Samuel Douglas  (Max)

Regional: Immediate Family (Blumenthal Arts, dir. Phylicia Rashad); The Inspector (Yale Rep); Leopoldstadt (Huntington Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company); The Comedy of Errors (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); Arlington, The Betrayal Project (Yale Cabaret). Film: Callback. Training: David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, M.F.A.; Northwestern University, B.A. @samwdouglas

Brent Bateman  (Robert)

Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular (Santa). Regional: Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Hartford Stage, Theatre Under the Stars, Asolo Repertory Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Theatre by the Sea, North Carolina Theatre, Triad Stage, Ogunquit Playhouse, Arrow Rock Lyceum, Riverside Theatre. Film/TV/Video Games: Birdman, Touched With Fire, “Boardwalk Empire,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Good Fight,” “Grand Theft Auto V,” “Red Dead Redemption 2.” MFA, FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. Thanks to Bret Adams Ltd. Always for Katie and Orson.

Trevor Braun  (Dennis)

Trevor is ecstatic to be back onstage and joining the cast of The Play That Goes Wrong! Broadway: The Ferryman (OBC), Billy Elliot, The Little Mermaid (OBC). Off-Broadway: If I Forget (Roundabout). TV: “Dash and Lily” (Netflix), “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon Prime), “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO). Training: Pace University FTVC 2020. Shoutout to Mom, Dad, Toni, Rere, Leslie, Dave, my friends, and the whole TPTGW family. Instagram: @trevorharrisonbraun. There’s no place like home.

Julian Robertson  (Trevor)

Julian Robertson is an actor from Jacksonville, Fl. Broadway: The Skin of Our Teeth, To Kill a Mockingbird, Passover. Off-Broadway: Six Characters. He is a graduate of the Juilliard Drama Division, a 2016 YoungArts Theater Finalist, and recipient of the 2019 Grace Le Vine award from the Princess Grace Foundation.

Chris French  (Jonathan)

Chris is thrilled to be back at The Play That Goes Wrong after having previously appeared in the national tour and Off-Bway companies. NYC: The Greenwich Village Follies; Byuioo; Simon Dawes Becomes A Planet. Select regional: Cabaret (Cliff); Assassins (Booth); Hedwig & the Angry Inch (Hedwig); Irma Vep (Jane/Edgar); The Three Musketeers (Porthos); Romeo & Juliet (Nurse/Tybalt/Benvolio). Training: UNCSA. Thanks to this incredible team, and to my family & friends for their support! IG: @papafrench

David McElwee  (Chris Bean)

David is very happy to be joining this company. NYC: Philadelphia, Here I Come (Irish Rep), How To Transcend a Happy Marriage (Lincoln Center Theater), The Wayside Motor Inn (Signature Theatre Company). Regional: Kitchen Theatre Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Florida Repertory Theatre, CATF, Guild Hall. Film: Bluebird. TV: “Boardwalk Empire,” “Law & Order: SVU.” Training: Florida State University. Teaching Artist at Manhattan Theatre Club. IG: @DavidTakesTrips. Love and gratitude to Becky for the adventures.

Joanie Anderson  (Annie)

Joanie Anderson is thrilled to be joining the company of The Play That Goes Wrong. Favorite Regional: By the Way Meet Vera Stark, Sister Act, The Color Purple, RENT, BRING IT ON, Dreamgirls. TV: “L&O: Organized Crime,” “Harlem,” “The Last O.G.,” “BULL,” “Blindspot,” “It’s Bruno,” “First Wives Club.” BFA in Acting from North Carolina A&T. Thank you to the TPTGW team and About Artists Agency. Sending endless love to my family and Hally Jr, Mommy loves you beyond space and time.

Liana Hunt  (Sandra)

Liana Hunt is thrilled to be joining this cast! Most recently, Liana originated the role of Lorraine Baines in Back to the Future on Broadway. Other Broadway credits: Newsies (Katherine), Mamma Mia! (Sophie). National Tours: Wicked (Nessarose), Bright Star (Margo), Mamma Mia! (Sophie). Favorite Regional: World Premiere of The Devil Wears Prada, The Muny, The Old Globe, Riverside Theatre. TV/Film: HBO’s “The Undoing,” Hallmark’s Ghosts of Christmas Always (Betsey), STAG (independent feature). BFA: NYU. @lianamariehunt, www.liana-hunt.com.

