Disney’s Frozen

Madeline Kushnir is thrilled to be making her professional debut with Sierra Rep! She first discovered her love of theatre a year and a half ago when she played Jemima in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and has been hooked ever since. Favorite roles include Flotsam in The Little Mermaid, Snow White in The Descendants (SRT Jr), and Michael in Mary Poppins. When she’s not on stage, Madeline enjoys skiing, kneeboarding, and playing softball, volleyball, and soccer. She would like to thank her family and friends for their love and support and SRT for the awesome opportunity!

Camryn is thrilled to be entering her third season as an Artistic Associate at Sierra Rep. Previous SRT credits include: Legally Blonde (Elle Woods), Sunday in the Park with George (Dot/Marie), Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), The Marvelous Wonderettes (Cindy Lou), Cinderella (Ella). Camryn has had the pleasure to perform at other regional houses including Casa Mañana and Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre. Camryn received her BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Arizona. She would like to thank her friends, family, and SRT for their endless love and support. Enjoy the show!

Kevin Heath is SRT’s Development Manager and a Resident Acting Company Member. Previous SRT credits include Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Santa), Into the Woods (Steward), Misery (Buster), Clue (Mr. Green), Elf The Musical (Santa/Greenway), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Grimsby), and Agatha Christie’s Murder on The Orient Express (Michel). His acting career started in New York and Boston before moving to California where he co-founded Limelight Actors Theater. Bay Area production credits include The Velocity of Autumn (Chris), The Outgoing Tide (Jack), and The 39 Steps (Hannay). Kevin is beyond grateful for his rock, Alan.

Thrilled to be back at Sierra Rep in this dream show and role! NYC based and just made his Off-Broadway Debut in May in Maddie: A New Musical. Previous SRT Credits: Sunday in the Park With George (Soldier, U/S George), The Little Mermaid (Prince Eric). Regional: Forever Plaid (Smudge). Multi-hyphenate artist from Rochester, NY. Proud BFA Fredonia Alum. Special thanks to Scott, Jerry, and the entire SRT Oz team, MTAgency, Berit, fam, and his fiancé Charlie.

Jason Wells is absolutely delighted to be making his SRT debut with Million Dollar Quartet Christmas! Some of his recent credits include: Adam (Freaky Friday), Hans (Cabaret), and Drums (Little Shop of Horrors). He’s a graduate of the Pacific Conservatory Theatre Professional Actor Training Program and when he’s not onstage, he’s likely behind the scenes making costumes, building props, or putting sets together. He’d like to thank all his friends and family, specifically his father, for inspiring him to become “The King” he is today.

Kason is excited and honored to be a part of this amazing production. He is a 16 year old junior at Connections Visual and Performing Arts Academy. Kason first took the stage in 2018 with SRT Jr and hasn’t missed an opportunity to perform since then. Favorite SRT credits include: The Wizard of Oz Jr (Tinman), The Little Mermaid Jr (Grimsby), and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Youth Ensemble). He would like to thank his family, his friends, and the SRT team for always believing in him.

Quinn Igoe is 15 years old and an incoming Sophomore at Connections Visual and Performing Arts Academy. She loves theater and is excited to be on the main SRT stage for the fifth time! Some of her favorite previous musicals are Disney’s Descendants (Evie) SRT Jr, Newsies Jr (Katherine) Mountain Youth and Community Theater, and Frozen Jr (Elsa) SRT Jr. Quinn is kind, thoughtful, and so genuinely passionate about life’s experiences—especially reading, singing, and dancing. She would like to thank her mentors, friends, and family for supporting her and hopes you enjoy the show!

Kristen Anderson-Lopez is part of the Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy winning songwriting team behind the Disney animated films, Frozen and Frozen 2, with her husband Robert Lopez. Together they also wrote the Oscar winning song “Remember Me” from Pixar’s Coco, as well as songs for Marvel’s WandaVision (Emmy Award win for “Agatha All Along”) and its spin-off series Agatha All Along. They adapted Frozen for the Broadway stage and are co-creators of the Hulu original series Up Here.Robert co-conceived and co-wrote the hit musicals Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon, both earning him Tony Awards. Kristen’s show In Transit made history as the first all a cappella musical to run on Broadway after an award-winning Off-Broadway run. Lopez and Anderson-Lopez have written for television, film and stage, including Finding Nemo: The Musical; songs for “The Wonder Pets” (two Emmy Award wins) and the Winnie the Pooh animated film. Lopez and Anderson-Lopez both serve on the Dramatists Guild Council. Graduates of Yale University and Williams College, respectively, they now reside in Brooklyn with their family.

Robert Lopez is part of the Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy winning songwriting team behind the Disney animated films, Frozen and Frozen 2, with his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Together they also wrote the Oscar winning song “Remember Me” from Pixar’s Coco, as well as songs for Marvel’s WandaVision (Emmy Award win for “Agatha All Along”) and its spin-off series Agatha All Along. They adapted Frozen for the Broadway stage and are co-creators of the Hulu original series Up Here.Robert co-conceived and co-wrote the hit musicals Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon, both earning him Tony Awards. Kristen’s show In Transit made history as the first all a cappella musical to run on Broadway after an award-winning Off-Broadway run. Lopez and Anderson-Lopez have written for television, film and stage, including Finding Nemo: The Musical; songs for “The Wonder Pets” (two Emmy Award wins) and the Winnie the Pooh animated film. Lopez and Anderson-Lopez both serve on the Dramatists Guild Council. Graduates of Yale University and Williams College, respectively, they now reside in Brooklyn with their family.

