Downloadable Playbill - Hennepin Theatre Trust

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST
TRACI ALLEN (Nehebka, Aida u/s) is making
her Theater Latté Da debut in Aida. Regional
credits include In Search of Assata, The Sankofa
Readings at Penumbra Theatre Company;
Cinderella at the Ordway; Lizzie Bright and the
Buckminster Boy, Five Fingers of Funk, Bud, Not
Buddy, and Fashion 47 at The Children’s Theatre
Company; Dance of the Holy Ghosts, Sweet
Brown Ginger at The Playwrights’ Center. Other
credits include Footloose, Once on this Island,
and the National Tour of The Color Purple. Traci
is a graduate of Howard University.
BEN BAKKEN (Zoser) is the Theatre Director
at Hill-Murray School in Maplewood, Minn.
Ben was most recently seen in When a Man
Loves a Diva at The Lab Theater. He has also
performed for Chanhassen Dinner Theatres,
Ordway Center, The Children’s Theatre
Company, and the Minnesota Orchestra. Ben
was honored with a 2011 IVEY Award for his
portrayal of Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar at
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres.
NATHAN BARLOW (Mereb) is currently a
senior in the University of Minnesota’s Guthrie
Actor Training Program, and will be graduating
in the spring of 2013. He was most recently seen
in Measure for Measure with Ten Thousand
Things. Nathan has performed at Mixed Blood,
The Children’s Theatre Company, Pillsbury
House Theatre, and the Old Log Theatre. He is
thrilled be a part of Aida as his debut with
Theater Latté Da.
JUSTINE BERGEVIN (Ensemble, Amneris
u/s) is delighted to be making her Theater Latté
Da debut. She was most recently seen in
Hairspray at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres.
Justine has worked with various companies in
the Twin Cities including Bloomington Civic
Theatre, Pioneer Place, Paul Bunyan Playhouse,
Theatre Unbound and Neo Cabaret. She has also
spent 4 summers performing with the Live
Entertainment Department at Valleyfair
Amusement Park.
JOSÉ BUENO (Ensemble) originally from
Texas is currently attending his last year at the
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities pursuing
his B.F.A. in Dance. From an extremely athletic
background, he is currently working with Black
Label Movement in projects such as their
residency in Duluth, MN, and their TedX
conference in Long Beach, CA. He has
apprenticed for Shapiro and Smith, appearing in
Anytown at the Guthrie Theater and Voices at
the Cowles Center. Through acrobatic training
from Circus Juventas and single partner stunt
training as a cheerleader at the U of M, he is
able to explore partnering in dance from a
different perspective. A former gymnast, he
loves exploring the more athletic qualities
within moving.
CAT BRINDISI (Amneris) is thrilled to get to
work with Theater Latté Da again and be a part
of the magical journey this team creates every
day. She is a graduate of the University of
Minnesota – Duluth with a B.F.A. in Musical
Theatre and a minor in Dance. Cat was recently
seen in the Ivey Award-winning production of
Spring Awakening (Wendla) and ...Spelling Bee
(Olive) with Latté Da! In 2009, she also
performed at the Istanbul State Conservatory in
Footloose (Ariel) in rep with UMD. Other
performances include Our Town (Emily), Doubt
(Sister James), and in the world premiere of the
musical The Odyssey (Penelope). She heads back
to New York in February to continue to play.
STEVEN GRANT DOUGLAS (Ensemble,
Radames u/s) is elated to be making his
Theater Latté Da debut. Most recently, he
performed in Upstate New York with the
Adirondack Lakes Summer Theatre Festival in
The Tempest (Ferdindand), Side Show (Buddy),
Into the Woods (Rapunzel’s Prince), and The
Fantasticks (Matt). Steven recently received a
B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from the University
of Minnesota – Duluth. Favorite past
productions include Cinderella (Joy), Rent
(Roger), and The Odyssey (Odysseus).
@bulldoug2012. stevengrantdouglas.com
MEGHAN KREIDLER (Ensemble) is excited
to be making her Theater Latté Da debut! She
was most recently seen as Angelica Bianca in
The Rover at the University of Minnesota – Twin
Cities. Other credits include Into the Woods
(Florinda) with Mu Performing Arts and The
Winter’s Tale (Paulina) with Shakespeare’s
Globe Education. She is a senior in the
University of Minnesota’s Guthrie Actor
Training Program, where she has performed in
Three Sisters (Masha), Shakers Re-Stirred
(Adele), The Bacchae (Chorus), The Merchant of
Venice (Salerio/Old Gobbo), and The Diviners
(Jennie Mae).
JARED OXBOROUGH (Radames) appeared
as Che in Theater Latté Da’s Evita. He was last
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