AUSTEN DANIELLE BOHMER she/her (Mary) PCLO debut! Broadway: DIANA (u/s Diana, OBC Ensemble). Off-Broadway: Days of Rage (Second Stage). TV: FBI: Most Wanted. Regional: Fiddler on The Roof (Hodel, Lyric Opera of Chicago), Gypsy (Louise, opposite Carolee Carmello, Sacramento Music Circus), Barrington, Goodspeed, St. Louis Rep. Proud international teaching artist with Arts Ignite (artsignite.org). BFA Acting: Webster Conservatory. RADA, London. You can listen to her original music on all streaming platforms under the name Plain Austen. @plainausten.

KENNEDY CAUGHELL (Sonya) is ecstatic to make her PCLO debut, and revisit Moscow! This performance is dedicated to her Sister, Caitlyn. Kennedy was most recently seen leading the company of the soon-to-be West End and Broadway musical, Superyou! She played Carole King on Broadway and across the nation in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Broadway: Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812, Beautiful, & Paradise Square. Nat’l/Int’l Tours: Wicked (Elphaba Standby), Beautiful, & American Idiot (Heather). Productions in development.: Mozart: Her Story-A New Musical, SuperYou!, & Far From Canterbury. TV/Film: Law & Order: SVU, Parked for Love, and The Outlier. Elon BFA. Love to Tim, her Family, and DGRW, for believing in me! Twitter/Insta: @KennedyCaughell.

BILLY COHEN (Andrey/Bolkonsky) Credits: The Band's Visit (Zelger, First National Tour, dir. David Cromer); Indecent (San Francisco Playhouse), Billy Elliot (Goodspeed), Beautiful (Sacramento Music Circus), Once (Geva), Peter and the Starcatcher (Theater Aspen), Oklahoma! (Weston Playhouse), Huzzah! (Workshop, Nell Benjamin/Laurence O'Keefe), Striking 12 (Prospect Theater Off-Bway). @cohenbilly

NATASCIA DIAZ (Marya D) Broadway: MAN OF LA MANCHA (Antonia us/ Aldonza), GRAND HOTEL (Rafaela). National Tour: West Side Story (Anita, Jeff Award Chicago, Kevin Kline Award St Louis), Follies (Sally, San Francisco Critics Nom), On Your Feet (Gloria Fajardo, 2021 St Louis Critics Award) DC: Signature; Passion (Fosca, 2019 Helen Hayes Award), Spiderwoman (Aurora), Threepenny Opera (Jenny, HH nom), STC: Our Town (Mrs. Gibbs), Othello (Emilia). Woolly Mammoth: OG cast Collective Rage (Betty 3), Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (W1, Helen Hayes Award). TELEVISION: FBI Detective Cantrell, Law & Order: SVU. FILM: Every Little Step (self). www.natasciadiaz.com IG: ladydiaz777

JACOB DICKEY (Dolokhov) was last seen on Broadway in the Tony-winning revival of COMPANY. Some of his other favorite theatre credits include Disney’s ALADDIN (Broadway and 1st nat'l tour), Emojiland (Off-Broadway original cast), and The Prince of Egypt. You can see him on TV in Partner Track, Gossip Girl, The Other Two, The First Lady, and Blue Bloods. He is over-the-moon to make his PCLO debut this summer and sends love and gratitude to CGF, his family, and his husband. ig: @js_dickey 

JASON GOTAY (Anatole) recently performed his autobiographical solo show Where You’ll Find Me at the Minetta Lane Theater (available on Audible). He made his Broadway debut in the original company of BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL written by Lin Manuel-Miranda, Tom Kitt, Amanda Green, and Jeff Whitty, nominated for the Tony Award ® for Best Musical. Other Broadway/New York credits include: SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK (Peter Parker/Spider-Man), New York City Center’s acclaimed revival of Evita (Che), Irving Berlin’s Call Me Madam, and Transport Group’s Renascence written by Carmel Dean and Dick Scanlan. He has appeared in the world premieres of Stephen Schwartz’s The Prince of Egypt, Disney’s Freaky Friday, and A Bronx Tale, as well as NBC’s Peter Pan Live! He most recently starred in HBO Max’s Gossip Girl reboot, and has performed solo acts at NYC’s Green Room 42, Le Poisson Rouge, Soho House, and Tavern on the Green. 

