Adrian Blake Escoe
Recent Broadway: Swept Away(Little Brother). Off-Broadway: Folk Wandering (ART/NY), Billy & the Killers (HERE). Regional: Swept Away (Berkeley Rep). TV: Dickinson (AppleTV+). One-third of the indie folk band “Bandits on the Run”. Currently developing the stage musical adaptation of What’s Eating Gilbert Grape with the Bandits. IG @adrian.blake.enscoe / @banditsontherun

Ariana DeBose
Academy, BAFTA and Golden Globe-Award winning actress. Broadway: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Disco Donna), A Bronx Tale (Jane), Hamilton (The Bullet), Pippin (The Leading Player), Motown: The Musical (Diana Ross u/s), Bring It On (Nautica). Select Film: West Side Story (Anita), The Prom (Alyssa Greene), I.S.S. (Kira Foster), Wish (Asha), Argylle (Keira), House of Spoils (Chef), Kraven the Hunter (Rose). TV: 3x Tony Awards Host,Westworld (Maya), S.N.L. (Host), Schmigadoon! (Emma Tate), So You Think You Can Dance. IG: @arianadebose

Ben Rauhala
The Janice Jam Music Director/Keys. Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof, American Psycho, Pippin. Off-Broadway: Hit List, The Secret Life of Bees, Joan of Arc: Into The Fire. Music Supervisor, co-creator, and ‘Fairy Godfairy’ of Disney Princess - The Concert and co-founder Write Out Loud songwriting competition with Taylor Louderman. He is also the music director for Ariana DeBose, Krysta Rodriguez, Disney Legend Jodi Benson and many more. IG: @brauhala

Brent Comer
Current Broadway: The Outsiders (Daryl). Regional/Touring: The Outsiders (La Jolla Playhouse), Les Misérables (National Tour). IG: @_brentcomer_

Caroline Bowman
Current Broadway: Smash (Karen). Broadway/Tours include Sunset Blvd. (Norma Desmond, Standby), Frozen (Elsa, Nat. Tour), Kinky Boots OBC and closing cast (Nicola), Wicked (Elphaba), Evita (Eva Peron, Helen Hayes nom.), Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), Fame (Carmen) and Grease (Rizzo). Select Regional: The Muny (All Shook up, Kinky Boots), Cape Playhouse (Gypsy), Toby’s Dinner Theatre (Joseph and the…, Helen Hayes nom.), Vancouver Opera (Evita). IG: @carolinebowman5

Christine Dwyer
Proud Co-Founder of The Janice Jam with her husband Matt, and hailing from Lynnfield, MA Christine’s rise began when she took on the iconic roles of Maureen in the National Tour of RENT and Elphaba in Wicked - a role in which she would then make her Broadway debut. Recently, Christine originated the title character in the U.S. premiere of the Broadway Bound musical Maggie at the Goodspeed Opera House. Selected theatre credits: Jenna in Waitress (1st National Tour), Sylvia Llewellyn Davies in Finding Neverland (1st National Tour), Mother in Ragtime (TheatreWorks Palo Alto) and Dot in Sunday in the Park With George (Nashville Rep). Television & Film credits include the 2015 Tony Awards (CBS), Jesus Christ Superstar Live (NBC) and Sleep No More. Christine has also had the incredible honor of representing the United States at the Hannover Messe performing for President Barack Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel. IG: @cteendryer

Hunter Brown
Hunter just made his Broadway debut in Swept Away! National Tours: The Sound of Music (Rolf), Fame (Nick). Regional: Swept Away (Arena Stage), The Wedding Singer (Gateway Playhouse), Margaritaville (The Engeman), The Fantasticks (Forestburgh), The Full Monty (Argyle). Check out Hunter’s original music, The Astroband (on all streaming platforms). IG: @brunterhown

