The Greenwood Tree (2009)

Will is an actor/singer-songwriter born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, now living in NYC.  His work has been heard in cabarets such as Davenports (Chicago), the Duplex and Birdland (NYC), and the Signature Theatre Cabaret series (Washington DC).  His musical THE SIXTH BOROUGH, written with Eric Price (NYU graduate musical theatre writing alum), has been workshopped at the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma and at the University of Indiana's Premier Musicals program.  Last summer Will was invited to participate in the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project at Northwestern's American Musical Theatre Project, working with Craig Carnelia and Andrew Lippa.  As an actor, Will toured North American with MAMMA MIA! and most recently starred as Huck Finn in BIG RIVER at Goodspeed.  Will is a graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.  www.willreynoldsonline.com

William Shakespeare is an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Jeremy Jordan is currently making his Broadway debut in Rock of Ages. Regional credits include Big River at Goodspeed and The Little Dog Laughed at Hartford Theatreworks (Connecticut Critics' Circle Nomination). TV: "Law and Order: SVU". Jeremy has also appeared in a large number of readings and concerts around the city. A recent graduate of Ithaca College, he holds a BFA in Musical Theatre.

Hunter Herdlicka is honored to be under The Greenwood Tree with such a wonderful cast and creative team.  Hunter is a 2009 graduate of Carnegie Mellon, and will be making his Broadway debut this fall!  Previous credits include over 20 productions with the Utah Shakespearean Festival, the Dallas Summer Musicals, Repertory Company Theatre, and the West Virginia Public Theatre.  Hunter is a proud member of Actor’s Equity and is represented by DGRW.

Nikki Renée Daniels appeared in the Broadway Revival of Les Miserables where she portrayed the role of Fantine.  She has also been seen on Broadway as Nehebka in Tim Rice and Elton John's Aida, Renata in the Roundabout's revival of Nine starring Antonio Banderas, Crystal in the revival of Little Shop of Horrors, Eleni in Bernie Taupin and Elton John's Lestat, and Woman #3 in the Roundabout's production of Burt Bacharach's The Look of Love.  Nikki has also toured Nationally as the Aida Standby in Aida, and as Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors.  Ms. Daniels made her New York City Opera debut in 2002 as Clara in Porgy and Bess.  Regionally, she created the role of Ray Charles' wife Della B in Ray Charles Live! at the Pasadena Playhouse.  She has also been seen as Belle in Beauty and the Beast at North Shore Music Theatre and at Sacramento Music Circus; Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes at Williamstown Theatre Festival under the direction of Roger Rees; Sarah in the first regional production of Ragtime at North Shore Music Theatre; Aida in Aida at Art Park and Celia Vane in Dorian at the Denver Center.  She reprised the role of Fantine in Les Miserables at Atlanta’s Theatre of the Stars, Kansas City Starlight, and at Wolf Trap. On television Nikki appeared as a featured player on Chappelle's Show on Comedy Central and in PBS's Great Performances presentation of South Pacific starring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Reba McIntyre at Carnegie Hall. Nikki has performed as a soloist with the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Pops, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and at Jason Robert Brown’s 10th anniversary Concert of Songs for a New World at Symphony Space.  She recently made her Carnegie Hall solo debut with Brian Stokes Mitchell, Reba McIntyre, Phylicia Rashad and Heather Headley.   She made her solo cabaret debut at the Laurie Beechman Theatre and has also performed in cabarets in New York at the Duplex, the Triad, and Joe's Pub.  She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music.

Martin Moran won a 2004 Obie Award for The Tricky Part, a one-man play which he developed from his recently released memoir of the same title. Broadway: Spamalot, Ernst Ludwig in Cabaret, Dr. Kitchell in Bells Are Ringing, Radioman Bride in Titanic, A Christmas Carol, How to Succeed in Business…, Huck Finn in Big River, Oliver! National tour: Doonesbury. Off-Broadway: A Man of No Importance at Lincoln Center Theater, The Cider House Rules at the Atlantic Theater Company, Skeets Miller in Floyd Collins at Playwrights Horizons and The Making of Americans. Regional: Long Wharf, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Trinity Repertory Company and the American Conservatory Theater. Film/TV: The Next Big Thing, Private Parts, “Possible Side Effets,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” Dellaventura, “Mary and Rhoda.” www.TheTrickyPartBook.com

Theresa McCarthy: Original cast of TITANIC on Broadway; Nellie in FLOYD COLLINS Playwrights Horizons.  Featured vocalist on several recordings including, TITANIC, FLOYD COLLINS,  MYTHS AND HYMNS, BRIGHT EYED JOY, THE FROGS/EVENING PRIMROSE and LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S MASS  with The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra .  She has often performed in concert at Town Hall, The Guggenheim Museum, Joe’s Pub and Birdland.  Theresa is a faculty member at New York University Playwrights Horizons Theatre School teaching acting.

