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WINNER TAKE ALL

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Winner Take All
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ANNA EILINSFELD* (CATIE) is thrilled to be joining the cast of Winner Take All! Off-Broadway: I Come For Love (NYMF). Regional: Venice (Kansas City Repertory Theatre); Beehive (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Les Miserables (Marriott Lincolnshire); The Wizard of Oz (Drury Lane Oakbrook). Concerts and Readings: Kiss This (Barrington Theatre Company); Dangerous Beauty (American Music Theatre Project); In The Bubble (AMTP); The Wild Party (BC/EFA Benefit); Time After Time (AMTP). TV: Blue Bloods (CBS). Love and thanks to The Krasny Office, family, friends and Jarid.

JACQUELYN GRAHAM* (SALLY)
made her New York debut in the Negro Ensemble Company of Martin. Graham's previous credits include: Smokey Joes Cafe (BJ), Dream Girls (Effie), Jesus Christ Superstar (Mary Magdalene), Bee Hive (Aretha), Three Penny Opera (Mrs. Peachum), Mama I Want to Sing (Doris), Tartuffe (Mme Parnelle), Spunk (Blues Speak Woman) and Walt Disney World's Festival of the Lion King (Zawadi). She currently plays the role of Sally in Winner Take All, directed by John Carrafa. Graham has been mentored by Marion J. Caffey and she received formal dance training from Chuck Davis and the African-American Dance Ensemble. She was also one of 50 select students to participate in the inaugural Urban Bush Women Summer Dance Institute under the direction of Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. Graham earned her MFA in Theater from the University of Florida and, as a dedicated teaching artist; she now leads actor workshops for families of the Interfaith Hospitality Network.

TRENT ARMAND KENDALL* (NARRATOR) is originally from St. Louis Mo. and a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia (B.A. Theatre Performance) Theater credits include: My One And Only revival (Goodspeed Opera House)Dreamgirls, Is there Life After Highschool?, Dangerous Music by Tom Eyen & Henry Krieger, Greater Tuna, The Bar Off Melrose [Jupiter Theatre] Hair- 20th anniversary production [Hirschfeld Theatre], Big River (Jim- The Missouri Summer Repertory Theatre). Juba- a new musical [Off-B'way], Joseph...Dreamcoat starring Donny Osmond [revival/ Canadian Premiere] Ain't Misbehavin' (Ken) [The Fleetwood Stage Co.], Five Guys Named Moe (Eat Moe) [UK & European Tour, London's West End] A Handful of Keys ( London's West End), Smokey Joe's Cafe (Trent a.k.a. Adrian) [1st National Tour], Hey, Mr. Producer!(Principal)[London's West End], Children of Eden- American Premiere (Generations Soloist) [Paper Mill Playhouse], Nunsense- Amen! (Sister Mary Hubert)[Off-Broadway], The Wizard of Oz starring Mickey Rooney (Lion stand by) [1st National Tour, Broadway], Louie Louie (Louis Armstrong)[Cleveland Playhouse],UDU- a slave narrative (The Master) [BAM, Tour],] From My Hometown (Memphis)[ Milwaukee Repertory Theatre] Bat Boy the musical (Reverend Hightower, Mrs. Taylor) [Off-Broadway],Into The Woods-revival starring Vanessa Williams & John Mc Martin (The Steward, the Baker u/s ) [Broadway, Los Angeles] Diva Diaries the musical (Randee)[TBPAC], Fininan's Rainbow- starring John Collum [Irish Rep/ Hudson Theatre, Broadway], Heaven Knows (God) [Off-Broadway/ The York Theatre] How To Save The World and Find True Love In 90 mins. [ NY Fringe, NYMF] Hair- The Actor's Fund Gala Benefit, Purlie! [Broadway/Encores!] Ain't Misbehavin' (Ken) [Cape Playhouse], Happy Days the musical (Arnold) [pre-Broadway workshop],Sunfish- a new musical (The Blind Man) [NYU] Lil' Abner (Marryin' Sam) [Goodspeed Opera House], Shinbone Alley (Big Bill) [Off-Broadway/ Musicals Tonight!] The Color Purple (The Preacher, Pa/Ol' Mister cover) [1st National Tour, Kennedy Center], God's Trombones [Harlem Stage,2009- Picture Incomplete, a new musical! Starring Trent Armand Kendall (writer & star) [Off-Off Broadway, NY International Fringe Festival] Written works & Solo performances: Joyful Noel (North York Performing Arts Center, Toronto Ontoario, Canada], Louis & Ella a heavenly revue (The Triad Theatre] Just Take IT All Off [Third Eye Theatre Co reading series], Picture Incomplete... a new musical! starring Trent Armand Kendall [regional premiere, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Off-Off Broadway, Dallas Convention Centre, UMC and the NY International Fringe Festival 2010) Discography: Introducing Trent Kendall, So Much To Say (Dress Circle) Picture Incomplete.... - (LML Music/ Onemoe Music) available on iTunes. Several cast albums. Television/ Film:Law & Order SVU, Law & Order (NBC), The Pink Panther ,Five Guys Named Moe (PBS Broadcast) Hey, MR. Producer! (VCI, PBS) Strangers With Candy (Comedy Central) Big in '04 (VH1), True Dreams, B.L. Stryker, Pebble Mill, The Today Show, numerous commercials.

