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Vocalists
BRITTNEYANN ACCETTA
Brittneyann Accetta (she/her) is an actor, songwriter and musician from New York City. You may have seen her in The Office! A Musical Parody on Off-Broadway at the Jerry Orbach theater, or Aladdin! A Musical Spectacular aboard the Disney Fantasy cruise ship. When she is not performing in musicals, she is playing with her band at venues all over New York and the tri-state area. Brittneyann fell in love with every aspect of music at a very young age, and she plays 7 instruments. She has a deep appreciation for the power of Arts and Music, and lives for letting her whole heart and soul flow through every performance. She is extremely grateful and excited to be a part of The Year After, and would like to thank Tim, Scott and Robert for believing in her, and her family and friends for all of their love and unending support!
KRYSTINA ALABADO
Krystina Alabado was last seen on Broadway starring as Gretchen Wieners in Mean Girls. Additional Broadway credits include American Psycho and Green Day’s American Idiot. National Tours: Evita (The Mistress), American Idiot, and Spring Awakening. Off-Broadway: The Mad Ones (Samantha Brown), This Ain’t No Disco (Atlantic Theatre Company), David Bowie's Lazarus (NYTW), Camp Wanatachi (La MaMa). Selected Regional: Kiss My Aztec (Hartford Stage), Miss You Like Hell (La Jolla Playhouse), Mystic Pizza (Ogunquit Playhouse), Burn All Night (A.R.T.), Songs For A New World (NCT). TV/Film: The Zombie Wedding (coming 2023!), Better Nate Than Ever (Disney+), First Reformed (A24), “God Friended Me” (CBS), “Mecha Builders” (HBOMax), “Tyrant” (FX), “Voltron” (Netflix). Follow Krystina on all social media platforms @krystinaalabado
MICHAEL LEE BROWN
Michael Lee Brown is a former Evan Hansen from the musical Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway. In addition to playing the title role, he covered the other two male leads (Connor and Jared), and is the first person ever to have performed all three roles on Broadway. Regional credits include: Torch Song Trilogy at the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC under the direction of Michael Kahn. TV credits include: “Prodigal Son”, “Happyish”, and live performances with the DEH company such as on “The Today Show”, where he and the cast received an Emmy Award. Michael is a songwriter as well, and has had his music premiere on Billboard. His music can be heard on all streaming platforms.
Photo by Michael Kushner
MAX CRUMM
Broadway: Scott, DISASTER! (The Nederlander), Danny, GREASE (Brooks Atkinson). Off-Broadway: EMOJILAND, THE EVOLUTION OF MANN, HOT MESS, THE FANTASTICKS, DISASTER! , BROOKLYN CRUSH {formerly: F#%KING UP EVERYTHING}. Festival/Regional: Woody Harrelson, MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY VS. THE DEVIL (NYMF 2017), The Situation, JERSEY SHORESICAL (NY Fringe Festival). Walter Paisley, BEATSVILLE (Asolo Rep.), Andy, LEGENDALE (Human Race Theatre). Film/TV: Burning Man: The Musical, Emergence, Ray Donovan, Easy A, Killing Diaz & Echoboom. @MaxCrumm
DAYNA DANTZLER
Dayna Jarae Dantzler has been working with NO HOPE Productions for over 10 years! During that time, she’s also been in shows on Broadway, Off-Broadway, national tours, cruise ships, and regional production companies. She is also a teaching artist and student mentor in her spare time. She’s recently expanded her career into the tech industry where she helps clients accelerate and modernize their businesses. Dayna is so honored to have been a part of this project and looks forward to many more projects with NO HOPE in the future.
DEON’TE GOODMAN
Deonte Goodman is an NYC based Actor, Singer-Songwriter (known as Nafis), and vocal coach. Credits include: Broadway - Hamilton (u/s Burr, Washington, and Mulligan/Madison). Regional - In The Heights, Songbird, Freedom Riders and many others. Nafis has been vocal supervisor in studio sessions with artists including Mj Rodriguez (Pose). Nafis is establishing himself as an independent recording artist. He has original music set to be released in the spring of 2023. Deon’te received his Bachelor’s Degree in classical voice performance from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
NATHAN LEE GRAHAM
NATHAN LEE GRAHAM is the originator of over 17 diverse and hilarious roles on stage and screen. Most notably in the films Zoolander, Zoolander 2, Sweet Home Alabama, and Hitch. Television: “The Comeback”, “Scrubs”, “Absolutely Fabulous”, “Law & Order SVU”, “Broad City”, Bernard in the Fox comedy “LA TO VEGAS!”, Francois on the CW show “Katy Keene” and currently as Draque Noir on the Hulu series “WOKE”. On stage: the original Broadway casts of The Wild Party and Priscilla Queen of the Desert. A 2017 Lucille Lortel nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for The View Upstairs. In 2016, the IRNE award for Best Supporting Actor in a Play for The Colored Museum. Also a Drama League nomination for the off-Broadway production of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Wig Out! The 2005 Best Classical Album Grammy Award for Songs of Innocence and of Experience as a soloist. Nathan is a recipient of the HRC Visibility Award. He is currently touring the country playing the role of Hermes in the National tour of the Tony Award winning musical, HADESTOWN.
