jul 30 - aug 11   Beehive 

The Cast of Beehive

BRIDGET BEIRNE is thrilled to be back in Massachusetts, having just played Lucille Frank in SpeakEasy Stage Co. production of Parade.

Off B'way/New York: That Time of the Year (York Theatre, OOBCR), Oh, Boy! (LuEllen, York Theatre in Mufti), Manhattan Madcaps...

(Jeanette, Symphony Space NYC), ...Superstar (Magdalene, LiveStage Performance NYC). Regionally: Lizzie Borden (Mrs. Bence, Goodspeed

Norma Terris Theatre), Johnny Guitar (Vienna, 7Angels Theatre), Sisters Of Swing (Laverne Andrews, Capital Rep.), Little Shop... (Audrey,

Stoneham Theatre), Violet (Title role, Eliot Norton Award), Floyd Collins (Nellie), The Wild Party (Queenie), and more with SpeakEasy

Stage Co., among others. Soloist with the Boston Gay Men's Chorus and the Boston Pops. BFA: The Boston Conservatory.

DANIELLE CHAMBERS is thrilled to be making her Cape Playhouse debut. She has had the honor of performing in the 1st National Tour

of Titanic (MME. Aubert), Ogunquit Playhouse’s production of Cinderella (Grace), Houston TUTS’ production of Into The Woods (Lucinda),

and Arkansas Rep’s production of Once On This Island (Andrea). Mrs. Chambers is also a proud member of Broadway Inspirational Voices.

Much love to Mom, Dad, and Justice. Keith…I love you, baby, river deep, mountain high.

KEARRAN GIOVANNI is from Houston, TX. Broadway: Tarzan (Kala u/s), Sweet Charity revival (Helene), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Tour: The Lion King 1st national. Favorites include Stormy Weather with Leslie Uggams, bare, Beehive with Debbie Allen, Threepenny

Opera starring Alan Cumming, The Wild Party (Kate). TV: “Law & Order,” “Guiding Light.” CCM grad. Thanks to BRS, my family

and Philip…I love you.

LINDSEY GORDON Broadway Workshop: Natural Woman: The Carole King Musical (Michael Blakemore, dir; Signature Theatre/

Rebecca). Off-Broadway: The Vagina Monologues. New York: Fallen Angel (Bay Street Theatre/Lilith), In Search of Alice (Theatre Row),

Radiant Ruby (Vital Theatre Company), Missionaries (Elizabeth Swados, dir; Cathedral of St. John the Divine), The Sisterhood (Spotlight

On Festival/ Suzy), Come Away: The Story of Ruth (Producers’ Club/Ruth), Ticket To Ride (Hypothetical Theatre), You Don’t Have to Be

Jewish (Wings Theatre), Happy Hour (Michael Chekhov Theatre), Revival w/ the Fabulous Pink Flamingos (Don’t Tell Mama).

Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival: Cabaret & Main (Christopher Ashley, dir.), Psycho Beach Party (Marvel Ann),

Spring Awakening (Thea), Triangle, I Have Loved Strangers, Williamstown Cabarets. Other Regional Credits: Hair (Prince Music

Theatre/ Jeanie), Chance to Shine (Disneyland), Bye Bye Birdie (Rosie), Jesus Christ Superstar (Mary), Children of Eden (Yonah),

For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls (Amanda). TV/film: “Quarter to Eight,” “Life & Style”(WB). Recordings: Once On This Island

(Music Theatre International/ Erzulie), In Search of Alice (orig. cast recording/ Max), Triangle (orig. cast recording/ Theresa).

Training: Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania, Magna Cum Laude, Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Act 1

Company ’05 and Apprentice Company ’04, CAP 21 at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

LAIONA MICHELLE is making her debut with the Cape Playhouse. Off Broadway: Lo She Comes, Cherry Lane Theatre.