SANDRA OKUBOYEJO (Natasha) Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Okuboyejo is a Nigerian-American multidisciplinary artist. Theatre: Hamilton (Chicago company), The Drowsy Chaperone (Janet), Caroline, or Change (Emmie). Off-Broadway: Nollywood Dreams (Ayamma), Ragtime (Sarah). Film: The Talk Show (premiering at Tribecafest 2023). TV: Dr. Death: Miracle Man, The Blacklist and Tommy. She has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center and Lollapalooza, amongst others. Additionally, Sandra is a 2022 Jonathan Larson Grant finalist, at the helm of book, music, and lyrics of her original musical Halona & Ophelia. She is also a recipient of the 2023 Earphones Award for excelling in audiobook narration.Updates: www.sandraokuboyejo.com

NICK REHBERGER he/him (Pierre) Broadway credits include: THE GLASS MENAGERIE (dir. John Tiffany), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (dir. Bartlett Sher). Other Theater: Hamlet (Laertes, Public Theater, Shakespeare in the Park), Hood (The Sheriff of Nottingham, Asolo Rep), Pride and Prejudice (Darcy, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Shakespeare in Love (Will Shakespeare, Chicago Shakespeare), and The Drowsy Chaperone (Robert Martin, FPAC). Film/TV: I Am Michael, Thirdy, The Equalizer, FBI: Most Wanted, Elementary (CBS), The Other Two, Girls, The Deuce (HBO), and Gotham (FOX). He is a proud graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. @nickrehberger 

LILI THOMAS (Helene) is thrilled to be making her PCLO debut! She is coming straight off of the 1st National Tour of Dear Evan Hansen, where she closed out the final Broadway production as Cynthia Murphy. Lili can’t wait to dive into another Dave Malloy piece after a successful run of Octet at Berkeley Rep. Off-B’way: We're Gonna Die (2nd Stage), The Hello Girls (59e59), Only Human (St. Clements). Select regional: Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Milwaukee Rep, The Rev. BFA NYU/Tisch. BIG thanks DGRW, my “charming” loves Annabelle & Jack, and endless gratitude to Mom.

JAMARI JOHNSON WILLIAMS (Balaga) is a renaissance man who is thrilled to make his PCLO debut! Broadway: AIN’T TOO PROUD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS. Touring: Hadestown (First National Tour), Ain't Too Proud  (First National Tour), Motown, Memphis. Select regional: Hair, Smokey Joe's Cafe, South Pacific, The Wiz. He is also a founding member and board member of his hometown orchestra, the Gifford Youth Orchestra. He hopes to heal others through art, as he once was. Peace. @Jamarizabeast

LAWRENCE ALEXANDER (Male Ensemble) A graduate of the Boston Conservatory, Lawrence danced with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago after school.  Broadway: FOLLIES, ANYTHING GOES, and THE LION KING.  Tours/New York: Young Frankenstein (First National Tour), On the Town (NY City Center Encores!) and Showboat (Carnegie Hall)!  He recently performed in the NBCU UPFronts at Radio City Music Hall.  Lawrence is excited to be joining the pre-Broadway run of Boop the Musical this fall!

ANNA BAKUN (Female Ensmeble) is a proud mixed-AAPI artist originally from Beaverton, Oregon. She is a rising junior in Carnegie Mellon School of Drama’s Musical Theatre program. Favorite credits include: Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice), Into the Woods (The Witch), and Once Upon a Mattress (Princess Winnifred). PCLO debut! @_anna_bakun_

SIGGY BIJOU (Swing) is a current junior musical theatre major at Carnegie Mellon University and is beyond thrilled to be making her PCLO debut this summer season. Originally from sunny Orlando, Florida, Siggy would like to thank all of her professors, mentors, friends, and family for their continued love and support over the years.

MATTHEW DISTON (Male Ensemble) hails from tropical Miami, Florida and is a current junior musical theatre major at Carnegie Mellon University. He is absolutely ecstatic to be making his PCLO debut this summer and would like to thank his family, friends, and professors, especially Tomé Cousin, for inspiring him daily. 

ZEPHANIAH DIVINE (Male Ensemble) is very excited to be making his PCLO debut in Once on this Island! You can also catch him in Guys & Dolls and Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812 later in the summer! Zephaniah is currently a rising senior at Texas State University getting his BFA in Musical Theatre! Zephaniah would like to thank his friends and family for supporting him and the PCLO team! He hopes you enjoy the show! @thezephaniahdivine  www.zephaniahdivine.com  

KYLIE EDWARDS (Female Ensemble) is a native of Pittsburgh, PA and very excited to be making her Pittsburgh CLO debut. She is currently a rising sophomore studying Musical Theatre major at Carnegie Mellon University. Kylie would like to thank the creative team and cast of this show for such an incredible experience. She would also like to thank her teachers, family, and friends for their unwavering support.

