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Orchestra and has performed with many
symphonies across North America, including the National Symphony Orchestra
at the Kennedy Center. He made his
Broadway debut in Sweeney Todd, where
he was seen as Anthony. Other Broadway
and national tour credits include Cyrano:
The Musical, Camelot with Robert Goulet,
Herman in The Most Happy Fella and
Kander and Ebb’s The World Goes Round.
He is very excited about his latest venture
called The Phat Pack. Visit phatpackshow.
com for more information.
Nikki Renée
Daniels
Nikki Renée Daniels
was most recently seen
on Broadway singing
“Summertime” as Clara in the 2012 Tony
Award-winning revival of the Gershwins’
Porgy and Bess. Other Broadway credits
include Les Misérables (Fantine); Nine
(Renata); Aida (Nehebka); Little Shop of
Horrors; The Look of Love; Promises, Promises; Anything Goes and Lestat. She made
her New York City Opera debut as Clara
in Porgy and Bess. Recently, Ms. Daniels
played the featured role of Tracy in the
Radio City Christmas Spectacular at
Radio City Music Hall, and was featured
as a nun in the live NBC presentation
of The Sound of Music. Regional theater
credits include Ray Charles Live! (Della
B.) at Pasadena Playhouse; Anything Goes
(Hope) at Williamstown Theatre Festival;
Beauty and the Beast (Belle) at Sacramento
Music Circus, American Musical Theater
of San Jose and North Shore Music
Theater; Ragtime (Sarah) at North Shore
Music Theatre; Aida (Aida) and Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
(Narrator) at ArtPark and Dorian (Celia)
at the Denver Center. Film and television
credits include The Other Woman and
“Chappelle’s Show.” She has performed as
a soloist with the San Francisco Symphony
Orchestra, Cincinnati Pops, Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, New York Pops, Naples
Symphony Orchestra and at Carnegie
Hall. Her debut CD, Home, is available
on iTunes and CDBaby.com. Please visit
nikkireneedaniels.com for more.
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Ron Remke
Ron Remke was a
featured soloist with
the renowned 12
Irish Tenors and is a
guest artist with symphonies throughout the United States. He is also a
sought after performer on the high seas
and has had the privilege of visiting over
70 countries while performing on board
the Silver Spirit and the Regent Voyager
as their production singer. Select credits
include Lead Tenor in The Producers (Westchester Broadway Theater,
Pioneer Theater), Hugo in Aspects of
Love, Captain Tarnitz in The Student
Prince (Media Theater), Dance Captain
of Kiss Me, Kate (U.S. national tour)
and appearances at The Fulton Opera
House, Marriott Lincolnshire, The
Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Struther’s
Library Theater and Cortland Repertory among others. He has also worked
with “Sesame Street” and Nickelodeon
as a voice-over character artist and is
the voice of Juan in Sonia Monzano’s
“No Dog Allowed!” Most recently,
Mr. Remke was with the Indianapolis
Symphony Orchestra and their annual
Christmas spectacular, Yuletide! His
full symphonic CD entitled Broadway
Classics is available on iTunes and on his
website, www.ronremke.com.
Kirsten Scott
Kirsten Scott was
last seen on Broadway as Jenny Hill
in the musical Big
Fish, directed by Susan Stroman. Other
Broadway credits include Young Phyllis
in the 2012 revival of Follies and Hairspray. Off-Broadway/regional: Big Fish
(Chicago Oriental Theater), Follies (Kennedy Center/Ahmanson), Marvelous
Wonderettes (Westside Theater), Grease
(Sacramento Music Circus), Chaplin (La
Jolla Playhouse), Minsky’s (Ahmanson),
Curtains (Pittsburgh CLO), Thoroughly
Modern Millie. Television: “All My
Children” and the “Steve Harvey Show.”
Kirsten is a graduate of the Drama
School at Carnegie Mellon University.
Dancers
Anne Beck
Anne Beck spent 14
years performing on
Broadway, touring
in national tours and
performing with regional theaters across
the country. Now residing in Indianapolis,
Anne performs, directs, teaches and choreographs locally as well as across the U.S.,
Canada and abroad. She’s performed in
musicals with the Indianapolis Symphony
including Hairspray in Concert with John
Waters and Micky Dolenz, Hello Dolly!
with Gary Beach and Sandi Patty and Guys
and Dolls with Hal Linden. Other credits
include: Saturday Night Fever (original
Broadway cast), The Who’s Tommy (Sally
Simpson), Cats (Bombalurina), A Chorus
Line (Cassie) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
with Barbara Eden.
Danny Kingston
Danny Kingston appeared in the premiere
of On Broadway with
Kander and Ebb with
the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
Other ISO credits include: A Yuletide
Celebration (2010-2013), Hello Dolly! in
Concert starring Sandi Patty and Gary
Beach, and Hairspray in Concert starring
John Waters and Beth Leavel. Indiana
credits include: 9 to 5 (Beef and Boards)
and Spring Awakening (Phoenix Theatre),
among others. He studied at the American
Musical and Dramatics Academy in New
York City.
Amy Owens
Amy Owens’ credits include: Super
Bowl 2012 featuring
Madonna and Donn
Arden’s Jubilee! (Las Vegas). Regional: Ragtime, Dreamgirls (Michelle Morris), Chicago (Annie, Kitty), Cabaret (LuLu) and
the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s
productions of Hello, Dolly! in Concert,
Guys and Dolls, Pops Goes Vegas and A
Yuletide Celebration. Amy was on the
national tour of Monty Python’s Spamalot
in 2013 and spent five holiday seasons as