Who’s Who in the Cast

STEPHANIE TORNS (Jenna Hunterson) is beyond thrilled to be back at the diner getting to tell this beautiful story. She is an original Broadway cast member of Waitress, and has been with the show since 2015, where it was first performed out of town at the American Repertory Theater. Other Broadway credits include: Wicked (Elphaba Standby). Thank you to the creative team for this opportunity to bake this show from the heart again and to carry on Adrienne Shelly’s words. To my family and Benny, whose support means the world to me, I love you. “This one’s for you Pa!” Instagram: @tornsy18

OLIVIA LUCY PHILLIP (Becky) is originally from England and a recent American citizen! She starred in CBS’s TOMMY playing Kate Jones, opposite Edie Falco. She is thrilled to rejoin the company of Waitress as Becky. Credits include - Broadway: Waitress, Frozen (Bulda), Disaster; West End: Ghost, Book of Mormon, Priscilla; Regional: Chicago (Velma Kelly); TV: Bull. Olivia is a songwriter, certified yoga teacher, pet mom, proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, and an advocator for the enrichment of black communities globally.

KENDYL ITO (Dawn) (she/her) is thrilled to join the diner! Theatre credits include: Soft Power (CTG/The Public/Pulitzer Prize finalist & Grammy-nominated album); Wild Goose Dreams (The Public); Locusts (Yale Carlotta Festival); Matilda (1st National Tour). She also works extensively in new play development, fervently bringing stories of underrepresented communities to the stage in the hopes to create a more inclusive and equitable industry that reflects the world. HUGE thanks to DGRW, Pat & the Telsey office, Christopher, and mom + dad. www.kendylito.com

BRYAN FENKART (Dr. Pomatter). Broadway/1st National Tour: Memphis (as Huey Calhoun), Waitress (as Dr. Pomatter). Regional World Premieres: My Very Own British Invasion (Papermill), Darling Grenadine and A Sign of the Times (Goodspeed), These Paper Bullets! (Yale Rep., Atlantic), Diner and Piece of My Heart: The Bert Berns Story (Signature), and Nobody Loves You (Second Stage). TV: Manifest (NBC/Netflix), Harlem (Prime), Interview with the Vampire (AMC), and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC). Film: Red Hook, You Tell Me. Original Music Releases: Brother (single), Moving Earth (single), We Are (single), Simple & Grey (full length LP) and Imperfect Man (full length LP). Thanks to Cyrena, KMR, Mom Dad Greg Casey and E11ie. Twitter/IG: @BryanFenkart

DANIEL QUADRINO (Ogie) is thrilled to be joining the Waitress family! Broadway: Wicked (Ensemble, u/s Boq), Newsies (Albert, u/s Crutchie/Davey), Bye Bye Birdie (Ensemble, u/s Hugo). 1st National Tour: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Mike Teavee), TV: NBC’s Peter Pan Live! (Bunting). Other regional: Fully Committed (Sam + 30 others), Newsies (Crutchie), FLY (Tootles). Big thanks to Pat at Telsey, the Waitress team, WAM, Mom, Dad, Mikey, David and of course Jackson. Keep up on social: @dannyquadrino

MATT DeANGELIS (Earl). Broadway: Hair (Woof), Waitress (Earl). West End: Hair. Tours: Hair, American Idiot, Once, Waitress. TV: Person of Interest, Madam Secretary, Daredevil, EVIL, For Life, Chicago PD, FBI. Favorite roles: Christine’s husband and Chowdah’s Dog-Dad. SO HONORED to be here this show is a perpetual gift. www.mattdeangelis.com #WAMFAM @MattDeAngelis22

TIMOTHY JOHN SMITH (Cal, u/s Joe) is honored to be making his debut with Waitress: the Musical. Previous theatre credits include, The Who’s Tommy! at the Denver Center, various and sundry roles

with the acting company at Trinity Rep, The Huntington Theatre, Boston Lyric Stage Company, Speakeasy Stage, Ogunquit Playhouse, York Theatre, The Directors Company, and the Breadloaf School of English Acting Company. Recent Film: Salem’s Lot, Free Guy, Central Intelligence, The Equalizer, The Judge, Detroit. TV: Castle Rock, Dexter, Blacklist, Rise, Mysteries of Laura, Murphy Brown and especially Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter for Adult Swim. Tim is also a woodworker, handyman, and Mainer. Much love to Molly and Rocky.

