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WHO’S WHO
BRENDAN M. CULLEN* (Assistant Stage Manager) is making his debut at ACT of CT and is excited to be returning to the Bourbon Room. Other credits include Twelfth Night, The Tempest at the American Shakespeare Center, In The Middle at the LARK Play Development Center and {my lingerie play} at Joe’s Pub. Brendan has a BFA from Syracuse University and resides in Queens, NYC.
TYLER PASCUCCI (ACT of CT Company Manager) Company management: Regional: Guys and Dolls, Rent, Jesus Christ Superstar, Nickel Mines (ACT of CT), In The Works Festival 2021 & 2022 w/Matt Lenz, revival of Babes in Arms w/Douglas Carter Beane and Andy Einhorn (Forestburgh Playhouse), Kinky Boots, Annie (Ogunquit Playhouse). Stage management: Gordon Gets Down! (Forestburgh Playhouse), Chicken Dance (ArtsPower National Tour), Billy Elliot, West Side Story, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Where’s Waldo, Rocky Horror, Annie (Seacoast Repertory Theatre). @tylerpascucci
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SCOTT WOJCIK, HOLLY BUCZEK (CSA), WOJCIK CASTING TEAM (Casting) Broadway: The Little Prince. Tours: Jesus Christ Superstar, An Officer and A Gentleman, Something Rotten!, Rent, Kinky Boots, Rock of Ages, Motown, Dreamgirls and Jekyll & Hyde-S Korea, West Side Story-Tokyo, Nice Work….,Flashdance, Joseph… Dreamcoat, and A Chorus Line. Norwegian Cruise Line’s Kinky Boots and Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. Off-Broadway: Othello: The Remix, Church & State, Tennessee Williams’ The Two Character Play, Handle With Care, Triassic Parq, and more. In Development: SuperYou and His Story. Regional: Multiple seasons/shows for Riverside Theatre, FL; Arvada Center, CO; Tuacahn Performing Arts Center, UT; Stages St. Louis, MO, Theatre Raleigh, NC; The Engeman Theatre, NY; Theatre Aspen, Summer Theatre of New Canaan. www.wojcasting.com @Wojcasting
KATIE DIAMOND (ACT of CT Executive Director) is honored to be a founding member and to serve as Executive Director of
ACT of CT. Katie has written, produced, and/or performed in numerous musical theatre and cabaret shows over the past twenty-five years. Broadway and tour credits include: Lorraine in Jersey Boys, The Pirate Queen (understudy for Stephanie J. Block), White Christmas, and The Wedding Banquet. As a producer/performer, Katie has had the pleasure of working with Daniel C. Levine on The Who’s Tommy, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Joseph..., all presented at the Ridgefield Playhouse, as well as Mamma Mia!, Evita, Working, Austen’s Pride, Spelling Bee, Little Shop of Horrors, Godspell, and The Last Five Years (Cathy), all presented at ACT of CT. She has also written, produced, and performed in three cabaret shows in NYC; Secondary Characters, All Knocked Up, and Typed Out. Katie has released two solo albums, ORIGINAL PASSION and DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE, and can be heard on THE PIRATE QUEEN original cast recording. A lifelong advocate of arts education, Katie is thrilled that ACT of CT is able to offer such wonderful classes for the youth of our community. After graduating with a bachelor of music in vocal performance from New England Conservatory of Music, Katie lived and worked in Seattle before moving to NYC in 2005. In 2014, she relocated to Ridgefield with her husband Bill Diamond and their three children.
