2021 NYC Off Broadway Cast
Kayla Catan (she/her)
Kayla Catan (Keira Knightley & Others) is thrilled to reprise the last role she performed live before the world ended! Pre-pandemic credits include: Pinkalicious, Fashion Academy (Vital Theatre Company); Truffles (Aaron Grant Theatrical); and the national tour of Berenstain Bears LIVE! Her first projects in the city were puppeteering with Shadow Box Theatre and devising political pieces with Theater in Asylum. Many thanks to her family, given and chosen, and to the arts for staying alive no matter what. Long live NYC! www.kaylacatan.com
Isaiah Hein (he/him)
ISAIAH HEIN (Liam Neeson and others) makes his Off-Broadway debut in Love Actually? The Unauthorized Musical Parody. Recent credits include Nurse/Prince in Romeo and Juliet, as well as the “We Beseech Thee” track in Godspell (Festival 56). Additionally, Isaiah has toured with ArtsPower National Touring Theatre, originating roles in their new musical Judy Moody and Stink. He is a graduate of the University of Louisville and studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City.
James Parks (he/him)
JAMES PARKS (Colin Firth and others). Thank you for wearing a mask and supporting live theater! James is thrilled to be reprising these roles in Love Actually? as his formal return to the stage. During the shutdown James participated in various zoom productions including The Boy Who Listened to Paintings, and has most recently wrapped the filming of The Pumpkin Spice Musical. Quack. www.TheJamesParks.com @TheJamesParks
Eric Peters (he/him)
ERIC PETERS (Hugh Grant and others) is a proud Minneapolis native and graduate of Northwestern University where he studied Musical Theatre and Mathematics. National Tour: Motown the Musical. Off- Broadway: Young Pilgrims (RAVE Theater Festival), The Voice of Broadway (NYTF Winterfest). Many thanks to the family, the friends, and About Artists! Web: www.erictpeters.com, IG: @ericfromminnesota.
Joyah Spangler (she/they)
JOYAH SPANGLER (Emma Thompson and others) (She/They) Off-Broadway: The Office!, Love Actually?, Kerrigan and Lowdermilk’s The Bad Years. Regional: Williamstown (Songs for a Future Generation, Jonah), A.C.T. (Fields of Gold), NYMF (Ultimate man!, Held), Theatreworks (Andrew Lippa’s A Little Princess), Forestburgh Playhouse (Legally Blonde, Rocky Horror, The Sound of Music, West Side Story). Film/TV: Do You Dance Miss Parker, “The Following” (Fox). A highly caffeinated multi-hyphenate, Joyah has directed, choreographed & taught all over the country including the National Theatre of Student Artists, Friends! (Off-Broadway/North American Tour - AD) Steelstacks, the Flea and Reckless Theatre. www.joyahlovespangler.com @joyahlove
Tony Tillman (he/him)
TONY TILLMAN (Peter and others) is very excited to be joining the cast of Love Actually? again. He is a graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Performing Arts High School in Washington DC, and Virginia Commonwealth University. Other Off-Broadway credits include Steven in Mr. Chickee's Funny Money at the Atlantic Theater Company. Some of his favorite credits include: National Tours- Kinky Boots and Mamma Mia. Regionally: Angel in RENT, Donkey in Shrek, and Seaweed in Hairspray aboard Royal Caribbean's Oasis of Seas. Instagram: Tony_T_Tillman
Thanos Skouteris (he/him)
THANOS SKOUTERIS (Swing) is thrilled, actually, to be returning to this joyful show!! Favorite Credits - US National Tour: The Sound of Music (Swing, u/s Captain Von Trapp, u/s Max Detweiler), A Christmas Carol (Young Scrooge). US Regional: Camelot (Lancelot, The Phoenix Theatre Co.), Beauty and the Beast (Gaston, Woodstock Playhouse), Mamma Mia! (Harry, City Springs Theatre Co.), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (u/s Dom Claude Frollo, The Argyle Theatre). A thousand thanks to Right Angle and ATB Talent! www.thanoskouteris.com @thanoskouteris
Amber Wright (she/her)
AMBER WRIGHT (Swing) was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, and is thrilled to have her debut show in NY, here at the Jerry Orbach Theater. She has recently been seen playing the role of Narrator in Joseph... at the Candlelight Pavilion. She has other wise been seen at Disneyland as her favorite froggy princess, and has also traveled from Hong Kong Disneyland to Universal studios Japan and various Cruise ships that have taken her all around the world. She is so grateful for this opportunity and thanks god for the gift she has been given.
Our Crew
Bob & Tobly McSmith (Writers) are best friends who have created too many parody musicals over the last 15 years including: FRIENDS! The Musical Parody (New York, Las Vegas, US and UK tour); The Office! An Unauthorized Musical Parody (New York and US Tour); Bayside! The Saved by the Bell Musical (NYTimes Critics Pick), Katdashians! The Musical, 90210! The Parody Musical! (New York and Chicago); Showgirls! The Musical Parody (New York, San Francisco); Full House! The Musical Parody (starring Perez Hilton), Love Actually? The Unauthorized Parody Musical (New York, upcoming US tour), and The Office! A Murder Mystery Parody: Who is the Scranton Strangler? They are hard at work on their next musical: Sopranos: On Ice! A Figure Skating Parody.