LARRY MARSHALL (Joe) has played “Joe” on Broadway and the National Co. He was also nominated a for Helen Hayes and Jeff awards for Pullman Porter Blues, and a Tony and Drama Desk award for Porgy and Bess (Sportin’ Life), for which he also received a Grammy. He has been featured in 15 Broadway productions. His movie credits include The Cotton Club (Cab Calloway), and Jesus Christ Superstar (Simon Zealotes).

JULIA BAIN (Swing, u/s Jenna, u/s Dawn). She/her. Julia is so excited to be back on the road with this incredible show. Theater Includes: Waitress (National Tour); All Shook Up, Marvelous Wonderettes, Sylvia, Godspell (New London Barn Playhouse); Into The Woods (Patchogue Theatre). Training: BFA in Musical Theater from Ithaca College. Thanks to Mom, Dad, Ellie, and Noah. IG: juliabain.

ETHAN CARLSON (Ensemble, u/s Ogie). So thankful to be at this diner, heard the pie is gr8! Select Regional: Beauty & The Beast (LeFou, Syracuse Stage, Fulton Theatre, Maine State Music Theatre), All Shook Up (Dennis, Westchester Broadway Theatre), Mamma Mia! (Eddie, Lake Dillon). Endless thank you to Pat Goodwin, The Telsey Office, the Waitress team, 4F, Kerstin, Catherine, my amazing mother and my wonderful family, Dad, Emily & Anna; and Ryan. @ethancarlson5

GALYANA CASTILLO (Swing, u/s Becky, u/s Nurse Norma) is filled with gratitude to be joining the Waitress family! Credits: National Tour: Elf the Musical (Deb), Fame (Miss Sherman). Regional: Something Rotten (Bea), Once on this Island (Asaka), Rock of Ages (Justice), Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal), Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Billie Holiday), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Nell Carter), Chicago (Matron Mama Morton), Show Boat (Queenie). Love to my wonderful and supportive fiancé and family! IG: @galygee

RHEAUME CRENSHAW (Ensemble, Nurse Norma, u/s Becky) Theater Credits: Broadway: Caroline Or Change, Groundhog Day, and Amazing Grace. New York appearances: Road Show (Encores!), Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope (Encores!), and Alternating Currents (Working Theater). Tours: Yemandja, Waitress (1st Ntn’l ). Regional: Miami New Drama, Barrington Stage, St. Louis Black Rep, Congo Square/Goodman Theatre, and Crossroads, The Family Resemblance (Live & In Color/ The O’Neill Theater Center), and the Sundance Theatre Lab (MassMOCA). Film Credits: Subways (NovoNovus Productions), #INSOCIAL (Instagram series), Drama Queenz (web series). IG: @blksunrae

CHLOE DROM (Lulu at certain performances) is excited about her first performance with Playhouse Square. She loves socializing and dancing. Chloe is thankful for this amazing opportunity and for her friends and family encouraging her.

ANDREW FITCH (Dance Captain, Swing, u/s Cal, u/s Joe). Broadway: Waitress, Pippin, Chicago, Monty Python’s Spamalot. Tours: Billy Elliot, Spamalot, Victor/Victoria, Jesus Christ Superstar. Art is essential. Thank you for supporting live theatre.

ELOISE HIGGINS (Lulu at certain performances) While Eloise Higgins has done many adaptations of musicals on her personal stage in her family room, this is her first time on the big stage, and she is so excited! She enjoys singing along with Sara Bareilles and Dolly Parton, ballet dancing, ice skating, and playing soccer. She attends Orange Early Childhood Preschool and is

eager to go to kindergarten at Beachwood in the fall. She also loves her baby sister Maisie, her mother, and father.

