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 ADAM PELTY, since childhood, has been a professional in the performing arts. His early experience encompassed everything from jingles for national television and radio commercials to work in feature films to leading roles in musicals. The son of Chicago celebrity Lee Pelty, Adam appeared in his fathers nightclub act throughout the 70s and 80s, while studying and performing as a featured soloist with Ruth Page's Chicago Ballet. He was formally trained at Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan and United States International University in San Diego and London, and also attended Purdue University, touring internationally as a soloist with the Purdue Glee Club. Adam's adult professional acting career has garnered him over fifty regional credits and has taken him on national and European tours as well as to Broadway, where he has appeared in Cyrano - The Musical, Steel Pier, A Christmas Carol, Joseph..., The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Titanic. He has worked with such greats as Susan Stroman, Frank Galati, Ann Reinking, Terrence McNally, Chita Rivera, Kander and Ebb, Frank Wildhorn, and Mike Ockrent, to name a few. As a choreographer, Adam has staged dances for film, television specials, and commercials. He created the choreography for the original Broadway production of The Scarlet Pimpernel as well as for Kenny Rogers in Christmas from the Heart at the Beacon Theatre. Adam is certified in fencing and stage combat by the British Society of Fight Directors, and teaches master classes in theatre art throughout the United States. From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Pelty served as Director of High School Musical Theatre at Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan, where he continues to serve as consultant and adjuct faculty. Recently he worked on Frank Wildhorn's new musical Waiting For The Moon and played Henry as well as created the choreography in Allan Knee's play Syncopation for Capital Rep in Albany, NY and Merrimack Rep outside of Boston. Adam lives in New York City with his ten-year-old son, Noah. www.adampelty.com |
 CATHY TRIEN began performing at age 9, booked her first commercial by age 10, and became a member of the First All Children's Theatre in association with Lincoln Center by age 11. She studied at the Performers Theatre Workshop (P.T.W) in New Jersey throughout middle and high school, and went on to become a staff member there, teaching voice, acting, and dancing, as well as private voice lessons out of her home. She has toured Europe as Annie in Annie Get Your Gun, played Sheila in The 25th Anniversary National Tour of Hair, and Marty in the National Tour of Grease. Off-Broadway she played Coco in Zombie Prom, and did The Great American Trailer Park Musical covering Jeannie and Betty. On Broadway she played Marty in Grease and performed in Gypsy, where she understudied Bernadette Peters. Regionally she has done over 30 shows, some being Beehive, Anything Goes, Godspell, and her favorite playing Patsy Cline in Always Patsy Cline at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Cathy has done television, film, voice overs, commercials and video games including being a regular in Disney's Honey I Shrunk the Kids the TV Series, Pootie Tang, and both the voice and motion capture for the character Mary-Jo in Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. She lives in New York where she continues to perform as well as coach, teach voice and raise her two beautiful children Cali and Keaton. |
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 TYLER HANES is an accomplished actor/singer/dancer from Atlanta, Georgia, who got his start in professional musical theater at the age of 17 when he was cast by Ann Reinking in the first national tour of the Tony Award Winning musical FOSSE. After attending Carnegie Mellon University, Tyler performed in several Broadway shows including OKLAHOMA!, URBAN COWBOY, THE BOY FROM OZ with Hugh Jackman, THE FROGS with Nathan Lane, SWEET CHARITY with Christina Applegate, as Link Larkin in HAIRSPRAY, and as Larry in the Original Revival Company on A CHORUS LINE. Off-Broadway, Tyler starred opposite Tony Award Winner Victoria Clark as her ill-fated son, Johnny Boyle, in Marc Blitzstein and Joseph Stein's JUNO. In Chicago, Tyler starred as Ren McCormick in FOOTLOOSE, a role that garnered him a nomination for the prestigious Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and recently starred as Chad in ALL SHOOK UP. Other theatrical favorites include Gabey in ON THE TOWN; Robert Martin in THE DROWSY CHAPERONE; Cliff Bradshaw in CABARET; Link Larkin in HAIRSPRAY; Jackie in THE STUDIO; Stephen Sondheim's Putting it Together. Tyler received the OUTTAKES Dallas Best Leading Actor Award at the OUTTAKES Dallas Film Festival for his work in the independent film IN THE BLOOD. His other Film/TV credits include 30 ROCK, PHOEBE IN WONDERLAND, ROSE, ONE LIFE TO LIVE, THE TONY AWARDS, THE ELLEN DEGENERAS SHOW, THE VIEW, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE, and THE TODAY SHOW. He can heard on the Broadway cast recordings of THE BOY FROM OZ, THE FROGS, SWEET CHARITY, and A CHORUS LINE. www.tylerhanes.com
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GARRETT TAYLOR began playing the piano at age 9. He quit lessons and decided to teach himself instead. He quickly began getting work as a pianist in local churches and theatre groups. While working toward his music degree at Millikin University in Illinois, he performed and worked in many shows including Guys and Dolls, Into the Woods, Jekyll and Hyde, and A Little Night Music. Here, Garrett won the MDSO Young Concerto Competition and received the prestigious Dr. Maria Klott Award for excellence in music and theatre. When not onstage or in the pit, he could be seen touring with the internationally acclaimed Millikin University Choir. Since moving to New York City, Garrett has worked alongside such wonderful performers as Sierra Boggess, Wayne Cilento, Paige Davis, Molly Ringwald, Carolann Page, Tony Nominee's Catherine Cox and Marla Schaffel, and many more. His Broadway credits include Wicked (keyboard) and he recently worked on the National Tour of Sweet Charity. Regionally, Garrett has performed in many shows including Chicago and A Little Night Music and has music directed over 17 shows. He has worked at Marymount College, NYU's Tisch and Cap 21 programs, The Manhattan School of Music and as a staff member at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA). He has been seen in concert and recital with the New York City Master Chorale, as a guest soloist at the National D.A.R. Convention at Washington D.C.'s Constitution Hall, with the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra and as a pianist and vocalist in the International La Musica Lirica Festival in Urbania, Italy. This fall, Garrett will be reprising his role of the Horse in George Plimpton's Animals Tales at the New York Musical Theatre Festival and will be headlining a Christmas concert with the Danville Symphony Orchestra. He resides in New York City with his soon-to-be wife, Lauren and their cat, Steinway. |
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KATE MULBERRY is a New York City based actress, originally from Rochester, NY. This is her fourth year with Summer Stars and she is thrilled to be back for another exciting summer! She attended the State University at Fredonia and graduated summa cum laude with a BFA in Musical Theatre and a minor in Dance in 2009. She was involved in the theatre department's Mainstage productions as well as the student run dance company Orchesis and the Performing Arts Company (PAC), and won numerous awards/scholarships while in attendance at Fredonia. Prior to attending college, Kate was involved with the Gatesinger Company Ltd. where she participated in musicals and musical revues since the age of 9. She also helped co-choreograph Honk Jr. at Sodus Middle school, and Suessical at Sodus High School. Last year, Kate was honored to be one of four girls chosen from Fredonia's music program to sing with the Western New York Chamber Orchestra in the Commencement Eve Pops concert. Since moving to New York in October, Kate played the role of Yumi in the NY premiere of Cartoon, which was performed at the National Comedy Theatre. She also was recently involved with the show Sex, Relationships, and Sometimes…Love, and is in the process of performing a featured role in the upcoming independent film How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song? Favorite roles include Pennywise in Urinetown, Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Yumi in Cartoon, a patient in Marat/Sade, and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abrdiged]. www.katemulberry.com |