CAST & CREATIVE

Talia Suskauer  is honored to be joining the Broadway company of Wicked and fulfilling a dream she’s had since seeing the show at the Gershwin at age 9! Talia comes to the Broadway company straight from the Munchkinland National Tour of Wicked, where she played Elphaba since 2019. Broadway: Be More Chill. Off-Broadway: Be More Chill. Regional: Shrek (Fiona), Little Women (Jo), The Secret Garden (Lily). BFA: Penn State University. Thank you to the Wicked team for your continued trust and support, HCKR, Sherry Kayne, all of my teachers, Jennifer Yormak, Craig Wich, my incredible parents, my sister Becca, and Tom. For Grandpa- who took me to my first Broadway show and who will always have the best seat in the house. @taliasuskauer

This performance is dedicated to you, The Dreamer. More than anything, I hope you feel inspired to love more, dream more, LIVE more. We are all more alike than we are different. Let us strive for empathy, growth, and togetherness in everything we do. Enjoy the show! Broadway Credits: Les Mis (Éponine), Motown, Sunset Boulevard, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Kristin Chenoweth: For the Girls.  Greatest thanks to God, Mom, family, friends, and my team – no one does anything alone, and I certainly wouldn’t be where I am without EACH ONE of you, thank you for your support and love. Website: www.BrittneyJohnsonOfficial.com . Twitter/Instagram: @sunnybrittney

Miss McGery in Numbers Nerds (Outstanding Individual Performance), NYMF Playwrights Horizons, CPA Theatricals. Chicago/regional: Madame Thenardier in Les Misérables (Joseph Jefferson nomination), Drury Lane Oakbrook; Miss Hannigan in Annie, Miss Shingle in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Jeanette in The Full Monty (BroadwayWorld Regional Award), RMRT; Steppenwolf; Goodman; Chicago Shakespeare; Mark Taper Forum; The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire. TV: “Will & Grace,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Grimm,” “Episodes,” “Weeds,” “Dexter.” Go Rockford!
@sharonsachs.

Broadway: Dreamgirls (Tony and Drama Desk award for Best Featured Actor and L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Vocal Arrangements). Bob Fosse’s Big Deal, Tony and Drama Desk award nominations for Best Actor. Vinette Carroll’s Your Arms Too Short to Box with God and But Never Jam Today. Revival of Hair, Brooklyn The Musical, won the NAACP Theatre Award for Best Actor in the Broadway national tour of The Full Monty. Film: Moscow on the Hudson, The Slugger’s Wife, Offbeat, Carnival of Souls, Bluffing It, World Traveler. TV series regular: “Sliders,” “Thea,” ”Drexell Class,” ”Good Sports,” “Woops.”

James D. Gish is making his Broadway debut in Wicked. National tours include playing Gerry Goffin in Beautiful and Feuilly in Les Misérables. Recent regional credits include Jervis (Daddy Long Legs, Phoenix Theatre Co.), Tony (West Side Story), Jack Kelly (Newsies), and Toxic Avenger (The Toxic Avenger). Toured with solo album So in Love (#6 on iTunes Classical Chart, 2017), produced by DW Music at Warner Brothers, Nashville. Socials: @jamesdgish. www.jamesdgish.com

Broadway debut! New York: The Tempest (Shakespeare in the Park). Regional: Sousatzka (Elgin Theatre), Witness Uganda (The Wallis), America V 2.1… (Barrington Stage), Peter Pan (Paper Mill Playhouse). TV/Film: “POSE” (FX), “Broad City” (Comedy Central), Amy and Peter are Getting Divorced (Gravitas Ventures). Education: University of Michigan. Many thanks to my family, friends, A3 Artists, the Wicked team and Telsey! @jordant_b | www.jordan-barrow.com

Clifton Davis, the Tony and Grammy nominated veteran actor is thrilled to reprise the role of Doctor Dillamond.  Among Davis’ eight Broadway shows, he  originated the role of “Sultan” in Aladdin and “Valentine” in Two Gentlemen of Verona.  TV Series Regulars/Recurring: “Madam Secretary,” “Godfather of Harlem,” “Amen.” Additional: “New Amsterdam,” “Blue Bloods,” “Billions.”  Special thanks to his wife Monica and Headline Talent Agency.

