WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST KALILAH BLACK (Ensemble/Understudy Shenzi) is from the Bronx, NY. She holds a B.F.A. from NCA&TSU (AGGIE PRIDE!). She’s so happy to be back on tour after joining the Broadway cast. Some of her favorite past principal regional credits now include A Wonder in My Soul, The Wiz, The Color Purple and Born For This. She is humbled by her friends’ and family’s unwavering support on her artistic quest. Such gratitude to the most high! IG:@KalilahBlack www.KalilahBlack.com SASHA CAICEDO (Ensemble) was born and raised in Miami, Florida. She trained at New World School of the Arts for both the HS and BFA program. Sasha has performed on stages such as the San Francisco Opera House, Adrienne Arsht Center, The Fillmore, Perez Art Museum, Lincoln Theater. She is forever grateful to have the opportunity of traveling and being on stage with such a company. CHANTE CARMEL (Sarabi/Understudy Nala & Shenzi). Broadway: Motown. National Tours: Waitress, Motown, Dirty Dancing, Rent. Regional: Dreamgirls. TV/FILM: “New Girl,” “ER,” “A Different World,” “Buppies,” A Beautiful Soul. Songwriter: “Live Your Dreams” from Save the Last Dance. Thanks! God, amazing parents, family/friends, FSE. Instagram: @iamchantecarmel SEAN AARON CARMON (Ensemble). Originially from Beaumont, TX, Sean graduated from the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program and danced with the Ailey company for 7 years. Broadway: 2010’s La Cage aux Folles (Originated the role of Phaedra, Swing), The Phantom of the Opera. Guest artist: Cape Dance Company in South Africa and Joshua Beamish/MOVEthecompany. Sean was a 2017 Joffrey Ballet Winning Works award recipient, creates original work, and teaches master classes around the world. IG: @hookedonsean THEMBELIHLE CELE (Ensemble/Understudy Nala & Rafiki). Born in Durban, South Africa. Credits Include: The Nat & Natalie Show with Colin Penn, Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses, Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors, Disney’s The Lion King (U.K., Ireland Tour and US Nat’l Tour), #D23EXPO 2017. Trained with the Flatfoot Dance Company. TV Appearance: “ETV Popstars 2010.” She gives thanks to God and family. Instagram: lihlecele91 Twitter: cele_lihle ADRIANNE CHU (Ensemble) is beyond excited to join the cast of The Lion King! Favorite Credits: 1st Nat’l Tour of Finding Neverland (Wendy), LCT’s The King and I. Marymount Manhattan College, BFA
Dance. Thank you to her Family, Max, DHA and Friends for their constant love & support! www. adriannechu.com @achugblessyou DANIELA COBB (Ensemble/Understudy Shenzi) is a graduate of Alabama State University. Theatre: The Odyssey; Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; The Wiz; The Winter’s Tale; Roe (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); The First Noel (Kenny Leon’s True Colors); Freak Friday (Horizon Theatre Co.); Black Nativity; For Colored Girls…; Dreamgirls; (Cloverdale Playhouse) and The Color Purple. ERYNN MARIE DICKERSON (Ensemble) began her artistic studies at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, where she was cast in various musical theater productions at the Freud and Geffen Playhouse. She then graduated from Fordham University and the Alvin Ailey school with a B.F.A. and a minor in communications. Since then she has appeared in various print ads, TV shows, commercials, music videos, and films. PAIGE FRASER (Ensemble). A Bronx native and graduate of Ailey/Fordham BFA. She danced professionally with Ailey II, Visceral Dance Chicago and Deeply Rooted Dance Theater. In 2016 she was featured in an Intel commercial. She is a Princess Grace Award recipient (2016) and Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” (2017). Theatre Credit: West Side Story (Lyric Opera). Ms. Fraser is thrilled to be joining the Pridelands. IG: @lovingthispaige www.paigefraser.net TONY FREEMAN (Standby Scar, Zazu, Timon & Pumbaa) played Zazu on Broadway and across the country for over 3,000 performances. Now he loves also getting to play Scar, Timon, and Pumbaa. He did Tony Kushner’s musical Caroline, or Change in Los Angeles and San Francisco with the original Broadway cast. Tony has performed guest roles on both “Law and Order” (twice) and “Law and Order, SVU.” MUKELISIWE GOBA (Ensemble/Understudy Rafiki) was born in Durban, South Africa. Training: Mbongeni Ngema’s Academy. Credits: K-Cap, Umoja, and The Lion King (Madrid, Gazelle Tour and Broadway). Television: “Code Black,” “Telethon” (France) and “40 Principals” (Madrid). She was a back-up vocalist for South African Gospel star Rebecca Malope. Mukelisiwe thanks her family for their constant support. DEIDREA HALLEY (Swing/Dance Captain/ Understudy Sarabi) is proud to be from Toronto, Canada. Favorite credits include; The Lion King (1st National Tour, Broadway, Las Vegas, West End and
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