Acclaimed for her “powerhouse voice” that “thrills and chills to the core” (DC Metro Theater Arts), Brittani’s recent theater credits include the world premieres of Show Way and Beastgirl at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Jubilee at Arena Stage. Opera credits include Romeo and Juliet, Elektra, Samson and Delilah, The Magic Flute, Faust, the U.S. premiere of Mansfield Park, Cendrillon, The Medium, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Dream Lovers, and The Consul. Brittani is a graduate of Peabody Conservatory, Morgan State University, and East Carolina University. In addition to her musical training, Brittani holds a degree in journalism and is a writer for Classical Singer magazine.

Avia performed as Lil’ Bit in the original production of Show Way and feels blessed to be returning for the tour. She has played roles such as Ti Moune and Andrea in Once on this Island, Martha in Spring Awakening, Brenda in The Waiting Room, and Lorraine in All Shook Up, among others. She has also appeared in several short films, as well as voiceover projects and is the voice of Ben in the Netflix original, Motown Magic. After a break to take on a production management position aboard the MSC World Europa, she is so thankful for this return to the stage!

Regional Theater: Diagnosed; My Lord, What a Night; Working, Schoolgirls or the African Mean Girls Play; Nina Simone: Four Women; Caroline or Change; Wiley and the Hairy Man; A Raisin In The Sun; Once On This Island; Les Miserables; Ain’t Misbehavin’; The Color Purple (Helen Hayes Award); I Dream; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Member of the Wedding; Three Sistahs; Ride Down Mount Morgan; Seussical: the Musical; Alice Thru the Wonderglass; The Colored Museum; Heartbeats. Theresa is a Certified InterPlay Leader; a community and play-based mind-body-spirit form.

Off Broadway: Watch Night (PAC-NYC). Regional: FELA! (Olney Theatre Center), Shout Sister Shout, Grace (Ford’s Theatre), The Day You Begin (The Kennedy Center TYA), The Color Purple (Signature), Dreamgirls (Baltimore Center Stage, Goodspeed Musicals). Other: The Last 5 Years, Ragtime (Seacoast Rep), Little Shop of Horrors, AIDA, Memphis, SisterAct, The Color Purple, Jesus Christ Superstar (ArtsCentric). Raquel received her B.A. and M.A. in Voice at Morgan State University. Much thanks to God, her family and her agency FSE Talent. 

IG: @raqui_j

Kala is a 2019 KCATF Irene Ryan Recipient! Her recent credits include: For Colored Girls (Broadway), The Gospel Woman (Off-Broadway), and The Light. She expresses gratitude to her director, the cast, and the production team. She would also like to thank Hudson Artists Agency. “With faith and hard work, any dream is possible.” Stay connected with Kala on Instagram @KalaRoss or www.kalaross.com.

Mississippi native and graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, is excited and grateful to be a part of this beautiful production. National tours: The Book of Mormon, Hairspray, Smokey Joe's Cafe 20th Anniversary Tour. Off Broadway: Choir Boy, Dear Edwina, The Columbine Project. Regional Theatre: Hairspray (Paper Mill Playhouse), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (The REV @ Merry-Go-Round Playhouse), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (North Shore Music Theatre), In the Heights (Phoenix Theatre). TV: Jett in “The Chica Show” (NBC). Many thanks to his Kferg for all the love and continued support. 

Stream Brasfield's self produced demo, Christopher: the EP, on SoundCloud. IG: OhSoChrisB

Lauren hails from Baltimore and is excited to be a part of Show Way the Musical. Her acting credits include Acoustic Rooster and Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (The Kennedy Center); Love's Labour's Lost, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, and A Christmas Carol (Chesapeake Shakespeare Company); Corduroy, Akeelah and the Bee, Shrek the Musical, The Scarecrow and His Servant, Cinderella and Charlotte’s Web (Childrens Theatre Company); Oliver! (Theater Latté Da); Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet (Pillsbury House Theatre/Guthrie Theater); Greensboro Four and American Song Book (The Smithsonian). Television credits include America’s Most Wanted (Lifetime). Most recently she directed the players of Olive Branch and Laurel Crown in a production of To Be A Solider and will be directing a production of MacBeth. She holds an M.F.A. from the Catholic University of America and a theater degree from Frostburg State. She would like to thank God and her family for their love and support.

