STEVEN RICH
Steven is proud to be back in Nebraska to perform in TADA’s 25th Anniversary Concert Celebration! Mr. Rich played the title role in TADA’s very first production, the regional premiere of Jekyll & Hyde the musical that took place in collaboration with the show’s creator Frank Wildhorn! Mr. Rich has also performed with TADA as Jim in Big River, Mitch Mahoney in a collaborative production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee with the Lied Center for Performing Arts and in the Lincoln premiere of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change.
ALLIE WORKS
Allie is excited to be one of the performers in TADA’s 25th Anniversary Concert Celebration! Allie appeared at The TADA Theatre in the Lincoln premiere production of Fun Home and is now a senior at Lincoln High School with plans to major in Music Education. Besides theatre, Allie also keeps busy with show choir, band, and dance team. She would like to thank TADA for this opportunity!
BEN REIMER
We are proud to have Mr. Reimer return to Nebraska to perform in TADA’s 25th Anniversary Concert Celebration! He is excited to revisit the music of Big River where he played the role of Huck Finn for TADA. Now based in Kansas City, Missouri, he lives with his wife, Jessie, their three children and works as a solution architect.
JUDY ANDERSON
Judy is honored to perform in TADA’s 25th Anniversary Concert Celebration! A few of her many roles with TADA include Betty in the Great American Trailer Park Musical, Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast, Mother Superior in Nunsense and a featured soloist in The Music Of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
WILLIAM SHOMOS
Mr. Shomos is honored to be one of the talented artists performing in TADA’s 25th Anniversary Concert Celebration! The Director of UNL Opera, he notes that he is ever indebted to TADA for allowing him the opportunity to perform two dream roles: Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha and the title role in Sweeney Todd, a collaboration with the Nebraska Symphony Chamber Orchestra.
DANIEL IKPEAMA
We are proud to welcome Mr. Ikpeama as one of the talented artists performing in TADA’s 25th Anniversary Concert Celebration! Since his first role as Collins in RENT, Daniel has become an essential part of TADA as a board member, musical director and actor where he has also played such roles as Bobby In Company and Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar
MELISSA BERNADT
Melissa Is excited to be back in Nebraska to perform in TADA’s 25th Anniversary Concert Celebration! Ms. Bernadt played the role of Velma Kelly in the collaborative production of Chicago with the Lied Center for Performing Arts as well as acting in the musical Why Do Fools Fall In Love. During TADA’s residency at The Brownville Village Theatre, Melissa acted in The Foreigner, World Goes ‘Round and You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown.
DAVID CLAUS
Mr. Claus is thrilled to perform in TADA’s 25th Anniversary Concert Celebration! He has been involved with TADA since their first production of the regional premiere of Jekyll and Hyde The Musical. His legacy with TADA also includes roles in South Pacific, Pageant, Little Shop of Horrors and the regional premiere of Gilligan’s Island the Musical.
CRIS ROOK
Mrs. Rook is honored to perform in TADA’s 25th Anniversary Concert Celebration! Cris acted the role of Lucy in TADA’s very first production, the regional premiere of Jekyll & Hyde the musical that took place in collaboration with the show’s creator Frank Wildhorn! She has also been seen at TADA as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd with the Nebraska Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Dulcinea in Man of La Mancha and as Rona Lisa Peretti in the regional premiere production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as well as the production performed in collaboration with The Lied Center For Performing Arts.
JESSIE REIMER
Jessie is thrilled to return to Nebraska and the TADA stage as one of the performers in TADA’s 25th Anniversary Concert Celebration! TADA audiences will remember her appearances in Big River and in a collaborative production with the Lied Center for Performing Arts of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. A mother of three, she is in her 13th year of teaching and currently serves as the Head Director of Choirs at Park Hill High School in Kansas City, Missouri.
MATT WORKS
We proudly welcome long time TADA veteran actor Matt Works as one of the performers in TADA’s 25th Anniversary Concert Celebration! Mr. Works has appeared in the regional premieres of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Gilligan’s Island the Musical as well as productions of Avenue Q and Songs For A New World. He notes that he is especially thankful to artistic director Robert D. Rook, who cast Matt in a show where he met his wife Kristen.
CORK RAMER
We proudly welcome theatre legend Cork Ramer as one of the performers in TADA’s 25th Anniversary Concert Celebration! Mr. Ramer has appeared at TADA in Beauty & the Beast, Big River, Smoke On The Mountain and the world premiere of Bard of Blood. Cork has received the Omaha Entertainment and Arts Lifetime Achievement Award and dazzles crowds as Scrooge in the annual production of A Christmas Carol at The Omaha Community Playhouse.