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

Curt couldn't be more excited to be a part of the original cast of such a phenomenal show as Lovelace and to be headed to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to rock the rest of the world!

Originally hailing from The Windy City, Curt moved to Los Angeles in 1988, gaining a BA in Theatre from Cal State University, Northridge, where he starred in several Main Stage productions such as LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Dentist), and A FUNNY THING HAPPENED…FORUM (Pseudolus). Currently, Curt can be seen in the new hit musical, FORBIDDEN ZONE: LIVE IN THE 6TH DIMENSION at The Sacred Fools Theater in Hollywood. Playing to sold out houses, the show is the first stage adaptation of the 1980 cult classic film, Forbidden Zone, created by Richard Elfman (brother to Danny) and features all the music and insanity of the film. Curt also recently portrayed Frank Sinatra in the long running hit LOUIS & KEELY LIVE AT THE SAHARA, which played for an unprecedented 8 months at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood, and is the winner of the Ovation Award for Best Production two years in a row! Another real-life character, Curt incarnated Tennessee Williams in the critically acclaimed comedy, CARVED IN STONE at Theatre Asylum in Hollywood, which will be in talks to be produced as a film.

Other theatre credits include the cult hit THE BEASTLY BOMBING (2006 LA Weekly Award for Best Musical); GREAT EXPECTATIONS, THE MUSICAL (LA Weekly Best Musical nominee), directed by Jules Aaron at The Hudson Backstage; BIG RIVER at The Actors Co-Op; HAMLET at The Nevada Shakespeare Festival, and most notably as the star in a popular local production of the musical HAIR, directed by the show's creator, James Rado, who dubbed Curt "The best Claude I've ever seen." This production eventually took Curt to Moscow for the first ever Russian production at the city’s largest theatrical venue, The Astrada Theater, where it is still running to this day. As a member of The Road Theatre, Curt's credits include the highly acclaimed West Coast Premiere of MARKED TREE, plus notable roles in the award winning productions of THE PAGANS and playwright Tom Jacobson's OUROBORUS, staged by noted LA director Michael Michetti.

Curt has also been seen in several national TV commercials and independent films as well as his recent portrayal of a twisted serial killer on the CBS hit drama CRIMINAL MINDS. He will also be portraying ‘The Guru’ in the film version of Billy Clift’s book EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE JUST FINE, currently in pre‐production, and just shot a featured role in the film VISIBLE SCARS starring Tom Sizemore.

Jill Burke is a Los Angeles native and former Miss Anaheim. Her first professional work began performing for the Walt Disney Company, portraying such characters as Princess Jasmine, Ariel, and Pocahontas. Currently, she can be heard screaming the "Priceline Negotiator!" jingle, running nationwide. Her theater credits include: THE THIRD FROM THE LEFT at the NYC and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, VIOLET, THE HOT MIKADO, SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD which she was nominated for a L.A. Ovation Award, and JACQUES BREL: A LIFE IN SONG, which she won a Ticket Holder Award for Best Cabaret Performance. Jill has had the privilege of singing with and for such stars as Tony-award winning Jason Robert Brown, Robert Morse, Richard Carpenter, and her "uncle" Johnny Mathis.

She performs in a variety of projects: she stars in the cabaret revue entitled HOLLYWOOD REVISITED, is a member of the acappella band VYBRATION, she is a featured vocalist for the master percussionist C.G. RYCHE, and frequently belts out our National Anthem for the Anaheim Angels, Ducks and L.A. Lakers. And she enjoys teaching private voice lessons at Vibe Performing Arts Studio in Santa Clarita. jillmarieburke.com

Recent credits include Cassidy Pearson on NBC's 'Medium', 'Wildwood' at the Hayworth Theatre, and understudy to Katherine McPhee in '110 Stories' at the Geffen Playhouse. Rachael holds a BFA in Drama from the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts.

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 is perhaps best known for his scene-stealing work opposite Meryl Streep in Star Wars, which is strange as neither of them were in that film. He began his professional career as the misunderstood Pepe in a demanding Arkansan Repertory production of West Side Story. For years he would be typecast as a Puerto Rican thug. After a tenuous stretch in the trenches of Children’s Theater, he moved to Hollywood where he made his network television debut on the sitcom Frasier. Shortly thereafter he did three hard years in the hit Broadway musical RENT, then returned home to pursue the elimination of world hunger. When that didn’t pan out, he embraced Reality, hosting makeover shows for the Discovery Channel and TLC. As a result, he’s become a pinup boy for housewives and gay men the world over. 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. Currently working on a cure for cancer, and close to cracking the meaning of life, Mr. Greene’s spirit of servitude and humility is surpassed only by his penchant for self promotion. Please visit JoshuaJGreene.com. He dedicates this performance to housewives and gay men everywhere.

Along with her good fortune to win LA Weekly, Garland, and Stage Scene LA awards for her portrayal of Linda Lovelace, Ms. Lenk has played Margaret in iWitnessat 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 shAme, Velma Kelly in Chicago (Ovation nomination), Anna in Burn This, and cover several roles in the Broadway revival of The Miracle Worker. She has also been in a number of indie films, including Crime Fiction, Space Daze, and Elan Vital, and on TV: Ruby & the Rockits, 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.

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.

An original cast member, Swan garnered numerous nominations and awards for the initial run of Lovelace in Los Angeles. He has appeared in a wide range of plays, readings, indie shorts, performance art, spoken word and has recorded and performed in the U.S. and Europe with acclaimed rock bands and an eclectic assortment of musical acts. Jimmy's first recording release as a solo artist Enlightened Cad will be available online Sept 2010. Swan is a Gemini from Robbinsdale, MN who enjoys a good game of Texas Hold-em', esoteric literature, wine, women and song. Jimmy would like to thank the fine folk at Underbelly and everybody with Edinburgh Fringe. Madainn Mhath, Alba!

Elise Vannerson

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Jon Donohoe
Joe Donohoe from Littleton, Colorado is proud to return to the cast of Lovelace.  Broadway Tour: RENT.  Off-Broadway: Serenade.  Recent Los Angeles credits:  Side by Side by Sondheim, Schoolhouse Rock Too! (Lucky), Sweeney Todd (Anthony), and the rock opera, shAme.  Film/TV:  Malcolm in the Middle, The Surfer King, and 3 For Anna.  Joe currently resides in Los Angeles where he is co-owner of the Tinseltone Carolers (tinseltonecarolers.com).  He is a graduate of Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia.  Joe's Alternative/Rock album A New Rising can be purchased on iTunes.  More about his music at: myspace.com/joe1000 and joedonohoe.com.  Joe dedicates his performances to Kendra Smith with whom he shares the stage.

Kasi Jones
Kasi Jones is almost too excited to be a part of the Lovelace:A Rock Opera movement...seriously...she needs to calm down a little bit, its getting weird. Originally from the "Emerald City" she enjoys singing, writing, all forms of storytelling, tap dance, and making people smile. The self proclaimed rockstar has just returned from Tokyo where she played the Queen of the Blues in Disney's Big Band Beat, and is so excited to be on the road again to Edinburgh. She's been seen regionally in Southern California, and in her one woman cabaret show's Introducing Kasi Jones and Hello Tokyo. Thanks to Katie McGhie for introducing me to this incredible creative team! Love, light and visit the site kasij.com

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.