D.C. ANDERSON excitedly returns to FST (Hairspray and The Fabulous Lipitones) for Bright Star! Recent: The Graduate (Penobscot), Anne of Green Gables (Finger Lakes), Gypsy (Riverside), The Music Man (Goodspeed). Films: Norman, Miles, Rich Boy Rich Girl. Previously: Steppenwolf, Guthrie, and Northlight regional theatres. Broadway: The Phantom of the Opera. Off Broadway: York’s Storyville, Transport Group’s Queen of the Mist (cast recording). A singer/songwriter with 9 CD’s available. Hobbies: photography. dcanderson.net

MIMI BESSETTE Broadway/Off-Broadway: Bonnie & Clyde (Emma), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Dawn), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey) and Smoke on the Mountain (Denise). First National Tours: Parade, Keep on the Sunny Side, Big River, and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Regional: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, The Irish and How They Got That Way, Woody Sez, Cowgirls, Always...Patsy Cline, Blood Brothers, Nunsense, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Guitar Girls, and Woody Guthrie’s American Song. Film/TV: Annie (opposite Jamie Foxx) and Difficult People (opposite Andrea Martin). Her albums Lullabies of Broadway and Lullabies of Broadway Act II just got picked up by Broadway Records. mimibessette.com

MICHAEL GRIEVE is thrilled to be returning to FST! Previously FST credits: The Wonder Years. Professional credits include: Disney Cruise Line’s Beauty and the Beast (Beast), and 9 to 5: The Musical (Dwayne) at the Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre. Other notable credits include: The Glorious Ones (Flaminio Scala), The Drowsy Chaperone (Aldolpho), and Big Love (Oed) at the Festival de la Teatro de la Habana. Michael graduated from The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University class of 2017, and is incredibly grateful to be a part of this beautiful musical.

MEREDITH JONES is thrilled to return to FST just months after closing The Marvelous Wonderettes where she played Betty Jean. You might also recognize her from playing the title role of Patsy Cline in last year’s production of Always...Patsy Cline. Favorite regional credits include Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Mary in Vanities, and Julia in The Wedding Singer. Meredith graduated from Emerson College in Boston, MA with a BFA in musical theatre and currently lives in NYC with her number one fan, her husband!

MAX MEYERS Off Broadway: Lolita, My Love (The York), The Christians (Playwrights Horizons). National Tour: Buddy Holly Story (Van Wezel Jan. 2015) Favorite Regional Credits: Fun Home (Ensemble Cincinnati), HAIR (Short North), Last Five Years (Eagle), Midsummer (TUTS), Timon of Athens (RADA). Visit maxmeyersonline.com to learn more. @heyitsmaxmeyers

TRAVIS MITCHELL is thrilled to be spending some time in beautiful Sarasota, FL, with such a renowned theatre! National Tours: Rock Of Ages, Catch Me If You Can, Spring Awakening, Elf the Musical. Notable Regional: Les Miserables (Thenardier), Big River (Pap/King), South Pacific (Harbison), The 39 Steps (Clown 1).  Film/TV: Law & Order: SVU (Season 20 Finale), The Spinning Man (Craft Award; NY First Run Fest), Partitioned Heart (Best Short Drama; CineYouth Chicago Film Fest), Hell Is Empty, due out this Winter. travistravistravis.com

RACHEL MULCAHY is so excited to make her Florida Studio Theatre debut and share this beautiful story! She originally hails from Syracuse, NY, but currently resides in NYC. Recent credits include: The Buddy Holly Story (Forestburgh Playhouse), Once (Northern Stage, Ivoryton Playhouse and The Engeman Theater), Shakespeare in Love (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival), Ring of Fire (Timberlake Playhouse) and the National Tour of A Charlie Brown Christmas. Enjoy the show! rachelmulcahy.com @raymulcay

BLAKE PRICE is floored to be making his FST debut! NYC: NYMF, Freedom Summer (Mickey Schwerner). US National Tours: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Monty Navarro). Regional: North Shore Music Theatre, Oklahoma! (Curly McLain), Palm Beach Dramaworks, The Spitfire Grill (Joe Sutter), Texas Shakes, Carousel (Billy Bigelow). TV/Film: Land of the Outlaws (Bobby Ames), Duress (Kurt). Education: BFA Music Theatre Performance, Western Michigan University. Rep: The Krasny Office, NYC.

ASHLEY ROSE is beyond excited to be back in Sarasota after last being seen as Natalie Goodman in FST’s production of Next to Normal! NYC credits: Junk: A Rock Opera (Joe’s Pub), Cynthia in Standby (FringeNYC and Gallery Players). Regional favorites: The Spitfire Grill (Percy), Ghost (Molly), Hair (Sheila) and Always…Patsy Cline (Patsy Cline). TV: NBC’s America’s Most Talented Kid. Ashley is also an award-winning singer-songwriter. Most recently she co-wrote the song “Trace of You,” which climbed the Billboard dance chart to No. 22. BFA in theatre from Montclair State University. ashleyrosemusic.com

WILLIAM SELBY FST: Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits, Older Than Dirt, and Laughing Matters, Vol. 5. Regional: Bernadette in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Gateway, Ogunquit Playhouse-Broadway World Award nomination), Billis in South Pacific (Ivoryton Playhouse-Broadway World & CT Critics Circle Award nominations), Barrymore, The Presidents (with Rich Little), Hot n’ Cole, The All Night Strut. Bill performed for many years in Forbidden Broadway, and directed 19 productions of the show across the country. Off-Broadway: The Daring Duo (Bridge Theatre), Nerds (NYMF), Forbidden Hollywood (Triad), Juba (Vineyard), The Apple Tree (York). NY Workshop: Finding Nemo for Disney.