Robin de Jesús as Aladdin
ROBIN DE JESUS is pleased to be The William & Kerry Holekamp Star Performer for Aladdin. Robin is a twotime Tony® Award nominee for the Broadway musicals In The Heights and La Cage aux Folles. He was also seen in the Broadway musical Rent. Robin has worked at Paper Mill Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, McCarter, the Public, NYTW, The Barrow Group and more. He has appeared onTV inLaw &Order: SVU and How to Make it in America. He is best known for his role in the movie Camp. Other films include Gun Hill Road, Fat Girls, Pet the Goat and the upcoming films Elliot Loves, Bert and Arnie’s Guide to Adventure, and Hairbrained in which he stars with Brendan Fraser and Alex Wolff. He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

John Tartaglia as Genie
JOHN TARTAGLIA is known as “Johnny” from Disney’s Johnny and the Sprites (nomination, Daytime Emmy award, Outstanding Performer in a Children’s Series) on Disney Junior, World-wide. John made his Tony® awardnominated Broadway debut in Avenue Q, creating the roles of Princeton and Rod. Broadway: Lumiere (Beauty and the Beast), and originated the role of Pinocchio (Shrek the Musical). He joined PBS’s Sesame Street as a puppeteer at 16 years old, where he performed for more than 10 seasons. Other TV: Ugly Betty, The Today Show, and other children’s series. Films: Hotel Arthritis (upcoming). He recently conceived, hosted and directed Jim Henson’s Musical World featuring the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. John’s latest project, ImaginOcean, is currently on international tour. While off-Broadway at New World Stages, ImaginOcean was nominated for Unique Theatrical Experience by the Drama Desk Awards. It’s currently being developed with the Jim Henson Company for television, utilizing their revolutionary Digital Puppetry Studios system. John is currently resident director for Avenue Q, playing off-Broadway. He will be directing the upcoming Broadway musical, Because of Winn Dixie, written by Nell Benjamin with music by Duncan Shiek. His production company, Gables Grove Productions, is an up and coming multimedia family entertainment producer.

Samantha Massell (official website) as Jasmine
SAMANTHA MASSELL is pleased to be the Charles P. & June Gallagher Star Performer for Aladdin. Samantha is thrilled to be a part of this production and spend her third summer under the stars at The Muny! Broadway: Baz Luhrmann’s La Boheme, and the 2003 Tony® Awards. Workshops: Angels. Muny: Bye Bye Birdie (Ursula); Kiss Me, Kate; Show Boat; Singin’ in the Rain; The Sound of Music and Titanic. Samantha is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan’s musical theatre program. Go blue! U of M: Little Women (Meg), Next to Normal (Natalie), Hair (Sheila), Brigadoon (Jane), Ragtime, and Evita. Thanks to Joan, Mel, and Madama for their lessons and love, and to Mike Isaacson and the Muny family for this wonderful opportunity. Love to friends and family. And, as always and for forever, this one’s for mom. Proud AEA member. www.samanthamassell.com

Jason Graae (official website) as Omar
JASON GRAAE has starred on Broadway in A Grand Night For Singing, Falsettos, Stardust, Snoopy! and, of course, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?. OffBroadway: Forever Plaid (original Sparky); Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (Drama Desk Nomination); Olympus on my Mind; All in the Timing and many more. In Los Angeles, he has won two LA Drama Critics Circle Awards, hung upside down as Houdini for a year in Ragtime, won an Ovation Award for Forbidden Broadway Y2KLA!, and at the Hollywood Bowl played Marcellus in The Music Man and Benny in Guys and Dolls. His many TV appearances include Six Feet Under, Rude Awakening, Friends, Frasier and for five-and-a-half years, was the voice of Lucky the Leprechaun for Lucky Charms ® cereal. Movies include Disney’s Home on the Range, On Edge, The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood! and Barry in Barry and the Disco Worms (Toronto, London Film Festivals). He has recorded more than 45 CDs, including original cast, concert and three solo CDs. Jason will be performing in the St. Louis Cabaret Festival, Saturday, August 11. www.licketytix.com. THRILLED to be making his Muny debut!

