Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

A.R.T./OBERON: Ghost Quartet. Off-Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Sonya, Lucille Lortel nomination), Kazino, Ars Nova; Ghost Quartet, Bushwick Starr, The Heath, Curran: Under Construction. Brittain is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter and fronts the Brooklyn-based band Prairie Empire. The band is pleased to announce its forthcoming album, The Salt, available in 2016. prairieempire.org.

A.R.T./OBERON: Ghost Quartet. Off-Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Kazino, Ars Nova; Ghost Quartet, Bushwick Starr, The Heath. Opera: thingNY’s This Takes Place Close By (also co-composer), Knockdown Center; Prisoner’s Song(also composer), Roulette; Event: Choreography by Merce Cunningham (also co-composer), The Joyce Theater; You are my heat and glare (also composer), New York Live Arts; Here Be Sirens, Dixon Place; Crash, the Whitney, Roulette; Varispeed’sPerfect Lives (also co-creator), various locations. Film: Matthew Barney’s The River of Fundament. gelseybell.com

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Hair (Berger u/s). Tours: Wicked (Fiyero u/s), Evita (Che u/s), Hair. Off-Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Kazino; My Life With Albertine, Playwrights Horizons; See Rock City, Duke on 42nd; Normal, Transport Group. Regional: Turn of the Century, Goodman Theatre; Carousel, Long Wharf/Court Theatre; Idaho Shakespeare; Pittsburgh CLO. Nick is also a personal chef and food / travel blogger @ForageAndFree.com

A.R.T.: Debut. U.S. National Tour/West End: The Book of Mormon (Nabulungi). Regional: Annie (Star to Be), Sunset Boulevard, Fiddler on the Roof, Pittsburgh CLO. BFA Carnegie Mellon University. Thank you to the Comet team for the chance to be a part of this magical show. Gratitude is overflowing to God, Mommy, and Daddy for their boundless love and support.

A.R.T.: Moby-Dick; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Dolokhov). Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. Off-Broadway: Indian Ink, Roundabout; Bunty Berman Presents (Lortel Nomination), New Group; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Ars Nova; God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Encores!; King Tot, D Deb Debbie Deborah, Clubbed Thumb; Huck & Holden, Cherry Lane. Film/​TV: “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”; “New Amsterdam”; “Good Fight”; “Mindhunter”; “Elementary”; “Happyish”; “One Life To Live” (Vimal Patel), Home, Passing Season. Composer: Those Lost Boys (workshop), The Ramayan (workshop), Ars Nova; Food Odyssey, 3LD; Education: The Juilliard School.

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Spring Awakening (Original Broadway Cast), Wicked (Elphaba; Broadway, Australia & Second National Tour). Theater: Noir, New York Stage and Film & NAMT; The Threepenny Opera, Atlantic; LMNOP, Goodspeed; Independents (NY Times’ Critic’s Pick). Lilli is the creator of Glamour.com’s web-series “It’s Not Okay, Cupid.” She is a proud LaGuardia Arts High School Graduate, and a Vassar alum. Lillicooper.com

A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Kazino; Brooklynite, Vineyard Theatre; Bedbugs!!!, Arclight; The World is Round, BAM; Sleep No More; Twelve Ophelias, Woodshed Collective. Regional: Pump Boys and Dinettes, Weston Playhouse; La MaMa Cantata, Spoleto, Italy; Zagreb, Croatia; Belgrade, Serbia; From The Fire (MTM Best New Musical), Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011; The Last Goodbye, Williamstown Theater Festival. Grace McLean & Them Apples opened the 2015 Lincoln Center American Songbook season and in April 2015 traveled to Pakistan on a U.S. State Department-sponsored tour. Original music available on iTunes.  gracemclean.com

A.R.T.: Debut. Paul Pinto creates and produces experimental music and theatrical works, and is the founder and co-director of ensembles thingNY and Varispeed. Opera: ADDDDDDDDD; TIME; Patriots; This Takes Place Close By; Perfect Lives (praised in the Los Angeles Times; Wall Street Journal; Time Out New York, where Steve Smith named it on his “Best of 2011” List; and in the New York Times “Standout operas of recent decades”). He is currently working on his new operas Thomas Paine in Violence (HERE Arts Center, The Industry) and an untitled opera for Iktus Percussion about boxers.

