Bonnie & Clyde

Hunter Foster (Book)

HUNTER FOSTER originated the role of Bobby Strong in the Broadway and off-Broadway companies of Urinetown (Outer Critic and Lucille Lortel Award Nominations) and received a Tony Award Nomination for his role as Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors. Other Broadway: The Producers, Grease, Footloose, Les Miserables and Alan Menken's King David. Toured nationally as the Rum Tum Tugger in Cats and understudied and performed the role of Martin Guerre in the Cameron Makintosh production of Martin Guerre. He also appeared in the New York premiere of Childen of Eden (Abel) by Stephen Schwartz at the Paper Mill Playhouse. As a writer, he has penned books to the off-Broadway Summer of '42 and the upcoming and Fearless. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan's Musical Theatre Program (BFA 1992).

Rick Crom (Music and Lyrics)

RICK CROM has been part of the New York entertainment community for over 20 years as a songwriter and a performer. He is the composer/ lyricist for several off-Broadway and cabaret revues: OH FINE, RSVP, THE SUBJECT WAS NEUROSIS, ABSOLUTELY RUDE, OUR LIFE AND TIMES ,WHAT IN THE WORLD, and NEWSical which ran at Studio 54 in and garnered him DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS for best lyrics and best revue.

His topical material is featured at the CRYSTAL PALACE Theater in Aspen Colorado. Recently the Crystal Palace honored him by releasing a recording of his material; "WHO WRITES THIS STUFF? The songs of Rick Crom". He has written the scores to several book shows and recently completed writing a musical with Hunter Foster (Summer of 42) entitled, "Bonnie and Clyde: a Folktale"

As an actor he's appeared on Broadway in the musicals, "Urinetown", "The Goodbye Girl", and "Footloose",. Off Broadway in "Merrily We Roll Along", Das Barbecue, Encore's "Fiorello", "L'il Abner", and Carnegie Halls, "Louisiana Purchase" Television: "ED" "The Chris Rock Show" "Chappelle's Show" Film: "Bad Dog" and "Caesar Salad".

Mark Waldrop (Director)

Served as Production Supervisor and created material for Bette Midler's 1999 Divine Miss Millennium tour. Broadway: Bea Arthur, Just Between Friends (2002 Tony Award nomination, Special Theatrical Event.) Off-Broadway and in Los Angeles: Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly, (1997 Drama Desk Award, 1997 Outer Critic's Circle Award, OBIE; Best Director nominations: Drama Desk and L.A. Ovation Awards.) Off-Broadway: Game Show; Pete 'n Keely; Listen to My Heart; Whatnot (Richard Rodgers Production Award); two outings with the nationally known political satire group, The Capitol Steps; and John Epperson’s southern-fried gothic take on Euripides, My Deah. Also: Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (City Center Encores); Three of Hearts, the Songs of Mary Rodgers, starring Faith Prince (Rainbow & Stars.) Regional: Most recently, Little Shop of Horrors at Paper Mill Playhouse and Into the Woods at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theater; Romeo & Bernadette, (Paper Mill and Miami's Coconut Grove Playhouse); Gypsy starring Betty Buckley (Paper Mill); and again, starring Judy Kaye (at the 5th Avenue.) Also a prizewinning lyricist (Edward Kleban Award) and writer, Mr. Waldrop wrote last year’s Radio City Music Hall’s 75th Anniversary Christmas Spectacular.

Melissa Rain Anderson (Emma)

New York credits include Baby Rose in Babes in Arms and Jessica in Tenderloin (Encores!); Bessie in Time and Again (Manhattan Theatre Club); and Penelope in Pacific 1860 (The York). She played Nurse Connie in the national tour of South Pacific with the late Robert Goulet. Regionally, she created the role of Young Liz in Gregg Coffin’s musical Convenience, also Josephine in Urinetown, Mrs. Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol and Mrs. Krebs in Inherit the Wind all for Geva Theatre Center; Ethel in Music Man and Mae in The Pajama Game at Music Circus and reprised her Baby Rose in Babes in Arms for Ovations! at Chicago’s Auditorium Theater. Her cast recordings include Babes in Arms, Tenderloin, Convenience and A Richard Rodgers Centennial Celebration.

