Jodi Benson as Bunny Byron
Jodi has received worldwide recognition and critical acclaim as the voice of Ariel in the Academy Award winning Walt Disney animated feature film, The Little Mermaid as well as the bubbly voice of Tour Guide Barbie in Disney’s Toy Story II, winner of the Golden Globe award for Best Picture. She also gave life to the inspired Weebo in Disney’s live action Flubber. For Warner Brothers, she created the voice of Thumbelina, with songs by Barry Manilow. Jodi’s current films include The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea as Ariel, Lady and The Tramp II as Lady, 101 Dalmations sequel as Anita and the DreamWorks animated video Joseph as wife Asenath starring Ben Affleck. Ms. Benson received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical and a Helen Hayes Award nomination for creating the starring role of Polly in the Tony Award winning Broadway Gershwin musical Crazy for You. Other Broadway credits include: creating the starring role of Doria Hudson in the Howard Ashman/Marvin Hamlish musical Smile, Welcome to the Club, and Marilyn: An American Fable. Internationally, Ms. Benson has had the honor of sharing the stage with her husband Ray Benson in the European Premiere of Gershwin’s My One and Only, starring as Miss Edyth Herbert. In Los Angeles Ms. Benson has starred in South Pacific, Flora The Red Menace, Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady and Chess for which she won the Drama-Logue award for Best Actress. Jodi gives thanks and praise to God for her family, friends, her agent Eric Stevens at Stage & Screen/Bobby Ball Agency and especially for her loving husband, Ray and precious son McKinley and sweet daughter Delaney.

Tom Beyer as Lee Calhoun
Tom just performed the one-man show Billy Bishop Goes to War at the Cider Mill Playhouse (New York). He won an Ovation Award for his roles at the Mark Taper Forum in The Cider House Rules, directed by Tom Hulce. Last year, he was Gus in the REPRISE! production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and before that, played a 12-year-old French girl in Jillian Armenante’s award-winning In Flagrante Gothicto. He acted on many stages in Seattle, where he also produced and acted in an award-winning production of Sally Nemeth’s Holy Days, and spent 3 years as a company member of Seattle’s Book-It Repertory Theatre, adapting literature into theatre. After a brief stint in his New York homeland, he came to L.A. for The Cider House Rules, and shortly after that was directed by Roger Rees at the Old Globe Theatre in The Merry Wives of Windsor. On TV: C.S.I., Frasier, Angel, Crossing Jordan, Strong Medicine, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, NYPD Blue and S Club 7. On film: Bruce Almighty and Scott’s Play (voted ‘Best Short’ by ifilm.com). Tom is also a rusty classical organist, a dabbler on the piano, a tap-dancer, marathon-runner, purple-belt in Karate, and totally geeked-out over The Lord of the Rings.

Richard Bulda as Don, Ensemble
Richard is a San Diego native making his REPRISE! debut. He has performed in many cities along the western region, and most notably, 9 summer appearances with the Sacramento Music Circus. Favorite roles have included Action in West Side Story, Benjamin in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Al in A Chorus Line, and Rusty Charlie in Guys and Dolls. He has also danced in the opera world for the L.A. Opera and the Houston Grand Opera. On TV he has been seen on ABC's General Hospital and commercials, and has done numerous industrials. When not performing, he is found in San Diego in his most important roles, father to daughter Alexis and son Kendall, and husband to Michelle, his costar for life.

Beth Curry (official website) as Betty, Ensemble
Beth is so happy to be returning to REPRISE! for Babes in Arms. Her past shows with REPRISE! include; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Most Happy Fella and Mack and Mabel. She just returned from Sacramento Music Circus where she danced her tookas off in Joseph and Will Roger’s Follies. Before that she was seen at the Coconut Grove Playhouse where she played Ruby Keeler in a new show called Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Over the past year she was seen in Dorian which premiered in Denver. She has toured the world as Rizzo in the European production of Grease. As a graduate of SMU, she had the unique opportunity of performing along side Sondheim in A Tribute To Sondheim, which aired on A & E. She is currently working on a myriad of music projects, in which she is writing and recording. One of which: www.ology.com. Check it out! She is also busy singing backup for The Brian Setzer Orchestra. And, yes, she still wants to be a rock star.

