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Mariah Copeland (she/her) is a New York based actress, Chicagoland native, and recent graduate of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale where she received her MFA in Acting.
TV: The Gilded Age (HBO); Big Mistakes (Netflix).
Love to Alana, Vanessa, Manny, Jordan, Mom, Dad, and her husband Alex.
Instagram: @mariahlcopeland
Website: mariahcopeland.com
Katie Kleiger is an actor/writer based in NYC.
Off-Broadway: Sleep No More; Ring Twice for Miranda.
Regionally, she has worked at Arena Stage, Studio Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Rep Theatre of St. Louis, Guthrie Theatre, and many more. Company member at Everyman Theatre and graduate of Guthrie BFA Acting Program.
Theatre: Back to the Future: The Musical (Broadway & first national US tour); Titanique (off-Broadway); Your Alice (BAM Brooklyn); HOOD (Asolo Rep).
TV: New Amsterdam (NBC).
Huge thank you to the Mincemeat team, C12, David Gretchko, HCKR and Brandon! Love to The Nevilles, Billie and of course, Dylan.
Instagram: @lukeantonyneville
Broadway: Hamilton (u/s Eliza, Angelica and Peggy/Maria).
Tour: Hamilton; SIX first national tour (Alternate Howard, Boleyn, Parr); Les Misérables (u/s Éponine).
Off-Broadway: Rolling Thunder.
BFA Emerson College. Thanks to the best agents, Marc & Dustin! Love to my husband, Phillip. To God be the glory.
Instagram: @erinpalmerramirez
Broadway: The Queen of Versailles.
Off-Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong.
Regional: Papermill Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, Bay Street Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, among many others.
TV/Film: Elsbeth; Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing.
Thanks to CGF, PH Entertainment, and my Ana. For Mom and Dad, always.
Website: jakebentleyyoung.com
Instagram: @jakebentleyyoung
Trading one mission for another, Loren comes straight from The Book of Mormon tour (Swing/D.C/U.S McKinley).
Gratitude to team Mincemeat. Chase your dreams!
Instagram: @lo__sto
This is Noah’s MI5 debut! PINCH HIM! He’s been acting in national tours and regional shows for over ten years. Love to friends, family, and Sunshine.
Website: noah-berry.com
Absolutely chuffed to be here!
Previous national tour: Les Misérables (u/s Fantine).
BFA SUNY Fredonia. Massive thank you to PMA, and much love to my beautiful friends & family!
Instagram: @genevieve.ellis
National tour: Hello, Dolly! (Irene u/s).
Regional: Phantom (Christine Daaé); Spelling Bee (Olive); White Christmas (Judy). Kennedy Center, Edinburgh Fringe, MUNY, MTWichita, Tuacahn, 54 Below.
Website: cassieaustin.com
Instagram: @classyaustin_

Robert directs the award-winning West End and Broadway productions of Operation Mincemeat.
Robert was appointed the Deputy Artistic Director of the National Theatre in January 2025. His production of Hamlet will shortly transfer to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.
Previously, as Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres, Robert was the director of the musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge created by Richard Hawley and Chris Bush, which opened in March 2019 to outstanding reviews.
It won ‘Best Musical Production’ at the UK Theatre Awards’ and the ‘2020 South Bank Sky Arts Award for Theatre’. It was revived at the Crucible in December 2022 before a run at the National Theatre and in the West End, going on to win Best Musical at the 2023 Olivier Awards.
At Sheffield, Rob directed Coriolanus with Tom Bateman and a critically acclaimed revival of The York Realist co-produced with and presented at The Donmar Warehouse in London where he was Associate Director. Robert also directed Miss Saigon, Guys and Dolls, Julius Caesar, Of Kith and Kin (co-produced with The Bush Theatre), The Wizard of Oz and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Rob directed Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe, starring Michelle Terry, in winter 2018.
In 2016 he directed Breaking the Code at Manchester Royal Exchange in the play’s first major revival for 30 years. In that year, he also directed Henry V at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre starring Michelle Terry.
As Associate Director of the Donmar Warehouse he directed Splendour by Abi Morgan and a revival of My Night with Reg by Kevin Elyot which transferred to the Apollo Theatre, West End.
Previous productions include: A Breakfast of Eels by Robert Holman, (Print Room 2015), Carthage by Chris Thompson (Finborough Theatre, 2014), Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun by John McGrath (Finborough Theatre, 2012), Sunburst by Tennessee Williams (UK Premiere, Holborn Grange Hotel, 2012).
