Timothy J. Alex

is returning to The Old Globe after last being here in 2004 with the original company of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. His Broadway credits include Pal Joey (Seaver Swift, Roundabout Theatre Company at Studio 54), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Conductor and Freddie Benson u/s, Imperial Theatre), Never Gonna Dance (Dice Raymond, Broadhurst Theater), Man of La Mancha (Tenorio, Martin Beck Theater), Sweet Smell of Success (Martin Beck Theater), Thou Shalt Not (Plymouth Theatre), Chicago (Shubert Theatre), Titanic (Frederick Fleet). His New York credits include Pippin (Leading Player u/s, Paper Mill Playhouse), Pirates! (Pirate King u/s) and Kiss Me Kate (Bill Calhoun, Paper Mill Playhouse). His Toronto credits include Ragtime (Harry K. Thaw), Fosse and Cats (Tugger and Tumblebrutus), Sunset Boulevard (Choreographer) and Crazy for You (Jimmy). His television credits include “Dancing with the Stars” with Lisa Rinna, “All My Children” (Erica Kane’s Personal Trainer) and Grand Theft Auto IV video game (lead character Bernie Crane).

Graham Bowen

has performed on Broadway in Gypsy (2003 Revival), 42nd Street (2001 Revival), Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake and Big: the Musical. He has performed in the first National Tours of Monty Python’s Spamalot and 42nd Street. His other theatre credits include the world premiere of Whistle Down the Wind, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas and Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Radio City Music Hall). His film and television credits include Pitch, “One Life To Live,” “All My Children,” “Guiding Light,” “Saturday Night Live,” “Late Show with David Letterman,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and the Tony Awards as well as numerous commercials and voiceovers.

Will Chase

currently appears on Broadway as Tony in Billy Elliot. He has starred on Broadway in The Story of My Life, High Fidelity, Lennon, Aida, The Full Monty, Miss Saigon and as Roger in the final cast of Rent. His Off Broadway credits include The Burnt Part Boys (Vineyard Theater) and Don’t Quit Your Night Job (Ha! Comedy Club). Mr. Chase’s regional credits include Valentin in Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Helen Hayes Nomination, Signature Theatre), Curly in Oklahoma! (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma), Sid in The Pajama Game (The Muny of St. Louis), Assassins, Electra and Mame (Jeff Award nomination). His film credits include Four Single Fathers, Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway, Everyday People (HBO Films) and Shaft. On television, Mr. Chase currently plays Pat Mahoney on FX’s “Rescue Me.” He has made guest appearances on “Law and Order,” “Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” “Cupid,” “Canterbury’s Law,” “Conviction,” “Queen’s Supreme,” “Third Watch,” “Fling,” “As the World Turns,” “Guiding Light” and “All My Children.” He can be heard on the Original Broadway Cast recordings of The Story of My Life and High Fidelity and on This Ordinary Thursday: The Songs of Georgia Stitt. Mr. Chase is a classically trained percussionist and conductor, having studied at the Oberlin

Paige Faure

has been seen in the National Tours of A Chorus Line (Vicki, Sheila u/s, Maggie, Judy, Diana), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Truly Scrumptious, Asst. DC, u/s), Little Women (Jo) and Aida (Amneris u/s, Staging Capt.). Her regional credits include On the Town (Claire de Loone u/s, Paper Mill Playhouse), Miss You (Woman 1 & 2, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center) and Wild Party (Queenie u/s, Theresa Lang Theater). She is a Broadway Theatre Project Alum. As always, thanks and love to Matthew. Eph. 3:14-21.

Stephanie Gibson

is thrilled to be making her Old Globe debut. She has performed on Broadway in Monty Python’s Spamalot as the understudy for the Lady of the Lake. She has been seen in the National Tours of A Chorus Line playing Judy Turner, Happy Days: A New Musical as Lori Beth ( where she can be heard on the original cast recording) and Dreamgirls. She recently performed at City Center Encores! in Anyone Can Whistle and has been seen on television in “All My Children,” “As the World Turns,” “Guiding Light” and in the film What Goes Round. Her favorite regional credits include performances at The Muny of St. Louis, Paper Mill Playhouse, Galveston Island Outdoor Musicals and Kansas City Starlight Theatre. Ms. Gibson is a graduate of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre. She resides in New York with her husband, Will Chase.

