Brian Justin Crum (official website) as Tarzan
With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Brian is thrilled to be making his debut at NSMT in Tarzan. Broadway: 2011 Pulitzer Prize winning Next to Normal (Gabe/Henry), Grease (Danny/Teen Angel), Wicked (Universal Swing). Tours: Grease (Doody), Wicked, Altar Boyz (Mark). Regional: Hairspray (Link Larkin), Hot Mikado (Pish Tush), Jesus Christ Superstar (Simon). Televison: "Law and Order: SVU" (Possessed) Guest Star. He owes so much to his Family, Friends, Intrepid Talent Management and Nicolosi and Company.

Andrea Goss as Jane, Mother
With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Broadway: Rent (Nederlander Theatre). Regional: Venice (Kirk Douglas Theatre and Kansas City Rep); High School Musical (St. Louis MUNY); The Sound of Music and Big River (Syracuse Stage); Peter Pan and Thoroughly Modern Millie (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse). New York Readings: Casanova Returns (directed by Arthur Masella); Freckleface Strawberry (directed by Buddy Crutchfield); Pop (NYU grad program); Little Miss Fix-It (directed by Steve Bebout). Film: Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (Directed by Michael John Warren). Education: BFA in musical theatre from Syracuse University.

Eric Collins as Mr. Clayton, Father
With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Off Broadway: Mole in The Wind In The Willows (The New Victory Theater). Other NYC Credits: Karl in Bookends and Believe (York Theatre Co), Millennium Man(Theater Row Theater). Regional: The Wanderers and That's Life (Florida Studio Theatre), Some Kind of Wonderful (Florida Stage), Karl in Bookends (New Jersey Rep), Fishwrap (Adirondack Theater Festival), Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors (Meadow Brooke Theater), Jacques Brel (Syracuse Stage), Sweeney Todd (Pennsylvania Centre Stage), Tommy in The Who's Tommy and Doody in Grease (Cherry Country Playhouse). BFA Musical Theater Syracuse University. Eric is very excited to be a part of NSMT's Tarzan!

Todd Alan Johnson (official website) as Kerchak
With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Broadway: Aida. Tour: Les Misérables (and starred opposite Colm Wilkinson’s Valjean, Toronto, ‘98-’99). Off-Broadway: Newsical. NYMF: The Blue Flower. Regional/Stock: The Drowsy Chaperone, The Wild Party, Little Shop of Horrors, Das Barbecü, The Threepenny Opera, Camelot, Dessa Rose, Man of La Mancha, and title roles in Sweeney Todd and Jekyll & Hyde. IRNE Awards for Best Actor (True West; New Rep, 2006) and Best Supporting Actor (Into The Woods; New Rep, 2006). Many thanks to the producers and creative team for the opportunity, and to family, friends and Betsy for their love and support.

Christopher Messina as Terk
With NSMT: Chris is absolutely stoked to be making his NSMT Debut in Tarzan! Elsewhere: Elsewhere: Hairspray (Paper Mill Playhouse and The Cape Playhouse), Pirates! (The Huntington Theatre), High School Musical (Paper Mill Playhouse). He would like to thank Christopher and Jamie at CTG for helping me get a kickstart in the right direction. A huge thanks to the team for giving me the honor to be part of this show! Last but not least, I owe everything to my incredible parents for being there unconditionally as my support system and who taught me that no star is out of reach, Thank you!

Robyn Payne as Kala
With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Robyn is delighted to be making her NSMT debut. Broadway: The Lion King (Sarabi); Kismet with Brian Stokes Mitchell (Encores!); 1st National Tour: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Miss Flannery, u/s Muzzy VanHossmere); Off-Broadway: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania/Hyppolita); Regional: Beehive (Alabama Shakespeare), Les Misérables (TUTS Houston), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Two River Theatre Co.), Zoot Suit (The Goodman Theater), A Midsummer Night's Dream dir. Joe Dowling (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Promises! Promises! with George Hearn (Ovations!); Television: “Louis,“ “White Collar,“ “Fringe,” “Lipstick Jungle,” “One Life to Live,“ “Rescue Me,” “Guiding Light.” BA with emphasis in opera & musical theatre from Indiana University. Studied with Shakespeare & Co. Gratitude to family, Oran, and God for their unconditional love and support. 2Tim.1:7

