WHO’S WHO in the CAST
BELLA FRAKER (Swing, u/s Summer, Marcy,
Katie, Shonelle) is thrilled to rock out with the
fi rst School of Rock tour. From Atlanta, Ga., giving
many thanks to God, family, Nancy, casting, Orbit
Arts, Broadway Dreams, Bob and Debbie.
CHLOE ANNE GARCIA (Marcy) is thrilled
to make her debut in the national tour of School
of Rock. This has always been a dream of hers.
Many thanks to Parkside, SoR team and Tammy.
“Much love to Mommy, Daddy, Grammy, Poppop,
Bella and James for their unconditional
support to achieve my dream.” Instagram: Chloe.
Anne.Garcia.
KARA HALLER (Assistant Dance Captain,
Swing, u/s Patty, Ms. Sheinkopf). National tours:
Beauty and the Beast. Regional: Ahmanson Theatre,
Ogunquit Playhouse, Gateway Playhouse. Proud
Belmont grad. “Huge thanks to JoAnn, Eddie, my
family, friends and my husband Michael.”
GIANNA HARRIS (Tomika) is ecstatic to
be joining the new class of rockers for the fi rst
national tour! Mega thanks to the creative team
for this amazing opportunity and to Chris, Debra,
Leslie, Natalie, Shana and Sheri. “Much love to
my family for the constant support! Rock on!”
Insta: @thegiannaharris.
CARSON HODGES (Mason, u/s Lawrence)
is 9 years old and thrilled to make his debut on
the School of Rock tour. Gratitude and thanks to
his entire family, Malko Dance Studios, Skips
Music, Bach to Rock Music Academy and his
agent Nancy Carson for their love, support and
mentoring.
ELYSIA JORDAN (Mrs. Hathaway,
Ensemble, u/s Rosalie, Ms. Sheinkopf).
Regional: Billy Elliot (Ogunquit Playhouse,
North Shore Music Theatre). Concerts: 54
Below, Feinstein’s At The Nikko, MGM Grand.
B.F.A. Ithaca College. “You rock, Merri,
Anne, Mom, Dad, Marcus!” elysiajordan.com.
@lysiejordan.
DEIDRE LANG (Ms. Sheinkopf). “Let’s Rock!”
Broadway: Ragtime, The Lion King, Tommy.
National tours: The Lion King, Hairspray,
Tommy, Cats. International tours: Ragtime
(Vancouver), Smokey Joe’s Café (Australia).
Regional: The Lion King (Las Vegas), Rock of
Ages (Las Vegas), Aida (Alliance Theatre). TV:
Fly Girl on Fox’s “In Living Color.” Thanks to
God, friends and family!
ALEX LOUIS (Swing, u/s Freddy, Mason,
Billy). Multi-instrumentalist actor’s Broadway
tour debut! Regional: The Winter’s Tale (HVSF);
drummer inspired by Grohl, Peart & Animal.
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Thanks Mom, Dad, GenerationTV, casting, Dave
Tedeschi! IG/Twitter: @alexlouisrocks. IMDb/
FB: Alex Louis.
SINCLAIR MITCHELL (Snake, Mr.
Mooneyham, Ensemble). Broadway: The Lion
King. Off-Broadway: The Emperor Jones (Irish
Rep), Harlem Song. Tours: The Producers, Best
Little Whorehouse…. CCM grad. Olympic torch
bearer, ’96 Games. Thanks to About Artists
Agency. Love to Joey.
THEO MITCHELL-PENNER (Lawrence).
Playing the piano since age 5, Theo is over the
moon to be making his touring debut in SoR!
Thanks to Nancy Carson, his teachers and the
Walnut. Love to his family and friends. Special
thanks to Merri Sugarman, Sir Andrew Lloyd
Webber and the cast and creative team.
GILBERTO MORETTI-HAMILTON
(Freddy) is humbled by the opportunity to tour
with SoR. This native New Yorker comes from a
musical family with roots in the Caribbean and
Italy. He was honored as “Musician of the Year
2017” by the Boys Club of NYC. This multiinstrumentalist
also plays piano, bass, xylophone
and percussion. Insta: gilbertomorettihamilton.
JAMESON MOSS (Stanley, Mr. Williams,
Ensemble, u/s Dewey) is excited to be a part
of School of Rock! He would like to thank his
parents, siblings, the SoR productions team,
Jackie Reid, Barry Kolker and his righteousness
Mikey Reid.
JOHN MICHAEL PITERA (Billy, u/s
Lawrence). Honored to play Billy in School
of Rock. Recent credits include Mary Poppins
(Michael Banks), Paper Mill Playhouse; national
tour of Newsies (Les). Thanks to Lisa Calli, Barry
Kolker, Merri, Claire, Tara Rubin Casting, Justin
Reamy, Amelia DeMayo and Regina Innocente.
Love to Mom, Dad, Julianna, Mimi and Mikie.
@john_m_pitera.
TOMMY RAGEN (James, u/s Zack). A San
Diego surfer at heart, Tommy recently released
his fi rst album of original songs Tommy Ragen 9.
Tommy’s been playing guitar and writing music
since age 6. Thanks SoR!
PHOENIX SCHUMAN (Zack). A dream come
true for Phoenix to debut in the School of Rock
national tour. He has had a passion for music,
rock and theater his whole life and has been
playing guitar since age 8. He was previously in
the music video for “Million Miles” by TV on
the Radio.