Cast Bios
EPHIE AARDEMA (Megan Tyler) Broadway: The Bridges of Madison County. Off-Broadway: Songbird (Mia) and Dear Edwina (Edwina). Other NYC: Parade (in concert at Lincoln Center, Monteen). Aardema was seen here at PTC in A Christmas Carol and Next to Normal. Other regional credits include the world premiere of A Room with a View (Old Globe), Daddy Long Legs (PCPA, St. Louis Rep.),25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Paper Mill Playhouse, Philadelphia Theater Co., Media Theatre), Snapshots (Goodspeed Opera House) among many others. She is the youngest-ever graduate of Circle in the Square, an international tap champion and the recipient of a Congressional Gold Medal for Outstanding Youth. Unending gratitude to Mom, family, friends, pepper chickens, Leading Artists, and Karen. Twitter/Instagram: @ephieaardema
COREY ALLEN (Ron Ellis) previously appeared in PTC’s production of A Few Good Men and the “Play-by-Play” reading Mr. Wheeler’s. New York credits include Moony’s Kid Don’t Cry (Drama League DirectorFest) and Created Equal (Red Fern Theatre). Regionally, he has appeared in Best of Enemies (Orlando Shakespeare Theater) A Raisin in the Sun, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Huntington Theatre Company), The Fall of Heaven (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Othello, Twelfth Night, Henry V, King Lear, The Comedy of Errors, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Great River Shakespeare Festival), and The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Cyrano de Bergerac(Utah Shakespeare Festival). Recent screen credits include the TV seriesManhattan and films Proximity and Lost in the City. He holds an MFA from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. corey-allen.com.
LESLEY FERA (Jessica McGovern) a native Californian, Lesley is happy to finally be experiencing a real winter and to be making her debut at Pioneer Theatre Company. L.A. Theatre (Pacific Resident Theatre): The Homecoming (Ruth), The Hasty Heart (Sister Margaret), Happy End (Lillian), Big Love (Olympia), Anna Christie(Anna), and Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Lady Chatterley). Other theatre credits include:Noises Off (Asolo Rep); Misalliance (PA Centre Stage); The Children’s Hour(Provincetown Rep); Communicating Doors (San Jose Rep), and Baby Taj(TheatreWorks). On television, Lesley currently plays Veronica Hastings on ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars. Other TV credits include Southland, 24, C.S.I.: MIAMI and many more. Lesley wishes to thank Matt and T.J. for this opportunity, as well as “The Pack” for their love and support.
MARK ZIMMERMAN (Bill Dudley) Broadway: Rocky, West Side Story, A Catered Affair, The Rainmaker, Shenandoah, On the 20th Century, Brigadoon and Face Value. First National Tours: Mamma Mia! and Kiss of the Spider Woman. Regional and Off-Broadway: A Little Night Music (Joseph Jefferson Award), Moonlight and Magnolias,Paper Moon, Olympus on My Mind, 110 in the Shade and 1776. Television: The Good Wife, Unforgettable, Person of Interest, Royal Pains, 30 Rock, Damages, Law and Order(including Criminal Intent and Special Victims Unit), Conviction, Central Park West,Murphy Brown, Ed, One Life to Live, As the World Turns, General Hospital and Another World. Film: Delivery Man, The Thomas Crown Affair, A Price Above Rubies, Dash and Lilly, Claire Dolan, The Giraffe, For Love or Money and Bonfire of the Vanities. Mark is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.