Mike De Pope is an actor, director and voice over artist originally from New Jersey spending the early part of his career working in the theatre industry in NYC. He most recently directed God of Carnage at Kirkwood Theatre Guild. Some of his other favorite Directing credits include: Daddy Long Legs (Asst. Director), Weird Romance (Asst. Director), Home Sweet Home (Best Director Award), Once Upon A Playground and Godspell. As an Actor: Radium Girls, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Absent Friends, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Bandera, Texas, The Mousetrap, A Christmas Carol and more. Upcoming TV/Film: ABC’s “What Would You Do?”, Dear God, I Quit!, and Down a Long River. A proud member of SAG/AFTRA, Mike will receive his MFA from the University of Idaho (Directing and Performance) next month!. Thanks Todd, family and SB for your support. For Linda, Woody, Mr. Grimes and all we have lost along the way. "The opposite of war isn't peace - it's creation!" Thank you, Jonathan. MikeDePope.com

Sam is excited to be back with the Take Two family after almost 10 years! His last show was Spring Awakening as Georg. In the past few years, Sam has been busy with performing with the 5-time International Champions, Ambassadors of Harmony as well as music directing several productions. Most recent music directing credits include, How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying with MASC, Trail to Oregon with Meramec Theatre, a few solo Cabarets. Other credits include, Legally Blonde, Violet, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Avenue Q and Miss Saigon to name a few. "Thank you, Mike for trusting me with this project! Jersey boys forever!"

Gabriel Scott Lawrence is excited to be returning to Take Two. Gabriel is a multi-hyphenate actor based in St. Louis. He recently completed a production of Crimes of the Heart (Monroe Actors Stage Company) where he was also the assistant director & stage manager. Gabriel has also been involved in several productions around the STL Metro area as a fight director & intimacy coordinator. Gabriel is working towards applying to grad school to get obtain his MFA in Directing. He would like to thank Mike DePope for bringing him into this production and hope you all enjoy!

Jacob Baxley is happy to return to Take Two! He is currently working as a freelance Sound Designer/Engineer in the St. Louis area. Recent credits include: Legally Blonde (Alfresco), The Tempest (STL Shakespeare Festival), Steel Magnolias (Stages St. Louis), The Inheritance (Tesseract), The Play That Goes Wrong (Clayton), Anastasia (Stages Academy), The Mad Ones (Tesseract), Woman In Mind (Albion), Tick Tick Boom (Take Two) and many more!

Leah was seen last year in The Prom with Take Two and is so glad to be back! She is thankful to have been welcomed into the St Louis theater community and has loved being a part of many shows on and off the stage. In addition to The Prom, recents include: Mean Girls (HS Production) Props Master/Stage Design, O'Fallon Theater Works; The Sound of Music/Ensemble, KTG; and Freaky Friday/Ensemble, CMP. You can also catch her annually on Main Street Saint Charles during the festival seasons as one of several alter egos. While she has committed to her family to step back this year, she is thankful they continue to support her love of theater and more specifically this very special Take Two family as she serves behind the scenes for this important show that encourages all to give into love, and not to live in fear.

Abby Pastorello is the current Costume Designer for Meramec Theatre. Favorite credits for design: She Loves Me, (MASC) (Broadway World Nominee Best Costume Design), Boeing Boeing, (KTG), Murder at the Howard Johnson’s, (STLCC), Suddenly Last Summer (TWFSTL), The Man Who Came To Dinner (AFL Winner for Outstanding Costume Design). You can follow along with Abby’s career @abby_pastorello_designs

Jacob Donnelly is thrilled to back working on another production with Take Two! Jacob was previously seen in the ensemble of Head Over Heels and The Prom this past year. His most recent role was onstage at Six Flags St. Louis in Love At First Fright for this year’s Fright fest. When he is not performing Jacob can be found coloring or building legos. You can keep up with all his performances on Instagram @jacobdonnellyactor

This is Lucy’s first show with Take Two Productions. Lucy was born and raised in St. Louis, MO and graduated from Webster University’s Conservatory for Theatre Arts with a Bachelor’s Degree in Wig and Makeup Design. After graduating, Lucy traveled with Broadway’s touring production of “Annie” for 2 years as the Wig Supervisor before returning home to St. Louis. She has also worked with Stages St. Louis, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and The Muny. Lucy extends her gratitude to her loved ones who have always supported her joy for wigs and theatre !

Sabrina is thrilled to be returning to Take Two after performing in Godspell and stage managing Head Over Heels! She wants to thank her parents and theater family for encouraging her to continue doing what she loves, always. “Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.” -Jonathan Larson

Jonathan Larson received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for RENT. He also won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 1994 Richard Rodgers Award for RENT and twice received The Gilman & Gonzales-Falla Theatre Foundation's Comendation Award. In 1989 he was granted the Stephen Sondheim Award from American Music Theatre Festival, where he contributed to the musical "Sitting on the Edge of the Future". In 1988 he won the Richard Rodgers Development Grant for his rock musical Superbia, which was staged at Playwrights Horizon. He composed the score for the musical J.P. Morgan Saves the Nation, which was presented by En Garde Arts in 1995. Mr. Larson performed his rock monologue tick, tick... BOOM! at Second Stage Theatre, The Village Gate and New York Theatre Workshop. In addition to scoring and song writing for "Sesame Street", he created music for a number fo children's book-cassettes, including Steven Spielberg's "An American Tail" and "Land Before Time". Other film scores include work for Rolling Stones magazine publisher Jann Wenner. He conceived, directed and wrote four original songs for "Away We Go!", a musical video for children. RENT, his rock opera based on "La Boheme", had its world premiere on February 13, 1996 at New York Theatre Workshop. Mr. Larson died unexpectedly of an aortic aneurysm on January 25, 1996, ten days before his 36th birthday. His music (including songs cut from his shows) is archived in the Library of Congress.

Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the world's leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theatres from around the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engaging art form. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 100,000 professional, community and school theatres in the US and in over 150 countries worldwide. MTI is particularly dedicated to educational theatre, and has created special collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences. MTI’s Broadway Junior® shows are 30- and 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and middle school-aged performers, while MTI’s School Editions are musicals annotated for performance by high school students. MTI maintains its global headquarters in New York City with additional offices in London (MTI Europe) and Melbourne (MTI Australasia).