The World Goes 'Round - Cast Bios and Photos
AMY BARKER* is thrilled to return to Foothills Theatre after appearing as Abby in last season's The Musical of Musicals, The Musical. Originally from Texas, Amy began her professional career as Aria D'Plum, an opera singing plum for Very Fine Fruit Juice. Favorite regional credits include Vicki Nichols in The Full Monty (Westchester Broadway), Forbidden Broadway (Gem/Century Theatres), A Little Night Music (Pittsburgh CLO), Nine (North Shore Music Theatre) and Beehive (Zachary Scott Theatre.) Insomniacs and sports fans may recognize Amy as the "young mom" from various TV commercials. Many thanks to Russell and Branch from "Tall" and much love to Mark. This one's for Joe.
A’LISA D. MILES* is thrilled to return to Foothills for her fourth show, having been seen in Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story, Beehive! and The Sunshine Boys with Dick Van Patten. Other credits include Pure Confidence (Caroline), Vineyard Playhouse; Buddy! Seven Angels Theater; The Flood (The River), Prospect Theater Company (NYC); Caroline, or Change (Washing Machine, Moon) SpeakEasy Stage, (Boston); Ain’t Misbehavin (Nell), Huntington Theatre and Trinity Rep; Beehive! Ogunquit Playhouse; A Christmas Carol (with Stacy Keach), Trinity Rep; Smokey Joe’s Café (BJ), Little Theatre of the Rockies (Colorado). She has been featured in jazz festivals around the world including the Phoenix Jazz Festival in Kobe, Japan and the Istanbul (Turkey) Jazz Festival. Ms. Miles is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and is on faculty there for the Summer Performance Program. Thanks for everything, Ms. Bradley!
REBEKAH JACOBS* is thrilled to return to Foothills after appearing in last season's The Musical of Musicals - The Musical! Broadway National Tours include Saturday Night Fever (Stephanie/Annette cover) and The Scarlet Pimpernel. Favorite Equity credits include South Pacific (Nellie), Seven Brides... (Milly), Smokey Joe's Cafe (Shimmy Girl), West Side Story (Anybodys), Into the Woods (Little Red), Evita (Mistress), Footloose (Dance Captain), Godspell (Robin), and Beehive! here at Foothills and at the Ogunquit Playhouse. Thanks to Russell, Branch and YOU for supporting live theatre!
ANDREW GIORDANO* happily returns to Foothills to reprise his role in The World Goes 'Round, which he did in Long Beach California with Adrianne Barbeau. At Foothills, he has been seen lurking in the audience as a Phantom in The Rocky Horror Show, as Magaldi in Evita, Fred in A Christmas Carol with Eddie Mekka and as Detective Inspector Hearne in Witness For The Prosecution. Andrew 
played Morito/The Husband/A CPA in the New England premier of Michael John LaChuisa's See What I Wanna See at the Lyric Stage Company in Boston. Other credits include, on Broadway in Sunset Boulevard, at Carnegie Hall in South Pacific starring Reba McIntyre, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Alec Baldwin and regionally as Bruce Granit in On the 20th Century opposite Alice Ripley, Tony Candolino opposite Leslie Uggams in Master Class, in Songs For A New World with composer Jason Robert Brown and Lauren Kennedy, Gigi And The Will Rogers Follies both at North Shore Music Theatre, Jinx in Forever Plaid at the Stuart Street Playhouse in Boston, as Paul in A Chorus Line at the Reagle Players and as Gaston in Beauty and The Beast. Andrew is an alumnus of Up With People and was trained at the Boston Conservatory. He is also the owner of corporate entertainment act Tenors Undercover (http://www.tenorsundercover.com).
JON PETERSON* returns to the Foothills stage after his amazing portrayal of George M. Cohan last season as well as his high-heeled rendition of Frank’n’Furter in The Rocky Horror Show. Other credits include: George M. Cohan Tonight (George M)-Irish Rep. NewYork-(2007 Connecticut Critics’ Circle Award, Outstanding Actor in a Musical, 2006 Drama Desk Award nominee, Best Solo Performance, 2006 Drama League Honoree). Broadway: Cabaret (Emcee), National Tour and Regional: The Rocky Horror Show (Frank‘n’Furter)-Foothills Theatre, Worcester, Cabaret (Emcee) –nominee National Broadway Theatre Award Best Actor in a Musical. A Chorus Line (Paul)- St. Louis MUNY. Off and Off-Off Broadway: Have A Heart (Henry), The George M. Cohan Revue (George)-Bistro Award Best Performer in a Revue. West End and UK National Tours: The Sound of Music, with Petula Clarke (Rolf), A Chorus Line (Paul), Dames at Sea (Lucky), She Loves Me (Bus Boy), Y (Revue),Sophisticated Ladies, Cavalcade (Joey), Whoop-Dee-Doo! (Revue),Cats (Skimbleshanks, then Mistofolees, then Skimbleshanks again…), On Your Toes, Blitz! (Georgie). Feature Film includes: Anna Ballerina, Mail Order Wife, Surviving Picasso, Chish ‘N’ Fips. Television includes: The Bill, Inmates, Out on Thursday. Cabaret and concert appearances with Ruthie Henshall, Michael Ball, Bonnie Langford, Stephen Brinberg, Chita Rivera, as well as his own shows, Comes Love…and Skidoo! Albums Jon appears on include The Johnny Mercer Jamboree, Skidoo! and George M. Cohan Tonight! www.jonpeterson.biz
BRANCH WOODMAN (Director / Choreographer / Costume Designer) grew up on stage and got his first taste of life “on the other side of the footlights” at 15 when he musically directed and choreographed a production of Peter Pan for a local children’s theatre. Since then, his directing/choreography/musical directing credits include the national tour of Big, the Musical for which he was Assistant Choreographer, Joseph….Dreamcoat and Honky Tonk Angels Holiday Spectacular for Sierra Rep, The Music Man, A Funny Thing Happened..., Into the Woods for Performance Riverside, The Fantasticks and Broadway, the Last Ten Years for Ozark Actors Theatre, Fiddler on the Roof, The Wonderful World of Christmas, and 20th Anniversary Jubilee for The Candlelight Pavilion where he also created 2 original productions starring Country singer Lisa Layne; Kickin’ Country and Kickin’ More Country. He has also helmed productions of The Sound of Music, The Boyfriend, The Wizard of Oz, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Camelot, Cinderella, Man of La Mancha, Side by Side by Sondheim, Mame, and Brigadoon. He spent several seasons directing/choreographing The Little Orchestra Society’s concert series at Lincoln Center and directed Amahl and the Night Visitors in New York City this past Christmas. He also has a lifetime of credits as a performer that range from Broadway to Dinner Theatre, from California to Massachusetts (including his recent appearance in Foothills Musical of Musicals, the Musical), and several recordings that include children’s musicals, gospel and traditional church music, and standards. Next up he’ll be in Skylight Opera Theatre’s White Christmas, wearing several hats as Assistant Choreographer, Dance Captain, and playing the Danny Kaye role!