LOGAN FARINE (Male Ensemble)  is a Pittsburgh native that couldn’t be happier to be back at home for his CLO debut! Most recently you may have seen him in the 20th Anniversary International Tour of Rent (Roger Davis). He spends his free time disc golfing and auditioning for productions of Hair. Thank you to the family, friends, and teachers that have helped along the way! 

MATHEW FEDOREK (Male Ensemble) is a Pittsburgh native and CLO Academy alum. Past CLO shows include Kinky Boots, A Chorus Line, Sister Act, and Oliver! Other favorites include Cabaret (Emcee), Mary Poppins (Bert), and The Wild Party (Jackie). Mathew holds his BFA from Penn State. He’d like to thank his parents, Marena, and Jack. @mathew.fedorek

NATHAN FISTER he/him (Male Ensemble) is absolutely thrilled to be making his Pittsburgh CLO debut! Select credits include: Goodspeed Musicals, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, IHI Stage Around Tokyo, The Lexington Theatre Company, Drury Lane Theatre, Flat Rock Playhouse, & Nashville Ballet 2. Endless thanks to PCLO team & cast, the teacher/mentors who have filled his toolbox, and his family & friends for their love and support. Representation: The SquarePeg Group, Inc. @nathanfister

KATIE GRIFFITH (Female Ensemble) is thrilled to be part of the Natasha Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 company! Off-Broadway: Seesaw (Theatre Row, J2 Spotlight) Regional: Muny, MTWichita, 5th Avenue, North Shore, Village Theatre, and more. Recently: The Wolves (#2, McCarter Theatre), 42nd Street (Lorraine/Dance Captain, Riverside Theatre), and Emmy®-winner Al Blackstone’s An American in Paris (Cape Playhouse). Deepest love and thanks to the Comet team, PCLO, DGRW, and, forever, M&D. katiemgriffith.com @katiemgriffith

KYRA KLONOSKI (Female Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her PCLO debut this summer in The Sound of Music and Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812. A rising senior at Carnegie Mellon University majoring in musical theater, she is so excited to be spending one of her last summers in Pittsburgh on the Benedum stage. Her most recent shows include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Mitch) and the premier production of the play Adult Things (Margot). She would like to thank her friends and family for their unwavering support and love. Enjoy the show!!   

KIARA LEE (Female Ensemble) is thrilled to be performing her fifth show with the PCLO and being a part of CLO’s Summer Series for her second summer in a row! She is originally from Atlanta, GA, but came to Pittsburgh to attend Carnegie Mellon University and earn her BFA in Musical Theatre. This fall, Kiara will be completing her 4th and final year at CMU and looks forward to continuing her career in theatre after graduating. Recent credits: CLO’s A Musical Christmas Carol (U/S Martha/Fan), Putnam Co. Spelling Bee (Logainne Swartz, CMU), Sister Act (Michellem, PCLO), Godspell (Player, PCLO), Camelot (Ensemble and U/S Sir Sagramore, The Muny), and The Sound of Music (Liesl, Virginia Arts Festival). She hopes you enjoy the show! 

ALICIA NEWCOM (Associate Choreographer/Swing/DC) is honored to make her Pittsburgh CLO debut and to be part of this incredible team! Alicia loves using art to create spaces that celebrate humans in their wholeness. Select credits: WICKED (Broadway, National Tour), Radio City Rockettes, and 42nd Street (National Tour, The REV Theatre Company). Thanks to Avalon Artists Group, Charlie, Dontee, and the Great Comet team. Charlie, thank you for your guidance and trusting me with your work. Endless love to James and my family. @alicia_newcom

ALEXANDER PODOLINSKI (Male Ensemble) is in the ensemble in his first Pittsburgh CLO production. He has recently played Peter in Jesus Christ Superstar (Westmoreland Performing Arts), scullery worker in Grand Hotel (Front Porch theatrics), and Axel in The Nerd (Westmoreland Performing Arts). Alex would like to thank his Family and friends for their constant support. 

