DAVID AUXIER (Captain Corcoran) Isaac Asimov Award for Artistic Achievement recipient 2015-16. Favorite NYGASP roles: Captain Corcoran (Pinafore), Sergeant (Pirates), Pish-Tush (Mikado). Mr. Auxier has been co-director and company choreographer since 2010 and has worked in or on all 13 G&S operas. He conceived and directed the all-new critically acclaimed, reimagined production of The Mikado and the award-winning hit G&S cabaret revue I’ve Got a Little Twist, and wrote the book for NYGASP’s original G&S à la Carte! David is also a MAC Award nominated songwriter and is currently penning an all-original musical. www.davidauxier.com
CAITLIN BOREK (Ensemble) Caitlin is thrilled to join NYGASP in H.M.S. Pinafore.. She was last seen on the 2019 Pirates and Mikado tours. This past summer she played Cinderella at The Fireside Theatre. Some of her favorite roles include Christine in Phantom, Nellie in South Pacific, and Cosette in Les Misérables. She would like to thank her family, her boyfriend Bret and her voice teacher Scott Flaherty for their unyielding love and support.
MICHAEL J. CONNOLLY (Sergeant of Marines) Michael has performed the entire G&S canon with NYGASP. Other credits include The Cherry Orchard and A Christmas Carol (both at the McCarter Theatre), Alan Ayckbourn's Joking Apart (Rev. Hugh Emerson), a world premiere with Centenary Stage Company in New Jersey, a new adaptation of Chekhov's Platonov (Sergei) at Columbia University, Twelfth Night (Malvolio), She Loves Me (Arpad), Bye Bye Birdie (Hugo) and Sweeney Todd. Michael trained at LAMDA in London (M.A.), studied engineering at Princeton and has also been caught behind the scenes playing the trombone.
VICTORIA DEVANY (Cousin Hebe) NYGASP: Mad Margaret (Ruddigore), Pitti-Sing and Peep-Bo (Mikado), Mrs. Partlet (Sorcerer), Edith (Pirates), Inez (Gondoliers); numerous concerts, children's shows and tours with the company. Other venues performed: Carnegie Hall, Wolf Trap, Resorts International, Westbury Music Fair, and many others. Vicky is married to violinist David Aron Steinberg. Cabaret acts: NYC, NYS and Japan; Berta (Barber of Seville) and Annina (La Traviata); plus non-singing roles. Playwright/ Dramaturg/ Instructor also a proud Isaac Asimov Awardee, and currently performs myriad Shakespearean roles for the NYPL.
HANNAH EAKIN (Ensemble) Last seen in the 2022 productions of Pirates and The Gondoliers, Hannah is delighted to return for a third show with NYGASP. Favorite credits include: Borderland (Roulette Intermedium), Outside of Eden (New Ohio Theater), Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, The Bridges of Madison County (Arkansas Repertory Theatre); Mary Poppins, Tarzan, Singin’ in the Rain, Fiddler on the Roof (Barn Theatre); Sister Act (Westchester Broadway Theatre). Also a filmmaker and writer, her work has been recognized by PAGE International Screenwriting Awards and ScreenCraft Drama Screenplay Competition, among others. Proud graduate of Oklahoma City University. www.hannaheakin.com
MICHAEL GALANTE (Ensemble) NYGASP since 1987! Michael has performed the entire G&S canon and The Rose of Persia with NYGASP. Credits include Lord Dramaleigh in Utopia, Limited, and Francesco in The Gondoliers. Other theatre credits include: Flute (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Fenton (The Merry Wives of Windsor), Lennie (Of Mice and Men) and Moonface (Anything Goes). Michael was the 2008-2009 recipient of NYGASP’s Isaac Asimov Award for Artistic Achievement.
HANNAH HOLMES (Ensemble) joined NYGASP with Mikado in 2016, and has since performed in Pirates (Edith), Ruddigore, Iolanthe, and H.M.S. Pinafore. An Iowa native, Hannah’s love for G&S began at Ohio Light Opera, where she performed both Ruth and Kate (Pirates) and Vittoria (Gondoliers). Other favorite roles at OLO include The Witch (Into the Woods), Molly Gray (Girl Crazy), Lois Lane (Kiss Me, Kate) and The Old Lady (Candide). In the City, she performs regularly with the Victor Herbert Renaissance Project, as well as a number of professional choral ensembles including the Bard Festival Chorale & the Virtuoso Singers.
SARAH HUTCHISON (Ensemble) Proud NYGASP-er both in New York and on tour since 2009! Other recent projects: Tennessee Williams' Not About Nightingales (Empirical Theatre); various readings at the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, and recording projects at Avatar Studios and with Grammy Award-winning sound engineer/producer Mikaelin "Blue" BlueSpruce. She is grateful for her amazing family & friends' continued love and support. Graduate of Muhlenberg College; proud member of Actors’ Equity and the Patrick Page Studio. "Keep calm and patter on..."
