Alexis Bledel as Chrissie Myers
Alexis Bledel recently appeared with James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn in Director Robert Redford's period drama The Conspirator. Next, she stars opposite Saoirse Ronan in Violet and Daisy. Alexis made her television debut in the critically-acclaimed series “Gilmore Girls.” Through seven successful seasons, Alexis’ portrayal of Rory Gilmore earned her the 2005 and 2006 Teen Choice Award for Choice Actress in a Comedy and the 2002 Family Friendly Forum Award for Best Actress in a Drama. Alexis starred as “Lena” in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 and made her feature film debut in 2002 in Disney’s Tuck Everlasting, which is based on the acclaimed novel by Natalie Babbitt. Alexis was also part of the ensemble cast of the Robert Rodriguez film Sin City with Bruce Willis, Josh Hartnett, Rosario Dawson, and Brittany Murphy. Other films include Post-Grad, The Good Guy, Bride and Prejudice, an Indian musical version of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and the independent films Orphan King and I Am Reed Fish. She also performed in an Off-Broadway production of Nora Ephron’s Love Loss and What I Wore. Alexis began her acting career appearing in community theater in her hometown of Houston, Texas. She also modeled in New York during her school breaks. Before winning the role of Rory Gilmore, Alexis attended NYU Film School to study writing and directing.

Curt Bouril as Robert Hanratty
Curt Bouril is making his second appearance with MTC after working on Broadway in Accent on Youth. Other theatrical appearances include the Broadway production of A Man for All Seasons, the Off-Broadway production of The Guest at Central Park West and The Bow Wow Club (Los Angeles). Off-Off-Broadway: Tickets Please. Mr. Bouril’s film and television credits include “Boardwalk Empire” (winner of 2012 SAG Award for Best Ensemble), Found in Time, We are the Hartmans, The Take, Black Jack, “The Onion Sports Dome,” “Law & Order: CSI,” “Boston Legal,” “All My Children,” “Guiding Light” and National Lampoon’s Bachelor Party. Curt would like to thank his fiancée for saying yes!

Ansel Elgort as Caleb Farley
Ansel Elgort is thrilled to be making his professional acting debut at Manhattan Theatre Club. He is currently a senior at LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts, where he has starred as Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls and Link Larson in Hairspray. Ansel also attended Stagedoor Manor for seven years. His roles included Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat and Collins in Rent. Ansel found his love for performing through dance. Last season he was featured tap-dancing at the CFDA Awards, and as a child he performed both in The Nutcracker and Swan Lake at Lincoln Center with the New York City Ballet. As a singer, Ansel has worked with many composers including Jason Robert Brown, Glen Roven and Louis Andriessen. Ansel would like to thank everyone at Brookside Artist Management; Harry Shifman and the entire LaGuardia Drama Dept.; and most importantly, thanks to his family that has been more supportive than anything since day one.

Brian Hutchison as Ben Clancy
Broadway: Man and Boy, Looped, Exit the King, Proof, The Invention of Love. Off-Broadway: Spirit Control, From Up Here (MTC), Go Back To Where You Are (Playwrights Horizons), Oh, The Humanity... (Flea Theater), Mr. Marmalade (Roundabout), People Be Heard (Playwrights Horizons), Indoor/Outdoor (SPF, DR2 Theatre), The Hiding Place (Atlantic), Theophilus North and Can't Let Go (Keen Company), She Stoops to Conquer (Irish Rep). Regional theatre credits include: Of Mice and Men (Westport), The Front Page (Williamstown), The Unmentionables and Black Snow (Yale Rep), Burn This and The Rivals (Huntington), All My Sons and Blue Orange (The Old Globe). Film and TV: Love & Other Drugs, Vino Veritas, Dealbreaker, “The Good Wife,” “Hope & Faith,” “Law & Order: SVU,” and “CSI.” MFA Old Globe/USD.

Adriane Lenox as Mrs. Duke
Adriane Lenox returns to MTC after having created the role of Mrs. Muller in John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, for which she received the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play. She was most recently seen in the long-running Off-Broadway hit Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Her other Broadway credits include: Caroline, or Change; Kiss Me, Kate; How to Succeed…; Dreamgirls; Ain’t Misbehavin’. Off-Broadway: Miss Evers’ Boys, Dinah Was (Obie Award, AUDELCO), Cavedweller. Regional: Blithe Spirit, The Color Purple (premiere), On the Town (Helen Hayes Award). Film: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The Blind Side, Black Snake Moan, My Blueberry Nights, Where God Left His Shoes, Preachin' to the Choir. TV: “Damages,” “30 Rock,” “Detroit 187,” “Lipstick Jungle,” “Griffin & Phoenix,” “Third Watch,” "Law & Order: SVU," “Law & Order,” and "Shark."

Lucas Caleb Rooney as Gerald Driscoll
Broadway: The Country Girl w/ Morgan Freeman & Frances McDormand, directed by Mike Nichols, HENRY IV w/ Kevin Kline & Ethan Hawke, directed by Jack O’Brien. Off-Broadway: Measure for Measure (Shakespeare in the Park), Orphan’s Home Cycle (Signature), Yellow Face (The Public), Creation (Theatre 315), Polish Play (Katharsis), She Stoops to Conquer (Irish Rep), Mimesophobia (Beckett Theatre). Regional: Death of a Salesman (Old Globe), Orphan’s Home Cycle, Mid-Summer Night’s Dream (Hartford Stage), Yellow Face (Mark Taper), All My Sons, Complete Female Stage Beauty, 12th Night, (Old Globe), Tempest (Franklin Stage), A Streetcar Named Desire (Cleveland Playhouse), Dirty Blonde (Pittsburgh Public). TV: "Person of Interest," "Cold Case," "CSI: Miami," "Journeyman," "Law & Order," "Kidnapped 6 Degrees." Film: Summer at Dog Dave’s (w/ Morgan Freeman), On Broadway, One Last Thing. MFA: Old Globe Theatre.

Richard Topol as Alvin Novotny
Richard Topol was last seen in the fall production of King Lear at the Public Theatre (dir. James MacDonald). Recently, he finished work on Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln playing Attorney General James Speed alongside Daniel Day Lewis. Last season, he performed in the Tony Award-winning revival of The Normal Heart (winner of the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance, dirs. George C. Wolfe & Joel Grey) and The Merchant of Venice (w/ Al Pacino, dir. Dan Sullivan). LCT – Henry Law in When The Rain Stops Falling (dir. David Cromer), Sam in Odets’ Awake and Sing directed by Bartlet Sher (Drama Desk Award) and Cymbeline (dir. Mark Lamos). Also on Broadway: The Country Girl (dir. Mike Nichols), Julius Caesar (w/ Denzel Washington, dir. Dan Sullivan), School for Scandal (dir. Gerald Freedman). Off-Bway: The Winter’s Tale, The Merchant of Venice (both Shakespeare in the Park), Hamlet (TFANA), Mouth to Mouth (New Group), Opus (Primary Stages), Omnium Gatherum (Variety Arts), Twelfth Night, The African Company Presents Richard III (The Public – Audelco Award), also Playwrights Horizons, EST, Soho Rep, WPA, Naked Angels. Film/TV: Mickey Blue Eyes, Party Girl, “Pan Am,” all “Law & Orders,” “Damages,” “Nurse Jackie,” “Rescue Me,” “Ghost Whisperer,” “Ed,” “Drew Carey,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Gilmore Girls,” and recurring roles on “The Practice,” “Strong Medicine” and “The Guardian.”

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