Leanne Antonio

she/her

(Ensemble/Paper Girl / u/s Meg / Dance Captain)

Broadway/National Tour: The Lion King. Off-Broadway: Black No More (choreo. Bill T. Jones, music by Black Thought). TV: Nia in CBS’s “The Equalizer” (episode 7, dir. Christine Moore). Regional: Signature Theatre’s Private Jones (Gwenolyn/Evans, dir. Marshall Pailet); Paper Mill’s Murder on the Orient Express (Mary Debenham, dir. Casey Hushion); La Jolla Playhouse’s Lempicka (dir. Rachel Chavkin, choreo. Raja Feather Kelly); CRT’s Disaster! (Levora, writer/starring Seth Rudetsky, writer/dir. Jack Plotnick). Other credits include Muriel’s Wedding (Rhonda, writer P.J. Hogan, dir. Simon Phillips). Education: BFA from University of Michigan. Gratitude and love to her team at HCKR, her manager Taylor Bright, God, and her wonderful family and friends.

Nicholas Barrón

he/him

(Calvin)

is thrilled to be making his DC theater debut here at Arena Stage! He was most recently seen in New York City Center’s critically acclaimed production of Ragtime. He is the recipient the 2022 Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor. Thanks to Sam, Taylor, the Wrinkle and Arena team, and his family and friends, without whom this dream would not be realized. Instagram: @nickiebarron

Michael Di Liberto

(Ensemble/Man with the Red Eyes)

is making his Arena Stage debut! Previously seen in the DC area as Leo Bloom in The Producers at Olney Theatre (Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor). Broadway: Tammy Faye and Wicked. Off-Broadway: Titanique (Ruth). Tours: Wicked, Annie, Cinderella, Strike Up the Band, and singing throughout Japan with the Tokyo Philharmonic. Select Regional: Elf, Oliver! (Paper Mill Playhouse); Titanic, Something Rotten! (Fulton Theatre); The 39 Steps (Virginia Stage); Spamalot (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina); Around the World In 80 Days (Hangar Theatre); and LMNOP (Goodspeed). On television, Michael can be seen in “Elsbeth,” “The Blacklist,” “The Good Fight,” “The Gilded Age,” “Evil,” “WeCrashed,” “Hit & Run,” and “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.” Many thanks to Rachel Hoffman and CGF Talent. For Mom, always and forever. @michaeldi_li

Kimberly Dodson

(Ensemble/Happy Medium/Beast / u/s Mrs Whatsit, Mother)

is honored to be in this stunning and timely piece. She was last seen here in DC in Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare Theatre Company and The Sensational Sea Mink-ettes at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. Broadway credits include Summer: The Donna Summer Musical and a show that “shall not be named.” She has also done various TV/film projects, regional theater, and workshops of new works. She would like to thank her family for supporting her as a performer for the last 20+ years and her husband for feeding her. And to those who fight at “all levels and all sizes and dimensions,” keep fighting. “It can be overcome. It is being overcome all the time.” Justitia omnibus. Sic semper tyrannis.

Amber Gray

(Mrs Whatsit)

has originated roles in Sondheim’s final musical Here We Are, Hadestown, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Daniel Fish’s Oklahoma!, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ An Octoroon. Other recent theatre includes Eureka Day, Rob Ashford’s Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Sam Gold’s Macbeth, and Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History… Gray is a longtime member of radical performance community Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir (Neil Young’s Love Earth Tour opener and new album The Sun is a Star that Keeps Me Warm) and theatre company The TEAM. Other new albums include Warriors and Kill the Whale. TV/Film includes “Long Bright River,” “The Underground Railroad,” “The Gilded Age,” “Escape at Dannemora,” Heartworm, Master, and Walden: Life in the Woods.

