An Incredible New Musical

JASON MA
Playwright (Book, Music, and Lyrics)
Other Theatres: Gold Mountain, Spike150 performances at the Eccles Black Box Theater and Peery's Egyptian Theater; staged concert at the Times Center in New York City produced by Prospect Theater and National Asian Artists Project, ASCAP/Dreamworks presentation at the Wallis in Beverly Hills; Broken Ground (music and lyrics), commissioned by Village Theater, currently in development; Twelfth Night (music), The Old Globe, Shakespeare for a New Generation
Awards: ASCAP Foundation Cole Porter Award; ASCAP Foundation Harold Adamson Lyric Award

LAWRENCE-MICHAEL C. ARIAS
Wong

Other Theatres: URTA “Spike 150” and National Asian Artists Project at Prospect Theatre, New York City, Gold Mountain in Concert (Wong); Theatreworks Silicon Valley, Pacific Overtures (British Admiral) and Batboy the Musical (Roy, alternate for James Monroe Iglehart); Hillbarn Theater, Noises Off! (Selsdon); StirFry Theatre, Falsettoland (Dr. Mendel)
Awards: South Valley Civic Theatre, Member Choice Best Actor in Anything Goes (Moonface Martin), Annie (Rooster Hannigan), and Camelot (Merlyn)
Professional Affiliations: Actors’ Equity Association

EYMARD MENESES CABLING
Ensemble

Other Theatres: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Pasadena Playhouse, 5th Avenue Theatre, Tuacahn Center for the Arts, Olney Theatre Center
Television: America's Most Wanted
Film: Yes . . . And, Step Up 2 the Streets
Other Credits: The Engineer and Thuy in Miss Saigon, Lun Tha in The King and I
Education: Carnegie Mellon University
Professional Affiliations: Actors’ Equity Association

KIET TAI CAO
Chu

Other Theatres: (the making of) How to Save the World in 90 Minutes, (Cherry Lane Theatre); The Emperor's Nightingale, (Pan Asian Theatre Rep)
Film: The King of Staten Island, Day Player
Other Credits: first album will be available spring 2022, entitled 1292
Awards: nominated for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role in Interstate (New York Musical Festival, 2018)
Education: University of Nevada–Reno, vocal performance
Professional Affiliations: Actors’ Equity Association

MICHAEL L. CHING
Guan Ming Chong (“Ba”)

Other Theatres: Berkeley Rep, Aurora Theater, Willows Theater, Theatreworks, San Jose Stage, American Musical Theater of San Jose, Marin Theater, Woodminster Outdoor Musicals, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Thick Description Theater, Peninsula Center Stage, California Conservatory Theater, Center Rep of Walnut Creek
Television: Midnight Caller, Nash Bridges,Trauma, Alcatraz, Hallmark, It's a Miracle
Other Credits: various national commercials
Awards: Dean Goodman Choice Award for Tea House of the August Moon (Sakini)
Professional Affiliations: AEA, SAG/AFTRA

STEVEN ENG
Loong

Other Theatres: Irish Repertory Theatre, People’s Light, American Conservatory Theater, Classic Stage Company, 5th Avenue Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Ordway Center, MSTDA; London West End, Germany, Austria, Cambodia
Awards: Lucille Lortel nomination, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical (Off-Broadway)
Education: MFA, George Washington University; BFA, Southern Methodist University
Teaching Credits: NYU Tisch Drama faculty
Professional Affiliations: Actors' Equity Association, SAG-AFTRA, Voice and Speech Trainers Association, National Asian Artists Project (co-founder)

ALI EWOLDT
Mei

Other Theatres: Broadway—Christine in The Phantom of the Opera, Cosette in Les Misérables, The King and I; national tours—Maria in West Side Story, Tuptim in The King and I, Les Misérables; off-Broadway—Luisa in The Fantasticks; The Muny—Chicago (Mary Sunshine), 1776 (Martha Jefferson), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Philia); McCarter Theatre—A Christmas Carol (Fan/Mrs. Bonds)
Television: The Michael J. Fox Show
Film: The Cactus, Mia, Yield
Professional Affiliations: AEA

