CHAPLIN

THE MUSICAL

ROB MCCLURE

Original Broadway Cast

Rob McClure

Rob McClure

Charlie Chaplin

Originated the role of Chaplin at La Jolla Playhouse (Craig Noel Award winner). Most recently in New York, Rob received raves for another title role, leading the cast of Where's Charley? at Encores. A two-time Barrymore Award winner, Rob starred on Broadway as Princeton/Rod in the Tony Award® winning musical Avenue Q. He made his Broadway debut in the 2002 Broadway revival of I’m Not Rappaport alongside Judd Hirsch and Ben Vereen. Other selected credits include Avenue Q (1st National Tour, Helen Hayes Nomination), Amadeus (Mozart, Walnut Street Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour, The MUNY), The Game’s Afoot (world premiere by Ken Ludwig, Cleveland Playhouse), The Producers (Carmen Ghia, Walnut Street Theatre), The Flea and the Professor (world-premiere, Arden Theatre) and Johnny Baseball (world premiere American Repertory Theater).

Jim Borstelmann

Jim Borstelmann

Alf Reeves

Original cast member of the Broadway revival of Chicago. He went on to play several funny characters for Susan Stroman and Mel Brooks in The Producers and Young Frankenstein on Broadway and in the film. Jim was last seen on Broadway playing Uncle Fester opposite Brooke Shields and Roger Reese in The Addams Family. He can be seen in the documentary Broadway the Golden Years.

Jenn Colella

Jenn Colella

Hedda Hopper

Starred on Broadway in Urban Cowboy (Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination) and in High Fidelity. Off-Broadway: Closer Than Ever, Slut, Beebo Brinker Chronicles, Don't Quit Your Nightjob, Lucky Guy. Other favorite credits include: Amelia Earhart in Take Flight (McCarter), Peter Pan in Peter Pan (Stephen Sondheim PAC), Daisy in Side Show (Kennedy Center), Hedda Hopper in Becoming Chaplin (La Jolla Playhouse), Kiki in Kiki Baby (Outstanding Individual Performance Award, NYMF). TV: Sondheim! The Birthday Concert at Lincoln Center, Cashmere Mafia, Rescue Me, The Good Wife. Film: Uncertainty (opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Stand-up comedy: Laugh Factory, Comedy Store (Los Angeles). Ms. Colella proudly holds an MFA in acting from The University of California, Irvine.

Erin Mackey

Erin Mackey

Oona O'Neill

Broadway credits include: Roundabout Theatre's Anything Goes (Hope Harcourt), Wicked (Glinda) and Sondheim on Sondheim (Roundabout). She also played the role of Glinda in the LA and Chicago companies of Wicked. Off-Broadway: I Remember Mama (York Theatre). Film/TV: Gossip GirlBlue BloodsThe Parent Trap.

Michael McCormick

Michael McCormick

Mack Sennett, Charlie Chaplin Sr., McGranery

Broadway: Elf (Mr. Greenway), Curtains (Oscar Shapiro), How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Pajama Game, Kiss Me Kate (1st Gangster), 1776 (John Adams), Sam Mendes’ Gypsy, Marie Christine, Kiss of the Spider Woman, La Bete. Recent Off-Broadway: Tin Pan Alley Rag (Roundabout), A Man of No Importance (LTC). Most recent City Center Encores! include: Fanny and Babes in Arms. National Tours: The Producers (Franz Leibkind), Les Miserables (Thenardier), Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Warden).  Recent TV: all three of the Law & Order series, Candide and My Favorite Broadway (PBS).  Film: The Producers and A Very Serious Person. Member of AEA since his 1965 Broadway debut in Oliver!.

Christiane Noll

Christiane Noll

Hannah Chaplin

Broadway/tour: Ragtime (Tony® nomination), Urinetown, Mambo Kings, It Ain’t Nothin But The Blues, Jekyll & Hyde, Grease, Miss Saigon, City of Angels, South Pacific. Film: The King & I (Singing Anna). Other: Closer Than Ever (York Theatre Co.), Witches of Eastwick (Signature Theatre, VA), New Moon (Encores!), Lizzie Borden (Goodspeed Opera), The Student Prince (Paper Mill Playhouse), Lincoln Center American Songbook Series.  Symphony soloist with Marvin Hamlisch, Don Pippin and Peter Nero. Opera debut: Washington National Opera, opposite Placido Domingo. www.christianenoll.com

Zachary Unger

Zachary Unger

Young Charlie, Jackie Coogan

Broadway debut! Loves performing, football and basketball. Off-Broadway: Merrily We Roll Along (Frank Jr.), Measure for Measure (Boy). Readings and workshops include: Becoming Chaplin (Young Charlie), Finding Neverland (Michael). Film: Admission, Tar, Lily. TV: Letterman, Dora the Explorer, American Viral. Love and huge thanks to Mom, Dad, Noah, grandmas and grandpas and my supportive friends! Special thanks to Rachel and Ellen at Abrams Artists, Random Farms Kids Theatre, Amelia, Gulia and Carly.

