MIKI ABRAHAM

Lulu

They/she. Broadway: Shucked (OBC), Off-Broadway: A Sign Of The Times at New World Stages. National Tour: Once On This Island, and Beautiful. Beyond the stage they are the owner of Castle In The Sky Self-Esteem and Career Coaching, sharing joy and empowerment through transparency and tough love. They live by a life and business motto of “The most important story you will ever tell is the one you tell yourself about yourself” @mikiabraham_

TYLER JOSEPH ELLIS

Storyteller 2

Theatre: Passion (Boston Court Pasadena), She Loves Me (Actors Co-op). Film/TV: “That ‘90s Show” (Netflix), “The Sex Lives of College Girls” (HBO). You may recognize him from his comedy videos on TikTok and Instagram. Tyler is a graduate of the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Much love to CESD, Gersh, Select, and C12 Casting for this dream opportunity. Dedicated to his family, his friends, and his teachers. Also, Stephen Sondheim. @tylerjosephellis tylerjosephellis.com

MAYA LAGERSTAM

Storyteller 1

Off Broadway: The Gospel According to Heather (Theater 555), Fowl Play (AMT Theater) Regional: The Tattooed Lady (Philadelphia Theatre Co), Most Happy in Concert Directed by Daniel Fish (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Tempest & A Christmas Carol (Guthrie Theatre), RENT (Southern Plains Productions), The Wiz (Parallel 45) and the movie musical 1660 Vine directed by Patricia McGregor and choreographed by Paula Abdul. NY Audiences have seen Maya in concert at the Green Room 42, National Sawdust, and Feinstein's 54 Below. Originally from Illinois, Maya is a proud Interlochen Arts Academy/Camp alum and UMN/Guthrie BFA graduate. Thanks to Artists and Representatives, Ann Kelly, and her family :) @mayalagerstam

MIKE NAPPI

Peanut

An NYC-based actor/multi-instrumentalist, Mike was recently seen playing 34 characters with Nickelodeon's Marc Summers in Life & Slimes at New World Stages. NYC: Darling Grenadine (Roundabout Theatre Company, NAMT), Life & Slimes (New World Stages). Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed, Marriott Theatre, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Walnut Street Theatre, Rubicon Theatre Company, Bucks County Playhouse, Bloomington Playwrights Project, Nebraska Repertory, Seven Angels Theatre, Alleyway Theatre, Gretna Theatre, Maples Repertory, 11th Hour Theatre Company, Fairfield Theatre Company. As a composer/playwright, Mike is developing two new musicals, The World’s Cassette Library and Take Me Back To Yellowstone. He recently played trumpet in the Zumane Festival in Morocco with the Playing For Change Foundation alongside musicians from around the world. Shout out to this a-MAIZE-ing team! Let’s get SHUCKED! IG: mike_nappi

JAKE ODMARK

Beau

On Broadway, Jake originated the role of Mr. Hollister in PRETTY WOMAN, played Flash in SPIDERMAN, Harry in KINKY BOOTS, and most recently played Michael in Matthew Lopez’s Tony-Winning THE INHERITANCE. Originally from Arlington, VA, Jake originated the role of Davis in Paul Downs Colaizzo’s REALLY REALLY at his hometown’s Signature Theatre. A seasoned vocal director and choral clinician- he’s the co-founder and music director of NYC’s “Harmony Series.”

Outside of NYC, Jake last toured with THE PAJAMA GAME over 16 years ago. He’s thrilled to be back on the road, sharing as much love, joy, and laughter to the masses. @jakeodmark

QUINN VANANTWERP

Gordy

Quinn is thrilled to be back in the corn after having been an original cast member of Shucked on Broadway. He is best known as the longest running Bob Gaudio in Jersey Boys history with over 3000 performances with the Broadway, Touring, and Toronto Casts. Other credits include the Broadway company of The Play That Goes Wrong. TV/FILM: “Better Call Saul,” “The Affair,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Good Wife,” “FBI,” “I’m Dying Up Here,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Elementary,” “Shades of Blue,” “Nurse Jackie,” “The Following,” Four Christmases & Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Big thanks to the entire Shucked team & to BRS/GAGE | Follow @quinnvanantwerp

