BLAIR ALEXIS BROWN (Vi Petty & others)
At MTC: COLE!, and served on Voice Faculty for MTC’s award-winning School of the Performing Arts from 2010-2015. Recent: GOLDSTEIN Off-Broadway, Ogunquit Playhouse, Tuacahn Center for the Arts, NYMF, many more. Hats worn: Cabaret artist crooning jazz standards all over NYC, accompanist and coach, a cappella quartet vocalist, piano and voice teacher, regular studio vocalist for Broadway record label PS Classics. Thanks, Kevin and Jimmy.

GIAN RAFFAELE DICOSTANZO (Ritchie Valens & others)
Gian is psyched to be back on stage and making his MTC debut! Select Credits: Jersey Boys (NCL), PAW Patrol Live!" (Nat’l Tour), A Bronx Tale, Smokey Joe's Café, Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story.  Gian is an active voice over talent and musician. In 2021, Gian founded his own business: StageLight Candle Company. Emerson College '16. @gi_raffaele @stagelightcandleco.

MICHAEL RAY FISHER (Apollo Headliner & others)
is beyond excited, after two very long years to finally be making his debut at MTC! Also, feels extremely blessed to be back on a stage doing what he loves! He has recently been seen singing on NBC’s America’s Got Talent with JW’s Inspirational Singers. Favorite credits include: Rocktopia (Broadway) Elf, National Tour (Store Manager) The Little Mermaid (Sebastian), Civil War (Frederick Douglas), Dreamgirls (CC White), Parade (Jim). As always love to friends and family for the constant support. Insta: MichaelRayFisher

JEFF GURNER (Tommy & others)
has previously been seen at MTC in Tru, Ragtime, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Jekyll & Hyde, Falsettoland and It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. Broadway: The Lion King. Off-Broadway/NY: Five Course Love, The London Cuckolds, The Man of Destiny, The Comedy of Errors. Regional: Goodspeed, Gateway Playhouse, Pioneer Theatre Company, St. Louis Rep, Playmakers Rep, Papermill Playhouse, Berkshire Theatre Festival, The Ordway, Mile Square Theatre. TV: FBI, Homeland, The Good Wife, Nurse Jackie, Law & Order: SVU/Criminal Intent, Mercy, Rescue Me, Third Watch. Jeff is also an award-winning audiobook narrator and voice-actor.

JANNIE JONES (Apollo Headliner & others)
Broadway/Off Broadway:  THE FULL MONTY (u/s) “Georgie (went on in the role.  HAIR “Dionne” (Carre) Amsterdam. MAMA I WANT TO SING “Sister Carrie”. First National Bdwy Tour: ALL SHOOK UP, (Sylvia). REGIONAL: HAIRSPRAY “Motormouth”, RAISIN, “Lena Younger”, CAROLINE OR CHANGE, “Caroline”. TV: THE GET DOWN “Cool Herc’s Mom” (Netflix). Performed nationally & internationally. On Barry White’s last Cd “Practice what you Preach” Performed at Radio City, Madison Square Garden & Carnegie Hall.

JIMMY LEWIS (The Big Bopper & others)
is excited to be making his MTC debut with Buddy. He most recently played the Bopper at Florida Studio Theater. Other credits include: Disney on Classic Frozen (Japanese Tour), Rapunzel’s Royal Table (Disney Magic), The Producers (Theater by the Sea), Buddy, Spelling Bee, Annie, Forum, Chicago, Oklahoma (Highlands Playhouse). Jimmy also served as the Assistant Artistic Director for the 2021 season at Highlands Playhouse.

ROBERT MOBLEY (Norman Petty & others)
was last seen at MTC in Cat on A Hot Tin Roof where he was awarded a Broadway World CT Regional award for Best Ensemble Performance in a play (equity). Other credits: The Seagull, ATA, Manipulation The Cherry Lane Theater, Suddenly Last Summer, Abingdon Theater, Macbeth NY Classic Theater, Major Crimes, dir. Arthur Penn, “Names”, Marilyn Monroe Th., LA. Film-TV credits include: The Paper, dir. Steven Spielberg, Hollywood Dreams, The Commission, The Sweet Life, Facing East, and Dellaventura (CBS). He is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio, and a graduate of Berklee College of Music.

ELENA RAMOS PASCULLO (Maria Elena & others)
is thrilled to be sharing this story in Music Theatre of Connecticut’s production of BUDDY – THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY! Elena is a singer/actress/songwriter based out of NYC. Past favorites include “The Rocky Horror Show,” “Little Women,” and “The Marvelous Wonderettes.” Many thanks to the BUDDY team, M+H, family. www.elenaramospascullo.com

MATT RUFF (Joe B. Mauldin)
is excited to bring the joy of Buddy Holly’s music to Connecticut! He is an AEA actor and musician based in Jersey City. He thanks God, family, and his church in Hoboken for all their support. Favorite past roles: Nathan Detroit - Guys and Dolls, Norman/Joe/Jerry - Buddy. 

KEN SANDBERG (Jerry Allison)
is delighted to be making his MTC debut! Favorite stage credits include Pride and Prejudice (Greenbrier Valley Theatre), Antony and Cleopatra (KCRep), The Heart of Robin Hood and Twelfth Night (Door Shakespeare), The Three Musketeers, The Venetian Twins, Othello, and others over 5 seasons at Quintessence Theatre, and his solo show The Death of… which he has performed in several venues over the past few years.  Proud member of AEA.

ADAM VON ALMEN (Hipockets Duncan)
Select credits: Candide (Pasadena Opera), The Buddy Holly Story (Forestburgh Playhouse), Merrily We Roll Along (Wallis Annenberg, Directed by Michael Arden), Show Boat (Opera San Luis Obispo), Closer Than Ever, The Heir Apparent (International City Theatre), My Fair Lady (New Harmony Theatre). 2020 American Traditions Vocal Competition finalist and 2019 Lotte Lenya Competition semifinalist. TV: Arrested Development. Education: Ohio Northern University and University of Kentucky. www.adamvonalmen.com

SPIFF WIEGAND (Buddy Holly)
plays over 20 instruments and has been featured on Jimmy Fallon and John Oliver. He is an accomplished recording engineer and songwriter. Spiff performs as a one man band on up to 7 instruments at once without using a looper. National Tour: War Horse. New York: Red Roses, Green Gold (Minetta Lane), New York Animals (Bedlam Theatre Company), Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre for a New Audience). Regional: Indecent (Palm Beach Dramaworks, Pittsburgh Public), Ring of Fire (Actors Playhouse Miami, Infinity Annapolis), Woody Sez (People's Light, Houston Stages), Mark Twain's River of Song (Milwaukee Repertory). Patreon.com/spiffwiegand