerous stage, screen and television productions from New York to Los Angeles and everywhere in between. Stefan has performed on and off Broadway – some of his credits including Broadway's Aida and the original cast of Disney's Tarzan. Stefan would like to thank his friends, family and girlfriend.

Brent Spiner (official website) as Miguel de Cervantes
Broadway credits include: A History of the American Film, Big River, The Three Musketeers, Sunday In The Park With George, Life x 3, and 1776 for which he received a Drama Desk nomination. He played the android, Data, on Star Trek: The Next Generation for seven seasons and in four feature films. His other film work includes: The Aviator, Independence Day, Out to Sea, Superhero, Master of Disguise and South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut. He was a series regular on Threshold. Other television credits include: Geppetto, The Poder Heart on PBS, and Introducing Dorothy Dandridge on HBO.

John J. Todd as Guard (Assistant Choreographer)
John, a native of the Carolinas, received his training at the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts for Drama and Dance. Classical solo roles followed with World Premieres for the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Houston Ballet and Hungarian State Ballet, as well as guest principal roles on international stages. John starred in the Sundance-awarded play, The Studio at South Coast Repertory with Terrance Mann. Broadway roles include The Phantom of the Opera and Movin Out. Film and Television: A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey, Bourbon Street (series regular), Sex and the City, Days of Our Lives, and As the World Turns. Mr. Todd is very honored to be returning to Reprise and to be working with such a great cast.

Lee Wilkof as Cervantes' Manservant
Lee has appeared in the Broadway productions of The Odd Couple, Democracy, The Boys From Syracuse, Kiss Me Kate, She Loves Me, The Front Page, and Sweet Charity. Off-Broadway, he was in the original productions of Little Shop Of Horrors and Assassins. His New York stage appearances also include Chaucer in Rome at Lincoln Center Theater, Mizlansky/Zilinsky or Schmucks at MTC, June Moon, and The Underpants to name just a few. Regionally, he has appeared at the Yale Repertory Theater, Baltimore Center Stage, The McCarter Theater and 5 seasons at the Williamstown Theater Festival. On television, he has appeared in over 100 episodes and movies of the week including Law And Order, The West Wing, Ally McBeal, Curb Your Enthusiasm, An Early Frost, Hart To Hart, Newhart, Cop Rock, The Tonight Show and The Gong Show. Films include: The Grey Zone, Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead, School Of Rock, This Boy’s Life, Route 30, The Entity, and Xanadu. Future films include: Asylum Seekers and Leaves Of Grass. Lee is the recipient of an Obie and a SAG award. He has received a Tony and three Drama Desk Award nominations.

Wendy Worthington as Mother Bane
Wendy is a founding member and current Artistic Director of Theatre Neo, where she directed The Voice of the Prairie (while understudying in Michael Michetti’s A Picture of Dorian Gray at BCT) and appeared with Neo in The Women (as the Countess de Lage, LA Weekly nomination), One West Wacker, Looking for Normal, and many others. Other theatre includes Lulu (DramaLogue Award), Charles Busch’s Die! Mommy! Die! (in the world premiere with Mr. Busch), Gynecomedy (DramaLogue Award), and Bingo (world premiere, Hermosa Beach CLO, Robbie Award nomination). TV appearances include Buffy the Vampire Slayer (an appearance that got her on a trading card), Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, God on Joan of Arcadia, and recurring roles on Ghost Whisperer, So Little Time (as the Olsen Twins’ teacher), Ally McBeal, and Suddenly Susan. Films include Changeling (Clint Eastwood), Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg), Cast Away (Robert Zemeckis), and In the Valley of Elah (Paul Haggis).

Sam Zeller (official website) as The Scorpion
Sam was last seen at Reprise as the Boatman/Redmond in Sunday In The Park With George. His credits include: Dozer in the Broadway workshop of the Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil musical Mask (directed by Richard Maltby Jr.); The Hollywood Bowl productions of Amadeus and South Pacific; the international tour of Cameron Macintosh’s Hey, Mr. Producer; The West Coast premieres of both Michael John LaChiusa’s and Andrew Lippa’s versions of The Wild Party; and the Los Angeles premiere of the David and Amy Sedaris comedy, The Book Of Liz. His Broadway debut was the Tony-nominated, Emmy Award-winning revival of Peter Pan. National tour and regional credits include: Gaston in Disney’s Beauty and The Beast, Che in Evita, Berowne in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Joe in The Most Happy Fella, and Spencer in the world premiere of Dale Wasserman’s Western Star. Sam will be playing the role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables at the PCPA Theaterfest in Santa Maria and Solvang from April through mid-July of 2009. Sam is a proud member of Actor’s Equity and the Musical Theatre Guild. Thank you to Jason, and, of course, to Donnie. To see a full resume, including TV and film work, please visit www.samzeller.com.

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