Regional: Yellowman, Arena Stage (Nominated – Best Leading Actress for the 2005 Helen Hayes Award); Stonewall Jackson’s

House, New Repertory Theatre (Nominated, Best Supporting Actress by the IRNE Awards); Dinah Was, Merrimack Repertory

Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Westin Playhouse, Colorado Shakespeare Festival,

Westport Country Playhouse, Delaware Theatre Company, Laguna Playhouse, Syracuse Theatre Company, Florida Stage Theatre,

Virginia Stage Company, among others. Regional Tour: Constant Star (Recipient of the 2005 NAACP Hollywood Award and 2004

Barrymore Award). International: Celebrate the Possibilities, for the Winter Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Television/Film: "Law & Order",

"All My Children", and "LIFT" (award winning independent film starring Kerry Washington). Education: MFA, Brandeis University, 2000.

Other: Laiona is the director and creator of Shakers Performing Arts, which teaches inner city teens various aspects of creative arts in

her hometown of Springfield, MA. Heartfelt thanks to her agent. God is Good!

"Follow your dreams, cause if dreams die…life is like a broken winged bird that cannot fly" Laiona Michelle.

JENNIFER ZIMMERMAN has been seen on Broadway in Les Misérables as Fantine. National Tours: The Scarlet Pimpernel (Marie; 1st Nat'l)

Evita (Matinee Eva). Regional: The Last Five Years (Cathy; Florida Stage), Footloose (Ariel; N. Carolina Theatre), Jekyll and Hyde

(Lucy; Arvada Center and Theatre-By-The-Sea) Phantom (Christine; Gateway Playhouse and Hollywood Playhouse), Cats (Grizabella);

Gateway Playhouse and Shenandoah Music Theatre), I Married Wyatt Earp (Young Josie; Bristol Riverside Theatre),

The Scarlet Pimpernel (Marguerite; Virginia Musical Theatre). B.F.A The Boston Conservatory. Thanks to Mom and Dr. Steven Zeitels.

ILYPRESH! For Dustin

MARK MARTINO (Director/Choreographer) is an actor, director, and choreographer for theatre, film, television, and opera. Mark is thrilled

to return for a third season at the beautiful Cape Playhouse, having previously directed No No Nanette, Guys And Dolls, and provided both

direction and choreography for Pete 'n' Keely. When he's not "summering" on stunning Cape Cod, Mark is busy directing and choreographing

at leading regional theatres around the country. Among them: Actor's Theatre of Louisville (Beehive), The Cleveland Playhouse and Cincinnati

Playhouse in the Park (Plaid Tidings), Connecticut's Tri-Arts Playhouse (Hello Dolly and Forever Plaid), Maine's Arundel Barn Playhouse (Pete 'n' Keely),

The Music Theatre of Louisville (West Side Story and Hello Dolly), The Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (My Fair Lady, Paint Your Wagon),

Indiana's Wagon Wheel Playhouse (Oklahoma!, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), New York City's Steinbach Theatre

at NYU (A Chorus Line). Mark spent two seasons as a director/choreographer in residence at the renowned Chautauqua Arts Festival at New

York's Chautauqua Institution. While there Mark conceived/directed/and choreographed the world premiers of his original musical reviews:

Songs For A Summer Hotel: The Rogers and Hart Songbook and It Only Takes A Moment: The words and music of Jerry Herman. On the

nation's opera and concert stages Mark's choreography has been seen in Mobile Opera's 2005 production of Showboat, Verdi's Macbeth for

Chautauqua Opera, Man Of La Mancha for Portland Opera and Orlando Opera, and under the musical direction of conductor Jack Everly,

the choreography for Those Glorious MGM Musicals which has been on the pops schedule of most of the major symphony orchestras in North

America including the Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Toronto, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Detroit, Ottawa's Canadian National Symphony,

and our own National Symphony at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center. For film and TV Mark's work has been seen on NBC's "Miss America

Pageant", the feature film "Rock-n-Roll Hotel", and as director/choreographer of the nationally syndicated PBS Christmas special, "The U.S.

Chorus in Count Your Blessings". In the world of "business theatre" Mark has directed and choreographed industrial shows for clients ranging

from cars (Oldsmobile) and money (Merrill Lynch), to hamburgers (McDonalds) and ladies lingerie (the BIFA spring fashion show).

Mark wishes to thank Evans Haile and the tremendous staff and crew at the Cape Playhouse for the opportunity to work with such a

talented and dedicated group of theatre artists. Their tireless efforts, unflagging energy, and unwavering commitment to present

the highest quality theatre to its audience make a director's work a true joy.

