TREVOR M PIERCE (Music Director) 

Trevor is a New York-based music director, accompanist, and vocal coach, and has worked at regional houses across the east coast in many different musical capacities. Upcoming: ELF Nat'l Tour (Associate Conductor). Select credits include: ANYTHING GOES Nat'l Tour (Associate Conductor), New London Barn (DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS), Eagle Theatre (CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, Philadelphia Premiere),  Forestburgh Playhouse (MY FAIR LADY, MAME with Loretta Switt, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES), 11th Hour Theater Co (Lippa's THE WILD PARTY).  A Philadelphia transplant, Trevor has worked with the Walnut Street Theatre, the Arden Theatre Co, University of the Arts, Montgomery Theater, and many others. He holds a BA in Theatre Arts and Music from the University of Pennsylvania.  www.trevompierce.com

LINA SARRELLO*  (Cynthia)

Originally from Miami, Florida, Lina Sarrello is a multi-lingual actress, director, writer, and producer.  She has toured nationally in West Side Story (Anita), The King and I (Lady Thiang), and She Loves Me (Ilona Ritter).  New York credits include Repertorio Español, LaTea, SEA, the Duo Theater, Latino Flavored Productions, and The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater (2010 Latin Ace Award/ Best Actress in a Comedy.  As a voice artist, Lina has voiced products for L'Oreal, McDonalds, and Radio Shack in both Spanish and English. TV credits include 30 Rock and Inside Amy Schumer. She can be seen as Mena in the new comedy web series, Mix-Matched, on YouTube. www.linasarrello.com // LoboShortFilm.com

JOEL HURT JONES* (Joe)

Joel’s theatre credits include the Kennedy Center, Irish Rep, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Theatre for the New City, etc. Film and television include “House of Cards”,  “Scrubs”, “Law & Order”, “Blue Streak”, “Showtime”, among others. He has written professionally for television (Rocky & Bullwinkle’s Christmoose Special) and with comedy partner Jason Kravits won the Jurors Award for best Sketch/Alternative Act at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, CO.  In February, 2016 Joel appeared as Nathan Detroit in the Pittsburgh Public Theatre production of Guys and Dolls.

DARRELL PURCELL (Marcus)
Darrell is ecstatic to be joining Welcome to the Hard Luck Café!  Darrell is a graduate of East Carolina University and New York Film Academy. Darrell made his Off Broadway debut in “Olympics Uber Alles” at St. Lukes Theatre in 2014 and recently finished a run as Seaweed in Hairspray at Temple Theatre in NC. Favorite Credits include: CATS, Cinderella (AFT national tour), Black Journey, Peter Pan, Clybourne Park,  42nd Street, Shrek the Musical, Tarzan, and Young Frankenstein. Proud EMC.

MELISSA BRODER (Mimi)

Melissa Broder has been performing in community, regional, and off-Broadway shows since she was 9-years-old. Favorite stage roles include Sister Robert Anne in Nunsense, “Stella Deems” in Follies, “Melissa Frake” in State Fair, Josephine Strong in Urinetown, Dora in Fiorello!, “Gilmer” in Godspell, “Jenny” in Company, “Narrator” in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, “Susie” in Babes in Arms, and Gwendolyn Pigeon in The Odd Couple. Melissa is a proud Lifetime Member of the St. Bart’s Players in Manhattan, where she has served on the board for 25 years, and lives in Hoboken, NJ with her husband, and 2 cats, Mack and Mabel. She is thrilled to be joining the cast and team of Welcome to the Hard Luck Café.

RICHARD LINDENFELZER (Dan)

Richard is from Tyngsboro, Massachusetts and a proud graduate of Ithaca College. He most recently played Evelyn Oakleigh on the national tour of Anything Goes. Other credits include Les Miserables (Bishop) and An Enemy of the People (Hovstad). Love to my family, friends and HDs! www.richardlindenfelzer.com

TAMMY SALAZAR (Katie)

Tammy is thrilled to be making her NYC debut! Venezuelan and raised in Miami Florida, she has performed in the Sunshine state as well as in Chicago. Favorite credits include Much Ado About Nothing, West Side Story, and the Real Inspector Hound. She thanks her family and dear friends for all their support. Much love.

ALEXIS TIDWELL (Alexis)

Alexis Tidwell is an actress, vocalist, and vocal coach from Memphis, TN but currently resides in New York, NY. She holds a Masters of Music with a concentration in Choral Music Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her accomplishments include performing in Carnegie Hall with the University of Tennessee Choral Department, performing at 54 Below, singing back up for Michael Buble’, singing for the likes of Dr. Ben Carson and Hill Harper, performing for the Norwegian Cruise Line, and being cast in numerous professional and regional productions.

KATY SWANN (Stage Manager)

Katy is a New York based Stage Manager from Oklahoma City. Off-Broadway: The Liquid Plain (Signature Theatre), Tamburlaine the Great: Parts I & II (Theatre for a New Audience), Fable (NYMF/Signature). Las Vegas Strip: Surf! The Musical (Kristin Hanggi, director). Other Credits: Abingdon Theatre Company, The Actors Company Theatre, New York Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Busch Gardens. M.F.A. University of Nevada, Las Vegas.