Alesha is so excited to be a part of her first National Tour and is absolutely honored that it is with The Kennedy Center for Young Audiences. She recently graduated from Manhattan School of Music (’23 BM Musical Theatre) in the spring. She is so grateful to be a part of this story and cannot wait to share it with you all. She would like to thank her parents and sister for being her rock as well as Tyrone Robinson and The Kennedy Center for this opportunity. Her most recent role was as T’Asia in Step Kids at The Flea Theatre. 

Instagram: @aleshajeter

Tyrell was most recently seen as Lionel in ArtsCentric’s Cinderella at Baltimore Center Stage. Other DMV Credits include The Kennedy Center TYA: Look Both Ways (Ensemble); SIGNATURE Theater: Passing Strange (Youth, Terry u/s) The Color Purple (Swing); Olney Theatre Center: Kinky Boots (Swing); Keegan Theatre: Memphis (Ensemble, Bobby u/s). The Heritage Ensemble Theatre Company: Confessions of a Black Cowboy (Nat Love/Willie Kennard); ArtsCentric at BCS: Dreamgirls (C.C. White); ArtsCentric: Once on This Island (Armand), The Wiz (Ensemble, Lion, TinMan u/s), Aida (Ensemble), Memphis (Ensemble, Wailin’ Joe); Cockpit in Court: Sister Act (TJ), Gypsy (Yonkers); EDUCATION: Virginia Union University. 

IG: @stagerightt. 

Carter (he/him/his) is a theatrical technician and designer based in Upstate New York with a focus on creating engaging visual experiences. He is the founder and owner of Creative Stage Innovations, a theatrical and immersive experience design and technology firm with 15 years of service in the North East United States. Carter has previously toured nationally as the Head of Lighting with Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Live, served as Assistant Production Manager for Proctors Theater in Upstate NY, and taught Theater Technology to High School Students in Schenectady NY.

Martin is a recent graduate from the University of Vermont with a degree in Music Technology and Business. During his time in Burlington, he worked as a stagehand at the Flynn Theatre for many Broadway tours and live music acts. In his last semester at UVM, he was the A1 Audio Engineer for the school's production of Bat Boy: the Musical. 

Anya is delighted to join this production as Head of Wardrobe and Props. Anya is a half-American, half-South African costume specialist, and SCAD alumni. Her breadth of work varies from theatre, to film and TV, and more. Working for La Perle by Dragone in the Middle East taught her everything about cirque life, solidifying her track toward costume design. While living in Savannah, Anya worked on; The Menu, Halloween Ends, and yet-to-be-released Apple TV’s Manhunt and Project Artemis and many other feature films as both a Costumer and lighting Fixture Technician. Anya’s most recent work was Head of Wardrobe at The Savannah Theatre, the longest-running theatre in the United States from its conscription in 1818.  

@anyadoescostumes

Eyobed is a highly skilled audio engineer with a passion for creating immersive and high-quality theater experiences. He is thrilled and grateful to be part of the Show Way the Musical Tour Crew as a sound supervisor and assistant technical director. His journey in the Production industry began with a Bachelor of Science in Music Industry from the School of Arts & Humanities at The College of Saint Rose, where he honed his skills in live production and studio production. Throughout his career, Eyobed has worked on a diverse range of projects, spanning from live music performances to studio recordings and theater shows. You can find Eyobed on all social media platforms as @EYOBEATS.

Jacqueline is thrilled and excited to be adding Show Way the Musical to her eclectic list of credits. A Florida native, Jacqueline worked for 20 years in themed entertainment for Disney Cruise Line, Disney Parks and Resorts, and Universal Orlando Resort, as an Actor, Singer, and Dancer, gradually transitioning to Stage Manager and finally, Show Director. Jacqueline was formerly the Executive Producer and Associate Director for Red Fish Theatre. She is a Board Member for The Roxy Theatre Group. Recent Touring TYA credits include Paw Patrol Live! The Great Pirate Adventure (Performance Director) & Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live! King for a Day (Tour Manager). 

