Sarah Beckham-Turner is a multi-talented artist with a passion for creating and participating in musical art. As a soprano, she has received critical acclaim for her soulful and affecting performances, earning praise from the New York Times, Opera News, Wall Street Journal, and The Observer. Recent engagements include in the world premiere of Letters That You Will Not Get, with the American Opera Projects in New York City, Alice in Verdi’s Falstaff with Raylynmor Opera, and Hänsel in Amarillo Opera’s production of Hänsel und Gretel. As a director, she works with young artists and has directed and produced productions such as The Magic Flute, Postcard from Morocco, and Our Town. In New York City she is the stage director for The Manhattan Opera Studio, where she recently directed Hänsel und Gretel.

In addition to her operatic career, Beckham-Turner is also a member of Opera Cowgirls, an all-female performing group that brings opera to new audiences. Opera Cowgirls have recently made appearances in Pensacola, The Berkshires, New York City, and Canyon, TX.  Sarah also enjoys being a part of the soprano, horn, and piano trio, Triosarachops which was recently seen with Chamber Music Amarillo. Beckham-Turner is Assistant Professor of Voice and Opera at West Texas A&M University.

Daniel Lopez is thrilled to again be working with dear friends and colleagues on this new version of Carmen! Select theatrical credits: Into The Woods (Steward) at The Hollywood Bowl, West Side Story (Tony), Camelot (Lancelot), She Loves Me (Kodaly), and RENT (Roger).  Film/TV: FBI (CBS), Blue Bloods (CBS), Ways & Means (CBS), Shattered (IDTV), and personal favorite: Tiny Time Travel (PBS Kids).  Recording: “When She Loved Me” on Disney Goes Classical (#1 international billboard) – DECCA.  Love and thanks to family, friends, Jen, Kathy, Ted, Milton, Mike, and especially his beautiful fiancée, Madelyn. And Elvis. Daniellopezactor.com. Instagram: @realdaniellopez

Alexander Sovronsky – is a multi-instrumentalist actor/musician, composer/sound designer, and music director living in NYC. Some career highlights include co-writing and performing the live music for the Broadway production of CYRANO DE BERGERAC starring Kevin Kline, and composing the music for the Off-Broadway production of MOTHER OF THE MAID starring Glenn Close at The Public Theater. Other credits include ROMEO & JULIET, MEASURE FOR MEASURE (The Public Theater/NYSF); OTHELLO (TFANA); WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN, VOLPONE (Red Bull Theatre); BOTTOM OF THE WORLD (Atlantic Theatre Co); MACBETH, ROMEO & JULIET, MARAT/SADE, KING LEAR (Classical Theatre of Harlem); and the title role in HAMLET (First Maria Ensemble at Teatro Circulo in NYC and Teatro Franco Parenti in Milan, Italy). Regional credits include productions with Shakespeare & Co, Berkshire Theatre Group, Barrington Stage, Arena Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, KCRep, Ford’s Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, CT Rep, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, American Shakespeare Center, Studio Theatre at Tierra del Sol, Playhouse on Park, and many more. Alexander’s first love was opera and he is thrilled to be a part of this exciting project. For more info on Alexander and his work, you can visit www.AlexanderSovronsky.com and follow him on IG @Alexander.Sovronsky

Evelyn Chen is a native New Yorker and graduate of the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance. She has performed works by Bill T Jones, Lar Lubovitch, Doug Varone, Merce Cunningham, RubberbandDanse, MADBOOTS and Loudhound Movement. Additional company work includes the Kevin Wynn Collection, LeeSaar, and the Pig Iron Theater Company. In 2021 she originated the role of Silas in Cinereal Productions’ Hotel Wonderland in Amsterdam, NL. She joined Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, NYC in 2015, becoming a Rehearsal Director in 2018, Co-Resident Director in 2023 and Resident Director in 2024. She is currently the Co-Resident Director of recently opened immersive show, Life and Trust, directed by Teddy Kuperman (K-Pop) and choreographed by Rick and Jeff Kuperman (The Outsiders).

Meredith Beck is a Philadelphia-based theater artist who loves nothing more than working on developing projects!  Her 2-person show “Merman and Martin- Together Off-Broadway” (exploring the behind the scenes friendship between Ethel Merman and Mary Martin), began as a selection for the Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival and since then has toured around the tri-state area and enjoyed full runs at Act 2 Playhouse, Montgomery Theater, and Mt Gretna Playhouse.  She worked as a Producer on “The F Word” for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and is co-owner of The Live Entertainment Company. As an actor, she was most recently seen on stage as Ann-Margret in Elvis, A Musical Revolution at the Walnut Street Theater.  Select favorite roles include: South Pacific (Nellie), My Fair Lady (Eliza), Cabaret (Sally, Helga & Lulu), 1776 (Martha Jefferson), The Sound of Music (Elsa Schraider) Meredith is the founder and flautist of celtic trio The Galway Girls, (playing and singing alongside Caitlin McKechney) and serves on National Council for Actors Equity Association.  Ithaca College BFA. Love to John.   www.meredithbeck.com @meredithashleybeck

Called, “one of the truly exceptional musicians of his generation,” a mandolinist about whom it has been said, “there has never been a mandolinist with greater technical skills,” and a composer whose music, “touches and communicates the essence of what it means to be an alive, feeling human being,” Joe Brent has forged a career as both instrumentalist and composer with unparalleled fluency across multiple genres.