KIANA RODRIGUEZ (Female Ensemble) Jersey native. BFA Dance, Musical Theatre Minor: Montclair State University. Recent Credits: West Side Story at Lyric Opera of Chicago (Estella) and West Side Story Italy at Teatro Lirico DiCagliari (Consuelo, u/s Rosalia). Labs: Oliver! (NYCC Encores!), Into The Woods (NYCC Encores!), and Other World, On Your Feet. Film/TV:  Blue’s Big City Adventure (Paramount Pictures), Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime), Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC), and Camille A. Brown & Dancers U.S. Tour. Endless gratitude to the creative team, Bloc Talent Agency, and mami y papi for all the support! ig: @ki.rodriguez

AUSTIN SCHULTE (Male Ensemble) is honored to be returning to the PCLO stage. He was seen last summer in The Drowsy Chaperone, Kinky Boots, and A Chorus Line. He got his BFA in Musical Theatre from Point Park University, but is originally from Southern California. Regional credits: Young Frankenstein and West Side Story. He wants to thank his family for their unending love and support. 

LAURA YEN SOLITO (Female Ensemble) is so excited to be back in her hometown performing at PCLO where her career began! Many of her most precious memories of performing throughout her childhood and early adulthood were made here with this amazing company and it is such a joy and dream come true to return. Many thanks to her parents, Susan and Michael Solito, and her Husband Ed Doherty. Love and light! Laurayensolito.com

DAVID TOOLE (Swing) Select regional credits include: The Count of Monte Cristo (Edmund Dantès), School of Rock (Theo & u/s Dewey, Tuacahn Performing Arts Center); Once (Guy, Berkshire Theatre Group); Great Comet (Pierre), Rock of Ages (Drew), Once (Guy, Theatre Raleigh); Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas), Tarzan (Tarzan), Jersey Boys (Tommy DeVito, PMT); A Man of No Importance (Robbie), The Last 5 Years (Jamie, Front Porch Theatricals), Bridges of Madison County (Robert, Carnivale Theatrics). David a rotating National Anthem singer for the Pittsburgh Penguins, vocalist/songwriter for Identity X (idxmusic.com), and private voice instructor. All my love my undeniably superhuman wife Katie, and our wild and wonderful two sons; Barrett and Elijah!  IG: @davidmichaeltoole

JOSEPH TORELLO (Male Ensemble) PCLO: Oliver! (Knife Grinder). NYC: Show Boat (Carnival Barker) and Carousel (Policeman, Lincoln Center) with the NY Philharmonic (both aired on "Live From Lincoln Center" on PBS), Guys & Dolls (Mission Quartet, Carnegie Hall) alongside Nathan Lane & Megan Mullally, and The Golden Apple (Ensemble, City Center Encores). Other favorites: Sweeney Todd (Sweeney), The Little Mermaid (Triton), Mamma Mia! (Bill), Smokey Joe's Cafe (Fred), and Billy Elliot (Big Davey) @torellojoe

ELIZABETH YANICK (Female Ensemble) is thrilled to make her Pittsburgh CLO debut! National Tours: Chicago (Go-To-Hell Kitty), Regional: Singin’ In The Rain (Ogunquit), Elf (Ogunquit), Grease (The Rev), Crazy For You (Arrow Rock), Disney’s Mary Poppins (Arrow Rock), and Footloose (Arrow Rock). Film: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Dancer). TV: Law and Order: SVU. Proud IU Alumna. Thank you so much to the LDC team, and the loving support of her amazing family and friends! @elizabeth_yanick

GENNY LIS PADILLA (Female Ensemble) is thrilled to return to PCLO! Previous PCLO credits include: In The Heights (Nina) and PCLO’s 75th Anniversary Broadway Musical Celebration! Broadway: ON YOUR FEET! (OBC, Rebecca, Gloria Estefan u/s); Off-Broadway: Rent, Frida Liberada, Pedro Pan; Tours: In The Heights, On Your Feet!, Rent, Junie B. Jones. Regional: In The Heights (Nina), Jane Eyre (Blanche Ingram/Bertha Mason); Man of La Mancha (Aldonza), 26 Miles (Beatriz). Television: The Blacklist: Redemption, Madam Secretary. Film: The Assistant. A huge thank you to her BWA team! For more info visit www.gennylispadilla.com or on social @GennyLisPadilla

SAM MARZELLA (Swing) just graduated with a BFA in Acting/Musical Theater from CMU and is so grateful for the opportunity to be in his first PCLO production! He was most recently in productions at CMU such as Godspell, As You Like It, and Preludes as well as Grand Hotel at Front Porch Theatricals. (He/Him)