(jacquelinewoodson.com) Woodson is the author of more than thirty books for young people and adults including Another Brooklyn, Red At The Bone, and The Day You Begin. She received a 2023 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a 2023 E. B. White Award, a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship, the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and the 2018 Children’s Literature Legacy Award, and was the 2018–2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Her New York Times bestselling memoir, Brown Girl Dreaming, won the National Book Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor, and the NAACP Image Award. Her books for young readers include Coretta Scott King Award and NAACP Image Award winner Before the Ever After, New York Times bestsellers The Day You Begin and Harbor Me, Newbery Honor winners Feathers, Show Way, and After Tupac and D Foster, and Each Kindness. In 2018, she founded BALDWIN FOR THE ARTS (https://baldwinforthearts.org), a residency serving writers, composers, interdisciplinary, and visual artists of the Global Majority. Her most recent novel, Remember Us, is set in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn.

Tyrone L. Robinson's music has been featured at New York’s Public Theatre and The Vital Theatre (Off-Broadway Alliance Award Best Musical nomination). Recent commissions include Children’s Theatre Charlotte, First Stage Milwaukee, and TheatreWorks USA. He was awarded the ASCAP Frederick Loewe Award for his work as a theatre composer. In his filmmaking debut, Tyrone wrote and directed Un{H}armed which was an official selection of the New York Shorts, Hudson Shorts, Georgia, Big Muddy, and Harlem International Film Festivals. His short comedy screenplay Overrated won the Script Summit Festival Screenwriting Contest for Best Comedy/Web-series and he worked with writing teams at The Daily Show and The Colbert Report while working at Comedy Central Network in Chris Rock's Comedy Television Writing Program. This one is for the strong women who have woven strength, faith, art, and love into my life: Flora, Doris, Alma, and Lorraine. Love y’all! M.F.A. NYU Tisch School of the Arts. 

Instagram: TyroneLRobinson

Tava is a performer, director and Cultural Coordinator.  She is currently Associate Director on Disney Theatricals revival of Aida, as well as the highly anticipated revival of The Wiz, coming to Broadway Spring 2024.  After earning her Communications degree from Chapman University, Tavia returned to the arts, performing in shows including, All Shook Up, Trav’lin, Hairspray, Beehive, HAIR, Little Shop of Horrors, Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson ONE, and the National Tour of Motown the Musical.  During the pandemic, Tavia focused her communication and theatrical skills to build the specialized role of Cultural Coordinating, designed to improve cultural competence in artistic spaces.  Tavia is currently Cultural Coordinator for multiple regional, touring, West End, and Broadway productions, including To Kill a Mockingbird, Company, and Hairspray.  

www.TaviaRivee.com

Selected area music direction credits include Show Way, The Dragon King’s Daughter (KCTYA); Falsettos, Songs for a New World (Rep Stage); Miss You Like Hell (Baltimore Center Stage); Big River, Winnie the Pooh (Adventure Theatre); As You Like It (Keegan Theatre); The Last Five Years, john & jen, Mad Libs Live! (Red Branch Theatre) among many others. Tiffany is also a prolific coach, accompanist, collaborator, and voice teacher in the DMV area. 

Tiffany is currently the Director of Dance at Elizabeth Seton High School (MD). She is also on faculty in the Department of Theatre Arts at Howard University where she also earned her BFA in Dance Arts. Performance credits: Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, A Dance Company, B.Moore Dance, Camille A. Brown & Dancers, and Francine E. Ott/The Walk. Choreography credits: A Chorus Within Her, The Blackest Battle, Blood at the Root (Theater Alliance), Zomo the Rabbit: A Hip Hop Creation Myth (Imagination Stage), The Diary of Anne Frank (National Players Tour), Earthrise (The Kennedy Center), Les Deux Noirs (Mosaic Theater), The Frederick Douglass Project (Solas Nua), Trojan Women, The Children’s Hour, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Howard University), In The Heights (Montgomery Community College), The Mail Order Bride (University of Maryland Baltimore County). Assistant to Choreographer - Ronald K. Brown Dancing Spirit (The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater) and For Truth (Phiadanco!), Restaged A Winter’s Tale (Shakespeare Theater Company) - Camille A. Brown, Choreographer. Awards: Helen Hayes for Outstanding Choreography in a Play (Helen) - Blood at the Root - Theater Alliance.

