Larry Cedar (official website) as Sipos
Larry has had the pleasure of working with REPRISE! in 1776 (Secretary Thompson), last year’s Anything Goes (Lord Oakley), and this year’s staged reading of They’re Playing Our Song opposite Lea Thompson. Other theater includes playing Hoagy Carmichael in Hoagy Bix, and Wolfgang Beethoven Bunkhaus at the Mark Taper Forum, George Baily in the musical version of It’s A Wonderful Life (Laguna Playhouse), Twelve Angry Men (Ruby Theater), Billy Barnes’ Movie Star, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Gershwin at the Westwood Playhouse, Garry Trudeau’s Rapmaster Ronnie (Odyssey), and On a Clear Day (Ahmanson). He appears opposite Dana Carvey in the feature film Master of Disguise. Other films include Tom’s Nu Heaven, Psychic Murders, Feds, Boris & Natasha, Sleep Easy Hutch Rimes, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, The Babe, and El Norte. He starred in PBS’s award winning series, Square One TV, and A.J.’s Time Travelers on FOX. Recently guest starred in the UPN series, Enterprise. Other television includes The District, Boston Public, Caroline in the City, Home Court, Saved by the Bell, Star Trek, Deep Space 9, and Honey I Shrunk the Kids. Larry would like to dedicate his performance to his amazing wife and two beautiful daughters.

Corey Greenan as Ensemble
Corey has a BA in Theatre Arts from Pepperdine University. Recently he appeared as Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees (Downey Civic Light Opera), as well as Tobias in Sweeney Todd (Performance Riverside), Older Patrick in Mame (Cabrillo Music Theatre), and the recent staged reading of They're Playing Our Song (REPRISE!). Other favorite roles include Evita (Che), 42nd Street (Billy Lawlor), West Side Story (Tony), and Art (Yvan). For Patrick - Phil. 1:21.

Kaitlin Hopkins (official website) as Ilona
Broadway: Noises Off with Jane Curtin; Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes (Lincoln Center) with Patti Lupone; and the world tour (including Lincoln Center) of John Adam’s rock opera I Was Looking At the Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky, directed by Peter Sellars. Off-Broadway: Bat Boy –The Musical (Drama Desk Nomination); Come Back Little Sheba (The Roundabout) with Steven Weber; Johnny Pye and the Fool Killer (The Lambs) with Daniel Jenkins; Take Two (Naked Angels). Los Angeles Theatre: The Philanderer (South Coast Repertory); Habeus Corpus and Mad Forrest (The Matrix Theatre Company); Present Laughter, Blythe Spirit, The Importance of Being Earnest and Wallis Simpson in the musical Only A Kingdom at the Pasadena Playhouse. Kaitlin has performed in over 20 radio plays for L.A. Theatre Works The Play’s The Thing series, including Heidi in The Heidi Chronicles, Proof with Anne Heche and Stephen Schwartz’s Working. Television: Includes The Practice, Spin City, Providence, Deep Space Nine, Star Trek Voyager, JAG, The Division, Wings; starring in the Hallmark film The Ransom of Red Chief with Haley Joel Osment and Alan Ruck; Dr. Kelsey Harrison on Another World. Films: How To Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog with Kenneth Branagh; Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles; Little Boy Blue with Shirley Knight. Kaitlin serves on the board for the William Inge Festival, The Edward Albee Theatre Conference and The Pasadena Playhouse Outreach Program.

Richard Israel as Keller, Ensemble (u/s Headwaiter)
Richard is pleased to be returning to REPRISE! having just appeared as Max Jacobs in On The Twentieth Century. Favorite theatre roles include Roger Sherman in 1776 (with Roger Rees and Orson Bean) also for REPRISE!, Skeets Miller in Floyd Collins, Artie in Saturday Night and Charley in Where’s Charley? for Musical Theatre Guild; Ugly in ICT’s production of Honk; Harold Bride in CLOSBC’s production of Titanic; and Charley in Merrily We Roll Along at West Coast Ensemble. Television appearances include Everybody Loves Raymond, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Seven Days and The Larry Sanders Show. Movie-For-Television appearances include the critically acclaimed Doing Time on Maple Drive and the critically not-so-acclaimed Revenge of the Nerds III. He has co-starred in several feature films including the recent remake of Roger Corman’s Piranha, Harry Shearer’s Teddy Bear’s Picnic and the soon-to-be-released The Cooler starring Alec Baldwin, William H. Macy and Maria Bello. Richard has had starring roles in the short-lived television series Freshman Dorm and the independent feature film Green Plaid Shirt. In addition to his work onstage, Richard is a theatre director and producer, and is an Associate Artistic Director for West Coast Ensemble.

Christa Jackson as Ensemble
Christa is thrilled to be back with REPRISE! where she was last seen in Anything Goes both as Purity and as Erma. Her southern roots were challenged as she played Patsy Cline in Always, Patsy Cline at both the Laguna Playhouse and at the Coronet, where she was nominated for an Ovation award this year. Other credits include: Broadway: Grease, National Tours: Grease (Sandy), Smokey Joe’s Café, Heartstrings, and the British Rock Symphony Tour with Roger Daltrey. Regional: 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. She lives in Hollywood with a houseful of inspirational people and pets. Aren’t we blessed to do what we love!