Jennifer Lee is the Academy Award®-winning writer and director of Walt Disney Animation Studio’s Frozen. For her work on Frozen, Lee received numerous awards including a Golden Globe, a Critics’ Choice Award, a BAFTA Award, and an Academy Award®. She wrote the book for the Broadway stage adaptation of Frozen, receiving a Tony Award® nomination for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote and directed the animated feature Frozen 2. Her Disney Animation career began as co-writer of the Oscar®-nominated Wreck-It Ralph. She went on to co-write the story for the Academy Award®-winning Zootopia, and served as Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios from 2018 to 2024, when she began working on Frozen 3 and Frozen 4. She has executive produced numerous award-winning animated films including Moana 2, Raya and the Last Dragon and the Academy® Award-winning Encanto. Her graphic novel As I Dream of You will be published in 2026.

Jerry Lee is Sierra Rep’s Artistic Director. He’s appeared in the SRT productions of Misery, Sunday in the Park with George, Elf The Musical, Shrek The Musical, Camelot, Cabaret, Route 66, Intimate Apparel, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Man of La Mancha, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s State Fair, and The Drowsy Chaperone. As an actor: I Love You…Change, Forbidden Broadway (California Musical Theatre); Life Could Be a Dream, A Christmas Carol (CenterREP); A Little Princess, The Fantasticks (Sacramento Theatre Company); West Side Story (Mountain Play); Orlando, An Iliad, A Tale of Two Cities (SacImpulse Theatre). As a soloist: Rodgers and Hammerstein Celebration (Sacramento Choral Society); Billy Bigelow in Carousel in Concert (Sacramento Philharmonic). As a director: HAIR, Little Shop of Horrors, Mean Girls JR., Sh-Boom! A Christmas Miracle (World Premiere), Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Twelfth Night, Jersey Boys, Clue, Disney’s Winnie the Pooh KIDS, Elvis The Musical (West Coast Premiere), Dogfight, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Steel Magnolias, Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka KIDS, I Love You…Change, The Wizard of Oz, Holiday Jukebox, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, The Robber Bridegroom (SRT); I Love You…Change (STC). Lee began his association with Sierra Rep in 2010 when he stepped in as a replacement in Guys and Dolls.

In 2019, Lee created SRT in Schools, a touring program that brings live professional theatre to Tuolumne County schools at no cost to the schools, students, or their families. In 2023, the program branched out to include Stanislaus and Calaveras counties.

Charlie Munday is thrilled to return to Sierra Rep, where he has previously appeared in Jersey Boys (Bob Crewe), Sunday in the Park with George (Franz), and The Little Mermaid. A graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York, Charlie is a director and choreographer with BroadwayWorld-nominations for his work on Mamma Mia!, Elf: The Musical, and Young Frankenstein. Some other directing and choreography credits include Fiddler on the Roof, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Frozen, Dogfight, [title of show], andNunsense. As a costume designer, his work has been seen across the U.S., Australia, and internationally aboard cruise ships. Charlie is grateful for the artists he gets to create with and sends love to his parents, family, friends, and his husband, Justin.

Michael Wilkins holds a B.A. in Music Theory and Composition and a M.M. in Choral Conducting both from Azusa Pacific University. He has worked on numerous productions as a Musical Director, Conductor, and Pianist. Musical direction highlights include Bright Star and Into The Woods at PCPA; Once and Chicago at Oregon Cabaret Theatre; The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical, Schoolhouse Rock and Coraline at Children’s Theatre of Charlotte; Rock of Ages, Dream A Little Dream and Passing Strange, all at Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte; The Rocky Horror Show at The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, CA; and the Southern California Premiere of Jerry Springer The Opera at The Chance Theatre in Anaheim, CA.

Brenda O’Brien began her theater career in San Diego, where she was seen as Judas in Godspell, Louise in Gypsy, Nicki in Sweet Charity, and Viola in Twelfth Night (to name a few). She received awards for her roles as Ouisa in Six Degrees of Separation, Joan in Dames at Sea, Aldonza in Man of La Mancha, and Electra in Gypsy. Brenda then went on to perform as Svetlana in the 1st National tour of Chess. Soon after she began portraying Carmen San Diego on the PBS television show and video games. In addition to acting, Brenda is an accomplished make-up artist and hairdresser for TV, Film, and Theater. She received her 25 years on Broadway pin in 2019 for her work on Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Les Misérables, Jekyll & Hyde, and Disney’s The Lion King. SRT Audiences might remember her as Tanya in Mamma Mia (2018), or as Tootie in Meet Me in St. Louis (2021). So glad to be back!

Emily is thrilled to return to Sierra Repertory Theatre for her third contract, just having worked on Fiddler on the Roof and A Christmas Carol. She’s heading into her fourth season with Santa Cruz Shakespeare, where she started as an apprentice on The Taming of the Shrew and has grown into an Assistant Stage Manager for multiple productions. Emily holds a B.A. in Theatre Design and Production from Arizona State University, with an emphasis in Stage Management, and a certificate in Special Events Management. She can’t wait to dive back into creating vibrant, meaningful theatre!

Maggie Braun (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be back at her theatre home! SRT: Steel Magnolias, Murder on the Orient Express, Route 66, The Wizard of Oz, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, and Million Dollar Quartet. With her associate degree in Theater from Modesto Junior College, she is proud to have her dream job here in Sonora. She would like to thank her family, best friends, and Connor for supporting her in her journey of chasing her dreams. “Look ma, I made it!”