Evil Dead Cast!!

Congratulations to the cast of Taking Flight’s Evil Dead: The Musical!  Thanks to everyone who auditioned; we had a lot of truly stellar talent come out, and it was not an easy job casting this show.  We are very excited to begin working on this campy, zombietastic endeavor, and would like to congratulate and welcome the cast to Taking Flight.

Ash – Jesse Baskin
Linda – Katie Pond
Scotty – ReShawn Johnson
Shelly – Gretchen Wright
Jake – Glen Bartram
Cheryl – Susanna Todd
Annie – Laura Fontaine
Ed – Sean Cafferky
Moose/Prof – Stephen Wheeler

Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? Cast List

The official "Welcome to the cast" email has gone out, and the cast stands as follows:

George is Chip Rome

Martha is Wynn Creasy

Honey is Erin Anderson King

Nick is Scott Pafumi

Congrats to all of you, and to everyone who came out to auditions this weekend, thank you as well. We had some strong talent come out and I know this wasn't an easy decision for Michael to make (even if he didn't have to play musical cast members with this particular show).

Rehearsals will be starting up next week, so be on the lookout for cast and crew interviews, rehearsal recaps, and anything else you'd like to see (if there's other stuff you'd like to see here, leave us a comment and let us know!).

So, it's been what, 800 years?

Sorry I've been MIA lately folks. Personal stuff, like ensuring I stay employed, has been keeping me busy. But I am (as far as I know) staying employed, so I figured I'd take a few minutes and post the cast list. At some point soon there will be interviews, I promise. I just have to actually think of good questions. Right now, my brain cells are pretty much just coming up with things like "Why are bananas squishy?" -- and while that's a fascinating question, and I'm sure Michael would love to answer it, most of the cast members don't know me and my sense of humor, and probably would not respond to that email. And also, you guys probably don't want to read 15 responses about why bananas are squishy.

The cast list for Dude with Balloons!

Mark W. Gray-Mendes: Jerry Gorman
Susanna Todd: Gracie
Marissa Quintos Dolcich : Mother Gorman
Ryan Khatcheressian: Big Jack
Rebecca Clary: Blaire
Cory Okouchi: Mr. Frankel
Lori Staley: French Boy
Braedon Kulick: Young Jerry
Jesse Baskin: Ens/Lindbergh Baby
Mark Mariano DeGuzman: Ens/Fr. Ann
Jen Faulconer: Ens/Nena
Jeffery Miller: Ens/Parisian
Shannon Montague: Ens/FAA Agent
Carla Okouchi: Ens/TV Reporter/Bimbo
Renee Rabben: Ens/Parisian
Michael Schaaff: Ens/NASA Official
Stephen T. Wheeler: Ens/Thuggish Bully
Christine Young: Ens/Bimbo
Kevin McCormack: Da Vinci
Josh Doyle: Lindbergh
Cathy Arnold: Amelia Earhart

For those who have worked with CCT/2FT before: Welcome back! For those who are new to our group: Welcome ... front?

The cast list is out!

Sorry to all who were hoping for an update earlier in the week ... I didn't have anything exciting to report earlier. Callbacks for "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress" were Wednesday night, so if I'd tried to do my Tuesday update, it would have just said "Callbacks are tomorrow, and that is all."

We had a really, really strong turnout for auditions and callbacks (I think everybody in that callback walked out thinking "Wow, I rocked out my callback, but so did everyone else, so that's gotta be a tough call for the director to make!!"). But, after what I assume was much deliberation and banging her head against the wall, director Susan Devine has announced the cast as follows, in order of appearance:

Frances: Betsy Eames
Meredith: Lauren Feliz
Trisha: Melissa McConnell
Georgeanne: Erin Anderson King
Mindy: Laura Scott
Tripp: Felipe Cabezas

Congrats to the cast -- it's gonna be an exciting ride!!!

Rehearsal updates and cast interviews will be posted over the next few weeks, as usual. I'm hoping to have some ugly bridesmaid dress costumes to post soon -- at least a couple of the cast and crew members have discussed taking a trip to David's Bridal to take pictures of each other in ridiculous dresses to post up here ... if that happens, you'll be the first to know :)