Curtis Holbrook as Iago
CURTIS HOLBROOK received the 2012 Kevin Kline Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical for his performance as Cosmo Brown in Singin’ in the Rain. Other roles at The Muny include Ren McCormack in Footloose and Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me, Kate. On Broadway, Curtis most recently recreated the role of Action in the Broadway revival of West Side Story. His other Broadway credits include: Xanadu (Sonny Malone), All Shook Up (Dean Hyde), The Addams Family, Taboo, The Boy From Oz, Follies, Fosse andFootloose. Off-Broadway: Frog Kiss (NYMF, Outstanding Individual Performance Award), Saved (Playwrights Horizons), Radiant Baby (Public Theater). Regional: It Shoulda Been You (George Street Playhouse, David Hyde Pierce, Director). Film: Hairspray andAcross the Universe. TV: Smash, Nurse Jackie, Law & Order: SVU, All My Children, As The World Turns andSesame Street. Tons of love to my incredible wife, Patti.

Francis Jue as Kassim
FRANCIS JUE is ecstatic to return to The Muny, where he has appeared in Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Little Mermaid, Damn Yankees, Miss Saigon, Peter Pan, The King and I, and Mame. On Broadway, Francis originated the role of Bun Foo in Thoroughly Modern Millie. Other Broadway credits: M. Butterfly and Pacific Overtures. Francis won Obie and Lucille Lortel Awards (plus Drama Desk and Drama League nominations) for Yellow Face. Other favorite NYC credits include Love’s Labour’s Lost, Coraline, Falsettoland, A Language of Their Own, No Foreigners Beyond This Point, Hamlet, and King Lear. Francis has won regional theatre awards for In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), Cabaret, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Into the Woods, The Illusion, Pacific Overtures, Miss Saigon, and Red. TV: The Good Wife, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order. Film Debut: Joyful Noise. Proud member of Actors’ Equity.

Eddie Korbich as Babkak
EDDIE KORBICH made his professional debut right on this stage with The Muny’s Funny Girl in 1984 (Juliet Prowse and Larry Kert). This marks his third appearance having also played in 2003’s Show Boat. Broadway credits include The Little Mermaid, The Drowsy Chaperone (Drama Desk Nominee), After the Night, Wicked, Seussical, Carousel (Lincoln Center), Singin’ in the Rain and Sweeney Todd (Circle in the Square). Off-Broadway, he appeared in Assassins; Godspell; The Gifts of the Magi; Flora, the Red Menace; A Little Night Music and Eating Raoul. Regional credits include The Gamester at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Dracula at North Shore Music Theatre, 3hree at the Ahmanson, George M! (George), Tintypes (Charlie), and Man of La Mancha (Sancho). Television: guest-starring roles on Law & Order, New York Undercover and Out of the Box. Cartoon fans recognize his voice as a regular on Nickelodeon’s Doug andPB & J Otter. He may also be seen in the feature films Jennifer 8 and Quiz Show. Eddie received the 2000 Obie Award for his performance in Taking A Chance on Love at the York Theatre. He is also the voice of TiVo.

Ken Page as Sultan
KEN PAGE began his career on the Muny stage in the singing ensemble in 1973-74. He returned in 1994 and has performed almost every summer since then. Muny: Aida, The Little Mermaid, Oliver, Beauty and the Beast, etc. New York: Broadway: Nicely-Nicely in Guys and Dolls (all-black revival), Lion in The Wiz, Ain’t Misbehavin’ (original cast and 1988 revival), Old Deuteronomy in Cats (original Broadway cast), Lead Player in It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues. OffBroadway: Lincoln Center Theatre: Maurice in Happiness, American Songbook: Harold Arlen, Frank Loesser; City Center Encores!: Call Me Madam, Out of This World, Pajama Game. LAReprise: Threepenny Opera, Damn Yankees, and Follies. London: Father in Children Of Eden (original cast), Rev. Montgomery in My One and Only (London Palladium-Concert), Cats (FilmAdelphi Theatre). Paris: Ain’t Misbehavin’. Canada: Theatre Royal Manitoba: (world premiere) Chuck inGrumpy Old Men: The Musical. Film: Torch Song Trilogy (Murray), Dreamgirls (Max Washington), The Nightmare Before Christmas (VO Oogie Boogie), All Dogs Go To Heaven (VO King Gator), etc. Television: Duke Ellington-The Music Lives On, Polly, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Charmed, etc. Awards: New York-Theatre World Award (Guys and Dolls), Drama Desk Award-Best Actor (Ain’t Misbehavin’), Drama League Honoree, Kevin Kline Award (Jesus Christ Superstar-Herod), Joseph Jefferson Award Nominee (Wizard of Oz-Cowardly Lion), Kevin Kline Award Nominee (Les MisérablesThenardier, Little Shop of Horrors-VO Audrey II). Other: Directing: Storyville (San Diego Rep), The Fantasticks (LA Ovation award), To Sir With Love (Musical), Ain’t Misbehavin’, Nightlife (Westbeth Theatre NY and etc.). Concerts/Recordings - Page By Page, etc. Partial list of credits. Thanks Mike and Denny for allowing me to continue my wonderful journey at The Muny!