DARREN LORENZO* (IVORY) Darren Lorenzo's credits include Off Broadway of No Strings, and Classic M, European Tour of Hair, Fosse, Solid Gold Soul, Saturday Night at the Movies, National tours of Madagascar, Smokey Joes Cafe, 2nd National of Saturday Night Fever, A Mother's Prayer, What A Woman Would Do For Love, What the World Needs Now, Tony & Tina's Wedding, Showdown, Film: Across the Universe. Commercials: Nestea Ice Tea, and Coca-Cola. He is a B.A Graduate of Clark Atlanta University with a Mass Communication Major. He sends love from a divine energy to all.

KYLE LAMAR MITCHELL* (CHARDONNAY) graduated from Yale with a B.A. in African-American Literature, and was a member of the Yale Whiffenpoofs, the country's oldest collegiate a cappella singing group. His recent credits include: lead in the national tour of Four Score and Seven Years Ago (ArtsPower National Touring Theatre), Usher: A New Musical (FringeNYC), Man 1 in Gay Haiku, or Homos Succinctly (Strawberry One-Acts Festival) and Featured Soloist in Hot as Cole: Celebrating Yale in Musical Theater (Joe's Pub). Past favorite roles include: Jim Conley in Parade, Lion in The Wiz, Man 1 in A Thurber Carnival and Richie Walters in A Chorus Line. Off-stage, Kyle keeps busy with his songwriting and continuing work on his one-man show. Much love and many blessings go to all the friends and family who have supported his pursuit of the "impossible dream," most importantly to his Mom, whose unconditional love carries him from here to infinity and beyond.

KAT NEJAT* (BEAUJOLAIS) recently finished a successful off-broadway run as "spicy" Cleonice in Douglas Carter Beane and Lewis Flinn's hit show Lysistrata Jones with the Transport Group. On Broadway, she appeared in the recent revival of West Side Story (Fernanda) where she understudied and performed the roles of Maria and Anita many times! National Tours: Disney's High School Musical, Joseph..., and the 50th Anniversary Tour of West Side Story (Maria u/s). Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, 5th Avenue Theatre, Theatre of the Stars, Fulton Opera House, Theatre Under the Stars. Favorite TV: "Law & Order: SVU," "One Life to Live," "Dancing with the Stars," "Sondheim: The Birthday Concert," "PBS Great Performances: Dance in America," "The Tony Awards," QVC On-Air Spokesperson, and back-up vocalist for "Britain's Got Talent" winner Paul Potts on "The TODAY Show". Thrilled for her Fringe Festival debut, but even happier to be a newlywed! For B+G.