KENNEDY KANAGAWA
Lo

Other Theatres: Adventurephile (Keen Company); Two Nights & Three Days (Eugene O’Neill NMTC); Beautiful Thing (Plays in the House); Decky Does a Bronco (Royal Family Theater); Saturday Night: In Concert (2nd Stage); Lolita, My Love (York Theatre Company); Minor Character (Sharon Playhouse); Dinner with Georgette (New York Theatre Workshop Next Door); The Good Swimmer (BAM); Into the Woods (Prospect Theater and NAAP)
Film: Screen Test (New York International Film Festival)
Professional Affiliations: AEA

DARREN LEE
Jiang/Assistant Choreographer and Assistant Director

Other Theatres: Broadway—Shogun, Miss Saigon, Guys and Dolls, Victor Victoria, Pacific Overtures, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Seussical, Chicago, On The Town, Allegiance; off-Broadway—Hidden Sky; Disney—Wishes (DCL), Snow Queen (Tokyo), Toy Story (DCA); regional—MUNY, Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, McCarter Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Glimmer Glass Opera, UK Tour of The King and I (King of Siam)
Film: Chicago, Hackers, Sisters
Teaching Credits: CAP 21/Molloy University,
Professional Affiliations: SAG/AFTRA, AEA, SSDC

JONNY LEE JR.
Lit

Other Theatres: Gold Mountain at Eccles Black Box Theater, Peery's Egyptian Theater, and Times Center; Miss Saigon at Kansas City Starlight; Thoroughly Modern Millie at Broward Stage Door; Sweeney Todd at the Oguma Playhouse
Other Credits: co-writer and star of acclaimed musical web series City of Dreams
Education:  American Musical and Dramatic Academy, New York City
Professional Affiliations: Actors’ Equity Association

KELVIN MOON LOH
Ensemble

Other Theatres: Broadway—Beetlejuice the Musical (originated role of Otho, directed by Alex Timbers), SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical (directed by Tina Landau), The King and I (Lincoln Center, directed by Bartlett Sher), Side Show (directed by Bill Condon); regional theatre—Here Lies Love (Public Theater), Pacific Overtures (Classic Stage), American Idiot (1st National)
Television: executive producer, writer, and star in upcoming television series, No Rice
Education: graduate of New York University 
Professional Affiliations: Actors' Equity Association

JIMMY NGUYEN
Ensemble

Other Theatres: the Kennedy Center, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, Omaha Community Playhouse, The Rose Theater, Black Hills Playhouse
Other Credits: JanSport Backpack Company's "Lighten the Load" commercial
Awards: Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival's Irene Ryan Acting Award, Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Scholarship for Comedic Performance
Education: BA in theatre at Doane University; scenic art fellow at Berkeley Repertory Theatre

ROBERT SCOTT SMITH
Hagan

Other Theatres:  Kreutzer Sonata (United Solo Festival); Pericles (SLANT); Mary Stuart, The Crucible, and Two Henrys (PTC); Rapture Blister Burn, Good People, Charm, Six Years, Big Love, Batboy: The Musical, and Gross Indecency (Salt Lake Acting Company); Ice Front and Kreutzer Sonata (Plan-B)
Film: AESOP, Kill The Babysitter (UK FrightFest 2020), Jewtah, Wildlife (official selection Cannes Métrage, 2015)
Other Credits: co-artistic director, Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory
Professional Affiliations: AEA, National Alliance of Acting Teachers

EMILY SONG TYLER
Mei Understudy

Other Theatres: A Christmas Carol (Geva Theatre Center), You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Theatre Barn), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Priscilla Beach), Hamlet (PA Shakespeare), The King and I (La Comedia), Henry IV, Part 1 (Hip To Hip), Elf the Musical (Surflight)
Television: Paw Patrol Live at Home (Paramount +)
Other Credits: tours—Paw Patrol Live and Miss Nelson Is Missing
Education: American Musical and Dramatic Academy, New York City
Professional Affiliations: SAG-AFTRA

VIET VO
Ensemble

Other Theatres: The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Bernadette, Vietgone, A Christmas Story, In the Soundless Awe, and Fishing for Wives
Television: Lost, The Blacklist, Tales of the City, Manifest, A Crime to Remember: Paradise Lost, and Blue Bloods
Film: The Fever and the Fret and Ximbi Xombi
Professional Affiliations: National Asian Artists Project and New Light Theatre Project