DANIEL C. LEVINE (ACT of CT Artistic Director), is a 2022 Grammy Nominee, and is thrilled to serve as Artistic Director of ACT of CT. Before co-founding ACT of CT in 2018 (along with Katie Diamond & Bryan Perri), Daniel appeared on Broadway and in the Broadway National Tours of: Mamma Mia!, Little Shop of Horrors, The Rocky Horror Show, Jesus Christ Superstar (Tony nomination for Best Revival), Chicago, Les Miserables, and Tommy. Daniel was nominated for Best Actor in a Musical by The League of American Theaters and Producers, for his role as Cousin Kevin in Tommy. He also originated the role of Mary Sunshine in the Broadway National tour of Chicago. Daniel has worked extensively across the country and has been seen in: Oklahoma! (5th Avenue, Seattle), Next to
WHO’S WHO
Normal (Seven Angels Theater), Guys and Dolls (The Ordway Theater, Minneapolis), Company (5th Avenue, Seattle), Man of La Mancha (Cleveland Playhouse), Sweet Charity (West Virginia Public), Jesus Christ Superstar (North Carolina Theater / Kansas City Starlight), Joseph.... (North Shore Music Theater, Boston), and Evita (Music Theater of CT). Daniel is the creator/producer/director of Broadway Backstage!, Dancin’ Broadway, and American Dance Spectacular! – all of which have toured throughout the U.S. He is the creator/director of Born to Dance, a multi-media production performed throughout the fleet of ships on Princess Cruise Lines, in collaboration with Stephen Schwartz. At ACT of CT, Daniel has directed Mamma Mia, Evita (2018 Broadway World CT Best Director of a Musical winner), Working (which he re-conceived with Stephen Schwartz), Godspell, Snapshots, Into The Woods, Jesus Christ Superstar, RENT, and Guys and Dolls. Daniel returned to his performing roots and played “The Dentist” in ACT’s production of Little Shop of Horrors, and was also thrilled to star alongside Katie Diamond and Bryan Perri in The Last Five Years. Daniel was nominated for a Grammy Award for the cast album recording of ACT of CT’s Snapshots (this production is now available on-demand on BroadwayHD). Daniel’s reconceived version of Working was recently licensed by Music Theater International and theaters around the country are now able to produce and present ACT’s version of the musical. Daniel graduated Brandeis University and attended Tufts University School of Dental Medicine.
R. ERIN CRAIG (ACT of CT Producing Director) has spent her career to date developing, mentoring, and producing new artists and works through her work as Producer, Executive Producer, General Manager, Production Manager, and Consultant for theatre, film, music, and special events for nearly 30 years. Current commercial projects include: Austen’s Pride (ACT of CT 2019), Mr. Rickey Calls A Meeting, Academy, Into the Wild, Beatsville. Select past projects:
In the Heights, High Fidelity, The Velocity of Autumn, The Evolution of Mann, Right Before I Go, Himself and Nora, Stalking the Bogeyman, The Jazz Age, Irena’s Vow, Merrilee Mannerly, How We Got Away With It, Easter Mysteries. Member - Broadway League, Off-Broadway League, Theatre Resources Unlimited (TRU). Educator and Mentor. Houses on the Moon Theater Company, Board Member. Founder & owner of La Vie Productions. Upcoming: Austen’s Pride at Carnegie Hall, June 29, 2023. www.lavieproductions.com
BRYAN PERRI (ACT of CT Resident Music Supervisor) was most recently music director and conductor of Almost Famous on Broadway. Prior to that, Bryan music directed and conducted the Tony nominated Jagged Little Pill on Broadway. Bryan’s other Broadway credits as music director include Wicked and Chaplin (for which he also provided dance and vocal arrangements). He also served as music director for the Broadway national tour of Next to Normal (starring Tony winner Alice Ripley). Off-Broadway credits include Superhero, Dogfight, and Vanities all at 2nd Stage Theater. He was music supervisor for Disney’s Freaky Friday premiering at the Signature Theater in D.C. as well as Limelight at the La Jolla Playhouse. Bryan was awarded the prestigious Craig Noel Award for Best Music Direction for his work on the pre-Broadway run of Almost Famous at San Diego’s Old Globe theater. Bryan is the music director and arranger for Aaron Tveit as well as Lindsay Mendez and performs with them in venues across the country, including the American Songbook series at Lincoln Center and Webster Hall. He has also worked on numerous shows with his husband Daniel C. Levine (Artistic Director of ACT of CT) including Born to Dance (created in association with Stephen Schwartz and which is currently running on the Princess Cruiseline fleet).
Bryan is proud to be a founding member of ACT of CT and is honored to serve as ACT of CT’s Resident Music Supervisor. At ACT of CT Bryan has music supervised Mamma Mia!, Evita, Working, Spelling Bee, Little Shop