He was Associate Director for Sixty-Six Books/Bush Theatre: In the Land of Uz by Neil LaBute, The Middle Man by Anthony Weigh, David and Goliath by Andrew Motion, Snow in Sheffield by Helen Mort and A Lost Expression by Luke Kennard.
Recent theatre works include Operation Mincemeat (Southwark, West End and Broadway), Midsomer Murders (tour), Private Lives (tour/West End) with Nigel Havers and Patricia Hodge, Opera della Luna’s The Mikado (Wilton’s and tour) Some Mothers do ‘ave ‘em (tour) Orpheus in the Underworld (Buxton Festival & Bloomsbury) Nightingales (Bath) Candide (Iford), Twelfth Night (RSC), Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado about Nothing (RSC, Chichester and The Haymarket), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bath), Spamalot (West End and tour), The Rocky Horror Show (West end, Tour and Korea), The Clockmaker’s Daughter, Urinetown and Suessical (Laban Trinity). Dr Who Live (Arena tour), The History Boys (Tour), Peter Pan a Musical Adventure and The Wizard of Oz (Birmingham Rep and West Yorkshire Playhouse). The Merry Wives of Windsor (The Globe and USA) and The Comedy of Errors (The Globe).
Jenny won the 22nd Annual Theater Fans Choice Award for Best Choreography for her work in Operation Mincemeat on Broadway and was nominated for an Olivier and a Whatsonstage award for her choreography for Jerry Springer the Opera (National Theatre, West End, National Tour and Sydney Opera House).
Films include Nativity and Confetti, both starring Martin Freeman, and Vagabond Shoes starring Iain Glenn. Television includes Marie Lloyd and Fanny Hill (BBC4) Al Murray’s Happy Hour (ITV1) Kombat Opera (BBC2) and several Harry Hill TV series.
Ben is an Olivier Award nominated stage designer who trained at Central Saint Martins College of Art.
Theatre credits include: Standing at the Sky’s Edge (Crucible Theatre, Olivier National Theatre and Gillian Lynne Theatre West End), Operation Mincemeat (West End and Broadway), Hamlet (Lyttelton, National Theatre), Sylvia (The Old Vic), Miss Saigon, Rock, Frost/Nixon, Julius Caesar, Coriolanus, She Loves Me, The Band Plays On and KES Reimagined (Sheffield Crucible), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Leeds Playhouse and HOME Manchester), Happy Meal (Traverse), The Watsons (Chichester and Menier Chocolate Factory), The Bear/The Proposal (Young Vic), Swive (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse), HIR (Bush), Frankenstein, Breaking the Code, Doctor Faustus, A Taste of Honey and The Producers (Royal Exchange, Manchester), Good With People (Paines Plough and at 59E59, NY), The Dazzle, Bug, and Fool For Love (Found111), Hobson’s Choice and Twelfth Night (Regent’s Park), Way Upstream (Chichester), Creditors directed by Alan Rickman (Donmar Warehouse and Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY).
Dance credits include: Mixtape Celebrating 20 years of ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company (Sadlers Wells Theatre), Message in a Bottle (Universal Music Group and Sadler’s Wells), Some Like It Hip Hop, Into The Hoods (Sadler’s Wells and UK tour), The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party (Royal Opera House and The Roundhouse).
Opera credits include: The Merry Widow (English National Opera).
Mark Henderson is a lighting designer with over 40 years’ experience and has designed extensively for all the major theatre, dance and opera companies in the UK and has lit over 70 West End and over 25 Broadway productions.
Mark was the recipient of the 1992, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2010 and 2016 Laurence Olivier Award for Lighting Design, in 2006 won a Tony Award for The History Boys on Broadway and in 2013 won the WhatOnStage lighting design award for Sweeney Todd.
Mark won a Welsh BAFTA in 2000 for his work on the televised opening of the Millennium Centre in Cardiff.
His recent and upcoming work in theatre includes Beneatha’s Place at The Young Vic, Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Dancing at Lughnasa at The National Theatre and Sheffield Theatres, and Paradise at the National Theatre. His extensive CV includes The Boy in the Dress for the RSC; The Bodyguard and Girl From the North Country on UK and international tours; Oklahoma at Chichester; Sweet Charity at the Donmar Warehouse; Light in the Piazza at the Royal Festival Hall; Into The Woods at Theatre Royal, Bath; Newsies at the Troubadour, Wembley.
