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Becca Landis McLarty                 Melody Stubbs (actor) is
                (she/her) (actor) is                 thrilled to be working with
                thrilled to be a part of             Vivid Stage on this
                Gone Missing and the                 exciting production! She
                newest member of the                 recently earned her BFA
                Acting Ensemble of Vivid             in Theatre Performance
                Stage. Becca has                     (Musical Theatre) at Kean
                performed in NYC and                 University. Melody joined
                regionally with companies            Premiere Stages for
    such as Luna Stage, Broadway's Next   several recent readings of new plays,
    Hit Musical, Project Y Theatre, Arden   and has performed in the Chautauqua
    Theatre Company, The Theater Project,   Young Playwrights’ Festival in Upstate
    and Mt. Gretna Theatre. Favorite Roles   New York. Select Kean Theatre Series
    include: Viola in Twelfth Night, Mary   credits include The Tempest (Prospera),
    Jane in Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train, and   Godspell (Lindsay), Into The Woods
    Muriel in Bible Adventure Park. Becca   (Witch), and Avenue Q (Gary
    holds her MFA in Acting from Brooklyn   Coleman). She also joined Plays in the
    College and is an instructor of voice and   Park for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s
    speech with the Miller Voice Method and   Cinderella (Charlotte) and The
    at Montclair State University. Thank you  SpongeBob Musical (ensemble). Melody
    so much to Justus, Marin, and Porter for   extends a big thank you to Josh
    being my home and my heart.          Schnetzer, Laura Ekstrand, and the
    www.beccalmclarty.com                wonderful cast and crew involved in
                 Scott McGowan (actor)   Gone Missing.
                 is originally from                  Thomas Vorsteg (actor)
                 Pennsylvania but has                is so happy to return to
                 lived in New Jersey and             Vivid Stage, where he
                 has been a member of                was last seen in Water in
                 Vivid Stage for over 15             my Hands. Other theatre
                 years. While raising a              credits include Miss
                 family he has worked                Abigail’s Guide to Dating,
                 steadily, garnering two NJ          Mating & Marriage with
    Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical          The Theater Project,
    awarded by the Newark Star Ledger. He            Thunder Rock with
    was also named Best Supporting Actor   Metropolitan Playhouse and Downtown
    in a Musical from the state of New   Crossing with Company One Theatre.
    Hampshire in two separate years. In NJ   TV/Film credits include Bros, The
    Scott has appeared at the Bickford,   Blacklist, Memory and The Shallow Tale
    Centenary, Luna and recently in the   of a Writer. Thomas is Peruvian-
    titular role of Elling at Catalyst Theatre   American and lives in The Bronx with
    Company. Regional credits include    his twin brother. Many thanks to Laura!
    Shear Madness at the Kennedy Center,   @thomas-vorsteg
    Cabaret, Parade, Art and many others   Joshua Schnetzer (Director) Joshua
    including an Indiana Jones doll and the   Schnetzer is thrilled to return to Vivid
    Emcee for Holiday Spectacular on Ice.   Stage after directing The Absolute
    He has directed or appeared in thirteen   Brightness of Lenard Pelkey last
    productions of Forever Plaid. A proud   season. Off-Broadway Joshua served as
    member of Actors’ Equity Association   director of Audible’s Path to Pride
    where he spent sixteen years on their   (starring Lance Bass) at the Minnetta
    governing body and was a Tony voter.   Lane Theater. He directed and
    Scott is also an extremely proud parent   choreographed the world premiere
    of Shaelyn and Essa. Thanks to Rick and   productions of The Kite and Bashirah
    Mary who share co-parenting duties.   and the Great Bean Pie at the Please
                                         Touch Museum in Philadelphia and
                                         Flash, Float, Fall at the New Jersey
                                         Fringe Festival. As an educator, Joshua
                                         has partnered with McCarter Theatre
                                         Center and Paper Mill Playhouse to
                                         design and teach classes in
                                         Shakespeare, playwriting, scene study,
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