Wayne Alan Wilcox

Wayne Alan Wilcox

Sydney Chaplin

Broadway: Coram Boy, The Normal Heart (Tony®, Drama Desk, Drama League award), Priscilla Queen of the Dessert. Off-Broadway/favorite theater: Carrie (MCC), Suddenly Last Summer (Roundabout), A Man Of No Importance (LCT), Great American Trailer Park Musical, The Full Monty, Importance of Being Earnest, The Last Five Years, The Light in the Piazza, The Sisters Rosenweig. TV/Film: Marty on The Gilmore Girls, Law and Order, RENT, Under (Gold at Toronto Film Festival, student academy award), Interview (with Steve Buscemi, dir.), My Sassy Girl. Love to my giant family in NYC, LA, VA, DC and NC.

Justin Bowen

Justin Bowen

Ensemble

Broadway debut! Previous credits include Paper Mill Playhouse (Hero, A Funny Thing...Forum), Goodspeed Musicals (Mickey, Hello! My Baby), Stages St. Louis (Tom Sawyer, Big River!), Yale Institute for Music Theatre, NYMF, as well as CBS' My Broadway Debut. BM, Florida State University. Many thanks to the folks at Nicolosi & Co, Warren, and Mom and Dad for their endless love and support.

Emilee Dupré

Emilee Dupré

Joan Barry, Ensemble

Incredibly honored to be a part of CHAPLIN! Broadway: The People in the Picture (Roundabout). Off-Broadway: The Blue Flower (Second Stage), Girl Crazy, On the Town (NY City Center), Seascape with Sharks and Dancer (Lion), Somewhat Damaged (Metropolitan). National Tours: A Chorus Line, High School Musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Fosse. Regional: Cabaret (freeFall), Oklahoma! (Arena), A Wonderful Life (Paper Mill), My Fair Lady (Pioneer). BFA in Acting from NYU Tisch. Thank you friends and family!

Sara Edwards

Sara Edwards

Dance Captain, Ensemble

Recent: Follies (Broadway, Kennedy Center, Ahmanson Theater) also Warren Carlyle’s assistant choreographer. Broadway: Irving Berlin's White Christmas. NYCC Encores!: No, No, Nanette and Of Thee I Sing. Turn of the Century at the Goodman Theater (dir. Tommy Tune).  OCU graduate. Sara joined CHAPLIN in La Jolla and can’t wait to bring it to Broadway, thank you Warren and Mindy.  For Mom, Dad and Ari for their smiles and encouragement.

Leslie Donna Flesner

Leslie Donna Flesner

Swing

Broadway: Finian's Rainbow (Melinda, u/s Susan the Silent), Follies (Young Dee Dee, u/s Young Heidi). City Center Encores: Fanny, Finian's Rainbow. Regional: Ahmanson Theater, Kennedy Center, MUNY, North Shore Music Theater, Pittsburgh CLO, Portland Center Stage, Ogunquit Playhouse.  Film/TV: Boardwalk Empire. Love to Mom, Dad, Justin and Warren.  

Lisa Gajda

Lisa Gajda

Ensemble

Broadway: Catch Me If You Can (u/s Carol), Elf, Finian's Rainbow (u/s Susan), Guys and Dolls, Pal Joey (u/s Gladys), Cry Baby (u/s Mona, Pepper), The Times They Are A Changin', Spamalot, Movin' Out, Taboo, Urban Cowboy, Sweet Smell Of Success (u/s Rita), Kiss Me Kate, Fosse, How To Succeed In Business, Tommy. Television: 2012 Tony Awards® opening number, Fashion Rocks (with Duran Duran), Viva Variety (Swimsuit Squad), MTV Music Awards (with Paula Abdul), 63rd and 64th Academy Awards®.

Timothy Hughes

Timothy Hughes

Ensemble

Broadway debut!  NYC developments of CHAPLIN, Josephine, and Bill T. Jones' Superfly!. National Tour: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.  Other favorite credits include: Greg in A Chorus Line (MSMT), Kyle/Dewey in Legally Blonde (North Shore), Carnival! (Goodspeed), Cabaret (Geva Theater), and Joseph...(Arkansas Rep). Proud NYU/CAP21 alum. Abundant thanks for the unwavering support from his wonderful family and friends. Dedicated to his father.  

Ethan Khusidman

Ethan Khusidman

Usher, Ensemble

Very excited to be a part of the Broadway production of CHAPLIN. Born and raised in New York, Ethan, now ten years old, made his theatrical debut as Gavroche in the National Tour of the 25th Anniversary Production of Les Miserables. Off-Broadway: Harry Finfer/Tommy Mara at Actor’s Fund benefit reading of Miracle on 34th Street: The Musical. Film: Dark Was The Night (Adam Shields), Making Friends (Denny). TV: appearance at The Whitest Kids U’Know. Thanks to: David Doan (Generation TV), Rob LaRocca, Luke McEndarfer, Bob Marks, Telsey Casting, and most importantly to his friends and family.