Cole Burden (Buck Barrow)

Cole is very excited to be apart of Bonnie and Clyde! He most recently appeared as Che in Evita at Mason Street Warehouse, and in Applause with Christine Ebersole at City Center Encores! Over the past two years he has performed in New York Musical Theater Festival productions of The Piper, The Cousins Grimm and Warrior. He has spent the past three summers at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center developing new pieces in the Musical Theatre and Cabaret conferences. Other credits include: Junie B. Jones for Theaterworks USA, Conrad Birdie in Bye Bye Birdie, Applegate in Damn Yankees, Hair, Jonathan in Was, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing and Valere in Tartuffe. Cole is originally from Georgia and is a Graduate of Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music. Love to family and friends!!

Kevin Cahoon (Ray Hamilton)

Broadway: The Wedding Singer, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Rocky Horror Show, The Lion King, The Who's Tommy; Off-Broadway: The Foreigner (Roundabout - Lortel Nomination), Hedwig and The Angry Inch (also San Francisco, Boston, The Edinburgh Festival), The Wild Party (MTC); Encores: Hair, Babes In Arms; Televison: Six Degrees, Canterbury's Law, Law and Order, Law and Order: CI, Hope and Faith, AMC's The Royale; Film: The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, 'Sudden Manhattan, The Thing About My Folks, the documentaries Whether You Like It Or Not -The True Story of Hedwig and Squeezbox. Kevin, with his band Ghetto Cowboy, recently released their debut album Doll nationwide, garnering them an Out Music Award for Outstanding Debut Recording. Their videos, Doll and Fashionista are currently in rotation on LOGO.

Kevin Carolan (J. Edgar Hoover)

Broadway: The Ritz (Roundabout), Chicago (10th Anniversary Celebration), Dirty Blonde. National Tour: Chicago. Encores!: George and Ira Gershwin's Pardon My English. NYMF: Have A Nice Life. NYFringe: The Grecian Formula. Theater: Happy Days-A New Musical (Goodspeed Opera House), Morning's At Seven (Berkshire Theatre Festival), Lips Together, Teeth Apart (George St. Playhouse), A Thousand Clowns (Studio Arena), Dirty Blonde (GSP, Wilma Theatre), Kudzu (Ford's Theater, Goodspeed). Television: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Spin City, Law & Order: SVU and Criminal Intent, Trinity (recurring), Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Film: Taxi, The Opponent. Commercials: Dozens. Improv: UCB Theater. Writing: The Pingry Players, a series for television with Maryann Carolan and John Rotondo. Awards: NYMF Best Ensemble Performance-2006, Newark Star Ledger's Best Featured Actor-1999; nominee-2004. Member: Friar's Club. www.kevincarolan.com

Rachel Coloff (Blanche Barrow)

Rachel is pleased to return to the ATA. She was last seen here as Soupy Sue in the Off-Broadway production of Urinetown. Rachel was last seen on Broadway in "Damn Yankees" at City Center, however she is best known for her portrayal of Soupy Sue in the Broadway production of Urinetown. Other Broadway favorites include; Rivka/FrumaSarah and Yente in Fiddler on The Roof, the Baroness in Candide, with Hal Prince, and the Elton John/Anne Rice production of Lestat. Her Off-Broadway favorites include; Mrs. Einsford-Hill in My Fair Lady, with Kelli O'Hara, Marni Nixon, and Kelsey Grammar, and Binnie Chester in Fulton Opera House and Kate Jerome in Brighten Beach Memoirs, at The Emelin Theatre.

Diane Davis (Bonnie Parker)

Broadway: Festen, Old Acquaintance. Off Broadway: Regrets Only (Manhattan Theater Club), The Young Left (Cherry Lane). Regional: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles), Mother of Invention (Williamstown Theater Festival). Television Credits include the upcoming pilot Michael and Michael Have Issues, for Comedy Central, Fringe, Without A Trace, Law and Order, and Filthy Gorgeous. Davis has an MFA from the NYU Graduate Acting Program.

Dennis Holland (Sheriff)

Broadway / National Tour - The Music Man; National Tour - Peter Pan; Off / Off-Off Broadway - Drift, Sessions, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, The High Life, Pursuit of Persephone, Houdini, Magpie; Regional - 1776 (Goodspeed), Guys & Dolls (Guthrie), Mistletoe (Ford's), The Winter's Tale (Folger Shakespeare); Television - One Life To Live - Det. John Wolf (recurring); love and thanks to Polly, Anabel, Claire and Will.

