KAYLA FAINER is a BFA Musical Theatre graduate from the University of West Florida. Originally from Boston, she is excited to be working with FST this year. Some of her favorites roles include Arlene (Baby), Betty (The Great American Trailer Park Musical), and Gwendolyn Pynn (The Mystery of Edwin Drood).

JABRI JOHNSON is thrilled to be making his FST debut with Reel Music! Originally from Cleveland, OH, he recently graduated from Bowling Green State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication, specializing in Musical Theatre. He spent the summer 2017 season as an acting apprentice at the Barn Theatre in Augusta, Michigan. Recent credits include The Threepenny Opera (Tiger Brown), Newsies (Specs), The Lion in Winter (Geoffrey), Next Fall (Adam), The Drowsy Chaperone (Gangster #1), and Assassins (The Balladeer). Instagram @jabrijohnson

ERIN PAXTON is originally from Maryland, and recently graduated from Coastal Carolina University with a degree in Musical Theatre. At CCU, she appeared in several productions, including Bullets Over Broadway, Spring Awakening, and Laughing Wild, and spent a semester studying physical comedy at Accademia dell'Arte in Arezzo, Italy. She also spent the past two summers as a singer/dancer at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio.

LIAM TANNER is a recent graduate of the University of New Hampshire, having majored in Theatre and minored in Anthropology. He is excited to be joining the Florida Studio Theatre as an Acting Apprentice! Some roles he has performed include Pericles in Pericles, Prince of Tyre,  Judge Danforth in The Crucible, and Sancho Panza in a ballet of Don Quixote. He would like to thank his family, friends, and mentors for their love and support.