5th Avenue: Joseph… (Narrator), Buddy (Maria Elena Holly). Stage highlights: Les Misérables (Broadway Company), Miss Saigon (Kim, original first national Broadway tour, Carbonnell Award winner, Helen Hayes Award nomination), Joseph... (Narrator, Broadway Asia Tokyo), Flower Drum Song (Mark Taper Forum), The Last 5 Years (2009 LA Ovation Award nomination). Recently: Miss Saigon (Kim, Ogunquit Playhouse), Jesus Christ Superstar (Village Theatre), readings for The Film School. Concerts: Suites by Sondheim (Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center), Original Cast 2 (Luckman Fine Arts Complex, LA). TV/Film/Voiceover: Can’t Hardly Wait, Touched by An Angel, Nickelodeon. Love and gratitude to her family and friends. www.jennifer-paz.com.

Kassebaum recently finished her San Francisco run as Glinda in Wicked, having performed the role on Broadway and across the country (Helen Hayes Award nomination). New York credits include: The Receptionist (Manhattan Theater Club – dir. Joe Mantello), Assassins (Broadway – Tony-winning production), Pulitzer Prize-winning Rent, (Broadway), and A Little Night Music (Broadway/Roundabout Theatre). Favorite regional credits include Actors Theater of Louisville, The 5th Avenue Theatre, ACT, Ordway, Florida Stage and St. Louis MUNY. Film: Love and Other Impossible Pursuits (opposite Lisa Kudrow and Natalie Portman). Recording: Broadway revival of Assassins (Grammy nomination). Kassebaum is a proud member of Actors Equity.

5th Avenue: Saving Aimee (Mac/Kenneth), Disney’s Aladdin (Kassim), Guys and Dolls (Sky Masterson), My Funny Valentine, A Christmas Story (Quartet), Candide (Cacambo), Joseph… (Asher), Cabaret (Helmut), Buddy (Ritchie Valens), Wonderful Town (Wreck), Miss Saigon (Thuy), Sweeney Todd, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, The Rocky Horror Show (Eddie), Regional credits: Sondheim at The Pops, Seattle Symphony with conductor Marvin Hamlisch, The Who’s Tommy (Captain Walker, Village Theatre), Diana Moves (Marcus, Exit Theatre). Film: The Hit List (2011), (Dom Estacado, opposite Cuba Gooding Jr.) Give ‘Em Hell, Malone (2009), Oy Vey My Son is Gay (2010).

Bouchard most recently appeared in Mary Stuart at ACT, playing Queen Elizabeth I, opposite Anne Allgood’s Mary. At The 5th, she was Irene Malloy in Hello, Dolly!, and a decade earlier, Charlotte in A Little Night Music. Earlier this year, she played Lynn Fontaune in the world premiere of Jeff Hatcher’s Ten Chimneys at Arizona Theatre Company.

5th Avenue: Sweeney Todd, Candide, On the Town, Memphis, Cabaret, Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park…. Broadway: Les Misérables, 42nd Street, Driving Miss Daisy, Memphis, Sweet Smell of Success, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Damn Yankees, Passion, Scarlet Pimpernel. Tours: Six Degrees of Separation, Sunset Blvd., Aspects of Love, Guys and Dolls, Whistle Down the Wind. Seattle plays: Mary Stuart, Opus, The Clean House, A Christmas Carol, Private Lives, Uncle Vanya, Richard III.

Jones is an award-winning actor/singer and voice-over artist. Favorite roles: Mrs. Muller in Doubt, Ma Rainey in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Lorene/Lucky in The Time of Your Life, Louise in Seven Guitars. Additional credits include Seattle Rep, ACT Theatre, Intiman, the Goodman, Arizona Theater Company, and the Mark Taper Forum. She is the owner of Simply Speaking Studios and STONEOVATION.COM.

Rudinoff was last at The 5th playing Hildy in On the Town; she was also seen in that other “Town” musical Wonderful Town. She is an actress (Seattle Rep, Straw Shop, On the Boards), singer (Vito’s, Neumo’s) and writer (solo shows: Broad, Go There, The Last State). Rudinoff is writing a rock musical about female musicians in Seattle titled These Streets that will be at ACT in 2013. She is the winner of a Stranger Genius Award in Theatre.