Jenna Leigh Green as Jennifer Owen
Jenna is thrilled to be making her debut with REPRISE! She has been seen on stages all over southern California including favorite roles of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz, Maria in West Side Story, Anne in The Diary Of Anne Frank, Martha in The Secret Garden and Little Red in Into The Woods. Jenna originated the role of Ivy in the hit Los Angeles production of bare and had the great pleasure of performing the same role this past November at the NYTW. Most recently, Jenna starred in the West Coast premiere of I SING at the Powerhouse theatre. Jenna is known to "tweens" around the world as the villainous Libby Chessler on the hit television show Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. She has also appeared in numerous made for TV movies as well as guest appearances on such shows as Cover Me, Dharma and Greg and most recently, ER. Jenna can soon be seen in the upcoming musical feature film Open House. Much love and thanks to the fam, Victoria, Bruce and Darren.

Seth Hampton as Bob, Ensemble
Seth studied at the Julliard School in New York. Broadway Touring credits include Starlight Express, Jesus Christ Superstar (Neeley/Anderson), Evita, and Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby. He also played the roles of Mike and Mark in National touring companies of A Chorus Line. Leading Regional Credits include Singin' In the Rain (Don Lockwood) On the Town (Gaby) Hello Dolly (Cornelius), and Oliver (Fagin). Seth has performed in numerous productions with Fullerton CLO, South Bay CLO, La Mirada Theater, Musical Theater West, Sacramento Music Circus, and Santa Barbara CLO. He has also worked as a principal singer with Norwegian Cruise line, Royal Caribbean, Tokyo Disneyland, and Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Peace and Love to all.

Biff Ingenthron as Butch, Ensemble
Biff is thrilled to be back for a second time with such awesome people and in another quality show at REPRISE! His favorite new role is saving the world as The Terminator in the live action show Terminator 2 3-D at Universal Studios Hollywood. Other credits include: A Chorus Line, the recent World Premiere as the character Two-Bit in The Outsiders, REPRISE!’s Anything Goes, Kenickie in Grease, Benny in Dress Rehearsal, Little John in Tracers, and Mark Goodman’s World Tap. Tours include: Mike in A Chorus Line, and Anything Goes. He can also be seen on TV on General Hospital and Port Charles. Also, watch out for him at the Comedy clubs. Lots and lots of love to Mom, Bro, Greg, Emily, Bruce, Glenn, Dan, Eric and all of BBA, Marcia, Jerry, Family and Friends, VEGAS, The Terminators, Jorel, The One, and especially the MAIN man Popps. SOLID!

Christa Jackson as Ann, Ensemble (u/s Bunny)
Christa is pleased to be back with REPRISE! where she was last seen in She Loves Me. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, her southern roots were utilized playing Patsy Cline in Always, Patsy Cline at both the Laguna Playhouse and at the Coronet, where she was nominated for an Ovation award. Most recently Christa was seen as the Narrator in Joseph at the Cabrillo Music Theater and in South Bay's production of Smokey Joe's Cafe. Broadway: Grease, National Tours: Grease (Sandy), Smokey Joe's Cafe, Heartstrings, and the British Rock Symphony Tour with Roger Daltrey. Regional: She Loves Me (Ilona u/s, Customer), Anything Goes (Erma and Purity) Evita (Eva), Hair (Shelia u/s), Tommy (Nurse), Boys From Syracuse (Fatima). She can be seen in the Independent feature, Get Your Stuff and has been featured on The Today Show, Good Morning America, and Eye on LA. She recently recorded back-up vocals for Country Music Artist Ty Herndon's Christmas Album, and is featured on one of the tracks. Big thanks to Glenn, Dan and Victoria who keep me working! We're blessed to do what we love!

Ruta Lee (official website) as Phyllis Owens
Ruta is one of Hollywood’s most glamorous ladies, multifaceted and a top-notch civic contributor. Lee’s versatility has won her the respect of colleagues and affection of audiences from her countless appearances on television, stage, and movies. Her first role was the youngest of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Subsequently, Funny Face with Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn, as Tyrone Powers’ secret love in Witness for the Prosecution, and Frank Sinatra’s leading lady in Sergeant’s Three. Recently, she was Jerry Lewis’ wife in cult favorite, Funny Bones. Ruta just completed filming A Christmas Too Many in which she stars with legend, Mickey Rooney. Lee’s TV career includes more than 2000 appearances on shows from Perry Mason to Power Rangers, series leads in CBS’s Coming of Age and HBO’s 1st and Ten, as well as hosting talk and game series with Regis Philbin and Alex Trebek. Lee has headlined in many musicals as Annie Oakley, Dolly, Peter Pan, Mame, Irene, Irma, Nellie, Rose, and Madame in The Best Little Whorehouse to name but a few. This Dynamo is long time chair of The Thalians’ fundraisers devoted to mental health. Lee’s best pal, Debbie Reynolds, is president, roles they occasionally switch.

