Gail Becker is a seasoned musical theater artist from Chicago now living in Madison. Performing credits include - National Tour: Babes in Toyland. Chicago: High Society, Chicago, Sunday in the Park with George, Merrily We Roll Along, Pirates of Penzance. Madison: Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Marya - regional premiere), On The Town (Madame Dilly), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Featured Soloist) and Gypsy (Mazeppa) with Capital City Theatre, Tuck Everlasting (Mae - regional premiere), James and the Giant Peach, Aladdin and A Christmas Carol with CTM, Sweeney Todd, Dead Man Walking, and many others with Madison Opera. Cabaret credits include - Overture Center (Madison), Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Naples, Florida. Gail works independently as a Music Director, Vocal Coach, and Voice Over Artist. She directs the Jerry Ensemble at Overture Center for the Arts, and is the Managing Director / Director of Education for Capital City Theatre. Learn more at www.gailbeckertalent.com and www.gailbeckerstudio.com.

Grateful to be back after playing Bolkonsky/Andrey in Capital City Theatre’s regional premiere of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 last year! Select Credits: Jane Eyre (revised world premiere, New City MT), Daddy Long Legs (revised world premiere, Pangea NYC), A Girl I Know (premiere concert, 54 Below), Gentleman’s Guide, Sunset Blvd (The Engeman), Menken/Ahren’s A Christmas Carol (The Gateway), Grease, Sound of Music (The Fireside). Proud member of Actor’s Equity. Huge thanks to Andy Abrams for trusting me with a brand-new role and for (apparently) not being sick of me yet! Love to Mom, Dad, and especially Grandma. Insta @CGerszewski www.CodyGerszewski.com

Madeline Glenn Thomas is thrilled to be making her debut at Capital City Theatre, and to be under the glow of stage lights in-person for the first time since March 2020! Off-Broadway/ Nat’l Tour: The Office! A Musical Parody. Favorite regional credits include: Peter and the Starcatcher (Molly Aster), Sister Act (Sister Mary Robert), and Hairspray (Penny) at Charleston Stage, and Assassins (Squeaky Fromme), Bad Jews (Melody), and One Man, Two Guvnors (Dolly) at Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, TN. Madeline is a performing artist and arts educator raised in Nashville and based in NYC. Love to KJT, Nick, and Cosmo! @maddieglenn

Alex Gossard is a New York based actor, recent credits include; Che in Evita at The Woodstock Playhouse, Evita at Park Playhouse Albany, Evita at the Arizona Repertory Theatre. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Taming of The Shrew, The Tempest and Nell Gywnn at the Texas Shakespeare Festival. Enjolras in Les Miserablés with QuarStream Productions based out of Los Angeles. Bernardo in West Side Story at the Bayview Music Festival in Petoskey, Michigan. A reworked production of Man of La Mancha at the Arizona Theatre Company. Songs for a New World at Village Theatre in Seattle, Washington. Performed as Dean Martin in The Rat Pack Undead, which toured New York City and state and the greater New England area. 2014 recipient of the 5th Ave Theatre Excellence Award. 2022 Broadway World Dallas Regional Nominee. See more at AlexGossard.com

Benji is thrilled to be making a return to Madison and Capital City Theatre. Benji, just this year, moved to New York City where he was recently seen in Legally Blonde in Concert with Actor Therapy, and Guys and Dolls with Plaza Theatricals. Benji was also seen in recent Capital City Theatre productions of Merrily We Roll Along (Franklin Shepard) and Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Benji holds his bachelors degree from UW-Madison in Chemical Engineering. He could not be more excited to tackle another ambitious production put on by Capital City Theatre! Thank you to Jerry, Maribeth, Ellie and the rest of the family for your constant support!

Erin McConnell is an actor, composer, pianist, and arts educator working in the greater Madison Area. Favorite stage credits include Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Mary/CCT), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Yitzhak/MPC), Cabaret (Emcee/Out!Cast:StageQ), and Lizzie (Bridget/MTM). She has worked in media as a photojournalist and independent filmmaker. She works regularly as a music director at UW-Madison and MATC, as well as many regional theater companies. Thanks to dad for always keeping King on the shelf, and to JB for sharing in heaps of borrowed nostalgia. Hi-yo Silver, away!

Jonathan Wagner is an actor/musician based in NYC. TV/Streaming: Halston, Marvels, War of the Welles, The Dohyo Broadway: School of Rock (Original "Dewey" understudy, 140+ performances.) Off-Bway/Regional: Griswold’s Bway Vacation (5th Ave.), #DateMe (Westside), 25th…Spelling Bee (TATC), High Fidelity (Route 66) and The People vs Friar Laurence (Second City/Steppenwolf 2nd Stage). Jonathan spent 15 years teaching and touring with Chicago’s famed Second City, also serving as house composer/music director of the Severn Darden Graduate Program. Musical collaborations include: Writing Our World (WOW!) (CPTT/Goodman Theatre, Nat’l Tour), Jungle Tales (Apple Tree), The Dreamer and the Devil (Off the Porch), Any Someone at All (Donny’s Skybox, Off the Porch) and Terrible Couple (Gorilla Tango). He is currently writing and producing an EP with Chicago soul legend JC Brooks, entitled Believing in Love. (coming in 2023!)

Jason Williams is a NY based performer and excited to be making his Capital City Theater Debut in the World Premiere of Shining in Misery: A King Size Parody as Dick/Lloyd and others! He was most recently seen in the World Premiere of the musical Other World as 'J-Blitz" and as "Jesse" in the 1st National Broadway Tour of A Bronx Tale. Other favorite credits include Dreamgirls (South Korea), Smokey Joe's Café (GVT), Tarzan (Arvada), Lysistrata Jones (Meadowbrook), and Memphis (Arvada). Special thanks to my agent Mikey Nagy, and the amazing crew at The Collective talent agency and as always to my supportive family and friends.