CLAIRE LEYDEN (Ensemble) is excited to return for a third season with NYGASP! National Tours: Mrs. Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Other G&S: Mabel (Pirates) at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts; Aline (Sorcerer) and Kate (Yeomen) with College Light Opera Company; Princess Ida with Village Light Opera Group. NYC/Regional: Heartbeat Opera, Bristol Valley Theater, Victor Herbert Renaissance Project, Axelrod Performing Arts Center. Proud Williams College grad! www.ClaireLeyden.com
DAVID MACALUSO (Ensemble) Most recently, Mr. Cox and Creative Producer in NYGASP’s film, Cox & Box. Credits include Sir Joseph and Buttercup (simultaneously) in the NY Drama Desk Award-nominated Pinafore (Vortex Theater), and Robin Oakapple/co-producer of The House of Murgatroyd. Other roles: Sir Joe (Pinafore), Ko-Ko (Mikado), Major General (Pirates), Grosvenor (Patience), Strephon (Iolanthe), Luiz (Gondoliers), Che (Evita), Molina (Kiss of the Spiderwoman), Falke (Fledermaus). Graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and Asimov Award Recipient. Visit: www.DavidSings.info
DANIEL Z. MILLER (Ensemble) NYGASP debut! National Tours: Anastasia. Regional: West Side Story, Godspell, A.D. Players, Seasonal Entertainment, Universal Orlando Resort. BFA in Musical Theatre from TXST, favorite credits from there include Quasimodo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) and Father (Ragtime). A writer and composer as well, his musical Dylan Spencer’s Cat Obedience School was the recipient of the KCACTF Best New Musical Award in 2019. All my love to Allie. Soli Deo Gloria. DanielZMiller.com
JAMES MILLS (Sir Joseph Porter KCB) is the 2019/2020 recipient of the Isaac Asimov Award for Artistic Achievement. Entire G&S canon onstage with NYGASP for over a decade, as well as stage managing, tech directing, and associate directing. Recently: Lord Chancellor (Iolanthe), Jack Point (Yeomen), John Wellington Wells (Sorcerer), Major-General Stanley (Pirates), Reginald Bunthorne (Patience). A fixture of the NYC Nightlife community, James is co-star and co-creator of the all-new drag musical, The Hell’s Kitchenettes. Proud member of AEA.
LANCE OLDS (Dick Deadeye) NYGASP since 1997. Isaac Asimov Award for Artistic Achievement recipient 2017-18. Credits include Antonio (Gondoliers), Calynx (Utopia, Limited), and Strephon (Iolanthe with Light Opera Company of Salisbury). First National Tour: Footloose. Off-Broadway: Mark Twain’s Blues. Regional: Kennedy Center, Seattle Rep, Weston Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, and St. Michael’s Playhouse. Film/TV: MTV’s Eye Candy, Far From Heaven, principal dancer in Disney's Enchanted, Stepford Wives, Mona Lisa Smile, and Kate & Leopold.
LOGAN PITTS (Ensemble) is an NYC-based director, performer, and collaborative artist across theater, opera, film, dance, and music. Favorites: as a Director– Barbecue (SUNY Conservatory), Paradise Blue (Gloucester Stage), Noir Femme Avengers (Harlem9). As a Baritone– Bran Castle (Signature), Bach & Bleach (LaMaMa), West Side Story (Cap21), On the Town (Waxler), ALICE (Tank). As an Actor– The Light Years (NYSAF), I Am Antigone (Theater for a New City), N’MoTion (ARTPARK). As a NYGASPer– Yeomen, Iolanthe, Mikado, Pinafore, Pirates, and now Logan is thrilled to join in the merry delight of his 6th production, The Gondoliers!
CHRIS-IAN SANCHEZ (Ensemble) NYGASP since 2004: entire G&S canon! Other credits include Passing It On (Coconut Grove Playhouse with Len Cariou), Gastone in La Traviata (Queens Symphony Orchestra), Thuy in Miss Saigon (Actor’s Playhouse - Carbonell Nomination, Virginia Music Theatre, Carousel Dinner Theatre, and Surflight Theatre!), Mereb (Aida), Judah (Joseph), Roger (Grease) and Tommy Keeler in Annie Get Your Gun (Surflight Theatre), James the Elder in Jesus Christ Superstar (K.C. Starlight Theatre). Worked with NY City Opera in Dead Man Walking, Carmen, and L’étoile.
MICHELLE SEIPEL (Josephine) NYGASP company member since 2012, most recently seen as Casilda in The Gondoliers. Credits include Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro (Geneva Light Opera), Frasquita (New York City Opera’s Carmen European tour), and Musetta in La Bohème (St. Petersburg Opera). Other career highlights: the televised Lincoln Center Carousel, Oliver! national tour, Nellie (South Pacific, Asheville Lyric Opera), Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor, Opera Vivente). Originally from Wisconsin, this former actuary earned her MM at the Peabody Conservatory. More at www.michelleseipel.com.