Taylor Iman Jones

(Meg)

has been seen on Broadway in Six, and the original casts of Head Over Heels and Groundhog Day. Before then, the national tours of Hamilton and American Idiot. She’s also appeared off-Broadway in The Jonathon Larson Project, MCC’s The Lonely Few, Roundabout’s Scotland, PA, and The Kennedy Center’s The Who’s Tommy. Taylor is so honored to be with this incredible cast and creative team, and she sends love and is so thankful for the support from Liberman/Zerman, Cornerstone Talent, her parents, her friends, and her partner Keely. Instagram: @taylorimanjones

Andrea Jones-Sojola

(Ensemble/Mother/Aunt Beast)

is excited to return to Arena Stage after her debut in 3 Mo’ Divas. She performed on Broadway in The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman, and The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess starring Audra McDonald. Off-Broadway, she was seen in Carmen Jones starring Anika Noni Rose. Other NYC and regional highlights include A Little Night Music, Love Life, Once Upon a Mattress, The Light in the Piazza, Brigadoon, The Most Happy Fella, Parade, Candide, and The Sound of Music. TV/Film credits include For Colored Girls (Tyler Perry), “Monsterland” (Hulu), “FBI” (CBS), “The Blacklist” (NBC), “Mozart in the Jungle” (Amazon), The Sound of Music Live! (NBC), Showboat (PBS), Sweeney Todd (PBS), and Fire Shut Up In My Bones (The Metropolitan Opera/PBS). Andrea’s voiceover work includes The Lamb, Strange and Unexplained, and New Nigeria County. Instagram: @andreajonessojola

Aidan Joyce

he/him

(Ensemble/Camazotzian Brother/ u/s Calvin)

is originally from Montclair, NJ, and is excited to be making his Arena Stage debut in A Wrinkle in Time. He has previously appeared in the DC area as Melchior in Monumental Theatre Company’s production of Spring Awakening, for which he received a Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical. Other regional credits include Roger in Rent with Southern Plains Productions and Henry in Next to Normal at New City Music Theatre. His directing credits include Carousel, Godspell, and The 25th Annual…Spelling Bee. He graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory in 2023 with a BFA in Musical Theater. He is represented by Avalon Artists Group. Thanks to Mom, Dad, and Maya! #lgm Instagram: @aidanjoyyce

Vicki Lewis

(Mrs Which)

has starred on Broadway in Anastasia, Damn Yankees, and Chicago; in The Crucible at the Roundabout Theatre; and in Pal Joey for New York City Center Encores!. She recently appeared in Between the Lines off Broadway (Outer Critics Circle nomination). She has also performed as a soloist with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Vicki spent much of 2024 portraying the diva Maria Callas in the Terrence McNally classic Master Class. TV credits include her six seasons on the critically acclaimed series “NewsRadio” where she played beautiful quirky secretary Beth. Also on NBC, she portrayed Nora on “Three Sisters.” Vicki’s TV guest and recurring work includes roles on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “The Blacklist,” “The Goldbergs,” “The Middle,” “Bones,” “Modern Family,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Doll & Em,” “Caroline in the City,” “Seinfeld,” “Home Improvement,” “Murphy Brown,” and “Grace Under Fire.” Her films include Mouse Hunt, Godzilla, The Ugly Truth, Breakfast of Champions, and Upside-Down Magic. In addition to her on-camera and stage work, Vicki has a prolific voiceover career, and can be heard on hundreds of animated series and films including Wonder Woman, “Phineas and Ferb,” “Rugrats,” “Mission Hill,” “Batman: The Brave and the Bold,” Justice League, and “Ben 10.” She is the voice of Deb/Flo in Pixar’s blockbuster Finding Nemo.

Mateo Lizcano

(Charles Wallace)

is an actor based in New York City. He is the 2021 Roger Rees Awards Best Actor and a 2021 Jimmy Awards Best Actor finalist. He made his Broadway debut as the Evan Hansen alternate in Dear Evan Hansen, and appeared in Kimberly Akimbo on Broadway covering the roles of Martin and Aaron. Currently, he is a rising junior at Pace University as a BFA Acting major. Mateo is thrilled to join the cast of A Wrinkle in Time after taking part in the workshop last summer! His other credits: Rent (Benny, Pace University), Trevor (Jason, 2020 cast & workshop), Christmas Spectacular (Patrick). TV: “The Deuce.” He thanks his family, friends, and educators for their endless love and support! @mateo.lizcano

Rebecca Madeira

(Ensemble / u/s Mrs Which)

is excited to make her Arena Stage debut! Favorite credits include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Philia u/s) and Sweeney Todd (Swing) at Signature Theatre; Anything Goes (Hope) at Milton Theatre; Seussical (Gertrude) at Light Opera of New Jersey; Amadeus (Constanze) at the Algonquin Arts Theatre; and The Magic Flute (Pamina) at the International Lyric Academy. She is also a passionate choral singer, and most recently sang with the Higher Word Orchestra in NYC. She holds a BA in Music from Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts, and she was a finalist in the 2025 Lotte Lenya Competition. Love and thanks to her family!

