Artist Bios
Sleeping Beauty The Musical
Cast
Matthew Basen (King) Main Street Theater: Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Crown Jewel, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; The Garden Theatre: Bonnie & Clyde; Pearl Theater: Almost, Maine; On the Verge Theatre: Catholic School Girls; Company OnStage: Cinderella Goes Disco; The Actor’s Playground: The Chosen; EgoPo Classic Theater: Company. Education: B.A., Rowan University, Theatre Arts with a Minor in Dance.
Leah Bernal (Queen) Main Street Theater: Debut; Sam Houston State University Theater: The Prom, Sweeney Todd, She Loves Me. Education: B.F.A., Sam Houston State University, Musical Theater.
Michael Chiavone (Hawthorn/Raven 2/Chef) Main Street Theater: Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Crown Jewel, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang, Charlotte’s Web, Shrek The Musical, Goodnight Moon, The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, James and the Giant Peach, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat; A.D. Players: Forever Plaid; Houston Grand Opera: Tristan and Isolde, The Italian Girl in Algiers; Standing Room Only Productions: The Who’s Tommy, Next to Normal; Night Cap Theater: The Cabin; Island ETC: Hair.
Lizzy Cooper (Sweet Pea/Rachel/Raven 3/ US Hellisent): Main Street Theater: Debut; A.D. Players Theater: Esther; Sam Houston Theater: The Prom, Uncle Vanya, Memphis. Education: B.F.A., Sam Houston State University.
Jake Cummings (Swing) Main Street Theater: Debut; Unity Theater: Godspell; The Garden Theater: Assassins; Strange Bird Immersive: The Man from Beyond; Stageworks Theater: Matilda: The Musical; A.D. Players Theater: Brother Andrew, The Burn Vote. Education: B.F.A., Sam Houston State University, Musical Theater.
Grayson Edwards (Basil/Raven 1/Jean Claude) Main Street Theater: Fancy Nancy The Musical, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (Tour); Lyric Theatre: The Three Musketeers; Emerald Theater: Resident Actor; Howard Payne University: Cinderella; Wright State University: Into the Woods; Ohio Outdoor Historical Drama Association: 8 Track: Sounds of the 70’s. Education: B.F.A., Wright State University, Musical Theatre.
Miles Estes (Prince) Main Street Theater: Debut; A.D. Players Theater: How To Die: The Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer; Sam Houston State University Theater: The Prom, Uncle Vanya, 365 Days/365 Plays, Airness, Almost Maine, What the Constitution Means to Me. Education: Sam Houston State University.
Mac Hardy (Tulip) Main Street Theater: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type; Unity Theatre: Jack and the Bean Stalk, The Mousetrap; Sam Houston State University Theatre: Hands on a Hard Body, Richard III, Creature, Memphis; Ohio Outdoor Theatre: Grease, Winnie the Pooh. Education: B.F.A., Sam Houston State University, Musical Theatre.
Matt Hurt (Master of Ceremonies/Skarp) Main Street Theater: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder, Miss Nelson Is Missing! The Musical, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Cinderella, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Pete the Cat; Lamar University: So You Can Look Ahead, Twelfth Night, Luna Gale, The Comedy of Errors, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. Education: B.S., Lamar University, Theatre and Dance.
Megan Jankovic (Willow) Main Street Theater: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, Mockingbird, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!, Cinderella, Charlotte’s Web, Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School, The Diary of Anne Frank, A Year with Frog & Toad, Goosebumps the Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium, Jackie & Me, Schoolhouse Rock Live! (Tour), Pinkalicious, Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook (Tour), Duck for President, Harriet the Spy; Jewish Community Center: God of Vengeance; Playhouse on the Prairie: Peter Pan!; Sam Houston State University: The Other Place, Machinal, Hair. Education: B.F.A., Sam Houston State University.
Morgan Montgomery (Swing) Main Street Theater: Debut; Texas State University Theater: Hair, Seussical, Beehive!; Stageworks Theater: Mamma Mia, Beauty and the Beast, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Wizard of Oz; Iconotheatrix Theater: Rent. Education: B.F.A., Texas State University, Musical Theater.
Angela Pinina (Hellisent) Main Street Theater: Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Curious George: The Golden Meatball, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, The Wizard of Oz, Bunnicula, Duck for President (2016), Shrek the Musical; Catastrophic Theatre: Small Ball, The Tamarie Cooper Show (6 different shows), Speeding Motorcycle; Stages Repertory Theatre: Panto Wonderful Wizard; Garden Theatre: Reefer Madness; Obsidian Theatre: Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens; Dinolion: Lionshare; Lubbock Moonlight Musicals: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast; Queensbury Theatre: Whistle Down the Wind, Man of La Mancha; Strange Bird Immersive: Company Member.
