SARA JEAN FORD (Laurey) is a Carnegie Mellon University alum who made her Pittsburgh CLO debut in 2009 as Cinderella in Into The Woods. Broadway credits include: The Phantom Of The Opera (Christine Daaé), Cats (Jellylorum), How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Smitty), A Little Night Music (Petra) and Finian’s Rainbow. Off-Broadway: The Fantasticks (Louisa). National Tours: Wicked and The Phantom Of The Opera. Regional: Little House On the Prairie (Nellie Oleson, World Premiere) and Sousatzka (Jenny, World Premiere). Love you, Annie Banoo.

NICHOLAS RODRIGUEZ (Curly) Pittsburgh CLO Debut! Broadway/National Tour: Disney’s Tarzan, The Sound of Music (Captain von Trapp). Off-Broadway: Toxic Avenger, Almost Heaven, Collette Collage, Bajour. Carnegie Hall: Guys and Dolls. Regional: Carousel (Helen Hayes nomination), Mother Courage and Her Children, Oklahoma! (Helen Hayes Award), My Fair Lady (Helen Hayes nomination), Destiny of Desire, Light in the Piazza at Arena Stage, The Ten Commandments at the Kodak Theatre, PaperMill Playhouse, Muny, Zach Theatre, Milwaukee Rep., Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Film: Sex in the City II. Television: Madam Secretary, Nick Chavez on ABC’s One Life to Live (GLAAD Award). His debut album The First Time... is available at www.psclassics.com and iTunes. www.thenickrod.com

MATT FAUCHER (Jud Fry) A graduate of the Hartt School with a BFA in Acting and vocal student of Scott Flaherty, Matt has also traveled the world singing the music of Frankie Vali with his singing group, The Garden State Guys. Broadway: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. National Tour: Beautiful. Off–Broadway: The Threepenny Opera (Macheath, Drama Desk ™ nomination), I Am Harvey Milk at Avery Fisher Hall, Chekhov Dreams (Eddie). Regional: The Muny, Goodspeed Musicals, Paper Mill Playhouse, Hartford Stage, Asolo Rep, Olney Theatre Center, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Flat Rock Playhouse and Monomoy Theatre. Love to Brit. Follow: @the_fauch, mattfaucheractor.com.

ASHLEY BLANCHET (Ado Annie Carnes) is thrilled to be returning to the Benedum Center with this classic work! Broadway: Disney’s Frozen (u/s Elsa), Beautiful (Little Eva- Locomotion), Annie (Star to Be), Memphis. Natl Tour: Beautiful. Regional: How to Succeed... (Rosemary) TUTS, Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey) KCRT, West Side Story (Rosalia) Pittsburgh CLO, A Chorus Line (Diana) WVPT. Ashley received her BFA in Musical Theater from the University of Michigan. Also proud alum of The Walnut Hill School. Please visit Ashleyblanchet.com!

RUTH GOTTSCHALL (Aunt Eller) Broadway: Disney’s Mary Poppins, The Music Man (Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn), Laughing Room Only, A Funny Thing Happened…Forum, Cabaret (dir. Harold Prince), The Goodbye Girl, Legs Diamond, Prince of Central Park, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Other credits: Liza: Steppin’ Out, The Desert Song (NYC Opera), Sondheim: A Celebration, First Lady Suite, Mame (Kennedy Center) and Carlotta in Phantom (Germany). TV/film: Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Everyone Says I Love You, and Disney’s Annie (Disney).

MICHAEL GREER (Ike Skidmore) is so happy to be back in the Summer Season! Favorite credits: Hand to God (Timmy) with City Theatre, You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up! (Jeff Kahn) at the Denver Center, Altar Boyz (Luke) and over 25 productions with Pittsburgh CLO. Endless love to Mara, the best Dad ever, Brethren and Trethren and Mom smiling down from the top mezzanine.