Thom Sesma as Jafar
THOM SESMA is thrilled to make his Muny debut with the Aladdin company, and equally thrilled to return to St. Louis after visits on tour (Miss Saigon) and at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Dinner With Friends, and, as director, Life (x) 3). Last year, he completed an acclaimed two and a half year run of The Lion King (playing Scar) in Las Vegas. Numerous NYC credits include many roles on and off-Broadway, in musicals and plays, in memorable hits and near-legendary flops, but he is particularly proud to have participated recently in the all-star Shinsai: Theaters for Japan benefit in NYC, in tribute to Japan’s recovery efforts after the tragic tsunami of March, 2011. Along with appearances at the St. Louis Rep, numerous regional credits include Yale Rep, McCarter, Old Globe, Arena Stage, Baltimore Centre Stage, Berkeley Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse. TV/Film: Person Of Interest, Third Watch, Law & Order, Whoopi, Trinity, Lay The Favorite, Over/Under (pilot), When I Grow Up (pilot), others. In May, he was keynote speaker at the Library of Congress’ Asian Library Forum honoring Asian-Americans in the performing arts. Thom is a proud union member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, and SDC. Thom sends special thanks to Steven Woolf, Artistic Director of the St. Louis Rep, and kudos to Muny producer Mike Isaacson who had either the most inspired vision or the goofiest impulse ever to assemble such an absolutely brilliant group of clowns on one stage for this production.

Daniel Bevins as Ensemble
DANIEL BEVINS is making his Muny debut! Daniel is receiving a BFA in Music Theatre from Elon University, and is expected to graduate in 2015. At Elon, Daniel performed in both Hair and A Man of No Importance. Love to Alvin Ailey, Interlochen, Elon, my friends, and most importantly, my family.

R.J. Brown as Ensemble
RJ BROWN is a recent graduate of The University of Michigan’s musical theatre program. He’s proud to be performing in his third season with The Muny. Regional Credits: Seaweed in Hairspray. Film/TV: NASA SCI Files, Home of the Giants. RJ wants to thank his friends and family for their constant support. Go Blue!

Ian Coulter-Buford (official website) as Ensemble
IAN COULTER-BUFORD is honored to be making his professional Muny debut after eight seasons with the youth chorus. Thank God for this amazing opportunity! Ian is a native of Belleville, IL, and recently he received his BFA in music theatre from Illinois Wesleyan University. He is a proud AEA member! www. iancoulterbuford.com

Alex DeLeo as Ensemble
ALEX DeLEO is thrilled to be back at The Muny! Credits include: Muny: Beauty and the Beast, Cats, Footloose, Legally Blonde, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, andThe Little Mermaid; NSMT: Fame, Bye Bye Birdie, and High School Musical. Other credits: Carnegie Hall, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, MTI, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Special thanks to Mike, my Muny family and of course, my loving family and friends!

Julie Furrer as Ensemble
JULIE FURRER is delighted to be back on the Muny stage, after last being seen in Thoroughly Modern Millie. She is a recent graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy BFA dance theatre program in Hollywood. Special thanks to Mike and endless love to mom and dad.

Michael Hartung as Ensemble
MICHAEL HARTUNG could not be more excited to make his Muny debut! Originally from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, he will be a junior musical theatre major at the University of Michigan. Regional credits: Oliver!, Chicago, Cats. Michigan: Brigadoon, The Full Monty, Chicago. Love and thanks to family and friends. GO BLUE!