ELISABETH HALLIDAY-QUAN
For the past 15 years, new music maker Elisabeth Halliday-Quan has been at the forefront of commissioning, producing, and performing new classical works for the voice. Working with established and emerging composers, Elisabeth has premiered the solo works of more than thirty American composers. Through her commissioning opera ensemble, Rhymes With Opera, she has commissioned, produced, and premiered thirteen chamber-length operas in New York City, with topics ranging from Dolly Parton superfans to outer space to climate apocalypse. Elisabeth trained at the Peabody Conservatory and Johns Hopkins University, and is beginning a graduate degree in Speech Language Pathology.
JASON MOODY
Jason Moody is excited to be a part of THE YEAR AFTER recording. Over the years you might’ve seen Jason in the national tour of HAIR, on television in Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll or a Match.com commercial, and regionally at North Shore Music Theatre, Casa Manana, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, or Dallas Theatre Center. Currently residing in Wilmington, DE, with his fiancé and rescue pup, Jason’s time is currently split between acting and his photography business. Check his work out jasonmoodyphoto.com!
SHANNA SHARP
Shanna Sharp ran from the trailers of Alabama to chase her dreams as an actress and singer/songwriter in NYC. She attended the prestigious Circle in the Square Theatre Conservatory Program , where her favorite role was playing The Baker's Wife in Into the Woods on Circles famous Broadway theatre in the round. Ms. Sharp's own music has been featured on MTV's programing such as “Made”, “My Sweet Sixteen” & “Sixteen & Pregnant”. Shanna's voice can also be heard through her voice-over work, most recently in the feature film Take Care directed by Liz Tuccillo. You can find more about Shanna on Facebook.
Musicians
MURPH AUCAMP
Drums and Percussion
Murph Aucamp is an active drummer and percussionist based in Brooklyn, NY. Murph's performing credits include appearances with Gloria Estefan, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Quincy Jones, Jon Secada, Nu Deco Ensemble, Symphony of the Americas, and as a soloist with the Amarillo Symphony. He has toured internationally with trumpeter Brian Lynch’s “Spheres of Influence” band, and contributed arrangements and percussion on two Grammy-winning albums: “The Omni-American Book Club” - Brian Lynch Big Band, and “American Dreamers” - John Daversa Big Band. He currently performs with Brooklyn party band, Shag Horns, and the off-broadway show, Blue Man Group.
ZACH HERCHEN
Saxophone
Saxophonist Zach Herchen performs classical chamber music, jazz tone poems, multimedia works, and beyond. He has performed as a soloist in Italy, Sweden, Germany, and across America. Zach has held masterclasses and residencies at schools such as Peabody Conservatory, Berklee, UVA, and NYU. As a champion of new music, Zach has worked with composers such as Amy Beth Kirsten, Kati Agócs, David Lang, Martin Bresnick, and many more. He has performed with Talea Ensemble, the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, Rhymes With Opera, and more. Zach is a member of New Thread Quartet and artistic director of Con Vivo Music.
Photo by Jennifer Brown
KATHERINE KYU HYEON LIM
Violin
Based in New York City, South Korean violinist Katherine Kyu Hyeon Lim has been presented by acclaimed organizations such as Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Chamber Music America, House of Yes, International Contemporary Ensemble, (Le) Poisson Rouge and Metropolis Ensemble. Lim’s early performing career, starting at the age of 10, mainly took place in South Korea, Czech Republic, Germany, and the UK. She is co-founder of Impromptuo, The Moving Orchestra, and was founding member of Unison Quartet who were finalists at the Bartók World Competition. She is faculty at Opus 118 Harlem School of Music and New Amsterdam School.
Photo by Ceylon Mitchell
JACOB SHIPLEY
Acoustic and Electric Guitar
Jacob Shipley writes, sings, and tells stories about the moments in life we’d rather not repeat. Like the time his ex told him she forget he existed. Some of his music is sorrowful, some sardonic and humorous, but all of it comes from a deeply personal place that is easy to connect with because we’ve all been there. His lyrics are poignant, his voice accessible, his range impressive, and his guitar work effortless and subtly intricate. Listening to Jacob is like reminiscing with an old friend: not everything was easy, but at least we made it through.