DANIELLE WADE

Maizy

Danielle is shucking thrilled to be here! Broadway/1st Nat’l: Mean Girls (Cady), The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy). TV: “Julia” (HBO), “Over The Rainbow” Winner (CBC). Select Credits: Jane Falbury in Summer Stock (Goodspeed), Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (Goodspeed), Marian Paroo in The Music Man (Stratford Festival). So much love to our whole team here and everyone in my corner at home, Ross and my sweet Husband, Will. @daniewade

ZAKIYA BAPTISTE

Ensemble

Thanking God for His continued blessings and mercy over my life. I'm grateful for my community that encourages me to be better in all that I do. National Tours include: 2nd National Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Violet), Nickelodeon’s Paw Patrol Live: The Great Pirate Adventure (original Major Goodway). 54 Below: Tina Turner Tribute, Women Who March (Soloist/Ensemble). Aiming to make a mark both onstage and offstage, follow @zakiya_baptiste and @kiyalocs to see this Black woman walk in purpose as an actor and natural hair care provider.

MACKENZIE BELL

Swing

Mackenzie is so happy to be on the shucking road with my husband and toddler in a show I love so much. Broadway: SUMMER, The Donna Summer Musical (OBC), Sunset Boulevard (ORC), Pippin. TV: “Inventing Anna” (Netflix), “Fosse/Verdon” (FX). 1st National Tours: Jersey Boys, Flashdance. Off-Bway/Regional: SUMMER (Giorgio, La Jolla Playhouse), Carrie (Original Off-Broadway Cast), Chasing Rainbows (Gale Sondergaard, Papermill Playhouse), Legally Blonde (Paulette u/s, MUNY), A Chorus Line (Val, MUNY), Chicago (Mona, MUNY), Moonshine (Savana, DTC), RENT (Maureen, Casa Mañana). BFA Elon. Proudly Lennon’s mom and Quinn’s wife. Thanks to HCKR, the whole Shucked team, and my first dance teacher, Mom. @mackthebell, mackenziebell.com

CARLY CAVIGLIA

Swing

Carly grew up on a farm in Visalia, CA and couldn’t be more excited to be part of this story. National Tour: Legally Blonde; Regional: The Rev, Gateway Playhouse, Arizona Broadway, Palace Theatre, Syracuse Stage. Proud Syracuse grad. Thanks to the Shucked & Kopel teams, ATB, Aggies, and her family. This one’s for you, Dad. @carlycaviglia

CECILY DIONNE DAVIS

Ensemble

Cecily gives honor to God who is the head of her life. Previously: Princess Fiona - Shrek The Musical National Tour. Atlanta, GA native! BFA Musical Theatre, Howard University (2023). Love to her family, friends, PMA and the Shucked team. She hopes her life continues to encourage others to never give up on their dreams, with God all things are possible! Instagram: @cecily.dionne

RYAN FITZGERALD

Ensemble

Ryan is thrilled to be joining the Cobb County family. Past credits: Stages St Louis, MUNY, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Bay Street, Flatrock Playhouse, Papermill Playhouse, Cape playhouse, The Arvada Center, The New Group. I love you Mom! @whoframedryanrabbit

SEAN CASEY FLANAGAN

Swing

Sean Casey Flanagan originally hails from Los Angeles and is ecstatic to join this hilarious show! Off-Broadway: Blood On My Mother’s Apron; National Tour: The Book of Mormon, Million Dollar Quartet; Regional: Newsies (WPPAC), (Director) The Wind In the Willows (Peterborough), New Media: “Unboxing” (Cincinnati Fringe), (Director) “Polite Ladiez.” Sean received his BA in Directing from California State University, Fullerton and is currently based out of NYC. Love to friends, family, Elton John’s Step Into Christmas, Humoresque (his violin), Ray (his microwave), and Corn-a-CobAnna (Rock)! www.seancaseyflanagan.com, @seancflanagan

JACKSON GOAD

Ensemble

Georgia-Born Jackson Goad is a 2024 graduate of Ithaca College's B.F.A. Musical Theater program, a N.A.S.M. Certified Personal Trainer and Nutritionist, and ecstatic to be on the First Broadway National Tour of Shucked. Much love to his parents Ellen and Stephen Goad, huge thanks to his agents at BRS/Gage, and feel free to check him out @jackson.goad or www.jacksongoad.com!