Jenn Colella
Recent Broadway: Suffs (Carrie Chapman Catt) and received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination playing this same role in the Off-Broadway production. Tony nom., Drama Desk and Outer Critics’ awards for Come From Away on Broadway (Captain Beverley Bass). Other Broadway: Urban Cowboy (Outer Critics ), High Fidelity, Chaplin, If/Then. Grammy Award for Dear Evan Hansen cast album. Select TV: Feed the Beast, Elementary, The Good Wife, The Code, Madam Secretary, FBI: Most Wanted, Evil. Film: Come From Away (Apple TV+). IG: @jenncolella

Jeremy Jordan
Current Broadway: Floyd Collins (Floyd Collins). Additional Broadway: The Great Gatsby (Jay Gatsby), Newsies (Jack Kelly), Bonnie & Clyde (Theatre World Award), West Side Story, Waitress, American Son, Rock of Ages. Off Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour). TV: Supergirl, Smash, Hazbin Hotel, Tangled. Film: Spinning Gold, The Last 5 Years, Joyful Noise, American Son, Newsies Additional: lead singer of the band, "Age of Madness". IG: jeremymjordan

John Gallagher Jr.
Recent Broadway: Swept Away (Mate) after starring in premiere productions at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2022 and Arena Stage in 2023. Other Broadway credits include Spring Awakening (2007 Tony Award, Best Featured Actor), Long Day’s Journey into Night, Jerusalem, Green Day’s American Idiot, and Rabbit Hole. Off-Broadway credits include Farragut North, Port Authority, Kimberly Akimbo. Other Theatre: Swept Away (Berkeley Rep and Area Stage). TV/Film: The Newsroom, Olive Kitteridge, Westworld, High Maintenance, Love Life, Easy, Modern Love, The West Wing, Underwater, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Hush, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Short Term 12, Margaret, Pieces of April. His third record Goodbye or Something, was released in June of 2024. IG: @johngallagherjunior

Kara Lindsay
Broadway: Once Upon a Mattress (Princess Winnifred Standby), Wicked (Glinda), Beautiful (Cynthia Weil), Newsies (Katherine Plumber, Original Cast/ Fathom Events Film). NYCity Center: Once Upon a Mattress (Winnifred Standby). National Tour: Wicked (Glinda), Little House… (Laura). TV: Murphy Brown, ABC’s Disney Family Singalong and Schoolhouse Rock! Singalong. BFA Carnegie Mellon University. IG: @karalindsay1

Kayla Davion
Broadway: 2024 revival Elf (Joy), Tina—The Tina Turner Musical (Tina), Waitress (Ensemble/Dawn u/s), King Kong (Ensemble/Ann u/s). Off-Broadway: White Girl in Danger (Florence). Regional: The Hippest Trip: Soul Train the Musical (Jody Watley). TV/Film: The Good Fight, Power Book III: Raising Kanan. Better Nate Than Ever. B.A.: Ball State University. IG: @Kayladavion

Krysta Rodriguez
Currently starring as Tracy in Smash on Broadway, fans of NBC’s “Smash” may remember her as the high-flying diva Ana Vargas in the original television series. Krysta starred as Cinderella in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods and in The Collaboration for Manhattan Theatre Club. Most recently, she took on the role of Rosie Alvarez in the Kennedy Center/Broadway Center Stage production of Bye Bye Birdie. Rodriguez co-starred in the Emmy Award winning Netflix/Ryan Murphy limited series “Halston” as the iconic entertainer Liza Minnelli, which marked her return to the platform after starring in “Daybreak” with Matthew Broderick. Krysta’s long list of television roles include the NBC series “Trial & Error” and “Smash.” Other credits include recurring roles on “Younger,” “Married,” “Gossip Girl,” “Quantico”, “Chasing Life”, “The Mysteries of Laura” and “Indoor Boys” (Indie Series Award). Rodriguez’s theater résumé includes Theresa Rebeck’s play Seared at MCC (Outer Critics Circle Award), in a role she originated at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Rodriguez took on the role of famous animated princess Megara in Disney’s premiere stage adaptation Hercules as part of The Public Theater’s PublicWorks program. Broadway credits include Ilse in the Deaf West revival of Spring Awakening; First Date and original companies of The Addams Family, In the Heights, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line (Revival) and Good Vibrations. Other memorable turns include Anita in West Side Story at The Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra; What We’re Up Against at The Women’s Project; and a standout in the Hollywood Bowl production of A Chorus Line as Diana.