Mikayla Renfrow will be making her Broadway debut with Wicked. NYC workshops include Bliss as Princess Kimber. Her regional credits include the title role in Cinderella (Paramount Theatre), Alice in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (The Muny) and DeLee in Smokey Joe’s Café (The Fulton Theatre). She is a recent graduate of CCM. @mikayla.ren

Jennifer DiNoia returns to the Gershwin after having played Elphaba in seven companies across four countries. Her Wicked credits include Broadway, London, Chicago, Seoul, Sydney and the first & second national tours. Other credits: We Will Rock You, Mamma Mia! Special thanks to Rikky Fishbein and Sean McKnight at The Hybrid Agency, Lisa Leguillou, David Stone, Joe Mantello, her friends and family, and her daughter Joules. www.jennydinoia.com @jennydinoia

Allie is thrilled to be joining the Wicked company! Broadway: 13 The Musical (Patrice); Bye Bye Birdie (Kim MacAfee). Off-Bway/Regional: BAZ Star Crossed Love; Evolution of Mann; Enter Laughing; Allegiance; Les Misérables. Film/TV: Prom (Disney); Next Stop Christmas (Hallmark); “30 Rock”; “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”. Stanford University. Thanks to Telsey, Sweet 180, A3 and my incredible family for helping make all my dreams come true. @allietrimm.

Grateful to be back in OZ! Broadway: Frozen (OBC), Wicked. Tours: Wicked, All Shook Up, A Chorus Line, Jesus Christ Superstar, Seven Brides… and more. IG: aliciaalbright. When not onstage teaching mindfulness and empowerment. Much love to Eric and Family.

Broadway: Anastasia, An American in Paris. City Center: Hey Look Me Over!, Me and My Girl, Mack & Mabel. Carnegie Hall’s West Side Story, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Tour: Flashdance. Ailey/Fordham Grad. Thanks to family, friends, MSA, The Telsey Office and Ryan! @alexxaquilino

Randy Castillo is thrilled to be making his Broadway debut. An American in Paris (tour), In the Heights, Drowsy Chaperone, The Wiz, Shrek, West Side Story, Oklahoma! (regional). TV: “Halston” (Netflix). Training: Juilliard. Thanks to my family and friends. @itsrandycastillo

Broadway: Hello, Dolly! (OBC), An American in Paris (OBC), After Midnight (OBC). Concert Dance: River North Dance Chicago, Ailey II, Met Opera. Commercial: Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Kanye West. Ailey/Fordham BFA. Thanks Mom, Bill, MSA & Marianne Wells!

Pinch me! I’m making my Broadway debut with Wicked! National tour: Les Misérables (u/s Cosette & Fantine). Film/TV: She Came to Me, “SNL.” Endless gratitude to DGRW, Telsey, the Wicked team, my incredible friends and mom & dad, for putting music in my veins.

Broadway debut! Regional: Hairspray, Tommy, The Full Monty, Crazy for You and The Star Wars Ballet. Graduate of The Boston Conservatory. Proud member of Actors’ Equity. Love to her amazing supportive family in Maine and in NYC, especially Julio. The perfect family, no one is missing.

Frozen Broadway, The Met Gala 2021, High Button Shoes City Center Encores!. The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow, La Traviata, Aida, Adriana Lecouvreur (Venus). The Houston Grand Opera: Carmen. The Lion King 1st National Tour. Knicks City Dancer ‘17-’18. IG: @cajmahal

Hannah Florence is thrilled to join Wicked! She was most recently seen on the Anastasia tour as a swing and Anya u/s. Broadway: My Fair Lady, Gigi (Gigi u/s), Paramour (Lila, Indigo u/s), Scandalous. Huge thanks to The Telsey Office and Nicolosi. @hannahflorencechin

Thrilled to be back with Wicked! Other credits: American Idiot (Tunny u/s), Miss Saigon (Chris u/s), Goodspeed Opera House, Kansas City Starlight, Transcendence Theatre Company, Pennsylvania Centre Stage, Mount Gretna Theatre. Penn State graduate, BFA. Love to Julia and Gus!

Broadway debut!  Dance companies: Lar Lubovitch, Stephen Petronio, Lucinda Childs.  NYU Tisch. joshdgreen.com @joshdgreen

Broadway/NYC: The Book of Mormon, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Actors’ Fund), The Golden Apple (Encores!). Tour: Newsies (Spot Conlon), The Book of Mormon (L.A./ Chicago). Training: Pace University, The School at Steppenwolf. @jheimbrock

Broadway debut! National tour: The Phantom of the Opera (Christine Daaé alternate). Off-Broadway: Desperate Measures. BFA, The Boston Conservatory. Repped by Dustin Doty at Velocity Entertainment Partners. Thanks to Craig, The Telsey Office, the Wicked team and my incredibly supportive friends and family, especially Mom, Dad and Booey.  @celiahottenstein

Lindsay Janisse is so happy to be rejoining her Wicked family! Broadway: Wicked, Rock of Ages. Tour: Rock of Ages (national), Wicked (Los Angeles). Film/TV: Winter’s Tale, “Smash.” All my love to my family!

Broadway/New York: Gigi, Radio City Rockettes, Fiorello! (City Center Encores!). National Tour: Wicked.  Select Regional: Anything Goes (Goodspeed), Roman Holiday (Golden Gate Theatre).  I am beyond grateful for the fam, the Wolff Pack, this team, and Eric!  Thank you!