Basil Winterbottom (Music & Orchestrations) is a British composer and orchestrator from Yorkshire, England. He discovered his love for the stage ‘treading the boards’ as Nanki-Poo and made his first critical success with the rip-roaring period comedy Mother, Where’s the Goose? After a successful tenure writing musical theatre in New York he returned to the UK, where he lives with his wife and pet ferret, Rat Boy Slim.
Tim Drucker (Director) Tim Drucker is thrilled to reunite with this wonderful company after their previous engagement at the Orbach in 2019. Currently: Love Actually? (Apollo Theater, Chicago); Friends! The Musical Parody (North American Tour). Next: Bachelor, the Unauthorized Musical Parody (Apollo Theater, Chicago). Past: TimDrucker.com.
Brooke Engen (Choreographer) Choreographer of the Marvel series “Runaways” (Hulu), “Hart of Dixie” (CW), and the musical film Sing For Your Supper. Associate Choreographer for “Hairspray Live” (NBC). Assistant Choreographer: For The Record: BAZ in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Garry Marshall Theatre), Sleepless in Seattle (Pasadena Playhouse), “Code Black” (CBS), and RuPaul’s Drag Race Battle Of The Seasons Tour. National Commercial for Men’s Warehouse, Groundling’s Garbage Pail Kids. Associate Director of Ringling Brothers circus Legends.
Ethan Andersen (Music Director) Ethan is a New York based music director, pianist, and composer-lyricist. Select credits: Saturday Night Fever national tour, Mean Girls (Broadway), BCEFA’s Easter Bonnet, Elon University’s Music Theatre program. Proud member of the Local 802 AFM, BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, ASCAP, and Dramatists Guild. ethan-andersen.com
Joshua Warner (Scenic & Prop Designer) FRIENDS! The Musical Parody (Off-Broadway + North American Tour); The Boys From Syracuse (Theater Row); The Dark Star from Harlem (La Mama); SUDS (Lincoln Center Education); Theater for the New City; NYMF; St. Luke's. International: Victor's Imagination (Shenzen, China). Numerous designs for film, tv, events. @joshuawarnerdesign
Dustin Cross (Costume & Wig Designer): Off Broadway (Select): The Office (NY, National Tour) Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation, Spamilton ( New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, LA, London, National Tour), The Glass Menagerie , A Midsummer Nights Dream, Cougar The Musical, The Other Josh Cohen, Forbidden Broadway : Comes Out Swinging Regional (Select): The Little Mermaid, Kinky Boots, The Witches of Eastwick, Billy Elliot, Cinderella, Sister Act, Grumpy Old Men, The Little Mermaid, Noises Off, From Here to Eternity, Heartbreak Hotel, West Side Story, Hello Dolly, The Christmas Rose (Carnegie Hall) Prince of Egypt, The NY Knicks Dancers and The NY JETS Drumline Film: Celtic Heart (PBS) ,Buttons (starring Dick Van Dyke and Angela Lansbury) Enjoy! www.dustincrossdesigns.com.
Brandon Baruch (Lighting Designer) is an award-winning light designer who specializes in design for theater, opera, dance, and immersive performance. His work has been seen Off-Broadway and around New York as well as in Chicago, Los Angeles Poland, Regionally, and throughout California. www.brandonbaruch.com
Matthew Fischer (Sound Designer) is now a Los Angeles based Production Manager with Right Angle Entertainment. This is his second design with RAE, including the original sound design for The Office! A Musical Parody (NYC and Tour) which introduced him to the Right Angle Family. Thanks to Charlie!
Conor Donnelly (hair/wig designer)
Dana Steingold (associate director)
Meg Halcovage (associate choreographer)
Cassie Holzum (stage manager)
Jacob Rosen (assistant stage manager)
Holly Buczek (casting)
Tyler Soltis (General Manager)
Right Angle Entertainment (Producer) specializes in the production, marketing, management and distribution of live theatrical, digital and concert events. RAE’s proud roster includes: The Office! A Musical Parody (New York City and National Tour), FRIENDS! The Musical Parody North American Tour, Love Actually? The Unauthorized Musical Parody (NYC), One Woman Sex and the City, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Nashville and National Tour), Heather McMahan: The Farewell Tour, Cat & Nat #MomTruths Tour, Sasha Velour’s Smoke & Mirrors Tour, Elvis and Me: An Evening with Priscilla Presley, Family Feud Live: Celebrity Edition Tour, and The Price is Right LIVE! among others.
Special Thanks
To Our Musicians & Mixing/Mastering Team:
Alice Siddle, Jay Taylor, Sam Evans & Michael Smith