A.R.T.: Debut. Select theater: Once, Broadway; The Wheel, Steppenwolf Theatre; Eastland, Lookingglass Theatre Company; A Christmas Carol, Goodman Theatre. Select TV/film: “Crisis,” “Chicago Fire,” NBC; “Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story,” TNT;Contagion, End of the Tour. Scott received his MFA from The Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University. As a musician, Scott also plays in the band Youth in a Roman Field. scottstangland.com

A.R.T.: Oliver Twist. Broadway: The Threepenny Opera (with Cyndi Lauper and Alan Cumming). Off-Broadway: has originated numerous roles including Anatole in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Lucille Lortel Award, Best Featured Actor in a Musical), Ars Nova, Kazino; Myths and Hymns, Prospect Theater Co; The Kid, The New Group. Regional: Berkeley Rep, Rubicon Theatre Company, Walnut Street Theatre, Intiman Theatre.

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A.R.T. Debut. Opera: Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line (Harriet Tubman), American Opera Projects. Broadway: Porgy and Bess; Ragtime!. Off Broadway: Ragtime!, Lincoln Center; Lost in the Stars, Encores!. Regional: Master Class, Kennedy Center; Oklahoma!, Portland Center Stage. Film: Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer (feature), Easter Mysteries (feature), Being Iman (lead). BA Spelman College; MM New England Conservatory. Sumayya is thrilled to be playing the violin in this production.

A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: Bedbugs!!!. Regional: Pop! Who Shot Andy Warhol? (Edie), City Theatre PA; The Marvelous Wonderettes (Missy), Pittsburgh CLO; The Light in the Piazza (Clara), Evita (Evita), Pittsburgh Playhouse. Other favorites: Lead vocalist for New York City Ballet’s West Side Story Suite, Field Trip with science/art collaborative Superhero Clubhouse and Columbia University climatologists. Some of Courtney’s original music can be heard on End NF, a benefit album for children’s brain tumor research, released on iTunes this winter. Thank you beautiful Comet team, and Boston family! courtneybassett.com

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Doctor Zhivago (Liberius). Off-Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Anatole), Kazino. London: Sail Away (Barnaby), Sadlers Wells. Germany: Hair (Claude), The English Theatre of Frankfurt. Regional: Godspell (Jesus),Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Joseph; Carbonell, Broadwayworld nominations), Actors’ Playhouse; Next Fall (Luke), Caldwell Theatre; The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow), Lyceum Theatre. TV: CBS’ "Survivor: San Juan Del Sur."

ART: Debut. Off-Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Kazino; February House, Public Theater. First National Tour: La Cage aux Folles. Regional: Moonshine (Bucky Jr), Dallas Theater Center; Camelot (Arthur), Drury Lane Theater; Rent (Roger), Syracuse Stage; Urinetown (Bobby), Connecticut Rep; Sweeney Todd (Anthony), The Gateway. TV: "House of Cards." Love to Mom, Dad, Gramps, Granny. Stoop and Tara. Thanks to Team “En.” Miami Hurricane, class of 2010.

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: The Book of Mormon, Memphis, Baby It’s You!, Scandalous. Off-Broadway: Avenue Q, Forbidden Broadway, Silk Stockings. National Tours: Mamma Mia!, Rent. New York: Here’s Hoover, Abrons Arts Center; The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Radio City Music Hall. Regional: Bull Durham, Alliance Theatre; The Motherline, Milagro Theatre. TV: “The Family,” “Comedians in Cars.” BFA University of Miami. Special thanks to The Mine. Love to my new husband, Brian, and my wonderful family.

A.R.T.: Debut. Regional: Another Happy Ending (Lysander), Goodwill Theater; Poems, Prayers, and Promises (Dan), Florida Studio Theatre; The Underclassmen (Freddy), Daisies (Ashley and Allen), The Secret Theatre. Daniel plays in 3 bands, including the bluegrass outfit The Blue Eyed Bettys (performing in The Peppercorn Theatre Company's upcoming The Tourist Trap), the indie folk band Lion and Spaniel, as well as his solo act. Daniel is also musical supervisor for Oh Force! Theatre Co and a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Daniel is excited to be playing the clarinet in this production. Danielsswelltunes.com

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway/National Tour: Hair (ensemble). Off-Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Hélène u/s), Kazino; Pretty Filthy, Brown Sugar. New York: August Rush (ensemble; developmental lab); 15 Minutes (ensemble; workshop), NYSAF; Annie Golden Bounty Hunter (Janessa; workshop). Regional: Smokey Joe’s Café (Brenda), Capital Repertory Theatre, Albany; Crowns (Swing), Arena Stage; Passing Strange (ensemble), Studio Theatre. Featured music performances:Jazz Re:freshed (Performer), London; American Songbook Program (Performer), Smithsonian; Langnau Jazz Nights Festival (Performer), Switzerland. lulufall.com