MAX KUMANGAI (Ensemble, u/s Cal, u/s Joe) (he/him). Broadway: Jagged Little Pill, Waitress (OBC). Off-Broadway: What’s that Smell, Lysistrata Jones, and The Civil War. First National Tour: Waitress, Hair, and Joseph... 5 shows at Encores! TV: Boardwalk Empire and Vinyl. Education: University of Michigan. Endless gratitude to the creatives, casting, and to Nicolosi and Co. Love to BT and my family! rock. Many thanks to the entire Waitress team. For any woman who has ever been made to feel less than you are; you matter. @imbaileymccall www.baileymccall.com

GERIANNE PÉREZ (Ensemble, Mother, u/s Dawn, u/s Nurse Norma). Broadway: Waitress (Swing), In Transit (Kathy). First National Tour: Waitress (Ensemble, U/S Dawn), Vocalosity. Regional Theatre: In the Heights at the Hangar Theatre (Vanessa), Grease at Maine State Music Theatre (Rizzo). Endless gratitude to BRS/Gage and most importantly, my family. @gerianne.perez, www.gerianneperez.com

BAILEY MCCALL (Francine, Ensemble, u/s Jenna). Back at the diner, and it feels so good! National Tour: Waitress (Jenna), Cabaret (Sally Bowles). Off-Broadway: The Big Bang Theory: Musical Parody (Penny). Regional: Grease (Sandy), Million Dollar Quartet (Dyanne), The Robber Bridegroom (Rosamund). BA, The University of Tennessee; CAP21 grad. Endless love and gratitude to my tribe—you know who you are. Ali McKegney, thanks for being my LIANAH STA. ANA (Ensemble, u/s Dawn) (she/her) is an Asian American artist of Filipino descent, currently pursuing a degree in Ethnicity and Race Studies at Columbia University (‘22). Her creative work, situated at the intersection of Filipinx/Fil Am culture, history, and memory, combines theory with practice to empower audiences and encourage critical consciousness. playhousesquare.org

BRAD STANDLEY (Ensemble, u/s Dr. Pomatter, u/s Earl, u/s Ogie) Broadway: In Transit (Standby Nate, Trent, Steven). Tour: Waitress 1st National (Swing u/s Pomatter/ Earl), Hair International Tour (Claude). Regional: Emma (Mr. Knightly, Chicago Shakes), The 12 (Phil, DCPA), Once (Guy, Weston Playhouse), Baz (Christian, Palazzo Theater). @musicbybrads

CHRIS STEVENS (Swing, u/s Pomatter, u/s Earl) is overjoyed to be joining the Waitress family. Off Broadway/Tours: Jersey Boys (Nick Massi), Mamma Mia! (Sky), CATS (Rum Tum Tugger). Many thanks to B.W.A, Pat Goodwin & the Waitress team. Love always to Mom, Dad, Brett, & Erin. For my “pie in the sky” Mom-Mom Cass. IG: @CJStevens421

CURTIS THOMAS (Ensemble, Fight Captain, u/s Ogie) is overjoyed to be back in the diner! Previously: Waitress (Broadway and 2nd National tour). Special thanks to MMV Talent. Grateful for Mom, Tab, and Kait for always dreaming with me! @curtisthetomas

JESSIE NELSON (Book) waitressed for ten years before writing, directing and producing Corrina Corrina and I Am Sam. She co-created, wrote and directed “Little Voice” (Bad Robot, Apple TV) with Sara Bareilles. Directing credits include “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Love, the Coopers.” Writing credits include Stepmom and The Story of Us. She is currently Ex. Producing the memoirs Untamed and Brown Baby. Jessie directed Alice By Heart, co-written with Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik. She worked with Mabou Mines at NYSF. She honors Adrienne Shelly’s legacy through her work on Waitress.

SARA BAREILLES (Music & Lyrics) GRAMMY® Award-winning artist, songwriter, actress, author, and philanthropist Sara Bareilles consistently affirms herself as a modern renaissance woman. To date, she has received two Tony® Award nominations, three Primetime EMMY® Award nominations, and seven GRAMMY® Award nominations, garnering a 2020 GRAMMY® in the category of “Best American Roots Performance” for “Saint Honesty.” On Broadway, she composed music and lyrics for Waitress, electrifying the stage as the lead in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and making her grand return in 2021. She currently co-stars in the critically acclaimed Peacock phenomenon Girls5Eva set to return for its second season on May 5th, 2022.