Gabrielle Rice

(Ensemble/Beast / u/s Mother)

is thrilled to be making her Arena Stage debut! She was most recently a part of the show’s 2024 workshop, so she’s excited to be joining the project again. Other DC area credits include Signature Theatre’s Helen Hayes Award-winning production of The Color Purple and Spring Awakening with Monumental Theatre Company. She was also a featured performer in Black Theatre United’s second annual gala alongside Renée Elise Goldsberry and Leslie Uggams in a Hallelujah, Baby! tribute. Gabrielle is a proud 2024 graduate of Howard University’s BFA Musical Theatre program and was a part of LINK Class 6. She thanks her agents, Dustin and Marc, her village, and God! www.thegabriellerice.com @thegabriellerice

Stacey Sargeant

(Mrs Who)

was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, by way of Trinidad and Tobago. A graduate of LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, she received her BFA in Musical Theater from Syracuse University. Stacey was last seen in DC in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Macbeth in Stride. On Broadway, she played Lady in Blue in the critically acclaimed revival of for colored girls… Stacey received Drama Desk, Drama League, and Lucille Lortel nominations for her work in Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future at Ars Nova. This June, Stacey recurs in Season 4 of Starz’s “Black Mafia Family,” and can be seen in Netflix’s The Forty-Year-Old Version, Heather Graham’s Chosen Family, and Nat Geo’s “Genius: Aretha” as Dinah Washington. www.staceysargeant.com @staceysargeant

Jon Patrick Walker

(Ensemble/Father)

is delighted to be making his Arena Stage debut in this production. Career highlights include playing King George in the National Tour of Hamilton; Dr. Frankenstein in Young Frankenstein on Broadway; portraying Bruce Springsteen on Broadway in the rock musical High Fidelity; playing Mrs. Bumbrake in Peter and the Starcatcher (New World Stages, NYC); and starring in the sitcoms “Holding the Baby” (FOX) and “The Fighting Fitzgeralds” (NBC). Other TV credits include guest roles on “SVU,” “Sex and the City,” “Melrose Place,” and “Blue Bloods.” Film credits include The Secret Lives of Dentists, which stars his wife, Hope Davis. Jon is a singer and songwriter; his new album, Simple Pleasures!, is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and elsewhere. Proud member of Actors’ Equity. Instagram: @jonpatrickwalker

Ronald Joe Williams

(Ensemble)

is a proud and talented alumnus of Howard University’s Department of Theatre Arts. He is thrilled to return to Arena Stage, following his professional debut last season in Unknown Soldier written by Daniel Goldstein. Most recently, he made his television debut with a guest-starring role on NBC’s “Law & Order,” appearing alongside Mehcad Brooks and Reid Scott. @ronaldjoewilliams_

Jayke Workman

(Ensemble/Affirmations Man)

is thrilled to be making their Arena Stage debut! Broadway: Chicago (Mary Sunshine). Off-Broadway: Fowl Play. Regional/Touring: Chicago (National Tour), Theatre Aspen, Hartford Stage, Connecticut Rep, Goodspeed. A BFA graduate from The Hartt School, Jayke is also the host of Oh My Pod U Guys, a BroadwayWorld podcast on the Broadway Podcast Network. Special thanks to The Roster Agency, and my wonderful friends and family. @jaykeworkman

Alex De Bard

(Swing / u/s Mrs Who, Mrs Whatsit)

Arena debut! DC area credits include: Olney Theatre Center’s Frozen, Kinky Boots, and A.D. 16; Signature Theatre’s Hair, Private Jones, Passing Strange, Into the Woods, Rent, and Gun & Powder; Monumental Theatre Company’s tick, tick…BOOM! (Helen Hayes nominee for Outstanding Supporting Performer); Mosaic Theatre Company’s Postmortem (workshop/documentary); NextStop Theatre’s Little Women and First Date; Museum of the Bible’s Amazing Grace; Adventure Theatre’s The Velveteen Rabbit, Elephant & Piggie’s We Are in a Play!, Fancy Nancy’s Splendiferous Christmas, and Blueberries for Sal. Regional credits include Goodspeed Musicals’ Private Jones (developmental) and The Great Lakes Center for the Arts’ Godspell. Education: The Rome School of Music, BM. Instagram: @alex_debard

