Aaron J. Albano

Aaron J. Albano hails originally from the West Coast where he began performing professionally at the age of 15 in San Jose, CA. After attending the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), majoring in musical theatre, he made his Broadway debut in the original company of Bombay Dreams. Since then, Aaron has performed in a total of twelve Broadway shows, including Hamilton, Wicked, A Chorus Line, Mary Poppins, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (where he closed the production as Chip Tolentino), The King and I, Allegiance, Here Lies Love, Cats, Aladdin, and most notably, as Finch in the original Broadway company of Newsies. Additionally, Aaron was a producer on the film ensemble, now available on Vimeo OTT, and was the audiobook narrator for All the Right Notes by Dominic Lim, available on Audible & Spotify. Aaron was most recently seen Off-Broadway in Michael John LaChiusa's See What I Wanna See. For more info, visit aaronjalbano.com.

Andrew Keenan-Bolger

Andrew Keenan-Bolger is an actor, director, author and filmmaker. He starred as “Jesse Tuck” in Tuck Everlasting on Broadway (Drama League Award nominee). He created the role of "Crutchie" in the Original Broadway Cast of Newsies (Outer Critics Circle nominee) and in the record-breaking Newsies: The Broadway Musical film. Other Broadway: Mary Poppins, Seussical, Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol. 1st Nat'l Tours: Spelling Bee, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Mary Poppins, Ragtime. Theater: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors (Off-Broadway), Scarlett Dreams (Off-Broadway), Seven Deadly Sins (Off-Broadway, dir. Moisés Kaufman), Family Furniture at The Flea Theater (dir. Thomas Kail), Aladdin at The 5th Avenue Theater (dir. Casey Nicholaw), Ever After at Papermill Playhouse (dir. Kathleen Marshall), Film: “Billy Frazier” in The Rewrite starring Hugh Grant, To Dust, Marci X, Are You Joking? Upcoming: Rosie in On Swift Horses starring Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones, Hanish in V13 starring Alan Cumming. TV: The Undoing (HBO), The Blacklist (NBC), The Other Two (HBO), Three Rivers (2018 ABC Pilot, lead), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), Nurse Jackie (Showtime), Looking (HBO), Naked Brothers Band (Nickelodeon), One Life to Live. Podcast: Bobby in Marvel's Wolverine: The Long Night. B.F.A. from the University of Michigan. His work as a filmmaker has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, The Associated Press and New York Magazine. Director of the award-winning short films Mikey’s Army, Sign and The Ceiling Fan. Along with collaborator, Kate Wetherhead, he is the co-creator the critically acclaimed webseries, Submissions Only and co-author of the children’s series Jack & Louisa (Penguin Random House). He is the author of the upcoming novel Limelight (Penguin Random House).

Kissy Simmons

Kissy Simmons graduated from the University of South Florida with a B.A. in Speech Communications. She was also a NCAA division 1 Track and Field athlete. After graduating from the University Of South Florida, she got her professional theatre debut at the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts. Broadway Credits Include - The Lion King (Nala) Regional- Sondheim on Sondheim. T.V. credits include The Detour, Smash, Hope and Faith, 30 Rock, and many commercials/voice overs and print.

Q. Smith

Q. Smith Created the role of Hannah and others in the Tony Award winning musical (for Best Director) Come From Away. She is also in the film version on AppleTV+. Q. has toured with the North American Broadway show A Night With Janis Joplin, playing the roles of Aretha Franklin and Nina Simone. Before Come From Away, Q. closed the Broadway production of Mary Poppins. She was the first African American to have a leading role in the history of Mary Poppins. Also on Broadway, Q. was in the 1st revival of Les Miserables and Off-Broadway she performed the role of Mabel Washington and recorded the soundtrack for Fame: On 42nd Street. Other noted credits include Abyssinia: A Gospel Celebration with Wynton Marsalis at the Lincoln Center, Showboat in concert at the renowned Carnegie Hall, guest soloist for Hillary Clinton’s Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards at the Kennedy Center, and guest soloist Barack Obama’s inaugural ceremonies. She has shared the stage with Gladys Knight, Rita Coolidge, and Gary U.S. Bonds in Smokey Joe’s Café, as well as Ledesi and Loretta Devine, and has traveled the world with various productions including Central America, Germany, and the entire USA. Not only is she an entertainer, but a passionate educator. Q. and her husband Lawrence created a coaching company called Your Stage. Your Moment! Where they offer workshops , private coachings, and masterclasses for all ages and levels across the country. Her goals are to build a performing arts school integrated with the juvenile system, open a bed and breakfast in Hawaii, travel the world, continue her concert work and voice-over career, and publish her book Queens of the Theatre. For more information go to QdotSmith.com

Lawrence Stallings

LAWRENCE STALLINGS, born and raised in Detroit, MI, is an actor on both stage and screen. He recently brought iconic jazz musician Robert Johnson to life in the one-man show Me and The Devil, written by Steve H. Brodnax III, at the Lantern Theater Company. Lawrence was an original company member of two Tony Award-winning musicals: Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s irreverent hit The Book of Mormon and Passing Strange, an autobiographical fiction written by incomparable singer-songwriter Stew. Other Broadway credits include HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. Additional theater credits include My Mañana Comes at The Fountain Theater, Family Album at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Best of Both Worlds at the A.R.T., Passing Strange at the Public Theater, Sharika, The White Girl at the Vineyard Theater, Sizwe Bansi is Dead at the Lantern Theater Company, Sam Cooke: Forever Mr. Soul (solo show) at The Delaware Theatre Company and the Milwaukee Rep, and From My Hometown at The American Heartland Theatre. Film: The Rebound, Couples Therapy TV: Grey’s Anatomy, Diagnosis X, and Dirty White. Lawrence has also produced and starred in two web series: Circling The Drain and I Take Thee Zoe.

Kevin Winebold

Kevin Winebold is a musical multi-hyphenate, wearing the hats of music director, pianist, entertainer, composer, and recording artist. Kevin on the Keys Celebrates Disney on Broadway is the third installment in the Kevin on the Keys series at The Green Room 42. He was recently nominated for two MAC awards - His piece "I'm Ready" was nominated for Best Comedy/Novelty Song, and his debut piano album, Return to the Heart, was nominated for The Lamott Friedman Award for Recording. As a musical director and pianist, Kevin toured the country with Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Footloose, The Wedding Singer, and All Shook Up. His NYC credits include The Irish…and How They Got That Way, The Threepenny Opera, Tin Pan Alley, and Broadway Backwards. Internationally, Kevin has created and facilitated workshops and performances in Angola, Kenya, China, Japan, and South Korea.