George Ball (official website) as Tony
George has played leading roles in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well… (Broadway, Off-Broadway, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, and Dutch productions), the new musical, Cowboy (Off-Broadway), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Pittsburgh and San Jose CLOs), Paint Your Wagon and the new musical Silver Dollar (both at the Goodspeed Opera House). Other appearances include Brecht, Sacred and Profane (Mark Taper Forum), Vincent (Las Palmas Theater), Merry-Go-Round (El Rey Theater), Heartbeats (Old Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, Morris Mechanic Theater) and Harry Chapin—Lies and Legends (Apollo Theatre in Chicago, Pasadena Playhouse, Canon Theatre - Dramalogue and L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards). George’s other credits include Camelot, Man of La Mancha, Oliver!, I Do, I Do, Damn Yankees (Sacramento Music Circus), The Most Happy Fella (David Wolper Productions), 1776 (Santa Barbara CLO), and, most recently, he starred in Sweeney Todd and A Little Night Music, opposite his wife, Amanda McBroom, for Gold Coast Plays.

Eileen Barnett as Marie
Eileen starred on Broadway in Nine as the long-suffering wife, Louisa Contini, opposite Sergio Franchi. She played the understanding mother in the national tour of Footloose and originated the role of the love-struck Gladys Fritts in the Pasadena Playhouse production of Radio Gals (Dramalogue Award). She appeared as the ailing Fosca in the critically acclaimed Musical Theatre Guild production of Stephen Sondheim’s Passion (Robby Award) and reprised that role in a benefit performance for REPRISE! and MTG. Other theatre credits include Man of La Mancha; Showboat; No, No, Nanette; The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Dramalogue Award); Amanda McBroom’s Heartbeats (opposite George Ball) and the West Coast premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Putting It Together at the Colony Theatre. Television credits include guest starring roles on The Gilmore Girls; Caroline in the City; Murder, She Wrote; Who’s the Boss and Knot’s Landing opposite Michael York. She was the villainous Stephanie Woodruff on Days of Our Lives. She performs her cabaret act regularly and can be heard on her CD Eileen Barnett, Live at the Cinegrill. She also has an award-winning recording for children, Broadway with a Beat. She lives happily with her five dogs, one cat, and wonderful husband, actor Bruce French.

Anastasia Barzee as Rosabella
Anastasia originated the role of Josephine in the musical Napoleon, directed by Francesca Zambello at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London’s West End. Her credits include—Broadway: Jekyll and Hyde (Emma), directed by Robin Phillips; Miss Saigon (Ellen), directed by Nicholas Hytner. Original Company: Sunset Boulevard (Betty), directed by Trevor Nunn. First National Company: City of Angels (Mallory), directed by Michael Blakemore. L.A.: Present Laughter (Daphne), Groucho: A Life in Revue, and James Kirkwood’s Stagestruck, directed by Charles Nelson Reilly. N.Y. workshop productions: Pal Joey (Linda) opposite Glenn Close and Harry Connick, Jr., directed by Frank Galati; John Guare and Marvin Hamlisch’s Sweet Smell of Success (Susan) opposite Jonathan Pryce, directed by Nicholas Hytner; The Wild Party (Queenie), directed by George C. Wolfe. Television: Guest starring roles include Ally McBeal; Murder, She Wrote (MOW); Herman’s Head; Get a Life; Days of Our Lives; Evening Shade; Designing Women; Dream On; Barkley’s Beat and General Hospital. She just recorded the main title song for the feature A Time for Dancing. Anastasia is a graduate of University of Miami’s School of Music and Burt Reynold’s Institute for Theatre Training.

Trevor Brackney as City Boy
Trevor is thrilled to be making his debut with REPRISE! He is currently a sophomore dance major attending UCI on a full ride scholarship. Some of his most memorable credits to date have been Mike in A Chorus Line, Fyedka in Fiddler on the Roof, Danny as well as Kenickie in two different productions of Grease, and Bobby in The Boy Friend. Trevor has most recently been seen in Candlelight Dinner Theatre’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Benjamin, Musical Theatre West’s production of Brigadoon, as well as South Bay Civic Light Opera’s production of Carousel as the Carnival Boy. He can also be found performing in numerous ballets with local ballet companies where just this past spring he appeared in a production of Sleeping Beauty in which he played Puss in Boots and danced the Rose Adagio alongside Julie Kent and Damian Woetzel. Enjoy the show!