Hometown singer, actor, director, choreographer and entertainer. Favorite Credits: Vera Wilde (Oscar Wilde) and Valley of the Dolls (Anne Wells), Empty Space; Loot (Fay), Intiman; Cabaret (MC), 5th Avenue; This (Alan), Seattle Rep; Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Hedwig) played to international acclaim. Favorite writing credits: Randee Sparks: Semi-precious and What You Sing Might Save You. You can find Nick singing tunes from the Weimar era and beyond with The Love Markets.

Allen is elated to be celebrating his 20th show and 20th year at The 5th Avenue Theatre with such an amazing group of people. He has had the pleasure of going over the rainbow, crossing the Atlantic, journeying to NYC, Lambeth, Hollywood, Pinetree, Ancient Rome, and most recently, Runyonland. Allen would like to thank the many people who have journeyed with him since 1991, including three "trips" with his beautiful wife, Ann!

Alewine trained at Idyllwild Arts Academy. He has danced with Atlanta Ballet, Dance Kaleidoscope, and Spectrum Dance Theater. Alewine has performed and taught in the U.S., Europe, Africa and Asia. This is his ninth production with The 5th Avenue.

Bolden is thrilled to be at The 5th! Off-Broadway/TV: Showtime at the Apollo!, Biz Kid$. Regional: Jesus Christ Superstar (Village Theatre), New Voices 11 (Contemporary Classics). Love to M & D, Tayla, Adam Quinn, Seattle Academy, and SJR.

Seattle: Iron Curtain (Village Theatre), Saving Aimee, A Christmas Story, Journey West and The Best of Northwest Bookshelf (5th Avenue Theatre). Coming up: Oklahoma! As always, for my parents.

Credits: In the Heights, (Co-dance captain, first national tour). 5th Avenue: West Side Story (Chino), A Chorus Line (Paul). Village: TKAI (Simon). Other: MTV VMAs (NSync, Michael Jackson), BET/ Much Music Awards (Ashanti), Musicology music video (Prince).

Darlene is delighted to be at The 5th! She was recently in Porgy & Bess at Seattle Opera. Credits: Showboat, Aida at Village Theatre. She’s been Rusty in Footloose, Deena Jones in Dreamgirls, Joanne in Godspell.

Davis is so grateful to be back at The 5th after last season’s A Christmas Story and Guys and Dolls. Regional: Trails, In Your Eyes (Village Festival). NYC: Signs of Life, Piece. Next up: Oklahoma!

5th Avenue: Sunday in the Park with George (Franz), Aladdin (Razoul). Village Theatre: Iron Curtain (Onanov), Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere). ArtsWest: tick, tick...BOOM! (Jon), Love to Tillamook, Spanks, Kindy and the kids.

Herrick is ecstatic to be in Cinderella! Currently pursuing a BA from UW, she would like to thank her teachers, family, and The 5th Avenue Education and Outreach Programs for helping this dream come true.

Kam is delighted to be performing in Cinderella. Recent favorites: Hello! My Baby (Village Theatre), The Drowsy Chaperone, Don Giovanni (SMT), The Yellow Wood, New Voices (Contemporary Classics), Rosie the Riveter! (5th Avenue). Love and gratitude.

Lapid-Munter is thrilled to return to The 5th after appearing in Saving Aimee, Candide, Hello, Dolly!, and Sweeney Todd. Credits include Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast, Carmen, and Cosi fan tutti. Universe Keke.

PCPA: Les Misérables, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Music Man, White Christmas, and Bat Boy: The Musical. The Village Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar. Various credits at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre. Education: PCPA class of 2009.

Disney’s The Lion King (Broadway and first national tour) Monty Python’s Spamalot (first national tour), Radio City Rockette (NYC). 5th Avenue: Disney’s Aladdin, On the Town, White Christmas, Joseph…, Catch Me…, Mame. Merry Christmas Kingsley!

Massey-Peters feels blessed to have found her own Prince Charming 40 years ago. Most recently seen as Louella Parsons in Saving Aimee, she has been in 25 productions at The 5th, starting with Mame in 1989.

Originally from Seattle, Mills trained at the British Dance Academy and earned her BA in acting from Western Washington University. 5th Ave credits: West Side Story, Mame, Joseph..., White Christmas, Guys and Dolls. Love to JCP.

