Mark Indelicato (The Artful Dodger)

Mr. Indelicato is best known as Justin Suarez on the hit ABC show “Ugly Betty”, 15-year-old Mark Indelicato has proven himself as a talent to watch. The show was awarded a Golden Globe, earned 11 Emmy nominations; the most for any comedy series, and was nominated as Favorite TV Comedy for the 2009 People’s Choice Awards. Indelicato was awarded an Alma Award for best actor in a comedy. He got his start in theater, starring in La Vie En Bleu and A Christmas Carol on the main stage at Philadelphia’s historic Walnut Street Theatre. In 2009, he was asked to play Boq in the benefit performance of the Broadway show Wicked. Mark is currently training with vocal coach Liz Caplan and is a gifted singer and songwriter. Indelicato, a Pennsylvania native, has trained at the The Actors Center in Philadelphia and currently lives in New York with his family.

John Treacy Egan (Mr. Bumble, the Beadle)

John appeared in the recent revival of Bye Bye Birdie at the Roundabout Theater. He created the role Chef Louis in Disney’s The Little Mermaid on Broadway. He played Max Bialystock in the Broadway Production of The Producers as well as the roles of Roger DeBris and Franz Liebkind. He was an original cast member of the Broadway production of Jekyll & Hyde Off-Broadway, John created roles in Howard Crabtree’s When Pigs Fly! (RCA Records), and was also an original cast member of Batboy The Musical. He has appeared on “30 Rock”, “Cupid”, “Law & Order”, “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”, and “As The World Turns” He can be seen in the upcoming film “Last Night” with Sam Worthington and Eva Mendes, and the film version of “The Producers.” He can also be seen in the upcoming HBO series Martin Scorcese’s “Boardwalk Empire” fall 2010. His solo CDs Count the Stars and On Christmas Morning are available on itunes and cdbaby.com.

Jeff Howell (Mr. Brownlow)

Mr. Howell is a Pittsburgh actor/singer who has a long list of theatre and concert credits. Jeff’s onstage credits include Beauty and the Beast (Cogsworth), Candide (Dr. Pangloss), Bells are Ringing with Victoria Clark (Dr. Kitchell) A Musical Christmas Carol (Bob Cratchit), Fezziwig in the world premiere of Christopher Durang’s Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge, Chicago (Billy Flynn) and Man of LaMancha (Innkeeper). Television credits include “All My Children”, “The Young and the Restless”, “Equal Justice”, and “The Oksana Baiul Story”. Films: “The Cemetery Club” with Ellen Burstyn, “Sudden Death” with Jean-Claude Van Damme, “The Dark Half” with Timothy Hutton and “The Bride in Black” with Susan Lucci. His past work with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra includes A Tribute to Lerner and Loewe with Marvin Hamlisch, Of Thee I Sing, Classical Rap, The Wishing Tree and Peter and the Wolf.

Robin Lounsbury (Widow Corney, the Matron)

She Loves Me (Candy Lady) - Westport Country Playhouse; Guys & Dolls (Agatha) with special performances as ‘General Cartwright’ - Paper Mill Playhouse; Magic Flute (Queen of the Night) – Pennsylvania Lyric Opera; Beauty and the Beast (Madame de la Grand Bouche) with a special performance as ‘Mrs. Potts’ - Arts Center of Coastal Carolina; Anastasia Krupnik (Grandmother) - ArtsPower Touring; Singin’ in the Rain (Dora Bailey) - Merry-Go-Round Playhouse; My Fair Lady (Mrs. Pearce) - Northern Stage. Robin is a proud member of Actors Equity Association. www.RKWStudio.com

Patrick Page (Fagin)