ERICK PINNICK

Grandpa, Ensemble

Erick Pinnick is thrilled to be a part of this hysterical musical! He was part of the first preview audience of Shucked when it opened on Broadway and was an instant champion of the show. He recently fulfilled a dream by playing the titular role in Sweeney Todd at Trinity Repertory Company. Other recent credits include Julian Marsh in 42nd Street and Tom Hawkins in The Prom. Mr. Pinnick has appeared in NYC in Susan Stroman’s A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden starring Frank Langella and in Roundabout Theatre Company’s The Tin Pan Alley Rag. He toured the US in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Sunset Boulevard starring Petula Clark, and throughout Europe as Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar. Other past credits include King Triton in The Little Mermaid, Curtis in Dreamgirls, Doc Gibbs in Our Town, Tin Man in The Wiz, Mitch in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol. TV credits include “EVIL,” “The Blacklist” and “The Good Fight.” He can be heard on the album Lost Broadway and More – Volume 6 by Jerome Kern. Mr. Pinnick is a graduate of James Madison University and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Nick Raynor

Swing

Nick Raynor is shucking euphoric to join the 1st National Tour of Shucked! Off-Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish. International Tour: West Side Story. National Tours: The Producers, A Chorus Line, Guys and Dolls. Regional: The MUNY, Paper Mill Playhouse, The Phoenix Theatre Company, Gateway Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, Ivoryton Playhouse. Thank you to his wondrous family, friends, and UIA Talent Agency! @thenickrayray!

CELESTE ROSE

Ensemble

Celeste Rose is so shucking excited to be here! Off Broadway: We Are The Tigers, Unexpected Joy. Select Regional: Frozen (Anna, NSMT), Passing Through (Karie, Goodspeed Musicals), The Prom (Emma, Pioneer Theatre), Freaky Friday (Ellie, Lyric Theatre Of Oklahoma), Sister Act (Sister Mary Robert, Ogunquit Playhouse), Bernice Bobs Her Hair (Bernice, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma). Love and thanks always to my family. BFA Ithaca College. Follow along: @_Celeste_Rose CelesteRose.com

Kyle Sherman

Ensemble

National Tour: Girl From The North Country. Off-Broadway: The Connector (MCC Theater), Ordinary Days (Keen Company), The Jury (TNNY). Select Regional: The Brat Pack (For the Record), The Enlightenment Of Percival Von Schmootz (Adirondack Theater Festival). V/O: “The Only Podcast Left” (Netflix). Cornfields of love and acres of appreciation to my family, my friends, and The Mine. @kshermanatorr

CHANI WERELEY

Ensemble

She/they. Regional: Soft Power, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods (Signature Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors (Ford’s Theatre), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Olney Theatre), Love’s Labor’s Lost (Folger Theatre), Spring Awakening (Round House Theatre). Much love and thanks to my incredible friends and family! @chaniwereley

Robert Horn

Book

Winner of the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards, his theater credits also include Tootsie, 13 The Musical, Moonshine The Musical, Hercules, Lone Star Love, and Dame Edna: Back With A Vengeance. He’s written, created, and/or produced such iconic series as “Designing Women,” “Living Single,” “High Society,” and “Partners,” has had overall production deals at Warner Brothers, Sony, and ABC Studios, and has written and/or produced over a dozen network pilots, some of which including “Car Wash” produced with Will Packer, “The Jenni Rivera Show” with Jenni Rivera, “Sunnyland” with Jennifer Hudson, “Left Of Center” produced with Gail Berman, and “Football Book Club” with NFL star Malcolm Mitchell. He has also written such large scale events as “Bette Midler’s Divine Intervention” tour and the BBC’s “RuPaul Christmas Special.” His films credits include 13 The Musical on Netflix, the juggernaut franchise Teen Beach Movie, Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure, Disney’s animated Wildlife, and the seen by no one ever film Good Advice. He lives by the comedic motto: Always leave them wanting

