Meet the Cast
Emily Ash ( La Fille De La Ville / Ensemble / Featured Dancer ) Emily is so excited to be performing again with Theatre Cedar Rapids ! She was most recently seen on the TCR stage in Carrie : The Musical . Earlier shows include Catch Me If You Can with City Circle Theatre Company , The Rocky Horror Show with RHCR , and Something Rotten !, Rock of Ages , and Mamma Mia ! with TCR . She would like to thank her parents , brother Austin , and her friends for their unconditional love and support . She dedicates each performance to her Grandma Alice who had a great love of music and the arts .
Wolfgang Amadeus Borchardt ( The Beast / Prince Adam ) Amadeus could not wait to drop right back into another show at TCR . He was most recently seen at TCR in Carrie : The Musical ( Billy Nolen ), Something Rotten !, Rock of Ages ( Drew Boley ), SpongeBob and Cabaret . Also with RHCR performing The Rocky Horror Show ( Riff Raff ). And recently in Spring Awakening ( Malchior Gabor ) with City Circle theater company . He also , as always , wants to thank all his castmates , crew , pit , and production team for all the hard work they do . And thanks to all his family and friends for supporting him to continue through the arts , especially Shay .
Andrew Bryant ( Ensemble ) Andrew is excited to be a part of his first show at TCR ! One favorite past role was in Godspell ( Judas ) at Giving Tree Theatre . Andrew would like to thank the cast and crew for being incredibly welcoming and supportive !
Brandon Burkhardt ( Gaston ) Brandon is thrilled to perform again with TCR , where his previous shows include Carrie : The Musical ( Tommy ), Something Rotten ! ( Nick Bottom ), Wizard of Oz ( Tin Man ), Meet Me in St . Louis ( Lon ), The Sound of Music ( Rolf ), Cinderella ( Prince ), Newsies ( Race ), Mamma Mia , SpongeBob , and in A Little Night Music ( Henrik ), Bright Star ( Billy Cane ), and Light in the Piazza ( Giuseppe ) at Brucemore . Other roles include Titanic ( Charles Clarke / Stevedore ), Honk ! ( Greylag ) with Revival ; a soloist in An Evening of Rodgers and Hammerstein with Revival / Brucemorchestra ; Something Rotten ! ( Nick ), HMS Pinafore ( Captain Corcoran ) and Sunday in the Park …( Soldier ) with UI Theatre ; and Camelot ( Lancelot ), Beauty and the Beast ( Beast ), and Side Show ( Terry ) with City Circle . Thanks to everyone at TCR ! Love you all !
Karissa Burkhardt ( Babette / Ensemble / Featured Dancer )
Karissa loves TCR and has performed in Meet Me in St . Louis ( Esther ), Cabaret ( Frenchie ), A Little Night Music ( Mrs . Anderssen ) ( Brucemore ), and was a Featured Dancer / Ensemble / Dance Captain in Carrie : The Musical , The Light in the Piazza , Something Rotten !, Wizard of Oz , Mamma Mia , Cinderella , and SpongeBob ; Catch Me If You Can , Legally Blonde , Camelot ,
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