Rick Holmes

has been seen on Broadway in Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Pillowman, Cabaret, Major Barbara, The Deep Blue Sea, Timon of Athens, The Government Inspector, Saint Joan and Off Broadway in Distracted (Roundabout Theatre Company), Dog Opera and Stop Kiss (The Public Theater), Clean (Atlantic Theatre Company) and Hapgood (Lincoln Center Theater). His National Tour credits include Spamalot, Cabaret and Angels in America. His regional credits include The Blue Room (Signature Theatre), K2 (Arena Stage), Cymbelline (Hartford Stage), Arcadia (Milwaukee Repertory Theater) and The Glass Menagerie (Huntington Theatre Company). His film and television credits include The Girl in the Park, Melinda and Melinda, The Stepford Wives, “All My Children,” “Law and Order: SVU,” “Law and Order,” “The Petrified Forest” and “The City.”

Vasthy Mompoint

is excited to be working at The Old Globe. Her Broadway credits include Good Vibrations bikini girl/swing, (u/s), Hot Feet (Ensemble) and Mary Poppins (Fannie/Ensemble). Her National Tour credits include Ragtime (Pas de Deux dancer). Some favorite roles include Aida (Aida), Hair (Dionne), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Brenda), Footloose (Wendy-Jo), The World Goes ‘Round (Woman 1), Sophisticated Ladies (Solitude soloist), 42nd Street ( Gladys) and Sweet Charity (Helene). One of her favorite jobs to date is dancing with Michael Jackson. Ms. Mompoint is currently the voice of Layla on Fox Kids’ “The Winx Club.” Love to all friends and teachers and to my family in Haiti. www.Yelehaiti.com

Aleks Pevec

has been seen in Wicked (original LA company), Pippin (Mark Taper Forum) and played Tommy in The Who’s Tommy (Ricardo Montalban Theater). Stoked to be a part of this show. Pura vida!

Jeffrey Schecter

was last seen on the West Coast in the U.S. Premiere of Minsky’s at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, also directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw. He was last seen on Broadway as Mike Costa in the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line and can also be seen in the documentary film, Every Little Step, winning that role. Other Broadway credits include The Pajama Game, Wonderful Town, Beauty and the Beast, Guys and Dolls, Mambo Kings (pre-Broadway) and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (City Center Encores!). As a filmmaker, Mr. Schecter’s first feature film, Farm Girl in New York (co-star/co-writer), appeared in several film festivals across the country. Most recently, he wrote, directed, produced and starred in the short film Flirting with Commitment, which was accepted into the Doorpost Film Project. He is grateful to be here and for the support from his family. www. jeffreyschecter.com

Tally Sessions

has been seen in the National Tours of South Pacific (Lincoln Center Theater), Legally Blonde and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. His Off Broadway credits include Anyone Can Whistle (City Center Encores!), Yank!, The Joy of Sex and Godspell. Mr. Sessions’ other New York credits include Main-Travelled Roads, The Children, Tim and Scrooge and The Happy Prince. His regional credits include Signature Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Westport Country Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Florida Stage, Actors’ Playhouse and SpeakEasy Stage Company. Mr. Sessions is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a proud AEA member.

Amy Spanger

On Broadway, she originated the roles of Sherrie in Rock of Ages, Holly in The Wedding Singer (Drama Desk nomination), Bianca/Lois in Kiss Me Kate and appeared as Roxie Hart in Chicago, Hope Cladwell in Urinetown and Betty Schaeffer in Sunset Boulevard. Off Broadway, she originated the role of Susan in Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick...BOOM!. Her tours include Maureen in the first National Tour of Rent and Roxie in Chicago. Her television credits include “Royal Pains,” “Michael And Michael Have Issues,” Law & Order: SVU,” “Six Feet Under,” “Ed,” “Becker” and “EGG, the arts show” on PBS. Her film credits include Sally in Reefer Madness (Showtime) and Synecdoche, New York. Her recordings include Kiss Me Kate, tick, tick...BOOM!, The Wedding Singer, Reefer Madness and Rock of Ages. www.amyspanger.com

Anthony Wayne

is beyond thrilled to be making his Old Globe debut after completing a run of Sophisticated Ladies starring Maurice Hines at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. His favorite Broadway touring credits include the first National Revival of A Chorus Line, the first National Tour of The Color Purple and Fame—The Musical (Tyrone Jackson). He recently made his Off Broadway debut in the City Center Encores! production of Anyone Can Whistle. His regional theatre history consists of Once on This Island (Papa Ge), Parade (Jim Conley), Aida (Maine Stage Music Theater), Beauty and the Beast (Alabama Shakespeare Festival) and Swing! (Theatre Under The Stars). He is a Norfolk, Virginia native who graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory with a BFA in Music Theatre. He has also trained at The Alvin Ailey School and Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago. He performs his one-man cabaret, Anthony Wayne: Crossing The Line, in venues across the country. www.awayne.com

