KIM MARESCA (Judy/Ginger) makes her Off-Broadway debut in Ruthless! New York: Ruthless! at Stage 72 – The Triad; also at The Triad, her one woman cabaret, Kim To The Max, which she co-wrote and produced. Regional: Twelfth Night (Westport Country Playhouse), Biondella in The Taming of the Shrew (Saratoga Shakespeare Company), Maureen in Rent (Thomaston Opera House), countless readings and national anthem performances. Proud graduate of Skidmore College with a BS in Theatre & Psychology. Thanks to Evan, Maxine, Joel and Marvin for making this dream come true, and to all my friends and family for their unwavering love and support. This performance is dedicated to my parents, to whom I owe everything.

ANDREA McCULLOUGH (Miss Thorn). Selected credits: NY/National tour: Radio City Music Hall Spectaculars, Grease!, It’s a Wonderful Life, Iron Curtain the Musical, George M!, Black and Blue, Jeffrey, The Winter’s Tale. Regional: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Footloose, The Spitfire Grill, Fiddler on the Roof, White Christmas, Much Ado About Nothing, Hot L Baltimore, Moon Over Buffalo, The Sound of Music. Film/TV/commercials/webseries: Law & Order,Sesame Street, PBS American Playhouse and Great Performances, Macy’s Parade/Tap-o-Mania, A Mighty Wind, Spider-Man, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Toys R Us. Training/awards: BFA-Acting BU, MFA-Actors Studio/NSR, American Dance Machine; Mass. Drama Guild Award. AEA, SAG-AFTRA.

JENNIFER DIAMOND (Eve/Louise) is very excited to be making her Broadway-adjacent debut, joining the talented & funny company of RUTHLESS! This past summer she played mean stepsister Florinda in Into the Woods at The MUNY (starring Heather Headley), where she also did Les Miserables with Hugh Panaro and Norm Lewis. Jennifer traveled the globe with Kristin Chenoweth in concert and got to perform in such prestigious venues as Sydney Opera House, the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall. Other favorite credits include Lucy in Jekyll & Hyde and MANY productions of Fiddler on the Roof. November 8th she makes her solo debut at 54 Below in an act that is being devised by Musical Director Joseph Thalken and Director Richard Jay-Alexander. Thanks to RUTHLESS! and Cindi Rush Casting. Love to Rob, the “kids” and my always supportive family. www.jenniferhdiamond.com @thejendiamond

RITA McKENZIE (Lita Encore) is the star & co-creator of the award-winning Ethel Merman’s Broadway, the longest running one-woman show in theatrical history. Launched Off-B’way, Ethel continues to play internationally & throughout the US. Ms. McKenzie is reprising the role she created in the L.A. production of Ruthless! (cast recording). She was directed by Joel Paley in the national tour of Neil Simon’s female version of The Odd Couple co-starring Barbara Eden. She toured w/Renee Taylor, Joe Bologna & Lainie Kazan in Bermuda Avenue Triangle, created the role of Phoebe Farber in Sam Harris production of Hurry! Hurry! Hollywood! and she played Maggie Jones in 42nd Street w/Mariette Hartley. Other: Man of La Mancha (Aldonza), The Pirates of Penzance (Ruth), Funny Thing Forum (Domina), Anything Goes (Reno Sweeney), The Most Happy Fella (Cleo) and Gypsy (Rose). Ms. McKenzie also toured as Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun opposite Glenn Yarbrough. TV: Unauthorized Brady Bunch: The Final Days (Alice), Caroline in the City, Frasier, Big Brother Jake  and Daddy Dearest starring Don Rickles & Richard Lewis. Film: Meet Wally Sparks w/Rodney Dangerfield. www.EthelMermansBroadway.com

TORI MURRAY (Tina) is 10 years old and is a 5th grader at Old Farmers Road School in Long Valley, NJ. Credits include Ruthless! (Triad Theater), The Broadway Kids (Dr. Phillips Center grand opening), New Voices concert (Paper Mill Playhouse), Tom Sawyer, Christmas is Coming Uptown (YPW), Willie Wonka (WMC). In her spare time, Tori loves to read, hang out with her friends, ski and swim. Dedication: I would like to thank my entire family, friends and teachers for all of their love and support. I would especially like to thank my mom and dad, Aunt Beth and my Grandma for all they do to help me pursue my dreams and for always being there for me. And finally, to my GrandNola who I know watches over me from heaven.

