Johari Frasier is thrilled to be part of the Car Talk: The Musical!!! crew! This fall, he will enter his senior year at MIT as a double major in Physics and Theater Arts. When not trying to learn the fundamental truths of the universe, he spends his time with various theater groups on and off campus. Most recently, he directed Curtains!; choreographed and played Chauvelin in The Scarlet Pimpernel; and managed properties while playing the role of Officer Lockstock in Urinetown with MIT Next Act. He also played the role of Colonel Calverley in Patience, The Usher in Trial by Jury, and The Mikado in The Mikado with the MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players. He’s even had time to dabble in radio as The Narrator in Gobbles and Generals, produced by Harvard Radio Broadcasting. He hopes you enjoy the show!

Alycia Marucci is excited to be at CST for her fourth production. Previous positions at CST include Assistant Stage Manager for Yesterday Happened: Remembering H.M., and Women of Will: The Complete Journey. She served as Stage Manager for Boston Children’s Theatre’s Spring Awakening, Calvin’s Monster, and Reflections of a Rock Lobster as well as Stage Manager for the Boston Early Music Festival’s La Descante D’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne De Fleurs.  Alycia is a graduate of Suffolk University, 2011, where she received her degree in Arts Administration.

Ryan Began (Assistant Director) has worked on various productions, most recently directing James and the Giant Peach and teaching for the Boston Children’s Theatre. Other credits include Mortal Terror (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre), Niobe: Queen of Thebes (Boston Early Music Festival), and Animal Crackers (Lyric Stage Company). At Suffolk University, he directed two one-act plays and assistant directed various productions, including Blood Wedding, The Green Bird, Into the Woods, Forever, Briefly (a collection of Thornton Wilder’s one-act plays), and the student production of Car Talk: The Musical!!! He holds a BA in Theatre Arts, Directing from Suffolk University.

Michelle Chassé trained with Maestro Vincenzo Celli and Boston Ballet School, and she was on scholarship at the School of American Ballet in New York City. She graduated cum laude with a BFA in Dance Performance from The Boston Conservatory, where she was the first recipient of the prestigious Ruth Sandholm Ambrose Award. She has studied and performed with ballet, concert dance, and Broadway legends from around the world. She has choreographed numerous musical theater productions at The Boston Conservatory, including its recent critically acclaimed productions of Candide, The Wild Party, and Kismet. Additionally, she has performed, choreographed, and directed for the nationally recognized Boston Gay Men’s Chorus. She has also directed and choreographed for the Boston Pops. She is a faculty member at The Boston Conservatory, where she serves as Dance Instructor, Resident Choreographer, Musical Theater Dance Coordinator, and Director of the Musical Theater Dance Intensive.

Scott Nicholas has performed in Europe, Latin America, and throughout the United States. Locally, Mr. Nicholas has appeared all over the New England region in solo and chamber performances. He has been heard on WGBH Boston and has been the rehearsal and performance pianist for groups and events including the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, the Boston Pops, Minnesota Opera, Boston Lyric Opera’s outreach program, E.C. Schirmer’s Philovox Ensemble, The Boston Conservatory’s Summer Choral Festival, The Concord Women’s Chorus, The Bostonians, Chorus Pro Musica, and the Leyontene Vocal Arts Competition. Scott Nicholas has been music director for performances at the Franklin Performing Arts Company, Suffolk University, and the New England Conservatory. He received his BA in Music Education from The College of New Jersey, earned an MM from the New England Conservatory in Accompanying/Vocal Coaching, and is on the faculty of Emerson College and Suffolk University.