Siani is a choreographer, performing and teaching artist. The New Castle, Delaware native is a graduate of Howard University where she received her B.F.A. in dance. Throughout her career, Siani has had the opportunity to work with artists such as Tommie-Waheed Evans, Maleek Washington, Dara-Stevens Meredith and Sidra Bell. Her dance experience includes modern, jazz, ballet, contemporary, and West African dance training. Siani's theater and choreography credits include: A Chorus Within Her at Theater Alliance (2021); the Helen Hayes nominated production, Beastgirl at The Kennedy Center (2022); Show Way at The Kennedy Center (2022); and Passing Strange at Signature Theater (2023). Outside of performing, Siani has taken on many roles in arts administration working with organizations such as but not limited to the International Association of Blacks in Dance, Fringe Arts, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, and Ladies of Hip Hop.

Taylor is a Tony-nominated sound designer for his co-design of Ain’t No Mo’ with Jonathan Deans. As an electronic musician he’s had the great honor of creating unique sounds and performance solutions for Moulin Rouge, King Kong, Beetlejuice, Be More Chill, Prince of Egypt, Lempicka, Trading Places and others. He has had the fortune of working with such illustrious artists as Lin-Manuel Miranda, Heather Headley, Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin, Pentatonix, Gloria Estefan, Sara Bareilles, Sam Smith, Coheed & Cambria, and The Who, as well as on projects by Disney and Netflix. As an orchestrator he is responsible for Chriskirkpatrickmas at London’s Seven Dials Theatre as well as Tyrone Robinson’s in-development project Step Kids. 

www.taylorjwilliams.com

Wilkie is thrilled to be at the Kennedy Center! A native of Miami, Florida and a graduate of New World School of the Arts, Wilkie majored in mathematics and music at Morehouse College, studied classical piano performance at Eastman School of Music, and served on the faculty of the Boys’ Choir of Harlem as assistant director, piano accompanist and music theory instructor. Wilkie’s compositions, arrangements and musical direction can be heard in film and theatre, including Parrotheads, the Netflix Jimmy Buffet documentary; and The First Colored Circus at Restoration Stage. As a singer, dancer and actor, Wilkie was a part of the original broadway casts of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, Motown the Musical, and Wonderland and has toured with  In the Heights; and Hairspray. The recent NYC premiere of his original musical, Take On Me, features big band arrangements of 80’s pop songs by Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Whitney Houston, and more.  

Instagram, Facebook, Twitter: @wilkieferguson, @takeonmemusical

Tony has contributed designs to the Kennedy Center productions of Long Way Down, Orphie & the Book of Heroes, The Light of Excalibur, Dreams in the Golden Country, Color Me Dark, The Great Quillow and Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. Recent and upcoming productions include Toni Stone with Milwaukee Rep and Alliance Theatre, The Great Leap at Round House Theatre, Choir Boy at Denver Center, The Color Purple with Signature Theatre, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Folger Theatre at the National Building Museum. Tony’s work has also been seen at Roundabout Theatre, Arena Stage, Guthrie Theatre, Goodman Theatre, South Coast Rep, Portland Center Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Ford’s Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Baltimore Center Stage, Indiana Rep, Syracuse Stage, New York Theatre Workshop, Cleveland Play House, Pioneer Theatre, Peoples Light, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, and Studio Theatre.  He has received four Helen Hayes Awards and numerous other citations for outstanding design.  He was the principal theatre consultant for the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Northeast Washington, DC. 

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Jeannette is thrilled to be returning to the Family Theater! Previous credits at The Kennedy Center include - Me Jane: The Adventures of a Young Jane Goodall, The Watsons Go to Birmingham, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, How to Catch a Star, and Earthrise. Adventure Theater MTC - Luchadora, Elephant & Piggie: We are in a Play! (Helen Hayes Nominated - Outstanding Costume Design), Blueberries for Sal, and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Gala Hispanic Theater - Que las Hay!, Picasso, El Perro del Hortelano, and Ella es Tango. Theater Alliance - The Blackest Battle, Quadrant Series, Protest in 8, and Day of Absence. 4615 Theater -  Museum 2040, Lion in Winter, King John, Separate Rooms, and The Infinite Tales. Olney Theater Center - National Players Tour 70 and Thanksgiving. Other regional credits include Pointless Theater, Imagination Stage, Monumental Theater, Dance Exchange, and Mosaic Theater. She has assisted with costume designs for American Players Theater, Roundhouse Theatre, Folger Theatre, Wolf Trap Opera, and Studio Theater. She has worked as a costume designer/mentor with Arizona State University, University of Maryland, Bowie State University, American University, and George Washington University. Jeannette is a current resident artist at 4615 Theater Co. and runs her own sustainable clothing brand called Ronni-X. Education: BA in Design & Production from Arizona State University, MFA in Design from the University of Maryland. 

