JESSICA FONTANA (Miss Dorothy Brown) Broadway: Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella as Cinderella alternate, Baby It’s You. Off-Broadway/Tour: Once Upon A Mattress (Transport Group), Pipe Dream (Encores!), Little House on the Prairie (National Tour). Favorite regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Signature Theatre, The Smith Center, Denver Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, as well as revivals of The Most Happy Fella and 110 in the Shade at Palm Beach Dramaworks. Fontana’s podcast, Support For This Podcast was recently featured in NY Magazine and listed on iTunes as “new and noteworthy”. @iamjessfontana @spptforthispod

COLIN MIYAMOTO (Bun Foo) National tour: Beauty and the Beast and How I Became a Pirate. Regional: Waterfall (The 5th Avenue Theatre & Pasadena Playhouse, world premiere), Pageant, M. Butterfly, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Seussical: the Musical, She Loves Me and A Christmas Carol. Education: Ithaca College, BA Drama.

LENORA NEMETZ (Mrs. Meers) happily returns to Pittsburgh CLO after 30+ production credits. Her five-decade career includes the original Broadway production of Cabaret, Bob Fosse’s original Chicago (Velma), Working (Drama Desk nomination), Up In One (opposite Peter Allen), The Rink (Liza Minnelli’s standby), Gypsy 2008 Broadway revival (Miss Mazeppa, Miss Crachitt and Madame Rose standby), NYCO’S Pajama Game (Gladys) and the world premiere of Half Time: The Musical. National Tours: Sweet Charity, Cabaret, Bye Bye Birdie and Some Like It Hot.

PAUL SCHAEFER (Mr. Trevor Graydon) is thrilled to be a first-timer at Pittsburgh CLO. He’s on leave from The Phantom of The Opera on Broadway where he’s been working for more than 10 years. Offb’way: My Life with Albertine. Tours and regional: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Company, Giant, Beauty and the Beast, High Society, Fantasticks. TV: soaps and Law and Order. Madly in love with my talented wife Paloma, and thankful for my parents and agents’ unending support. University of Michigan grad and proud member of Actor’s Equity. www.paulschaefer.nyc

SAM SIMAHK (Ching Ho) is thrilled to be making his Pittsburgh CLO debut! Credits include: The King and I (1st National Tour; Lyric Opera of Chicago), A Little Night Music (Huntington Theatre Company), Miss Saigon (Starlight Theatre; Ogunquit Playhouse), Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Sondheim on Sondheim, Spelling Bee (Lyric Stage Co. of Boston), She Loves Me (Greater Boston Stage) Big Fish (Speakeasy Stage). Born and raised in Ashburnham MA, he is a proud graduate of Emerson College and member of AEA.

BOBBY CONTE THORNTON (Jimmy Smith) Pittsburgh CLO debut! Broadway: A Bronx Tale (directors Robert De Niro and Jerry Zaks). Other New York theatre: My Fair Lady (Bay Street Theater); Starting Here, Starting Now (York Theatre Company). Regional: all-male A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Two River Theater); Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors (McCarter Theatre Center/Cleveland Play House, world premiere); Grease (Paper Mill Playhouse); Jersey Boys, Les Misérables (Muny). Film/TV: If Beale Street Could Talk, Madam Secretary, The Code (pilot). Training: BFA, University of Michigan; Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Everything’s for Mom.

LESLIE UGGAMS (Muzzy Van Hossmere) last appeared at Pittsburgh CLO as the Witch in the 1996 production of Into the Woods. She now returns as Muzzy and has amassed an impressive list of credits in between. She is a Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress and singer whose career has brought her from Harlem (The Apollo Theater) to Broadway (Hallelujah, Baby!), the big screen (Deadpool, Skyjacked) to television (Empire, The Leslie Uggams Show). Perhaps best known for her stirring portrayal of Kizzy in the landmark TV mini-series Alex Haley’s Roots (Critics Choice Award, Emmy and Golden Globe nominations), Leslie has performed to critical and popular acclaim ever since her first professional appearances at the age of nine at the famed Apollo Theater in New York City. There she opened for such musical legends as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington. Now, after six decades on stage and screen, Leslie is a legend in her own right. She is on the Board of Directors of the Apollo Theater, and she was recently awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Connecticut. She is also the recipient of an American Artist Award from Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Currently, Leslie can be seen as Leah Walker in the hit television series Empire. She also stars as Blind Al in the blockbuster 20th Century Fox film Deadpool series starring Ryan Reynolds, and co-starred in the HBO original movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks with Oprah Winfrey. Other recent television appearances include Nurse Jackie; The Good Wife; Memphis Beat and NYC 22.