As a classical musician, Mr. Brent has performed with all of the Big Five American orchestras and many more around the US and the world as well as chamber ensembles including ICE, Argento, Speculum Musicae, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, A Far Cry, among others. He taught at Mannes College and currently is on faculty at Bard.

He has performed with Regina Spektor, Woody Allen, Jewel, Stephane Grappelli, Alice and Ravi Coltrane, Kishi Bashi, and many more. In 2012 he founded the improvising chamber ensemble 9 Horses, “A restless shapeshifting amalgam of jazz, rock, pop, improvisation, melody, and variegated acoustic and electronic textures,” which has been in residence at colleges all over the United States.

Mr. Brent is the founder of Adhyâropa Records, an artist-owned collective on the forefront of progressive label services and distribution.

Michael Bellar is a NYC based musician, producer and composer who stands by his slow, southern roots. As a solo performer and as leader of his own improvisational based groups Michael has performed at a wide range of festivals and venues across the country including the Telluride Jazz Festival, NYC Winter Jazz Festival, Brooklyn Bowl, the Kennedy Center and the Blue Note NYC. He has opened for artists such as Robert Randolph, John Scofield, Cory Henry, Medeski Martin & Wood, Raul Midon, Oliver Wood (of the Wood Brothers) and Jon Cleary. 

As a sideman Michael has toured/recorded/performed with an array of diverse artists such as; Amos Lee, Fred Wesley (James Brown), Railroad Earth, Oliver Wood (of the Wood Brothers), the Magpie Salute (Rich Robinson and Marc Ford of the Black Crowes), Art Garfunkel, Norbert Leo Butz, Biagio Antonacci, Brooklyn Qawwali Party, 9 Horses, Wheatus, Teddy Geiger (MD), Howie Day and Euro pop star Giorgia. Michael has performed on over 90 recordings of other artists.

For the full story please visit www.michaelbellar.com

Multi-instrumentalist Brett Parnell’s many musical interests have led him to don multiple hats. Equally at home in a Broadway pit or band leading for singer songwriters in New York. After receiving his masters’ degree from Yale School of Music he worked as a freelance musician while touring with his bands Threefifty, Runaway Dorothy, and Darlin Darlin. Recent credits include Broadway’s Illinoise and the 2019 revival of Oklahoma as well as The Coast Starlight at Lincoln Center. His guitar work has been called “outstanding” by Guitar Player magazine. https://bearinabarnnyc.com

Andrew Ryan wants you to love the bass. As a performer, composer, producer, and educator, his instrument rests at the core of his music. At ease singing folk songs, constructing soundscapes, or playing baroque melodies, Andrew lives comfortably in a musical curiosity spanning folk to formal and ancient to avant-garde. 

Andrew’s eclecticism began at a young age, studying in western classical and jazz traditions while moonlighting in pop & folk outfits. During his studies at Ithaca College and Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Andrew sought out personal tutelage of bass virtuoso Francois Rabbath to help him fuse his disparate interests with uncompromising technique and artistry. 

A coveted side-player & collaborator, Andrew has forged a career adapting to almost any sonic environment. He appears regularly alongside Kaia Kater, Jayme Stone, & Moira Smiley; and is a member of the improvising chamber-group 9 Horses. In addition to playing bass he regularly composes and produces music for film, and records, mixes, and masters music at his studio in Brooklyn.

Uila Marx (they/she) is a movement artist and educator from O’ahu, Hawai’i, based in occupied Lenapehoking / Brooklyn. Uila’s work centers collective care, queer childhood joy, and an urgency toward communal survival. Uila holds BAs in dance and psychology from Barnard College, Columbia University and is a 2024 Hula ‘Ōlapa graduate with Ka Pā Hula O Ka Lei Lehua. Currently, Uila is in artful community with DELIRIOUS Dances (Edisa Weeks), Troy Ogilvie, The Why Collective, Lucia Gagliardone/SlowDance, and Rae Su. Uila also hosts Emergent Improvisation, brainchild of Troy Ogilvie, at Gibney and Peridance and she is a Community Actionist in Gibney’s Hands Are for Holding program, which uses dance to initiate conversations about healthy relationships, consent, and boundaries with young people across NYC.

Troy practices mutual aid, dance improvisation, and participatory democracy in Lenapehoking, currently known as Brooklyn. This work involves free fridges, bulk food distribution, and free stores among other activities that prioritize solidarity, not charity. Troy’s community organizing and choreographic work spring from her dance lineage of mentors Sidra Bell, Margie Gillis, Gallim Dance, Punchdrunk, Susan Misner, and Alexandra Wells and the written work of Dean Spade and adrienne maree brown. Recent choreographic work includes ‘luzAzul’ an immersive opera for 0-2 year olds with director Malena Dayen; ‘Critical Dependency’ a film installation about free fridges, food insecurity, and compost in collaboration with the Center for Innovation in the Arts at Juilliard; and ‘The Ninth Hour’ the Beowulf rock-opera which premiered at the Met Cloisters. She’s also a team member on The Dance Union Podcast, a host for Emergent Improvisation with Omar Zubair, a volunteer with the Parole Prep Project, a graduate from The Juilliard School, and a parent of two kiddos.