Whitney Allen
Whitney is thrilled to be back with the LOVELACE team, after playing Mrs.Boreman in both staged readings last year.  BROADWAY:  JEKYLL & HYDE (Lucy, Emma standby)  THE FULL MONTY (1st National Tour, Pam Lukowski)  OFF BROADWAY: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY 95-99 editions,  MR. PRESIDENT,  DORIAN GRAY,  SUMMER OF '42.  LOS ANGELES/REGIONAL:  THE BREAKUP NOTEBOOK (Ovation Award, Frances)  ANN E. WRECKSICK (Miss Hadagun)  COMPANY (Cleveland Playhouse, April) THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY (Milwaukee Rep.).  TV: "Oz", "Cold Case".  In film Whitney recently appeared in "Ghost Writer" directed by Alan Cumming, and associate produced the short "Naked, A Guy's Musical" by Jonathan Baker, featured on itunes.   BFA U of Michigan Musical Theatre.  Thanks to Jonathan, my brilliant friend and voice teacher.

Sonya Bender
Sonya Bender is an award-winning actress, singer and songwriter. She has been recognized as one of the young faces to watch by PBS Arts Brief. She has gained national exposure as ASCAP’s Spokesperson for their education campaign against music piracy. Regional credits: PUSH/The Fritz Theatre (Outstanding Actress, Fritz Blitz), Crave/Lynx Performance Theatre (Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama, National Youth Theatre Award), A Christmas Carol/San Diego Repertory Theatre, In Arabia We’d All Be Kings/Lynx Performance Theatre (Best Ensemble Award PBS) and The Bruno Kirby Celebrity Reading Series at The Hayworth. sonyabender.com

Hailing from Chicago, and having performed around the world, Curt's theater credits include the LA Weekly Award winning musical and 2007 NYMF invitee, The Beastly Bombing. Other stage credits include award winners Ouroborus, The Pagans and Marked Tree at The Road, and a hit production of HAIR, directed by the show's creator, James Rado which took Curt to Moscow for the first Russian production. Along with several national commercials and independent films, you may have also seen Curt as a twisted serial killer on the CBS hit drama 'Criminal Minds.' curtbonnem.com for more!

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Jill is a full-time performer for stage and screen.  She began performing for the Walt Disney Company, portraying such characters as Princess Jasmine and Pocahontas.  She entertained audiences onstage while traveling around the world with Norwegian Cruise Lines.  Her theater credits include:  Fiddler On The Roof, The Hot Mikado, and two productions of Songs For A New World, one of which she was nominated for a L.A. Ovation Award.  She frequently can be seen singing our National Anthem for the Anaheim Angels, Anaheim Ducks, and L.A. Lakers.  Currently, she can be heard screaming the popular "Priceline Negotiator!" jingle, running nationwide. jillmarieburke.com

Rachael Cavenaugh originally hails from Houston, Texas. She is a recent graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts, where she studied under Gerald Freedman. She is new to LA and is thrilled to make her LA theatrical debut in LOVELACE at the Hayworth Theatre.

Milan has performed in theatres Off-Broadway, regionally, in Europe and locally in Los Angeles.  He can be seen on Funny or Die! as Jesus and occasionally in Silver Lake indie rock clubs performing rock and roll music.  Milan recently returned from Kenya, where he was part of a team leading drama workshops with orphans in Nairobi’s Kibera Slum.  He received his BFA in Theatre from NYU Tisch and now serves on the Tisch West Alumni Council.  Thanks to Jenn for introducing me to Anna who introduced me to this crazy world (and to Charlotte, Ken and the Hayworth Gang for the last year of fun)!

Kelly Devoto was born and raised in Santa Rosa, CA where she began studying acting as a child and performed in shows such as "Annie", "Oliver", "Bye Bye Birdie", and "Cabaret".  She moved to Los Angeles 2 years ago and has since appeared in numerous music videos, booked various modeling jobs, and got her first feature film role in the horror film "Don't Look Up", due out next year.  She is a member of SAG and AFTRA and represented by Nancy Sisson at RPM Talent Agency.

Josh Greene
Josh Greene is a multi-talented genius and humanitarian who enjoys writing his own bios.  He made his L.A. debut on the sitcom Frasier, which immediately catapulted him into a guesthouse in the Valley. Shortly thereafter he did some time in the Broadway musical RENT, then returned home to pursue the elimination of world hunger.  When that didn't pan out, he embraced Reality, hosting shows for the Discovery Channel and TLC.  Recent work includes the voice of Jimmy Lizard in the animated feature Hoodwinked, the L.A. and Vegas companies of Rock of Ages, and writer/director of the award-winning short film, The Commission.  More at joshuajgreene.com

Since moving from Chicago 5 years ago, Ms. Lenk has had the good fortune to play Margaret in iWitness at the Mark Taper Forum, Anna in Steppenwolf’s Lost Land, Grusha in Caucasian Chalk Circle at South Coast Repertory, Camille in Camille at Bard Summerscape in NY, Hester Prynne in the rock opera shAme, Velma Kelly in Chicago with MTLA at The Hudson Backstage, and Anna in Burn This with the Guerilla Rep. She has also been in a number of indie films, including Crime Fiction, Space Daze, and Elan Vital, and on TV: According to Jim, Will and Grace, and Jamie Kennedy Experiment, as well as several music projects: Reyna Larson, Friends of the Jitney, and her own, Moxy Phinx. Cheers.