Rupert Holmes

has won Tony awards as an author, lyricist and composer. His most recent Broadway musical Curtains earned him the 2007 Drama Desk award for Best Book of a Musical, as well as Tony nominations for both Best Book and Best Additional Lyrics. Prior to that, he received a Tony nomination for Best Play (and won the Touring Broadway Best Play award) for Say Goodnight, Gracie. His comedy-thriller Accomplice won him the second of his two Edgar awards from The Mystery Writers of America. His Broadway musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood won the Tony award for Best Musical, for which Holmes also singly won Tonys for Best Book, Best Lyrics and Best Music. He received the identical honors from the New York Drama Desk and a fourth award for Best Orchestrations. He is also an award-winning mystery writer whose first novel was made into a motion picture starring Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon, and whose short stories have appeared in such prestigious anthologies as Best American Mystery Stories. He also created and wrote AMC’s critically-acclaimed television “dramedy” Remember WENN. His current non-musical theatre projects include the first stage adaptation of a John Grisham novel, A Time to Kill, which will premiere in 2011 at Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage and his new stage version of Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution, written with the approval of Dame Agatha's estate. He has recently finished stage musicals of: My Man Godfrey with Urinetown’s Mark Hollmann; book and lyrics for the Jerry Lewis comedy classic The Nutty Professor, with Marvin Hamlisch as composer; and Secondhand Lions with the songwriting team of Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner. He is delighted to return to San Diego and The Old Globe with a work that pays tribute to his friend and songwriting mentor, Sammy Cahn.

Jimmy Van Heusen

was one of the most accomplished songwriters in the history of American popular music. He received 14 Academy Award nominations over the course of his 40-year career, and won four times. Van Heusen began writing songs while still in high school. In 1933, he took a job as a staff pianist with Remick Music Publishing in New York City and was soon put under contract as a songwriter. Collaborating with lyricist Eddie De Lange, he produced nearly 20 hit songs. By 1939, Van Heusen had started working with another lyricist, Johnny Burke. Together, the two began their own publishing firm and collaborated on the Broadway shows Nellie Bly and Carnival in Flanders, as well as over 30 films. Under contract with Paramount Studios, Van Heusen and Burke moved to Hollywood in 1940 and together they wrote many hit songs for Bing Crosby, including the Academy Awarding-winning “Swinging on a Star.” In 1956, Burke semi-retired from songwriting and Van Heusen started another successful partnership with lyricist Sammy Cahn. Their catalog includes “Come Fly with Me,” “Only the Lonely,” “All the Way” (Academy Award), “High Hopes” (Academy Award), “Call Me Irresponsible” (Academy Award), “The Second Time Around” and “My Kind of Town.” Cahn and Van Heusen also collaborated on the Broadway shows, Skyscraper and Walking Happy. Frank Sinatra recorded 85 of Van Heusen’s songs, more than any other composer. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971. Jimmy Van Heusen died on February 7, 1990

John McDaniel

has worked on television shows such as “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” (two Emmy Awards), Friar’s Roasts ’99-’02, Tony Awards ’97-’00 as arranger, “A Rosie Christmas” and “A Family is a Family” (HBO). His Broadway credits include Brooklyn, Annie Get Your Gun, Taboo, Chicago, Grease, Patti LuPone on Broadway. Recordings as Producer include Annie Get Your Gun (Grammy Award), The Maury Yeston Songbook, Brooklyn, Taboo, The Journey Home (Malcolm Gets), John McDaniel at the Piano (Broadway, Christmas, Compositions and Live at Joe’s Pub). His recent credits include Catch Me If You Can (Seattle), Happy Days—A New Musical (National Tour), Bonnie & Clyde (La Jolla Playhouse), Pirates! (Goodspeed Musicals, Paper Mill Playhouse and Huntington Theatre Company), music director/arranger for Tyne Daly nightclub act in NYC, LA and San Francisco, Guest Conductor at San Francisco Symphony and St. Louis Symphony. His upcoming projects include Daughter of the Regiment (Opera Theatre of St. Louis). www.JohnMcDaniel.com