5th Ave credits: Cinderella, West Side Story (Rosalia), AMT (3 tours). Village Theatre: The Full Monty (Estelle), The Gypsy King. Contemporary Classics: New Voices 9, 10, 11. Happy Holidays to my Lexi & Jamison!

Saunders is delighted to return to The 5th Avenue after debuting in Saving Aimee! He is a recent graduate of the University of Miami. Love to the family, batch, CORE and, always, my class.

Shanks celebrates his tenth 5th Avenue production. He has appeared on regional stages including the Village Theatre and Seattle Children's Theatre. Love to Michael, Brenna and Devin.

5th Avenue: Guys and Dolls. Village Theatre: Million Dollar Quartet, Barefoot in the Park, Stunt Girl, Chasing Nicolette, The Gypsy King. Endless love and gratitude to her wonderful family and amazing husband, Dane.

Originally from Tacoma, Tautala is excited to be in Cinderella. He would like to thank his family, The EOU Theatre/Music Faculty, and his friends for all the support, motivation, and laughs. Love you, Mom.

Thomaier has performed extensively with the Pacific Chamber Ballet, Ballyhoo Theatre, Lyric Light Opera, Seattle Children’s Theatre and has choreographed for over five years. She’d like to thank her family for all the love and support!

Willems Van Dijk is delighted to be making her 5th Avenue debut! She received her BFA from the Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre at the University of Oklahoma. Immeasurable love and thanks to Harrison.

Children’s Ensemble (back to front, left to right): Olivia Elliott, Noelle Whitman, Brayden Daher, Victoria Alkin, DeChé Washington, Christian West, Anna Ostrem, Akhilesh Vadari, Samantha Yee.

Alkin, age 10, has performed in various theatrical productions and films. She thanks Lani Brockman, Kim Maguire and her family for their support.

Daher, a fifth grader at Cougar Ridge Elementary, is thrilled to return for his third performance at The 5th. Daher enjoys piano, acting and making new friends.

5th Avenue debut! Favorite shows: Pirates of Penzance and Into the Woods (Little Red) at Edmonds Heights. Thanks to God, family, and Shileah.

Ostrem, age 9, loves dance, theater and soccer. Various dance and Broadway Bound productions. Mahalo to my friends and family for all their love and support!

Vadari learns Indian classical and western dance and singing. Vadari loves to entertain family and friends and thanks them for their support.

Washington, age 12, is excited to return to The 5th after performing in Joseph…He loves singing, dancing and family history. Thank you Mom, Dad and family!

West, age 7, has been singing and dancing his entire life! When asked if he’d like to be in Cinderella, he said “Cinderella, why wouldn’t I?”

Whitman is thrilled to be performing at 5th Avenue. Favorite roles include Tessie in Annie, Once on This Island, and Seussical. Thanks Mom, Dad, Sis!

5th Avenue Theatre debut! Past credits include The King and I (Village Theatre). Thanks to her family and friends for all their support.

After long and highly distinguished careers with other collaborators, Richard Rodgers (composer, 1902-79) and Oscar Hammerstein II (librettist/lyricist, 1895-1960) joined forces in 1943 to create the most consistently fruitful and successful partnership in American musical theatre. Oklahoma!, the first Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, was also the first of a new genre -- the musical play. It blended Rodgers’ sophisticated style of musical comedy, which he had perfected in a 25-year partnership with lyricist Lorenz Hart, with Hammerstein’s innovations in operetta, conceived in collaboration with such composers as Sigmund Romberg, Vincent Youmans, Rudolf Friml and Jerome Kern. Rodgers and Hammerstein followed Oklahoma! with Carousel (1945), Allegro (1947), South Pacific (1949), The King and I (1951), Me and Juliet (1953), Pipe Dream (1955), Flower Drum Song (1958) and The Sound of Music (1959). The team also wrote one musical for the movies, State Fair (1945; adapted to the stage in 1995), and one for TV, Cinderella (1957). Collectively, Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals have earned 26 Tony Awards, two Pulitzer Prizes and two Grammy Awards.

