Matilda

Nina Brothers (Amanda) is excited to be making her debut at Olney Theatre Center! REGIONAL: Baltimore Center Stage: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Dixie); Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Gypsy (Baby June). COMMUNITY: Charm City Players: A Christmas Story; Memorial Players: Into the Woods. CAMP: Charm City Players: Annie Jr. (Annie). Nina is a rising 5th grade student at Mt. Washington School in Baltimore.

Michelle E. Carter (Ensemble) is excited to be back at OTC after appearing in Elf ! REGIONAL: Barrington Stage Company: The Royal Family of Broadway- World Premiere; Mac-Haydn Theatre: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Anything Goes, Saturday Night Fever, Sweeney Todd, Spamalot, Hello, Dolly!; Tibbits Opera House: Oklahoma! (Gertie), The Addams Family. A proud Marymount Manhattan College Musical Theatre alumna, Michelle is a skilled tap dancer and accomplished choreographer in the northeast. Represented by Take 3 Talent. UPCOMING: A Chorus Line (Tricia, Val & Maggie u/s) at Signature Theatre. www.michelle-e-carter.com

Ellie Coffey (Amanda) is delighted to make her Olney Theatre Center debut. Previous theater credits include: Les Miserables (Young Cosette), Sound of Music (Gretl), Seussical (Jojo), Mary Poppins (Miss Andrew), Annie Get Your Gun, and Ragtime, all with Young Artists of America at Strathmore. Ellie’s outside interests include gymnastics, dance, and singing in her church choir. She would like to thank the cast and crew of Matilda, as well as YAA and her family for their love and support.

Ella Coulson (Hortensia) is thrilled to be back Olney Theatre Center.  Previous Olney Theatre credits include: Annie (July). REGIONAL: Adventure Theatre-MTC: Big River (Mary Jane); Washington National Opera: The Lion Unicorn & Me (Children’s Chorus); Ford’s Theatre: A Christmas Carol (Fan). NY AREA: Children’s Musical Theatre Festival: The Wind & The Willows (Portia); Changing Minds (Claire); iTheatrics: Pirates Past Noon (Annie). CONCERTS: The Circle of Life-The Songs of Tim Rice (Young Artists of America Jr Ensemble); The NY Pops 33rd Birthday Gala at Carnegie Hall (Camp Broadway Ensemble). FILM:  Aladdin Kids Choreography DVD (Jasmine). EDUCATION: Rising Junior at Quince Orchard High School.

Felicia Curry (Miss Honey) is thrilled to be in her first production at Olney Theatre Center. Previous Olney Theatre Center credits include Ebony, Ivory and Ink. OFF-BROADWAY: We Three Lizas, DMLRR: The Brontes, Petite Rouge. NATIONAL TOURS: Kennedy Center: Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka, Mattel/Live Nation: Barbie Live!, Capitol Steps. REGIONAL: VA Repertory Theatre: The Color Purple [RTCC Award], Gulfshore Playhouse, Riverside Center for the Performing Arts. DC AREA: Signature Theatre, Ford’s Theatre (Artistic Associate), Arena Stage, Factory 449 (Company Member): Lela & Co. [Helen Hayes Award], The Kennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Round House Theatre, Studio Theatre, Rep Stage, MetroStage, Adventure Theatre MTC, Imagination Stage, Toby’s Columbia. AWARDS: 7 Helen Hayes nominations, 3 Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Ensemble. EDUCATION: UMCP.

Tiziano D’Affuso (Swing) Olney Theatre Center: South Pacific, Fiorello!; DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: Into the Woods; Imagination Stage: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Looking for Roberto Clemente; Rep Stage: Dorian’s Closet; Signature Theatre: Girlstar; Constellation Theatre Co.: The Wild Party [HHA Nomination Outstanding Ensemble], Peter and the Starcatcher; Keegan: Dogfight, American Idiot [HHA Nomination Outstanding Ensemble]; 1st Stage: Fly By Night; Adventure Theatre MTC: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; Monumental Theatre Co.: Pippin, Bonnie & Clyde, Holidazed. Education: BA Theatre University of Maryland.

Ainsley Deegan (Lavender) is beyond excited to be making her first appearance at Olney Theatre Center. REGIONAL: Ford’s Theatre A Christmas Carol (Fan Scrooge); Shenandoah Summer Musical Theatre Beauty and the Beast (Chip), The Music Man. FILM: 12 seconds of gunfire (Ava) Tribeca Film Festival nominee.

