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The Davinci code

JEFF PARKER

VANEH ASSADOURIAN

BRADLEY ARMACOST

JENNIFER CUDAHY

JOHN DREA

RAY FREWEN

ANTHONY LEE IRONS

SHANE KENYON

JANICE O’NEILL

LESLIE ANN SHEPPARD

KROYDELL GAILMA

CHARENCE HIGGINS

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JEFF PARKER (Robert Langdon) returns to Drury Lane where made his professional debut in On the Twentieth Century. Other DLT credits include: Mamma Mia!, Young Frankenstein, Fiddler on the Roof, and Grand Hotel. He spent much of last year performing the dual role of Saruman/Elrond in Chicago Shakespeare’s production of The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale which he then toured to New Zealand. Jeff comes directly from understudying the Goodman Theatre’s production of Betrayal. Other Goodman Theatre credits include:  Wonderful Town, Candide (both directed by Mary Zimmerman), Bounce (directed by Harold Prince), and 3 seasons of Christmas Carol, among many, many others. At Steppenwolf, he was seen in the Jeff Award winning The Brother/Sister Plays (directed by Tina Landau), and Winesburg, Ohio. Other notable Chicago appearances include: The King’s Speech (CST); Parade, Isaac’s Eye (Writers Theatre); Mothers and Sons, Discord (Northlight); Secret Garden (Court Theatre); and the musical, Nine at Porchlight (Jeff Nomination).  Regional work includes playing Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady at Asolo Repertory; and John Dickinson in 1776 at ACT, both directed by Frank Galati.  Film and TV work includes Chicago Fire, PD and Med (NBC); Empire, Big Leap (Fox); and others, and the movies Christmas is Canceled and Curse of the Sin Eater (Amazon Prime).  Jeff received his BFA in acting from USC. @jeffparkeractor, jeffparkeractor.com

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VANEH ASSADOURIAN (Sophie Neveu) is thrilled to be making her Drury Lane Theatre debut. Regional: Noises Off (Geffen Playhouse and Steppenwolf Theatre Company Co-Production); Wish You Were Here (Yale Repertory Theatre); A Distinct Society (Pioneer Theater Company and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Co-Production); Happiest Song Plays Last (LATC); Hostage (Skylight Theatre Company). Education: B.A., UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. Assadourian is an award-winning audiobook narrator, voice actor, and dialect coach and is fluent in Farsi and Armenian, and conversational in German. Represented by Stewart Talent Chicago and Sandy Joseph, SLJ Management. IG: @vaneh_33

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BRADLEY ARMACOST (Sir Leigh Teabing)

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JENNIFER CUDAHY (Vernet/Docent/Church Volunteer, u/s Sister Sandrine/Marie) is excited to be back at Drury Lane Theatre after performing in A Christmas Carol. Previous Chicago theatre credits include: It Is So (If You Think So!), Meet Me In St. Louis, Holiday, The Fantasticks, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Edge of the Wood Theatre). TV: Chicago Med, Chicago Fire (NBC), 4400 (CW), Somebody Somewhere (HBO) and 61st Street (AMC).  Jennifer is grateful to her family, friends, and her fabulous agents. A proud member of SAG-AFTRA, she is represented by DDO Artists Agency for TV/Film/Theatre and Stewart Talent for Voiceover.

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JOHN DREA (Rèmy/Philip, u/s Silas) Drury Lane Theatre debut. Chicago: Little Bear Ridge Road (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); The Sound Inside (Goodman Theatre); Little Women (Northlight Theatre); Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); A Lie of the Mind (Raven Theatre); Solaris (Griffin Theatre, Jeff Nomination); Chagall in School (Grippo Stage Company, Jeff Nomination); Twelfth Night, Cymbeline (Midsommer Flight); American Psycho (Kokandy Productions). Off-off Broadway: OneIronaut (The Outer Loop). Regional: Deathtrap (Constellation Stage), Everybody (reading) (American Players Theatre). Television: The Onion. Upcoming film: PIP! (Sacred Arthouse). He is represented by Gray Talent Group. @johndrea1998

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RAY FREWEN (Jacques Saunière, u/s Sir Leigh Teabing) returns to Drury Lane, having previously appeared in 1776, My Fair Lady, Camelot, Shenandoah, Sound of Music, Hello Dolly, and others. A ten-time Joseph Jefferson nominee (acting and directing) he has performed at Marriott’s Lincolnshire, Court, Wisdom Bridge, Candlelight, Apple Tree, Illinois Shakespeare, Ravinia, and many others as well as the 1st National Tour of Les Misérables, and the original production of The Foreigner Off-Broadway. The former Associate Dean of Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, his university work includes Columbia, Northern Illinois, Moraine Valley, and Northwestern. Television appearances include Chicago Fire, Prison Break, and Crime Story.

