FORREST McCLENDON
Forrest is a 2011 TONY AWARD NOMINEE for his performance as Mr. Tambo in THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS, which was his Broadway debut and a role he first created at the Vineyard and Guthrie theaters. Other New York credits include Ethereal in Howard B. Simon's JAMES BALDWIN: A SOUL ON FIRE (New Federal Theatre) and the title role in Lonnie Carter's LEMUEL (La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club). Regional roles include The Foundling Father in Suzan-Lori Parks' THE AMERICA PLAY (Zachary Scott Theatre, 2000 B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play); Street Singer in THE THREEPENNY OPERA (Wilma Theater, 1998 Barrymore Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical. Forrest has appeared at many Philadelphia area theaters in diverse plays from Shakespeare to Soyinka, and he received the 2009 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical as Roscoe in AVENUE X at the 11th Hour Theatre Company. He has enjoyed working on new plays at New Dramatists and PlayPenn including: THE LOST BOYS OF SUDAN by Lonnie Carter; THE OVERWHELMING by J. T. Rogers; DAY OF THE PICNIC by Russell Davis. Forrest is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Ira Brind School of Theater at the University of the Arts and an Artist-in-Residence in the Boyer College of Music at Temple University. Forrest is a graduate of the University of Connecticut.

PAUL NIEBANCK
This fall, Paul will be seen in the upcoming Lincoln Center Theater Production of BLOOD AND GIFTS directed by Bartlett Sher. Other credits include Broadway: IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY; Partial NY Theater: SHOCKHEADED PETER, SUCH THINGS ONLY HAPPEN IN BOOKS (Keen Company), LEAVING QUEENS (Women's Project/Portland Stage), THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY (Red Bull Theater), THE SEAGULL ( Second Stage), THE AMERICAN CLOCK (Signature Theater Company), COORIOLANUS (TFNA/BAM). Paul has performed regionally at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, O'Neill Playwrights Conference, Huntington Theatre Co., Arena Stage, Yale Rep to name a few. Film & TV: "As the World Turns", "Burn Notice", "Gossip Girl", "One Life to Live".

KARINE PLANTADIT
Karine received a TONY Award, Astaire Award and Drama League Award nominations for her role in COME FLY AWAY on Broadway. She recently played Kate at the Wynn Casino in Las Vegas in SINATRA COME DANCE WITH ME. She was raised in Cameroon and received her ballet training in West Africa. As a teenager, she studied at the Rosella Hightower Dance Center in the south of France. At 16, Karine saw the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater perform in Paris and the experience set the course for her professional life. After receiving a scholarship to study at the Alvin Ailey American Center in NYC, she danced as a soloist with the Ailey company for seven years. Other Broadway shows: MOVIN' OUT (Brenda/Jessica); THE LION KING (The Cheetah/Lioness); SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (Shirley Charles). Television: "Sex and the City", "Starved", guest star on "So You Think You Can Dance". Film: Frida (Josephine Baker), Stay, Chicago, and Julie Taymor's Across the Universe. Commercials: EBay, American Express, Visa, Subway, LensCrafters, McDonalds. Concert/Cabaret: La Voix (one-woman show based on J. Cocteau's " La Voix Humaine" directed by John Selya); cabaret act portraying Josephine Baker at The Museum of the City of NY; Carnegie Hall tribute to Frank Sinatra.