LAURIE VELDHEER (Millie Dillmount) is overjoyed to be making her Pittsburgh CLO debut! Broadway: Mamma Mia! (Sophie Sheridan); Newsies (Hannah/Smalls; u/s Katherine) OBC. Tours: Fiasco Theater's Production of Into The Woods (Cinderella/Granny); Hairspray (Brenda, u/s Penny and Tracy). Select Regional: Millie in Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Paper Mill Playhouse and Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Newsies at the Paper Mill Playhouse; A Little Night Music at ACT (Anne Egerman); Hero at the Asolo Rep (Jane Foster); Next to Normal at the Milwaukee Rep (Natalie). BFA in Musical Theatre from Penn State University. All glory to God, special thanks to DGRW, and love and gratitude to my incredible family and friends!

KIRSTEN WYATT (Miss Flannery) Broadway: Annie (Lily St. Regis), A Christmas Story the Musical (Crusty Elf/Mrs. Schwartz), Elf (Santa's Elf), Shrek (Shoemaker's Elf), Grease (Frenchy, 2007 Revival), High Fidelity (Anna), The Pajama Game (Poopsie), Urinetown (Little Becky Two Shoes), …Charlie Brown (Lucy/Sally standby). Other favorites: Born for This (Tammy Faye Bakker), …Spelling Bee (Rona), Cabaret (Sally), Mame (Gooch), Sweet Charity (Charity), Guys & Dolls (Adelaide). TV: Blue Bloods, Naked Brothers Band, All My Children, ATWT. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

KATIE ANDERSON (Ensemble) Pittsburgh CLO debut this summer! Favorite regional: Beauty and the Beast (Dance Captain, u/s Madame De La Grande Bouche), North Shore Music Theatre; The Rocky Horror Show (Columbia), Bucks County Playhouse; Fulton Theatre, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Cape Playhouse, Syracuse Stage. Syracuse University BFA. Endless thanks to everyone at Pittsburgh CLO, CESD and my loving and supportive family. All my love to Zack.

BEN CULLEN (Ensemble) Chuffed to be making his Pittsburgh CLO debut and racking up his 600th performance of Beauty and the Beast in the process! National Tour: Beauty and the Beast (u/s Beast & Gaston). Regional: Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre (WSS; Riff), North Shore Music Theatre, Arrow Rock Lyceum (Beauty and the Beast; Gaston), Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, The Fulton. Proud Penn State Alumnus (BFAMT), WE ARE!!! @built_by_ben, bencullenwalker.com.

ALEX DORF (Ensemble) is returning to Pittsburgh CLO this summer, after performing in Disney's Newsies and Mamma Mia! last year! He’s eager to spend some more time in Pittsburgh and perform on the Benedum stage. A graduate of Penn State, Alex’s recent credits include Mamma Mia! (Ogunquit Playhouse), Gypsy and Big River (Sharon Playhouse), and some performances at Feinstein’s/54 Below in NYC.

TION GASTON (Ensemble) is an undergraduate student at Point Park University majoring in Dance. His pursuit in the dance world is what led him to Point Park University studying various different genres of dance. Tion is thrilled to make his debut in Pittsburgh CLO's 2018 Summer Season. He would like to thank the cast, company, and his family/friends on his new adventure.

JAMARY GIL (Ensemble) is a dance major and musical theater minor at Point Park University. She has performed pieces choreographed by John Heginbotham, Julliard School alum. She is assistant Choreographer for the Scranton High School Choirs, the only competitive traveling choir in Pennsylvania. Classically trained, she studies Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Tap, and Contemporary dance and is self-taught on guitar and piano.

