CHEO BOURNE* (Thalia/Siren/Cyclops/80s Singer/Young Danny) happily returns to Speakeasy where he has appeared in Jerry Springer The Opera. Other Boston credits include Hot Mikado, Cabaret, Of Mice and Men and Animal Farm (New Rep On Tour); Harriet Jacobs (Underground Railway Theater); HONK! (Wheelock Family Theatre) and The Comedy of Errors (Commonwealth Shakespeare Co.). He has studied acting at Connecticut College and the British American Drama Academy. Cheo made his NYC debut in the New York Musical Theater Festival's production of Shine!. He has also recently appeared in numerous readings of Shawn Cody's The Water Dream. Cheo grew up in Boston and currently lives in Brooklyn.

PATRICK CONNOLLY (Terpsichore/Siren/Hermes/Centaur/90's Singer) is ecstatic to be making his Speakeasy debut! Hailing from Wellesley, Massachusetts, and a recent 2011 graduate of Boston College with a BA in Theatre, he has played roles at BC such as Freddy (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Oscar Lindquist (Sweet Charity), and Jamie (The Last 5 Years). He would like to extend his extreme gratitude to Paul and the Speakeasy for this amazing opportunity, Nick, David, Mrs. Joan Hung, Steven Wrobleski, The Robsham Theatre Arts Center, José Delgado, his dear friends and family, and especially his mom and dad.

SHANA DIRIK* (Melpomene/Medusa) is thrilled to revisit the SpeakEasy Stage and was last seen as Mama Maddelena in last season's production of Nine; Local credits include Auntie Bessie A Child's Chrismas in Wales (Boston Playwright's Theater); Charlotte A Little Night Music (Metro Stage, 2010 IRNE for Best Supporting Actress in a musical) ;Mrs Lovett Sweeney Todd (Metro Stage, 2009 IRNE for Best Actress in a Musical); Favorite roles include Aldonaza Man of LaMancha;Anna The King & I; Terri Sideman; Kate Kiss Me Kate; Mame Mame; The Witch Into the Woods; Phyliss Follies; Mrs. Johnston Blood Brothers; Sally Bowles Cabaret; Diana California Suite;Nancy Oliver; Mother Superior Nunsense and Eva Peron Evita. Thank you to my beautiful family and Paul for letting me live this little dream.

McCAELA DONOVAN* (Clio/Kira) is so excited to be back (and be blonde!) with the Speakeasy family after appearing last season as Janet in 'The Drowsy Chaperone' and as Carla in 'Nine.' Local credits: Huntington Theatre Company, American Repertory Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Reagle Music Theatre (IRNE nom), Commonwealth Shakespeare Co, Actor's Shakespeare Project, New Repertory Theatre, the Brandeis Theatre Company and Company One. New York Credits: NYMT Festival, Primary Stages. McCaela holds a BFA in Musical Theatre (Ithaca College), an MA in Theatre Education (Emerson College) and an MFA in Acting (Brandeis University). She is a member of the Society of American Fight Directors, the Screen Actors Guild, Actor's Equity Association and a founding member of mycollegeaudition.com. Special thanks to Paul D, and the amazing cast and crew. Love to Sean, Dotti and my family.

RYAN OVERBERG (Sonny) Ryan is ecstatic to be making his SpeakEasy debut with Xanadu. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Ryan has traveled the country in the tours of Hairspray and Saturday Night Fever. Other professional credits: A Midsummer Nights Dream (Paper Mill Playhouse) Oklahoma! (Atlanta Theater of the Stars) Hello Dolly (Arkansas Repertory Theater) and the NYC premier of Show Choir-the Musical. Film: The Big Gay Musical Movie (Scott). Currently attending The Boston Conservatory with favorite roles like Tommy in the who’s Tommy, and Roger in RENT with the latter under the direction of Paul Daigneault. Ryan has also participated in 3 years of Broadway Bares - Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS. Ryan would like to thank Paul for another great opportunity and his Dad for raising him with the appreciation of this fantastic music.

ROBERT SAOUD* (Danny) was most recently seen as Underling in The Drowsy Chaperone. Other Speakeasy shows include: The New Century, Some Men, Anna in the Tropics and Hello Again. Nationally he toured in Grocho as Chico Marx with Gabe Kaplan as Groucho. In New England he has appeared at the Huntington Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Trinity Repertory, Lyric Stage, New Repertory, Stoneham Theatre, Wheelock Family Theatre, and The Publick Theatre. He has appeared in numerous cabarets and is a Fellow of the 2000 Eugene O'Neill Cabaret Symposium. Thanks to all the wonderful folks at Speakeasy. He is a proud member of the Actors' Equity Association.

KAMI RUSHELL SMITH* (Euterpe/Siren/Thetis/40s Singer) Kami is happy to be back at SpeakEasy after playing Our Lady of the Spa in last season's Nine. Other local credits: Lyric Stage Company - Big River; Underground Railway Theatre - Harriet Jacobs (IRNE nomination - Best Actress); Reagle Music Theatre - Hairspray; New Repertory Theatre - Passing Strange, New Rep's Darling Divas Deck the Holidays, Dessa Rose; Actors' Shakespeare Project - Much Ado About Nothing; Wheelock Family Theatre - The Phantom Tollbooth, The Little Mermaid; Shakespeare Now! - Macbeth (Lady Macbeth); Boston Conservatory - The Life. B.A. in English from Carnegie Mellon, Masters in Musical Theater from Boston Conservatory. Just happy to be here. www.KamiRushellSmith.com

KATHY ST. GEORGE* (Calliope/Aphrodite) is delighted to return to SpeakEasy, having appeared here as Judy Denmark in RUTHLESS! and Vienna in JOHNNY GUITAR. Recent credits include 42nd STREET at the Stoneham Theatre and THE PRODUCERS at the Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach, FL. Kathy has appeared in two Broadway productions of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF: the 1981 revival at Lincoln Center starring Herschel Bernardi, and the 1991 Tony Award-winning production at the Gershwin Theatre starring Topol, directed by Jerome Robbins. She has appeared Off-Broadway in I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE at the Westside Theatre , Off-Off Broadway in APHRODITE at Theatre for the New City, and in five National Tours. She has enjoyed performing in the long-running Boston hits MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL, RESPECT, and SHEAR MADNESS and at the Lyric Stage, New Rep, Merrimack Rep and others. Upcoming: DEAR MISS GARLAND at the Stoneham Theatre, June 2012. www.kathystgeorge.com

VAL SULLIVAN (Erato/Siren/40's Singer/Eros/Hera) happily returns to SpeakEasy where she last appeared as Susan in [title of show]. Other SpeakEasy credits: A New Brain, Songs for A New World, Triumph of Love, Putting It Together, A Grand Night for Singing, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, Merrily We Roll Along, A Fair Country. Local credits: Hamlet (Publick Theatre), Measure for Measure (Theatre Cooperative), The Snow Ball u/s (Huntington Theatre), The Summer Play Festival (Boston Actors' Theater) and many cabarets and workshops with Centastage and NOMTI. She has directed several plays for the Massachusetts High School Drama Festival including Antigone, Xingu, Steel Magnolias, Twelfth Night and The Infernal Machine. She spent a summer studying at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon on a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and is alumna of Boston College. She is married and has two daughters.