Ian Liberto

Ian Liberto

Ensemble

Broadway: Billy Elliot (u/s Adult Billy), How To Succeed..., Promises Promises. Tours: A Chorus Line (Bobby, first national), Thoroughly Modern Milly (u/s Jimmy). Regional: The Kennedy Center, Gateway, Sacramento Music Circus, Prather, Little Theatre, Ravinia, Drury Lane, Marriott, TUTS, and Papermill. Graduate of Millikin University. For Dad. 

Renée Marino

Renée Marino

Ensemble

So proud to be a part of CHAPLIN!  Broadway: Wonderland, West Side Story (Rosalia). National Tours: Jersey Boys (Mary Delgado), Disney’s High School Musical, and Cats.  TV: Madonna’s “Give me all your Luvin” video, Lucille Roberts and Shaun T’s Asylum commercials.  Renée, a graduate of Wagner College, is the associate choreographer of Sistas Off-Broadway and she recently performed in two workshops of Superfly directed by Bill T. Jones. Love and thanks to Warren and this incredible team, MSA and my beautiful family!  Faith, love and trust. Reneemarino.com

Michael Mendez

Michael Mendez

Ensemble

Broadway Debut! Off-Broadway: Fat Camp (American Theatre of Actors) Regional: Fat Camp (Playhouse Square, NYMF), Hello! My Baby (Goodspeed), How The Grinch Stole Christmas (The Old Globe), The Full Monty (AMTSJ). Michael would like to thank his family, friends and Nicolosi & Co. BFA: University of Arizona. Michael-Mendez.com

Sarah O

Sarah O'Gleby

Ensemble

Broadway credits: How to Succeed with Daniel Radcliffe, Promises Promises. West End: Candide, Footloose, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, We Will Rock You, Mamma Mia, Saturday Night Fever. Tour: Guys and Dolls, Annie Get Your Gun. Assistant choreography credits include: How to Succeed, 101 Dalmatians, The Academy Awards® with Hugh Jackman, The Wedding Singer, Dancing in Shadows (Soeul, South Korea) and The Producers (Madrid, Spain). TV: Smash (NBC), The Miraculous Year (HBO).

Hayley Podschun

Hayley Podschun

Mildred Harris, Ensemble

Broadway: Anything Goes, Pal Joey, Sunday in the Park with George, Hairspray (as well as the First National Tour), and The Sound of Music. Off-Broadway: Julianne Moore’s Freckleface Strawberry (starring as Strawberry, original cast). Regional: Legally Blonde (Elle Woods), Peter Pan (Wendy), Parade (Iola Stover). TV/Film: Louie, Psychic DetectivesHairspray (Tammy). Thanks to everyone in the CHAPLIN family, DBA Gals, Miller-Marley, and always to Mom, Dad and C. www.hayleypodschun.com

Adam Rogers

Adam Rogers

Ensemble

Trained at the JKO School at the American Ballet Theater. Adam has danced with the Pennsylvania Ballet, Sarasota Ballet of Florida, and Kansas City Ballet. Regional: Aladdin, Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (MUNY Theater). He was also seen in Fame in Macau, China.

William Ryall

William Ryall

Fred Karno, Ensemble

Most recently appeared in the Tony Award®-winning production of Anything Goes. Other Broadway credits: Guys and Dolls, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Seussical, High Society, How to Succeed, Grand Hotel, Whorehouse Goes Public, Me and My Girl, Amadeus, Chess (in concert). Bill appeared as the Postman in the NYC Opera production of Most Happy Fella and has toured with many National Companies. Television credits include: Royal Pains, One Life to Live, Another World, and the Tony Awards® for 1987, 1990, 1995, 2009, and 2011. His most recent film is as Jimmy in Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York.

Eric Santagata

Eric Santagata

Swing

Broadway/NYC: The Apple Tree, The Scottsboro Boys (assistant director/choreographer), Happiness (Lincoln Center), Face the Music (Encores!), Stairway to Paradise (Encores!). Tours: The Boy Friend directed by Julie Andrews (Bobby Van Husen) and Casper starring Chita Rivera. Regional: The Old Globe, MUNY, PCLO, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Guthrie, Paper Mill Playhouse. TV/Film: Pittsburgh, Kennedy Center Honors; Mel Brooks Tribute. CCM Graduate. Thanks to friends, family and agents.

Emily Tyra

Emily Tyra

Ensemble

Broadway: Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway. Off-Broadway: The City Club (Candy). Workshop: Little Dancer (Delphine, dir. Susan Stroman). Regional Favorites: Beauty and the Beast (Silly Girl) and Singin’ in the Rain (Ordway Center), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Walnut Street), Joseph... (North Shore). TV: TV Land Awards with Liza Minelli, HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. Dance: Boston Ballet, James Sewell Ballet. Training: American Ballet Theatre and Boston Ballet School scholarships, The PIT. Love to my family, Warren and Telsey! www.emilytyra.com

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