Some Like It Hot

TAVIS KORDELL (Jerry/Daphne) is a Raeford, North Carolina native excited to be making their OLNEY THEATRE CENTER debut! NATIONAL TOUR: Some Like It Hot (Jerry/Daphne) [2026 Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Performer, Non-Resident Production], REGIONAL: Stages St Louis: In The Heights (Benny U/S), The North Carolina Theatre: The Color Purple (Ensemble), Elf the Musical (Ensemble), The Muny/Papermill Playhouse/The North Carolina Theatre/The Maltz Jupiter Theatre : Beautiful: The Carole King Musical x4 (Drifter), COLLEGIATE: The Wild Party (Mr.Black), Company (Robert), SpongeBob (Ensemble) and “America’s Got Talent,” Season 16. Proud graduate of UNC-Greensboro! Instagram/TikTok: @taviskordell  

JACOB TISCHLER (Joe/Josephine) went through a pandemic and grad school before returning to OLNEY THEATRE CENTER! Previous credits: A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder (Monty); Singin’ in the Rain (Cosmo)[Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical]. REGIONAL: Walnut Street Theatre: Saturday Night Fever (Tony Manero), Comedy of Tenors (Carlo); Northern Stage: Peter and Wendy (Captain Hook), Waitress (Ogie). WRITER/PRODUCER: Business Business Business (Circus Academy New York), LIQUID: A Punk Rock Circus (New York Circus Project), Ventriculus (Chelsea Film Fest, Lake Placid Film Fest). EDUCATION: BFA in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University, MFA in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California. Instagram: @yaycub.tischler

JESSICA BENNETT (Ensemble) is very excited to perform on the Olney stage again! Her previous OLNEY THEATRE CENTER credits include: Waitress, Frozen, Beauty and the Beast (2021, 2022,) Cabaret, Elf, and South Pacific. OFF BROADWAY: The Actor’s Temple: Honestly Abe. NATIONAL TOUR: We The People. REGIONAL: Fulton Theatre: Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Millbrook Playhouse: Hairspray, New Hazlett Theatre: Ragtime. DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Shear Madness, Me…Jane, Ford’s Theatre: Shout Sister Shout, A Christmas Carol, Signature Theatre: After Midnight, Blackbeard, Baltimore Center Stage: Lookingglass Alice, Keegan Theatre: Chicago [2019 Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical,] Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Hunchback of Notre Dame, A Christmas Story, Artscentric: Chicago, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Stillpointe Theatre: The Last Five Years, Iron Crow Theatre: The Wild Party, F***ing A. EDUCATION: Ithaca College, BFA Musical Theatre.

JAY FRISBY (Ensemble/US Jerry/Daphne) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Waitress, Kim’s Convenience, Frozen, Beautiful, Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man, Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Matilda, The Royale, Miss You Like Hell, South Pacific, Annie, Mary Poppins. TOURS: South Pacific; HK Disneyland: Festival of the Lion King  (Simba); Click Clack Moo; The Whiffenpoofs of Yale. REGIONAL: CRT:  Smokey Joe’s Café  ; Ogunquit Playhouse:  South Pacific; DC: Ford’s: 1776, A Christmas Carol, Little Shop of Horrors, Shout Sister Shout!, Grace; Folger: JuliusX; Imagination Stage: Pete The Cat, Cinderella; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; Signature Theatre: The Color Purple, The Scottsboro Boys; Labor Heritage Foundation: Working; Rep Stage: Dorian’s Closet; Toby’s: The Buddy Holly Story, Miss Saigon. EDUCATION: BA Theatre Studies Yale University. @Frisbyjay JayFrisby.com

CAROLINE GRAHAM (Ensemble, U/S Minnie) [she/her] Previously at OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Little Miss Perfect, Fiddler on the Roof. REGIONAL: Great Lakes Center for the Arts: Godspell. DC AREA: The Kennedy Center: Finn; Signature Theatre: Hair; The Keegan Theatre: Lizzie [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Performer], Seussical; Constellation Theatre: Head Over Heels; Adventure Theatre MTC: The Lightning Thief, Junie B. Jones, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; NextStop: Little Women [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Performer]; Monumental Theatre Company: Tick...Tick... Boom. EDUCATION: BM in Musical Theatre from Catholic University of America. 