Alan Palmer (Gerard) New York Credits include The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber with Michael Crawford at Radio City Music Hall and the off-Broadway shows Bernie’s Bar Mitzvah, Making Waves, Songs the Girls Sang and Fabulous Divas of Broadway. Film and television credits include “Hot Springs Hotel” and Compromising Situations’ (both for Showtime), Mind Your Manners, Brother Red, “The Club” and the sketch comedy show “Skin Deep Detergent,” and is known to TV audiences as Corcus on “The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.” Alan is an award winning director/choreographer based in Los Angeles, whose credits include the 50th Anniversary production of Oklahoma! For Broadway-Grand Opera, the West Coast premiere of the musical It’s a Wonderful Life. The original production of Inaccurate Information written by Jeffery Bowman at Hudson Theatre (L.A. Garland/ Best Director), the new version of Nunsense A-Men at Open Stage West and tours of Forever Plaid, An Evening of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Godspell (Applause Award, Best Director).

He has written several revues, including the musical “rockumentary” Rock on Broadway, his award winning adaptation of Songs the Girls Sang (ADA Award, Best Director) and most recently the off-Broadway hit Fabulous Divas of Broadway. He wrote the film Journey of a Jacket seen at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006 and the television series “the Club”, his fourth solo CD Songs for Souls for The Homeless Children’s Charity Project.

Originally from Minneapolis, JIMMY SWAN is best known as a rock and roll singer with such notable bands as HOLLYWOOD ROSE, BAD BONES and FEAST OF JOY.  Currently a solo artist working on completion of his third CD, Jimmy has also appeared in various independent TV and film productions, as well as performance art pieces, political theater (Dubya & the Gang of Seven) and spoken word.  Upon meeting, Sidney Poitier immediately told Swan he would be a very famous and successful actor. When not singing, acting or writing, Jimmy can be found carousing, gambling and sharing the love. Jimmy feels truly blessed.

UNDERSTUDIES:

Jon Donohoe
From Littleton, CO is proud to be a part of Lovelace. Joe is currently playing Mark in Plan-B Entertainment’s RENT in San Bernardino after many stints with the Broadway National Tour. Recent credits include the rock opera Shame, Jaradoa Theater’s debut production, Serenade (in NYC), 3 for Anna, and Malcolm in the Middle. Joe’s newly recorded Alternative/Rock album can be heard and purchased at joedonohoe.com; He dedicates his performances to Rupret’s Boyfriend.

Kendra Smith
KENDRA SMITH is excited to be doing theatre in Los Angeles. Her last role on the stage was in New York City, playing Queen Margaret in Henry VI. She is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she received a BFA in Acting. Kendra is also a highly skilled martial artist, proficient in Kickboxing, Boxing, Muay Thai, and various weapons. She recently returned from Australia where she began work on the film, Justice League, as Wonder Woman's stunt double. She is very grateful to be part of this provocative new show. Thanks, Mealworm. And Monkey!

Josh Adamson
Josh Adamson was born in Cairns, Australia and started performing at the age of 13 starring as TOM SAYWER in “TOM SAYWER”.  He continued to perform across the country and in New Zealand in the shows “OLIVER” and “JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR”. Josh moved to New York City in the late 1990’s to further his stage career.  While in New York, Josh appeared in such shows as “HAIR”, “BLOOD AND FIRE”, “HURLY BURLY”, “TALK RADIO” and “GEOGRAPHY OF A HORSE DREAMER” as well as the Broadway workshop of “TABOO” working with Rosie O’Donnell and Chris Renshaw.  He then moved to Los Angeles where he has had leading and supporting roles in the feature films “THE WEDDING VIDEO”, “UNIDENTIFIED”, “LOOK @ ME” and “DESERT OF BLOOD”.  He also starred in the TV movie “FIRST LANDING” where he portrayed the historic role of the infamous “Captain John Smith”.  In 2008, Josh finished production on the feature film “PORTAL”; appeared in the workshop of the stage production of “LOVELACE” as Harry Reems and was member of the U.S. tour of “CLEAN UP WOMAN” starring Jackee Harry and Telma Hopkins.