Bossa Nova

The Cast

HANNAH CABELLRICHARD TODD ADAMS (JIM DONELL)

is thrilled to make his Yale Rep debut in the world premiere of We Have Always Lived in the Castle, having participated in several NYC workshops of the musical. Most recently, he portrayed Cervantes/Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, NY. He starred as the Phantom on the National Tour of The Phantom of the Opera in 2008, and, that same year, won a Jeff Award for his portrayal of Javert in Chicago's production of Les Misérables. On Broadway, he has appeared in The Woman in White and The Pirate Queen. Off-Broadway, he was seen in Little Fish, Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill, and Listen to My Heart. Regionally, he has been seen in Showboat, Jekyll and Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Ragtime, 1776, Billy Bishop Goes to War, and 2 Pianos, 4 Hands. Training: The Juilliard School. www.rtadams.com
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MANDY PATINKINHEATHER AYERS (MAGGIE DONELL)

most recently was the Desiree standby in Trevor Nunn's A Little Night Music. Her other Broadway credits include Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein, in which she understudied Megan Mullally. Off-Broadway, Heather has appeared in Five Course Love, Sarah Plain and Tall, Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back, and five City Center Encores! productions. Her regional theatre work includes productions at The Old Globe (The Women, Sammy Davis Jr., Ace); Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (The Last Five Years, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Ace); Barrington Stage Company (Cyrano, The Game); and Dallas Theater Center (Guys & Dolls). She can be heard on the recordings of Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein, City Center Encores! Face the Music, and Five Course Love. Heather's television work includes Z Rock (IFC) and Lights Out (FX). www.heatherayers.com
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STEPHEN BARKER TURNERBILL BUELL (JULIAN BLACKWOOD)

has appeared on Broadway in Equus, The History Boys, Inherit the Wind, Urinetown, 42nd Street, Titanic, Tommy, Taking Steps, Big River, Annie, Once a Catholic, The First, Welcome to the Club, The Miser, and Anna Karenina. His Off-Broadway credits include The Fourth Sister, Eight Days Backwards (Vineyard Theatre); Andorra, Waste (Theatre for a New Audience); Bad Habits, Aristocrats (Manhattan Theatre Club); Queens Boulevard (Signature Theatre Company); On the Bum, Violet concert (Playwrights Horizons); Picasso at the Lapin Agile, The Common Pursuit, The Mysteries, and The False Servant (Classic Stage Company). With The Public's Shakespeare in the Park: Tartuffe, The Winter's Tale, and Twelfth Night. His Yale Rep appearances include Much Ado About Nothing and last season's The Master Builder. Film and television credits include Across the Universe, Spy Game, Welcome to the Dollhouse, The Love Letter, Requiem for a Dream, Quiz Show, Palindromes, Kinsey, Dark Water, The Box, The Bronx Is Burning, John Adams, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Jamie Kennedy Experience, Law & Order, Ed, 100 Centre Street, Cosby, and the upcoming Boardwalk Empire.
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EMILY DeCOLAJOY FRANZ (MRS. PRUDHOMME, LUCILLE WRIGHT, ELLEN BLACKWOOD)

most recently appeared in The Glass Menagerie and The School for Scandal at New Harmony Theatre at the University of Southern Indiana. She can currently be seen in the original web series Horrible People. Her Broadway credits include Sweet Charity, Company, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods (original production, revival, National Tour, and PBS recording), Pippin, Open Admissions, The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, and Musical Chairs. Her other theatre credits include, Off-Broadway: the original production of Assassins, Mrs. Warren's Profession, The House of Bernarda Alba, Tomfoolery, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Of Thee I Sing; many National Tours and regional theatre productions. Among her favorite roles: Meg Boyd opposite Jerry Lewis in the National Tour and London productions of Damn Yankees. Her film and television credits include No Picnic for Penny, Under Red Lantern, Law & Order, and all NY-based daytime dramas. She is also a student pilot: three solo flights, one crash.
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LIAM HURLEYJENN GAMBATESE (CONSTANCE BLACKWOOD)

most recently starred as Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun at Goodspeed Musicals, for which she received a Connecticut Critics Circle Award. On Broadway she starred as Jane in Tarzan and Natalie in All Shook Up (Outer Critics Circle nomination). Her other Broadway credits include Hairspray, in which she created an ensemble role and then played Penny Pingleton; Marie in Mark Twain's farce Is He Dead?; Mouse in A Year with Frog and Toad; and Urleen in Footloose. Her other theatre credits include Off-Broadway's Stairway to Paradise (City Center Encores!) and Reefer Madness, as well as the National Tour of Fame, in which she played Serena. She can be heard on the cast recordings of Fame, Hairspray, All Shook Up, and Tarzan. Her film and television credits include The Good Shepherd and All My Children. Jenn is proud to be an NYU alumna, a member of AEA, Curtis Cregan's wife, and Josephine's mother.
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ERIC WRIGHTCARLY HUGHES (STELLA SUGGS)

is making her Yale Rep debut in this production. Her Broadway credits include the recent revival of Ragtime (ensemble; Sarah understudy), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Rona Lisa Peretti and Marcy Park understudy), and Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Trixie; Mama Who understudy). Off-Broadway, she appeared in SIDD: The Musical. Her favorite regional credits include the title roles in Dessa Rose (west coast premiere) and Aida, as well as Rusty in Footloose, Brenda in Smokey Joe's Cafe, Sarah in Ragtime, Dreamgirls, Constant Star, Sophisticated Ladies, Beehive, and Little Shop of Horrors. She is the recipient of the 2003–2004 Princess Grace Award for Acting and Excellence in the Arts. www.pgfusa.com
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ERIC WRIGHTBETH McVEY (MRS. TAGGERT, HELEN CLARKE, DOROTHY BLACKWOOD)

