DENNIS PARLATO* (Doctor) most recently appeared at PTC in Paint Your Wagon and The Vertical Hour. Broadway: Lawrence in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Mr. Robinson in The Graduate, John the Baptist in Salome, Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, CIA agent Walter Anderson in Chess, and Rooster in Annie. Off-Broadway and regional credits: title roles in Cyrano de Bergerac, Barrymore, J.B., The Master Builder, and Christopher Columbus; Prospero in The Tempest, Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Uncle Peck in How I Learned to Drive, Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, Mr. Lockhart in The Seafarer, and Beethoven in 33 Variations. His film credits include Tom DiCillo’s Johnny Suede and Delirious, Eddie Muller’s Dillinger’s Dead, Greg De Felice’s Bury the Evidence, Rick, First Born, Starting Out in the Evening and Bride Wars.

ALEX PODULKE* (Billy) is very happy to return to PTC after appearing here in The Heiress and Enchanted April. His recent New York credits include Corleone, the Shakespearean Godfathers at the NY Fringe Festival, Flesh and the Desert at Theatre Row, Romeo and Juliet in Central Park, and Cyrano de Bergerac at the Metropolitan Opera. His regional credits include Betrayal at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Titus Andronicus at The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., Pride and Prejudice at Portland Center Stage, Hapgood at The Jungle Theater, Exit the King at the Theatre Garage, Biography at Park Square Theatre, and six seasons at the Guthrie Theater. Alex’s one-man show DNA and the Dancing Fool has been produced in MN and CA. His film and TV credits include Welcome to the Cosmos and Guiding Light. Alex is a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

JENNIFER JOAN THOMPSON* (Kay) is making her Pioneer Theatre debut.  Her Broadway credits include Dividing the Estate (Lincoln Center Theater). Regionally she has appeared in Bloodline: Children of Argos and Julius Caesar (both at the Hangar Theatre). Her New York credits include Gallathea (HERE), Measure for Measure, House of Blue Leaves, and Holiday (NYU Grad Acting). She has appeared on television in The Good Wife, All My Children, and Guiding Light. Jennifer holds a BA from Yale University and an MFA from NYU/TISCH. 

UNDERSTUDIES:

NATALIE BLACKMAN (u/s, Emma) recently appeared as Sophie in Master Class at Salt Lake Acting Company, and has performed many roles with University of Utah Theatre. Favorites include Little Sally in Urinetown, Mammy in The Cripple of Inishmaan and Maria in Treasure. She attended Circle in the Square Theatre School and will graduate of the University of Utah’s Actor Training Program in 2010.

STACEY HULL (u/s, Kay) is a native of Glendale, CA and a senior in the U of U’s Actor Training Program. She has appeared in several Babcock Theatre productions, including The Seagull, Blood Wedding, Medea, and Helen. She was also seen in Studio 115’s Bus Stop as Cherie and is a recipient of the Victor Jory Scholarship. Stacey is very thankful for the opportunity to understudy this wonderful production.

JAKE MILO KOEPPL (u/s, Doctor) is excited to be working on his first production at Pioneer Theatre. He recently played Eugene in Biloxi Blues, and E.J. Lofgren in Harvey, both at the Neil Simon Festival, and Alan in Time and the Conways at the Babcock Theatre. He just completed his BFA in the Actor Training Program at the University of Utah and is very pleased to be using his education.

ANDY RINDLISBACH (u/s, Billy) has appeared with the U of U Theatre as Billy in The Cripple of Inishmaan, Katurian in The Pillowman, and recently as Dionysus in The Bakkhai for the department’s Classical Greek Theatre Festival. Other favorite roles include Jimmy in The Rainmaker at Hale Centre Theatre and Jason in Rabbit Hole at SLAC. He will graduate from the University of Utah’s Actor Training Program in 2010.

* INDICATES A MEMBER OF ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION.