Ravinia 2022, Issue 5

TODD ROSENBERG (ROBERTS) JORDAN DONICA, vocalist Jordan Donica most recently starred as Jor- dan Chase in the CW’s Charmed , and the Indianapolis native also guest starred in the procedural drama Blue Bloods . On stage, he appeared as Freddy Eynsford-Hill in the orig- inal cast of the Tony-nominated 2018 Broad- way revival of My Fair Lady , and he also starred as Marquis de Lafayette and Thom- as Jefferson in the first Los Angeles and San Francisco companies of Hamilton . Donica recently rejoined the cast of the historically long-running production of The Phantom of the Opera as Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny, which was the vehicle of his Broadway debut in 2016, and he has also portrayed Rapunzel’s Prince in Into the Woods with City Center Encores!. A 2016 graduate of Otterbein Uni- versity, where he earned a BFA in musical theater, Donica has also been a featured con- cert soloist with the Pasadena and Indianap- olis Symphonies, at the Washington National Opera gala at the Kennedy Center, and in the Lincoln Center Theater’s gala production of Camelot , starring as Sir Lancelot oppo- site Lin-Manuel Miranda. Donica’s regional theater credits include the title role of Jesus Christ Superstar (Weathervane Playhouse), Ensemble in South Pacific (Utah Shakespeare Festival), Featured Performer in The Green- show (USF), Captain/Hennessy in Dames at Sea (Otterbein Summer Theatre), and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Noblesville Shakespeare in the Park, winning the 2013 Indianapolis Mitty Most Impressive Actor Award). An ambassador for The Innocence Project, he directed a gala performance of Exonerated at Northwestern University for the Center on Wrongful Convictions, featuring Harry Lennix and Katrina Lenk. Donica appeared in Coda: An Independent Film by Abe Purvis and was featured at the American Songbook Hall of Fame celebration at the invitation of Michael Feinstein. Jordan Donica is making his Ravinia and Chicago Symphony Orches- tra debuts. MATT DOYLE, vocalist Matt Doyle has just wrapped starring as Ja- mie in the acclaimed Broadway revival of Sondheim’s Company , which presented the gender-flipped production that opened in London’s West End in 2018, having recent- ly starred in the world premiere of the Huey Lewis musical The Heart of Rock & Roll at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego. His previous Broadway credits include Hanschen in Spring Awakening , Billy Narracott (and understudy- ing Albert Narracott) in War Horse , Hugo Peabody and the TV Quartet in Bye Bye Bird- ie , and Elder Price in The Book of Mormon . In the national tour of Spring Awakening , he took up the role of Melchior. Off-Broadway, Doyle has appeared as Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd , Georgie in A Clockwork Orange , Trey Swieskowski in Brooklynite , and the title role of Jasper in Deadland , which he reprised at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in Seattle. His regional credits also include Tony in West Side Story at Paper Mill Playhouse (New Jersey) and Jordy Jr. in Giant at Dallas Theater Center. On screen, Doyle has a recurring role on Gossip Girl as Jonathan, and he has also appeared on episodes of The Code and Private Romeo . In concert, he has performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops as well as with or- chestras across the United States, and his solo show has earned popular acclaim across New York City. He also appears on the studio re- cording of Bare: A Pop Opera starring as Peter Simonds and has a solo album, Uncontrolled . Matt Doyle made his Ravinia and Chicago Symphony Orchestra debuts last summer. CAROUSEL STAGE 1:00 PM SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2022 JUSTIN ROBERTS & THE NOT READY FOR NAPTIME PLAYERS NOON–12:45 PM Visit the KidsLawn at the north corner of the park (see map inside the back cover) for family fun with interactive, large-scale percussion instruments and more activites, including a performance by LAURA DOHERTY RAVINIA MAGAZINE • AUGUST 15 – AUGUST 28, 2022 32