Broadway credits include the original companies of 42nd Street and The Phantom of the Opera, Annie, Nine as Claudia and Carla, and Beauty and the Beast as Mrs. Potts. Nationally, she has toured in Lend Me a Tenor as Diana, Guys and Dolls as Adelaide, Copacabana as Gladys, and Urinetown as Ms. Pennywise. Regionally, Beth has played the title roles in Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and Evita, as well as Desiree in A Little Night Music, Julie in Showboat, Aldonza in Man of La Mancha with John Raitt, Reno in Anything Goes, Florence Foster Jenkins in Souvenir, and most recently Domina in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Beth's television credits include guest spots on One Life to Live and Another World. She received her BFA in musical theatre from Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
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ERIC WRIGHTRYAN MURPHY (JOE JR., THOMAS BLACKWOOD)

enjoys acting, singing, and dancing and is thrilled to be performing at Yale Rep with such a wonderful cast. Some of Ryan's favorite roles are White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland Jr. (Jared Andrew Studio), Fagin's Gang/Workhouse Boy in Oliver! (The Warner Theatre), and Host in The Ever After (The Whitney Players). Ryan is a member of the Vocal Productions singing troupe as well as a recent two-time platinum/first place recipient for his solo vocal performances of "Where Is Love" and "It Had to Be You" at the Connecticut Invitational Scholarship Competition for the Performing Arts.
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ERIC WRIGHTSEAN PALMER (CHARLES BLACKWOOD)

Broadway credits include Prince Eric in Disney's The Little Mermaid, The Apple Tree, Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever, Fosse, and Dream. His other theatre credits include, Off-Broadway: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Encores!), Paula Vogel's The Long Christmas Ride Home (Vineyard Theatre); On the Town (English National Opera, London); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Casa Mañana); Of Thee I Sing (Paper Mill Playhouse); Kiss Me, Kate (North Shore Music Theatre); and The Boyfriend directed by Julie Andrews (Bay Street Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals). His film and television credits include Chicago, Grey's Anatomy, The Reagans (Showtime), and Marcus on Sex and the City.
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ERIC WRIGHTWILLIAM PARRY (MR. ELBERT, JOHN BLACKWOOD)

most recently appeared in the premiere of History of Invulnerability at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. He has appeared on Broadway in the original productions of Sunday in the Park with George and Jesus Christ Superstar, Passion, The Leaf People, Agamemnon, Into the Light, Rockabye Hamlet, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Gypsy with Bernadette Peters, and Camelot with both Richard Burton and Richard Harris. Off-Broadway credits include the original production of Assassins, Cymbeline, Dispatches, The Knife, Road Show, and Dessa Rose, among others. Additional theatre credits include the National Tours of A Few Good Men and Titanic, as well as regional theatre productions of Saint Joan, Biloxi Blues, Arturo Ui, The Rainmaker, The American Clock, Time and Again, and The Gig. His film and television credits include Domestic Disturbance, In & Out, Sweet Liberty, Law & Order, and The Pretender; he also was heard for two seasons on A Prairie Home Companion.
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ERIC WRIGHTMATT PEARSON (JOE DURHAM)

has appeared Off-Broadway in The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (Or, the Friends of Dr. Rushower) at the Vineyard Theatre and in HERE Arts Center's 2010 Culturemart. His regional theatre credits include David in Shadow and Light (Theater J); See What I Wanna See, Tamar (Signature Theatre); Sunday in the Park with George (Ravinia Festival); Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); tick, tick…BOOM! (MetroStage); Forever Ivor (Arena Stage); and Cover Me in Humanness (The Zoo Project). Television credits include All My Children and Boetry. Matt recently composed music for Hero at the Up in the Air Aerial Festival in Baltimore's famous Load of Fun graffiti alley. His original audio documentary, Cry the Beat, funded by the NEH Media Makers program, is currently in production. Matt graduated from Northwestern University with degrees in history and theatre.
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ERIC WRIGHTALEXANDRA SOCHA (MARY KATHERINE [MERRICAT] BLACKWOOD)

made her Broadway debut at the age of 17 as a swing in the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening and played Wendla in the final company. Her other Broadway credits include Brighton Beach Memoirs (Nora) and the Roundabout Theatre Company benefit concert of A Little Night Music (Fredrika) with Vanessa Redgrave. Her film and television credits include Follow Me (CUFF Faculty Selects), White Collar, and The Big C.
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