Emiko Dunn (Matilda) is excited to make her Olney Theatre Center debut! REGIONAL: ACT of Connecticut: Evita (Children’s Ensemble). NY Area: SSSPA: Shrek Jr.(Dragon), Peter Pan Jr. (Arista/ Noodler), Seussical Jr. (Baby Sour Kangaroo). FILM: Gundam NT (Young Michelle). TV: Bea Unicorn (Bea), Sesame Street. Heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the amazing Matilda team for this amazing opportunity; Take 3 Talent: Eddie Rabon, Natasha Matallana; Patricia McCorkle, Rick Rea, Badiene Magaziner, Denise Simon, Nicole Aravena, Nikki Siriani. Special thanks to Mom, Dad, family, and friends for love and support.  IG TheRealEmikoDunn

Patrick Ford (Bruce) is thrilled to be making his Olney Theatre Center debut.  He is a sixth grader at Oakdale Middle School. Previous credits include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Jeremy), Beauty and the Beast (Chip), Gilligan’s Island (Alien), Shrek, and Silver Bells at Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre. He studies voice with Catherine Porter-Borden and musical theatre with Nicole Ruark at Mid-Maryland Performing Arts Center.

Jay Frisby (Doctor/Ensemble) Previous Olney Theatre Center credits: South Pacific; Annie; Mary Poppins (Northbrook/Park Keeper). NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL TOURS: South Pacific; Hong Kong Disneyland: Festival of the Lion King (Simba); Click Clack Moo; The Whiffenpoofs of Yale. REGIONAL: Connecticut Repertory Theatre: Smokey Joe’s Café (Adrian); Ogunquit Playhouse: South Pacific; Papermill Theatre: West Side Story (Chino); Seussical (Wickersham Brother). DC AREA: Imagination Stage: Cinderella (Prince Jason) [Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Production in a Musical]; Signature Theatre: The Scottsboro Boys (Charles Weems/ Victoria Price) [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble]; Rep Stage: Dorian’s Closet (Jesse Torres); Toby’s Dinner Theatre: The Buddy Holly Story; Miss Saigon. EDUCATION: BA in Theater Studies from Yale University.

Sebastian Gervase (Eric) is thrilled to make his Olney Theatre Center debut! REGIONAL: Arena Stage: Oliver! (Workhouse Boy/Fagin’s Gang); Our War (student); Watch on the Rhine (Bodo, staged reading). DC AREA: Levine Music Theater (formerly Act Two at Levine): 1776 (Charles Thomson); Freaky Friday, Ragtime (Little Boy), Children of Eden (Young Cain), You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Schroeder), Into the Woods, Jr. (Baker); Maret School: A Wrinkle in Time (Charles Wallace), Lion King, Phantom Tollbooth, Wizard of Oz, Shrek, the Musical. TRAINING: Levine Music Theater Performance Institute, Broadway Dance Academy (Joy of Motion), Arena Stage Music Theater Training Company, Harmonic Music.

Rayanne Gonzales (Mrs. Phelps) returns to  Olney Theatre Center where she was last seen as Abuela Claudia in In the Heights. Area appearances include Ragtime at Ford’s Theatre, Carousel and Oliver at Arena Stage and Man of La Mancha at Shakespeare Theatre Company. Broadway credits include The Phantom of the Opera and Hands on a Hardbody. Additional credits include In the Heights (Walnut Street Theater and Theatre Under the Stars), South Pacific (North Carolina Theatre and Casa Mañana), Porgy & Bess (Natchez Festival), the first national tour of In the Heights and NBC’s The Sound of Music Live! An alumna of Boston University, Longy School of Music and The Banff Centre, her honors include the National Federation of Music Clubs, Metropolitan Opera Auditions and Plácido Domingo’s Operalia. Thank you to my family and CGF Talent. Paloma, we gon’ be alright.

Andre Hinds (Rudolpho) is so excited to be back at Olney Theatre Center. Previous OTC credits include: Elf the Musical, In The Heights [Helen Hayes Award Outstanding Musical Production 2018], and Guys and Dolls. REGIONAL: Signature Theater: Scottsboro Boys (Willie Robertson), Crazy For You, Jesus Christ Superstar. DC Area: Toby’s Dinner Theater: Ain’t Misbehavin, Showboat, Sister Act, Hairspray 16’ (Seaweed), Peter Pan, Addams Family, Mary Poppins (Neleus), Memphis. TRAINING: Point Park University and AACC.

Hailey Ibberson (Swing) is excited to be making her Olney debut! She recently graduated from Catholic University (May 2019) with a BM in Musical Theatre and a minor in Writing and Rhetoric (Summa Cum Laude.) Hailey also spend a semester abroad with studying with the London Dramatic Academy. Recent credits include: Sister Mary Robert, Sister Act (Artscentric): Lysistrata, Lysistrata Jones (Red Branch Theatre Company); Young Bonnie, Bonnie and Clyde (Monumental Theatre Company.) Hailey would like to thank her family and friends, and everyone involved with this production for welcoming her to the Matilda team.