Jay Russell as Professor Porter
With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Broadway: The Play What I Wrote, directed by Kenneth Branagh. Off?Broadway: Our Town (Barrow Street); Around the World in 80 Days (Irish Rep); The Normal Heart (Public); The Green Heart (MTC) & more. National Tours: Beauty & the Beast (Lumiere) & Applause. Regional: A Civil War Christmas (Long Wharf); Noises Off (Arena); Fully Committed, Gross Indecency and An Ideal Husband (Rep Thtr of St. Louis); Importance of Being Earnest, Mystery of Irma Vep (Cincinnati Playhouse); Natural Selection (Humana Fest. ATL); Anything Goes opposite Sandy Duncan (Ordway); Midsummer Night’s Dream (Utah Shakespeare); & many more. Recent: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Vienna’s English Theatre). He was featured in the film Morning Glory and his TV work includes “Louie,” “Ugly Betty,” “The Sopranos,” “Bored to Death,” “The Unusuals” & numerous “Law & Orders.” Jay also teaches acting in NYC, records audio books & just completed his first full-length play.

Matthew Bauman (official website) as Snipes, Ensemble (u/s Professor Porter, Mr. Clayton)
With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Matthew is thrilled to be making his NSMT debut with Tarzan! Off-Broadway: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Regional: Beauty and the Beast, Damn Yankees, Footloose (St. Louis MUNY), Forever Plaid, Grease, Oklahoma! (Interlakes Theatre), Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress (Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Graduate of Brown University. Proud member of AEA. Many thanks to LTA, NSMT and the Tarzan team! www.matthew-bauman.com

Kristine Bendul as Ensemble (Dance Captain)
With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Broadway: Come Fly Away, Movin’ Out (2005 Helen Hayes Award Nomination), Man Of La Mancha, Swing!, On The Town, The King And I; Camelot (Lincoln Center); Encores!: On The Town, No Strings, Golden Boy, One Touch Of Venus. Other regional: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Miss Saigon and West Side Story.

Ven Daniel (official website) as Ensemble (u/s Tarzan)
With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Ven was most recently seen in the World Premiere of Cutman: A Boxing Musical. Broadway: Legally Blonde (Kyle the UPS Guy), Disney's Tarzan. Broadway Tours: Legally Blonde 1st National (Kyle the UPS Guy), Saturday Night Fever (Double J/ u.s. Tony Manero), Swing! European Tour: Grease. Favorite Roles/Regional: Orin Scrivello DDS in Little Shop of Horrors (Theater Under the Stars), Luke in Altar Boyz (Actor's Playhouse), Goodspeed, Marriott Lincolnshire, Downtown Cabaret Theatre, La Mirada Theatre, Westchester Broadway. Ven loves all-you-can-eat crab legs and chicken wings.

Jessica Dillan as Ensemble
With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Broadway: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Thou Shalt Not, and the closing company of Cats. National Tours: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Dance Captain), Swing! 1st National, Cats IV, Cabaret, and On the Town. For the Glory (Majestic Theatre) Gypsy and Beauty and the Beast (Westchester Broadway Theatre).

Giacomo Favazza as Young Tarzan. Youth Ensemble
With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Giacomo is from Gloucester, MA. He has performed lead roles in local productions of Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol, Godspell and Swinging on a Star. During the summers he is active in theatre camps and assistant directing.

Gregory Haney (official website) as Leopard, Ensemble (u/s Kerchak)
With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Broadway: The 2010 Tony Award Winning Musical Memphis: the Musical, Tarzan. National Tours: Wicked (Chicago, 2nd National Tour, & San Francisco companies as Chistery), Cats 25th Anniversary (Mungojerrie, u/s Mr. Mistoffelees). Regional: Alliance Theatre, Atl World Premiere Bring It On: The Musical (La Cienega). Gregory is overjoyed with the opportunity of being apart of the North Shore family, & sharing the stage with this amazing cast. Special thanks to the creative team, DDO, family, and friends. www.ghaney.com

Sarah Marie Hicks as Ensemble (u/s Jane)
With NSMT: Gypsy. Elsewhere: From a dancing cow in Gypsy to a flying monkey in Tarzan, Sarah is stoked to be returning to NSMT! She most recently performed the role of Mona in Chicago at the Flatrock Playhouse. Regional: Goodspeed, Atlanta TOTS, KC Starlight, PCS, Pittsburgh CLO, and touring companies of White Christmas. Sarah had the honor of working with the late great Arthur Laurents in the Broadway revival of Gypsy starring Patti LuPone. Thanks to Josh and the entire production team at North Shore!