JESSICA ICE (Ensemble) Jessica, a Pittsburgh native, is thrilled to be returning to Pittsburgh CLO this summer! Favorite past credits include Mamma Mia! (Pittsburgh CLO), Guys and Dolls (Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival) and Cabaret (Lake Dillon Theatre Company). Jessica is a proud James Madison University alum. Big thanks to Mom, Dad, Josh, Olivia, Abby, and Mrs. Miller. JessicaIceNYC.com @icejm

CAROLINE KANE (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her Pittsburgh CLO debut! Regional credits include: A Chorus Line, West Side Story, Cards on the Table (Cortland Repertory Theatre), Guys and Dolls, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Utah Shakespeare Festival) and Mamma Mia! (Finger Lakes Music Festival). Otterbein University BFA.Thank you to mom and dad for all of their love and support.

CHLOE RAE KEHM (Ensemble) a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is thrilled to be making her Pittsburgh CLO debut this summer! She is currently pursuing a BFA in Dance and minor in Musical Theatre at Point Park University. In 2017 she received the Best Actress Pittsburgh CLO Gene Kelly Award and attended the Jimmy Awards in NYC. Endless thanks to her family, friends and teachers for their constant love and support.

HUNTER MIKLES (Ensemble) is thrilled to return to Pittsburgh for Pittsburgh CLO’s Summer Season! National Tour: Dirty Dancing (Ensemble, u/s Robbie). Regional: Newsies (Ensemble, Morris) and Big! The Musical at Fulton Theatre; Chicago at Park Playhouse. Concert: Texture Contemporary Ballet, Neville Dance Theatre (NYC). PPU Dance ‘16 Alum. Endless love and thanks to my ever supportive family, friends and LDC fam. Follow along! @hunter_mikles.

JESSIE PELTIER (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her Pittsburgh CLO debut in Thoroughly Modern Millie! Previous regional credits include Music Theatre Wichita: Nice Work… (Jeannie), Mamma Mia!, Big Fish, Hello Dolly; the MUNY: Music Man, Mamma Mia!; SRT: A Chorus Line (Diana), 9 to 5 (Margaret). BPA Dance Performance from Oklahoma City University. Proud member of AEA.

JP QUALTERS (Ensemble) is very excited to be making his Pittsburgh CLO debut! Credits include Kinky Boots 1st National/International Tour, Pioneer Theatre Company, NSMT, Gateway Playhouse, Ford’s Theatre, Signature Theatre, ZACH Theatre, Guild Hall. BFA - Music Theatre Hartt School. Special Thanks to my Family and Carson / Kolker! @JPQ22

SARAH QUINN TAYLOR (Ensemble) could not be more elated to make her Pittsburgh CLO debut! A native of Wichita, KS, she now calls Pittsburgh home. National Tour: Something Rotten! Regional: Goodspeed, MUNY, STL Rep, MTWichita, Lyric OKC. BFA: University of Oklahoma. Endless gratitude and love to CTG, Mu Tau, the entire CLO family, and my Jeffrey and Harvey. @sarah_q_taylor

DAVIS WAYNE (Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning to Pittsburgh CLO this summer after he appeared last year in Disney's Newsies and Mamma Mia! He is a Yinzer turned New Yorker, and proud Pace MT. Favorite credits include: The Muny, North Shore, Theatre by The Sea, Chasing Rainbows and countless PMT shows. Thank you to everyone from the back of the house to the front. RKHKP. Instagram: @davis_wayne

ANDREW WILSON (Ensemble) Proudly from Grove City, PA and thrilled to be back at Pittsburgh CLO! Broadway: Cats (2016 revival). Tours: Newsies (and live film), Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan, 7 Brides. Regional: MUNY, Sac. Music Cricus, Riverside, La Mirada, Disney Cruise Line. Special thanks to Charlie, Alex and Lucille. For my parents, Mary Ellen and Fred who are simply the best!