Edward L. Simon

(Swing / u/s Father)

is a Brooklyn-based actor/singer/writer and Bethesda, Maryland native. He is thrilled to be returning to the DC area for his Arena Stage debut! Recent credits include Ragtime (Signature Theatre), Vatican Falls (Off-Broadway/The Tank), Hair (New Repertory Theatre), Cinderella (Virginia Repertory Theatre), and The Bridges of Madison County (SpeakEasy Stage Company). BFA: The Boston Conservatory. All the love and gratitude in the world to his parents, Ben, DJ, and Sally for their support and faith. Thanks to the team at ATB. Edward is aiming to debut his solo play I and Love and You later this year! Instagram: @edwardlouis23

Dillan James Smith

(Swing / u/s Charles Wallace, Calvin)

Arena Stage debut! Dillan is so grateful to be a part of this production of A Wrinkle in Time. Some credits include Anne of Green Gables and PAW Patrol Live!. Offstage, Dillan is a composer/lyricist of the musical Fully ReCOOPERated alongside his team at C.S.S. Original! He wants to thank the cast and creative team and Arena Stage for this amazing opportunity! Another huge thank you to Billy and his friends for their endless support! Always for Mom & Dad XO. Instagram: @dillanjsmith

Alyssa Enita Stanford

(Swing)

is excited for her Arena Stage debut! She is a proud Prince George’s County native. Recent credits include Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Asolo Repertory), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Arrow Rock Lyceum), and Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. Many thanks to the AWIT creative team for their guidance. Special love to God, her parents, HCKR, and the people who guided her to this point! Instagram: @alyssa.enita

Lauren Yee

(Book)

is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and librettist based in New York City whose life was changed when her 11-year-old self read Madeleine L’Engle’s seminal book A Wrinkle in Time for the first time. She is thrilled to return to Arena after the DC premiere of her play Cambodian Rock Band. Her work has also been produced locally at Signature Theatre, Theater J, Round House, and others. She will return to New York next season with her newest play Mother Russia at the other Signature Theatre. Prior to the pandemic, Lauren was named by American Theatre magazine as the second-most produced playwright of that upcoming season. She’s enjoyed productions nationally, including at South Coast Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Denver Center, and others. Other honors include the Doris Duke Artist Award, Whiting Award, Steinberg/ATCA Award, Horton Foote Prize, Kesselring Prize, a Princeton Hodder Fellowship, and a New Dramatists membership. TV credits: “Pachinko” (Apple), “Interior Chinatown” (Hulu), “Billions” (Showtime), “Clipped” (FX), “Soundtrack” (Netflix), and pilots for Apple and Netflix. BA: Yale. MFA: UCSD. www.laurenyee.com

Heather Christian

(Music, Lyrics, and Arrangements)

is a Drama Desk and two-time Obie Award-winning composer/librettist/performer making music-centered shows and rituals. Recent shows include Terce: A Practical Breviary (Prototype/HERE Arts Center), Oratorio for Living Things (Ars Nova), Prime: A Practical Breviary (Playwrights Horizons “Soundstage”), I Am Sending You the Sacred Face (Theater in Quarantine), and Animal Wisdom (The Bushwick Starr, ACT, Wooly Mammoth). She was named one of Time Out New York’s “Downtown Innovators to Watch,” given a New York Drama Critics’ Circle special citation for musical innovation, and has been awarded the Richard Rodgers, Stephen Schwartz, and Jonathan Larson prizes. She’s released 11 records, has taught at NYU and Princeton, operates her own recording studio in Beacon, NY, and can be seen in concert as Heather Christian & The Arbornauts. www.heatherchristian.bandcamp.com

Madeleine L’Engle

(Author)

(1918–2007) was a writer of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and plays. Her most beloved work, A Wrinkle in Time, won the Newbery Medal and has inspired generations of readers. Over the course of her career, she published more than 60 books that wove together science, faith, and the complexity of human experience with philosophical depth and imaginative reach. She believed children could—and should—engage with moral and emotional complexity, and trusted their capacity for wonder, bravery, and growth. Her work has been translated into dozens of languages and adapted for stage and screen. It continues to resonate with readers of all ages and invite reflection, discovery, and connection across generations.