Cameron Hobbs as Ensemble
CAMERON HOBBS is ecstatic to be returning to The Muny for his second season! You may recognize Cameron from last summer’s Legally Blonde, Little Mermaid, and Seven Brides... (Caleb Pontipee). Hailing from New Albany, IN, Cameron is a recent graduate of Otterbein University. Thanks to Mike, the Mine, friends and family, especially Mom. Proud member of AEA.

Jessica Holzem as Ensemble
JESSICA HOLZEM returns to The Muny for her 11th season. She began teaching dance at the age of 16, and choreographs awardwinning routines for the Professional Dance Center, and is the Assistant Artistic Director of the studio. Jessica thanks Gerri and Yvonne, and her family for all their love and support. Ryan-Muah!

Jordan Fife Hunt (official website) as Ensemble
JORDAN FIFE HUNT is honored to be performing at The Muny! Theatre: first national tour of A Chorus Line (revival), the City Center Encores! production of Where’s Charley?; A Chorus Line at Marriott’s LincolnshireTheatre; andZanna, Don’t! at SpeakEasy Stage Company. Training: The Boston Conservatory. www.jordanfifehunt.com

Isabelle McCalla as Ensemble
ISABELLE McCALLA is from Rockland County, New York. She is thrilled to be making her Muny debut this summer in Aladdin! She will be a sophomore musical theatre major at the University of Michigan this fall. Credits include: Chicago, Guys and Dolls, She Loves Me, Oklahoma!. GO BLUE!

Sarah Meahl (official website) as Ensemble
SARAH MEAHL is excited to return to the Muny stage for her second summer! She appeared last year in Legally Blonde, The Little Mermaid, and Seven Brides…(Ruth). Sarah recently graduated from Point Park University with a BA in musical theatre and a dance minor. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. www.sarahmeahl.com

Maggie Mial as Ensemble
MAGGIE MIAL is thrilled to be making her Muny debut in Aladdin! Other regional credits include Finian’s Rainbow, Sunset Boulevard, The Little Mermaid (MTW). Favorite credits include Rosaline (Love’s Labour’s Lost), Abraham Lincoln (Hair), The Storyteller (The Caucasian Chalk Circle), Erato (Xanadu) andRent.

Erin N. Moore as Ensemble
ERIN N. MOORE is excited to return home to The Muny! Broadway: Follies. Regional: Follies (Kennedy Center, Ahmanson Theater), Anything Goes (Muny), The King and I (Starlight). Concert dance: Philadanco!. Television: SNL, Amici. Thanks Mom, Dad, Brad, Eric, friends and family! In loving memory of Aunt Bev.

Adam Rogers as Ensemble
ADAM ROGERS from New Jersey is thrilled to be back at The Muny. Previous Muny credits include: Beauty and the Beast, Footloose, Damn Yankees, The Little Mermaid and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. International: Fame (Macao, China). Adam will be seen on Broadway at the end of the summer in Chaplin The Musical. Proud AEA member.

Curtis Schroeger as Ensemble
First Muny season! NY: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Encores!). Tours: Lincoln Center’s South Pacific, Fiddler on the Roof (Topol/Harvey Fierstein). He performed in the opening number of the 65th Tony® Awards. Big thanks to Alex and Gary. Love to my family, especially its newest members, Daniel and David.

Tommy Scrivens as Ensemble
TOMMY SCRIVENS graduated from Ohio State University (BFA, dance performance). He has performed with Columbus Dance Theater, the United Kingdom tour of Tap Fusion and BalletMet. He dances with dre.dance, Nicholas Andre Dance and marInspired. He has been featured in The Big Gay Musical, Encores! production of Where’s Charley? Special thanks to Alex.

Kendal Sparks as Ensemble
KENDAL SPARKS returns for his fifth summer at The Muny, seen most recently inThe Producers; Les Misérables; Pajama Game and Hello, Dolly!. NYC: Where’s Charley? (Encores!), Judith of Bethulia and Bunnicula. Much gratitude to the entire Muny family, Alex and the Ryans. It’s good to be home. www.KendalSparks.com

Travis Ward-Osborne as Ensemble
TRAVIS WARD-OSBORNE is elated to be making his professional debut this season at The Muny! A senior at University of Michigan, his university show credits include Ragtime, The Full Monty and Chicago. He also choreographed Cabaret for MUSKET. He is currently directing, choreographing and producing an original concept show at U of M. GO BLUE!

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