CHRISTOPHER GURR (Andrew Carnes) played Captain Smith in Pittsburgh CLO’s Titanic last summer. Broadway: Cats, Tuck Everlasting, Kinky Boots, Amazing Grace and All The Way with Bryan Cranston. National Tours: Memphis, Spamalot. Off-Broadway: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Classic Stage Company) Regional: Marie (5th Avenue), The Sting (Paper Mill), Copenhagen, 1776, Twelve Angry Men (Geva), Tommy (Berkshire Theatre Festival), The Lion in Winter (Indiana Rep), The Drowsy Chaperone (Human Race). TV: Madame Secretary. Proud union member: Actors’ Equity, SAG/AFTRA and Stage Directors & Choreographers Society. ChristopherGurr.com

CURTIS HOLBROOK (Will Parker) has appeared in eleven Broadway shows including: SpongeBob SquarePants, If/Then, The Addams Family, West Side Story, Xanadu, All Shook Up, Taboo, The Boy From Oz, Follies, Fosse and Footloose. Film and TV credits include: Hairspray, Across the Universe, Smash, Nurse Jackie, Law and Order: SVU, Sesame Street, All My Children and As the World Turns. As a Director/Choreographer, Curtis has collaborated with Friends In Theater Company creating acclaimed productions of The Secret Garden, Once on This Island and Little Shop of Horrors. Curtis has served as a guest artist in dance studios and performing arts schools nationally and internationally. He is also a proud faculty member of OnStage NY.

ALLAN SNYDER (Cord Elam) has appeared on Broadway in Les Miserables (final cast, original production), off-Broadway in The Fantasticks, and in the national tour of The Phantom of the Opera (often in the title role). Previous CLO credits include Titanic, The 39 Steps, Brigadoon and A Musical Christmas Carol, among others. Other Pittsburgh credits include The Pittsburgh Public, Pittsburgh Musical Theatre, St Vincent Summer Theatre and Lincoln Park PAC. Allan is currently on the theatre faculty at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School. Love to K & L

ALLISON WALSH (Dream Laurey) is delighted to make her Pittsburgh CLO debut! Broadway: An American in Paris (OBC Ensemble, Lise Alternate), Anastasia (OBC Odette, Olga Romanov) 1st National Tour: An American in Paris (Lise Dassin) TV: Starz Limited Series Flesh and Bone (all episodes). Previously with the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. Thank you to CESD, Marianne Wells and Dontee. All the love to my supportive ecosystem of friends, Mom, Dad, Stine, Lil Sis and Chris. @biggywalsh allison-walsh.com

BLAKE ZELESNIKAR (Dream Curly) Proud to be making his Pittsburgh CLO debut! Recent credits include, Tour: The Phantom of the Opera, An American In Paris. Regional: Jerome Robins’ Broadway (Theater Under The Stars) Chicago (Fulton theater). Enjoy the Show! @B_zelez 

EVAN ZES (Ali Hakim) New York: Incident at Vichy (Signature Theatre); Days to Come (The Mint); Rent Control (Soho Playhouse); Freedom of the City, Man and Superman, White Woman Street, Around the World in 80 Days (Irish Rep.); International: Rent Control (Teatro Jaco), Elliniko Theatro, Julie Taymor’s The King Stagg (Barbican). Regional: The McCarter, Alley, Goodman and Old Globe; Hartford Stage, NY Stage and Film; Cleveland, Westport Country, La Jolla and Cincinnati Playhouses; Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre DC, Pittsburgh Public, St. Louis Rep. and Baltimore Centerstage. MFA, A.R.T/ Moscow Art Theatre at Harvard University.