Ashleigh King (Ensemble) has previously appeared at Olney Theatre Center in: Elf the Musical, On the Town, Joseph…, Grease, How to Succeed..., Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Godspell, Evita, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, In The Heights and Annie. NATIONAL TOUR: Elephant & Piggie’s: We Are in a Play! DC AREA: The Kennedy Center: Debbie Allen’s Brothers of the Knight, Dreams, Pearl, Pepito’s Story, Elephant & Piggie; Studio Theatre: Torch Song Trilogy, The Rocky Horror Show; Signature Theatre: Hairspray, Dreamgirls; Ford’s Theatre: Ragtime, Into the Woods.

Quynh-My Luu (Ensemble) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Sweeney Todd (Ensemble).  NYC: New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players: The Mikado (Yum-Yum).  REGIONAL: Fulton Theatre: The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Interlakes Summer Theatre: Miss Saigon (Kim); Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre: The Little Mermaid, Titanic, Rock of Ages.  DC AREA: Ford's Theatre: Into the Woods (Rapunzel); Signature Theatre: A Little Night Music (Mrs. Nordstrom).  EDUCATION: BA in Musical Theatre from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. www.quynhmyluu.com.

Michael J. Mainwaring (Michael Wormwood/ Ensemble) Olney Theatre Center: In the Heights, Godspell, Sweeney Todd; DC AREA: Arena Stage: Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Kennedy Center: Me...Jane: The Dreams & Adventures of Young Jane Goodall, In Performance, Lost in the Stars; Signature Theatre: Dreamgirls, Jesus Christ Superstar, U.G.L.Y; Ford’s Theatre: Shenandoah, Freedom Song, Ford’s Presidential Gala: An American Celebration, Now He Belongs to the Ages: A Lincoln Commemoration; Creative Cauldron: Thunder Knocking at the Door; Adventure Theatre-MTC: Three Little Birds (world premiere). REGIONAL: Harbor Lights Theatre Company: Rent. EDUCATION: Voice; Kristin Halliday.

Sawyer Makl (Eric) is thrilled to make his Olney Theatre Center debut in Matilda.  REGIONAL:  Ford’s Theatre: A Christmas Carol (Peter Cratchit); Maryland Ensemble Theatre: A Christmas Story (Young Ralphie Parker).  COMMUNITY/EDUCATIONAL:  Reston Community Players: Gypsy (Newsboy/Rich Man’s Son); Good Shepherd Players:  The Music Man (Winthrop); ATMTC: Tom Sawyer the Musical (Tom Sawyer) HFCC Performing Arts Company: Beauty and the Beast (ensemble); Theatre Unlimited DC: Lion King, Jr. (Ed the Hyena).  TV:  Copycat Killers.  EDUCATION:  Sawyer is a 7th Grader at Washington Episcopal School in Bethesda, MD.

Calvin Malone (Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning to Olney Theatre Center. OLNEY: South Pacific. REGIONAL: Studio Tenn: Cinderella; Signature Theatre: Billy Elliot; Kentucky Repertory Theatre: Little Women. DC AREA: Constellation Theatre Co: The Wild Party [Helen Hayes nomination for Best Ensemble]; ATMTC: Big River; World Stage Theater: Amazing Grace; Toby's: Newsies, Mamma Mia!; Riverside: Spamalot, The Wedding Singer, My Fair Lady, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, 9 to 5, Mame, Oklahoma! EDUCATION: BFA in Musical Theatre Performance: Belmont University. For Mom. @calvinsings

Kai Mansell (Nigel) is thrilled to be making his Olney Theatre debut. He is a fifth grader at Northfield Elementary in Ellicott City, MD. Kai recently played the role of Turkey Boy in A Christmas Carol at the historic Ford's Theatre in DC. He studies voice and piano with Martha Hart-Johns. Kai also enjoys swimming, drawing and cooking.

Tracy Lynn Olivera (Mrs. Wormwood) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: On the Town, Candide, Rancho Mirage, Cinderella, The Sound of Music, Carousel, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Grease. BROADWAY: Ragtime (Bridget, 2009 Revival). REGIONAL: The Goodman/Shakespeare Theatre: Candide (World Premiere, adapted/directed by Mary Zimmerman). Studio Theatre: Bachelorette. Signature Theatre: A Little Night Music [Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a musical], Titanic, The Boy Detective Fails, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Merrily We Roll Along, Les Miserables. The Kennedy Center: Me, Jane, Ragtime, Sunday In The Park, Passion. Ford’s Theatre: 110 in the Shade [Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical], Ragtime, Hello Dolly. Arena Stage: Fiddler on the Roof, Damn Yankees. Folger Theatre: Comedy of Errors. MetroStage: The Last 5 Years, Closer Than Ever. Imagination Stage: A Year With Frog and Toad. Rorschach Theatre: Company Member Emeritus: JB,Rough Magic. RECORDINGS: “Because” (solo LP), “Me, Jane” original cast recording.