DIANE PAULUS (Original Director) She/ her. Paulus is the Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director of American Repertory Theater at Harvard University. Broadway: 1776 (Upcoming); Tony & Grammy Awardwinning Jagged Little Pill, Tony Awardwinning revivals of Pippin (also Tony Award, Best Direction), The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, and Hair; Waitress; Finding Neverland. Cirque Du Soleil’s Amaluna and over 20 OffBroadway/A.R.T. productions, recently WILD: A Musical Becoming,Gloria: A Life. Paulus was selected for 2014 TIME 100, Time magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

LORIN LATARRO (Original Choreographer). Lortel, Drama Desk, Chita Rivera nominee. Broadway’s Mrs. Doubtfire, Les Liasons Dangereuse, Waiting For Godot, The Met’s La Traviata, Chess (The Kennedy Center), Merrily We Roll Along (Roundabout Theatre Company), Heart of Rock and Roll (The Old Globe), 21 Chump Street (BAM), Queen of The Night (Drama Desk Award), The Visitor and Twelfth Night (The Public). Director: Is There Still Sex In The City (Daryl Roth Theatre). Juilliard graduate. NYU Directing Fellow.

ADRIENNE SHELLY (Film). We celebrate Adrienne Shelly as the writer of the 2007 film Waitress. An actor (Trust) and director (Waitress, I’ll Take You There, Sudden Manhattan) for almost 20 years, she conceived the film while pregnant with her daughter Sophie (Lulu in the film), for whom she wrote it as a “love letter” in just two weeks. Adrienne’s legacy includes The Adrienne Shelly Foundation, created after

she died in 2006 to support Women Filmmakers. It’s awarded 65+ production grants to talented women all over the world. Please visit www.adrienneshellyfoundation. org to honor Adrienne’s memory and support ASF’s critical artistic mission.

ABBEY O’BRIEN (Restager). Director:The Rocky Horror Show, Meet Me in St. Louis, 13. Choreography: Extraordinary (dir. Diane Paulus, A.R.T.), Sugarland music video, “Letterman,” Rock of Ages, Dreamgirls, Smokey Joe’s, Big Fish. Assoc. choreographer: Jagged Little Pill, Odyssey (The Public), Ragtime (Lincoln Center), Company (BCPH). Performing: Broadway’s Spamalot, Pal Joey, Radio City Rockette’s, “SMASH” (NBC). Abbeyo.com

NADIA DIGIALLONARDO (Music Supervision & Arrangements) worked with Diane Paulus on the Broadway revivals of Hair and Pippin, and continues to supervise the Pippin tour. Nadia and her sisters are frequent guests on A Prairie Home Companion and recently released their live CD, Shout, Sister, Shout! Nadia graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar with a degree in Urban Planning.

SARA BAREILLES and THE WAITRESS BAND (Orchestrations). Sara Bareilles, Nadia DiGiallonardo, Rich Mercurio, Lee Nadel, Yair Evnine, Rich Hinman and Jamie Edwards. With Sara Bareilles, the band engaged in a deeply collaborative process to create the arrangements for the Waitress score. A group that includes singers, multiinstrumentalists, writers, and producers from all different corners of the pop and theatre world, they’ve each contributed their own unique ingredients to the pie.

SCOTT PASK (Scenic Designer) has designed over 50 Broadway productions, receiving three Tony Awards for The Book of Mormon, The Coast of Utopia, and The Pillowman. Recently: Billy Crystal in Mr. Saturday Night, American Buffalo with Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell, and Darren Criss, The Prom;

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The Band’s Visit (Tony nom); Mean Girls (Tony nom); Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna. Netflix: John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City; Oh, Hello Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Bessie, Lortel, Broadway World, Hewes, Garland awards.

SUTTIRAT ANNE LARLARB (Costume Designer). Screen: Obi Wan Kenobi, No Time to Die, Trust, American Gods, “London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony” (Emmy), Slumdog Millionaire (CDG Award),127 Hours, Sunshine, The Extra Man, Cinema Verite (Emmy nom), The American, The Good Lie. Theatre: Straight White Men, Of Mice and Men, Hold on to Me Darling, Frankenstein, Macbeth, The Killer, Finding Neverland.