KAYA JULIE HARRISON (Ensemble, U/S Sugar Kane) is thrilled to be making her OLNEY THEATRE CENTER debut! DC AREA: NextStop Theatre Company: Footloose (Principal Clark/Betty Blast); Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre: Cabaret (Lulu), Rock of Ages (Justice Charlier); The Arlington Players: Newsies (Medda Larkin). Instagram: @kayajulieharrison kayajulieharrison.com 

EDWARD JUVIER (Osgood) [he/him] BROADWAY & NATIONAL TOURS: Les Misérables; The Phantom of the Opera; Some Like It Hot as Osgood, earning Helen Hayes and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle nominations for his performance. REGIONAL: Goodspeed; STAGES St. Louis (St. Louis Theater Circle Award); Pioneer; Alabama Shakespeare Festival; Tuacahn; Engeman; Riverside; Meadow Brook; TheatreWorks Palo Alto; Arrow Rock; Forestburgh; Gulf Coast Symphony; Transcendence. EDUCATION: Boston Conservatory. A Texas-born Cuban American, Edward is grateful to make his OLNEY THEATRE CENTER debut alongside Tavis and revisit this joyful show with the wonderful company and staff at Olney Theatre. Thanks for having me! @edwardjuvier | edwardjuvier.com

NICKY KAIDER (Ensemble, U/S Joe/Josephine) [he/him] OLNEY THEATRE CENTER DEBUT! REGIONAL: Arizona Broadway Theatre: Spamalot and Happy Days (Chachi); New Bedford Festival Theatre: White Christmas (Ensemble); Priscilla Beach Theater: Singin' in the Rain (Cosmo) and Grease (Kenickie). DC AREA: Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Jersey Boys (Frankie Valli) [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Performer, Musical], A Chorus Line (Mike), The Little Mermaid (Flounder), and Saturday Night Fever (Double-J). EDUCATION: '22 Graduate from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. Nicky thanks his loving family, friends, and his wife, Margaret, for all of their tremendous support! Instagram: @nickykaider 

ASHLEIGH KING (Sweet Sue) [she/her] Prior OLNEY THEATRE CENTER credits:14 productions, including Grease, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, In the Heights, Annie, On the Town, Elf, Matilda, and Singin’ in the Rain. NATIONAL TOUR: Elephant & Piggie. SELECT DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: Guys and Dolls, Into the Woods, Ragtime; Signature Theatre: Dreamgirls, Hairspray; Studio Theatre: Torch Song Trilogy. 5 Helen Hayes award winner for direction or choreography. Instagram @justashking 

ARIEL KRAJE (Ensemble/Dance Captain/Associate Choreographer) [she/her] OLNEY THEATRE CENTER credits include: Frozen (Ensemble), Senior Class (Swing). DC AREA: Synetic Theater: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck), The Madness of Poe, Dracula; Workhouse Art Center: Urinetown (Ensemble) [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Ensemble], The Drowsy Chaperone, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. CHOREOGRAPHY credits include George Mason University: The Great Comet of 1812, 9 to 5, Urinetown; Workhouse Arts Center: SpongeBob the Musical, The Who’s Tommy; Mclean Community Players: Shrek the Musical. EDUCATION: BFA in Theater with a concentration in Musical Theater from George Mason University. Instagram: @ariel.kraje @ak.choreo | arielkraje.com 

ROBERT MINTZ (Ensemble, U/S Osgood) [he/him] OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Hello Dolly, Frozen, Fiddler on the Roof, On The Town, Mary Poppins, Evita, The Producers, The Little Mermaid. NEW YORK: Actors Fund: Miracle on 34th Street; NYMF: Seeing Stars, Shine! REGIONAL: Riverside Theatre: 42nd Street, Walnut Street Theatre: Young Frankenstein, The Fulton: The Nutcracker; Gateway Playhouse: West Side Story, Sharon Playhouse: 42nd Street. DC AREA: The Kennedy Center: Children of Eden, Girl Crazy, Bye Bye Birdie, Sideshow; Arena Stage: My Fair Lady; Signature Theatre: Crazy For You, The Visit; NextStop Theatre Company: Singin’ in the Rain; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: High School Musical, Kiss Me, Kate; Adventure Theatre: What’s a Wolf to Do? Robert is also a Helen Hayes and Connecticut Critics Circle Award-nominated director and choreographer. Follow him on Instagram: @mintzterpiecetheater 

