Sam Clemmett is an actor best known for originating the role of Albus  Potter in the Tony & Olivier award-winning production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in the West End and on Broadway, as well as starring in Wendy & Peter at the RSC, Accolade, and Lord of the Flies. On screen, Clemmett appears in Netflix’s acclaimed series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story from Shonda Rhimes, and Cherry, directed by the Russo Brothers. Other screen credits include The War Below, Endeavour and The Musketeers.”

Jefferson Mays is a Tony Award-winning actor best known for his one-man adaptation of A Christmas Carol directed by Michael Arden and his performances on Broadway in I Am My Own Wife, Oslo, The Music Man, and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. He recently starred as “Frederick Fellows” in Noises Off at The Old Globe and as “Mayor Shinn” in The Music Man revival opposite Hugh Jackman. On screen, Mays appears in HBO Max’s Julia, Hacks, and Perry Mason, and starred in TNT’s I Am the Night and the Coen Brothers’ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. His television credits include The Americans, The Knick, Law & Order: SVU, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

Kenajuan Bentley is pleased to be making his Playhouse debut. Other Theatrical credits – five seasons at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival; some favorite shows there include: Ruined, 12th Night, All The Way, The Great Society. NYC Credits include WELL, The Merchant of Venice, and Edward 2. Television: Currently recurring as Tim on Shrinking (Apple). Other credits include: Scandal, The Young and the Restless, Station 19, SWAT, The Neighborhood, 9-1-1, NCIS, All American. Education: MA from Western Michigan University, MFA from The University Of Connecticut. (UCONN)

Previously with Pasadena Playhouse: Inherit the Wind, A Little Night Music. Theater credits: Emile de Becque, US National Tour, South Pacific; Andrei Sakharov, Alexsei’s Quest (New Work). Concert credits: Soloist, Metropolitan Opera; Lincoln Center; Carnegie Hall; Wilshire Ebell Theater; Kimmel Center; Kennedy Center; Dutch National Opera & Ballet; Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. Operatic Credits: Don Giovanni, Seattle Opera; Lescaut, Gran Teatro del Liceu; Steve Jobs, Olivier, Bello, Figaro (Marriage of Figaro), Baron Grog, Santa Fe Opera; Escamillo, Charleston Opera Theater; The Pilot (Little Prince), Utah Opera; Figaro (Barber of Seville), Arizona Opera. Film credits: Something’s More Than One Thing (Russo Brothers); 72 Hours; Original Sound. TV credits: Law & Order: FBI, SVU, CIA; Dexter: Resurrection; The Beast in Me.

Broadway: Side Show. Regional: Noises Off (Old Globe), Wonderful Winter of Oz (Laguna Playhouse), Lincolns of Springfield (Center Stage), Cinderella Christmas, South Street (Pasadena Playhouse), Side Show, The Nightingale, Limelight, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (La Jolla Playhouse), The Complete History of America (abridged) (Garry Marshall Theatre), more. Film/Television: The Mother in Barbarian, upcoming films The Shepherd and Samodiva, “Henry Danger,” “Sam & Cat,” “Community,” “Greek,” and more. As a songwriter, he has co-written songs for Disney’s “Iron Man & His Awesome Friends” (w/ TJ Hill), “The Ghost & Molly McGee,” “RoboGobo,” “Pupstruction,” and “T.O.T.S.” (w/ Rob Cantor), and Netflix’s “Red Fish Blue Fish” (w/ Rob Cantor). His children’s album, “I Love My Dog,” is available on the Yoto Music Player.

Dramatic coloratura soprano Michelle Allie Drever commands the stage with a rare fusion of agility, power, and intensity. Hailed for “the most delicious singing” (The Almanac), recent triumphs include Amina (La sonnambula, West Bay Opera) and Nedda (Pagliacci, Opera Festival of Chicago). Other credits: Violetta (La Traviata), Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor), Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), and Tosca (Tosca) with Opera Mississippi, Opera Birmingham, Pocket Opera, and Pacific Opera Project. A “force of nature,” praised as “the rare combination of actor/singer for whom opera was intended but seldom found” (Splash Magazine), Drever holds a master’s from UCLA, trained at the Renata Scotto Opera Academy, and debuted on Navona Records.

