BIOS MICHAEL McGURK (Gull): Broadway: The Wedding Singer (original cast), The Music Man (original revival cast). OffBroadway: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. National tour: Dr. Dolittle. Regional: Eddie in Ancestral Voices at Music Theatre of CT., Pittsburgh CLO (2012 Gene Kelly Distinguished Alumni Award), Sacramento Music Circus, Denver Center, Barrington Stage. BFA The Boston Conservatory
JAMES SHACKELFORD (Swing/Prince Eric Double) is thrilled to rejoin The Little Mermaid in his TUTS debut! Regional: Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Paper Mill Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO, Kansas City Starlight), A Chorus Line (Lyric Theatre Okla.), Hairspray (Lyric Theatre Okla.), Fiddler on the Roof (Westchester Broadway Theatre). Thanks to TUTS, Glenn, John, cast and crew! Graduate of Oklahoma City University.
MATHEW deGUZMAN (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at TUTS! Broadway: A Christmas Story, The Musical!, Follies. Select regional: Follies Ahmanson, Evita and Les Miserables Flat Rock Playhouse, Curtains Paper Mill and TUTS, White Christmas Pioneer Theatre, West Side Story North Carolina Theatre. HUGE thanks to the Mermaid team! BM Belmont University. Proud AEA member.
BILLY STEEVES (Ensemble) NYC-based actor and thrilled to be a part of The Little Mermaid! Favorite credits include: Joseph ... Dreamcoat (Joseph), Spamalot (Galahad u/s), Full Monty (Keno), Jekyll & Hyde, Evita, La Cage aux Folles, Fiddler on the Roof, Cinderella. Thank you to Glenn and Will. Love to Tony, my family and friends. BillySteeves.com
THAY FLOYD (Ensemble) TUTS debut! Broadway: A Christmas Story (LuntFontanne, Madison Sq. Garden) Regional favorites include The Little Mermaid (Paper Mill, PCLO, KC Starlight, Dallas Summer Musicals: Sebastian u/s); Cats (Tugger); Kiss Me Kate (Paul); Xanadu (Melpomene); A Chorus Line (Richie); Tommy (Acid Queen); and The Producers national tour. BFA: NYU/ Tisch. Thay thanks the Lord above, his family and the entire TUTS team. MORGAN KIRNER (Swing/Ariel Double) is a rising junior at the Boston Conservatory and is elated to be swinging and flying with her Mer-friends, again! Past credits include, Paper Mill’s The Little Mermaid (Ensemble, Ariel u/s), Surflight’s High School Musical (Kelsi) and others. Love to God, Mom, Dad, sisters, Rob, Sinclair and family/friends.
KATIE ULRICH (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her TUTS debut! She is a graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder, with a Music Theatre degree. She has been a part of this production since its birth last summer at Paper Mill Playhouse. Other recent credits: 42nd St. (Peggy Sawyer), The Drowsy Chaperone (Janet Van de Graaf), Legally Blonde (Courtney/Chutney/us Margo). GLENN CASALE (Director) Broadway: Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby (Tony Award nomination, Best Revival), filmed by A&E (two Emmy Awards). Off-Broadway: The Property Known as Garland, Dragapella at Studio 54 (Lortel Award nomination, Outstanding Musical). International: Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast (Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, and Russia). Tours/regional: Doctor Dolittle, Ballroom starring Tyne Daly and Charles Durning, Wrestlers starring Mark Harmon and George Clooney, From the Top starring ATLANTA’S PERFORMING ARTS PUBLICATION 25