Julie Johnson (Martha)

Julie made her Carnegie Hall debut singing with the New York Pops Orchestra under the direction of Skitch Henderson in 2003 and portrayed Mrs. Lovett in a concert version of Sweeney Todd at The Morton Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas. Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include: The Baroness in Hal Prince’s Candide; Das Barbecu (Drama Desk Nominee, Theatre World Award), Roadside, Angel in The Rink (workshop); Regional; Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast, Bass Hall in Ft. Worth, Miss Mona in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Bass Hall, Miss Trixie in Papermoon at the Goodspeed Opera House and Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Dixie in Look Homeward Honky Tonk Angel, Patsy in Always Patsy Cline, Mae West in Dirty Blonde at Theatre Three in Dallas, The Mama in Opal at George St. Playhouse, the Godmother in The Plexiglass Slipper at Lyric Stage. Other credits include Lucky Guy, Heartbeats, Chess, Blithe Spirit. Crimes of the Heart, Nunsense, Baby, Westside Waltz, Hayfever and Magenta in The Rocky Horror Show. Julie’s cds All Grown Up…So Far and More Than Half Way are available through her website www.juliejohnsonmusic.com. Julie is the voice of Baby Bop on the Barney and Friends series. Movie credits include Pure Country with George Strait and The Apostle with Robert Duvall. Julie has also appeared on episodes of As The World Turns. Thank you Trey, John, and Callie!

Gary Littman (Anderson)

New York: A Fine and Private Place (The Raven) at The York Theatre & Minnie’s Boys (Groucho) at The Jewish Repertory Theatre. Regional: Oklahoma (Ali Hakim) at Atlanta TOTS, Dracula (Renfield) at Premiere Stages, Cabaret (Emcee) at Redondo Music Theatre, Metamorphoses (Phaeton) at Florida Studio Theatre, Sight Unseen (Jonathan Waxman) at Centenary Stage, Chapter Two (Leo) at The Bickford Theatre, The Odd Couple (Speed) at Carousel Dinner Theatre, Annie Get Your Gun (Charlie Davenport) &The Man Who Came To Dinner (Banjo) both at the Art Center of Coastal Carolina, City of Angels (Sonny) at AMT of San Jose, The Tempest (Ariel) at Actors Shakespeare Company. Gary is also voice-over artist recording from cartoons to commercials to audio books.

Dana Steer (Ted Hinton)

Dana most recently appeared as Patrick in the Pittsburgh CLO production of Mame with Michelle Lee. Broadway: looking forward to his debut (TBD...). Off-Broadway: Zanna, Don't!. On Tour: Equity national tour of South Pacific, (Cable understudy). Other credits: Hair at Barrington Stage (Claude), West Side Story (Tony), Joseph...(Joseph), Thouroughly Modern Millie (Jimmy), Forty Carats (Peter), and Oklahoma! (Curly) as well as shows at Papermill Playhouse and North Shore Music Theater. TV: All My Children. BFA in Music from Carnegie Mellon. Proud member of Actor's Equity. Danasteer.com coming soon.

Julius Thomas III (Buford)

Julius is so happy to make his NY Debut with Bonnie And Clyde. Nationall Tour: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Mitch/Chip). Regional: Dreamgirls (CC White) @ West Virginia Public, Aida (Mereb) @ Lyric OK, 5 Guys Named Moe (No Moe) @ Lyric OK, Joseph... (Calypso Bro.) @ Music Theatre Wichita. Thanks to Family, Jen, and the good folks over at Cindy Rush! ThunderCats Ho!!!

Stephanie Umoh (Mona)

Stephanie is elated to be apart of Bonnie and Clyde! Previous credits include: Ragtime (Sarah) at The New Repertory Theater, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (Viveca) at Speak Easy Stage Co., Make Them Hear You: The Songs of Ahrens and Flaherty (Featured Soloist) at The New Repertory Theater, Zanna, Don’t! (Kate) at Speak Easy Stage Co., Lucky Duck (Serena) at The Boston Conservatory, The Life (Queen) at The Boston Conservatory. Stephanie has also appeared as a Featured Soloist with The Boston Pops Orchestra and has just received her BFA in Musical Theater at The Boston Conservatory in May 2008. A quick shout out to my momz, all my friends, and to Mike G., Russ G., and Jeanne

Darryl Winslow (Ennis)