Zachary Daniel Jones is thrilled to be joining the Wicked family!  Broadway:  Cats (Mungojerrie), Beetlejuice.  Off-Broadway:  Black No More.  Regional:  The Muny, TUTS.  BFA:  The Boston Conservatory.  Love and thanks to the Wicked team, Craig, Telsey, CESD, Mom, Howard, Austin, Sean, and Jesse.  @aspiredance

Broadway debut! Regional: Steppenwolf, Goodman, Paramount, Marriott, Drury Lane, Skylight, Porchlight. TV: “The Thing About Harry”. BA: Northwestern University. Thank you to Telsey, Wicked, DDO, my Chicago family, Los Lopez and Adrian. @yandolopez & yandolopez.com

Happy to be back at the Gershwin! Credits: The Cher Show, An American in Paris, Trip of Love, Standard Time at the Duke, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Urban Cowboy, “Smash,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Vinyl.” OCU. AEA. Thanks to The Telsey Office, MSA, and the Wicked team. Love!

West Side Story (Broadway), Wicked (national tour), Radio City Christmas Spectacular, The New York Spectacular, Rock the Ballet (international tour). It’s a dream come true to be joining Wicked on Broadway! Thanks Mom and Dad for all the love and support along the way!

Incredibly grateful to be back on stage! Most recently touring the country with the national tour of Wicked. Others include first national tour of Sister Act (ensemble, u/s Mary Robert), The Addams Family (Wednesday), and Spring Awakening (Wendla). @micccccmart

Broadway: Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Memphis, Tarzan, Big River (Deaf West). Tours: GGLAM, Little House…Prairie, Big River, Grease! Regional: Bonnie & Clyde (Asolo), LHOP (Paper Mill), Titanic and The Full Monty (PCLO), Three Musketeers (Chicago Shakespeare). UNC-Chapel Hill Morehead-Cain Scholar. kevinmassey.com @kcmassey1 

A NJ native making his Broadway debut! NY: The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (City Center); Bella: An American Tall Tale (Playwrights Horizons). National tours: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Ragtime, Dreamgirls, The Color Purple, Aida (ArtsCentric).

Dashi Mitchell, an 11 year alumnus of Wicked, is excited to return back home to Wicked on Broadway. Recently finished two companies of Hamilton and West Side Story with Carnegie Hall. Grateful to be performing again! @dashi1989

Broadway debut! National tour: If/Then. NYC: Jasper in Deadland, Unlock’d. Most recently: Sophie in Mamma Mia! (ACT of CT). Endless thanks to the Wicked team, Craig, Carson Adler and Taylor. For Mom and Dad. @e.e.rogers

Fourteen Broadway shows and eight original Broadway cast recordings to date. He is the “legendary” Mr. Hefty on the Julian Fellowes series “The Gilded Age” for HBO. www.williamryall.com

Gabriela is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut. Theatre: Brigadoon (Encores!), In The Heights (Regional). TV/Film: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story. Thank you mom for believing in my dreams! @gabrielamsoto_

Broadway debut! First national tour: Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Broadway national tours: Mamma Mia! and Wicked. NY theatre: For Lovers Only. So much love and thanks to my family, Craig, Bernadette and the team at Telsey. @tgtaber

Jeremy Thompson is thrilled to be making his Broadway debut! Credits include Wicked (national tour), The Music Man (Tommy Djilas), Gypsy, South Pacific, RhetOracle Dance Co., Tokyo Disney, and Disneyland. Huge thanks to The Telsey Office and Mom! @remy_dunham 

Welcome back Broadway! Beauty and the Beast, Triumph of Love, Les Misérables, One Touch of Venus (West End), Sousatzka (Toronto). TV: “The Blacklist,” “30 Rock,” “Wallflowers,” “Ghost Lights: Reclaiming Theater in the Age of AIDS” (producer). IG @BaxAndTheCity

Nicky is thrilled to be back in Oz! Broadway: Wicked. Off Broadway: Radio City Xmas Spectacular, Trip Of Love. Tours: Wicked, A Chorus Line, Contact, Swing. When not on stage, Nicky helps others thrive as a functional exercise and health coach. @nicky_venditti

Broadway: Cyrano de Bergerac, Sweet Charity, La Cage aux Folles, Sly Fox, Fosse, Les Misérables, Five Guys Named Moe. Off-Broadway: Under the Bridge, Adult Entertainment. Touring/regional: Cats, Guys and Dolls. USO/DOD: The Best of Broadway. Pittsburgh CLO: four seasons.

Broadway: Chicago, Spring Awakening, Glory Days, Sweet Charity, Sly Fox, Les Misérables, Grease. National tours: Wicked (both), Chicago, Les Misérables, Me and My Girl, Cats. International: Wicked (Mexico City, production supervisor), 1992 Olympics Closing Ceremonies (Barcelona). Off-Broadway: Under the Bridge, The Ark. Regional: NCT, Pittsburgh CLO.

