Lloyd Price
is an artist who strives to entertain his audiences with hopes that they leave each performance feeling fulfilled. Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations (For this role he’s been awarded the prestige of being a Grammy nominee); Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Regional/tours: Smokey Joe's Cafe (20th Anniversary Tour), Dreamgirls (Gallery Players and NCT Theatre). Film/Television includes Bojangles; Admissions, Co-Host of the Salute THEM Awards with Loni Love and Yo-Yo. He has also shared the stage with Miss Patti Labelle! IG: @iamsaintaubyn

Harold Logan
Stanley Wayne Mathis hails from Washington D.C. His Broadway credits include Oh, Kay!, Jelly’s Last Jam, The Lion King, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Kiss Me, Kate, Wonderful Town, Nice Work If You Can Get It and The Book Of Mormon. Stanley has performed nationally and internationally from regionals to The Royal Court Theater in London. Film and

TV credits include Dark Streets, Santa Baby, Brother to Brother, Shame by Steve McQueen.

“Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “20/20,” “Gossip Girl,” and NBC’s “RISE!” as Principal Evan Ward.

Young Lloyd Price
Darian Peer is beyond thrilled and grateful to be returning to the Midwest. He is a proud native of Davenport, Iowa. He was seen recently in Choir Boy at Yale Repertory Theatre. TV: “Love Life” (HBO Max). Selected credits include the world premiere of Part of the Plan (TPAC), Swing! (Norwegian Cruise Line), Porgy and Bess (Princeton Festival/Palacio de Bellas Artes). A graduate of Millikin University School of Music (B.M.) and Morgan State University (M.A.). HBCU Proud! Grateful for the endless love and support Mom, Dad, Andrea, Shawn, friends, and MTA. @_truthordarian darianpeer.com

Emma
Alexandria Reese is a Chicago native, based in NYC and a recent graduate from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Her most recent credits include Sarah in Call Me From the Grave, an original Off-Broadway musical, Beneatha Younger in Raisin, Mayme in Intimate Apparel, Soul Girl and featured dancer in Jesus Christ Superstar, and Lois in A Chorus Line. She loves her family and thanks them for their support. IG: @aleexreese alexandriabreese.com

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Uria Bennett is a Chicago native. She began her training in ballet at the age of three and since then has trained with Joffrey Ballet, Deeply Rooted, Hyde Park School of Dance and University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. She has recently performed with Theater 47 in the productions Living All Alone and Imitation of Life. She is grateful for her family’s continued support in her endeavors and is filled with gratitude and excitement to work with the cast of Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical!

Little Richard/Sam Cooke/Olisaemeka
Miles Boone is a native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and a graduate of George Mason University. Theatre/Film: Miles was recently seen on the tour of An Officer and a Gentleman. He has also appeared in the film 12:01. Miles is ecstatic to join the all-star cast of Personality. Thanks to friends, family, and the Most High! “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” IG: @miles.boone

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Christian Denzel Bufford is a Chicago-based multi-disciplinary artist who blends the lines of theatre, dance, and film. Chicago theatre credits include Marriott Theatre, Paramount Theatre, The House Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre and The Black Ensemble Theatre. Other regional theatre credits include American Repertory Theatre, Lincoln Center, Nice Work If You Can Get It (First National Tour), Stages St Louis, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Riverside Theatre, The Engeman Theatre and three seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Christian is a graduate of the drama school at the University of NC School of the Arts and the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Representation: Gray Talent Group. IG: @ChrixtianBuffxrd

Dave
DONTERRIO is a Professor of Musical Theatre at Roosevelt University, with a demonstrated history of work both onstage and off in the performing arts industry. Who's notable Chicago credits include: Porchlight Music Theatre's Ain't Misbehavin', Theo Ubiques Jesus Christ Superstar, Venus Cabaret's Pippin and his two solo show's Eric Bogosian's Nails and Three Little Words: Nat King Cole. DONTERRIO is the former Artistic Director of the LGBTQIA+ theatre company PrideArts. He is also on the Artistic Board of the Sarah Siddons Society and the Chicago Artist Guide. It’s DONTERRIO’S mission to cultivate art that doesn’t end at the theater but art that changes you a bit as you go back into the world. With a strong media and communication background, he advocates for multi-hyphenated artists. Follow DONTERRIO on all social media platforms @DonterrioLive #ChooseJoy

Swing
Sabrina Edwards is a Chicago-based performer and is thrilled to be working with this incredible team for Personality’s Chicago premiere! Favorite regional credits: Ragtime (Sarah), Hunchback of Notre Dame (Esmeralda), Avenue Q (Gary), A Chorus Line (Judy). London: Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal), Working (Delores/Roberta). Much love to Mike, and her amazing family for their endless love and support! Proud graduate of The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Represented by Shirley Hamilton.