Lauren Patten
Broadway: Jagged Little Pill (Jo, Tony Award, Best Featured Actress in a Musical), Fun Home (Medium Alison). Off-Broadway: The Wolves (Playwright’s Realm; Obie and Drama Desk Awards), Days Of Rage (Second Stage Theater), Spring Awakening (Deaf West Theatre, Los Angeles). On television, Lauren stars in the Hulu original series Death and Other Details. She is best known as Rachel Witten on Blue Bloods (CBS), and can also be seen on The Good Fight (Paramount+), Succession (HBO). As a musician, Lauren has played shows at Mercury Lounge, Sony Hall, Rockwood Music Hall, The Bitter End, and Tavern on the Green with her band. Their EP, covers, is streaming on all platforms. @pattenlauren.

Lissa deGuzman
Current Broadway: Wicked (Elphaba, Standby). Other Broadway: King Kong, Aladdin. National Tours: Wicked (Elphaba), Aladdin (Jasmine). Regional: Drury Lane (Cinderella), Cape Playhouse (Camelot), KC Starlight (Legally Blonde), The 5th Avenue Theatre (Bliss), MUNY (Fiddler on the Roof), Studio Tenn (West Side Story). Belmont University. IG: @lissadeguz

Lucy Werner
Lucy Werner is multi-hyphenate artist based out of her colorful/cozy abode in Brooklyn. NY. Singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, creator, craft lover, vintage furniture up-cycler…. artist! She has traveled the world performing in the First National Tours of the musicals Annie and The Cher Show as well as headlining her solo and duo acts on cruise ships (Aida, Holland America). As a recording artist, her original songs can be found on all streaming platforms under her name or as front woman to her band, The Astroband. Lucy can most often be found traveling around NYC in her Rock-Fairy-Goddess Mobile, AKA her vintage Chevy Astrovan. IG: @theastroband

Maia Reficco
Recent Broadway: Hadestown (Eurydice). Additional credits: Next to Normal (Kennedy Center), Encores! Evita (NY City Center). TV/Film: Pretty Little Liars: Summer School (Max). Additional Credits: One Fast Move (Amazon Prime Video), Do Revenge (Netflix), Kally's Mashup (Nickelodeon Latin America) IG: @maiareficco

Marty Thomas
Broadway: Xanadu (Featured Skater), Wicked (Boq u/s), The Secret Garden (Colin). Off-Broadway: Pageant – The Musical, My Big Gay Italian Wedding, A Loss of Roses. TV/Film: Big Gay Musical, Two Broke Girls (CBS), Grace & Frankie (Netflix). Additional: Marty Thomas Presents Diva (creator/director, nationally toured and performed weekly in New York for 8+ years. Miss New York Scholarship Competition (producer/director), Miss America Scholarship Competition (trainer). Renowned performer, backup vocalist, director and producer in the New York cabaret and concert scene, he was named Mr. Broadway 2008. A lifetime highlight: being named a 1992 Ed McMahons Junior Vocalist Star Search Champion beating a then-unknown Britney Spears. IG: @martythomaslovesyou

Matt DeAngelis
Founder and Co-Executive Producer of The Janice Jam. Broadway: Swept Away (Ensemble, u/s Mate), HAIR (Woof), Waitress (Earl). West End: HAIR (Woof) in West End. National Tours: HAIR (Woof), American Idiot (Jingletown), ONCE (Svec), Waitress (Earl). Off-Broadway: Secret Life of Bees (Atlantic Theatre Co.), Orpheus Descending (TFANA). TV: Person of Interest, Madam Secretary, Daredevil, EVIL, For Life, Chicago PD, FBI. Film: Waitress. IG: @mattdeangelis22