Broadway: A Christmas Carol, Straight White men; Off-Broadway: Love Life, Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise, A Parallelogram, Revolution in the Elbow…; Love to Mom, Dad, Maya, Marybeth, Gregg, Lauren. To every mentor, thank you. UNCSA Alum.

Broadway: The Inheritance. Tour: On Your Feet!, Dirty Dancing, Bring It On: The Musical, 42nd Street. Selected others: Kennedy Center Honors, Phish NYE Gag at MSG. To my parents and the Wicked team, Arigatou Gozaimasu.

Has contributed music and/or lyrics to Godspell, Pippin, The Magic Show, The Baker’s Wife, Working (which he adapted and directed), Rags, Children of Eden and the opera Séance on a Wet Afternoon. For films, he collaborated with Alan Menken on the scores for Disney’s Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Enchanted and wrote the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature The Prince of Egypt. Mr. Schwartz is artistic director of the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshops and serves on the Council of the Dramatists Guild. He is a member of the Theater Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Awards include three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award and a tiny handful of tennis trophies Defying Gravity, a book about his professional career, is available from Applause Books.

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Received a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk Award for Wicked. She created the memorable television drama “My So-Called Life” which starred Claire Danes. Holzman got her start writing for the acclaimed drama “thirtysomething” and later executive produced (again with Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick) “Once and Again.” Other theatre work includes the musical Birds of Paradise (with composer David Evans) and a ten-minute play called Post-Its: Notes on a Marriage which she wrote with her husband, actor Paul Dooley. Features include ‘Til There Was You. Also an actress, Ms. Holzman appeared in Jerry Maguire and as Larry’s wife’s therapist on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Most recently she teamed with her daughter, Savannah Dooley, to write and produce the ABC Family series, “Huge.” She is a graduate of Princeton University, received an MFA from the NYU Musical Theatre Program and serves on the board of the Writers Guild Foundation.

Published a dozen novels for children before writing his first adult novel, Wicked. A devotee of children’s fantasy, Maguire’s subsequent novels for adults are variations-on-a-theme: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister considers Cinderella as a seventeenth-century maid from Haarlem; Lost evokes the ghost of Charles Dickens’s Scrooge; and Mirror Mirror features a High Renaissance Snow White daunted by the wickedest stepmother, Lucrezia Borgia. Maguire’s novel Son of a Witch, a sequel to Wicked, is followed by volume III of the Wicked Years, A Lion Among Men, and concludes with the final novel in the Wicked Years, Out of Oz. He lives in Massachusetts and Vermont with his husband, the painter Andy Newman, and their three children.

Broadway: Hillary and Clinton, The Boys in the Band, Three Tall Women (Tony nom.), Blackbird, The Humans, Airline Highway, The Last Ship, Casa Valentina, I’ll Eat You Last, The Other Place, Other Desert Cities, Pal Joey, 9 to 5, November, The Ritz, Laugh Whore, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, Assassins (Tony Award), Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Design for Living, Proposals, Love! Valour! Compassion! Off-Broadway: Dogfight, The Pride, A Man of No Importance, The Vagina Monologues, Corpus Christi. As an actor: The Glass Menagerie, The Normal Heart (Tony nom. and on HBO) and Angels in America (Tony nom.). Recipient of Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie and Joe A. Callaway awards. He is a member of The Theater Hall of Fame.

Broadway: Sweet Charity (Tony nom.), Aida, The Who’s Tommy (Tony, Drama Desk, Astaire awards), How to Succeed… (Tony nom.), Dream: The Johnny Mercer Musical(director/choreographer; Tony nom., Best Choreography), Jerry’s Girls, Baby (Tony nom.). West End: The Who’s Tommy (Olivier nom.). Other credits: Off-Broadway’s A Hot Minute and Angry Housewives, national tour of Spirit, …Forum at La Jolla (San Diego Drama Critics and Drama-Logue awards). Performer credits: A Chorus Line (Mike, original cast), The Act, Seesaw, Perfectly Frank, Irene, Big Deal, Rachel Lily Rosenblumand Dancin’ (Tony nom.). He has done musical staging for Liza Minnelli, Barry Manilow, Chita Rivera, Billy Joel, Donna Summer and Pete Townshend.

Eugene is the production designer of “Saturday Night Live,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night With Seth Meyers.” Other Broadway credits: Bright Star, Ragtime, Show Boat and Sweeney Todd. Film credits: Coppola’s Hammett, Huston’s Mr. North, Malle’s Vanya on 42nd Street and Demme’s A Master Builder. BFA: Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon. MFA: Yale School of Drama. Three honorary PhDs. Awards: Tony, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Emmy Awards; Elliot Norton Award for Sustained Excellence; Pell Award; DesignxRI Lifetime Achievement Award, New York Theater Hall of Fame. He lives in Providence, RI, with his wife, Brooke, where he is resident designer at Trinity Rep.

