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cast (continued) Island and Big River (Joseph Jefferson Award nomination), Apple Tree Theatre; Show Boat, Sacramento Music Circus. The voice of “Sudden Death” on NFL Rush Zone: Guardians of the Core. “Lanette’s husband, Ayana and Isaiah’s papi.” J.D. WEBSTER Mingo A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Wonderful Town, Ragtime, Show Boat. New York: Two Gentlemen of Verona, New York Shakespeare Festival; 17 Encores!, City Center; Mufti Series, York Theatre; Bernstein’s Mass, South Pacific, Ira Gershwin at 100 and Spring is Here, Carnegie Hall. Regional: Avenue X, Jesus Christ Superstar Gospel, Alliance Theatre; An American in Paris, Houston Alley Theatre; The Blackamoor Angel, Bard Music Festival; Violet, Connecticut Rep; Jam and Spice, Westport Playhouse; Guys and Dolls, Alabama Shakespeare Festival; Finian’s Rainbow, Coconut Grove; The Desert Song, Sacramento Music Circus. Graduate of The College of William and Mary and The Juilliard School. LISA NICOLE WILKERSON Woman of Catfish Row/Dance Captain A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: The Lion King (Nala u/s, Shenzi u/s). National Tours: Mamma Mia! (Ali), The Lion King (Nala). Off-Broadway: River Deep: Tribute to Tina Turner, Playwright’s Horizons. Regional: Abyssinia SASHA CALLAHAN Violin Assistant principal 2nd violin, Portland Symphony; member of Rhode Island Philharmonic and New Hampshire Music Festival. Frequent performances with Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Boston, the Boston Pops and Boston Pops Esplanade. B.M. in Violin Performance, Rice University; M.M. in Violin Performance, Boston University. Further studies: Meadowmount School of Music, Mozarteum Academy, Leopold Auer Academy, Tanglewood Music Center. 28 AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER Orchestra (Lily), Goodspeed, North Shore; Once on This Island (TiMoune), Gallery Players; Godspell (Robin), St. Louis Black Rep; Purlie (with Blaire Underwood and Loretta Devine, respectively), City Center ENCORES!, Pasadena Playhouse. Television: “The Tony Awards” 2008, “The Today Show,” “Oprah,” “Jay Leno.” Film: Unconditional Love. Dance: xodus dance collective, Karen Gayle, artistic director; Joel Hall Dancers, Joel Hall, a.d.; Deeply Rooted (apprentice), Kevin Iega Jeff, a.d. Broadway in South Africa cofounder. Northwestern University, B.S., Journalism. NATASHA YVETTE WILLIAMS Mariah A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: The Color Purple (Sofia) and Dessa Rose, Lincoln Center. West End, London: Trevor Nunn’s Gone With the Wind (Mammy). National Tours: Xanadu (Melponmene), The Drowsy Chaperone (Trix the Aviatrix), All Shook Up (Sylvia), Seussical the Musical (Sour Kangaroo), Cinderella (Grace). Selected regional credits: Hairspray (Motormouth) and Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Armelia), Paper Mill Playhouse; Mahalia (title role), Cleveland Playhouse; Abyssinia (Selma), Goodspeed/North Shore. Featured soloist with the Indianapolis, Baltimore and Ottawa symphony orchestras and The Naples Philharmonic. NaTasha will be singing at Carnegie Hall in October with the NY Pops. She is the mother of newborn twins Mackenzie and Nile. NaTasha’s CDs are available at www.digstation.com; for more information, please visit her website at www.natashayvettewilliams.com. ASHLEIGH GORDON Viola Member of Neponset Valley Philharmonic Orchestra and Juventas New Music Ensemble. Performances with Callithumpium Consort, Atlantic Symphony and Glens Falls Orchestra. Anticipated Master of Contemporary Music from International Ensemble Modern Academy (Germany), Master of Music in Viola Performance from New England Conservatory, Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance from Baldwin-Wallace College. Summer Festivals: International Ensemble Modern Academy (Austria, 2010), Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestral Musicians (Maine, 2003/2007), Aspen Music Festival (Colo., 2005).
orchestra (continued) LEO EGUCHI Cello Xanthos (a new music ensemble in residence at Boston University); Assistant Principal of Camerata New England; principal of New Bedford Symphony; member of New Hampshire Music Festival and Portland Symphony. Frequent performer with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Pops Esplanade. B.S. in Physics, University of Michigan; B.M. in Cello Performance, University of Michigan; M.M. in Cello Performance, Boston University; Meadowmount School of Music (1998–2001). JOE HIGGINS Double Bass/Electric Bass Principal Bass, New Hampshire Music Festival; member of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra. Regular performer with the Portland Symphony Orchestra, Providence Performing Arts Center, North Shore Music Theatre. Performances with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Spoleto Festival, Emmanuel Music, the Artie Shaw Orchestra, Jaki Byard, George Garzone and the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra. B.M. from the New England Conservatory. Studies in Double Bass Performance at Oberlin Conservatory. To make sure your art looks boffo, bring it to: 30% off custom framing Unconditional Lifetime Guarantee 3 LOCATIONS: Harvard Square 1100 Mass. Ave. 617.864.4487 Belmont Porter Square 493-B Trapelo Rd. 2044 Mass. Ave. 617.484.5900 617.491.0011 BigPictureFraming.com click on “locations” or e-mail michael@bigpictureframing.com EBONEE THOMAS Flute/Piccolo Principal Flute of the Florida Grand Opera in Miami, Florida. One-year position as Second Flute with the Houston Symphony. Recently completed a four-year fellowship with New World Symphony. Degrees from Southern Methodist University and the New England Conservatory. Performances with: Star Wars in Concert Orchestra, The Los Angeles Philharmonic; Sarasota Orchestra; Florida Orchestra; Oregon, Omaha, Kansas City and San Antonio symphonies. Studies with Claire Johnson, Patty Mecklin, Helen Blackburn, Jean Larson and Fenwick Smith. MIE SHIRAISHI Oboe/English Horn Member of Atlantic Symphony Orchestra; performances with Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra, Gardner Chamber Orchestra, New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra; International Musical Arts Institute, Chamber Music Concert Series, Fryeburg, Maine, 2005–2011. Graduate Performance Degree from THE GERSHWINS’ PORGY AND BESS 29
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