Beth Malone (official website) as Terry Thompson
A native of Colorado, Beth Malone is a newcomer to Los Angeles, having recently received her MFA from UC Irvine. Southland audiences may have seen Beth in the World Premiere of Bingo! at the Hermosa Beach Playhouse where she originated the role of Alison. Other Los Angeles credits include: Guns at the Mark Taper Forum, There’s No Place Like Hollywood at the Stella Adler and Ado Annie in Oklahoma! at the Barclay. She has appeared as the Narrator three times in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Arvada Center in Denver. Other regional credits include: Bingo! at the Ordway, Sail Away at the Denver Center Theatre, Chess (Florence), Cabaret (Sally), Evita (Eva), Picasso at the Lapin Agile at Aspen Theatre in the Park and also at the Arvada Center in Company (Marta) and Nunsense I & II. Her face may be familiar to television audiences from her numerous commercials including the currently running Philips campaign. Beth is a 2002 Ovation Award nominee for her role as Sally in the Colony Theater production of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.

Bets Malone (official website) as Susie Ward
Bets is thrilled to be back with REPRISE! after having the opportunity to dance around the stage with the brilliant Roger Rees and Orson Bean in 1776. This past summer she played Amy in Company for Starlight San Diego Civic Light Opera, and was a member of the My Fair Lady concert at The Hollywood Bowl starring Mr. John Lithgow. She recently recreated the role of Suzy in The Marvelous Wonderettes at the Hermosa Beach Playhouse, alongside the wonderfully talented Kirsten Benton, Kim Huber and Beth Malone. For Musical Theatre West, she portrayed Sally Smith in Me and My Girl, and last fall, originated the role of Gwen Lord in the new musical Dorian, starring Robert Cuccioli, at the Denver Center for Performing Arts. Favorite regional credits include: The Secret Garden (Martha), I Do! I Do! (Agnes), Evita (Eva Peron), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Drood), Oliver! (Nancy), Children of Eden (Eve/Mama Noah), Cabaret (Sally Bowles), Romance/Romance(Josefine/Monica), Into the Woods (The Witch), A Little Night Music (Petra), Crazy For You (Polly), and Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey). Bets was a featured soloist at the Mark Taper Forum's Tenth Anniversary Salon at the Taper singing "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" arranged specifically for her by the late Peter Matz. Bets resides in Los Angeles with husband Producer/Director Steve Glaudini.

Joey McIntyre (official website) as Valentine White
Joey, a native of Boston, started living his life in the limelight at twelve years old as part of the pop phenomenon group New Kids on the Block. The group succeeded in the sale of over 35 million albums in the years between 1988 and 1994. After New Kids on the Block, McIntyre returned to acting, in which he had been involved as a child. He starred in the role of Matt in the film version of The Fantasticks opposite Oscar winner Joel Grey. A singer-songwriter, his first solo recording, Stay the Same, the album and top ten single, were certified Gold in 1999. McIntyre released another solo album, Meet Joe Mac as well as a live album One Too Many, recorded in New York with his songwriting partner Eman. He has recently completed recording a new album slated for release in 2004. On stage, McIntyre received critical acclaim for his Off-Broadway debut when he starred in the Jane Street Theatre production of Jonathan Larson's Tick, Tick...BOOM! He could also be seen last season as a series regular on David E. Kelley’s Boston Public for Fox Television, in which he portrayed Colin Flynn, a new faculty member at the school. McIntyre next stars in the independent feature Tony and Tina’s Wedding, directed by Roger Paradiso. Based off of the stage play, McIntyre plays the role of Tony Nunzio who is getting married to Tina Vitale, played by Mila Kunis (That 70’s Show).

Claci Miller as Nancy, Ensemble
Claci is thrilled to be back at REPRISE! where she made her L.A. theatre debut in She Loves Me. She recently relocated from New York where she starred on Broadway as Winne Tate in Annie Get Your Gun opposite Reba McEntire. She has been seen in the Broadway National Tours of Hal Prince's Show Boat (Kim), Cats (Sillabub), and Annie Get Your Gun (Winnie Tate). Regional credits include How To Succeed..., (Rosemary), A Chorus Line (Maggie) both at the St.Louis MUNY, and Evita (Mistress) at the North Carolina Theatre and at the Aladdin in Las Vegas. She was last seen in My Fair Lady at the Hollywood Bowl with John Lithgow. Claci has a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (CCM).