Lee Sunday Evans

(Director)

is a two-time Obie Award-winning director and choreographer and the Artistic Director of Waterwell. She recently directed the acclaimed production of Heather Christian’s Oratorio for Living Things. Notable credits include The Ford/Hill Project (Woolly Mammoth Theatre, The Public Theater) created with Elizabeth Marvel, Dance Nation by Clare Barron, The Courtroom created with Arian Moayed, Detroit Red by Will Power, Sunday by Jack Thorne, In the Green by Grace McLean, Miller, Mississippi by Boo Killebrew, and Home by Geoff Sobelle. She directed the film adaptation of The Courtroom that premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2022.

Ani Taj

(Choreographer)

is a choreographer and founder of The Dance Cartel, working between NYC and the misty west of Ireland. Her work is rooted in the belief that dance can be liberatory and a GOOD TIME; The New York Times described her work as “haute-performance theory with a house party vibe.” Recent thrills include choreography for Dead Outlaw (Broadway), La Cage aux Folles (Pasadena Playhouse), Neon’s The End starring Tilda Swinton, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Olney Theatre Center). She co-created Untitled DanceShowPartyThing with Sam Pinkleton for Virgin Voyages; Dance Cartel highlights include MoMA PS1, Storm King Arts Center, Rolling Stone magazine, Brooklyn Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Ace Hotel NY; music videos for Yoko Ono, Reggie Watts, Vic Mensa. anitaj.co

dots

(Set Designer)

is a multidisciplinary design collective. Hailing from Colombia, South Africa, and Japan, we are Santiago Orjuela-Laverde, Andrew Moerdyk, and Kimie Nishikawa. Broadway: Floyd Collins; Appropriate (Tony^®, Drama Desk, OCC nominations; Henry Hewes Award); An Enemy of the People (Tony^® nomination); The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window; Oh, Mary!; Romeo + Juliet. Other: Grangeville, Three Houses (Signature); The Big Gay Jamboree (Orpheum Theatre); Dark Disabled Stories (The Public); Public Obscenities (Soho Rep, NAATCO; Drama Desk nomination, Henry Hewes Award); You Will Get Sick (Lucille Lortel nomination); Kate (Connelly Theater); Infinite Life (Atlantic and National Theatre UK). 2024 Obie Award for Sustained Achievement. designbydots.com

Sarafina Bush

(Costume Designer)

Broadway: The Outsiders, The Who’s Tommy, How to Dance in Ohio, for colored girls… (Tony^® nomination), Pass Over. Off-Broadway: Shit. Meet. Fan. (MCC), Oliver! (City Center Encores!), Evanston Salt Costs Climbing (The New Group), Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Playwrights Horizons, Obie Award), Broadway Bounty Hunter (Greenwich House). Regional: The Preacher’s Wife (Alliance Theatre), Peter Pan (National Tour), Life After (CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, Goodman Theatre). Education: BA, Adelphi University.

Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew

(Lighting Designer)

is an award-winning designer for theater, dance, opera, musicals, music performances, and large-scale immersive installation. The New York Times described her designs as “clever” and “inventive.” Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo, The Thanksgiving Play. Off-Broadway: The Connector (MCC), Manahatta (The Public), Golden Shield (MTC), cullud wattah (The Public), The Nosebleed (LCT3), Wine in the Wilderness (CSC), Gloria: A Life (Daryl Roth Theatre). Regional: King Lear (Shakespeare Theatre Company), The Odyssey (A.R.T.), The Reservoir (DCPA, Alliance, Geffen). Other: Oratorio for Living Things (Ars Nova), Madame Butterfly (Boston Lyric Opera), An American Soldier (PAC), The March (Annie-B Parson and Big Dance Theater), David Byrne’s immersive Theater of the Mind. Awards: Obie Awards for Sustained Achievement in Design, Henry Hewes Award for Lighting Design, LIT Design Award, NEA/TCG Career Development Program recipient. Arts Professor with NYU Tisch Drama. www.jeanetteyew.com