Has designed costumes and scenery for over 300 productions around the world. Her Broadway credits include Present Laughter, Spring Awakening, Lestat and Into the Woods (all Tony-nominated). Her many directorial collaborations include Athol Fugard, Joe Mantello, James Lapine, Michael Mayer, Robert Falls, Tony Kushner, JoAnne Akalaitis, Des McAnuff, Christopher Ashley, Yaël Farber, Rebecca Taichman and the late Garland Wright. In addition to her work in theatre, Susan has designed opera (Rigoletto and La Traviata for the Met), dance (Love Stories for Alvin Ailey), and live music events (Taylor Swift’s Speak Now world tour). Susan is chair of the design department at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her many accolades include Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Wicked.

Has more than 50 Broadway play and musical theatre credits. He designs extensively Off-Broadway, for resident theatres and touring productions throughout the United States as well as internationally. Selected Broadway credits: Beetlejuice, Mean Girls, War Paint, On Your Feet!, Disgraced, If/Then, Hairspray, Kinky Boots, Pippin, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, The Coast of Utopia — Shipwrecked, Other Desert Cities, Harvey, The Best Man, The Merchant of Venice, The Royal Family, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Goat, Uncle Vanya, Side Man, The Little Foxes and The Rose Tattoo. He is the recipient of Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Obie awards.

Broadway: Come From Away (associate producer), Lysistrata Jones (associate producer as well as sound design); …Drood (Drama Desk Award); First Date (associate producer); Pal Joey; The Ritz; Laugh Whore; Man of La Mancha; Sweet Smell of Success; Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Footloose; The Lion King (Drama Desk Award); The Sound of Music; Steel Pier; Forum; The King and I; Moon Over Buffalo; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Guys and Dolls; Five Guys Named Moe; She Loves Me; The Red Shoes; Anything Goes. London: Kiss Me, Kate; The Lion King; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; and Anything Goes. National and international: The Lion King, Les Misérables, Mozart, Der Gloeckner von Notre Dame. Tony is a graduate of Ithaca College’s Department of Theatre Arts. Thanks, Dick.

Recent Broadway designs include The People in the Picture, Impressionism, Thurgood, Spamalot, Assassins, Man of La Mancha, Into the Woods, and Judgment at Nuremberg. Opera designs include Great Scott, Everest, Iolanta, Tristan and Isolde, Moby Dick (Dallas Opera); Dead Man Walking (Houston Opera); Mazeppa (Metropolitan Opera); War and Peace (Kirov and Met Opera); Tan Dun’s The Gate; and Peter Sellar’s The Peony Pavilion. Off-Broadway designs include Frequency Hopping (set and projection), Embedded, The Stendhal Syndrome, Suitcase, Speaking in Tongues, and The Thing About Men. Regional designs include Distracted (set and projection), Limonade Tous les Jours, Fran’s Bed, Once in a Lifetime, Cobb, and Hair. She received an Eddy Award in 2003.

Is head of the wig and makeup department at the Metropolitan Opera. He has designed wigs for more than 80 Broadway productions. Current and recent Broadway designs include Wicked, Rock of Ages, How to Succeed…, The Addams Family, Annie, Act One, You Can’t Take It With You, The King and I, The Sound of Music national tour, Dames at Sea, Thérèse Raquin, Fiddler on the Roof (current revival), Bright Star and Long Day’s Journey Into Night.

Broadway/West End: Wicked, Beautiful. Broadway: Beetlejuice, The Rose Tattoo, Torch Song, SpongeBob SquarePants, Summer, Sunday in the Park With George, Anastasia, Allegiance, If/Then, Follies, etc. Off-Broadway: Sweet Charity, Into the Woods, The Wild Party, Show Boat. Television: “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” (Emmy nomination), “The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage,” “Castle Rock.” Film: The Discovery, Central Intelligence, Ghostbusters. joe2design.com

 Broadway: Frozen; Kinky Boots (Tony Award for Best Orchestrations; Grammy Award); The Book of Mormon (Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Orchestrations; Grammy Award); 9 to 5: The Musical; All Shook Up, Avenue Q and Wicked. Off-Broadway: tick, tick…BOOM!; The Wild Party.  Vocal arranger and conductor for the Disney films Frozen  and Frozen 2; String arrangements/conductor for several of Lady Gaga’s television and film appearances, including “I’ll Never Love Again” from A Star Is Born. Music director/conductor for Rufus Wainwright’s concerts Rufus Does Judy and House of Rufus. TV credits include: music director of the 2015 Oscars, “The Wiz Live!” (NBC) and “Rent Live!” (FOX).

Received the 1998 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for Ragtime. Other credits include Half a Sixpence (Chichester Festival Theatre); Mary Poppins, Curtains, Miss Saigon, The Secret Garden, Show Boat, Crazy for You, Carousel, Sweet Smell of Success, Oklahoma! (B’way); Mary Poppins, Oliver!, The Witches of Eastwick, My Fair Lady and South Pacific (London). He has provided arrangements for Marilyn Horne, James Galway, Placido Domingo and West Side Story Suite for Violin and Orchestra.

Is a four-time Grammy, three-time Tony, and Emmy winner for his work on Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, In The Heights, and FX’s mini-series “Fosse/Verdon.”  His credits as music director, arranger, and/or orchestrator include: Message in a Bottle (London), The Wrong Man (Off-Broadway), Annie (2011 Broadway Revival), Bring It On, The People in the Picture, 9 to 5 (Drama Desk and Grammy noms), Legally Blonde, High Fidelity, Wicked, Bat Boy, and Godspell (2001 National Tour). Film/television credits FX’s “Fosse” (supervising music producer), The Greatest Showman (executive music producer), Incredibles 2 (arranger/orchestrator), “Sesame Street” (Emmy-nominated composer) and WB’s In The Heights (executive music producer).

With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theatre, film, television and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability and advocacy.

Lissa is thrilled and honored to join the Wicked company and be living out her childhood dreams. Broadway: King Kong, Disney’s Aladdin. First national tour: Disney’s Aladdin (Jasmine). Regional: The 5th Avenue Theatre (Bliss), the MUNY (Fiddler on the Roof), Goodspeed Opera House (Chasing Rainbows), Studio Tenn (West Side Story, Les Misérables). B.F.A., Belmont University. “Endless love and gratitude to the Wicked Team, The Telsey Office, Matt, Kat and team at DGRW, my wonderful family, and my incredible friends.” Salamat! @lissadeguz.

Jennafer is thrillified to be stepping into the bubble full-time after having previously understudied the role! Recent credits: Disney’s Freaky Friday (Gretchen) at La Jolla Playhouse, Cleveland Play House and The Alley Theatre, and Finding Nemo: The Musical (Nemo) at Disney World. Regional:  The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Rosa Bud), The Light in the Piazza (Clara), and Bat Boy (Shelley). B.F.A. from NYU Tisch. “Thanks to God, Laura at Terrific Talent, The Telsey Office, and the entire Wicked team. Endless love and gratitude to my family: near and far, blood and chosen. For Mom, Dad, and my husband Zach. Website: jennafernewberry.com. Instagram: @jennafernewberry.

Broadway: Escape to Margaritaville, It Shoulda Been You (Drama Desk nominee), Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, 9 to 5, South Pacific and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, (Drama Desk winner). National tour: Les Misérables. Film: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 and Indie thriller Decay.  TV: “Ugly Betty,” “Power,” “Madame Secretary,” “The Good Fight” and “The Gilded Age.” Solo albums: “Songs of Innocence and Experience” and “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” available on all digital platforms. Graduate of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Social: @lisahowardnyc

Broadway: Leading roles in Anastasia, A Christmas Story: The Musical, Dames At Sea, Curtains, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Contact, Titanic, How To Succeed…, featured in Damn Yankees. National Tour: Horace Vandergelder in Hello, Dolly!  Carnegie Hall (NY Pops) and Lincoln Center (NY Philharmonic) headliner. Frank in San Francisco Opera’s Show Boat. Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Astaire, Rivera, Lortel Award nominations. Film: Mapplethorpe. TV: recurring/guest star on “The Blacklist,” “FBI,” “Evil,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Madam Secretary,” “Gossip Girl,” “Elementary,” “Blue Bloods,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “The Good Wife,” “Law & Order,” “All My Children.” @itsjohnbolton

Broadway: Wicked, The Prom, Choir Boy, Lestat, Hamlet, A Few Good Men. Off-Broadway: Is God Is, American Son, A Soldier’s Play, The Whipping
Man. Film: She Hate Me, 25th Hour, One Fine Day. Television: “Billions,” “Bull,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Affair,” “Fosse/Verdon,” “Ugly Betty,” “Dr. Death,” “The Following.” Writer/film: Talk To Me (Focus Features), She Hate Me (w/Spike Lee), Hallelujah (American Playhouse).

is honored to be joining the company of Wicked. National Tour: Hadestown, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Off-Broadway: The Fantasticks (Jerry Orbach Theatre), Heartbreak House (Theatre Row), Pacific Overtures (CSC). Select Regional: 42nd Street (The Ordway and Drury Lane Theatre), Waterfall (The 5th Avenue Theatre), Chasing Rainbows (Paper Mill Playhouse). BFA, NYU. Love to her family, friends, the Wicked team and DGRW! kimberlyimmanuel.com @kimmyimmanuel

is honored to take up the mantle of the Winkie Prince! Credits: Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Legally Blonde (Warner), Dogfight (Eddie), West Side Story (Tony) and numerous productions with Walt Disney World. Jordan hails from California where he was a competitive swimmer, winning collegiate national championships and competing in the 2012 US Olympic Trials. Forever thankful for his family, Josh and darling wife, Julie. @litzjordan