PAUL PECORINO (Sylvia St Croix). Off-Broadway credits include Devil Boys From Beyond (Mattie Van Buren, New World Stages, dir. Kenneth Elliott), The Crumple Zone (Matt, Rattlestick Theatre, dir. Jason Moore), Making Porn (Ricky, The Actors Playhouse). International tour: The Rocky Horror Show (Frank n Furter). His popularity in recreating the Sweetest of Transvestites throughout Europe led him to record a tribute Solo CD entitled Perfectly Frank in collaboration with author Richard O’Brien. Other NYC credits include The House of Von Macram (Von Macram, The Bushwick Starr), The Mystery of Irma Vep (Nicodemus Underwood/Lady Enid Hillcrest, Urban Stages), Psycho Beach Party (Chicklet, Chelsea Playhouse).

AMIE BERMOWITZ (Understudy) is thrilled to make her Off-Broadway debut with this hilarious show. She was most recently seen at the Lion Theatre performing in Whoopee & Pardon My English with Musicals Tonight. NY & regional credits include The Human Comedy, Astoria Performing Arts Center; Bookends, New Jersey Rep; Danny and Sylvia, the Forum Theatre; The Brothers Karamazov with The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Arena Stage (DC); Tintypes, Round House Theatre (MD); Cabaret & Pins and Needles, Washington Jewish Theatre (MD). She has performed twice in the NY Fringe Festival, has had the great pleasure to sing at both the Kennedy Center & Lincoln Center and has sailed the Caribbean performing aboard Disney Cruise Line in their mainstage shows, playing Cinderella’s stepmother and Cruella De Vil.

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JOEL PALEY (Author, Lyricist, Director) directed the first production of Ruthless! at the Players Theater which won the 1993 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical, and for which Joel won the Drama Desk Award as Best Lyricist. He has directed many highly acclaimed productions including New York (Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk nominee for Best Director), South Beach, Florida (Carbonell Award winner for Best Director and Best Musical Production), the original Los Angeles production as well as the record-breaking concert production starring Bernadette Peters. Additional highlights of a diversified career include appearing on Broadway, national tour and on television with Shirley MacLaine in Where Do We Go From Here? as an original member of the infamous Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo; directing the ABC comedy/variety series She TV (Carsey/Werner Productions); conceiving and staging an all-singing, all-dancing showroom parody for Bob Newhart in Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe and Atlantic City; creating dances for Maude starring Bea Arthur; and writing (with Laird) and staging the opening production sequence of the Academy Award-nominated life action short film, A Different Approach, featuring physically challenged performers dancing in wheelchairs. Joel directed the all-female national tour of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple starring Barbara Eden, Rita McKenzie and Georgia Engel.
MARVIN LAIRD (Composer, Music Director/Arranger) began his career on Broadway in the early ‘60s writing dance and vocal arrangements. Years of TV scoring (Dynasty Love Boat, Laverne & Shirley), movie arranging (Hello, Dolly!; New York, New York) and creating/conducting Las Vegas acts (for Diana Ross, Juliet Prowse, Ann-Margret, Mama Cass Elliot, Goldie Hawn and Bernadette Peters) followed.  Most recently, he conducted the Broadway productions of Follies, Gypsy and Annie Get Your Gun. Additionally, he has been music director and conductor for Bernadette Peters international concert appearances and night club act for over 40 years. He is delighted to be working so close to home with this gifted cast and company on Ruthless!

RICKY ROMANO (Musical Director). This is Ricky’s third production of Ruthless! with Marvin Laird and Joel Paley. Other credits (MD) Off-Broadway: Ruthless! (Triad Theatre). Regional: Gypsy (Yorktown Stage), [title of show] (Westchester Sandbox Theatre). Ricky received a Bachelor’s degree in Music Business and Business Administration from SUNY Potsdam. He sends his love to his family and friends and thanks them for their unending support.

JERAMIAH PEAY (Stage Manager). Off-Broadway: Freud’s Last Session, Zero Hour, Power Balladz, Flamingo Court and My First Time. Regional credits include Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating & Marriage; The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron; Urban Primitive Pop; and Celebrity Autobiography. Jeramiah received a B.A. from the University of Southern California and an M.F.A. from The New School for Drama. Thanks Mom and Dad for never ending support! –  New Times Review

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