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Harry Potter and The Cursed Child opens up at Lyric Theatre in NYC!

IT’S TIME TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC AGAIN

When Harry Potter’s head-strong son Albus befriends the son of his fiercest rival, Draco Malfoy, it sparks an unbelievable new journey for them all—with the power to change the past and future forever. Prepare for a mind-blowing race through time, spectacular spells, and an epic battle, all brought to life with the most astonishing theatrical magic ever seen on a Broadway stage in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. “You’ll be wondering ‘how’d they do that?’ for days to come” (People Magazine). 

Experience the wizarding world of Harry Potter like never before from the moment you arrive. The entire Lyric Theatre has been transformed with hidden surprises to discover around every corner. “It’s a marvel of imagination, as magical as any spell or potion (The New York Times).


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BIOGRAPHIES




William Rhem Jr.

he/him. Broadway debut. Theatre includes Endless Shock! (Tokyo, Japan), Philadanco! (The Philadelphia Dance Company). Television includes “TRL” with Janet Jackson (MTV), “Saturday Night Live” (NBC), “The Last OG” (TBS).



Cara Ricketts

Theater includes Broadway: Time and the Conways. Off-Broadway: Good Bones (Studio), Arden of Faversham (Redbull), Measure for Measure (TFANA), Richard III (STC), Constellations (Canadian Stage), Hedda Gabler (Necessary Angel), The Wild Party (Acting Upstage), Cyrano de Bergerac (PCPA), Race (Canadian Stage). Stratford: Cymbeline, The Homecoming. Film includes Diaspora, Jean of the Jones, Across the Line. TV includes: “Manifest,” “Departure,” “The Resident,” “Street Legal,” “Anne with an E,” (ACTRA award; Outstanding Performance), “Law and Order: SUV,” “Titans,” “Orphan Black,” “Book of Negros.” Video games include Far Cry New Dawn, Hyperspace, and Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey (Ubisoft).



Alexandra Peter

she/her. Broadway debut. Training: Marymount Manhattan College, Bachelor of Arts (dance). Theatre includes For(give) me, NOMA (Circus Solaris), Summer Blue (LoudSol), Lorca Libre (Michael Mao Dance), Mahaway (Alison Cook Beatty Dance). Film includes Echo: Shostakovich in Catharsis (Frisson Films).



Daniel Fredrick

Theater includes Broadway: Take Me Out (Second Stage), The Lehman Trilogy.  Regional: Noises Off!, The Importance of Being Earnest, Red, Mickle Street (Walnut Street Theatre), Cabaret (Arden Theatre), The Explorer’s Club (Delaware Theatre Company), Shoplifters (1812 Productions), Arcadia, Hound of the Baskervilles (Lantern Theatre), Winter’s Tale, Midsummer, Antony & Cleopatra, Much Ado (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival). Television credits: “Mare of Easttown” (HBO), “Black Butler” (Funimation). Film: Treehouse (Amazon Prime). Training: Texas Christian University & Shawnee Mission South High School.



Chadd Alexander

he/him. Training: English Literature BA, Rice University (former basketball player at Rice). Studio Member, The Freeman Studio. TV: Carl Harris in Wu-Tang: An American Saga (Hulu). Theatre: Harry Potter & The Cursed Child (San Francisco company), To an Athlete Dying Young, Wedding Band (Harlem Drama Studio), Machinal (Main Street Theater, Houston), Show Boat (dir. by Hal Prince, children’s ensemble, 1st National Tour). Playwright: Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference semi-finalist, To an Athlete Dying YoungTownsman of a Stiller Town.



Dan Piering

Theatre includes Broadway: A Christmas Carol. Selected Regional: South Pacific, Song of Extinction (Guthrie Theater); Once, Six Degrees of Separation (Theater Latte Da); Sweetland (Minnesota History Theatre); The 24 Hour Plays Minneapolis. Film/Television includes: Broadway or Bust (PBS); The StainTheater People. Training: BFA from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program and BA from the University of Minnesota Hubbard School of Journalism. 2012 Jimmy Award nominee.



Darby Breedlove

she/her. Broadway debut. Training: BFA, SCAD. Theater includes All Shook Up (The Lucas Theater), Little Women (The Lucas Theater). Film includes Nobody Will Believe YouStrike Her DeadDying for a Crown.



Emily Schultheis

she/her. Theater includes Broadway: Almost Famous (OBC). National Tours: Wicked (Elphaba standby); Bat Out of Hell (Raven). Select Regional: The Old Globe (Almost Famous, World Premiere); The O’Neill Center (TEETH the Musical); World Premieres at Adirondack Theater Festival and Bloomington Playwrights Project. TV Includes “God Friended Me” (CBS), “Khaki Is Not Leather” (Web Series). Training: Indiana University.