BRIAN CHARLES ROONEY* (DEVIL) Brian won the Connecticut Critics' Circle Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Warhol Superstar, Candy Darling in the world premiere of, "Pop!," at Yale Repertory Theater, co-starring Randy Harrison & Leslie Kritzer. He recently reprised the role in a workshop production at City Theatre in Pittsburgh, co-starring Anthony Rapp. In a performance that Entertainment Weekly said "ignited the stage," he made his Broadway debut as the fabled Lucy Brown in The Roundabout Theater Company's 2006 revival of "The Threepenny Opera." In 2008, The New York Musical Theater Festival honored him with the "Outstanding Performance Award" for his portrayal of comic pop-star Dionne Salon in the hit new musical "Bedbugs!!!" In Manhattan, he has performed in concert at The Zipper Theater & Joe's Pub, as well as in numerous plays & musicals, including as Piers Gaveston in "Edward the King" (Off-Broadway for The Barrow Group); Deacon Jones in "The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde" (NYMF). Other credits include: Tony in "West Side Story" (European Tour); Featured Soloist in "The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber" (North American Tour, co-starring Petula Clark); Homer in "Floyd Colling" (Actors' Playhouse, Miami; Carnbonell Award Nomination); the title role in "Bat Boy! The Musical" (Charleston Stage Co.); Younger Brother in "Ragtime" (White Plains Performing Arts Center); "The Student Prince" (Paper Mill Playhouse). In 2007, he was awarded the "Lys Symonette Award for Outstanding Dramatic Excellence" by the Kurt Weill Foundation, and has sung with the Seattle Symphony and Oregon Symphony Orchestras. www.briancharlesrooney.com

ZAKIYA YOUNG* (SCARLETT)
most recently performed alongside such luminaries as Leslie Uggams and Phyllis Newman in the Lyrics and Lyricists concert series Carried Away - A Celebration of Comden & Green at the 92nd Street Y. Prior to that, she played Miss California in the world premiere of the new musical Little Miss Sunshine at the La Jolla Playhouse. Young also starred as Lois Lane in It's a Bird, It's a Plane...It's Superman opposite Matt Cavenaugh and Patrick Cassidy at the Dallas Theater Center; she is the first black actress known to have played that iconic role in any Superman project. Young made her Broadway debut as a Mersister in the original company of The Little Mermaid and can be heard on the cast recording. Off-Broadway, she was Lois in Kiss Me Kate for Inside Broadway, Rara in The Happy Prince, the Voodoo Queen in Eliza and Julie in Cabin in the Sky for Musicals Tonight. Among her other regional theater work, she played Pitti Sing in The Mikado and Carrie in Carousel for the Depot Theatre. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor's degree in communication, she was cast in a Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera touring production of Casper, the Musical, starring Chita Rivera. Young was the female vocalist for the New Haven Symphony's "Americana" series featuring the songs of Harold Arlen, and she was a soloist with the Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. She also performed in a concert version of Stephen Schwartz's Children of Eden, starring Norm Lewis and Julia Murney, and she was one of the first "New Voices" in Scott Alan's "Monday Nights New Voices" series at the Duplex. Young can currently be seen in various television commercials. Her website is www.zakiyayoung.com. Jeremiah 29:11

JARED ZIRILLI* (RICKY)
is proud to be a part of this production! Broadway/tour: Fiyero cover in "Wicked" (1st national). Off broadway: Alan in "Rubber Room" with Artistic New Directions. Regional highlights include Radames in "Aida" (Drury Lane Chicago), Roger in "Rent" (regional premiere- Hangar Theatre), Giuseppe in "The Light In The Piazza" (Maine State Music Theatre), Matthew in "Altar Boyz" (DC Premiere- Bethesda Theatre) and Aladdin in "Aladdin: The Musical Spectacular (Disney Prods). BFA from Ithaca College. Thanks to the entire team for this experience! Love to the boys at Henderson Hogan. This is for mom, Justin, dad and ray, and grampa! http://JaredZirilli.com

*These Actors are appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association.

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