Nick Kourtides

(Sound Designer)

designs for musical theater and creates sound environments for devised ensemble works. He is the global sound designer for Magic Mike Live in Las Vegas, London, Berlin, and Australia. Off-Broadway: Macbeth in Stride (BAM), Three Houses (Signature), The Keep Going Songs (LCT3), Travels (Ars Nova), Heather Christian’s Terce (Protoype), Heather Christian’s Oratorio for Living Things (Ars Nova), Black Light (Greenwich House), The Lucky Ones (Ars Nova), Object Lesson (NYTW, BAM), Elephant Room (St. Ann’s), Carson McCullers Talks About Love (Rattlestick), Jomama Jones: Radiate (Soho Rep). Regional: Shakespeare, Actors Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cleveland Play House, NYSAF, McCarter, CTG, Geffen, Folger, Studio, Arena, Milwaukee Rep, the Wilma, the Arden, PTC, Prince Music Theater, La Jolla Playhouse. With Pig Iron Theatre Company: A Period of Animate Existence, Cankerblossom, Isabella, Chekhov Lizardbrain, Mission to Mercury. Nick has taught Sound Design for Live Performance at Drexel University and Swarthmore College. He has received an Obie, Lucille Lortel, Bessie, and Barrymore awards. Learn more about Nick at www.nickkourtides.com.

James Ortiz

(Puppet Design and Puppetry)

is a director, performer, and designer who has been lucky enough to create puppetry all over the world. His Milky White for the Broadway revival of Into the Woods as well as his dinosaurs from Lincoln Center’s The Skin of Our Teeth have become fan favorites and tattoos! Most recently: El Niño (Metropolitan Opera), Three Houses (Signature Theatre), Disney’s Hercules (Paper Mill Playhouse, Neue Flora Hamburg), Poor Yella Rednecks (ACT SF), Candide (Skylight Music Theatre), Kiss My Aztec (Hartford Stage). Additional credits include: The Kennedy Center, The Public Theater, City Center, The Muny, Carnegie Mellon, Dallas Theatre Center, Yale Rep, Theatre for a New Audience, Shakespeare Theatre, Ars Nova, and New World Stages. 2016 Obie Award winner for puppetry design for his off-Broadway creation, The Woodsman. American Theatre magazine of “Six Theatre Workers You Should Know” in 2020. 2022 Drama Desk winner for Skin of Our Teeth. James’s original Milky White puppet can now be found on display at the Museum of Broadway. Upcoming: Lincoln in the Bardo (Met Opera) and the film Project Hail Mary starring Ryan Gosling (Amazon MGM Studios). www.jamesortiz.co

Alberto “Albee” Alvarado

he/him

(Wig and Hair Designer)

is thrilled to make his design debut at Arena Stage. A queer California native of Mexican heritage, he is passionate about amplifying the stories of underrepresented voices, because those stories do and will always matter. Albee’s Broadway work can be found in the Tony Award^®-winning Best Musical of 2024, The Outsiders. His Off-Broadway credits include Sumo at The Public and Give Me Carmelita Tropicana! at Soho Rep (co-design). Albee’s regional credits include work at Pasadena Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, San Diego Opera, and Seagle Music Colony. His touring credits include The Ballad of Johnny and June (Citadel Theatre, Canada) and the upcoming The Outsiders tour. Albee loves his husband Daniel and pup Yeobo. @saboralbee

Kirk Cambridge-Del Pesche

(Makeup Designer)

is a multiculturated Vincentian-born American who returned to theater and the make-up arena in 2021 after a hiatus. Broadway: The Wiz, Lempicka, The Notebook, Merrily We Roll Along, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Camelot, Ain’t No Mo’, The Piano Lesson, Into the Woods, for colored girls…, Strange Loop, POTUS, Skin of Our Teeth, Birthday Candles, Skeleton Crew, Clyde’s, Trouble in Mind. Off-Broadway: Shit. Meet. Fan., Syncing Ink, Merrily We Roll Along, Melissa Etheridge: My Window, Into the Woods, Confederates, Sand Blasted, Merry Wives. Regional: Oh Happy Day!, Queen of Versailles, Disney’s Hercules. Opera: This Little Light of Mine. National Tours: The Wiz National, The Wiz Pre-Broadway, Into the Woods. Int’l: Disney’s Hercules Global Premiere, Disney’s Hercules London.

