Karen Olivo
Karen Olivo is a television, film, and stage actor who most recently starred in the Broadway production of Moulin Rouge as Satine. Most recognized for her Tony Award winning performance as Anita in the acclaimed 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story, a role for which she also earned Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and Astaire Award nominations.
Karen Olivo is a native New Yorker who has recently made Madison her home. Olivo has recently taught at Northwestern University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as serving as a member of the Young Arts 2018 Theater Panel.
Broadway Credits:
Satine, Moulin Rouge
Anita, West Side Story
Vanessa, In The Heights
Faith, Brooklyn the Musical
Laura Osnes
Laura Osnes recently starred in the Tony Award winning Broadway musical Bandstand (Drama Desk, Drama League Nominations), which will be screened in movie theaters this June by Fathom Events. Other Broadway: Cinderella in Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella (Drama Desk Award; Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Astaire nominations), Bonnie Parker in Bonnie and Clyde (Tony Award nomination), Hope Harcourt in the Tony Award winning revival of Anything Goes (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Astaire Award nominations), Nellie Forbush in Lincoln Center Theater's production of South Pacific, and Sandy in the most recent revival of Grease.
Other New York/Regional credits include: Crazy for You, The Blueprint Specials, The Threepenny Opera, The Bandwagon, Randy Newman's Faust, Pipe Dream, The Sound of Music, Carousel, and Broadway: Three Generations. In addition to being heard on several cast recordings, Laura has two solo albums, Dream a Little Dream: Live at the Café Carlyle and If I Tell You: The Songs of Maury Yeston.
Broadway Credits:
Julia Trojan, Bandstand
Cinderella, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Bonnie Parker, Bonnie and Clyde
Hope Harcourt, Anything Goes
Nellie Forbush, South Pacific
Sandy, Grease
Mandy Gonzalez
MANDY GONZALEZ is currently starring in the Broadway musical sensation Hamilton as Angelica Schuyler. Mandy is also known for originating the role of Nina Rosario, in her brilliant performance in the Tony Award winning, Lin-Manuel Miranda Broadway musical In the Heights, a role she originally created Off Broadway at 37 Arts and which received a Drama Desk Award.
Mandy starred as Elphaba in the Broadway production of Wicked, for which she was awarded a Broadway.com Award for “Best Replacement.” Other Broadway roles include Princess Amneris in the Elton John and Tim Rice musical Aida and the Broadway show Lennon.
Broadway Credits:
Angelica Schuyler, Hamilton
Elphaba, Wicked
Nina Rosario, In The Heights
Janet Dacal
JANET DACAL is currently starring as Dina in the National Tour of the 10-time Tony Award Winning Musical, "The Bands Visit". She has starred in several Broadway productions in NYC, most recently "Prince of Broadway", directed by the one and only Hal Prince. She played multiple roles in the production including, Eva Peron in "Evita", The Spiderwoman, Aurora in "Kiss of The Spiderwoman", and Sydney in "It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman."
Janet starred in the Tony and Grammy Award Winning hit “In The Heights.” After having originated the role of Carla in the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions, for which she received a Drama Desk Award, she took over the title role of Nina Rosario. She then starred as Alice, in Frank Wildhorn’s musical “Wonderland.” She appears in the original cast recordings of all three musicals, "Prince of Broadway", “In The Heights” and “Wonderland.”
Janet has had the great pleasure to perform in renowned establishments such as Birdland and The Apollo Theatre in NYC. Favorite television appearances include, “The Tony Awards” and “White Collar.” She has been nominated with Carbonell Awards for her work in the productions, “The Last 5 Years” and “Five Course Love.”
Broadway Credits:
Dina, The Band’s Visit - Broadway National Tour
Original Cast, Prince of Broadway
Alice, Wonderland
Carla, In The Heights
Andréa Burns
Andréa is a Drama Desk Award winner and earned an Outer Critics Circle nomination for her show-stopping performance as Gloria Fajardo in “On Your Feet!”. Broadway audiences also know her as “Daniela” from the original cast of In The Heights. Also on Broadway: The Nance, Beauty and the Beast, The Full Monty, The Ritz. Off-Broadway: the original cast of Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World and Stephen Sondheim’s Saturday Night.
Broadway Credits:
Original Cast, Songs From a New World
Belle, Beauty and the Beast
Daniela, In The Heights
Gloria Fajardo, On Your Feet