Laura Smolik (Aurora) Main Street Theater: Fancy Nancy The Musical, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (Tour); Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston: Pirates of Penzance; Stageworks Theatre: Urinetown; Lyric Stage: Guys & Dolls; Dallas Opera Outreach: Doctor Miracle; Artisan Center Theatre: The Little Mermaid; Land of Enchantment Opera: Cosi fan tutte; Houston Grand Opera: The Magic Flute. Education: M.M. University of Southern California; B.M., Southern Methodist University.
Lindsey Steel (Mrs. Wells/Ratty/US Queen) Main Street Theater: Debut; World Theater: Mary Poppins, The King and I; Stageworks Theater: It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, She Loves Me; Stage Right of Texas Theater: The Drowsy Chaperone; Cast Theatrical Company: Steel Magnolias; Shakespeare in the Shade: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Haven Arts Theater: Murder on the Orient Express; Books Alive! Theater Company: Too Many Frogs, Chicken Big; Points North Theatre: The Tempest, A Fairytale Christmas Carol. Film: Bailey’s Voice, Ripple Cut. Education: B.A., Lamar University, American Sign Language.
Sarah Swift (Lilly/Maria/Ratty/US Aurora) Main Street Theater: Debut; Sam Houston State University Theater: She Loves Me. Education: B.F.A., Sam Houston State University, Musical Theater.
Zoe Temple (Daisy/Henrietta/Raven 4) Main Street Theater: Debut; Stageworks Theater: Nunsense; Missouri State University Theater: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Drowning Girls, Meddling Kids: A Scooby-Doo Parody Musical; Moore Vision Entertainment: The Addams Family; College of the Mainland Theater: Urinetown, Godspell, The Spongebob Musical, A Divine Kerfuffle. Education: Missouri State University.
Production
Jimmy Phillips (Director/Choreographer) Main Street Theater: (Director/Choreographer) Fancy Nancy: The Musical, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder, Cinderella, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School, A Year with Frog and Toad, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Pinkalicious (2012 & 2018), A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Wizard of Oz, Fancy Nancy Splendiferous Christmas, Shrek the Musical, Lyle the Crocodile, Pippi Longstocking, Alice in Wonderland, (Actor) Urinetown, Happily Hereafter, Call Me Madam, Flora, the Red Menace, Into The Woods; Additional directing credits at Stages, Theater LaB Houston, Unity Theater, Little Room Downstairs, Celebration Theater, Thunderclap Productions, Global Harmony Productions. Extensive acting credits including TUTS, Theater LaB Houston, Unity Theater, A.D. Players, and Stages. Education: B.F.A., Stephens College, Theatre.
Steven Jones (Music Director) Main Street Theater: Fancy Nancy: The Musical, Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Crown Jewel, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (Tour), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School, A Year with Frog and Toad, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Pinkalicious, The Wizard of Oz, Shrek the Musical, Pippi Longstocking, Alice in Wonderland, Flora, the Red Menace, Into the Woods, Urinetown, The Light in the Piazza, Schoolhouse Rock, Live!; Stages: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Little Shop of Horrors, Mack and Mabel, Next to Normal, Grey Gardens, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Company; Theater LaB Houston: The Musical of Musicals, Passion, Johnny Guitar, The Rink; A.D. Players: West Side Story, The Fantasticks, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Unity Theater: A Grand Night for Singing, Forever Plaid, Master Class; Texas Repertory Theater: Illyria; The Ensemble Theatre: Once On This Island. Education: B.A., Baylor University, Music; M.A., University of Texas, Music.
Hudson Davis (Lighting Design) Main Street Theater: Taking Steps, Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Crown Jewel, Carmela Full of Wishes, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang, Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Curious George: The Golden Meatball.
Shawn W. St. John (Sound Design) Shawn is an award-winning sound designer, composer, producer, audio engineer and voice artist. He has worked with Tony Award winning sound designer Tony Meola, as well as notable actors, playwrights and directors, including Eli Wallach, Sandy Duncan, Christopher Fitzgerald, Joanne Woodward, Calista Flockhart, Arthur Storch, Joe DiPietro, Beth Henley, John Rando, Jason Nodler and Mickle Maher. Sound designs include Main Street Theater: Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Crown Jewel, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Men on Boats, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Wolf Hall; A.D. Players: Miss Maude, Dear Jack, Dear Louise; The Catastrophic Theatre: Baby Screams Miracle, Speeding Motorcycle, Booty Candy; Unity Theatre: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Becky’s New Car; Berkshire Theatre Festival: Quills, Wilder Wilder; Additionally, Mr. St. John designs/mixes musicals for several educational theaters, and is a voice over artist and voice actor. Education: B.A., Rollins College, Theatre. www.fiver.com/stjohnstudios
Charly Topper (Properties Design) Main Street Theater: Fancy Nancy: The Musical, Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Crown Jewel, Stuart Little, the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder, Miss Nelson Is Missing! The Musical, Last Stop on Market Street; A.D. Players: Dear Jack, Dear Louise, No One Owns Me, The Sound of Music; Sam Houston State University: Staff Scenic Charge Artist/Props Master 2015-2021.