Art Rupe
Brian Grey is a Chicago-based actor and voice over artist. Chicago credits include SS! Romeo & Juliet, Othello, and Pericles (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), The Wheel (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Closer (Spartan Theatre), and The Oxford Roof Climber’s Rebellion (Caffeine Theatre - Jeff Nomination) among others. Regional: Million Dollar Quartet (Village Theatre - TPS Gregory Nomination), Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, She Loves Me, Henry IV Pt 1 (Texas Shakespeare Festival), and Death of a Salesman (SJDC - SARTA Ellie Award) among others. Television: “Chicago Med” (NBC); “APB” (FOX). Film: Ashburn, The Last Hour, The Persistence of Memory. Brian holds an MFA from CCPA/Roosevelt University. When not acting, Brian enjoys teaching Yoga and snuggling his wife, cat Masha and his new baby boy, Ian! IG: @actinggrey. briangrey.net

Rosetta Tharpe/Ma Nora
Regional: Personality (People’s Light), In the Heights (Geva Theatre & Hangar Theatre), Hands on a Hardbody (TUTS). Philadelphia: Little Women: the Musical (Quintessence Theatre), Shrek: the Musical (Walnut Street Theatre), King Lear (Quintessence Theatre Group), The Color Purple (Theatre Horizon), In the Heights (Walnut Street Theatre), Ghost (Media Theatre), Rent (Bucks County Playhouse).

Levy
Off-Broadway: Ride the Cyclone (MCC Theatre). Chicago credits: Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Marriott Lincolnshire, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Porchlight, Mercury, and Broadway Playhouse. Regional credits: Peninsula Players Theatre (Fish Creek, WI), Asolo Repertory (Sarasota, FL) and Timber Lake Playhouse (Mt. Carroll, IL). Karl is married to actress Elizabeth Haley.

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Marcus Hardy is a native of Garner, NC. He received his BFA in Dance Performance at East Carolina University in 2012. Soon after, he moved to Chicago to dance professionally with Inaside Chicago Dance where he was a company member for five years. Marcus has also performed with Chicago Dance Crash, SueMo Dance Company and Water Street Dance Company as a guest artist. Marcus has had the opportunity to dance alongside musical artists such as Chesca, Brian McKnight, and Stacey Kay. He has been a part of many productions of The Nutcracker across the Midwest, performing as Drosselmeyer, Arabian soloist, and Snow King. Most recently, he has been blessed with the opportunity to perform in Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up In My Bones as well as Fiddler on the Roof at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

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Josh Houghton Chicago Theatre: Mitzi/Tick in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Mercury Theater Chicago); The Sound of Music (Paramount Theatre). Other credits: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (National Tour, Grand Ole Opry); Buddy in Elf (Arvada Center, Media Theatre); Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast (Theatre by the Sea); Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (Fireside Theatre); The Who’s Tommy, Hair, Spamalot (Short North Stage). TV: “Chicago P.D.” Represented by Gray Talent Group.

Na Naan
Select Chicago credits include: The World Goes Round and The Wizard of Oz (Marriott Theatre); Shrek: The Musical (Drury Lane); The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Lookingglass Theatre); A Christmas Story: The Musical (Paramount Theater); Nina Simone: Four Women (Northlight Theatre); Merrily We Roll Along (Porchlight Theatre); and Ragtime (Griffin Theatre). Regional Credits: Million Dollar Quartet (Alabama Shakespeare); The Wanderers (Forward Theatre); Nina Simone: Four Women (Merrimack Rep); Mother Divine and The Music Man (Western Playhouse). Recent recurring TV credit: “Empire” (Fox). Other TV credit: “Power Book IV: Force” (STARZ); “Chicago Fire” (NBC). IG: @lannalynette

Mr. Price/Don Robey
DeMone Seraphin is an actor, director, artistic director, and educator. As an actor, DeMone has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionally and internationally as a principal or featured performer in such shows as Ragtime, Miss Saigon, Rent, Jesus Christ Superstar, Memphis, Side Show (Jeff Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical), Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Best of Both Worlds, Uncle Vanya, Othello, Once on This Island, Big River, Crowns, and Sweet Charity. On screen, DeMone has appeared in “Person of Interest,” “Law & Order: SVU,” The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, Hush, The Subject, The Magic Door, and Bad Street. As a director DeMone’s work has been seen Off-Broadway, internationally, and regionally. Most recent directing credits include the World Premiere of Billy and George at Avant Bard Theatre, Five Guys Named Moe at The Fulton Theatre, the regional premiere of Chicken and Biscuits at Virginia Rep Theatre, Topdog/Underdog (Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Direction of a Play), The Gospel at Colonus, and How I Learned What I Learned at Avant Bard Theatre where he serves as a Lead Producing Partner.

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Nissi Shalome could not be more stoked to make her Studebaker debut with this incredible company. She is a native to the Chicagoland area and has her BFA in Musical Theatre from Western Illinois University. Chicago credits: World Premiere of The Factotum (Lyric Opera), A Christmas Carol (Drury Lane), Dreamgirls (Paramount). National Tour: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. Other Regional Credits: Ain’t Misbehavin’, Jesus Christ Superstar, Pippin (Timberlake Playhouse). IG: @NissiShalome

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Whitney Wandland is an actress, dancer, and choreographer, born in Chicago, IL. As a multi-disciplinary performer, Whitney’s training began with the prominent Deeply Rooted Dance Company and later continued at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. Some of her credits include “Empire” (FOX), “Soundtrack” (Netflix), Usher, and “Power Book IV: Force” (Starz). Whitney is very excited to be performing as a cast member of Personality.

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Christopher Henry Young was last seen in The Harder They Come at The Public Theater. Other Credits: Broadway: A Bronx Tale The Musical, Tour: Hamilton (And Peggy Company). Regional: The Wiz, Sweat, and Guys & Dolls at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Thank you HCKR. IG/TikTok @CyoungOnStage. I dedicate this performance to Tanya.es here