Extremely honored to be joining Wicked. Tours: Escape to Margaritaville (Ensemble, first national). Regional: Newsies (Crutchie, NLBP): Writing Kevin Taylor (Meadow Brook Theatre) New work: The Last Day (Sarah Schlesinger/Mike Reid), The Lucky Boy (Kirsten Childs). B.F.A. musical theater, Penn State. “Thank you to the Wicked team, Daniel Hoff, Dave Secor, my friends and incredible parents for their endless support and inspiration.” @jake.ped

National tour debut! Previous credits: Children of Eden (Yonah, Ovation nomina­tion), The Addams Family (Wednesday), Newsies (Katherine), All Shook Up (Natalie) and more. Debut album DNA (The Vivino Sisters) out now. “Love and thanks to my family, friends, Telsey + Company and DDO. This is a dream come true!” @nataliavivino.

Wicked debut! National Tour: Chicago (Ensemble, Velma U/S). Regional: On Your Feet!, The Muny. All glory to God, thanks and love to family, friends, and agents at MSA. @alexiafaithacebo

National tour debut! Thrilled to join Munchkinland! International: West Side Story. Regional: Soul: The Stax Musical (Baltimore Center Stage); The Music Man, Joseph … and Mamma Mia! (Flat Rock Playhouse). Proud company member of @thechasebrockexperience! Thanks to family, friends, CB and CTG.

Excited to join the Wicked family! Credits: The Lion King, Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan, LA Dance Project, Jacob Jonas The Company. UNCSA Alum, Juilliard BFA. Thanks and love to Mom, Pam, Ed and family!

So happy to be a part of the Wicked family! National tours: Cats, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. B.F.A. dance, Marymount Manhattan College. Much love to family and friends! Proudly repped by CESD. @nickburrage.

Jordan is excited to be back in Munchkinland. A finalist on S8 of “So You Think You Can Dance.” She has assisted choreographers including Kenny Ortega and Kat Burns. Casanova is certified in Classical Pilates. Love to her family and Mouse! @jordancasanova.

NYC: How the Grinch… (Young Max u/s, MSG), Kris Kringle (Sky, Town Hall). Regional: The Little Mermaid, Rock of Ages, Fully Committed, SantaLand Diaries. B.F.A.—CCM. Thanks to Cooper Company/MSA. Love to Mom, Dad and Chris. MattDensky.com

NYC: Full House! The Musical! (DJ Tanner). Regional: Joseph…(Narrator); Hairspray (Amber Von Tussle); & Legally Blonde (Vivienne). Special thanks to Lisa & the Wicked Team, Gotham Talent & Telsey. Endlessly grateful for my family & friends’ support. IG: eife22

Is a Michigan native. Began dancing at age 8. Ryan is thrilled to join Wicked on tour. Credits include: Wicked (Chicago), Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Cats national tour (Mistoffelees), Copacabana (Mill Mountain), Princess Cruises, Chase Brock Experience (Joyce Soho) and Boyz II Men. Love to Mom and Dad.

Webster University B.F.A. in mu­sical theater. Regional: Bridget in Bring It On (L.A.), Daniela in In the Heights (L.A.) and more. Award-winning jazz vocalist, per­forming internationally at IAJE in Toronto, Monterey Jazz Festival and 54 below. Saragonzales.weebly.com.

Wicked debut! National Tour: Hello, Dolly! (Minnie Fay), Off Broadway: Fiorello (Dora), BFA, University of Michigan. Thanks to Professional Artists, Craig (Telsey), and the Wicked team for this dream come true! For Evy, Staysh, Russ and Gma Cree. @chelseacree_

Feels honored to join Wicked. Film: Step Up 2: The Streets, Step Up 3D. TV: “Glee,” “Bones,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “DWTS.” Tours: Eve, Donnie Klang. Marymount Manhattan College. Thanks Mom, Nin and Sasha for your endless love and support. Dad, I love and miss you always.

Thrilled to be back with the Wicked Family! Broadway: An American In Paris, West Side Story. First National Tours: Cats, An American In Paris, Wicked, Come Fly Away. Television: “Schmigadoon,” “Fosse/Verdon,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “SNL.” Representation: The Hybrid Agency @marinalazz

Tours: A Gentleman’s Guide …, War Horse, Sweeney Todd, Cabaret.  Off-Broadway: The Other Josh Cohen, Woody Sez and The Dead 1904 (Irish Rep); Allegro (Classic Stage). Regional Goodspeed, Ogunquit, GeVa. Eastman School of Music. megloomis.com. @megsthelooms.

