Lyric Opera 2019-2020 Issue 7 The Light in the Piazza

Lyric Opera House | 22 MATTHEWWOODYATT THE PRIEST Matthew Woodyatt’s theater credits include Doctor Zhivago (Cadogan Hall), the Priest in The Light in the Piazza (Royal Festival Hall, LA Opera), The Assassination of Katie Hopkins (Theatr Clwyd), The Invisible Man (Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch), Fiddler on the Roof (Chichester Festival Theatre), Moving Stories, Much Ado About Nothing and the original cast of War Horse (National Theatre), One Man, Two Guv’nors (Theatre Royal Haymarket, UK and international tour), Silly Kings and The Passion (National Theatre Wales), Privates on Parade (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Birmingham Rep), Hamlet (Stafford Festival), Mack & Mabel (Criterion Theatre, UK tour and Watermill Theatre). Film includes A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life and The Gospel of Us. Television includes Grandpa in My Pocket, The Passion – It Has Begun and Arrows of Desire. RHONAMCGREGOR TOUR GUIDE Rhona McGregor’s theater credits include The Light in the Piazza (Royal Festival Hall, LA Opera), Flowers for Mrs. Harris (Chichester Festival Theatre), Moonfleet (Salisbury Playhouse), The Addams Family (original UK cast), Oliver! (Watermill Theatre), Saturday Night Fever (UK tour, Frankfurt), Grease (Slovenia), Legally Blonde: The Musical (original UK tour), Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace), The Pirates Of Penzance (Kilworth House Theatre), Chess (Oslo Spektrum), Beauty and the Beast (New Wolsey Theatre). Television includes Tonight at the Palladium and Harbour Lights. DARILYN BURTLEY Darilyn Burtley has been singing since before she could talk. As part of a traveling gospel girl group, she and her older sisters were performing professionally by the age of eight. Darilyn attended Columbia College majoring in musical theater and during her second semester of freshman year, booked her first equity principal role as Michelle in Dreamgirls. After a few years of focusing on commercials, film/television acting, and print modeling, Darilyn returned for her first love of theater at the Lyric Opera of Chicago premiere of Jesus Christ Superstar. Since then, some of her roles include Trisha in The Last Session (Refuge Theater), Squeak in The Color Purple (Definition Theater), Kiara Suggs (Chicago PD), Alexis (Blood, Sweat, and Heels), and a number of commercial advertisements. Now represented but Gray Talent Group, Darilyn is thrilled to be returning to the Lyric Opera stage for the second time. JORDAN CASTLE Jordan Castle’s theater crudits include The Light in the Piazza (Royal Festival Hall, LA Opera), walking understudy Old Deuteronomy and Gus/Bustopher Jones in Cats (2016-18 international tour), Tevin in 21 Chump Street by Lin-Manuel Miranda (European premiere). Television credits include Grand Designs (Channel 4), Ladbrokes. Workshops include 42 Balloons (The Other Palace) in Travels With My Aunt (Chichester Festival Theatre), Munkustrap in Cats (RCCL), Thalia in Xanadu (Southwark Playhouse), understudy Doctor, Rudolpho and Escapologist in Matilda (Cambridge Theatre/RSC), Princeton/Rod in Avenue Q (Seoul), understudy Noah in Oliver! (UK tour), Avenue Q (UK tour), understudy Pepper in Mamma Mia! (Prince of Wales). Television: Galavant. MAX J. CERVANTES Max J. Cervantes was born in Berwyn, IL and received training from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Theater credits include The Christians (Off-Broadway at Playwright Horizons), On Brand! (54 Below), Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever (Interlakes), Queen of the Mist (Firebrand), Hello Again (Theo Ubique), Hands on a Hard Body (Refuge). Artistic team member at BAM theatre. Rep’d by Shirley Hamilton Talent. Love forever to his family and Jeremiah. ww.maxjoelcervantes.com NICHOLAS DUNCAN Nicholas Duncan’s theater credits include Light in the Piazza (Royal Festival Hall, LA Opera), Jim and understudy Bob Wallace in White Christmas (Curve, Leicester), My Fair Lady (Teatro San Carlo), Son and understudy Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof and understudy Henry in Travels With My Aunt (Chichester Festival Theatre), Munkustrap in Cats (RCCL), Thalia in Xanadu (Southwark Playhouse), understudy Doctor, Rudolpho and Escapologist in Matilda (Cambridge Theatre/ RSC), Princeton/Rod in Avenue Q (Seoul), understudy Noah in Oliver! (UK tour), Avenue Q (UK tour), understudy Pepper in Mamma Mia! (Prince of Wales). Television: Galavant.