SARA JEAN FORD 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 is making his 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 is 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 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 has been seen on 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 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 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 has appeared on Broadway in: 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: Hairspray, Across the Universe, Smash, Nurse Jackie, Law and Order: SVU, All My Children and As the World Turns. Director/Choreographer collaborations with Friends In Theater Company: The Secret Garden, Once on This Island and Little Shop of Horrors. Curtis is also a proud faculty member of OnStage NY.

ALLAN SNYDER 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 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 is 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 has been seen in New York in 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.