Find more of her work at jchristensendesign.com.

Doug Del Pizzo (he/him/his) is a DC-based Lighting Designer and Production Manager. Selected Lighting Design: Spring Awakening (Monumental Theatre Co.), The Madness of Poe, Snow Queen, Macbeth (Synetic Theater), Ordinary Days, Act of God (NextStop), Into The Woods, 1776, Bare: A Pop Opera (Levine School of Music) Selected ALD: Show Way (Kennedy Center), The Upstairs Department, Passion (Signature Theater), Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Beauty and the Beast, Singin’ in the Rain, Once (Olney Theater Center),The Tempest (Synetic). Production Electrician: Shipwreck, Teenage Dick, A Strange Loop (Woolly Mammoth). Doug holds a BA in Theatrical Design & Production – Elon University. 

www.DougDelPizzo.com

In 2012, Cresent received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Arts Technology, with a focus in Sound Design. In 2014, she received her first theatre review for her work as Sound Designer on the production Not About Nightingales directed by Eric Ruffin, describing her sound design as “an omniscient, foreboding force, ambitious in scope…” Since then, her credits include: Fabulation (Mosaic Theater Company), HER-story (Kennedy Center), The Laramie Project (Duke Ellington School of the Arts), BLKS, A Strange Loop (Woolly Mammoth Theater), N (Keegan Theatre), Use All Available Doors (Pinky Swear Productions), Hope in the Hood (Amazing Grace Conservatory) and more. Cresent Haynes is also a freelance Live Audio Engineer and Visual Artist. She has aspirations to one-day design on Broadway and continue touring with various performing artists as their Live Audio Engineer, all while continuing to fill spaces with her original art exhibits and paintings. Training: Howard University. 

www.linktr.ee/cresentrochelle

Chelsea is proud and excited to begin her relationship with The Kennedy Center! Chelsea was Prop Master for Round House Theatre’s The Great Leap, is a past Props Apprentice for Olney Theatre Center, and served as Prop Master and Prop Designer for two seasons at Muhlenberg College's Summer Musical Theatre. Chelsea currently works as the Costume Shop Manager and occasional Prop Master for her alma mater, Salisbury University, where she is also a Co-Founder and Artistic Director at the university's resident theatre ensemble, Fultontown Theatre Company. 

IG: @chelsea.maker.of.theatre @fultontowntheatre

Jeremy is a DC area based projection designer and theatre artist. He is most recently an MFA recipient in design from the University of Maryland College Park. Some of his work has been featured at The Keegan Theatre in Dupont Circle; Trans Am, From Gumbo to Mumbo, and the DC premier of Boy. Other credits include UMD Clarice Performing Arts Center productions; The Visit, The Heidi Chronicles.

Hailey is so excited to be back at the Kennedy Center for this powerful show. Hailey Is a lighting and projection designer, based in the DC area since 2018. Recent credits include; Lighting design for Nat Turner in Jerusalem (Next Stop Theatre), Rhinoceros (Pointless theatre co.), Man Covets Bird (Spooky Action Theater), Lighting and Projection design for Christmas Eve (ExPats Theater), Assoc. projections for The Phlebotomist (1st Stage), and Ass. Projections for La Casa De La Laguna (Gala Hispanic Theatre). Hailey is so happy to have worked with such an incredible team of artists on this show, Enjoy!

www.Haileylaroedesigns.com

Cidney is an assistant costume designer and costumer in the DMV area where her credits include The Kennedy Center, Folger Theatre, and Gala Hispanic Theater. Some of her credits include Show Way, Amadeus, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Nell Gwynn, Saint Joan, Sense & Sensibility, and On Your Feet! La Historia de Emilio Y Gloria Estefan. 

Adam Bravo is a Los Angeles based keyboardist, arranger/orchestrator, and music director. Artists: BTS, The Pussycat Dolls, Eden Espinosa, Nicole Scherzinger, Nik West, Deborah Cox. Film/TV: Dear White People, Black Monday, Mank, Motown Magic.