GUEST ARTISTS

Joy Hermalyn

Joy Hermalyn is a Broadway favorite and has most recently appeared in the 2020-2021 Broadway rivival of Caroline, or Change at Roundabout Theatre’s Studio 54. Other Broadway/Off-Broadway credits include Fiddler on the Roof (Fruma Sarah/Yente), Cyrano, The Musical (Chaperone), Candide (Old Lady u/s), Madison Square Garden Theatre’s A Christmas Carol (Mrs. Fezziwig/Mrs. Cratchit), Baz Luhrmann’s lavish production of Puccini’s La Boheme, Maury Yeston’s Death Takes a Holiday, numerous Encores! productions at City Center in New York and most recently was acclaimed for Gertrude in Hamlet – A Version, a play by Boris Akunin. Carnegie Hall performances include Sister Berthe in The Sound of Music and Kristine, by Andersson & Ulvaeus (ABBA). Ms. Hermalyn is also known to opera audiences across the U.S. Recent television and concert credits include Sweeney Todd (NY Philharmonic/PBS Live from Lincoln Center starring Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel); The Sound of Music - Live! on NBC with Carrie Underwood and Audra MacDonald; Seven Deadly Sins - New York City Ballet (standby for Patti LuPone); Sweeney Todd - Mrs. Lovett with Norm Lewis - Casa Manana; Gypsy (Rose); Into the Woods (Witch); Encompass New Opera Theatre’s Wake or a Wedding; and Goodspeed’s Fiddler on the Roof (Fruma/performed Yente). Joy teaches Voice/Song Interpretation at Yale University in the Shen Curriculum for Musical Theatre, at Kean University and privately in NYC/New Jersey. Proud mom, yogi, Francophile and member of AEA/SAG-AFTRA/AGMA.

FRANK L. HUMPHREY III

Mr. Humphrey was most recently seen performing the role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show at The Warehouse Theatre in Greenville, South Carolina, where he garnered a Broadway World Award nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Musical (Professional) S.C. and Ken Davenport’s Broadway Spotted’s Next Big Star (Off-Broadway Top 10). Frank has also worked in television where he interpreted the role of Gabriel in All The Queen’s Men. Upcoming, he’ll be returning to BET+ in Zatima.

Other recent stage acting credits are Papa Ge in Once On This Island (54 Below), Peyton in A Christmas Deed (Broadway On Demand), Freedom in SnappedShot (Eden Theatre Company), Eddie in Sister Act (Iron Bridge Theatre), and Jefferson in A Lesson Before Dying (Theatre Jacksonville). As a vocalist, Mr. Humphrey co-headlined at The First Lady’s Luncheon in Washington, D.C. with Grammy-Award Winning Artist Gloria Estefan for First Lady of The United States, Michelle Obama.