Daryl is excited to be a part of Bonnie & Clyde. A NYMF veteran, he appeared in Far From The Madding Crowd (‘04) , Isabelle & The Pretty Ugly Spell (’05), the pre-festival workshop of Have a Nice Life (’06) and last year’s multi-award-winner, Unolck’d (’07). Most recently, he went The Full Monty as Dave in Northern Stage’s critically acclaimed production and performed several roles in readings of Silas, a new musical by Bruce Coughlin, Michael Korie and Anthony Stein based on the novel “Silas Marner”. He created the role of “Good Old Reliable” Jake in the Off-Broadway cult hit, Evil Dead the Musical and can be heard on the original cast recording. Broadway: Avenue Q (u/s Brian). Regional: Jekyll & Hyde (Proops) NCT; Joseph… (Simeon) NCT; Assassins (Hinckley) LATC; and the American premier of Moby Dick the Musical (Elijah) Mass Rep. TV/Film: The View, Later, Breaking In.

Jason Wooten (Clyde Barrow)

Thrilled to be a part of the NYMF again this year after rocking out in last year's Love Sucks. Broadway credits include: Footloose, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Rocky Horror Show Live, Dance of the Vampires and The Times They Are A Changin'. Off Broadway: Bright Lights, Big City. Las Vegas: We Will Rock You (Galileo). He is co-author of the new rock musical, The Existents, which will be premiere this coming February at North Carolina Theater. www.myspace.com/theexistents

Ed Goldschneider (Music Director, Orchestrations, Additional Arrangements)

Broadway, etc: Urinetown, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, The NEWSical, Avenue Q, Legally Blonde, Chita: A Dancer's Life, Grey Gardens, Wicked, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown, The Fantasticks, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. National Tours: Rent, Fame, West Side Story. Numerous productions: Papermill Playhouse, Houston Theatre Under The Stars, Atlanta Theatre Of The Stars, North Shore Music Theatre, Allenberry Playhouse, Cumberland County Playhouse, Jenny Wiley Theatre, Broadhollow Players. Orchestrations: One Way Ticket To Hell (original L.A. production), Broadway Pops International.

Joshua Pilote (Stage Manager)

New York credits include: Frankenstein, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change!, Forbidden Broadway Blue Man Group:Rewired, The Playwright’s Realm, The Public: Shakespeare in the Park, Roundabout Theatre Co., World Of Disney NYC, and various sub positions. Regional: Ogunquit Playhouse, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespearean Festival, American Players Theatre. B.A. Theatre, Albertson College of Idaho. AEA Member.

Matt Berman (Sound & Lighting Designer)

Matt is currently touring with Liza Minnelli as well as continuing his design work and tours with Sam Harris, Jill Eikenberry & Michael Tucker and Karen Mason. He is the resident designer for Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series, and designed the lighting for Michael Feinstein & Linda Eder's "Two for the Road" which continues to tour. Recent concerts: Brian Stokes Mitchell at Carnegie Hall, Victoria Clark at Lincoln Center, NYCGMC at Carnegie Hall. Broadway; Bea Arthur on Broadway, Nancy LaMott-Just In Time for Christmas. Venues he's most excited to have lit are The Acropolis, The Paris Opera, Carnegie Hall, The Amphitheatre in Taormina, and most recently The Hollywood Bowl. He is the resident designer/stage manager for ASCAP's Musical events both in NY and abroad. With Mr. Waldrop, Matt has had the great pleasure to work on Hey Love, Bea Arthur on Broadway, My Deah, Listen to My Heart; the songs of David Friedman, and now of course, Bonnie & Clyde.

Matthew Hemesath (Costume Designer)

Broadway/Tours: Assistant Designer on Lincoln Center's Cymbeline, Assistant Designer on Jersey Boys. Recent: Little Shop of Horrors at Paper Mill Playhouse, Beauty and the Beast at Westchester Broadway, Ain’t Misbehavin’ at White Plains Performing Arts Center, The Buddy Holly Story and The Full Monty at Westchester Broadway, Funked Up Fairytales at Barrington Stage Company. Wardrobe staff member on NBC’s Today Show and Saturday Night Live. MFA Carnegie Mellon. Member of United Scenic Artists Local #829.