Eliza Prymak (Hortensia) returns to Olney Theatre Center having last been seen in South Pacific (Ngana). DC AREA: Shenandoah University Summer Music Theatre: Newsies (Sally), The Old Opera House: Annie (July), Main Street Theater: Seussical (Ensemble), Harmony Drama: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Miss Dorothy). Eliza thanks her family, friends, and the entire Olney team.

Hudson Prymak (Nigel) is so delighted to perform with Olney Theatre Center again. Past Olney Theatre credits include: South Pacific (Jerome). DC AREA: Shenandoah Summer University Music Theatre: Newsies (Youth Newsie), Main Street Theater: Winnie the Pooh (Roo), Aladdin (Abu), The Jungle Book (Baby Zebra). Hudson thanks his family, friends, teachers, and the entire Olney team for their support in this thrilling dream come true!

Connor James Reilly (Escapologist/Ensemble) returns to Olney Theatre Center where he  appeared in Elf the Musical and On The Town. REGIONAL: Barter Theatre: The Music Man, Mamma Mia!; White Plains Performing Arts Center: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Choir Bass); Thin Air Theatre Company: The Foreigner (Ellard Simms), Pippin; Dollywood Entertainment: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (Ralphie); The Waterside Theatre: The Lost Colony; DC AREA: WSC Avant Bard: Beowulf (Young Beowulf); TV: TURN: Washington Spies; Capturing Oswald. EDUCATION: BA in Musical Theatre from James Madison University.

Christopher Michael Richardson (Mr. Wormwood) is excited to return to Olney Theatre Center.  Previous Olney Theatre Center credits include The Tempest and National Players Tour 65. NATIONAL TOUR: Elephant and Piggie’s We Are In A Play. REGIONAL: Know Theatre of Cincinnati: Andy’s House of [blank]; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Macbeth; Constellation Theatre Company: Peter and the Starcatcher [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble]; Round House Theatre: The Book of Will; Ford’s Theatre: The Wiz [Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor]; Imagination Stage: You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding TYA Production]. EDUCATION: BA in English and Theatre from The College of William & Mary

Camryn Shegogue (Ensemble) is so excited to be making her Olney debut! REGIONAL/DC AREA: Free Range Humans: 35mm; Monumental Theatre Co.: Bonnie & Clyde, Smarty Pants; Pallas Theatre Collective: Assassins; Little Butterfly Theatre Co.: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; Kensington Arts Theatre: The Addams Family [WATCH Award nomination for Featured Actress], Les Misérables. EDUCATION: BM in Musical Theatre from Catholic University.

Jack St. Pierre (Bruce) is thrilled to be making his Olney Theatre Center debut and would like to thank his manager, Gabrielle Gardner, the director, Peter Flynn, and amazing cast and crew for this opportunity. REGIONAL: Faust (child) Washington National Opera, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; A Christmas Carol (Turkey Boy/Young Scrooge), Ford’s Theatre; and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Sonny), Baltimore Center Stage. DC: Charlotte’s Web (Gander), Mount Vernon Children’s Community Theater; and Seussical Jr. (JoJo), Aldersgate Church Community Theater. FILM: Cinnamon (Connor) TV: Evil Lives Here (Young William), Investigation Discovery. Instagram #jackastpierre.

Tom Story (Miss Trunchbull) is thrilled to be at Olney Theatre Center after appearing in Angels in America in a co-production with Roundhouse Theatre. He has appeared in over 70 productions in NYC, DC and cities across America.  He has directed at Imagination Stage, Adventure Theatre, American University, Solas Nua, Roundhouse Theatre, The Berkshire Theatre Group, and Studio Theatre.  He is a cabinet member at Studio and an Affiliated Artist at The Shakespeare Theatre.  Awards: Seven Helen Hayes nominations, Fox Foundation Fellow  Education: Duke University, The Juilliard School.

Camiel Warren-Taylor (Lavender) is excited to be making her debut at Olney Theatre Center. REGIONAL: Delaware Theatre Company: Honk; Quintessence Theatre Group: Oliver (Dance Kid Ensemble Captain); Walnut Street Theatre: Annie (Kate) and The Wizard of Oz (Flowergirl Munchkin). FILM: Life (Dominique) TV: Happy (Snickering Twit) EDUCATION: 6th grade at a Performing Arts School. Thanking my Mom & Dad for all the encouragement and support.