Jane Bruce

she/her. Theater Includes Broadway: Jagged Little Pill (OBC). Off-Broadway: The Other Josh Cohen, Original Sound (Cherry Lane; Drama Desk Nomination: Best Original Song in a Play). Regional: Jagged Little Pill (A.R.T.), Ballad of Little Jo (Two River; Cast Recording), The Theory of Relativity (Goodspeed), Bridges of Madison County (Arkansas Rep). Television Includes “Law and Order: SVU,” “FBI: Most Wanted,”Jessica Jones.Other: Writer/Performer of Mother, Mama, Mommy (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Album My Bed. Training: The University of Michigan, BFA. 



Jamyl Dobson

Recent credits include The Three Musketeers and Twelfth Night (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (San Francisco Company). Select NY credits: One in Two (The New Group – Audelco Award), The Seven (NYTW), The Anthem (Lynn Redgrave Theatre), Fondly Do We Hope, Fervently Do We Pray (Lincoln Center Festival), Washer/Dryer (Ma-Yi Theatre Co.), Romeo & Juliet and Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death (Classical Theatre of Harlem), and the Broadway workshop of Fela! Regional: Wig Out (Studio Theatre), The Seven (La Jolla Playhouse), Hamlet and Two Gentleman of Verona (PA Shakespeare Festival), Of Ebony Embers (Core Ensemble Co.) International: Zorro. Film/TV: Bros, Wonder, “Gotham,” “Manifest,” “The Path,” Moments the Go, and Hall Pass



Gabrielle Reid

she/her. Theater includes Broadway: Beautiful: The Carol King Musical (OBC), Hairspray. Off-Broadway: Love and Science. National Tours: The Color Purple (Revival), Hairspray. Mamma Mia (LV), Hercules: A Mythical Adventure (Paper Mill). Television includes: “L&O-OC,” “FBI,” “Bull,” “Manifest,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Blacklist,” 12 Nat. Commercials. Film includes Valentine’s Day, Private Life (Netflix). Training: AMDA NYC, Nyla Watson Studios (voice).



Eric Cheung

he/him. Broadway debut. Training: BA in Theatre Performance and Musical Theatre from Marymount Manhattan College. Theatre includes: The Great Leap (Cleveland Play House, understudy at Asolo Rep); Short Stack 2 (Ma-Yi Theater Company at La MaMa); Ragtime (SFBATCO & SFArtsED). Television includes “Q Train.” Film includes Loser and Sonny Boy.



John Alix

Training: BFA in Dance/Choreography from VCU. Credits include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (San Francisco Company), Fuerza Bruta (Off-Broadway & Lima, Peru), Les Pêcheurs de Perles at The Metropolitan Opera, Associate Choreographer of In The Heights (Axelrod PAC, Gala Hispanic Theatre)as well as choreographing for Broadway Bares, an annual benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and a Telly Award (dir/choreo) for But…I Survived, a project for National Trans Day of Remembrance. Film/TV credits include Step Up, Isn’t It Romantic, “AGT,” eBay, “Boardwalk Empire,” “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” NBC/Universal Kids, and the LAB SERIES Skincare: Men of Broadway campaign.



Kaléa Leverette

she/her. Broadway debut. Education: The George Washington University, MPH. Theatre includes National Tours: Hairspray (20th Anniversary). Regional: Once on This Island, A Wrinkle in Time, Mamma Mia, Godspell, Grease, Footloose, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Bodyguard, My Way, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Elf the Musical.



Kira Player

she/her. Broadway debut. Theatre includes Noises Off (Delaware Theatre Company); Written by Phillis (Quintessence Theatre Group); Wolf Play (Theatre Exile); The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare in Clark Park); Athena (Theatre Horizon); Votes for Women (Speranza Theatre Co); And Then They Came for Me, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cat in the Hat (Alabama Shakespeare Fest.); A Doll’s House, Part 2 (TheaterWorks Hartford); and Women on Fire: Stories from the Frontlines (Royal Family Prod.). Training includes BFA Acting at Montclair State University and Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Apprenticeship.



William Bednar

Theatre includes Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (San Francisco, 2019-2020), Tommy and Me (Bucks County Playhouse), Twelfth Night (DUMB Theatre Co). Film: The Cathedral (Ricky D’Ambrose). Training: University of North Carolina School of the Arts.


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