Morgan Anita Wood
Current Broadway: Hamilton (Eliza Hamilton). Other Credits: Hamilton (And Peggy Tour, Eliza Tour), Kinky Boots (Hollywood Bowl), Loving and Loving (Actors Theatre of Louisville). TV: Kid Nation (CBS). IG: @mwood2013

Omar Jose Cardona
Off-Broadway: From Here (Ricky). Regional: Rock of Ages (Drew, The Garden Theatre). TV: Best known for being a top five finalist on NBC’s The Voice (Season 22). Additional: Walt Disney World vocalist, Universal Studios Japan vocalist, background vocals for Jordan Fisher, and more. IG: @omarjosecardona

Rachel Potter
Broadway: Evita (Peron’s Mistress), The Addams Family (Wednesday Adams). National Tour: Wicked (Glinda u/s). Regional: Spring Awakening (freeFall Theatre Co). Walt Disney World: Voyage of the Little Mermaid (Ariel), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), Finding Nemo: The Musical (Nemo). TV: X-Factor, Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods. Current heard singing the theme song “Journey to Fantasy Springs” for the opening of Fantasy Springs at Tokyo DisneySea, and recording an upcoming album, StagesIG: @therachelpotter

Sarrah Strimel Bentley
A recent Breast Cancer Survivor and mother via surrogacy, Sarrah is an advocate for young women facing the same diagnosis. She chronicled her journey on her Instagram, through "The Breast Cancer Diaries" and "The Surrogacy Diaries". She also co-founded "A Damn Good Life", a nonprofit that funds surrogacy journeys for breast cancer survivors that can't afford them. She has partnered with Bloomingdales, Ford Motors, Eli Lilly, General Electric Health Care, Nature's Bounty, and Hologics on their breast cancer initiatives. She has been featured on Good Morning America, ABC News, and NY1. She has appeared in seven Broadways shows and launched two successful yoga brands throughout her career. Her personal journey inspired her to coin the phrase "joy mining" and she lives each day mining the joy out of every moment. IG: @sarrahstrimelbentley

Stark Sands
Two-time Tony Award nominee for his performances in Kinky Boots and Journey’s End. Recent Broadway: Swept Away (Big Brother). Other Broadway: & Juliet, To Kill a Mockingbird, Green Day’s American Idiot Off-Broadway/Regional: Swept Away (Berkeley Rep), Twelfth Night (Public Theater–Delacorte), The Tempest (CSC). TV/Film: Generation Kill, Minority Report,The Post, Inside Llewyn Davis, Flags of Our Fathers, Six Feet Under, Nip/Tuck. He has won a Grammy Award, a Theatre World Award, and an AEA Bayfield Award. IG: @starkweather

Tami Eagle Bowling
A passionate advocate, motivational speaker, and writer dedicated to raising awareness and advancing research for metastatic breast cancer (MBC), Tami was diagnosed de novo at age 41 when her daughters were just 2 and 4, Tami defied the odds and continues to thrive ten years later. She channels her resilience into educating others, empowering patients, and pushing for better treatments and funding for MBC. Tami’s advocacy extends beyond awareness—she is a relentless voice for the underrepresented, sharing her journey to inspire hope while demanding action. She works with leading cancer non-profit organizations, speaks at major events, and leads campaigns that highlight the urgent need for research and support.A proud mom of two, Tami finds her greatest joy in watching her daughters sing, dance, and cheer. She and her husband love to travel, recently making cherished memories in Portugal. Tami embraces life with gratitude, determination, and a fierce commitment to making a difference in the MBC community. Tami has been featured on Good Morning America, The Today Show, Comcast Newsmakers, and more for her steadfast dedication to helping others make each day meaningful, while advocating for a future where MBC patients have more time and better options. IG: @eaglemethod