Blair Baker  (Understudy)

(they/them) Blair Baker is an actor, director, and writer. Theatre: Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Center Theatre Group), The Play That Goes Wrong (First National Tour, Off-Broadway), Smart (W.H.A.T.), The Slow Dance (59e59), The Humans (Broadway, Roundabout Theatre Company), Goldie, Max & Milk (59e59), Oleanna (Broadway, Mark Taper Forum, Bristol Riverside Theater), title role in Hvmlet (SheNYC). TV/Film: The Perfect Couple, Before, Bull, Ghosts of Christmas Always (Hallmark), “Billions,” “Blue Bloods,” “Harlem.” www.blairbaker.info

Laura D'Andre  (Understudy)

Laura D’Andre is thrilled to be back in the show after welcoming baby #2! She was a recent guest star on “Law & Order.” Broadway National Tours: Hair, Grease. Encores!: Annie Get Your Gun, Zorba. Select Regional: Hair (Sacramento Music Circus), Legally Blonde (Ogunquit), Triangle (world premiere, TheaterWorks), Smokey Joe’s Café (Capital Rep). Thank you to the creative team & Avalon Artists Group. All the love to my family for their support, especially my husband for putting our girls to bed. @lauradandre www.lauradandre.com.

Brandon Haagenson  (Understudy)

Brandon performed with The Play That Goes Wrong at The Kennedy Center and is ecstatic to be joining the NY company. Off-Broadway: Afterglow. Regional: Angels in America (Arena Stage), The Merchant of Venice, Our Town (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Monty Python’s Spamalot (North Carolina Theatre), Gypsy (Chicago Shakespeare). TV: “The Other Two” (HBOMax), “Food That Built America” (History Channel). MFA, Classical Acting: George Washington University. BFA, Musical Theater: Millikin University. All my love to my family.

Jemma Jane  (Understudy)

Jemma is pleased to be rejoining the company at New World Stages, with her previous theatrical credits including: The Play That Goes Wrong, Off-Broadway; The Play That Goes Wrong, National Tour; Bullets Over Broadway (Olive), First National Tour; Bullets Over Broadway (Olive), Ogunquit Playhouse; The Behavior of Light, Benefit Staged Reading (Dir. Douglas Carter Beane); as well as the Broadway Gives Back charity cabaret. Her overseas theatre credits include: Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, Dreamcoat, Miss Saigon, and Rent. @jemma.rayner.jane

Jake Bentley Young  (Understudy)

Jake Bentley Young is honored to be joining the incredible company of The Play That Goes Wrong! Broadway: The Queen of Versailles. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, Bay Street Theater, North Shore Music Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. Jake originated the role of Johnny Lawerence in The Karate Kid: The Musical. TV/Film: “Elsbeth”; Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing. BFA from Texas State University. Thanks to CGF, PH Entertainment, and my Ana. For Mom and Dad, always. @jakebentleyyoung jakebentleyyoung.com

LARA TENENBAUM  (Production Stage Manager)

Lara Tenenbaum is excited to be celebrating her 3rd year at the Manor! Off-Broadway: Titanique, Empire. International Tour: Empire. National Tours: Monty Python’s Spamalot, Cabaret, Rainbow Fish, Riverdance, Altar Boyz. Regional: Les Misérables (Dallas Theater Center), W;t (Triad Stage). Cruise Ship: Norwegian Breakaway. Her favorite roles by far have been wife to Jon, and mom to Toby and Finn.

EMMA IACOMETTA  (Stage Manager)

Off-Broadway Debut — thrilled and thankful! Select National Tours: The Book of Mormon, Cats, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Suffs, Jimmy Buffett’s Escape to Margaritaville. Select Regional: Miami New Drama, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Triad Stage, Piedmont Opera. Many thanks to Lara. Love to Mom.

ABBIE BETTS  (Assistant Stage Manager)

(she/her) Broadway: Othello (2025), Mary Jane (MTC), The Iceman Cometh (2018). Off-Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong, Downstairs. NYC: Zϋrich (Colt Coeur). Regional: Kennedy Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, Bucks County Playhouse, New London Barn Playhouse. Company Member of Colt Coeur. For Nicholas.

DORA JANE TRENBEATH  (Assistant Stage Manager)

Dora Jane Trenbeath is thrilled to have over 600 performances at the Manor under her belt! Broadway: Fallen Angels, Mamma Mia. National Tours: Parade, Mamma Mia 25th Anniversary National Tour, Ain’t Too Proud. Off-Broadway: Cheek to Cheek, Perfect Arrangement, Exit Strategy. Some Regional: The Muny, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Riverside Theatre and Children’s Theatre Company. Dora is a proud graduate of The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University where she earned her BFA in Stage Management.