KYLE JAMES ADAM (Ensemble) So happy to be back in OKLAHOMA! Original New Orleanian and now a proud New Yorker. Previously seen on tour with Odyssey Dance Theatre. Wright State University Alum. Much love and gratitude for my family, friends and Pittsburgh CLO. KyleJamesAdam.com  @elykmada876

JORDAN ALEXANDER (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his Pittsburgh CLO debut this season! Regional: Grease at Pittsburgh CLO, Gypsy (Tulsa) at Weathervane Playhouse, West Side Story, A Raisin in the Sun (Bobo), The Drowsy Chaperone (Aldolpho) at Summer Rep Theatre Festival. His favorite educational credits include Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas), Lysistrata Jones (Uardo), Children of Eden. Thanks, Mom! BFA, CCM MT’19. Intsa: @JordnAlexander

MEI LU BARNUM (Ensemble) is so excited to make her Pittsburgh CLO debut this summer! A Boston native, she recently graduated with her BFA in Musical Theatre from Point Park University. Recent Credits: Sunday in the Park with George (Celeste #2), Coram Boy (Thomas Ledbury), Anything Goes (Reagle Music Theatre), A New Brain (Front Porch Theatricals). Meilubarnum.com

SKY BENNETT (Ensemble) is a senior Musical Theatre major at Pace and is thrilled to be back at Pittsburgh CLO, having appeared in Disney’s Newsies and Mamma Mia! in 2017, and GREASE this summer. University: Memphis, Sunday in the Park with George and The Drowsy Chaperone. He’s also appeared in commercials for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Eat’n Park. Love and thanks to Dad, Pace and PMT. @whosthatguyitssky

ARIA BRASWELL (Ensemble) is thrilled to be joining the cast of Oklahoma! at Pittsburgh CLO this summer! A recent graduate of CCM Musical Theater, her regional work includes: Disney's The Little Mermaid (Ariel), Cabaret (Lulu), Oliver (Nancy U/S), Grease (Patti Simcox), The Man Who Came to Dinner (Sarah). Much love and gratitude to friends and family!

BAILEE SUE BRINKMAN (Ensemble) is happy to be performing again with Pittsburgh CLO in Oklahoma! She was in Grease earlier this summer. Bailee is currently earning her BFA in Dance at Point Park University. Regional: The Legacy Theatre’s Disney’s Newsies and Mamma Mia. She’d like to thank her family for all the love and support they have given her throughout the years!

TREVOR CLARIDA (Mike, Ensemble) is beyond thrilled to be making his Pittsburgh CLO debut. He is a senior musical theatre major at CMU with recent credits that include Cabaret (Ernst Ludwig) and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Beast). Aside from theatre, Trevor enjoys screenwriting and traveling. He is grateful to everyone who has impacted his journey to this point. Follow his adventures at @trevorclarida!

MATT COPLEY (Ensemble) is beyond thrilled to be making his Pittsburgh CLO debut! Regional: Hockey: The Musical!, City Theatre Detroit. Footloose (Ren), Disney's Newsies (Romeo), Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts. Thoroughly Modern Millie (Jimmy), Riverbank Theatre. Other Theater: Hunchback of Notre Dame, Guys & Dolls, Jesus Christ Superstar, College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Additional Credits: Niko in Home Street Home workshop, BFA Musical Theatre CCM 2020. @matt_copley matt-copley.com

CROIX DiIENNO (Ensemble) is so thrilled to be back on the Benedum stage this season for Pittsburgh CLO! He is currently going in to his senior year at Pace University in New York City, studying a BFA in Commercial Dance. His training is centered on ballet as well as Fosse technique and repertoire. “Enjoy the show, I hope we knock your socks off!”

JAMARY GIL (Ensemble) senior at Point Park University, is humbled to be with Pittsburgh CLO again! Last year, she performed in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Thoroughly Modern Millie as ensemble. With a major in dance and minor in musical theatre, she hopes to pursue her goal of performing on Broadway. Special thanks to those who guide her throughout her journey.

JESSICA ICE (Ensemble, Dance Captain) is thrilled to be returning to her hometown and the Benedum Stage. She was seen in Mamma Mia! (dance captain), The Full Monty (dance captain), Brigadoon, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Other favorite credits include Elf national tour, Cabaret (LDTC) and Guys and Dolls (FLMT). Heartfelt thanks to Mom, Dad, Josh, Olivia, Grandma and Pittsburgh CLO family.