Amy Justman: Broadway: Company (Susan, cast recording and PBS’ Great Performances), White Christmas (Tessie/Betty (u/s)). New York: Music in the Air (Encores!), Show Boat, Bernstein’s Mass (both Carnegie Hall), Einstein's Dreams (Anna, Symphony Space), Henry's Wife (Marisa, Center for Contemporary Opera),Taxi Cabaret (Sara, Prospect Theater Company), The Screams of Kitty Genovese (Martha, NYMF). Regional: Of Thee I Sing (Mary Turner, Bard SummerScape), Company (Susan, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Ordinary Days (Claire, Adirondack Theatre Festival), A Little Night Music (Mrs. Nordstrom/Anne (u/s), Baltimore Centerstage), Follies (Young Heidi, MSMT). Recent concert work includes Mahagonny Songspiel (Ravinia Festival), Les Noces (NYC Ballet), Inura (Dance Brazil), and performances at Avery Fisher Hall, Kennedy Center, Fisher Center at Bard, and the Kurt Weill Fest (Dessau, Germany) as a winner of the Lotte Lenya Competition. BA, Yale and MM, Manhattan School of Music. Thanks Will and Andy!

Andres Quintero: NATIONAL TOURS: Altar Boyz (Juan) REGIONAL: Altar Boyz (Juan) Sacramento Music Circus, Giant (Angel) Signature Theatre. EDUCATION: The American Musical and Dramatic Academy.

Stephen Schellhardt is thrilled to be a part of The Greenwood Tree and working with such an amazing company. Shortly after moving from The Windy City last winter, Stephen appeared in A Modest Suggestion at The Riverside Theatre here in NYC. National tours: Altar Boyz. Regional credits: Motel in Fiddler on the Roof (West Virginia Public), Laurie in Little Women (Marriott Theatre, Jeff Award nominee), Herman, opposite George Hearn in The Most Happy Fella (Ravinia Festival), Phil Gleason in The Boys are Coming Home (The Goodman Theatre), Malcolm in The Full Monty, Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Doody in Grease, Harry in State Fair, and Sam in Shenandoah (Marriott Theatre), Lon Smith in Meet Me in St. Louis, and the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (Drury Lane, Water Tower Theatre). Stephen is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama. Thanks to Will and everyone involved in The Greenwood Tree for this beautiful show.

Mariand Torres is so excited to be a part of NYMF for the third year in a row! Earlier this year, Mariand was seen in the world premiere of Sybille Pearson/Michael John LaChiusa's Giant at the Signature Theatre. Other credits: NYC: Mona in The People Vs. Mona (Abingdon Theatre), The Bubble (NYMF). WORKSHOPS: Tina in Tina Girlstar (NY Stage & Film), Take Me, America (York Theatre), Cutman (NYMF), Joe Bean (Zipper Theatre) as well as continued work on an untitled piece by Brett Leonard with LAByrinth Theatre Copmany. REGIONAL: My Way (Merry Go 'Round Playhouse). EDUCATION: University of Miami, BM, Musical Theatre. Proud AEA member. Thanks to Lindsay and the Greenwood Tree team!

Matthew Gardiner most recently directed Michael John LaChiusa's See What I Wanna See at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA. He also co-directed and choreographed Studio Theatre's productions of Jerry Springer: The Opera and Reefer Madness for which he received the 2008 Helen Hayes Award for Best Musical and Outstanding Direction of a Musical. Regional directing credits include tick, tick...BOOM! at MetroStage, La Boheme and Candide at Catholic University of America, and Singing Shakespeare at Signature Theatre. Choreography credits include Dirty Blonde featuring Emily Skinner at Signature Theatre, Grey Gardens and Suzan Lori Parks Fucking A at Studio Theatre, and The Music Man for the Washington Savoyards. Since 2006 Matthew has been the Resident Assistant Director at Signature Theatre. Matthew most recently, assistant directed The Visit directed by Frank Galati, starring Chita Rivera and George Hearn. Other assistant directing credits included Glory Days at Circle in The Square (Broadway); Les Miserables, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Ace, Glory Days, The Studio, The Witches of Eastwick, Saving Aimee, Into the Woods, Nevermore at Signature Theatre, and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at The Kennedy Center. Assistant choreographer credits include Kiss of the Spider Woman, Merrily We Roll Along, Saving Aimee, and Urinetown at Signature Theatre. Matthew is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.

Broadway/UK/National Tour: The Light in the Piazza; Other National Tours: Sweeney Todd (Resident Music Director, LA Drama Critics Circle Nomination Best Music Direction), Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Associate Music Director/Conductor), The Lion King, Mamma Mia! Audra McDonald’s principal coach/pianist for her operatic debut in Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine and La Chiusa’s Send at Houston Grand Opera. Other regional credits: American Vaudeville (Alley Theatre) and Goodspeed Opera House. Arrangements for Paulo Szot, Natalie Toro, Diana DiMarzio. Honors graduate, Rice University. 