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ANTHONY LEE IRONS (Bezu Fache, u/s Jacques Saunière & Robert Langdon) is thrilled to make his Drury Lane debut! Other stage credits: A Christmas Carol and Two Trains Running (Goodman Theatre); Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution and Waiting for Godot (Court Theatre); Jitney and What to Send Up When it goes Down (Congo Square Theatre) The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Lookingglass Theatre),  How to Use a Knife (Shattered Globe Theatre); Atlanta:Too Busy to Hate Too Hard to Commute (The Second City/ Alliance Theatre); Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Illinois Shakespeare Festival). Anthony is an ensemble member of Congo Square and Lookingglass Theatre and has received Black Theatre and African American Arts Alliance Awards, as well as 5 Jeff nominations.  Film/ TV credits: Ghostlight, Let’s Go to Prison, Southside, Empire, Chicago Med and Chicago Fire. Anthony is represented by Stewart Talent.

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SHANE KENYON (Silas) (AEA, SAG-AFTRA) Drury Lane Theatre debut. Select Chicago credits: Lion In Winter (Court Theatre); Buried Child (Writers Theatre); Fool For Love, Where We’re Born, Hushabye, Sex With Strangers (Steppenwolf Theatre); Ohio State Murders, Buzzer (Goodman Theatre); The Who and The What (Victory Gardens). Select Regional credits: Loving & Loving, Hypeman (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Sweat (Huntington Theatre Co.), Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare In Love (Utah Shakespeare Festival), Hedda Gabler (Studio Theatre of DC). Television; Power Book: FORCE, Chicago PD, Chicago MED, Chicago Justice, Empire. He is represented by Stewart Talent Agency. “For BK & JMK.”

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JANICE O’NEILL (Sister Sandrine/Marie) is delighted to be making her Drury Lane debut. Favorite Theatre Credits include: Plano at Steppenwolf with First Floor Theatre. Jackalope Theatre: The Light Fantastic, Put Your House in Order, Exit Strategy. Strawdog Theatre: Distance, The Night Season, Conversations on a Homecoming, Petrified Forest. Goodman: Carlyle. Remy Bumppo: Dangerous Liaisons, Voysey Inheritance, A Delicate Balance. Lifeline Theatre: Mariette in Ecstasy. Film & TV credits include: Green & Gold, Chicago Med, Prayers for Bobby, Love is a Four Letter Word and Mulligan. With thanks to my patient, kind, and long-suffering agents at Stewart Talent for putting up with me. I love you all. And to my Husband, Daughters and Grand-daughters, you are my life.

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LESLIE ANN SHEPPARD (Collet,  u/s Sophie Neveu) Select Chicago credits: London Road, Sheepdog (Shattered Globe Theatre); The Hundred Dresses (Chicago Children’s Theatre), Mr. Burns: a Post-Electric Play (Theater Wit), SS! Macbeth (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Harriet Jacobs (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Eclipsed (Northlight Theatre), The Lost Boys of Sudan (Victory Gardens), Cinderella and the Theatre of Potatoes (The Hypocrites), The Tragedy of King Christophe (House Theatre of Chicago), and A House with No Walls (TimeLine Theatre Company). Touring: Gershwin’s Magic Key (Classical Kids Live!/Kennedy Center), Pirates of Penzance (The Hypocrites/Pasadena Playhouse). TV/Film: Chicago Fire (Fox), Mob Doctor (FX/Sony), Subordinate. leslieannsheppard.com #gratitudeattitude

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KROYDELL GAILMA (u/s Rèmy/Philip, Bezu Fache)

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CHARENCE HIGGINS (u/s Vernet/Docent/Church Volunteer, Collet)  is a dynamic actor, singer/songwriter, poet, and educator. Recent credits include Twelfth Night (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Court Theatre), and brother sister cyborg space (Raven Theatre). Her regional credits include A Raisin in the Sun (American Players Theatre) and Gem of the Ocean (University of Georgia). A Mississippi native, Charence holds an MFA in Acting from UIUC and dual bachelor’s degrees from Jackson State University.  As a teaching artist, she embraces the world as a space for exploration, elevation, emancipation, and elation, dedicating her work to inspiring  the same in others.  www.charencehiggins.com