Sebastian Hoffman as Youth Ensemble, (Standby Young Tarzan)
Sebastian Hoffman () With NSMT: Les Misérables. Elsewhere: Sebastian is excited to return to North Shore Music Theatre, where he starred as “Gavroche” in Les Misérables. Sebastian has since performed in several productions with several different theatres including, Stoneham Theatre, and A.R.T. Some of his other favorite roles he’s portrayed include “The Artful Dodger” from Oliver and “Jack” from Into The Woods, and Robby, from Johnny Baseball. Sebastian is a member of SAG, Sebastian has performed in national television commercials and film.

Vasthy E. Mompoint as Ensemble (u/s Kala)
With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Broadway: Mary Poppins, Hot Feet, Good Vibrations. National Tours: Ragtime. Favorite roles: Aida (Aida), New Rhythm (My One and Only), Dionne (Hair), Wendy-Jo (Footloose), Brenda (Smokey Joe's Cafe), Woman 1 (And the Word Goes Round). Vasthy recently appeared the Broadway bound show Robin and the 7 Hoods Directed by recent Tony winner Casey Nicholaw! Cartoon lovers can hear Vasthy on Fox Kids "The Winx Club.” Love to Parents, Sister Teachers and to my family in Haiti.

Marcus Shane as Ensemble (u/s Turk)
With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Marcus Shane is ecstatic to be part of Disney’s Tarzan! Recent credits include: Oklahoma! (Theatre Row), Miss Saigon Tour (PCLO/Dancap), Miss Saigon (Sacramento Music Circus, TUTS, MTWichita), Kiss Me, Kate (MTWicthia), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Wagon Wheel Theatre). He wants to thank his parents, The Mine, North Shore Music Theatre and all the trees I used to climb when I was a kid to prepare me for this show. Proud member of Actors’ Equity.

Drew J. Shuler as Ensemble
With NSMT: Drew is excited to make his NSMT debut with Tarzan! Elsewhere: Broadway Tours: The Color Purple 1st National starring Fantasia Barrino (ensemble, u/s Buster). Aida International Tour (ensemble, swing). Concert Dance: Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Wylliams-Henry Contemporary Dance, The Francesca Harper Project, Buglisi Dance Theater, The National Dance Company of the Bahamas. University of South Florida (USF) alum. Special thanks to MSA, family and friends, and the amazing cast!

David Jiles, Jr. as (Offstage Chorus)
With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: David is a recent alum of Berklee College of Music and a recent grad of Dartmouth College (B.S. Ed). David has worked with Stoneham Theater (Sun Fish) and a play sponsored by NSMT in the Boston Theatre Marathon. Additional Boston Credits include Lyric Stage (Big River). A native of Chicago, David has been seen in productions for Porchlight Music Theatre (Ragtime, Phantom) Bohemian Theatre (The Life). When He is not in shows, you can see him gigging around Boston, NYC, and Dallas with his cover band. Love to my Family!

Olivia Miller as (Offstage Chorus)
With NSMT: Debut. Elsewhere: Olivia cannot believe she is making her NSMT debut in Tarzan! Regionally, Olivia has been seen at Stoneham Theatre (The Rimers of Eldritch, My Fair Lady) and Reagle Music Players (Joseph…Dreamcoat). Past roles include Faith in columbinus, Laurey in Oklahoma, and Johanna in Sweeney Todd. Much love to my family for supporting me through thick and thin!

Alex Newell as (Offstage Chorus)
With NSMT: A Christmas Carol ‘10. With NSMT YPA: A Year with Frog and Toad, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Stuart Little. Elsewhere: Alex has been apart of Marblehead Little Theater in, Hairspray, Songs for a New World, Spelling Bee, and Once on this Island. Alex is also a contender on Oxygen Network’s “The Glee Project” a reality competition to win a role on Fox's “Glee.” Alex is extremely thrilled to be working at NSMT again. He would like to thank his mother for her on going support and his family and friends!!

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