Damon Kirsche (official website) as Kodaly
Damon was last seen in REPRISE!’s On The Twentieth Century. Recently, he starred in the Musical Theatre Guild’s Allegro at the Alex Theatre as well as last season’s The Most Happy Fella for REPRISE! Broadway appearances include On A Clear Day . . ., Ziegfeld Follies of 1936, Strike Up the Band and Sweet Adeline with City Center Encores!. At Carnegie Hall, Damon appeared as Lowell Pennyfeather with Jon Lovitz and Brent Barrett in Very Warm for May and in Tip-Toes, recently released by New World records. Off-Broadway credits include the Lyrics & Lyricists series and Die Dreigroschenoper at the Kaye Playhouse. Regionally, Damon appeared at the Kennedy Center in The Impresario (Mr. Bluff), at Sacramento Music Circus as the Prince DeLong opposite Susan Egan in last season’s The Unsinkable Molly Brown, and previously in Into the Woods (Rapunzel’s Prince) and Show Boat (Steve Baker). At Aspen’s Wheeler Theatre he appeared in The Seagull (Konstantin) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Demetrius). Other highlights: My Fair Lady (Freddy) –Austin Music Theatre; Triumph of Love (Agis) –ICT; Forever Plaid (Frankie) –Granada Theatre; Camelot (Lancelot) –Cabrillo. TV/FILM: Star Trek: Voyager, Days of Our Lives, L.A. Confidential (TV pilot), Gods and Generals (Harry McCarthy). Damon appears regularly with Mora’s Modern Rhythmists and is featured on the swing orchestra’s most recent CD, Goblin Market. TRAINING: Julliard. WEBSITE: www.damonkirsche.com

Perry Lambert (official website) as Headwaiter (u/s Kodaly)
Perry is an accomplished Singer, Actor, comedian, and Impressionist. He has performed in front of audiences all over the world and has held major roles in over 45 theatrical productions including Purlie, Guys and Dolls, The Fantastiks, The Diary of Anne Frank, Sweet Charity, and the smash hit Forbidden Hollywood at the Coronet Theater. Most recently, he was seen in Singin’ in the Rain and Can Can at the Lawrence Welk Resort, and the new musical Empire State at the Falcon Theater. In the Meantime, Perry has been writing a new old-fashioned musical called Is This Any Way to Start a Marriage with his partners Wayland Pickard and Carolanne Morano. Perry opened for Roseanne at the Aladdin in Las Vegas. Perry has also performed with Liza Minelli, Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Charles Nelson Reilly, and Chita Rivera. He has a one-man salute to Danny Kaye called the The Danny Kaye Songbook. Perry would like to thank his Parents, Sister and his Brother Andrew for all their love and support. To his agents, Buzz and Gail, it keeps getting better - much love.

Rebecca Luker (official website) as Amalia
Broadway: Marian in The Music Man (Tony, Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle nominations); Maria in The Sound of Music (Outer Critics Circle nomination); Lily in The Secret Garden (Drama Desk nomination); Christine in The Phantom of the Opera; X (The Life of Malcolm X) and Brigadoon with the NYC Opera. Most recently she was seen Off-Broadway in The Vagina Monologues. Regional: Passion at the Kennedy Center, Time and Again at the Old Globe and Harmony (Drama-Logue Award) at the La Jolla Playhouse. Concerts: Library of Congress, Town Hall, Carnegie Hall, City Center, with numerous symphonies throughout the world as well as the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. TV: Cupid and Cate (CBS), Matlock, An Evening with the Pops, An Oscar Hammerstein Celebration and A Tribute to Rodgers and Hart (PBS). Recordings include a pop/folk collection due out this year (2003), Anything Goes: Rebecca Luker Sings Cole Porter (Varese-Sarabande) and Aria and Aria 2 (Profile). Rebecca was born and raised in Birmingham Alabama and received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Montevallo. She resides in NYC with her husband Danny Burstein and her stepsons Alex and Zach.

Deven May (official website) as Arpad
Just in from New York, Deven welcomes the opportunity to perform on the stage again. He recently wrapped production on a new musical movie titled Temptation based on Goethe’s Faust, directed by Mark Tarlov. Being a California native, Deven has had the pleasure of working at many of the areas Civic Light Operas such as Sacramento Music Circus, La Mirada CLO, San Gabriel CLO and many others. Deven is best known for originating the role of Bat Boy in Bat Boy the Musical in both Los Angeles and New York. For his performance in Los Angeles Deven received the 1998 Ovation Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical. In New York he was awarded the 2001 Theater World Award for outstanding New York debut. He was also nominated for the 2001 Drama Desk and Lucile Lortel Awards for Best Actor in a Musical. Deven is honored to be making his REPRISE! debut.