KEN BILLINGTON (Lighting Designer) creates lighting for the theatre, television and architecture. 100 Broadway shows including the original production of Sweeney Todd and the current Chicago, the longest-running American musical in history. Hundreds of US and worldwide tours including Waitress, White Christmas, also Chicago in 20 countries. Awards include the Tony, the Lumen (architecture), Ace (television), Inducted into The Theatre Hall of Fame in 2015.

JONATHAN DEANS (Sound Designer). Bhangin’It, Anything Goes (Barbican), Jagged Little Pill, Waitress, War of the Worlds, The Tempest, Red Velvet, Invisible Thread, Finding Neverland, Pippin, La Cage aux Folles, Carrie, Parade, King David, Fosse, Ragtime and others. 15 Cirquedu Soleil productions including Drawn to Life, MJ ONE, LOVE, KA, O, Mystere, Ovo, Corteo. www.designingsound.com

CHARLES G. LAPOINTE (Hair and Wig Designer) is an award winning Designer who maintains a highly successful career on stages throughout the United States and abroad. Numerous Broadway; Touring; West End; International productions including: Hamilton (Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylist Guild Award); MJ; The Cher Show (Drama Desk Award); SpongeBob ( Drama Desk Award). Television: The Wiz Live! (Emmy Nomination); Jesus Christ Superstar Live! (Emmy Nomination/Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylist Guild Award).

LILLI WOSK (Music Director) is excited to be back with the Waitress team after conducting the first national tour! Lilli is a member of the NYU voice faculty at the Experimental Theater Wing, and maintains a private coaching studio focused on voice technique, rep, and gender affirming voice work. www.lilliwoskmusic.com

THOMAS J. GATES (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Waitress, The Visit, Pippin, Newsies, Finian’s Rainbow, Hairspray, High Fidelity, Brooklyn, Noises Off. Tours: Brooklyn, White Christmas, Chicago, Joseph…, Grease. Off-Broadway: The Exonerated, The Normal Heart. Regional: Waitress (A.R.T.), Emma - The Musical (The Old Globe), Newsies, Curtains, Hairspray (Papermill Playhouse). Proud member of Actors Equity.

ANITA SHASTRI (Stage Manager). Broadway: Waitress, Beautiful, Hamilton, MJ: The Musical, The Crucible. Encores City Center: The Life. Regional favorites: Beauty and the Beast, Billy Elliot (The Muny), These Paper Bullets, Familiar (Yale Repertory Theatre). MFA: Yale School of Drama. Endless love to my Waitress Family, past and present! And to my family and friends, thank you for your constant love, patience and grace.

RYAN W. GARDNER (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: Waitress, David Byrne’s American Utopia. National Tour: Waitress. Regional: Multiple credits at Barrington Stage, SpeakEasy Stage, and Blumenthal Performing Arts. Proud graduate of Boston College and Charlotte Latin School. Thanks to Mom and Dad. Glory to God. #keeppounding @ontheroad_rg

KATIE CORTEZ (Company Manager) is honored to be joining the Waitress family. National Tours: The Prom, The Phantom of the Opera, Finding Neverland, Bullets Over Broadway, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.

THE TELSEY OFFICE (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.

NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Production Management) is an industry-leading producer of touring theatrical productions, committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide for more than 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include 1776, Anastasia, The Band’s Visit, Blue Man Group, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fiddler on the Roof, Hairspray, Les Misérables, The Prom, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Waitress. www.networkstours.com

GENTRY & ASSOCIATES (General Management) has managed more than 100 touring theatrical productions globally over the past 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include 1776, Anastasia, The Band’s Visit, Blue Man Group, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fiddler on the Roof, Hairspray, Les Misérables, The Prom, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Waitress.

ALECIA PARKER (Executive Producer). Credits: Worldwide Chicago, Pippin, Sing Street, etc. Currently licensing Once the Musical internationally. Other credits, spanning more than 30 years, include executive producer of La Cage aux Folles, The Scottsboro Boys, Sweet Charity, Wonderful Town, Seussical, etc. Proud mother of Michael.

BARRY AND FRAN WEISSLER (Producer). Recipients of seven Tony Awards including for the longest-running American musical in the world, Chicago, which has been presented in over 25 countries in more than a dozen languages and is now in its 25th year on Broadway!