Described as a “shining presence” (Seen and Heard International), soprano Alaysha Fox is quickly making her mark in opera. Highlights: Nedda in Pagliacci (Opera Santa Barbara), Mary in The Three Women of Jerusalem (LA Opera), High Priestess/cover Aida (Opera Maine), and covering Susie “Mama Sue” MacDonald in the world premiere of She Who Dared (Chicago Opera Theater). Solos: Verdi’s “Requiem” (La Sierra University) and Bougie’s “Magnificat” at Carnegie Hall. A former Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist at LA Opera, she performed Female Chorus in “The Rape of Lucretia”, High Priestess in Aida, and covered Mimì in La Bohème. Awards: First prize, Palm Springs Opera Guild Competition; Grand Finalist, Laffont Competition. She holds degrees from Manhattan School of Music.

Pasadena Playhouse debut. Elsewhere in Los Angeles: Ahmanson (Romeo and Juliet), A Noise Within (Threepenny Opera, Richard III, Ah, Wilderness!), Celebration (What’s Wrong With Angry, Cabaret), Deaf West (Pinocchio), East West Players (M. Butterfly), Mark Taper Forum (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom). Regional: ACT, American Shakespeare Center, Bay Street Theater, Denver Center, Ensemble Theatre Company, Laguna Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, North Coast Repertory, Northern Stage, San Diego Repertory, San Jose  epertory, South Coast Repertory, and Shakespeare Festivals in Arizona, Colorado, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and Utah. Film: “A Christmas Carol”, “Mars Needs Moms” and “Jungle Book” for Disney. Television: “The Bernie Mac Show”, “Hung”, “The Fosters”, “One Day at a Time”, and recurring as SA Carl Laughlin on “NCIS: Origins”.

John has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Regionally, and at The Royal Shakespeare Company. He received a Drama Desk Award for his performance in The Royale at The Lincoln Center Theatre. John has appeared on TV and Film in numerous roles, most notably portraying Roy Reed in the Academy Award-nominated film Selma. He is the author of several plays and films, including The Very Best People (Max Lerner Award) and Inhalation (2-time O’Neill Finalist). John is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, part of the IAMA Theatre Company ensemble, and a grateful member of the Pasadena/Altadena community.

Brent Schindele (Chef/Pianist) is glad to return to Pasadena Playhouse, where he led the stellar cast of the world premiere of South Street as “Johnny Blue”. National Tours: The Sound of Music (Zeller/Captain Von Trapp), Jesus Christ Superstar (Peter/Simon/Keyboards), West Side Story (Tony). Off-Broadway: The Musical of Musicals – The Musical! (Leading Man). Regional: Hillary & Clinton (Bill), A Streetcar Named Desire (Stanley), The 39 Steps (Hannay), Art (Serge), Souvenir (Cosme), End of the Rainbow (Anthony), Merrily We Roll Along (Frank), Guys & Dolls (Sky), The Scarlet Pimpernel (the Pimpernel), Striking Twelve (the Guy), The Bodyguard (Kevin Costner). Film/TV: Cold Cold Man, Call Me Dan, Cold Case, General Hospital. B.A.: Dartmouth. For Erika and Jack, always.

Theatre: Pasadena Playhouse (debut), Theater Works Hartford (Primary Trust), Barrington Stage Company (Primary Trust), South Coast Repertory (Sense and Sensibility), Ojai Playwrights Conference (Ripe Frenzy), La Jolla Playhouse (Mother Courage), Classical Theatre of Harlem (Macbeth, King Lear, Medea). Television/Film: Law & Order, Station 19, Bull, Sharp Objects, All the Way, NCIS, The Fosters, Heart Shot, Criminal Minds, Grey’s Anatomy, Modern Family, Other People, Like You Mean It. Hilary’s image and voice have been featured in more than six dozen national television and radio commercials. Proud union member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. MFA-UCSD.

Lauren Worsham was nominated for a Tony and won Drama Desk and Theatre World Awards for originating the role of Phoebe in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. Most recently: Murder On The Links (Two River Theater). Select past credits: Sunday in the Park, Call Me Madam, Big River, and Where’s Charley (NY City Center Encores); The Engagement Party (Geffen), Dog Days (Montclair Peak Performances and LA Opera), Turn of the Screw (NYC Opera), Showboat (NY Philharmonic), and Candide (NYC Opera). Lauren recurred on multiple episodes of The CW’s Valor and is a founding member of the indie rock band Sky-Pony. Here’s to lucky #5, dear Darko. Love always to my family, you carry my heart.