A.R.T.: Moby-Dick; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; Prometheus Bound. Broadway: Freestyle Love Supreme; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (u/s Sonya, Princess Mary). Off-Broadway: Freestyle Love Supreme, Ars Nova; In The Green, LCT3; The Lucky Ones, Ars Nova; Hadestown, NYTW; Orpheus and Eurydice Are…In Love, Ars Nova; In Love With Jobim, York Theatre. Regional: Evita, West Side Story, The Sound of Music. Select workshops: The Connector, Cowboy Bob, NYSF; The Seeker, Public Theater; No Good Things Dwell In The Flesh, WP Theater. Concerts: Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Joe’s Pub, 54 Below. Film: The Kitchen. Ashley is a member of the indie folk hop trio @moondrunkband.

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway/Tour: A Christmas Story: The Musical. NY/Regional: Secondhand Lions, Seattle 5th Ave; I Am Harvey Milk, Lincoln Center; The Gig, NYMF; Yeast Nation, FringeNYC; James and the Giant Peach, Goodspeed; Minnie’s Boys,Knickerbocker Holiday, York Theatre; Lend Me a Tenor, Ocean State Theatre; The Full Monty, Westchester Broadway; Candide, …Frog and Toad, Arden Theatre Co. BFA in Musical Theatre, University of Michigan. nickgaswirth.com

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Violet (Original Cast, Flick standby—performed opposite Sutton Foster). Off-Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Kazino; Central Avenue Breakdown, NYMF. Select NY Workshops: We Foxes (dir. Leigh Silverman), Playwrights Horizons; Hadestown (dir. Rachel Chavkin), NYTW. Regional: Guthrie Theater, NJPAC, New Harmony Theatre, Cortland Repertory Theatre. Film: Hairbrained. BFA NYU Tisch. A foremost thanks to God, my family, the Comet team, my manager Tony, and Brisa. Always for my father.

A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: Transport, The Irish Repertory Theatre; Volpone, Red Bull Theatre. Regional: Ah, Wilderness!, Arena Stage; Cowgirls!, The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Horizon Theatre; The Road to Where, The Weston Playhouse; Memphis!, La Jolla Playhouse. 2013-2014 Singer-Songwriter in Residence, RedHouse Arts Center in Sycaruse, NY. BA in Theatre from Ball State University, MFA in Acting from UC San Diego. Pearl is thrilled to be playing the viola in this production. pearlrhein.com

A.R.T.: Debut. New York: Lennon: Through a Glass Onion; I Am Harvey Milk, Avery Fisher Hall; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Encores!; Der Gelbe Stern, NYMF; Gods and Kings, The Other Mirror Theatre. Regional: The 12, Denver Center; Spamalot; Hairspray: In Concert; Pirates of Penzance; Saving Aimee; Rent, 5th Avenue Theatre; Les Miserables; Avenue Q, Balagan Theatre; James and the Giant Peach, Seattle Children’s Theatre. Workshops: The Battles; Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat. Love and gratitude to the family, batch, and, as always, my class. heathcliffsaunders.com

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A.R.T.: The Heart of Robin Hood. Broadway: Cabaret (1998, 2014 Revivals), Warhorse, Billy Elliot, Company. National/International Tours: Billy Elliot, Sweeney Todd, Cabaret, Victor/Victoria. Off-Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Princess Mary); Public Theater; A.C.T.; The Cape Playhouse; Totem Pole Playhouse. Studied Oboe Performance and Musical Theatre at Penn State University. Current student, Berklee College of Music in Music Production and Technology. Katrina is excited to be playing accordion and glockenspiel in this production.

For Walter. katrinayaukey.com

A.R.T.: Debut.   Broadway: Rock of Ages (Sherrie). National Tours: Wicked (Glinda u/s), Grease (Sandy), Legally Blonde (Elle Woods u/s). Off-Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Natasha u/s), Kazino. Vegas: Surf: The Musical (Brooke). Regional: MUNY’s Legally Blonde (Elle). Workshops/Readings: Anne of Green Gables (Anne), Slaughterhouse Five, Flashdance, Catch Me If You Can. TV: MTV’s "Search for the Next Elle Woods" (finalist). Web Series: featured actress on The Kloons.

@laurenzakrin laurenashleyzakrin.com