Claci Miller as Ensemble (u/s Amalia)
Claci is proud to be making her LA theatre debut with REPRISE! She just relocated from New York where she starred on Broadway as Winnie Tate in Annie Get Your Gun opposite Reba McEntire. She has been seen in the Broadway Nat'l Tours of Hal Prince's ShowBoat (Kim), Cats (Sillabub) and Annie Get Your Gun (Winnie Tate). Regional credits include How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Rosemary), A Chorus Line (Maggie) both at the St.Louis MUNY and Evita (Mistress) at the North Carolina Theatre. Claci has a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (CCM).

James Patric Moran as Ensemble
Broadway/Tours: Chicago (Fred Casely), West Side Story (Riff), and A Chorus Line (Bobby). Off-Broadway: The Benevolent Bath, Destined Blessings. Regional: Bob in the world premiere staging of The Outsiders, Hello Dolly (Cornelius), Follies (Young Buddy), Hair. Film and Television: Not Even the Tress, A Scent of a Woman, Mad-TV, Nikki, and Port Charles. Much love to Sheryl and Josh for your continued support.

Vincent Ortega as Busboy
Vincent is excited to be apart of the cast. He is currently working in Aladdin A Musical Spectacular at Disney’s California Adventure as Aladdin and Iago. Some of his favorite credits include Huck in Big River, Orin in Little Shop and Waikiki in Gidget, a new musical written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He can also be seen in numerous commercials as well as a back-up dancer and singer for several up and coming artists. Vince would like to thank his friends, family and of course the Lord for their love and support.

Scarlett (Caryn E. Kaplan) as Ensemble
Ragitme- Evelyn Nesbit u/s World Premiere/Schubert Theater/National Tour, Candide- Paquette/Ahmanson Theater, A Little Night Music- Anne/Pioneer Theater, West Side Story- Maria/National Tour. In addition to theater, Caryn has made the rounds in the Los Angeles music scene performing at such notable clubs as the El Rey Theater, The Viper Room, and The Hollywood Athletic Club. Caryn is currently writing and recording her first solo album under her alter ego, “Scarlett.” Caryn would like to dedicate this and every performance to the memory of her Dad, Ron Kaplan, who is the inspiration behind everything.

Scott Waara as Georg
Scott was awarded the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance as Herman in The Most Happy Fella on Broadway at the Booth Theater. Also on Broadway, Scott was in the original casts of City of Angels, Welcome to the Club and Wind in the Willows. Off-Broadway New York audiences saw him in DuBarry Was A Lady at City Center, and in Falsettoland, The Dining Room and The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket for Playwrights Horizons. Regional credits include title roles in Candide at the Huntington in Boston, Lucky Guy in Dallas, and The Education of Randy Newman at South Coast Rep. Scott toured as Cable in South Pacific, has worked at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, the O’Neill Playwrights Conference, and appeared in Songs From The Tall Grass and Is There Life After High School at the Ford’s Theatre. TV and film credits include Crossing Jordan, Providence, 61*, Gideon’s Crossing, Muddling Through, Family Law, Townies, Indictment: The McMartin Trial, Tyson, and Beethoven’s 2nd. LA audiences have seen him in Sweeney Todd with Kelsey Grammer, The Boys From Syracuse with David Hyde Pierce, and in the world premiere of The People vs. Mona at the Pasadena Playhouse. Most recently Scott was Mark Twain and the voice of Huck in the Mark Taper/Deaf West revival of Big River.

Lenny Wolpe as Mr. Maraczek
Broadway: The Sound of Music (Uncle Max opposite Richard Chamberlain), Into the Night, Onward Victoria, Copperfield. Off-Broadway: Mayor (creating the title role of Hizzoner Ed Koch), Company, The Wonder Years, Brownstone. National Tours: Forum (Hysterium), South Pacific (Billis), Guys and Dolls (Nathan). He recently appeared in A Class Act at the Pasadena Playhouse. Other Southern California appearances include REPRISE! (Mack and Mabel, Fiorello, Of Thee I Sing), South Bay CLO (Applegate in Damn Yankees), Musical Theatre West (Forum), Theatre League (Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof), Long Beach CLO (Company, State Fair), Pasadena Playhouse (Radio Gals). Lenny is a member of the Musical Theatre Guild. He has worked extensively at the Sacramento Music Theatre, Pittsburgh CLO, Coconut Grove Playhouse, McCarter Theatre, and Goodspeed Opera House. He appeared as Mayor Shinn in The Music Man at the Hollywood Bowl. Television: Series Regular – Baby Talk (with George Clooney), You’re The One. Recurring: Pacific Palisades, L.A. Law, Something So Right, Sisters. He has guest starred on over 75 shows including E.R., King of Queens, Strong Medicine, Ally McBeal, Nikki, Party of Five, and Murder One. Films include Panthers, S.W.F., Secrets, Murder Between Friends, Locked Up, Project ALF, The Swan Princess, And The Band Played On.

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