Gibby Brand as Postman, Bus Driver
Gibby returns to REPRISE! after playing Judge James Wilson of Pennsylvania in 1776. A Broadway veteran, Gibby spent two years as Cogsworth the Clock in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. He was in the original companies of Neil Simon’s Rumors and Sondheim’s Passion, and the revivals of Little Me starring Jimmy Coco and Peter Pan starring Sandy Duncan. Gibby has also appeared at some of the nation’s top regional theatres, including South Coast Rep (You Can’t Take It With You), the Doolittle (Rumors), Seattle Rep (Death of a Salesman), Goodspeed Opera House (She Loves Me), Pioneer Theatre (Arms and the Man), Cincinnati Playhouse (Arsenic and Old Lace), St. Louis Rep (Terra Nova), and two productions this year at the Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities (playing First Class Steward Henry Etches in Titanic and the Starkeeper in Carousel). In 1986, Gibby went to Moscow with William Gibson’s Rag Dolly as part of the first international exchange between the United States and the former Soviet Union. Films include: Father of the Bride, Anna, F/X, and The Rose Technique. Recent TV: The X Files, Profiler, Law & Order, and The Beach Boys: An American Family. Gibby also guest stars in the recurring role of Judge William McGough on both Ally McBeal and The Practice.

David Brouwer as Clem
A native of Maryland, this is David’s second production in his brand new home, California, the first role being George Crooper in Seventeen. Mr. Brouwer received a Bachelor of Music from the Catholic University of America. His first job out of school was for Disney Cruise Lines, appearing as the title role in Hercules and Captain Becker in The Voyage of the Ghost Ship. The cruise line dropped David in Florida where he performed as Glabrio in Ben Hur: The Musical, Ali Hakim in Oklahoma, Philippe de Chandon in Phantom, and as a principal vocalist for Walt Disney World before moving to Cali. Favorite roles include Riff in West Side Story, the Dentist in Little Shop of Horrors, Carl Magnus in A Little Night Music, Tony in The Boyfriend, Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, and Joe in The Most Happy Fella. David gives thanks to God for his many blessings and much love to those most precious in his life.

Nohea Bryce as Tessie
Nohea is thrilled to be making her professional stage debut with REPRISE!’s production of The Most Happy Fella. Nohea is twelve years old and in the eighth grade. She loves spending time with her family and raising her house full of animals. Nohea has always been passionate about the stage. She has recently been seen as the White Rabbit in the classic Alice in Wonderland at the Lakewood Theatre Repertory Guild. In addition, she has shot several television commercials, sang at Knott’s Berry Farm, and has played clarinet in festivals and concerts around Southern California. Nohea would like to thank her parents, Bruce Newberg, her agent Debra Manners and Daniel Hoff for all their support.

Beth Curry (official website) as Ensemble (Dance Captain)
Beth is thrilled to be a part of The Most Happy Fella, and to be making her second appearance in a REPRISE! production. She recently returned from Germany, France, Switzerland, and Turkey where she performed as Rizzo in the musical Grease. Beth graduated from Southern Methodist University with a BFA in Theatre. At SMU, she had the opportunity to work with Stephen Sondheim, Bernadette Peters, Debra Monk, and others as a soloist in the A&E Tribute to Sondheim. Some of her favorite roles include: Beth in Lie of the Mind, April in Company, and Ariel in Footloose. Beth has recently completed writing and recording her first solo vocal CD in Germany. She would like to thank her family for their love and support. And, as always, this performance is dedicated to the memory of her mother, her guardian angel…with the best seat in the house.

R.F. Daley as Pasquale
R.F. has been acting professionally since he played Luis (the Shark who looks suspiciously like an Irish guy) in a dinner theatre production of West Side Story when he was 18. Since then he has performed on Broadway, in National Tours, and in countless regional productions (18 was long ago). Since relocating from New York 1½ years ago, he has even dabbled in some television.

