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Background: Born in Maryland and raised in Atlanta, Tamyra was crowned Miss Atlanta in 1998 while attending Georgia State University and was recently inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. After her final bow on American Idol, Tamyra Gray was signed to Simon Fuller’s 19 Recordings and is currently promoting her debut album “The Dreamer” (UMVD).
Theatre: This is Tamyra’s Broadway debut.
Television: Credits include Boston Public, Tru Calling and What I Like About You.
Theatre, off-Broadway: F**king A (Public Theater); I Am Mou (Circle East); Bintou (Play Company); Josephine’s Song (York Theater).
National tour: Miss Saigon (regional); Indian Ink (Wilma Theater) Metamorphoses (St. Louis Rep.); Romeo and Juliet (Swine Palace Theatre/ Shakespeare and Co.); Largo (NYSF); The Winter’s Tale (Missouri Rep.); A Christmas Carol (ASF); Fame (PCLO); Mame (TOTS); Godspell (MUNY).
Television: L&O: SVU, The Sopranos, ATWT.
Founder, Rasa Theater. BFA, CMU.
Dedicated to Dad, Mom, Nandita and all of my teachers.
Theatre: On Broadway, performed in Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Snow White. Off-Broadway: Right You Are (with Tony Randall), and House of Flowers. Regional: Trinity Rep (Tony Kushner’s Homebody/Kabul ), A.R.T. (Cleveland Playhouse, Yale Rep, NJ Shakespeare Festival). London West End: Oresteia, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Caesar and Cleopatra (Cleopatra).
Films: Parting Glances, One True Thing, Cosmopolitan (PBS).
Television: Law and Order.
Member of internationally acclaimed award-winning jazz vocal trio Lambert Hedricks & Bavan (4 CDs and Jazz Masters DVD); Billie Holiday Tribute concert (Spring 2004, Barbican, London).
Training: Having studied honours psychology/cognitive neuroscience at Temple University, Sriram is overjoyed to be making his Broadway debut in Bombay Dreams.
Other favourite regional/other credits are: Songs for a New World, Pirates of Penzance (Frederick), Pippin (Leading Player). Recently featured in Embrace!, a benefit concert, alongside talents like Raul Esparza.
Thanks to Mom, Dad, Rahul and Neal Tracy for undying support. Dedicated to my grandmother, Rajam Thathi, for guiding me always. Passion is the stage!
Training: Tanvir is a native Manhattanite and studies at the Dalton School.
Background and performance credits: A child soloist with the Metropolitan Opera under Elena Doria’s tutelage, his credits include Feodor in Boris Godunov, Max in Werther, Changeling Boy in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and smaller roles in 15 other operas. He has performed with the American Ballet Theatre and in the Dalton Middle School productions of Pirates of Penzance (Sergeant) and Prince and the Pauper (Dresser).
This is Tanvir’s Broadway debut.
Training: Ryerson Theatre Department. Director; Canadian Caribbean Children’s Outreach.
Theatre: Credits range from parts in Shakespeare’s Oberon and Othello to Victor Mehta in David Hare’s A Map of the World, Brecht’s Baal, Trini in Oliver and Trini, U.S. and Caribbean tours. Directed more than 20 productions, including Matura’s Playboy (World Stage Festival; DTE).
Television: Blue Murder, Streettime, Counter Strike, Night Heat.
Author of 12 plays including My Father, My Hero (Dora Mavor Moore Award) and Forever Free (Chalmers Award).
Thanks to my wife and sons.
Broadway: The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (Barrymore Theatre). Off-Broadway: The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (Manhattan Theatre Club), Homebody/Kabul (Trinity Repertory Theatre), Indian Ink (Soho Repertory Theatre), Romeo and Juliet and Measure for Measure (NJ Shakespeare Festival).
Film: American Desi, Green Card Fever, Indian Cowboy and Vasarma’s Lover’s . Deep will be seen this summer in the Lion’s Gate feature film The Cookout .
Television: New York Undercover.
He is a graduate of MIT.
Theatre: A native of St. Louis, Neil Jay is thrilled to be making his Broadway debut. Other stage credits include Roman Holiday, Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, Cinderella (St. Louis Muny); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth (Shakespeare Festival, St. Louis – thanks Lana, Rob, Rick Sordelet); Gypsy (Repertory Theatre, St. Louis).
Thanks Mom, Dad, Anita, Vinama, Dadaji, Sanjay, Priti, Ravi, Maya, Ashish, Shruti, Mary, Mark, Nance, Terri, Tom, Jason, Looch, Mike, Boeddeker and friends. Thanks Bombay Dreams team for great support and experience.