Adam Koch (Scenic Designer)

Recent Regional: The D.C. world premiere of the new musical Rooms (Metrostage and Geva Theatre Center, directed by Scott Schwartz), Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Signature Theatre, dir: Eric Schaeffer), the 30th anniversary production of The Colored Museum (Crossroads Theatre Company), A Tuna Christmas(Human Race Theatre Company), Tick, Tick, Boom! (Metrostage), Little Shop of Horrors (Paper Mill Playhouse, dir: Mark Waldrop), Frozen, Brooklyn Boy, The Sound of Music. Upcoming: Chicago premiere of The Million Dollar Quartet at the Goodman Theatre (dir: E. Schaeffer), Godspell (Syracuse Stage), See What I Wanna See (Signature Theatre, dir: Matthew Gardiner), Additional: Side Show, Hello Again, Trust, The Little Prince, The Mousetrap, Death of a Salesman, The Secret Garden, The Odd Couple, The Music Man, Rumors, Woyzeck (costumes) . Awards: United States Institute of Theater Technology 2007 Oren Parker Award for Excellence in Scene Design, and the 2007 Kennedy Center Design Fellowship. Member of United Scenic Artists U.S.A. 829.

Josh Rhodes (Choreographer)

Josh’s choreography credits include Working at the Asolo Rep, Neil Sedaka’s musical Breaking Up Is Hard To Do at the Ogunquit Playhouse, Chess and Dreamgirls at the North Carolina Theatre, All Singing All Dancing and Broadway by the Year-1954 at Town Hall, numerous opening numbers for the Gypsy of the Year, and Easter Bonnet Competitions, and this year’s “Tweedle Dee” number for Broadway Bares. Josh was the assistant choreographer for the Broadway, West End, and national touring productions of The Drowsy Chaperone. His performance credits on Broadway include: Fosse, Bells are Ringing, Sweet Smell of Success, Urban Cowboy, Man of La Mancha, The Boy From Oz, and Chicago. Up next for Josh is Broadway: Three Generations at the Kennedy Center, Barnum at the Asolo, and Working again at the Old Globe.

Cindi Rush Casting (Casting Director)

New York: The Time of Mendel's Trouble, Peaceman, Jacques Brel, Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks, The Thing About Men, Showtune, I Sing, Urinetown, Say Goodnight Gracie. Regional: Triad Stage; Act II Playhouse; Arena Stage; Goodman; Cape Cod Theatre Project; NOHO Arts Center (including "Pest Control", "Dorian" and "Ghost and Mrs Muir"); Actors Theatre of Louisville Humanafest. Film: Offspring, Made For Each Other, Home Movie, Jack Ketchum's: The Girl Next Door, Headspace, Funny Valentine, Master Class. Other: Hats (Denver, New Orleans, Chicago). Casting Society of America Member, Casting Consultant for National Alliance For Musical Theatre, Casting Consultant for NYU Graduate Program for Musical Theatre Writing.

Brooke Elsinghorst (Assistant Stage Manager)

Brooke is thrilled to be working on such an exciting and spectacular new production.  Her previous experience has recently been with I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change and Jewtopia.  Currently she is the assistant stage manager with the company Theatre Breaking Through Barriers where she works with actors with different disabilities within their productions.  Thank you to everyone who made it possible to work with such a fantastic group!

Ron Lasko (Publicist)

Derrick Chua (Producer)

Derrick is an entertainment lawyer and award-winning theatre producer whose most recent productions include the world premiere of Nursery School Musical, the Toronto premiere of My Name is Rachel Corrie and the Canadian premiere of Stuff Happens. New York productions include This Could Be Love, J.O.B. The Hip-Hopera and Top Gun! The Musical. Toronto productions include Like Omigawd! the sugar-pop 80s rock musical, 36 Views, BoyGroove, Welcome to Eden, Family Stories: Belgrade, Little Dragon, The Laramie Project, Top Gun! The Musical, Poochwater, Matt & Ben, and This Is Our Youth. Derrick has been profiled in The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, The Lawyers Weekly, Now Magazine and eye Weekly. He is currently President of the Toronto Fringe Festival and is the proud recipient of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association Honorary Membership for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts.

Ian Samuels (Producer)

Ian, a Chartered Accountant based in Toronto, Canada, has always been an avid musical theater fan. He has produced several Canadian shows and cabarets, and is proud to be working on his first New York City production. He thanks his wife, Linda, for putting up with his musical theatre obsession, and promises that she will always come first – with theatre a very close second.