Patrice DeGraff-Arenas as Ensemble (u/s Cleo)
Patrice made her REPRISE! debut in the summer’s hot ticket, Hair. Although she is a native of Miami, Florida, L.A. has played host city for she and her husband Michael. Ms. DeGraff-Arenas received an Honorable Mention from the N.F.A.A. Talent Search Competition. Educational endeavors have led to numerous workshops with some of the theater’s elite. She is proudest of her performance as Goneril in King Lear, directed by the late Joseph Papp. She has a BFA from Florida State University and an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh, where she authored a one-man show, Je M’appelle Josephine. Favorite roles are Tartuffe and Ariel in The Tempest. L.A. productions include Little Shop of Horrors, the world premiere of Bare, and two productions of Hair. Many thanks to Arthur Allan Seidelman, my family, friends, and Michael. This performance is dedicated to my grandfather Willie Clyde Holmes, who inspires me to persevere.

Kevin Earley (official website) as Herman
Kevin is delighted to be involved once again with REPRISE! where he recently played Rutledge in their production of 1776 directed by Gordon Hunt. Other Los Angeles credits include Billy Bigelow in Carousel and The Stoker in Titanic, both at CLO of South Bay Cities, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, directed by Gordon Hunt, and EmpIre, A New Musical for Music Theater Guild. Los Angeles audiences also saw Kevin play Enjolras in the National Tour of Les Misérables at the Ahmanson Theatre. He also enjoyed being in the Broadway company of Les Misérables (u/s Enjolras). In his hometown of Chicago he received a Jeff Award for his portrayal of The Balladeer in Assassins. Other credits include: Curly in Oklahoma!, Jean-Michel in La Cage aux Folles, Eddie in …Patent Leather Shoes…, Tommy in Brigadoon, Jamie Lockhart in The Robber Bridegroom, Chester in the original recording of Ripper, and the ASM in Enter the Guardsman at Laguna Playhouse. TV and Film: Imagine That, a Disney Channel pilot, and Opus 4, for Premier Films. Kevin is a graduate of Webster Conservatory. Thanks to Jay and Josh at S/C/R, many thanks to my family, and special thanks to Julie.

John Ganun as Al (u/s Joe)
John was in the original Broadway casts of The Will Rogers Follies and Damn Yankees, and was Pharaoh in the national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He's been featured in Sweeney Todd and The Boys from Syracuse for REPRISE!, as well as numerous other SoCal productions. Television and film credits include Pleasantville, Jeffrey, Dog Watch, Ghost of a Chance, Silent Witness, Maternal Instinct, Weird Science, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. John is also a professional portrait photographer.

Rodney Gilfry as Joe
Charismatic baritone Rodney Gilfry regularly performs in the world’s music capitals. The highly versatile Mr. Gilfry is equally at home on operatic, orchestral, and recital stages, as well as in the realm of musical theater. These performances mark his debut engagement with the REPRISE! series. During the 2001-02 season, he appears in roles with the Zurich and Los Angeles Operas, the two companies that have served as his artistic homes throughout his professional career. Additionally, he is heard with the opera companies of San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, and Santa Fe in works by Mozart, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Puccini, and Lehár. On December 10, he brings his autobiographical cabaret evening, All the Sounds of the Earth Are like Music, to North Hollywood’s El Portal Center for the Arts. He has recorded on EMI, DG/Archiv, Erato, Philips, Telarc, and Teldec. His live video performances of the Mozart/Da Ponte operas are available on DG/Archiv and his Stanley in the world premiere of Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire is on Kultur Video. Rodney Gilfry earned a Master’s Degree in Vocal Arts at USC and studied with Martial Singher. He resides in Southern California with his wife and three children.

Pia C. Glenn as Ensemble
Pia is ecstatic that REPRISE! invited her to come out and play with them once again. Pia had a super-groovy time as part of the cast of their landmark production of Hair earlier this year. Prior to that, she appeared on Broadway playing the female lead in the musical Kat and the Kings. Pia was also a part of the 30th anniversary production of Hair at the North Shore Music Theater in 1998. A native New Yorker, Pia was born in the city and was housebroken and fully domesticated in its suburbs. Regional credits include Into the Woods and Man of La Mancha. Last year Pia had the royal pleasure of briefly working with Sir Peter Hall of London’s Royal Shakespeare Company as part of the original cast of Tantalus. Pia has studied voice, dance, and acting since childhood, and is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC. Since relocating to L.A., Pia has also had the opportunity to shake her money maker in a few music videos. Pia thanks God, as always, for his many gifts, and feels truly blessed to be able to do this…and get paid for it.