Vincent Ortega as Peter, Ensemble
Vincent is excited to return to REPRISE! for the second time. He is currently working in Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular as Aladdin and Iago. Some of his favorite Credits include She Loves Me here at REPRISE!, Huck in Big River, Orin in Little Shop, and Waikiki in Gidget (a new musical written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola). Performing has helped him travel around the globe as far as Japan to even Las Vegas and around the US and Canada. He can also be seen in numerous commercials as well as back up dancer and singer for some up and coming and well-known artists such as Elvira Mistress of the Dark and Debbie Reynolds. Vince would like to thank his friends and family and of course the lord for their love and support.

Jeffrey Schecter as Gus Field
Jeffrey, a native New Yorker, launched his career at age 11 as a John Travolta impersonator, complete with the white suit and all. Jeff has traveled the world and performed on Broadway in such musicals as Guys and Dolls, Ragtime, Beauty and the Beast and West Side Story. Jeff actively pursues a TV and film career in addition to the theatre and can be seen in the Ron Howard Comedy Ed TV starring Matthew McConaughey and the award winning short film The Tower of Babble, which was most recently seen at Sundance 2003 featured as the Chrysler Million Dollar Festival Grand Prize Winner. Jeff can be seen recurring in various roles on the new Sci-Fi Show Scare Tactics (most notably Bubble boy). And due out this fall, Jeff co-stars in the independent film Mix. Along with his two writing partners, Jeff just finished his first screenplay and continues to work on his one-man show about his comparison to screen legend Gene Kelly. Currently, Jeff performs with the comedy team Sound and Fury, Fakespearean Players. His constant support from his mother, father and girlfriend are his driving force to continue to live life to the fullest. For more information about Jeff go to soundandfury.org.

Steve Vinovich as Seymour Fleming
Steve has appeared in hundreds of television shows ranging from Everybody Loves Raymond to Ally Mcbeal to Roseanne to L.A. Law to Home Improvement to Star Trek to Touched by an Angel to E.R. etc. His movies include The Santa Clause, Awakenings and Mannequin and he was the voice of Puffin in the animated film Swan Princess. He appeared on Broadway in Lost in Yonkers, Loose Ends, The Secret Rapture, The Robber Bridegroom, The Grand Tour and The Magic Show. He has worked in musicals with Nathan Lane, Jerry Herman, and Tommy Tune, on Broadway with Neil Simon and David Hare, done Shakespeare with Lynn Redgrave and appeared in many, many commercials. Last winter he toured in Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party. He just finished playing Captain Hook in Peter Pan and George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? You may have caught him when he played Jim Backus in the CBS movie of the week, Surviving Gilligan’s Island. Steve is a graduate of Juilliard. He now lives in LA and is married to the marvelous singing coach Carolyn Mignini. They have two great sons.

Rick D. Wasserman (official website) as Steve Edwards
made his Broadway debut in The Lion King playing Scar, Timon, Zazu and Pumbaa. He also performed the show at L.A.’s Pantages Theatre. This past spring he guest starred on Without A Trace (CBS) and recurred on 24 (FOX) with Keifer Sutherland. Other television appearances include a guest star role on Law & Order (NBC) and a series regular role on Madigan Men (ABC) with Gabriel Byrne. Additional theatre credits include: the Off-Broadway production of Letters From Cuba (Signature Theatre), The Tin Pan Alley Rag (Wilma Theatre) for which he was nominated for a Barrymore Award for best lead actor in a musical, the L.A. Workshop of Say Goodnight, starring as George Burns, and two productions of Last Night of Ballyhoo, playing the role of Joe Farkus at Missouri Rep and the role of Peachy Weil at Denver Center Theatre. Rick received a B.A. from Temple University and an M.F.A. in Acting from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. He has numerous on-camera commercials airing and can be heard voicing film trailers and promos for radio and television. He is recently married and sends his love to his entire family.

Anna Aimee White (official website) as Libby, Ensemble (u/s Susie)
Anna is thrilled to be performing in her first REPRISE! show. A Nebraska native, Anna was a UCLA Theatre student this past year. Just recently she finished her role as Rapunzel at the Falcon Theatre. Some of her other credits since moving to California include Garry Marshall's workshop of Happy Days, the movie Raising Helen starring Kate Hudson, Hollywood Bowl's The Music Man directed by Gordon Hunt, the role of Roxie Hart in Chicago directed by Ron Kellum, and Ann Reinking's Broadway Theatre Project. Anna has also danced in the MTV Movie Awards, Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards, and Carnival at the Key Club. Thanks to Bruce, Marcia, and to the cast and crew of Babes in Arms for this amazing experience. Additional thanks to KSA and to my family and friends for their constant love and support. I love you Mom and Dad!

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