MICHAEL Di LIBERTO is making his Pittsburgh CLO debut!! Broadway: Wicked (Doctor Dillamond). National/International Tours: Wicked, Annie, Cinderella, Strike Up The Band, DOC with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. Select Regional: Sweeny Todd, The Producers (Leo Bloom; Helen Hayes Nominations, Best Actor), Elf, Oliver, The 39 Steps, Around The World in 80 Days, Spamalot, LMNOP, Titanic, The Story Of My Life. BFA, Syracuse University. Thanks to CGF and the best family around. Everything Happens for a REason. michaeldilibreto.net; @therealdi_li

JASON MICHAEL EVANS is delighted to be making his Pittsburgh CLO debut! NYC credits- Passion directed by John Doyle (Private Augenti, Giorgio u/s), On Your Toes with Encores! (Hank Smith). Regionally- Ogunquit Playhouse, Drury Lane Chicago, Stages St. Louis, Tuacahn Amphitheater. TV- The Good Cop, Madam Secretary. Love to Talentworks, Telsey+Co, Kathryn, Maxime’, Isabelle, and my endlessly supportive family and friends. Proud St. Louisan CG4L.

JESSICA FONTANA has been seen on Broadway in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella as Cinderella alternate and 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

DANIEL FRONTZ is delighted to be back on stage at the Benedum Center. Some of his favorite roles include Chip in Pittsburgh CLO’s Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Tiny Tim in A Musical Christmas Carol. He attends Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School as a rising seventh grade musical theater major. He is thankful for his family’s love and support and grateful to Pittsburgh CLO Academy’s staff for always pushing him to do his best.

JESSICA GROVÉ is thrilled to be returning to Pittsburgh CLO after first appearing here as Laurey in Oklahoma! (with Shirley Jones) and Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid.  Broadway credits include Les Misérables (Eponine), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Miss Dorothy), and the recent revivals of Sunday in the Park With George and A Little Night Music.  She starred as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (Madison Square Garden/national tour with Mickey Rooney and Eartha Kitt) and as Polly in The Boy Friend (national tour, directed by Julie Andrews). Favorite Regional: Into the Woods (The Witch), My Fair Lady (Eliza), The Sound of Music (Maria), Guys and Dolls (Sarah), and She Loves Me (Amalia). For Gavin: my favorite Beast, and Lolly: my strong Beauty! www.jessicagrove.com

JEFFREY HOWELL (Bob Cratchit)  is honored to be spending his 25th and final season as head of the Cratchit household. Past Pittsburgh CLO shows include Rock of Ages, Titanic, Brigadoon, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Damn Yankees, Sunset Boulevard and Bells are Ringing. Other credits include Citizens Market, A Funny...Forum, Souvenir, Choir Boy, The Light in the Piazza, Man of La Mancha, Lost Highway, Candide and Red Herring. Television: All My Children, The Young and the Restless. Films: The Cemetery Club, Sudden Death.

BENJAMIN HOWES, originally from Australia, has performed on Broadway (Scandalous, Mary Poppins & [title of show]), Off-Broadway (most recently in The View Upstairs) and in National Tours (Mary Poppins, Shrek). Regional credits include A.R.T., The Old Globe, Goodspeed, Pittsburgh Public and Asolo Rep, among many others.  Film: Miles, Easter Mysteries. Television credits: recurring role on HBO’s The Deuce, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Flight of the Conchords, One Life To Live. Full scoop at www.benjaminhowes.com; Instagram @benjthestar

ANDREW KRUEP is elated to be making his Pittsburgh CLO debut! City Center Encores!: Grand Hotel, Big River. National Tours: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Elf the Musical (Kennedy Center, Madison Square Garden), Rudolph (Madison Square Garden). Regional credits include North Shore Music Theatre, Stages St. Louis, Fulton Theatre, Northern Stage, and the Joyce Soho in NYC. Huge thank you to Harold and everyone at CLA. Also, a very proud small business owner; visit LittleBatchCandleCo.com for more info!

JAMES SNYDER has cultivated a following at Pittsburgh CLO after star turns as Elvis in Million Dollar Quartet and Lt. Cable in South Pacific. He returns to Pittsburgh in the role of Beast. Mr. Snyder is best known for his roles in Broadway’s If/Then and Cry-Baby for which he received a Drama League Nomination. He has been seen in regional productions of Casa Valentina, Rock of Ages, Ever After, Carousel, Fanny and Johnny Baseball. Mr. Snyder has sung at Carnegie Hall with the NY Pops and with the Hartford Symphony. He has appeared on TV and the big screen in The Good Wife, Gilmore Girls, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and She’s The Man, among many others.

JENNIFER HOPE WILLS is thrilled to return to Pittsburgh CLO after starring in The Sound of Music (Maria) and Carousel (Julie).  Broadway/NYC credits include The Phantom of the Opera (Christine), Wonderful Town (Eileen) opposite Brooke Shields (Cast Recording), The Woman in White, Belle in Disney’s Beauty & the Beast and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Della) at City Center, Encores!  Favorite regional credits include Showboat (Magnolia), Brigadoon (Fiona), Camelot (Guinevere), My Fair Lady (Eliza), The Music Man (Marian) and Aspects of Love (Rose).  Best job ever - mom to 9 year old Vincent!

KIRSTEN WYATT has been seen on Broadway in 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), and …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.