Brandy Clark

Music & Lyrics

A ten-time Grammy® nominee and CMA Awards “Song of the Year” recipient, Clark is one of her generation’s most respected and celebrated songwriters and musicians. Her songs include Kacey Musgraves’ “Follow Your Arrow,” Miranda Lambert’s “Mama’s Broken Heart,” The Band Perry’s “Better Dig Two,” and Hailey Whitter’s “Ten Year Town.” She has most recently penned songs with and is a featured artist on Ashley McBryde’s critically acclaimed “Lindeville” project. Her past three solo albums – 2020’s Your Life is a Record, 2016’s Big Day in a Small Town, and 2013’s 12 Stories – each garnered immense critical acclaim landing on “Best of the Year” lists at New York Magazine, Billboard, NPR Music, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Stereogum, etc. NPR Music calls her, “a storyteller of the highest caliber,” Rolling Stone asserts, “a country visionary…the consolation of a beautiful voice delivering a well-built song, cold truth rising from it like fog off dry ice,” while Slate declares, “one of the greatest living short-story-songwriters in country (which really means in any genre)” and The New Yorker praises, “No one is writing better country songs than Brandy Clark is.”

Shane McAnally

Music & Lyrics

has written 48 number one songs, won three Grammy® Awards, and been named the Academy of Country Music’s Songwriter of the year twice. In 2022, Shane became the most nominated songwriter in CMA history. He has written songs for John Legend, Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, George Strait, Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Halsey, Gwen Stefani, the Jonas Brothers, Reba, and countless others. As a producer, Shane has worked with superstars like Kacey Musgraves, Dolly Parton, Kelly Clarkson, Willie Nelson, Sam Hunt, Walker Hayes, Kelsea Ballerini, and Carly Pearce. In 2012, McAnally founded SMACKsongs publishing, whose songwriters and artists have collectively written over 70 #1 songs, and SMACK management which was responsible for the meteoric rise of Walker Hayes in 2021 and the record-breaking single “Fancy Like.” In addition, Shane is the co-president and co-owner of Monument Records (a partnership with Sony Records), and also starred for two seasons on NBC’s “Songland” alongside Ryan Tedder and Ester Dean. Shane and his husband, Michael McAnally Baum, live in Nashville with their 9-year-old twins, Dash and Dylan.

Jack O’Brien

Director

has won three Tony Awards® for his direction of Hairspray, Henry IV, and The Coast of Utopia. His other recent Broadway credits include Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, Carousel, The Front Page, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, It’s Only a Play, Macbeth, The Nance, Dead Accounts, Catch Me If You Can, Impressionism, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nomination), Imaginary Friends, The Invention of Love (Tony nomination and Drama Desk winner), The Full Monty (Tony nomination), More to Love, Getting Away with Murder, The Little Foxes, Damn Yankees, Two Shakespearean Actors (Tony nomination), and Porgy and Bess (Tony nomination). Off-Broadway credits include Tom Stoppard’s The Hard Problem, Pride’s Crossing, and Hapgood (Lucille Lortel Award). Other productions include Il Trittico at the Metropolitan Opera, Guys and Dolls at Carnegie Hall, Much Ado About Nothing for the Public’s Shakespeare in the Park, Love Never Dies, and Hairspray (Olivier nomination) in London, which saw a revival at the Coliseum in London last summer. O’Brien was the Artistic Director of the Old Globe Theatre from 1981 till 2007. He has directed six programs for PBS’s “American Playhouse.” His book, Jack Be Nimble, is published by Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux and the second volume, Jack in the Box: or, How to Goddamn Direct, will also be published by FSG.

Sarah O’Gleby

Choreographer

Credits include: Almost Famous (Broadway), Tony’s Opening Numbers 2022 (Radio City), The Wanderer (Paper Mill Playhouse), Mythic (Charing Cross, London), High Button Shoes (City Center Encores!). O’Gleby is Resident Choreographer for “Saturday Night Live” and “The Tonight Show” (NBC). Sarah also creates unique one-off events for Hermes, Robin Hood Foundation, Target, Rose Bowl (NBC), Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC), “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (NBC), “The View” (NBC), and “The Kennedy Center Honors” (CBS).

