Alka Nayyar. Regional credits include The Jungle Book (2013) at the Huntington. Jefferson Award-nominated choreography for The Masrayana (Prop and Rasaka Theatre Company), Merchant of Venice (Silk Road Rising), A Passage to India (Vitalist Theatre), Djamileh (Chicago Cultural Center), Haroun and the Sea of Stories(Halcyon Theatre), The Piano Tuner (Lifeline Theatre), and thinkTank: An Immigrant Class and  thinkTank: American Ethnic (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company). Other credits include Thirst (Stage Left Theatre’s LeapFest), After Dark (Art Institute of Chicago with Collaboraction), Around the World in 80 Days (Theatre-Hikes), Pacific Overtures (Porchlight Music Theatre), Yoni Ki Baat ( Rasaka Theatre Company), and A Night at the Oscars (Chicago Humanities Festival). Ms. Nayyar teaches dance through her organization Chitrahar at the Old Town School of Folk Music and the Menomonee Club and is a communications professional with a BA in Linguistics from the University of Chicago.

Asher Stern is a burgeoning song-and-dance man with throwback style. Asher has found success on the stage and film, highlighted by his turn in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women playing Demi the son of Emma Watson’s Meg. He’s also lent his voice to Transformers Rescue Bots and gave life to the character of Echolocation for the Boston Museum of Science’s Nature’s Superheroes exhibit and ad campaign.

Simonne Stern turned an on-a-whim audition into a role as LULU in The Boston Opera House’s Broadway Touring run of Waitress. Officially, and undeniably, bitten by the acting bug, she has since gone on to perform in a variety of commercials and stage productions, including Mamma Mia at North Shore Music Theater. She’ll be appearing as Colin Farrell’s daughter and performing alongside John Malkovich, in the upcoming Tate Taylor film, Eve, with film stars Jessica Chastain.

Barbara Douglass  (Laurie) Central Square Theater: Saving Kitty (Costume Design);  Other credits include Edith in Delicate Particle Logic (Flat Earth Theatre); Ruella in Communicating Doors, Alma in The Porch, Polly in Other Desert Cities (Vokes Theater); Becky in Becky’s New Car; Karen, Marjorie, and Norma in Plaza Suite; Sonia in Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike; Karla in Wonder of the World (Quannapowitt Theater); Barbara in August: Osage County, Dotty in Noises Off, Sara in The Sisters Rosensweig, Sue in All My Sons (Footlight); Lyn in Apple, Frankie in Christmas Belles (Phoenix Theater Artists); Susan in Becky Shaw, Alarms & Excursions, Berthe in Boeing Boeing (Hovey Players); Awards: DASH Lead Actress: Becky’s New Car; DASH lead actress: Plaza Suite; DASH costuming: The Lion In Winter; DASH supporting actress: Moon Over Buffalo; MyTheater Award lead actress (nom): August: Osage County.