BARRETT RIGGINS is a Brooklyn-based actor, composer, and lyricist. The New York Times once called him “very funny.” Thanks, guys! NY: Cellino V. Barnes (AsylumNYC), Harmony (NYTF), Summer Valley Fair (NYMF). Regional: Asolo Rep, Bucks County, Cape Playhouse, Maltz Jupiter, The MUNY, Ogunquit Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, TUTS. He has released two studio albums, Good Ol' and Smoke Machine. His song “More Than An Apology” was released by Audible as part of You Are Here: An Evening with Solea Pfeiffer, recorded live at the Minetta Lane Theatre. He also writes musicals with Graham Techler. They won the 2025 Richard Rodgers Award for their musical Helsinki (Upcoming; The New Group, Selection; NAMT). Their other work includes The Panic of ’29 (59E59), Portis Colfax (Ensemble Studio Theatre), and many silly songs written for the variety show Stage Time with PJ Adzima (The Slipper Room). Barrett is a proud member of the BMI Workshop. BFA: University of Michigan. @barrettadamriggins

AMANDA ROSE was most recently seen on the stage in the Tony Award-winning Broadway show Merrily We Roll Along, starring Jonathon Groff and Daniel Radcliffe. Previous to that, she was seen on Broadway and touring the country in shows like Wicked (Nessarose), Holiday Inn (Linda u/s), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Mrs. Bucket), Dr Dolittle starring Tommy Tune, and Oklahoma! (Laurey). Some other recent Off-Broadway and regional theatre credits include Merrily We Roll Along, Anastasia (Lilly) at the Fulton and Maine State Theatre’s, Gypsy (Louise) at Pittsburgh’s CLO, 9 to 5 (Judy) at Philadelphia’s Walnut St. Theatre, A Chorus Line (Kristine) and  Curtains (Nikki) at New Jersey’s Papermill playhouse, Sunset Blvd. (Betty) at Pittsburgh’s CLO and Pennsylvania's Fulton Theatre, and Miss Saigon (Ellen) at Maine’s Ogunquit Playhouse. 

LAURA YEN SOLITO (Rita La Porta) is overjoyed to be making her FST debut! Favorite credits include: Kismet NYC Center Encores; Into the Woods (Cinderella's Mother) NAAP/Prospect Theater; Regional: Cinderella (Fairy Godmother) Theatre By The Sea; Ugly Xmas Sweater the Musical (Olga) Playhouse on Park; King and I (Lady Thiang), A Christmas Carol (Mrs. Fezziwig/ Mrs. Dilber) Arrow Rock Lyceum; Man of La Mancha (Antonia),The Mikado PGH Public; Pirates of Penzance (Edith), Natasha Pierre, Evita, Music Man PCLO; King and I (Anna U/S) North Shore Music Theater; South Pacific (Bloody Mary) Allenberry; BFA Boston Conservatory; laurayensolito.com; IG: @laurayensolito 

SCOTT COTE - Scott is delighted to return to FST! Broadway National tours: The Play That Goes Wrong, Something Rotten!, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Regional credits: Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Arkansas Rep), A Funny Thing Happened… Forum (Maltz Jupiter Theater, Carbonell Award winner), The Producers (Papermill Playhouse) Guys and Dolls (Goodspeed Opera House), Noises Off (Pittsburgh Public), Lend Me a Tenor (Bay Street Theater), The Music Man (Flat Rock Playhouse), Boeing Boeing, Cabaret, Moon Over Buffalo, White Christmas, Spamalot (Northern Stage), The Drowsy Chaperone (Human Race Theater). Scott has never appeared on Law and Order.

JAMES PATTERSON Broadway & National Tours;  Gigi; Mary Poppins; The Drowsy Chaperone; Beauty and the Beast; Cats.  Other credits; Melrose Brother/Jelly's Last Jam (City Center Encores); Gus & Bustopher/Cats (Fulton Theatre); Sondheim on Sondheim (Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Max Von Mayerling/Sunset Boulevard (MTC);  Brother Jeremiah/Something Rotten (FST); Georges/La Cage Aux Folles (Riverside Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company); Don Quixote/Man of La Mancha (Stages St. Louis). jamespattersontheactor.com

SARAH HUND is happy to return for her 10th show at FST! Favorite roles include The Witch, Into the Woods; Fantine, Les Miserables; Judy Bernly, 9 to 5 the Musical; Reza, Once; Alice Beineke, The Addams Family; Mary Smith, Run For Your Wife; Mary Lou, The Buddy Holly Story; Sarah, Ring of Fire at such companies as Tuacahn, Maine State Music Theatre, Portland Stage, Ogunquit Playhouse, Walnut Street Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, Beef & Boards, and Phoenix Theatre. With her band The Blue Eyed Bettys, Sarah has three albums (available on all streaming services), tours throughout the U.S., and has played Lincoln Center. TV: Law & Order: SVU. @sarahhund

SORAIAH WILLIAMS is a newly NYC-based actor hailing from North Carolina. UNC Greensboro BFA in Musical Theatre c/o 2024. Florida Studio debut! Regional: The Hello Girls (Syracuse Stage); Jane Eyre with Julie Benko and Megan McGinnis, 1940s Radio Hour with Julia Murney (Theatre Raleigh); Bright Star (Rhinoleap Productions); Something Rotten!, Pride & Prejudice, Comedy of Errors (Texas Shakespeare Festival); Dreamgirls with Joy Woods(North Carolina Theatre). Educational: Into the Woods (Witch), The Wild Party (Queenie), and Taub’s As You Like It (Jacques). @soraiah.williams

JASON PINTAR | FST: Waitress (Cal), Network (Harry Hunter), The Wanderers cabaret (bass vocalist). International Tour: The Sound of Music (Admiral von Schreiber, u/s Cpt. von Trapp) in Mainland China & Hong Kong. NY Stage: Quentin in Small Craft Warnings (Regeneration), The Underpants Godot (Secret Theatre, NYIT Award Nom.). Regional Stage: My Fair Lady (Ivoryton Playhouse), Jersey Boys (Gateway Playhouse), The Importance of Being Earnest (USI Rep), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (The Rev). TV: Law & Order: SVU (NBC). jasonpintar.com

BRAD MYER is so excited to make his Florida Studio Theatre debut in Lucky Stiff! Brad is from Lancaster, PA, and holds a BFA in Musical Theatre. Some favorite regional credits include The Fulton Theatre (Forever Plaid, Jersey Boys), Palace Theatres (Jersey Boys), Totem Pole Playhouse (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Jersey Boys), American Music Theatre (The First Noel), Prima Theatre (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown), and Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre (Ragtime, Newsies). John 16:33 IG: @brad.myer

JOHN SCALZI | At seven, John entertained neighbors with magic shows, which led to his role as the magician on Captain Kangaroo. He studied acting at the N.C. School of the Arts, and in England, Montview and Central School.  A film he co-stared in won “fan favorite” at the Sarasota Film Festival. He studied meteorology at CCNY and Florida State University at masters’ level. A Sarasota household name since 1995, Scalzi has delivered weather forecasts on television and radio for three decades on ABC7. The AP awarded his weathercast “best in Florida”. His motto: “Dogs rock”.