NATALIE REBECCA LOVEJOY
House of Fallen Women
Original Concept Recording
CAST
Kate Lý Johnston (Eve) is an actress, writer, singer, model, sometimes a trumpet player and pole dancer, and general burden on Los Angeles. When she's not working, she's probably singing karaoke in traffic.
IG: @katelyj
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Siska Greene (Zelda Fitzgerald) is a London-based actor and singer, with credits in mostly musical theatre and on screen. She is currently rehearsing for an interactive musical comedy Open Call, as well as a showcase performance with Rebound Productions in Family Emergency, both opening on the same day (eek!). Her favorite role has been 'Olive' in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and her favorite musicals include Rent and Come From Away. When she's not performing or rehearsing, you can find her curled up on her couch crocheting and watching horror films!
Heidi-Liz Johnson (Colette), who has had the pleasure of playing “ingénues with a twist”, including Alice Murphy (Bright Star), Jo March (Little Women), Christine Colgate (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Miss Adelaide (Guys & Dolls), and Fiona (Shrek), is appropriately thrilled that Natalie has included her in this foundational work for House of Fallen Women. After a decade of theatrical success in Arizona, pursuing musical theatre in NYC alongside her equally talented and supportive husband, Mychal, keeps her happily busy. www.heidilizjohnson.com
IG: @heidilizjohnson
Rachel Ridenour (Evelyn Nesbit) is a Chattanooga based actor and singer who graduated from the University of Memphis with a BFA in musical theatre. She has a background in comedy improv, youth teaching, and princess party performance. She frequently works with Princess Cruises as a Resident Guest Entertainer: Live Character. When she’s on land, she films for commercials and TV shows, creates and develops educational YouTube content for kids, does VoiceOver work, and (attempts to) learn how to unicycle!
Rachael Dec (Madeleine Astor) is a Chicago-based musical theatre professional and graduate of Northwestern University (Music Theatre). Favorite performance credits include The Little Mermaid (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Centre), Anything Goes (Porchlight Music Theatre), and Cinderella and Mary Poppins (Metropolis Performing Arts Centre). Rachael has a passion for new work, and is thrilled to be a part of this exciting album. Rachael Dec is represented by Talent X Alexander. Website: RachaelDec.com "Thank you so much to Natalie for your brilliance; and all my love, always, to my friends and family."
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Sandra W. Lee (Yu Xunaji) is a Portland, OR based actor and singer after relocating from NYC. Off-Broadway: Blueprint Specials (The Public, Under the Radar), Bullet Catchers (The Gym at Judson), Comfort Women (Theatre at St. Clements). Regional: Rent (Portland Center Stage), King of the Yees (Profile Theatre). Other select credits include: Diana in next to normal, Bloody Mary in South Pacific, Alice Beineke in The Addams Family. Film/TV: My Dead Friend Zoe (dir. Kyle Hausmann-Stokes), Dietland (AMC). Sandra is also a U.S. Army disabled combat veteran having deployed to Iraq in response to 9/11. She is often a guest/keynote speaker regarding her military service and has travelled the country to sing the National Anthem. IG: @sandrawlee
CiCi Clase (Josephine Baker) is honored to portray the iconic Josephine Baker in House of Fallen Women! CiCi is an energy insecurity researcher during the day, and a singing thespian by night. Some of her recent roles include Sarah in Ragtime (Broadway Theatre of Pitman), Georgina Franklin in Hallelujah Baby! (Haddonfield Plays and Players), and Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Milburn Stone). When not working on a musical project, Cara enjoys gaming with her husband and spoiling their two dogs, Freddie and Watson.
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Courtlin Parisher (Maggie Bailey) is a singer/actor born and raised in Houston, TX where she first discovered her love for performing in contemporary musical theatre. Recent musical credits include The Alchemy Theatre: Frost Bites (Soloist), TexARTS: The Full Monty (Estelle), The Garden Theatre: New Beginnings (Soloist). When not performing on stage or on camera, she serves on the board of The Garden Theatre in Houston and crochets her clothes while cuddled up with her cat, Navi.