Gregg Barnes

has designed Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Lucky Duck, What the World Needs Now, Hay Fever and Suds at The Old Globe. His Broadway credits include Legally Blonde (2007 Tony nomination), The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Award, Olivier Nomination), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Flower Drum Song (Tony nomination), Side Show and Bye, Bye, Birdie. Other New York credits include Sinatra: His Voice, His World, His Way (Radio City Music Hall), The Wizard of Oz (Madison Square Garden), Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Pageant (The Blue Angel and London’s West End, Olivier Nomination), The Kathy and Mo Show, Eliot Feld’s Behold the Man, Anyone Can Whistle, No No Nanette, Du Barry Was a Lady, Follies and Sweet Adeline (City Center Encores!). His National Tours include Legally Blonde, The Drowsy Chaperone, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Flower Drum Song, Disney’s On the Record, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Mr Barnes’ regional credits include Minsky’s (Ahmanson Theater, L.A. Drama Critics Award), Mame (The Kennedy Center), Allegro (Signature Theatre, Helen Hayes Award), Flower Drum Song (Mark Taper Forum, L.A. Outer Critics Award, Garland Award) and productions at Arena Stage, Glimmerglass Opera, June Opera Festival of New Jersey and Paper Mill Playhouse. He is the recipient of the Theatre Development Fund’s Irene Sharaff Young Master Award and faculty at NYU Tisch School of the Arts from 1982-2002.

John H. Shivers

Broadway sound design credits include 9 to 5: the Musical, for which he received a 2009 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Sound Design and a 2008/2009 Ovation Award Nomination for Best Sound Design, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, In My Life, Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Julia Sweeney’s God Said ‘Ha’. He is also credited as the Associate Sound Designer for Broadway and worldwide productions of The Lion King, Mary Poppins, The Producers, Hairspray, Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, Titanic, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Big: The Musical, The Who’s Tommy, Guys and Dolls and Buddy — The Buddy Holly Story. Mr. McDaniel is thrilled to return to The Old Globe where he had previously sound designed productions of Sammy and Ace.

Bill Elliott

is an arranger, composer, conductor and bandleader who specializes in swing and vintage styles of music. He recently arranged and produced Michael Feinstein’s Grammy-nominated album The Sinatra Project and Australian singer David Campbell’s album On Broadway. His original songs and arrangements have appeared in many television shows and films including “Northern Exposure,” Independence Day, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, “Gilmore Girls,” Cinderella Man and Wedding Crashers. Since 1993, he has led the 19-member Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra which has performed widely and recorded four CDs. As music director for John Lithgow and Michael Feinstein, Mr. Elliott has conducted the Chicago, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Detroit, San Diego, Birmingham and Vancouver Symphonies. Mr. Elliott was the arranger and music director for The Old Globe’s 1988 production White Linen by Steven Metcalfe. Mr. Elliott lives in Holliston, MA with his wife and teenage daughter and teaches orchestration and arranging at Berklee College of Music.

David Chase

returns to The Old Globe for the first time since 1993’s Damn Yankees, which became his Broadway debut as music director. He has been music director and/or arranger for 18 more Broadway shows since then, including the current Promises, Promises (Dance Arranger) and Billy Elliot (Music Director). He also arranges for the Boston Pops (most recently, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” and “The Twelve Days of Christmas”). He is married to Damn Yankees alum Paula Leggett Chase and proud father of Kyler and Dashiell. Music education: Harvard degree in Biology. Mr. Chase’s return to The Old Globe is dedicated to the brilliant James Raitt, original Musical Director of Damn Yankees.

Tara Rubin Casting

The Old Globe: Sammy and The First Wives Club—A New Musical. Broadway/Tours: A Little Night Music, Promises Promises, Guys and Dolls, Billy Elliot, Shrek, The Country Girl, Rock ‘n’ Roll (U.S. casting), The Farnsworth Invention, Young Frankenstein, The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, Pirate Queen, Les Misérables, History Boys (US Casting), Monty Python’s Spamalot, Jersey Boys, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, The Phantom of the Opera, Good Vibrations, Bombay Dreams, Oklahoma!, Happiness, Flower Drum Song, Imaginary Friends, Metamorphoses, Frogs, Contact, Thou Shalt Not and A Man of No Importance.

Brian Bogin

has stage managed several shows on Broadway including The Phantom of the Opera, Good Vibrations, Wicked, Rent and All About Me (starring Dame Edna and Michael Feinstein). His National Tours include Chicago, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Urinetown, The Phantom of the Opera, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Wicked (Chicago Company) and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Boston Company). Mr. Bogin’s Off Broadway credits include The Toxic Avenger Musical, as well as productions for the WPA Theatre, Classic Stage Company and Primary Stages. Thanks to Peter and Casey. Olives to Jelly!

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