Jason Howland

Music Supervision, Orchestrations, and Arrangements

Tony-nominated composer of Broadway’s Paradise Square and Little Women. Musical supervisor/director, arranger, and conductor on Broadway for more than 25 years: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Grammy® Award), Bonnie & Clyde, Wonderland, Jekyll & Hyde, Les Misérables, Taboo, Spider-Man, Scarlet Pimpernel, and The Civil War. Proud parent of Noah and Nina.

Scott Pask

Scenic Designer

has designed over 50 Broadway productions, receiving Tony Awards® for The Book of Mormon, The Coast of Utopia, and The Pillowman. Recently: American Buffalo (Tony nomination), Mr. Saturday Night, The Prom, The Band’s Visit (Tony nomination), Mean Girls (Tony nomination), Waitress, Airline Highway, The Visit, Blackbird, Pippin (Tony nomination), I’ll Eat You Last, An Act of God, Something Rotten!, Hair, Pal Joey (Tony nomination), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Tony nomination), Promises Promises, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, A Steady Rain, Take Me Out, Nine, and Urinetown. For Netflix, he has designed Hasan Minhaj’s “The King’s Jester;” “Oh, Hello!,” and “John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous.” Also, Cirque du Soliel’s Amaluna. IG @scottpaskstudio

Tilly Grimes

Costume Designer

is an Irish/Greek theater, opera, and film designer based in New York. Awards and nominations: the Balsamo Grant for Emerging Immigrant Artists, the Irish Arts Design Award, Irish Times Theater Award nomination, the Onstage Critics Award, along with multiple Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk nominations. NYC: Roundabout, BAM, MTC, MCC, Playwrights Horizons, Atlantic, Ars Nova, Red Bull, Cherry Lane, the Pearl, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, and La Mama Theater. USA: ART, Berkeley Rep, the Alley, Goodspeed Opera, OSF, the Wilma, Washington Shakes, Two River, Trinity Rep, Williamstown Theater Festival, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, Woolly Mammoth, and Westport Playhouse. tillygrimes.com. IG: @MissTGrimes

Japhy Weideman

Lighting Designer

has been nominated for five Tony Awards® for lighting design. His notable Broadway credits include Dear Evan Hansen, The Visit, The Nance, Of Mice and Men, Airline Highway, Lobby Hero, Bright Star, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sylvia, The Snow Geese, Old Times, Macbeth, Cyrano de Bergerac, Significant Other, and Marvin’s Room. Off-Broadway: Lincoln Center Theater, the Public – NYSF, NYTW, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, MTC, MCC, LAByrinth, the Vineyard, Ma-Yi, and others. On the West End he designed lighting for Dear Evan Hansen (Noël Coward), A Nice Fish (Harold Pinter Theatre), and Blackbird (Albery Theatre). Recent: The Piano Lesson on Broadway and Hasan Minhaj’s “The King’s Jester” for Netflix and Radio City Music Hall.

John Shivers

Sound Designer

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Worldwide), Pretty Woman, Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, Kinky Boots (2013 Tony Award® recipient), Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Bonnie & Clyde, Sister Act, 9 to 5, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, and Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays. International: Wicked, Spirit of Life, The Secret, Das Wunder Von Bern, The Lion King. Regional: The Muny 2015 – Present, Trading Places, Afterwords, The Wanderer, Becoming Nancy, 42nd Street, The Heart of Rock and Roll, Harmony, The Nutty Professor, Tales of the City, Emma, Robin and the Seven Hoods. Associate credits: The Lion King, Mary Poppins, The Producers, Hairspray, Aida, Titanic, How to Succeed in Business… ’95, The Who’s Tommy, Guys and Dolls, and The Buddy Holly Story. Other credits include: Savion Glover, Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach, Gregory Hines, and Electric Lady Studios.

Mia Neal

Hair and Wig Designer

is a highly-praised hairstylist and wig designer for film, television, and theater, who made history alongside collaborator Jamika Wilson as the first Black nominees and winners in the Best Hair and Makeup category at the Academy Awards®. Credits also include Uncut Gems, The Humans, Tyler Perry’s A Jazzman’s Blues, “Pose,” and “Annie Live!,” for which she won an Emmy®. Graduate, the Juilliard School Professional Internship Program for Wigs and Makeup.