Ben Moss

(Music Director)

is an award-winning music director, performer, songwriter, and orchestrator. DC: Penelope (Signature, Helen Hayes nomination), The Hello Girls (Kennedy Center). Broadway conducting credits include Head Over Heels and Amélie. Off-Broadway: Oratorio for Living Things (Ars Nova, Obie Award & Lucille Lortel Award), The Hello Girls (Prospect Theater), Heather Christian’s Prime (Playwrights Horizons “Soundstage”), Arlington (Vineyard Theatre), Alexandra Silber’s After Anatevka (Audible), Striking 12 (Prospect). Other credits: Salty Brine’s Bigmouth Strikes Again (Soho Theatre, UK), Azul (Eugene O’Neill Theater Center), Chasing the Song (La Jolla Playhouse), America is Hard to See (Life Jacket, Edinburgh), Spring Awakening (1st National Tour), and appearances at Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center. Education: BA, Harvard University. Profound gratitude to Heather, Lauren, and Lee. benkmoss.com

Katie Young

(Associate Director)

is a New York-based director and stage manager who is drawn to theater that activates our bodies and spirits within space. Katie has directed world premiere productions including Back and Forth by Richard Hollman (Super Secret Arts), VODVIL: A Classically Modern Magic Show with magician Andrew Evans (The Magic Patio), Paradise Lost & Found by Tirosh Schneider (Isle of Shoals Productions), Loyalty by Rob Ackerman (Without A Net Productions), and an all-female production of Julius Caesar set in a girls school with Pocket Universe. Works in development include Pygmalion, Somebody Should Fix That with Violeta Picayo and Emily Zemba, and Untitled Mental Breakdown Play by Jenn Jacobs. Her stage management work includes Broadway/Tour: Stereophonic, The King and I, Hamilton, Something Rotten, Once. Off-Broadway: St. Ann’s Warehouse, Second Stage, Park Avenue Armory, Signature, LCT3, Waterwell; Events: Met Gala, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Khaite. Thanks to Lee, TLCCGGx5, Chris for cracking the tesser math, and Henry & Goose. For Petra Karr, who first taught me to tesser. @kyoung253

Veronica Sofia Burt

(Associate Choreographer)

is a choreographer, movement director, and intimacy coordinator working in both theater and film. Her theater credits include New York Theatre Workshop (How to Defend Yourself), Pasadena Playhouse (La Cage aux Folles), Center Theatre Group (Our Dear Dead Drug Lord), The Muny, IAMA Theatre Company, Joe’s Pub, Northern Stage, Williams College, Georgetown University, and her alma mater, Dartmouth College. She was last seen in DC performing with Shakespeare Theatre Company (Camelot) and Washington National Opera (La Traviata, Eugene Onegin). Veronica’s practice of creating daring and sustainable work has led to intimacy coordinating for USC School of Cinematic Arts, American Film Institute, New York Film Academy, Loyola Marymount University, and award-winning short films. Veronica is currently a Women in Film (WIF) Fellow. @veronbee

Emily Whitaker

(Associate Choreographer)

is a choreographer, movement director, and intimacy coordinator working in both theater and film. Her theater credits include New York Theatre Workshop (How to Defend Yourself), Pasadena Playhouse (La Cage aux Folles), Center Theatre Group (Our Dear Dead Drug Lord), The Muny, IAMA Theatre Company, Joe’s Pub, Northern Stage, Williams College, Georgetown University, and her alma mater, Dartmouth College. She was last seen in DC performing with Shakespeare Theatre Company (Camelot) and Washington National Opera (La Traviata, Eugene Onegin). Veronica’s practice of creating daring and sustainable work has led to intimacy coordinating for USC School of Cinematic Arts, American Film Institute, New York Film Academy, Loyola Marymount University, and award-winning short films. Veronica is currently a Women in Film (WIF) Fellow. @veronbee

StarFish

(Orchestrations)

is a New York-based orchestrating collective who have gathered specifically to orchestrate A Wrinkle In Time. This powerful octet specializes in sonic world-building through a unique devised process that incorporates a true melting pot of musical traditions. We are comprised of violinist Dana Lyn, percussionist Mariana Ramirez, reeds multi-instrumentalist Jessica Lurie, percussionist Matt Bogdanow, guitarist Sasha Brown, music director Ben Moss, pianist Emily Whitaker, and composer Heather Christian.

The Telsey Office / Rachel Hoffman, CSA

(New York Casting)

With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theater, film, television, and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable, and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability, and advocacy. thetelseyoffice.com

Raiyon Hunter

(DC Casting)

is a casting director, producer, and arts administrator from New Orleans, Louisiana. She currently works as the Casting Director/Line Producer of Arena Stage. Previously, she worked as the Casting Director of Children’s Theatre Company and the Spelman Leadership Fellow at the Alliance Theatre (Atlanta, GA) where she has contributed to a multitude of shows in varying capacities ranging from casting associate to director on productions such as Do You Love the Dark?, Darlin’ Cory, Bina’s Six Apples, Good Bad People, Confederates, and more. Additionally, she has been in residency at Oregon Shakespeare Festival under Nataki Garrett and The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis under Hana S. Sharif.

