CRITIC’S PICK! “ The title neatly sums up the EUPHORIC CHARGE generated by this feel-good musical! A DYNAMITE cast and formidable behind-the-scenes talents spin ENTERTAINMENT GOLD! A BLISSFUL cavalcade of harmonic group numbers! Lee Martino (provides) SHOW-STOPPING choreography! This COTTON CANDY TREAT seems certain to duplicate the runaway success of WONDERETTES! ”

– Les Spindle - BackstageMEET THE "DREAM" CAST





DOUG CARPENTER (Skip) recently graduated from UCLA with a Masters degree in vocal performance.   Doug began his professional musical career in opera performing leading roles in regional companies like Utah Festival Opera, Opera Las Vegas, Palm Springs Opera Guild, and UCLA Opera Theater.  Roles include Marcello in La Boheme, the title role in Don Giovanni, Count in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Silvio in Pagliacci, among many others.  It wasn’t until a year and a half ago that he rekindled his love for musical theater as his full time dream.  Since then he has appeared with companies like CLOSBC (Prince- Cinderella), FCLO (Tony- West Side Story and Curly- Oklahoma!), UCLA theater dept. (Jaime- The Last Five Years) and  most recently in concert as Billy in Carousel with the UCLA music dept


RYAN CASTELLINO (Wally) was recently seen as the narrator in Miss Electricity at the La Jolla Playhouse.  He also has been a part of The Flunky  performing alongside Deborah Gibson, and was in the world premiere of Mask the musical at the Pasadena Playhouse playing  Ruben.  Other regional credits include Seymour in Little Shop, and Kevin in Tommy.  Proud graduate of UCLA's Ray Bolger Musical Theater program.


JIM HOLDRIDGE (Eugene) A NYC transplant, his LA credits include productions at South Coast Repertory, the Zephyr Theater, and the LA Drama Critics Circle Award Winning Assassins at West Coast Ensemble.   Recent readings include Modern Love: the new Hall & Oats Musical, and Neurosis.  Regionally he has worked at St. Louis Rep, Cincinnati Rep, The Goodspeed Opera House, and was a long time member of the hit show Stomp in New York, Las Vegas, and International Tours.   He recently completed the comedy pilot "This Can't Be My Life" coming to a network, near you, sometime soon.  


DANIEL TATAR (Denny) Los Angeles stage credits include: Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof (Rubicon Theatre Company), Valentin in Kiss of the Spider Woman (Havok Theatre), Ahmet Ertegun in the NAACP Award-winning Ray Charles Live (Pasadena Playhouse), Fervio in the Ovations Award-winning Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings (Theatre @ Boston Court), Jamie in The Last Five Years (Pasadena Playhouse), the Reprise! concerts of Elegies and Baby (as Danny, opposite Kerry Butler), Nick in Over the River and through the Woods (McCoy-Rigby),and Mohammed in The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (Laguna Playhouse).  Daniel originated the role of Man 1 in the Chicago and San Francisco companies of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, which he also performed on the national tour.  Regional: Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s The Ballad of Little Jo (with Judy Kuhn), Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Drury Lane Oakbrook), Wally in Campaign of the Century (with Michael Rupert), Miss Saigon (Marriott Theatre), Forever Plaid (Theatre at the Center) and Gary Griffin’s direction of Pacific Overtures (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre).  Television: Season One finale of 90210, CSI:NY, Grey’s Anatomy and Real Time with Bill Maher


JESSICA KEENAN WYNN (Lois) is a recent graduate of UCLA's prestigious Ray Bolger Musical Theatre Program. Upon graduating, she took on the roles of both Cruella De Vil and Maleficent for a new Disney Villains Workshop, written by tony-nominated [title of show] creators Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen. She has contributed her vocal talents to a recording of a new musical adaptation of WUTHERING HEIGHTS by actor Mark Ryan. She has starred in numerous UCLA productions including: ANYTHING GOES (Reno Sweeney), THE LAST FIVE YEARS (Cathy) and HOMER IN CYBERSPACE (Calypso). During college, she also starred in EVITA (Eva Peron), CABARET (Sally Bowles), MACK AND MABEL (Mabel) and SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD (Woman 2).. She enthusiastically looks forward to carrying on the entertainment legacy of her famous grandfather and great grandfather, Keenan and Ed Wynn. Thanks to this wonderful show, is a new proud member of Equity!




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