Daniel Guzman as Ciccio
Broadway: Cyrano: The Musical, Les Misérables. Premiered in Moscow and Germany as Rum Tum Tugger in Cats, directed by Gillian Lynne and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Premiered as Dracula in Possessed: The Dracula Musical at Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theater. Guys & Dolls (Sky Masterson); Sweet Charity (Vittorio Vidal); Evita (Magaldi & u/s Che), George Stiles’ Three Musketeers, AMTSJ workshop (Athos); Fiorello! with Tony Danza (Card Player/Mr. Lopez); Fritz Lange’s Metropolis, soloist, new score, CD/DVD (Rotwang); Wonderful Town with Lucie Arnaz (Valenti); West Side Story (Bernardo); Man of La Mancha with John McCook (Dr. Carrasco); City of Angels (Lt. Munoz); Ron Abel’s #9 Rue d’Antin (Ramon); Twist of Fate in L.A. and N.Y. (Lt. Hernandez); Camelot with David Birney (Sir Sagramore); Blame It on the Movies, Pasadena Playhouse. L.A. Times pick of the week: Both Barrels at Luna Park. TV: Beverly Hills, 90210; Melrose Place; Crusade; Diagnosis: Murder; Pacific Palisades; Mr. & Mrs. Smith. MOW: HeatWave, Tea with Grandma with Tippi Heddren. National Commercials for Chevy, Wards, and Ford. Peace! Love! Freedom! God Bless Us All.

Damon Kirsche (official website) as Jake
Damon is thrilled to appear with REPRISE! As a veteran of New York’s Encores! series, he has helped revive On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Strike Up the Band, Ziegfeld Follies of 1936, and Sweet Adeline. Carnegie Hall appearances include the Gershwins’ Tip-Toes and Kern and Hammerstein’s Very Warm for May. Off-Broadway, Damon has appeared with the Lyrics and Lyricists Series at the 92nd Street Y and at the Kaye Playhouse in Weill’s Die Dreigroshenoper. His regional credits include The Seagull (Konstantin) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Demetrius) at Aspen’s Wheeler Theatre; The Impresario (Mr. Bluff) at the Kennedy Center; Into the Woods (Rapunzel’s Prince) and My Fair Lady (Freddy Eynsford-Hill) at California Music Circus; and Forever Plaid (Frankie) at Santa Barbara’s Granada Theatre. He can be heard on the DRG Recording of Babes in Arms and on archival recordings of Tip-Toes for the Gershwin Trust and Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land for National Public Radio. Television credits include Star Trek: Voyager, Days of Our Lives, and the pilot for L.A. Confidential. Damon is a graduate of the Juilliard School.

Joseph McNally as Cashier, Priest
Joseph is delighted to join the team at REPRISE! California credits include The Phantom in Yeston and Kopit’s Phantom at the Sierra Repertory Theatre, Victor in Private Lives at the Ensemble Theatre, Arthur in Camelot at the Starlight Theatre, Victor in Frankenstein at the International City Theatre, and Freddy in My Fair Lady at the Welk Resort Theatre. He has also appeared as Prospero in The Tempest, Mordred in Camelot, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Hysterium in …Forum. Regional credits include Richard II and As You Like It at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Sunday in the Park with George and Sunshine at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. Mr. McNally has also appeared in many films including Blow with Johnny Depp, Bedazzled with Brendan Frasier, The Calling with Sean Young, and The Big Brass Ring with William Hurt. He received his MFA at the University of Washington’s Professional Actor’s Training Program under the direction of Robert Hobbs.

Natalie Nucci as Ensemble (u/s Rosabella)
Natalie is elated to return to the REPRISE! stage after tap dancing her heart out in the phenomenal Strike Up the Band, starring Charles Nelson Reilly. She just finished Man of La Mancha (Fermina/Aldonza understudy) at Austin Musical Theatre in Texas. Other credits: West Side Story, Anita (Welk Resort Theatre), On the Town, Hildy (Fullerton CLO). Favorite credits: Roundhouse TV Series, four seasons (Nickelodeon), General Hospital, recurring as Dee Dee Cerullo (ABC), Sam Harris’ Different Hats (Pasadena Playhouse). Chris, these performances are dedicated to you, I love you. To our audience, thank you for being here, it’s all for you.