NATHAN SELDIN (Ensemble) a baritone from Staten Island, NY, Nathan is an alum of Mannes and Manhattan School of Music. He is thrilled to be returning to NYGASP after his debut with the company in The Gondoliers. Career highlights: Gaston in Broadway Theatre of Pitman's Beauty and the Beast, Featured Concert Soloist in Trident Festival's Save Ukraine Fundraiser, The Multiple Voice Project at MSM featuring the premier of "Extrovert's Zoom Birthday," the title role of Jake Grimm in Discover Opera's Grimm Reality, the American debut of Last Train to Tomorrow at Lincoln Center.
CAMERON SMITH (Ralph Rackstraw) began his NYGASP career in 2009 with Edwin in Trial by Jury, and has gone on to play Nanki-Poo, Prince Hilarion, The Duke, Ralph Rackstraw, Lord Tolloller, and Leonard Meryll. Operatic credits include Lake George Opera, Tanglewood, and Caramoor. He holds degrees from Manhattan School of Music and SUNY Purchase. When not singing, he enjoys running marathons, playing guitar, and spending time with his awesome family.
ANGELA CHRISTINE SMITH (Little Buttercup) recently appeared as Junon in Orphée aux enfers with Opera Company of Middlebury, and Duchess of Plaza-Toro with Winter Opera Saint Louis. Ms. Smith has completed the G&S canon with NYGASP: Dame Hannah, Katisha, Queen of the Fairies, Little Buttercup, Ruth, Lady Blanche, Lady Jane, Duchess of Plaza-Toro, Baroness von Krakenfeldt and Mrs. Partlet. Ms. Smith is a proud member of NYGASP’s award-winning cabaret show I’ve Got a Little Twist, and a recipient of the Isaac Asimov Award for Artistic Achievement.
LAURA SUDDUTH (Ensemble) Laura made her NYGASP debut at New York City Center in the 2012-2013 season, and has twirled around the stage as Isabel, Zorah, Giulia and various wards/fairies/sisters/cousins ever since. Laura's professional credits range from Broadway (Les Liaisons Dangereuses) to TV (HBO's The Undoing, Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), as well as regional theatre (including world premiere musicals at Kansas City Repertory Theater and Arkansas Rep). Favorite roles performed span opera, operetta, musicals and plays, including Anne in A Little Night Music, Amor in L’Incoronazione di Poppea, and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro (Pacific Opera Theatre-UOP).
MATTHEW WAGES (Bill Bobstay) 2022/2023 Isaac Asimov Award for Artistic Achievement. In addition to Shakespeare, Musical Theatre and Educational Series, Mr. Wages has performed 18 different principal bass and baritone roles with NYGASP since 2015. Dramatis Personae: Pirate King, Pooh-Bah, Lord Mountararat, Giuseppe Palmieri, Sergeant of Police, Sir Despard Murgatroyd, Wilfred Shadbolt, Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre, Florian, Major Murgatroyd, Samuel, Bouncer (Cox & Box), Tare/Poppytop/de Vere (Ages Ago/Mr. Jericho), I’ve Got A Little Twist, Roderic (Ruddygore: Revisited) G&S Festival, U.K. Director and Adapter of Cox and Box, the Film! Numerous independent films and shorts. Traveled to 36 countries. Love to Kenji, Jo Jo & Kento. Keep up to date: MatthewWages.com, FB: The Matthew Wages, IG: @MatthewWages.
DAVID WANNEN (Bob Becket) NYGASP since 2004: favorites include Pirate King (Pirates), Wilfred Shadbolt (Yeomen), Colonel Calverley (Patience), Paramount (Utopia), Pvt. Willis (Iolanthe), Sultan (Rose of Persia), Arac (Princess Ida), Bill Bobstay (H.M.S. Pinafore) and title role in The Mikado. Tours: Beauty and the Beast (Beast u/s), Camelot with the late Robert Goulet (Lancelot u/s); Regional: Nominated Best Featured Actor by Philadelphia Inquirer for Camelot (Media Theater). Producer, 2017 The Mikado; Co-Producer & Original Cast, I've Got a Little Twist!; Executive Director, NYGASP.
LAURELYN WATSON CHASE (Ensemble) NYGASP since 96/97, performed 15 principal soprano roles with the Company at home & on tour throughout the USA & England. “Laurie” wrote and directed “The Heroines of G & S: We Really Know Our Worth” video presentation and is the 2006/07 recipient of the Isaac Asimov Award. Many solo appearances with regional opera companies, orchestras, & solo recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Graduate: University of North Texas, Manhattan School of Music, & Bel Canto Institute. Oceans of love to family & friends!