WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST
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Associate Conductor); Disney’s The Lion King
(Broadway Tour - Vocal Coach/Assistant
Conductor); Dear World with Tyne Daly
(VPAC); Jonathan Dove’s Innocence (Banff
Centre and Manhattan Theatre Club); Two By
Two with Jason Alexander, How To Succeed...
with John O’Hurley, The Fantasticks with
Eric McCormack, Once on This Island with
Ledisi, Li’l Abner with Cathy Rigby and Fred
Willard (Reprise); Great Expectations, My
Fair Lady, 1776, Camelot and Forever Plaid
(Utah Shakespearean Festival); “A Hollywood
Holiday Celebration” (ABC - Television), The
Fountain Show and Christmas Trolley Show
(The Grove Los Angeles).
JOSEPH JOUBERT (Orchestrator). Credits
as orchestrator, arranger, conductor, musical
director include Broadway’s Violet; Motown
the Musical; Nice Work If You Can Get It;
Leap of Faith; Caroline, or Change; The Color
Purple; Billy Elliot. TV: Smash. Film: Nights
in Rodanthe. Recording: Fantasia, Broadway
Inspirational Voices, Patti Labelle, Ashford &
Simpson, Diana Ross. Grammy®, Emmy® and
Drama Desk Award nominee.
TALITHA FEHR (Music Coordinator) has
worked on over 50 National and International
tours and productions, highlights include Sister
Act, Mamma Mia!, Come Fly Away, School
of Rock and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics
Ceremonies. She dedicates her work on The
Color Purple to the memory of Sam Lutfiyya.
TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting). Broadway/
Tours: SpongeBob SquarePants; Once on This
Island; The Parisian Woman; M. Butterfly;
Anastasia; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory;
Hello, Dolly!; Come From Away; Waitress;
Hamilton; Kinky Boots; Wicked; On Your Feet!;
Something Rotten!; The King and I; An American
in Paris. Off-Broadway: Sweeney Todd, Atlantic,
Classic Stage, MCC, St. Ann’s Warehouse,
Second Stage. Film: Miss Sloane, Into the
Woods, Margin Call, Rachel Getting Married,
Across the Universe, Camp, Pieces of April. TV:
This Is Us, NCIS: New Orleans, House of Cards,
Rise, I’m Dying Up Here, One Day at a Time,
Graves, Atypical, commercials. telseyandco.com
RANDY COHEN (Keyboard Programmer)
has programmed more than 50 Broadway
shows including Hamilton, On Your Feet!,
Allegiance, Kinky Boots, The Book of Mormon,
In the Heights, Motown the Musical, Pippin,
Rock of Ages, If/Then, Bring It On, Peter and
the Starcatcher, American Idiot, Elf, Young
Frankenstein and Grey Gardens. TV: Sesame
Street.
THOMAS SCHALL (Fight Consultant).
More than 50 Broadway shows: Blackbird, The
Crucible, China Doll, Allegiance, The King and
I, This Is Our Youth, Of Mice and Men, Romeo
and Juliet, Lucky Guy, Death of a Salesman,
Venus in Fur, War Horse, The Merchant of
Venice, After Miss Julie, A View From the
Bridge, Mary Stuart.
BRIAN SCHRADER (General Manager) is in
his fifth season with TROIKA Entertainment.
Current Tours: The Bodyguard (1st National),
The Color Purple. Previous tours as Assoicate
General Manager: An American In Paris, 42nd
Street, Annie (Singapore & Jakarta), Dancing
Pros Live, Bring It On (Japan), Ghost, Mike
Tyson’s: Undisputed Truth, Priscilla Queen of
The Desert, West Side Story, and Catch Me If
You Can. Proud Graduate of Loyola University
New Orleans with a Degree in Theatre Arts and
Business Administration.
JOSE SOLIVAN (Company Manager).
Broadway tours managed: Finding Neverland,
Cabaret, R&H Cinderella, The Gershwins’
Porgy and Bess, Anything Goes, Hairspray,
The Drowsy Chaperone, Rent, The Producers,
Grease and Spamalot. Broadway tours
performed: Oklahoma! Jose would like to
give a special thanks to friends & family that
supported him through the challenges of 2017.
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”- Oprah
Instagram: cmjosesolivan
MELISSA CHACÓN (Production Stage
Manager). National tours: The Bodyguard, The
Bridges of Madison County, We Will Rock You,
Billy Elliot, Contact and Rent. Off-Broadway:
Avenue Q. Regional Credits include: The
Iceman Cometh at BAM with Nathan Lane and
Brian Dennehy, Les Misérables and Shida. She
earned her MFA in Stage Management from
Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of
the Arts.
RICHARD A. LEIGH (Stage Manager).
National Tours: Jersey Boys, The Bodyguard
the Musical, Hair, Bring It On the Musical,
Ghost the Musical, How the Grinch Stole
Christmas, My Fair Lady, and Hello, Dolly!
w/ Sally Struthers. Also, Elton John’s Aida
(Taiwan) and Guys & Dolls – National Tour
(Asst. Director). Much love to my parents, my
family, and to Peter.
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