Timothy R. Semon

(Production Supervisor)

Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Water for Elephants, Tammy Faye, The Shark is Broken, Company (2022), Network, Angels in America, Sunset Boulevard, Paramour, Lady Day…, 9 to 5, Collected Stories, A Chorus Line, High Fidelity, Three Days of Rain, Wicked, Assassins. Quality time spent at several other Broadway shows, too. National tours: Company, Jersey Boys, 9 to 5, White Christmas, Wicked. Other: Moonshine. Off-Broadway/Regional: Yes. TV: “Sweeney Todd,” “Company,” “Sondheim 80th Birthday Concert.” BFA: UC-CCM.

Joanne Pan

(Stage Manager)

is excited to make her Arena Stage debut. Select theater credits include Broadway: Water for Elephants, Tammy Faye, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Ohio State Murders, Six; Encores!: Love Life, The Tap Dance Kid; Songs for a New World; Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope. Proud first-generation Taiwanese-American. For 婆

Cheyney Coles

(Assistant Stage Manager)

Arena Stage debut. Broadway: MJ The Musical, Girl From the North Country, Sea Wall/A Life. Off-Broadway: The Public, MCC, New York Theatre Workshop, New York City Center Encores!, Met Museum, Rock of Ages (2019 Revival). Regional: five seasons at Dallas Theater Center. Film: Ambulance (Bay), The Guilty (Netflix). Thanks to Joanne for this adventure! Love to Mom, Dad, Sally, Soren, & Wylie.

Dayne Sundman

(Assistant Stage Manager)

is always glad to be back at Arena Stage. Some past favorite shows at Arena include The Bedwetter, Death on the Nile, Unknown Soldier, POTUS, Angels in America Part 1: Millennium Approaches, Catch Me If You Can, Newsies, The Heiress, and Anything Goes. Other credits include Murder on the Orient Express (Great Lakes Theater); Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Sense and Sensibility (Idaho Shakespeare Festival); Jane Anger, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (STC); The Great Society, Born Yesterday, The Little Foxes (Asolo Repertory Theatre). Allen Lee Hughes Fellow. Baldwin Wallace University 2015.

Plate Spinner Productions

(Producer)

led by Diana DiMenna with her colleague Celia Kaleialoha Kenney, works across entertainment media to identify, nurture, and produce dynamic stories which challenge audiences to question the status quo. Recent Broadway: Here Lies Love, Sweeney Todd (Tony^® nomination), What the Constitution Means to Me (Tony^® nomination, Pulitzer Prize finalist), Thoughts of a Colored Man, Great Comet. Off-Broadway/Regional: A Good Day to Me Not to You, Octet. Film: Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan (Inaugural Chita Rivera Award), The Science of a Slam Dunk, We Were Meant To. www.platespinnerproductions.com

Aaron Glick

(Producer)

is a Tony^® and Olivier Award-winning producer. Broadway, Touring, and West End credits include Purpose, Hello, Dolly! (West End), Next to Normal (West End), Sweeney Todd (Tony^® nomination), Kimberly Akimbo (Tony Award^®), What the Constitution Means to Me (Tony^® nomination), & Juliet (West End only), The Boys in the Band (Tony Award^®), Fully Committed, Gypsy (Olivier Award), and The Old Man and the Old Moon. Aaron is also a producer with David Stone and has worked on such shows as Three Days of Rain, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Next to Normal, If/Then, War Paint, the Tony^®-winning Topdog/Underdog, and all productions of Wicked. Aaron is a Full Member of the Broadway League, a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, and the recipient of Hal Prince’s T Fellowship.

Charlotte Jones Voiklis

(Producer)

is a writer, consultant, producer, and the literary executor of her grandmother, Madeleine L’Engle. She co-authored the biographies Becoming Madeleine and A Book, Too, Can Be a Star. Through Tesser Well Productions, she develops theatrical and narrative projects with her associate Ari Conte. Through Tesser Well Consulting, she works with artists, families, and creative allies to support estate planning and rights management rooted in strategic clarity and artistic values. www.tesserwell.com