NICO NAZAL (Ensemble, U/S Spats Colombo) Prior OLNEY THEATRE CENTER Credits Include: Little Miss Perfect (Jock/Ensemble), Hello, Dolly! (Ensemble), Senior Class (Nico). Recent Credits Include: Disney Cruise Line: Beauty And The Beast and Seas The Adventure; Passage Theatre Company: Clean Slate (Fate); Cedar Point: Back Then Right Now (Guitarist/Vocalist). EDUCATION: Sunshine House Preschool niconazal.com 

TODD SCOFIELD (Agent Miulligan)  DC Area: OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Our Town, My Fair Lady, Neville’s Island; Arena Stage: Inherit the Wind, Holiday, City of Conversation, Sovereignty; Shakespeare Theatre: Othello, King Lear, Guys and Dolls, Our Town, Richard III, others; Folger Theatre: Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Caliban in Tempest, Hamlet, Othello, Henry VIII, Merry Wives of Windsor, others; Round House Theatre: Ink, Oslo, The Book of Will, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, others; Signature Theatre: Ragtime; Kennedy Center: Mister Roberts; also Theater J, Studio, Ford’s, Adventure Theatre, Imagination Stage, and Everyman Theatre REGIONAL: Arden Theatre: Freud’s Last Session, PlayMakers, Wellfleet Harbor, Actors Theater, Charlotte Rep, and North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. Television: recurring role in The Wire.

GREG TWOMEY (Spats Columbo) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Waitress (Earl); Virginia Rep: Waitress (Earl); Ford’s Theatre: 1776 (Thomas Mckean) Signature: HAIR (Ensemble), Ragtime (Wille Conklin); ArtsCentric: Rent (Roger); Toby’s: Memphis (Huey), Rent (Roger), Xanadu (Sonny); Adventure: Oliver (Bill Sykes), Petite Rouge (Gator); EDUCATION: AA in Theatre from Montgomery College, BA in Theatre University of Maryland. Instagram: @g2dot 

KAREN VINCENT (Minnie) is happy to be back at OLNEY THEATRE CENTER after appearing in A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder, The World Goes Round, and Hello Dolly! Other DC regional credits include Chéz Joey (Arena Stage); Sister Act, Into the Woods, Ragtime (Ford's Theatre); Elephant and Piggie: We are in a Play (Adventure Theatre); A Year with Frog and Toad, (Imagination Stage). She is the singer for The Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra, The Melting Pot Big Band, and is an active member of the Grace Episcopal Church Chancel Choir. EDUCATION: Eastman School of Music, New England Conservatory of Music.

MONTRIA WALKER (Sugar Kane) is thrilled to return to OLNEY THEATRE CENTER! Prior Olney Theatre Center credit: Little Miss Perfect (U/S Perf. Howard Admission Counselor & Ensemble). OFF- BROADWAY: The Cotillion (Singer), Sistas: The Musical (Tamika). REGIONAL: select credits include Gateway Playhouse: Ain’t Too Proud (Tammi Terrell), Goodspeed: All Shook Up (U/S Perf. Sylvia & Ensemble), McCarter Theatre & Goodspeed: Dreamgirls (Effie Alt.), Cain Park: Memphis (Ensemble). EDUCATION: BFA in Musical Theatre from Kent State University. Montria would love to thank God and her village for their continuous love and support! Instagram: @MontriaWalker Isaiah 40:31

GIANNA VASQUEZ BARTOLINI (Swing) is so grateful to be making her OLNEY THEATRE CENTER debut. Education: BFA- Dance Performance from The Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, SUNY, Certificate- Integrated Musical Theatre from AMDA, NY. Theatrical Credits: In The Heights (Signature Theatre, VA), West Side Story (The Argyle Theatre, NY), Evita (Gateway Playhouse, NY), The Wizard Of Oz (The Palace, NH), A Christmas Carol (The Gateway Playhouse, NY|The Argyle Theatre, NY). Choreography Credits: Hello Dolly, Ogunquit Playhouse (Associate), Women of the Night, The Slipper Room, Roja Riding in the Hood, GALA Hispanic Theatre, The Frankenstein Project, Theatre for The New City (Associate), and several other independent projects. Find her on IG: @giannabartolini. Thank you to my family for everything!

BEN YANTIS (Swing) [he/him] REGIONAL: Mac Haydn Theatre: West Side Story (Diesel/u/s Riff). EDUCATION: BFA Musical Theatre from Shenandoah University. Instagram: @benyantiss