ASHLEY BLANCHET originated the role of Little Eva in Beautiful: the Carole King Musical, appearing on the Grammy-winning Original Cast Recording as well as reprising her role for the Broadway National Tour. Also on Broadway: Frozen (u/s Elsa) where she was the first Black actress to play the role, Waitress (Dawn) with Sara Bareilles, Annie (Star to Be, New Broadway Cast Recording), and Memphis (Felicia u/s). Off-Broadway: Titanic (Kate Mullins) at Encores! and The Scarlet Pimpernel at Lincoln Center. Regional: The Sound of Music (Maria), Cinderella (Title Role), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), White Christmas (Betty Haynes), Oklahoma (Ado Annie), How to Succeed in Business... (Rosemary), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), Hair (Dionne), West Side Story (Rosalia), A Chorus Line (Diana) and Ragtime (Sarah). Onscreen: The Good Fight, The Equalizer, Better Nate Than Never, The Aging Ingenue, and the voice of Raquelle in the Academy Award-winning animated short Are You Okay?. Education: BFA in Musical Theater from The University of Michigan (Kurt Weill Award for Excellence in Theater), Boston Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem, and Walnut Hill School. Blanchet serves as adjunct professor at State University of New York at Plattsburgh. ashleyblanchet.com. Instagram: @a_Blanchet

SARA JEAN FORD made her Broadway debut starring as Christine in The Phantom of the Opera. Also on Broadway: Cats (Jellylorum), A Little Night Music (Petra), How to Succeed In Business...(Smitty), and Finian’s Rainbow (Arlene). Off-Broadway: The Fantasticks (Louisa, Original Revival Cast Recording), Anyone Can Whistle (June) at Encores!, and Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings at Carnegie Hall and Disney Hall. National Tours: Wicked (Glinda/Nessarose cover) and The Phantom of the Opera (Christine). Regional: Sunday in the Park With George (Dot), 9 to 5 (Judy), Sousatzka (Jenny, World Premiere), Candide (Cunegonde), and Little House on the Prairie (Nellie Oleson, World Premiere). Ford co-wrote and starred in The Aging Ingenue, now streaming on BroadwayWorld.com. She wrote and produced Calamity Jane at 54 Below and performs her concert Dream: The High Notes & Hijinx of a Broadway Soprano nationwide. Raised in the recording studios of LA, she started singing professionally at 10, providing background vocals for Michael Jackson’s HIStory album, Addams Family Values, Animaniacs, and Harry Connick Jr. and Mötley Crüe’s Christmas albums. She graduated with a BFA from Carnegie Mellon, and teaches Acting and Voice for Broadway Dreams Foundation and The Institute for American Musical Theatre. sarajeanford.com

ANGELA INGERSOLL received an Emmy Award nomination for her performance in the PBS television broadcast of her concert Get Happy: Angela Ingersoll Sings Judy Garland. She headlines stages nationwide performing the show live. An award-winning actor, she also won acclaim starring as Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow, receiving Chicago's Jeff Award, a BroadwayWorld Award, and Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year in Theatre. Other theatre: Follies in concert (Sally), How to Succeed in Business... (Hedy, Jeff nomination), South Pacific (Nellie), Carousel (Julie), The Secret Garden (Martha, Jeff nomination), Beauty and the Beast (Belle, Ostrander Award), Jekyll and Hyde (Lucy, Ostrander Award), Macbeth (Lady Macbeth, Ostrander Award), Man of La Mancha (Aldonza, Ostrander nomination), Ragtime (Evelyn Nesbit, Ostrander nomination), The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), and The Second City (Chicago and Hollywood). Education: BFA in Acting from Ithaca College (NY). Other television: Chicago PD. Other concerts include her one-woman romp The 12 Dames of Christmas as well as appearances alongside her husband Michael Ingersoll. Together the couple founded Artists Lounge Live, a Chicago-based production company presenting concerts nationwide. She is the Artistic Director of Artists Lounge Live, writing and directing many of the company's offerings. artistsloungelive.com, angelaingersoll.com