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Chris Crouch (Frankie)Mr. Crouch is happy to be back in Pittsburgh with this amazing cast and company. He is a proud AEA member. Although calling New York home, he last appeared in Sacramento as Sparky in Forever Plaid. His national tour credits include the role of Younger Brother in Ragtime and Harold Hill in The Music Man. Regional and other credits include Jamie in The Last 5 Years at the Denver Center, Che in Evita, Joseph in Joseph … Dreamcoat, Judas in Godspell, Ren in Footloose, and he's appeared as Sparky, Smudge, and Jinx with Forever Plaid productions in Charlotte, Boston and here in Pittsburgh. Chris’ most humbling role to date was playing the Ugly Duckling on the national tour of The Ugly Duckling. |
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J.D. Daw (Jinx)Mr. Daw is thrilled to be back in the ‘burgh for the Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret Theatre’s fifth anniversary. J.D. performed the role of Jinx in the Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret’s inaugural production of Forever Plaid back in 2004. Since then, he has performed in Forbidden Broadway and played Jinx in Plaid Tidings for the Cabaret. J.D. recently finished a year long run of Forever Plaid as Jinx for the California Musical Theatre’s brand new Cosmopolitan Cabaret. Other regional credits include Nite Club Confidential (Mitch) for The Broadway Rose Theatre Co. of Portland, OR, Forever Plaid (Jinx) for North Shore Music Theatre, 1776 (Leather Apron) for the Pittsburgh CLO, and The Boyfriend (Marcel/Pepe) for the Playhouse West of Walnut Creek, CA. In 2007, J.D. graduated from Penn State with a B.F.A. in Theatre where he played the roles of Bobby Strong in Urinetown, Britt Craig in Parade, Rick in Six Degrees of Separation, and Kim Feston in Search and Destroy. J.D. is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. |
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Joseph Domencic (Smudge)Mr. Domencic is thrilled to return to the Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret and to work again with his dear friends. This September, he played the Gentleman Caller and composed incidental music for The Mountain Playhouse's production of The Glass Menagerie starring Sandy Duncan and directed by Guy Stroman. He has acted in the Pittsburgh area with the Public Theater and Unseam’d Shakespeare, and appeared in numerous Pittsburgh CLO shows including the original Forever Plaid, Les Misérables, 1776, A Musical Christmas Carol and last season's I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change and My Way. He also toured the country as an actor and assistant music director with The Acting Company in Oh Pioneers! and The Comedy of Errors. Currently, he teaches at ACT ONE Theatre School and Seton Hill University and serves as music director for Our Lady of Sacred Heart’s high school musicals. |
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Marcus Stevens (Sparky)Mr. Stevens is happy to return to the Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret with his Plaid Family. Past Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret credits include the Cabaret’s inaugural production of Forever Plaid, Plaid Tidings, Forbidden Broadway and The Big Bang. A graduate of Point Park’s Conservatory of the Performing Arts, Marcus has also performed at the Pittsburgh Playhouse (Floyd Collins, A New Brain), The Public Theater (Comedy of Errors, Cabaret), City Theatre Company (Honus and Me) and the Jewish Theater of Pittsburgh (The Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Last Five Years). Most recently, Marcus was seen in Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, and in Man of La Mancha at Sacramento Music Circus (Also directed by Guy Stroman). In addition to acting, Marcus is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the BMI Musical Theater Workshop in New York. He has written several musicals including Red and Eastburn Avenue, which both premiered at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. Red received the Richard Rodgers Award for New Musicals in 2005. Marcus currently lives in New York City. |
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Mark Turner (Swing)Mr. Turner originally a Pittsburgh native, is glad to have the opportunity to be invited home to reprise his role as Swing in Forever Plaid. This is Mark's fourth production in Plaidland. Other Pittsburgh CLO credits include Plaid Tidings and A Musical Christmas Carol. Mark would like to thank the Pittsburgh CLO, his incredibly talented cast and crew and especially Guy Stroman for being the incredibly amazing man he is. |