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MYKAL KILGORE
Mykal Kilgore was most
recently seen in
Songs
for a New World
at En-
cores! Off-Center and
as Simon in
Jesus Christ
Superstar
at the Lyric
Opera of Chicago. Oth-
er theater credits include
Motown: the Musical
and
Hair
on Broadway, as well as the first na-
tional tour of
The Book of Mormon
. He has also
appeared on TV with roles in NBC’s
Jesus Christ
Superstar
and
The Wiz
live broadcasts as well as
in the film
Collateral Beauty
. Kilgore has racked
up over 10million views on social media with his
videos from Scott Bradlee’s Post-Modern Juke-
box and his viral “Reclaiming My Time” video.
A singer-songwriter, Kilgore has played to many
sold-out audiences, including the world-famous
Apollo Music Café and the historic Joe’s Pub.
#blacklivesmatter / www.MykalKilgore.com /
@MykalKilgore
MEREDITH LUSTIG
Meredith Lustig most
recently appeared as
Blanche DuBois in Pre-
vin’s
A Streetcar Named
Desire
with
Opera
Company Middlebury.
Past credits include
Gianetta in Donizetti’s
L’elisir d’amore
and Ce-
phisia in Telemann’s
Orpheus
(New York City
Opera), Eurydice in Offenbach’s
Orpheus in the
Underworld
(Virginia Opera), Megan in Robert
Paterson’s
The Whole Truth
(American Modern
Ensemble), Musetta in Puccini’s
La bohème
(Syr-
acuse Opera), Papagena in Mozart’s
The Magic
Flute
, Zina in Nico Muhly’s
Dark Sisters,
Caroli-
na in Cimarosa’s
Il matrimonio segreto,
Clorinda
in Rossini’s
La Cenerentola
(Pittsburgh Opera),
and Bella in
An American Tragedy
(Glimmer-
glass). Lustig has been a resident artist at Ravin-
ia’s Steans Music Institute, Caramoor, New York
Festival of Song, Glimmerglass, and Pittsburgh
Opera. Favorite symphonic appearances in-
clude Bernstein’s
Mass
(Philadelphia Orchestra),
Orff ’s
Carmina Burana
(Erie Philharmonic),
Vaughan Williams’s
Serenade to Music
(Chica-
go Symphony), and Christmas Pops with the
Dallas Symphony. An avid recitalist, her latest
program, “Cupid Painted Blind,” premiered with
23Arts Initiative. meredithlustig.com
MICHAEL MALIAKEL
Michael Maliakel, the
gold medal winner
of the 2016 American
Traditions
Competi-
tion, recently made his
off-Broadway debut in
Anything Can Happen:
The Songs of Maury Yeston
at the Triad Theatre,
produced by the composer himself. He also
appeared in the world premiere of Mira Nair’s
Monsoon Wedding
at the Berkeley Reperto-
ry Theatre (originating the role of the groom,
Hemant) and in Britten’s
Curlew River
with
the Mark Morris Dance Group at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music. Maliakel has performed as
a soloist with orchestras and ensembles across
the country, including the Savannah Philhar-
monic, New Jersey Festival Orchestra, Orches-
tra of St. Luke’s, Aeolus String Quartet, and the
Greenwich and Long Island Choral Societies.
He has received top awards from several pres-
tigious organizations, including first prize in
the NATS National Music Theater Competition,
third prize in the Lotte Lenya Competition, and
a grant from the Gerda Lissner Foundation.
www.michaelmaliakel.com
TIMOTHY MCDEVITT
A versatile artist, bari-
tone Timothy McDe-
vitt has recently been
heard as Riff in
West
Side Story
with Tokyo’s
NHK Symphony and
the Philadelphia Or-
chestra, Happy in Puccini’s
La fanciulla del West
with New York City Opera, and Edvard Munch
in
Dear Edvard
at National Sawdust and Arena
Stage, additionally appearing in
Brigadoon
for
Encores! at New York City Center and in Geor-
gia Shreve’s
Alice in Wonderland
at Carnegie
Hall. On the opera stage, McDevitt has sung in
Poulenc’s
Les mamelles de Tir
é
sias
at the Théâtre
Royal de la Monnaie, Haydn’s
L’isola disabitata
at Alice Tully Hall, Glass’s
Les Enfants terribles
with North Carolina Opera, and the world pre-
miere of Jonathan Dawe’s
Nero and the Fall of
Lehman Brothers
. His theatre and concert cred-
its include
Carousel
at Lincoln Center,
Guys and
Dolls
at Carnegie Hall,
Mass
with the Philadel-
phia Orchestra, and
The Secret Garden
at Balti-
more Center Stage.
MORGAN JAMES
Morgan James has per-
formed in four pro-
ductions of Bernstein’s
Mass
, including this
evening’s—her
past
credits were with the
Louisville
Orchestra
(conducted by Teddy Abrams), Philadelphia
Orchestra (Yannick Nézet-Séguin), and Bal-
timore Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
and the Kennedy Center (Marin Alsop). James
recently appeared in concert with the New Zea-
land Symphony Orchestra in an all-Bernstein
program. She has also sung with the Rhode
Island Philharmonic, Malaysian Philharmon-
ic, Breckinridge Music Festival, and Colorado
Symphony in performances of her solo Bern-
stein show, conducted by Abrams. James has
appeared in the original Broadway casts of
Motown: The Musical
,
Wonderland
, and
The
Addams Family
, as well as the first Broadway
revival of
Godspell
. As a recording artist, James
recently released her newest album, entitled
Reckless Abandon
. Her videos on YouTube have
garnered 120 million views (and counting). She
received her training at The Juilliard School.
www.morganjamesonline.com
ALEXA JARVIS
Alexa Jarvis’s season
highlights include per-
formances with the
Metropolitan
Opera
(Boito’s
Mefistofele
),
New Rochelle Opera
and Vashon Opera
(Mimì in Puccini’s
La bohème
), Pacific North-
west Opera (Liù in Puccini’s
Turandot
), and
American Opera Projects (
Judith & Holofernes
),
as well as Jake Heggie’s monodrama
At the Stat-
ue of Venus
in New York. Her solo and interna-
tional credits also include Carnegie Hall (
Chan-
son perpetuelle
)
,
Seattle Symphony (Offenbach’s
Orpheus in the Underworld, Final Fantasy
), Seat-
tle Opera (
Our Earth, La bohème
and
Turandot
),
Beijing Music Festival (
My Fair Lady
),
and The-
ater Lüneburg. Jarvis can also be heard on sever-
al video game and movie soundtracks, from
The
Industrial Musicals Movie
to the Grammy-nom-
inated children’s fable
The Shoe Bird
. Her honors
include first place at the Washington District
Metropolitan Opera Competition, finalist at the
Franco Viñas Opera Competition (Barcelona),
and awards from Opera Index and the Gerda
Lissner, Giulio Gari, and Julian Autrey Song
Foundations. www.alexajarvis.com
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