TOM FREY (Musical Director) is delighted to return to the Cape Playhouse as musical director, having directed 2 Pianos 4 Hands for the

opening of this summer season. Tom has been deeply involved with 2 Pianos 4 Hands, having performed the role of Ted opposite Richard Carsey

at Actors Theatre of Louisville (KY), Hartford Stage (CT), Laguna Playhouse (Laguna Beach, CA), Dallas Theater Center, Globe Theatre

(Regina, SK, Canada), and the Filmore Festival (Kalamazoo, MI). Before playing the role of Ted, Tom performed the role of Richard over 250 times

in 10 different productions across the United States and Canada at such theatres as Geva Theatre Center (Rochester, NY), Studio Arena (Buffalo, NY),

The Ordway (St. Paul, MN), Thousand Island Playhouse (Canada), and the Hippodrome Theatre (Gainesville, FL). Other credits include multiple roles

in Claudia Shear’s Dirty Blonde, at the Cleveland Playhouse and the Pittsburgh Public Theater, where he served as musical director; Lord Evelyn

Oakleigh in Anything Goes at the Skylight Opera Theatre in Milwaukee; Billy Bishop in Billy Bishop Goes to War; Guildenstern in Rosencrantz and

Guildenstern Are Dead; Fred in A Christmas Carol; and Weissman in The Puppetmaster of Lodz. Tom studied piano at Western Michigan University

and graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts Professional Actor Training.

RICHARD CHAMBERS (Set Designer) has designed scenery throughout the Northeast for companies such as The Pittsburgh Public Theatre, StageWest,

North Shore Music Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, The American Stage Festival, the Cape Playhouse and Shakespeare and Company, as well

as the Buffalo Philharmonic, The Portland Symphony and the Virginia Symphony. He has designed premiers by playwrights such as Derek Walcott,

Russ Lees and Kate Snodgrass. He has also designed the Off-Broadway premiers of Ronan Noone’s plays The Lepers of Baile Baiste, The Blowin of

Baile Gall and The Atheist. Richard holds an MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where he studied with Oliver Smith and

John Conklin, where he was the recipient of the Meir Award for design. For many years he assisted Herbert Senn and Helen Pond on a variety of projects.

He is the recipient of two Elliot Norton Awards and three Independent Reviewers of New England Awards, is a member of United Scenic Artists local 829,

has been a professor of scene design at New York University, Ithaca College and Boston University and currently teaches at Suffolk University. You can

view more of his work or contact him at www.richardchambers.net.

JOSE M. RIVERA (Costume Designer) returns to the Cape Playhouse for a 6th season after designing our hit productions of: Guys and Dolls;

No No Nanette; On Your Toes; I Do! I Do!; Anything Goes; Swingtime Canteen and My One And Only. Originally from New York and currently

residing in Los Angeles, this past winter found him designing the Los Angeles productions of Hello Dolly!  and Don Giovanni; and The National

Tour of Urban Cowboy for Windwood Theatricals. He has designed, assisted and coordinated on over 200 productions for theatre, film and television.

You can see his work on ABC'S Soap Net with "One Minute Soap Opera"; On VH-1 with: "Strip Search"; On the Lifetime Network with the movies:

"She's No Angel"; "Facing The Enemy"; "Blind Obsession"; "The Perfect Wife" and "The Perfect Nanny"; At your local video store with: "National

Lampoon's TV The Movie"; "The Storyteller"; and "Evil Alien Conquerors" and in Las Vegas at The Riviera Hotel and Casino with: American Storm

and at Excalibur Hotel and Casino with: "Thunder Down Under".

CHRISTOPHER S. CHAMBERS (Lighting Designer) comes to the playhouse having completed his sixth season as resident lighting designer for American

Repertory Ballet. Other recent credits include: Oliver! (Curtain Call Inc.), Beauty and the Beast, Dialogues and Exorcising Man (American Repertory Ballet),

Candide (Boston College). Other Credits: Dramatics NYC, Gallery Players, Choate Rosemary Hall, Manchester Ballet, Ram Island Dance, Dance Connecticut,

CT Repertory Theatre, Mount Washington Valley Theatre Company and Boehm Opera. Chris holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Connecticut.

Actors' Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance,

promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society.  Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range

of benefits, including health and pension plans.  AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts

unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org