Opera includes designs for English National Opera, The Royal Opera, Welsh National Opera, Opera North, Glyndebourne. Dance includes designs for English National Ballet, London Contemporary Dance Theatre, The Royal Ballet, Scottish Ballet, Northern Ballet, Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet, Rambert. Other work for performance includes Kate Bush Live: Before The Dawn.
Mike trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and is an Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.
Recent projects include: Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (UK Tour), Kat’a Kabanova, Luisa Miller and Tristan and Isolde for Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Midsummer Night’s Dream, La Cenerentola and Manon Lescaut for Grange Festival Opera, and co-producing and engineering the album recording of Flowers For Mrs Harris.
Theatre credits include: She Loves Me, Guys & Dolls and Flowers for Mrs Harris (Crucible, Sheffield), Allelujah! (Bridge), The Price, Lady In The Van, Relatively Speaking and Hobson’s Choice (Theatre Royal, Bath), Man to Man (Wiltons), Forbidden City (Esplanade, Singapore), Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour (Duke of Yorks), Rent (St James & Tour), Wild Honey, Hapgood and Drawing the Line (Hampstead), Enemy of the People, For Services Rendered, Taken at Midnight and Arturo Ui (Chichester), Temple (Donmar), Three Winters, Chewing Gum Dreams, Home, Hymn, St Matthew Passion and Caroline or Change (National Theatre) and Jerry Springer – The Opera (Lyttelton & Cambridge Theatre) for which he won the Olivier Award for Best Sound Design.
With his company, Loh Humm Audio, Mike provides audio engineering services for theatres.
Grammy Award winner, Tony, Emmy, Olivier & Drama Desk nominated arranger, composer, producer, conductor and trumpeter, Steve Sidwell, has featured on numerous albums, television shows, advertising campaigns and films with his
distinctive and innovative orchestrations and compositions.
Television commissions include: The 95th Academy Awards with Sofia Carson & Diane Warren, the 79th Academy Awards with ‘Elements & Motion’, the Platinum Party at the
Palace, the London 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony, the Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony, BBC Special for VE Day 75 years, BBC Special for VJ Day 75 years, the BBC
Music Awards, Concert For Ukraine, Ariana Grande at the BBC, The Royal Variety Show, The Voice UK Series 1 & 2, Robbie Williams Live At The Albert Hall, Children In Need Rocks and Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway.
Theatre credits include: Orchestrating Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Bat Out of Hell, Operation Mincemeat, We Will Rock You, Made In Dagenham, Our House, Lion King: Rhythm Of The Pridelands, The Christmasaurus and Daddy Cool.
Record producer credits include: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Grammy Winner), Sheridan Smith, Operation Mincemeat, Lion King: Rhythm Of The Pridelands; Bradley
Walsh and The Nolans.
Numerous advertising credits include award winning Honda Choir, M&S Christmas (featuring Dame Shirley Bassey) and Stella Artois “cool” campaign.
Film credits include: Film Music Co-Producer on Bohemian Rhapsody, Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet, Bridget Jones’ Diary, Teachers Pet, The Spongebob Squarepants Movie and Finding Nemo.
Recording Credits include: Robbie Williams, George Michael, Paul McCartney, Sir Mick Jagger, Dame Shirley Bassey, Mark Knopfler, Amy Winehouse, Snow Patrol, Lily Allen, Ariana Grande, Muse, Dizzee Rascal, Take That, Annie Lennox, Leona Lewis, Tom Jones, Sting, Elton John, The Feeling, McFly, Will Young, Bryan Ferry, Joss Stone, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Gregory Porter, Ellie Goulding, Jess Glynne, The Who, Ian Dury, Wet Wet Wet, Charlie Watts, Henry Mancini and Michael Nyman.
Joe was the musical director of Operation Mincemeat for three years – at Riverside Studios, then on the Original Cast Album, in the West End, and on Broadway. He was nominated for The Stage Debut Award for Best Creative West End Debut and the Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Contribution (with orchestrator Steve Sidwell).
Other theatre as musical director includes: Rags (Park Theatre), My Fair Lady (Mill at Sonning), 35mm: A Musical Exhibition (The Other Palace), The Rink, Superhero, and Wasted (Southwark Playhouse),The Events (UK & US Tour / Queen Elizabeth Hall), Assassins (Pleasance) and Side by Side by Sondheim (Headliners Club).
As associate musical director: Spring Awakening (Almeida), Guys and Dolls (Sheffield Crucible), Ghost Quartet (Boulevard) and Love is Only Love (The Other Palace).