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Melissa Tormene (Victoria Woodhull) is an Italian American musician/actor based in New York. Their family relocated to Iowa from Milan, IT when they were 8 and thus - a little performer was born! Credits include regional musical theater, dueling pianos aboard cruise ships, gigging with bands, and voiceover work from home and in Nashville, TN.
Rosemarie Wilson (Lulu White) is an award-winning poet, playwright, spoken word artist, and performer. She has appeared nationally and internationally, with notable appearances including the Detroit Pistons National Anthem, SoFar Detroit, and festivals in the U.S., Kenya, Greece, and St. Lucia.
A recording artist known as One Single Rose®️ (Queen Rose), she has worked with Defected Records and is Piton International Film Festival’s poet laureate. She is also the recipient of the Detroit Black Music Spoken Word Award.
Bailey Grey (Anne Boleyn) is an actor singer/songwriter from New Jersey, Her professional acting career began at age 10 with the National Tour of Mary Poppins, Séance on a Wet Afternoon by Stephen Schwartz, and A Christmas Rose at Carnegie Hall with Jane Seymour. Bailey studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She has original music published on all platforms.
Michelle Wittrein (Agnes Waterhouse) is a DC based actor/singer, but has been fortunate enough to perform all over the country for the last 27 years. Some of her favorite credits include The Palace Theatre: Little Women (Marmee), Mamma Mia (Donna); The Fulton Opera House: Legally Blonde (Chutney, Brooke u/s), The Taffetas (Peggy); Prima Theatre: Songs For a New World (Woman 2); The American Music Theatre (Singer/Dancer for 13 seasons). Michelle is also a proud Veteran of the US Air Force, where she served as a Regional Band Vocalist. Her enlistment was filled with many proud accomplishments, including a deployment spanning 9 different countries (incl. Iraq), and singing the National Anthem for former President George W. Bush.
Samantha Kahn (Marilyn Monroe), a charismatic comedic ingenue and New York native, shines as a singer and actress across stage and film. Renowned for her versatility, Samantha effortlessly bridges genres from opera to punk rock. Some of her notable New York credits include performing the National Anthem for the Brooklyn Nets, portraying a Cigarette Girl in the NY premiere of Sheldon Harnick's translation of Carmen at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and being an ongoing member of the chorus for The Lord of The Rings concert series at Radio City Music Hall. Recently, she was featured as the Operator's Wife on the cast recording of Union Mother, a docu-musical exploring the early American labor movement.
Jackie Bonsignore (Mary Magdalene) is a New York trained, California raised actor and vocalist, and a graduate of NYU Tisch/The Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Select stage credits include Cathy in Sierra Madre Playhouses’ critically acclaimed production of The Last Five Years, Eleven in Stranger Things: The Experience (Netflix/Fever/Mycotoo), and Rizzo in Grease (The SKyPAC/Ramsey Theatre Co). Select screen credits include “Great White Lies” (Exec Prod. Doug Ellin, Teri Weinberg), “Seeking Sugar” (Dir. Sam Coppola), and “A Ghost in the Walls” (RAYNES Official Music Video Series/Mind Our Music).
On the album, the composer sings "Patient A" and "Nirvana Is Here"
MUSICIANS
Piano: Natalie Rebecca Lovejoy
Guitar: Matthew Clinkenbeard
Electric Bass: Aleks Dolgy, Crescenzo Vitiello ("The Way the Story Goes")
Violin: Annette Homann
Cello: Raul Andueza
Upright Bass: Bruno Dela Rosa, Tomas Haydu ("Let Them Look at You")
Trumpet: Max. J. Fink
Mix Engineer: Santiago Reos
Orchestrations: Natalie Rebecca Lovejoy