Directing debut at The 5th! Since moving to NYC in February, Ivie has directed the new plays Unaccompanied Minors, True Love, and What Sarah Made. From 2007 to 2011 he served as The 5th’s casting associate and artistic projects manager. 5th Avenue: Rosie the Riveter, Northwest Bookshelf, Saving Aimee, On the Town, West Side Story, Buddy. As founding artistic director of Contemporary Classics (2010 Gregory Award, “Person to Watch”), he has directed or produced the Seattle premieres of Zanna, Don’t! (Seattle Times Footlight Award), The Yellow Wood, ... Spelling Bee, john & jen, The Last Five Years and A New Brain. Other Seattle premieres: tick, tick… BOOM!, I Love You Because, The Drowsy Chaperone. Broadway: Catch Me If You Can (dramaturg), Next to Normal (writer’s assistant). Creator of the popular New Voices series (ACT Theatre, Seattle Rep). Training: UW School of Drama. Thank you to David and Bill for the faith, support and guidance. Dedicated to Mom and Dad.

Racey is happy to return to The 5th after choreographing Guys and Dolls last spring. Broadway: 2001 revival of Follies; original casts of Thoroughly Modern Millie (Assoc. Choreographer, Tony Award Best Choreography), Never Gonna Dance and Curtains (Starring David Hyde Pierce). Most recently he choreographed It Shoulda Been You (world premier starring Tyne Daly, dir. David Hyde Pierce); Show Boat, Annie Get Your Gun (Goodspeed Operahouse); world premier of Turn of the Century (Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, dir. Tommy Tune). Awards: two Connecticut Critic’s Circle Awards (Goodspeed): Outstanding Choreography, Annie Get Your Gun, Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical, Where’s Charley. He’s the founding artistic director of the New York Song & Dance Company and a proud product of – and strong proponent for – arts funding in public schools. Thank you RVK & Roosevelt Drama!

Having previously conducted Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Wizard of Oz and the 75th Anniversary Gala, Monroe is ecstatic to return to The 5th Avenue’s podium. He has created many musical arrangements for this theater over the past 11 seasons (including complete orchestrations of Cabaret and Guys and Dolls), as well as writing music and lyrics for the AMT shows Grandma’s Attic, Baseball Saved Us and Coyote and the Firestick. He has been a regular conductor at Village Theatre for many years including productions of On the Town, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, Drood, The King and I, Showboat, and this spring’s The Producers. Most recently, he conducted his original score for the local film Ira Finkelstein’s Christmas. Special thanks to Ian Eisendrath, Dr. Karen Horvath, the staff of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, and the lovely Moira Macdonald.

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Selected Broadway: Mountaintop; Colin Quinn: Long Story Short; High; Memphis; reasons to be pretty, Xanadu; Radio Golf (Tony nom.); Company; The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards); Gem of the Ocean (Tony nom.); Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Thoroughly Modern Millie (also London); King Hedley II; You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; A View from the Bridge; Jackie; and Hughie. Drama Desk, American Theatre Wing, Lucille Lortel, Hewes, Outer Critics Circle, Ovation, AUDELCO, Barrymore, Acclaim, Obie and Eddy Awards. The Smithsonian National Archive. Represented American Set Design at The Cooper-Hewitt Design Triennial.

5th Avenue: Saving Aimee, Guys and Dolls, Candide, On the Town, Joseph…, Cabaret. Seattle credits include ACT, Village Theatre, Seattle Children's, Spectrum Dance. Broadway: Those Were the Days, Gypsy Passion. NY: The Public, Blue Light, Circle Rep, Circle in the Square, Irish Arts, Lucille Lortel, LaMama ETC. Tours: La Cage aux Folles, Dreamgirls, Miss Saigon. Alvin Ailey Dance and Spoleto Opera Festival. Sturge lives in Issaquah with fine artist Istara Freedom and their son Dylan. LTSLighting.com.

Selected design credits include Broadway’s Cymbeline and off-Broadway’s 10x25, The Adding Machine (Drama Desk Nomination), Dutchman (AUDELCO Nomination), Everything Bad & Beautiful, Measure for Pleasure, Almost Maine, Mr. Marmalade. Regional work includes A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Williamstown Theater Festival), Working (Old Globe), She Loves Me (Huntington). Associate design work spans over 20 Broadway shows, including Billy Elliot, The Coast of Utopia, and Bobbi Boland.