Stephen Reed as Giuseppe
Stephen is a graduate of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. While a student there, he performed in the university’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar and was a member of the Texas Christian University Chapel Choir. Following his graduation in the summer of 2000, he performed at Six Flags Over Texas Theme Park in its rendition of a Hollywood revue. Stephen has been singing in choirs in the United States and Europe for the majority of his life. Since moving to Los Angeles in October of 2000, Stephen has studied with John Kirby and is presently studying at Playhouse West Repertoire School and Theater under Robert Carnegie. Most recently, Reed was seen in the REPRISE! production of Hair at the Wadsworth Theater and can be seen in an upcoming episode of the Showtime series Going to California.

Tricia Ridgway as Country Girl
Tricia received her training at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC. She most recently starred as Jane Falbury in the new musical based on the 1954 Gene Kelly and Judy Garland movie musical Summer Stock. Her favorite regional and college credits include Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Morales in A Chorus Line, and Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods. She was also a lead singer/dancer on the SilverSeas cruise line. Earlier this year, Tricia was a finalist on Ed McMahon’s nationwide television talent search, Next Big Star. She was also the opening act for singing legend Jack Jones.

Brendan Silver as Gussie
Brendan currently attends Sinai Akiba Academy in Westwood. He is a fourth grader whose love for music and the arts has opened a whole new world for him. As a third year cello player, Brendan recently performed as a cellist in a Folgers commercial honoring young musicians in association with the Grammy Foundation. He is also a member of the Sinai Akiba Academy school orchestra, which performs at major school events throughout the year including an annual concert at Disneyland. In the new future, Brendan will travel with the school orchestra to Israel where he will perform at numerous venues throughout the country. He also takes private lessons once a week at Adam’s Music in West Los Angeles. Brendan is a soloist in Congregation Mogen David’s choir and has performed on many special occasions for the congregation. Brendan is also a student at the Mission Renaissance Art School where he is learning the basics of painting with various art mediums.

Sean Smith as Doc
Sean received both a Theatre L.A. Ovation Award and a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his performance in the L.A. premiere of Chess. Other L.A. stage premieres include The Phantom of the Opera, Assassins, Breaking the Code, and Moscow, as well as productions of Candide, The Threepenny Opera, the Yeston/Kopit Phantom, The Normal Heart, and Brooklyn. On TV, he’s appeared on such varied shows as CSI, Angel, Frasier, Drew Carey, Spin City, Martial Law, The Pretender, For Your Love, Diagnosis Murder, Time of Your Life, The Man Show, The Andy Dick Show, Ladies Man and others. Film credits include the Warner Bros. animated version of The King and I, VH1’s To Hell and Back: The Meatloaf Story, and Sony Pictures’ upcoming feature spoof Not a Teen Movie.

Jennifer Leigh Warren (official website) as Cleo
Jennifer is extremely happy to return to REPRISE! following her acclaimed performance as Sheila in this summer’s hit Hair. She also received raves for her performance in The Education of Randy Newman at South Coast Repertory. Before that, she was back on Broadway in Michael John LaChiusa’s Marie Christine at Lincoln Center. Ms. Warren won the Theatre L.A. Ovation Award for “Best Featured Actress in a Musical,” and the Backstage West Garland Award for her performance in the Blank Theatre Company’s Hello Again. She was chosen by Sir Peter Hall for A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Measure for Measure in repertory at the Ahmanson Theatre. On Broadway, she stopped the show in the original cast of Roger Miller’s Big River, was the original Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors, and is featured on the Grammy-nominated cast albums. Internationally, Jennifer sang with Al Jarreau in Denmark and rocked the Japanese by singing gospel in their own language. Films include Grace of My Heart, produced by Martin Scorsese and directed by Allison Anders, Sean Penn’s The Crossing Guard, Garry Marshall’s The Other Sister, and Seinfeld co-creator Larry David’s Sour Grapes. Television appearances include: Touched by an Angel, ER, and Sliders. She is a Dartmouth College graduate and was born and raised in “Big D.”

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