LILLIAN ASKEW (Edelweiss Glockspiel) is making her 42nd Street Moon debut.  Lillian has performed extensively in theater and film throughout the United States.  In New York, she studied acting at the Deena Levy Theater Studio.  Her favorite roles include Cinderella (Into The Woods), Sarah Brown (Guys and Dolls), Phylia (Forum), and Lulu (Cabaret).  Her recent roles include The Younger Woman in Sondheim's Putting It Together and the lead in the feature film The Dogpatch (currently in production).  She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University with a degree in Vocal Performance.

SAMANTHA BARTHOLOMEW (Dresden Glockenspiel) makes a welcome return to 42nd Street Moon.  She appeared as Rachel in last season’s production of Plain and Fancy.  She is a graduate of Santa Clara University with a B.A. in Theatre Arts.  She participated in a new musical demo, Garage Sale Mania, and did new musical readings for Ball and Chain and The Burden of Eden.  Most recently Samantha portrayed Lucy Brown in The Threepenny Opera and Lois Lane/Bianca in Kiss Me Kate at The Western Stage.

MOLLY ANNE COOGAN (Elsie Umlaut/Puppchen Glockenspiel) previously appeared at 42nd Street Moon in Li’l Abner, Mack & Mabel, and Roar of the Greasepaint...  Regional:  The Secret Garden (Martha) with Lamplighters, Emma (u/s Harriet, perf) and M. Butterfly (u/s Renee) with TheatreWorks, Assassins (Squeaky Fromme) with Custom Made Theatre, Cartoon (Akane) with Impact Theatre, and various readings with the Magic Theatre.  Other:  Suburbia (Sooze) with the International Festival of Drama, Budapest, Hungary and training with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London.  Ms. Coogan is currently a teaching artist with the TheatreWorks school tour.

GABRIEL GRILLI (Rudolph von Schlump) is originally from Narragansett, RI.  He relocated to the Bay Area in 2007.  He has performed locally with PlayGround, Custom Made, The Media Factory and the SF Fringe Festival.  His 14 years as a New York-based actor, director, teacher and writer included work at HERE, Ensemble Studio Theatre, ASCAP, NY Fringe, The Old Globe, Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre and Texas Shakespeare Festival.  Member: AEA, Lincoln Center Directors Lab.  Training:  Penn State (MFA Directing), Hofstra (BFA Acting).  www.gabrielgrilli.com.

GRANT “BUZZ” HALSING (Osgood the Good) is a 30-year veteran of Northern California theater, both onstage and in the director’s chair.  Buzz most recently starred as Professor Harold Hill in the Stockton Theater Project’s The Music Man.  He is currently directing a production of Oliver! for the Stapleton Theatre Co. in Marin County.  This marks Buzz’s second show with 42nd Street Moon, and he looks forward to many more.

JULIET HELLER (Ginger Glockenspiel) last performed with 42nd Street Moon as Gloria Kramer in One Touch of Venus.  International Credits: The Country Wife (Marjorie Pinchwife) at the Diorama Studio Theatre, London.  New York Credits:  Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol (Off-Off Broadway), Rock Out! (NY Intl. Fringe Festival).  Regional:  The Music Man (Marian), The Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolen), The Rainmaker (Lizzie), Richard III (Buckingham), Into the Woods (Cinderella) and more!  www.julietheller.com.

ERIN HOFFMAN (Ilse Glockenspiel) is a native of Washington State and was most recently seen as Claire in Proof at Portola Valley Theatre Company.  Ms. Hoffman has trained at Berkeley Rep, American Conservatory Theater, and Central Washington University.  She currently teaches theater at the Marin School of the Arts.  Favorite past roles include Annie Oakley (Annie Get Your Gun), Mayzie (Seussical), and Sarah Brown (Guys and Dolls).  This is Erin’s first show with 42nd Street Moon.

MAUREEN McVERRY (Zampa Allescu) returns to the 42nd Street Moon stage, having made her debut as Gita in Pardon My English last season.  The role earned her a Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle (BATCC) Award!  Most recently she was in the Aurora Theatre's holiday hit, Sex (by Mae West).  Last summer, she performed her cabaret show Verry McVerry at the New Conservatory Theatre.  Other credits include shows with the American Conservatory Theater, TheatreWorks, San Jose Rep, the Magic, the Geffen Playhouse, and ART (Boston).  She is most grateful for the quarter century she has spent with her husband and the two children they have produced together.

CHRISTOPHER M. NELSON (Private Offenbach) is pleased to be making his San Francisco debut at 42nd Street Moon.  Before moving here, he performed on many stages in San Diego, including:  the La Jolla Playhouse, the La Jolla Stage Company, the Balboa Theatre, Lamb’s Players Theatre and Diversionary Theatre in productions of The Secret Garden, Dracula, the Musical, Into the Woods, Oklahoma!, Godspell, Closer Than Ever, and many others.

TONY PANIGHETTI (Muffin T. Ragamuffin) is honored to return to 42nd Street Moon after performing last season in Li’l Abner, Pardon My English, and Plain and Fancy.  Mr. Panighetti has performed all over California as well as upon the high seas with Crystal Cruise Line’s Repertory Theater.  Some of his favorite credits include:  Man 1 in Sierra Repertory’s I Love You, You’re Perfect…, Reverend Parris in Playhouse San Francisco’s The Crucible and Mozart in PCPA Theaterfest’s Amadeus, for which he received a Backstage West Garland Award.

RICHARD PARDINI (Papa Johann Sebastian Glockenspiel) returns to 42nd Street Moon after a long absence.  He last appeared here in Roberta starring Kathryn Crosby.  Other productions in which he made a memorable contribution include Fifty Million Frenchmen, Fiorello!, and Leave It To Me!, not to mention countless fundraisers where he raised the roof and brought the house down as Tallulah Bankhead!  Long associated with San Francisco's smash hit Beach Blanket Babylon, Richard's other Bay Area credits include Forever Plaid, Closer Than Ever, and Man of La Mancha.

JARROD QUON (Gryphon Allescu) returns to 42nd Street Moon; he was previously Sam and others in One Touch of Venus last fall.  He has also been seen onstage at the Berkeley Opera on Romeo and Juliet, the Shotgun Players on The Three Musketeers and The Coast of Utopia, and the EXIT Theatre in The Male Stripper.  He takes a break from scripted work performing with several improvisational companies around the Bay Area making things up as he goes.  He thankfully knows the difference.

ANDREW WILLIS-WOODWARD (Private Humperdinck) is making his debut at 42nd Street Moon.  His recent credits include Peter in The Diary of Anne Frank at San Jose Stage, Bill/Lucentio in Kiss Me, Kate at Cabrillo Stage, and Vince in Convenience at the New Conservatory Theatre Center.  He has studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, the Theater Arts Institute at the American Musical Theater of San Jose, and CAP21 at the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU.

RENA WILSON (Merry May Glockenspiel) was most recently seen playing the role of Jellylorum/Griddlebone in Cats at The Willows.  Some of her favorite roles include Wendy in Peter Pan (Diablo Light Opera Company), Hope Cladwell (Shellie Award Nominee) in Urinetown (Contra Costa Musical Theatre),  Marian Paroo in The Music Man, Mary Ann in Gilligan’s Island the Musical, Lily in The Secret Garden, and Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance.  Ms. Wilson has a Bachelor of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from San José State University, where she studied with Erie Mills.  She is a member of Theatre Bay Area.