Broadway: The Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas; Scar in The Lion King; King Henry in A Man for All Seasons (opposite Frank Langella--Outer Critics Circle nomination) Decius Brutus in Julius Caesar (opposite Denzel Washington); Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast; Scrooge/Marley in A Christmas Carol; The Kentucky Cycle. Off Broadway: Title role in Rex; Richard II; The Duchess of Malfi; Regional: Associate Artist of The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington DC where roles include Iago in Othello (Helen Hayes Award) Macbeth (opposite Kelly McGillis) etc. Associate Artist Old Globe Theatre in San Diego where roles include Cyrano in Cyrano De Bergerac (Craig Noel Award), Malvolio in Twelfth Night, etc. Other regional includes over 75 leading roles including Hamlet, Richard III, Dracula, Marc Antony, Sergius, Brutus, Henry V, Etc. TV: “Law & Order SVU”, “All My Children”, “One Life to Live”. Favorite role: Husband to Paige Davis. More info at www.patrickpageonline.com

Gene Saraceni (Dr. Grimwig)

Gene’s Pittsburgh CLO credits include Joseph...Dreamcoat, Sound of Music, Me and My Girl, Guys and Dolls, South Pacific, Pajama Game, Kiss Me Kate, Most Happy Fella, Fiorello!, Annie, My Fair Lady, Kismet, Anything Goes, Can-Can, Carousel, Song of Norway, Fanny, two productions of West Side Story and three of 1776. This is Gene’s second production of Oliver!. His Regional credits include the PICT productions Tartuffe and Hamlet and City Theatre’s Temptation. Early in his career he toured the US and Canada in Shakespearean repertory. In 2003 “Doc” Saraceni became Professor Emeritus of Theatre after having taught at Seton Hill University for 37 years.

Joseph Serafini (Oliver Twist)

Joseph, 12, is an avid piano student completing his 6th year of dance and musical theater at the CLO Academy. Joseph studies private voice with Dr. Kim Steinhaur. Stage experience: A Musical Christmas Carol (Tiny Tim 2005-2008, Turkey Boy 2009), Oklahoma! (Chorus), Peter Pan (Michael Darling), Joseph and the Amazing… (Choir), and national touring production Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Pittsburgh) (Orphan). Joseph performed the role of Winthrop in the concert version of The Music Man with Marvin Hamlisch at both Heinz Hall and the Kennedy Center. www.josephserafini.org.

Kristin Serafini (Bet)

Ms. Serafini, 16, is thrilled to be returning to the Benedum Stage for Oliver! Credits include: Kiss Me Kate (Lois/Bianca), The Music Man (Zaneeta), Fiddler on the Roof (Fruma Sarah), The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), Oklahoma! (Laurey), Footloose (Rusty) and The Sound of Music (Brigitta). Kristin is currently a Junior at Bethel Park High School and studies Musical Theater at the Pittsburgh CLO Academy.

Kate Shindle (Nancy)

CLO debut! Broadway: Vivienne in Legally Blonde, Sally Bowles in Cabaret and Lucy in Jekyll & Hyde. NYC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena), Sympathy Jones (Sympathy). Regional: Restoration (La Jolla), After the Fall (The Alley), Himself and Nora (The Old Globe), Into the Woods, Gypsy, The Last Five Years, The Mousetrap. Concerts: Carnegie Hall, Birdland, Joe’s Pub, Atlanta Symphony, Cincinnati Pops. TV/Film: “White Collar”, “Capote”, “The Stepford Wives.” Her writing has been published by Newsweek, salon.com, and The Advocate. Random crown-related celebrity: Miss America 1998. www.kateshindle.com.