Amber Stepanik (Costume Design) Main Street Theater: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Present Laughter, Cinderella, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!, The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, A Year with Frog and Toad, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Curious George: The Golden Meatball, Holes; Lone Star College Montgomery: Gruesome Playground Injuries, Little Shop of Horrors, The 39 Steps, Mamma Mia!, The Normal Heart, Spring Awakening, @ Macbeth a Social Media Tragedy, The Student Body, The Rocky Horror Show, 1984, Twelve Angry Jurors, The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket, The Shape of Things, Miss Firecracker Contest, Green Day’s American Idiot, The Birds, 96 Minutes; Queensbury Theatre: Unlock’d, Also Hunchback of Notre Dame, Illyria, Footloose, Antigone, Book of Will. Education: M.F.A., University of Houston, Costume Design & Technology; B.S., Trinity University. www.amberstepanikportfolio.com
Katherine Stepanek (Scenic Design) Main Street Theater: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; Clarence Brown Theatre: Million Dollar Quartet; Lexington Children’s Theatre: The Reluctant Dragon: Dallas Children’s Theatre: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!; Robinson Theatre: Dracula; Crane River Theatre: Spongebob The Musical; Des Moines Playhouse: Elephant and Piggie; Shawnee Theatre: Frankenstein. Film/TV: (Art Department) Marvel Infinity War, Endgame. Education: B.F.A., Webster University, Lighting and Scenic Design; M.F.A., University of Tennessee, Scenic Design.
Rebecca Greene Udden (Executive Artistic Director) Main Street Theater: (Director) The Year of Magical Thinking, Mother of the Maid, Darwin in Malibu, Elliot, a Soldier’s Fugue, The Hard Problem, The Book of Will, Hecuba and The Trojan Women, Troilus and Cressida, An Iliad and Twelfth Night with Prague Shakespeare Company (MST collaborations), Holes, Enemies, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies (First American Productions), Silent Sky, Peace in Our Time, Heartbreak House, The Real Thing, The Coast of Utopia, The Heidi Chronicles, Arcadia, The House of the Spirits (English-language premiere), Caroline, or Change, An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf, The Rice (World Premiere), and many more; (Actor) Private Lives, Memory House, Richard III (with Prague Shakespeare Company), The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Third, The Busy World Is Hushed, Somebody’s Sons, The Sisters Rosensweig, Hapgood, Hamlet, and more; (Costume Design) numerous productions. Catastrophic Theatre: Advisory Board. Wordsmyth Theater Company: Advisory Board. Member, American Leadership Forum Class XVI. Founding Artistic Director, Main Street Theater.
Vivienne M. St. John (MST Theater for Youth Artistic Director) Main Street Theater: (Director) The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, A Little House Christmas, The Diary of Anne Frank, Jackie & Me, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Goodnight Moon, (Costume Design) Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business, Superfudge, Henry and Ramona, The Great Gilly Hopkins, If You Take a Mouse to School, Sideways Stories from Wayside School; Berkshire Theatre Festival: Assistant Production Manager, Visiting Mr. Green with Eli Wallach, Hay Fever with Joanne Woodward and Calista Flockhart, Jitta’s Atonement with Dianne Wiest, Free Fall with Sandy Duncan, Bill Graham Presents with Ron Silver; Company Manager: Four of a Kind, Good Company, Woman in Mind with Marlo Thomas and Elizabeth Franz, Over the River and Through the Woods; Production Manager: The Ray Davies Show. Worked at several Houston theaters including TheatreLab, Express Children’s Theater, and The Houston Grand Opera. Main Street Theater’s Theater for Youth Producing and Artistic Director since 2000.
Amanda Adwers (Production Stage Manager) Main Street Theater: (Stage Manager) Fancy Nancy: The Musical, Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Crown Jewel, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Carmela Full of Wishes, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang, The Hard Problem, Enemies, (Assistant Stage Manager) The Book of Will, Peace in Our Time, Girls Only, Civil War Christmas, Goosebumps, Jackie and Me, Pinkalicious, Sideways Stories, (Production Assistant) The Year of Magical Thinking; Jewish Community Center: (Stage Manager) Metamorphosis, Clue, Pride and Prejudice; Theater Under the Stars: (Assistant Stage Manager) Dreamgirls, Into the Woods, How To Succeed, In The Heights, Million Dollar Quartet, Oliver, Mary Poppins, A Christmas Story; Additional credits include Catastrophic Theatre, Unity Theatre, Horse Head Theatre, and Houston Shakespeare Festival. Education: B.F.A., University of Houston, Technical Theatre.