OFFBROADWAY: ‘Rooms: A Rock Romance’ (New World Stages), ‘Looking for the Pony’ (Vital). REGIONAL: original ‘Rooms’ (Geva Theatre Center), ‘Kiss of the Spiderwoman’ (Helen Hayes nomination) and the long running ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ (Goodman Theatre, dir. Eric Schaeffer), ‘See What I Wanna See’  and ‘Title of Show’ (Signature Theatre, dir. Matthew Gardiner), ‘Sweeney Todd’ (Geva), ‘Hello Dolly’ and Puccini’s ‘Il Trittico’ (dir. David Gately), ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ (Paper Mill Playhouse), ‘Godspell’ (Syracuse), the 30th anniversary production of ‘The Colored Museum’ (Crossroads), ‘A Tuna Christmas’ (Human Race), ‘Tick, Tick, Boom!’ (dir. Matthew Gardiner), ‘No, No Nanette’ (Amas), ‘Frozen’, ‘Brooklyn Boy’, ‘The Sound of Music’, ‘Side Show’, ‘Hello Again’, ‘The Little Prince’, ‘The Mousetrap’, ‘Death of a Salesman’, ‘The Secret Garden’, ‘The Odd Couple’, ‘The Music Man’, ‘Rumors’. Education: Carnegie Mellon University. Member of United Scenic Artists U.S.A. 829.

Recent design credits include: CAROLINE IN JERSEY (Williamstown), EMILIE’S VOLTAIRE (Living Image Arts, The Beckett at Theatre Row), CALL ME ANNE (Access Theatre, Directed by Matt McGrath), BIG MONEY (Williamstown), THE LARAMIE PROJECT (Gloucester Stage), GUYS AND DOLLS (Directed by Steve Cosson), and WOYZECK (CMU). Internatonal: His designs for SHOUT!, SMOKEY JOE'S CAFÉ, AND THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND, and SHOWDOWN (Directed by Patricia Wilcox and John Carrafa) can currently be seen all over the world on Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Jade cruise ship. Set design for HOLLYWOOD TO BROADWAY in Shanghai, China. Jake frequently works as an assistant and associate to some of the top lighting designers in the industry on projects such as MARY STUART (B’way with Hugh Vanstone), OLD ACQUAINTANCE (B’way with Rui Rita), WIG OUT! (The Vineyard with Peter Kaczorowski), RUINED (MTC with Peter Kaczorowski) and BACK BACK BACK (MTC with David Weiner). During the summer, Jake serves as the Co-Lighting Supervisor at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and is a proud graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. www.jakedegroot.com

Paul Brewster (Production Stage Manager):  Selected NY Credits:  For the Love of Christ! (PSM, Cherry Lane Theatre), Gentleman's Wish (PSM, Barrow Group), Wood (ASM, NYMF), Sympathy Jones (SM, NYMF).    Regional:  All Shook Up starring Sally Struthers (Asst. Director, Ogunquit Playhouse) Upcoming: The Pillowman (PSM, Astoria Performing Arts Center)  BFA, Tisch School of the Arts.  Thanks to Kevin and Taylor.

Lindsay Levine is excited to return to NYMF after assisting Michael Cassara with 9 productions last season. She has spent the last year interning with Tara Rubin Casting and Cindy Tolan's office and is looking forward to her new job working with the children in Billy Elliot: The Musical, as the Casting Assistant with Nora Brennan Casting. Other credits: Joe Bean: The Musical (Zipper Theatre), Ragtime (Astoria Performing Arts Center, with Wojcik and Seay Casting).BFA: Musical Theatre, University of Miami. Former Actor: National tour of Mamma Mia!

Kevin Emrick is currently the Artistic Assistant at Manhattan Theatre Club, where he is on the producing team of their Broadway and off-Broadway season. His credits at MTC include Lynn Nottage’s 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning Ruined, Humor Abuse, Accent on Youth, The American Plan, Top Girls, Come Back, Little Sheba, Mauritius, Back Back Back, The Receptionist and From Up Here. Prior to working at MTC, Kevin developed and produced Kooman and Dimond’s first musical Homemade Fusion at Carnegie Mellon and later transferred it to the Pittsburgh CLO and New York’s Zipper Theatre. Kevin has also worked for The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the Chautauqua Theatre Company, Warner Bros Television and Emmy award winning writer/producer Aaron Sorkin on NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Kevin is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon and sits on the board of the School of Drama’s alumni organization.

Taylor S. Harris is currently the Membership and Administration Manager at the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) where he is a co-producer for ISPA’s two annual Congresses and is responsible for managing the organization’s membership portfolio. Prior to joining ISPA, he served as the Assistant to the Supervising Producer at the Entertainment Technology Center where he was on the producing team for multi-media entertainment technology projects. Taylor was the Festival Director for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (Region II) which he was awarded a Fellowship in Arts Administration from The Kennedy Center National Selection Team for his work on the festival. Taylor holds a Master of Arts Management and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University.