Christian Whelan (Bill Sykes)

Currently on the 1st National tour of Little House on the Prairie (Brewster). 1st National Broadway Tours: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Lawrence), Aida (Zoser), Ragtime (Conklin). Off Broadway & New York: Ministry of Progress (Poole), Trolls (Phillip) [Original Cast CD], Portofino (Rev. Becker) [Original Cast CD], Regional: 110 in the Shade (Starbuck) @ TUTS, Camelot (Arthur) opposite Debby Boone @ NCT, Johnny Guitar (Johnny) @ 7 Angels, Victor Victoria (Sal) @ NSMT, Unsinkable Molly Brown (Leadville), Guys and Dolls (Sky) @TCA, Miracle Worker (Capt. Kellar) @ TNRep. TV & Film: “General Hospital”, “Guiding Light”, “All My Children”, “Dellaventura”, “Baywatch”, “Skindeep”, “Outlaws”, “One Small Step”, “Angel Town”, “Tomcats”, “Celebrity.”
www.christianwhelan.com

Richard Stafford (Director and Choreographer)
Mr. Stafford returns to PCLO having directed and choreographed shows in past seasons. Broadway: choreographer for In My Life (Music Box Theatre), associate choreographer for Aspects Of Love (Broadhurst Theatre), dance supervisor Cats (Winter Garden Theatre). Off-Broadway: associate director Summer’69 (John Houseman Theatre), associate choreographer The Middle Of Nowhere (Astor Place Theatre). International: director/ choreographer The Full Monty, Joseph…Dreamcoat (Mexico City), Cats (Copenhagen) choreographer Jesus Christ Superstar (Mexico City), Evita (Sydney). Cats (Mexico City, Buenos Aires). Recent Regional: Director Miss Saigon, Dreamgirls, director/choreographer Annie Get Your Gun (North Carolina Theatre) director/choreographer: Singin’ In The Rain (North Shore Music Theatre), Disney’s Beauty And The Beast (Walnut Street Theatre), Crazy For You (North Shore Music Theatre), The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (Ogunquit Playhouse - starring Sally Struthers), Gypsy (Westchester Broadway Theatre). Mr. Stafford won the Barrymore Award for outstanding choreography for La Cage Aux Folles at the Walnut Street Theatre. www.RICHARDSTAFFORD.net

Craig Barna (Music Director)
Mr. Barna has conducted on Broadway, in Los Angeles, and for many prominent stock and regional theater companies across the country including the Orlando Opera Company, Arizona Theatre Company, the Muny, and the Civic Light Operas of Pittsburgh and Sacramento, and has been a guest faculty member at the Universities of Southern California and Arizona. Along the way he has had the pleasure of working with Debby Boone, Juliet Prowse, Barry Williams, Jack Jones, Rex Smith, and Helen Reddy, among others. Craig has conducted the national tours of Grease with Jack Wagner, Singin’ in the Rain, the Broadway milestone Cats, and the touring and broadway companies of Jesus Christ Superstar with Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson, and Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby. Other career highlights include TV appearances on the “Today Show,” “CBS This Morning,” “The Rosie O’Donnell Show,” the 1999 “Tony® Awards,” conducting symphony concert series for John Raitt, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Richard White and Susan Powell, and performing for Presidents Ford and Bush. In addition to being a published arranger and composer, Mr. Barna is also enjoying a prolific career as a recording artist for TER records in the U.K., with his studio cast recordings of Good News!, 42nd Street, Singin’ in the Rain, and Peter Pan with the London National Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. Craig most recently conducted the benefit “Carol Channing and Friends” with Carol Channing, Carol Cook and JoAnne Worley at California Musical Theatre. Mr. Barna was born and raised in California, resides in Manhattan.

John McClain (Lighting Designer)
Mr. McClain’s credits include National and International productions of musicals, ballet and opera. He has spent 20 years designing for Pittsburgh CLO. He has designed for Ice Capades, Radio City Music Hall, The Lido in Paris, Jubilee for the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and Reno. He has represented every major regional theater and opera company in the USA. In the summer, he divides time between Pittsburgh CLO, Theater of the Stars in Atlanta and the Dallas Summer Musicals. He has designed productions of Porgy and Bess all over the world. He has been represented on the road by Rugrats, Camelot, Joseph..., The King & I, The Sound of Music and Bombay Dreams. John lives in New York City and Connecticut.