Tours: Anastasia (u/s Dmitry/Gleb), Flashdance (Andy, u/s Nick). From the birthplace of Oz, Chittenango NY. BFA Ithaca. Grateful to the family + friends that got me here. Love to Alex. @thisisRyanMac www.RyanMacOfficial.com

Tours: Chicago (Mona, u/s Velma, RCCL: Hunyak), An American in Paris (Swing). Off-Broadway: Wonderful Town. Regional: Oklahoma!, Anastasia, West Side Story, Victor/Victoria, Guys and Dolls. TV: “Heart of Dixie.” UCLA-TFT B.A. @bulletproofbette, @alidamichalofficial  Love to Doug Besterman!

Thrilled to join Wicked! Credits: Radio City Rockettes, 42nd Street (national tour), Finger Lakes MTF, Gateway Playhouse, Arizona Broadway. OCU graduate. Thanks to Avalon and the Wicked team! “Love to my family and James.” @alicia_newcom.

NYC: A Christmas Story (Madison Square Garden), Brigadoon (NY City Center Gala) Touring: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder; The Producers. TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Law & Order: SVU.” www.DavidScottPurdy.com

Jackie is thrilled to join Wicked! Theatre: A Chorus Line (Maggie), Anything Goes (Hope), Oklahoma! (Laurey). TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Thanks to Telsey, Daniel Hoff Agency and Dan Micciche for this opportunity. B.F.A. – TCU. jackie-raye.com.

is ecstatic to be making her national tour debut. Most recently, she could be seen in Frozen: Live at the Hyperion. B.P.A. OKCU. Much love to family, Rile and Telsey + Co.

Broadway: Newsies (OBC), Gypsy, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. National tours: Kinky Boots, Newsies. Regional: Sacramento Music Circus, Paper Mill Playhouse. “Endless love to my family!” B.A. from NYU. Instagram: @aricha3. Twitter: @AMRichardson3.

Elated to be in Oz! New York: Jersey Boys, A Chorus Line (City Center). Tours: Jersey Boys. Regional: Goodspeed, PCLO, Ogunquit. Boston Conservatory. Thanks to Wicked, Telsey & HH. Love to my family & Keith. @jschoxo

Broadway: 9 to 5, A Christmas Carol. Tours: 9 to 5. Off-Broadway: Prince and the Pauper, Mimi le Duck. Film: The Producers the Musical, Brando, Welcome Home. Television:“Guiding Light,” “All My Children.” Concert: Kristina at Carnegie Hall and Royal Albert Hall in London.

National Tour: Miss Saigon (Chris u/s). Regional: Becoming Nancy (Maxie u/s), The Muny. Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra. CCM Grad. Thanks to Telsey + Co., CGF, and the entire Wicked Team. For Mom and Dad. @paulschwensen

loves Munchkinland: Broadway: Been There. National Tours: Done That. Regional Theater: Check. Opera: Doesn’t Pay. One Woman Shows: Cost You Money. BFA: $40,000. MMA: $20,000. DMA: Debt For Life.

Is very grateful to be back with the Munchkinland family! Credits: Cirque du Soleil, “SYTYCD,” Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Florence + the Machine, Ke$ha, Kelly Clarkson, “American Music Awards,” “Video Music Awards,” “Billboard Awards,” “DWTS,” “American Idol,” San Francisco Ballet.

 Joined Jan. 2010. 3,000+ performances. 20 Green Girls. Denizen of Pittsburgh, PA. • Travel Enthusiast: 8+ Years of Touring, 50 States, 8 Provinces, 15 Countries • Passions/Hobbies: Wicked, Gymnastics, Figure Skating, Fundraising, Event Coordinating, Photography, Motivational Speaking. “Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.” Follow my adventures on IG @justinwirick88

Broadway: Godspell, Wonderland, Lend Me a Tenor (2010), Grease, The Pajama Game, Sweet Charity, Fiddler on the Roof (2004), Noises Off, Stones in His Pockets, Cats, Guys and Dolls, among others. Directing credits include 59th FIFA Congress (2009) at Atlantis (Nassau), as well as the most recent national tours of Grease (2008 and 2010).

Colleen is thrilled to be a part of the Wicked team. Broadway: Godspell, Wonderland, South Pacific, Lend Me a Tenor, Grease, Grey Gardens. Regional: Many productions over several years at the Vineyard Playhouse in beautiful Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. Love to LBB.

Broadway: Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour; Disaster!; Newsies; Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It; Wit; Bonnie & Clyde; La Cage aux Folles (2010). National tours: Once, Sister Act, The Addams Family, 9 to 5 The Musical. Regional: Cutman (Goodspeed Musicals).