CAROLINE KANE (Gertie Cummings, Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at Pittsburgh CLO for her 2nd season after appearing in Brigadoon, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Thoroughly Modern Millie last season. Other credits include Finger Lakes Music Theatre (Mamma Mia!), Westchester Broadway Theatre (Phantom), Utah Shakespeare Festival (Guys and Dolls, A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Cortland Repertory Theatre (A Chorus Line, West Side Story). Thanks to mom and dad. Otterbein BFA @carolinekane7

CHLOE RAE KEHM (Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning to Pittsburgh CLO this summer after she appeared last year in Brigadoon, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Thoroughly Modern Millie. She is a Pittsburgh native excited for new beginnings in NYC. Endless thanks to her family, friends and teachers for their constant love and support. IG: @chloekehm126

JEFFREY KOCH (Ensemble) is jazzed to be making his CLO debut! He has arrived in PA fresh after graduating from the Boston Conservatory with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Previous credits include Mame (North Shore Music Theatre), West Side Story (Baby John), Carousel (Carnival Boy u/s). Thanks and hugs to the creatives, cast, crew, and Mom. @jeffreyemery jeffreykoch.net

CHARLIE PATTERSON (Ensemble) is thrilled to be a part of CLO’s Grease at the Benedum. Regional credits include Sky in Mamma Mia! at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center, John Hancock in 1776 at Connecticut Repertory Theatre, as well as Gaston in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Younger Brother in Ragtime at Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts. Graduate of the University of Michigan. Thanks to the HCKR team, family, and friends for their constant support. Go Blue! @_cdbpatterson_

JULIO REY (Slim, Ensemble) Pittsburgh CLO debut! Native of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Penn State 2019. Regional credits: Chino in West Side Story (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Mike in Oklahoma! (Ogunquit Playhouse), Sawyer in Holiday Inn (Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival), Prince Eric u/s in Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Davey in Disney’s Newsies (Forestburgh Playhouse) and Valentin in Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Penn State Centre Stage). @julio.iguana

JENNA RIFKIND (Ensemble) originally from Greenwood, IN, Jenna will be making her Pittsburgh CLO debut with Grease and Oklahoma! Most recent credits include Mamma Mia! (The Axelrod PAC/NJ) and the National Tour of Elf, The Musical. She is a proud graduate of Point Park University and so happy to spend part of her summer back in Pittsburgh!

RYAN GREGORY THURMAN (Ensemble) Pittsburgh CLO debut! Ryan is a proud Cleveland native and Point Park University graduate. Recent: The Producers (The Argyle Theatre). National/International: Elf (National Tour), After Midnight (NCL). Regional: Peter and the Starcatcher (Dobama), Sweeney Todd (Mac-Haydn), Hairspray (Palace Theatre), Showboat (Fiddlehead Theatre Co). Love to Mom, family, friends. For Dad & Grampy. @Huggybruh RyanGregoryThurman.com

CANDACE J. WASHINGTON (Ensemble) is honored to make her Pittsburgh CLO debut! Graduate of Biola University Conservatory of Music. Performed 4 years with L.A. Clippers Dance Team and starred in L.A. Clippers Dance Squad (E! Network). Credits: Singin’ in the Rain (McCoy Rigby), Dance Captain/Sarah’s Friend Ragtime (Pasadena Playhouse), Cabaret (McCoy Rigby). A Disney-AGVA Principal Swing including Princess Tiana (Magical Map) and Timon/Nala (Lion-King). Thank you Pittsburgh CLO for the opportunity! #PraiseHIM@canndyj89

LAWSON YOUNG (Ensemble) Broadway/Reading: Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (OBC), Love Kills (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Secondhand Lions, All For Joe (Sceneworks Studios). Tour: Disney On Classic: Tangled (Harmony Japan). Lead/Featured: Hair (Jeanie), Legally Blonde the Musical (Elle Woods), Les Miserables (Eponine), Into The Woods (Little Red).