WICK SIMMONS
Cello
Wick Simmons made his NYC solo debut at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater in An Evening With Lin-Manuel Miranda. He has performed throughout the USA as the on-stage cellist in the Broadway National Tour of The Band’s Visit and at The Kennedy Center, The Dolby, Carnegie Hall, and on WQXR and NPR. His original productions have premiered at Access Theater, The Owl, and online with Second Inversion. As a collaborative artist he has performed with members of the Silkroad Ensemble, Bang on a Can, and in a by chance pick-up performance with Laurie Anderson at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Follow along: @wicksimmons
Creative and Production
ROBERT MARIL
Executive Producer
A native of Ponca City, Oklahoma, Robert Maril moved to New York City in 2006 after earning degrees in Voice Performance from Peabody Conservatory and DePauw University. With composers George Lam and Ruby Fulton and singers Elisabeth Halliday and Bonnie Lander, Robert was a founding member of Rhymes With Opera (http://www.rhymeswithopera.org), an ensemble that commissioned new dramatic vocal works for 15 seasons. In addition to his work with RWO, Robert is half of the folk pop duo Tender Creature (www.tendercreature.com), which released its debut EP, An Offering, in September 2020. Since 2008, Robert has worked as a DJ (http://www.mixcloud.com/robertmaril) and remixer (http://robertmaril.bandcamp.com). As a writer and columnist, he’s contributed to Rolling Stone, Next Magazine, Queerty, and Baltimore Gay Life, among others. Robert has collaborated on many No Hope Productions since 2006, which included originating a role in their production of Hello, My Name is Billy as part of the The New York International Fringe Festival.
MATTHEW SULLIVAN
Recording Engineer
Matthew Sullivan (he/him) is a sound artist, producer, and engineer based in Brooklyn, New York. Recent credits include contributions to albums by The Altogether, Joe Holt, Bergamot Quartet, John Legend, and They Might Be Giants; as well film/television work on Till, Schmigadoon, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and the Oscar-winning short film Colette. Matthew studied Recording & Music Composition at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where he received both a B.M. and M.M. In his free time he enjoys cooking, making matcha, and spending time in Prospect Park.
Photo by Marc Mangra (@marcmangra)
MARK FRANKEL
Drums and Percussion Recording Engineer
NEARFIELD founder Mark Frankel has had a life-long career in the arts. Through his early exposure to live performance at his mother’s dance studio, his interest in performing, as well as the technical aspects of arts presentation, grew. Mark graduated from NYU with a degree in Music Technology and started a career as both a professional drummer and audio engineer. Meanwhile, Mark was gaining experience as an educator by teaching audio theory at NYU. Mark then took a left turn toward his original passion, performing, as a Blue Man in the show Blue Man Group, for the next 15 years.
He had already been custom-building and installing playback systems for performing arts studios when Blue Man Group was forced to shutter its doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020. He saw that teachers were struggling to go online with their instruction: students were losing interest due to clunky tech, and instructors were left figuring out how to retain their rosters in this uncertain time. Mark knew there had to be a way to better the experience for both the teachers and the students, and thus NEARFIELD was born.
GEORGE TSZ-KWAN LAM
Strings Orchestrations
Bio: Hong Kong-born composer George Tsz-Kwan Lam grew up in both Hong Kong and Winthrop, Massachusetts. Recently, George’s music has focused musical placemaking, including his most recent work Family Association (2022), co-commissioned by University Settlement and Music At The Anthology; and The Emigrants (2018), commissioned by the cello-percussion duo New Morse Code. George served as the 2018 composer-in-residence at the Chautauqua Opera Company, and is a founding member of Rhymes With Opera. George is currently associate professor at the Academy of Music, Hong Kong Baptist University. www.gtlam.com
Executive Producer - Robert Maril
Producers - Tim Aumiller, Scott Schneider
Casting - John Ort, CSA
Recording Engineer - Matthew Sullivan / Power Station at BerkleeNYC
Drums and Percussion Recording Engineer - Mark Frankel / Nearfield Studio
Assistant Engineers - Michael Hickey, Meg Mishkin, Henry Reinach
Mixing - Robert Maril
Mastering - Alan Douches / West West Side Music
Strings Orchestrations - George Tsz-Kwan Lam
Video Design - Ryan Andrew Bruce
Graphic Design - Mike Shea, Mike Shea Industries
Publicist - Michelle Tabnick