Two Henrys Cast

Susan Sweeney has been a Voice/Speech/Text/Dialects Coach to professional theatres for the past thirty-five years, among them, the Guthrie Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Madison Repertory Theatre, Skylight Opera Theatre, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Walnut Street Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Virginia Stage Company, and the Colorado, Illinois, Utah, Sedona, and Oregon Shakespeare Festivals. In 2006, she was dialect coach for Francesca Zambello’s production of ShowBoat, featuring a cast of 85 singer-actors, at the Royal Albert Hall in London. From 2001 until 2013, Ms. Sweeney served as Head of Voice and Text, coaching more than 40 productions, at American Players Theatre. She returns to APT for her 13th season. She was on the faculty of the Professional Theatre Training Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 1981-1989, relocating with the program to University of Delaware. *Member Actors' Equity Association

A native of Los Angeles California, Bernard began performing nationally and internationally singing the Walt Disney Songbook. While working for the Disney Company he was featured on TV shows singing in English, French, German, and Japanese. New York Concerts include singing the music of Frank Loesser with The New York Philharmonic, 2012 hit Encores production of "Merrily We Roll Along", Directed by James Lapine, "Finian's Rainbow", "Encores Broadway Bash", and "Dreamgirls" to benefit the Actors Fund. Bernard has been seen on Broadway in 'Finian's Rainbow", (First Gospeleer, Original Revival Cast), "Chicago", (Billy Flynn), "Imaginary Friends", (Leo, Original Cast), starring Swoosie Kurts, Cherry Jones, and Harry Groener, "Sweet Smell Of Success" (Club Zanzibar Singer, Original Cast) Starring John Lithgow and Brian d'Arcy James, "Jesus Christ Superstar", (Original Revival Cast), and the Tony Award winning Musical "Ragtime", (Original Cast). *Member Actors' Equity Association

Bev is thrilled to be making her TAP debut​. ​As an​ ​actress, Bev has worked on​ ​Broadway; ​Anastasia,​ ​Epic Proportions​. Off-Broadway; ​A Child’s Christmas In Wales​. London; ​Crazy For You​. National Tours; Mum in ​Billy Elliot​, Polly Baker in ​Crazy For You​ (Helen Hayes nomination), Ellie May Chipley in Hal Prince’s ​Showboat​. In 2018, Bev transitioned to arts administration and took a position at Rubicon Theatre Company in Ventura, California, where she happily raises funds for that organization. Bev is also a writer and collaborates with her husband, Kirby Ward. Their musical adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s ​Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime ​will be part of Rubicon's 2023 main stage season. A Christmas musical they are writing is scheduled for a 2022 production in Bogotá, Colombia​. ​Also a painter, you can Bev’s visual art at ​www.beverlyward.com. *Member Actors' Equity Association