As an actor: Our Town (Almeida).
Awards: Off West End Award for Musical Director, 2018 (The Rink) and 2020 (Rags).
Georgie is a director specialising in original work and adaptations. She is an associate artist at The Watermill.
As Director: One Man Musical by Flo & Joan (Soho Theatre, Edinburgh, nominated for Outstanding Show at Melbourne Comedy Festival), Instructions for A Teenage Armageddon, (Garrick Theatre, original production at Southwark Playhouse nominated for 4 OffWestEnd Awards) Wizard of Oz, Camp Albion & A Christmas Carol (Watermill Theatre), Vinegar Tom (Mountview), Queen Mab (Actors Church), Our Town (Royal Academy of Music), Eigengrau (Waterloo East Theatre), D-Day 75 (Watermill Theatre & Greenham Trust), CHUTNEY (Bunker Theatre, nominated for 4 Off-West End Awards), Into The Numbers & Dubailand (Finborough Theatre), Dreamless Sleep (Arts Theatre).
Associate Director: Hamlet (National Theatre & Brooklyn Academy of Music), Operation Mincemeat (West End), Operation Mincemeat (Broadway), Dawn French is a Huge Tw*t (West End & U.K Tour).
Assistant Director: Sweet Charity & Our Town (Watermill Theatre), Legally Blonde: The Musical (Bernie Grant Arts Centre).
Avalon is a multi-award-winning talent management, television production and live promotion group with offices in London, Los Angeles and New York. Avalon, Artists Rights Group and The Agency together represent a diverse and distinctive roster of artists including actors, comedians, writers and directors, among them Academy Award, BAFTA, Emmy, Tony and Olivier Award-winners.
Avalon has produced live shows including the hit musical Jerry Springer: The Opera, the first West End production to win all four UK Best New Musical awards, including four Olivier Awards, which led to Jon Thoday, alongside former New York Times CEO Mark Thompson, becoming the last person prosecuted for blasphemy in the UK and prompting a welcome change in the law; Newman and Baddiel: Live at Wembley, the first ever arena comedy show in British history; Frank Skinner’s record-breaking show at Battersea Power Station; Al Murray’s Olivier-nominated West End run; Russell Howard’s ten consecutive nights at the Royal Albert Hall, breaking a record previously held by Frank Sinatra; David Baddiel’s Olivier-nominated one-man show My Family: Not The Sitcom; and is currently producing Operation Mincemeat, the double Olivier and Tony Award-winning musical running concurrently in New York City, London, and across the UK, with the 40-week nation-wide run serving as the launch pad of the world tour.
Avalon is the UK’s largest independent television production company, with over 40 shows in production in the last year including: hit entertainment format Taskmaster (Channel 4 in the UK, Network 10 in Australia, TV4 in Sweden, TVNorge/Discovery+ in Norway); multi-Emmy award winning Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO); Not Going Out (BBC), the UK’s longest running sitcom on air; Tall Tales & Murder (BBC/RTE), a highly anticipated darkly comedic crime drama and an upcoming live-action, sketch comedy series The Terrors Of Jordan Mendoza (Adult Swim). Other landmark Avalon shows include Catastrophe (Amazon/Channel 4), Breeders (FX/Sky), Starstruck (HBO Max/BBC), Flatbush Misdemeanors (Showtime), Workaholics (Comedy Central), The Russell Howard Hour (Sky), TV Burp (ITV) and Fantasy Football League (BBC/ITV/Sky).
Andrew has produced, co-produced, executive produced and/or general managed among many others: Operation Mincemeat (Olivier Award for Best Musical, Tony nomination), A Little Night Music (Olivier, Tony and Drama Desk nominations); Zorro (Olivier nomination); Porgy and Bess (Olivier nomination); The Producers (Olivier Award for Best Musical); Jerry Springer the Opera (tour); Marc Salem’s Mind Games; Taboo (Olivier nomination); The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Olivier Award for Best New Comedy); Madame Melville; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; Side Man; Soul Train (Olivier nomination); Perfect Days (Olivier nomination); Gross Indecency – The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde; Show Boat (Olivier nomination, Prince Edward Theatre); The Who’s Tommy (Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production); Crazy For You (tour); Return to the Forbidden Planet (Olivier Award for Best Musical); Evita (tour); Me and My Girl (tour); Jesus Christ Superstar for the Shiki Theatrical Company of Japan; Show Boat (Olivier Award for Outstanding Revival of the Year of a Musical, London Palladium).