World premieres of Aladdin (make-up design), Catch Me If You Can, Shrek, Lone Star Love, Princesses, Memphis, Hairspray, The Wedding Singer. Twenty-two seasons of 5th Avenue Theatre production designs, including the Ivey Award-winning Cabaret. Design credits for national and international productions of opera, operettas, ballet, theater, and musicals. U.S. wig supervisor Madness of George III tour. Some memorable film and TV credits: Northern Exposure, Orleans, Mr. Holland’s Opus, Rose Red, Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, Assassins, White Dwarf, Book of Stars. IATSE member Local 706 and 488.

Murphy has been a special effects designer for two decades. He is excited to be working on his second show with The 5th Avenue Theatre, where he can fulfill his love for visual stage effects. When not at The 5th Avenue, John can be seen flying through the air as principal aerialist and artistic director of The Cabiri, Seattle’s premier aerial dance company.

Cook happily returns to The 5th Avenue where previous scenic work includes Rocky Horror, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, My Fair Lady, scenic design for Funny Thing...Forum, and multiple productions of Adventure Musical Theatre. He has scenic work with local companies including Seattle Children's Theatre, ACT, Intiman, and Seattle Opera, and designed for companies including Book-It, The Empty Space, and last season’s The Gypsy King at Village Theatre. MFA in Scenic Design, University of Oregon, Eugene.

5th Avenue debut! Seattle: Hamlet, Electra, Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, Henry IV and Henry V for Seattle Shakespeare. The Cider House Rules, Sense and Sensibility, Night Flight, House of the Spirits for Book-It. Plus The Adding Machine, Sextet, Neighborhood Three, and The Happy Ones. Regional: Hangar Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Berkshire Theatre Festival, and Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble. BFA from Boston University, two-time artist-in-residence at Cornell University. 2011 Gregory Award Nominee for Outstanding Costume Design.

Recent ALD Credits: Other Desert Cities (Mitzi Newhouse), Grease (Troika Entertainment), Through the Night (Union Square), Bonnie & Clyde (La Jolla Playhouse), Guys and Dolls (Nederlander Theatre), 33 Variations (La Jolla Playhouse). DeAngelis holds an MFA from University of California, San Diego.

BA in Theatre/French, MFA in Directing - Temple University (The Madness of Lady Bright, A Doll’s House, RENT). Philadelphia: [title of show], Scapin, The Fantasticks (2007 Barrymore Award, Music Direction), Marat/Sade (2011 Barrymore Award nominee, music direction, original music.) Assisted Billy Porter on Twilight in Manchego (NYMF 2008). Seattle: Mr. Burns and Pullman Porter Blues, Artistic Assistant. Next up, directing The 5th’s AMT tour of Klondike! Thanks to Bill and Eric and love to Brian.

Musical Direction: Mamma Mia!, Once On This Island, Threepenny Opera, Lady in the Dark, Godspell, Waiting for Phil (Orson Bean) and Himself (Albert Hague). Assisted: The Phantom of the Opera (Harold Prince, director), Miss Saigon, The Lion King, A Chorus Line, On the Town, Into the Woods, Company, Sunset Boulevard (Petula Clark), Bombay Dreams, Titanic, A Christmas Story, Whistle Down the Wind, and Vanities: A New Musical. Television: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Previously at The 5th: A Christmas Story, Candide, Joseph…, Catch Me If You Can, Sunday in the Park with George, Seven Brides..., Cabaret and Into the Woods. This past year, Torbeck worked at Seattle Rep on The Brothers Size and at The Old Globe where he most recently stage managed The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, and Amadeus in rotating repertory. This winter, he looks forward to teaching stage management for the UW School of Drama.

Selected stage management credits: Humor Abuse, Of Mice and Men, Fences, The Seafarer, You Can’t Take It With You, Birdie Blue (Seattle Repertory Theatre), Guys and Dolls, White Christmas, Cabaret (5th Avenue), A Doctor In Spite of Himself, Othello (Intiman), Lyle the Crocodile, I Was A Rat (Seattle Children’s Theatre).

Credits include Lyle the Crocodile (SCT), Abe Lincoln in Illinois (Intiman Theatre), La Cenerentola (Spoleto Festival ’08), The Lion in Winter, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Santa Cruz); Production Assistant: Amelia, Don Quixote (Seattle Opera).