David Ayers graduated from Northwestern University in Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance and Theater. David has starred on Broadway as Sky in Mamma Mia!, originated the role of Fyedka in the 2005 Tony-nominated revival of Fiddler on the Roof, and most recently took over the role of Fiyero in the hit Broadway musical Wicked at the Gershwin Theater. Some of his other credits include Claude in Hair at the Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, the American premiere of Honk! at Northshore Music Theatre, Rodger in A New Brain at Portland’s Center Stage, and The Sound of Music at the St. Louis MUNY. While in New York, he originated lead roles in the workshops of Little Women, Elton John’s Lestat, Maury Yeston’s Death Takes a Holiday, Barry Manilow’s Harmony, and starred opposite his fiancée, Angela Gaylor, in Tom Jones! He can be heard on the revival cast recording of Fiddler on the Roof. David has worked with some of Broadway’s greatest composers such as Adam Guettel, Steven Schwartz, William Finn and George Stiles. He has studied with Ann Bogart’s SITI Company at the Humana Festival of New American Plays and continued his studies at the Edinburgh Theater Festival in Scotland as well as the Festival d’Avignon in France. His television credits include guest starring on “Law and Order: Criminal Intent” and “The Guiding Light.” He has appeared in Elle Girl magazine and is featured in Wicked’s coffee table book: The Grimmerie. This past summer he was a guest Master Teacher at the Broadway Theater Dance Workshop.
Angela Gaylor is a graduate with a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts Degree in musical theater from the prestigious Cincinnati Conservatory of Music where she won the Laurie Beechman Award for outstanding performance. She is an alumni of Interlochen Arts Camp and a previous scholarship winner to the Sanford Meisner Neighborhood Playhouse in NYC. Angela has been on Broadway where she originated the role of Anne in the Tony-Award Winning revival La Cage Aux Folles, Amber in Hairspray and danced the dream ballet in Trevor Nunn/Susan Stroman’s Oklahoma! She has also appeared as the title role in Cinderella at Papermill Playhouse as well as in Dream a Little Dream: The Story of the Mamas and the Papas, and Best Foot Forward off-Broadway. By age 19, she was working with Stephen Sondheim and Paul Gemignani as Anne in A Little Night Music (Mann Center, the Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Celebration, Northshore Music Theater). Other roles include Julie Jordan in Carousel at Northshore Music Theater, April in Company at Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Sophia Western in Tom Jones at Northshore Music Theater, as well as originating roles in Maury Yeston’s Death Takes A Holiday, Barry Manilow’s Harmony, Frank Wildhorn’s Camille Claudel, and the title role in Annie Lenox’s Barbarella. She can be heard on the cast recording of the world premiere of George Stiles’ Tom Jones and on Hal Leonard’s Tunes For Teens CD. Her career also extends to television where she guest-starred in “Law and Order: SVU” and on “All My Children” as Libby. She has been a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra as well as the Cincinnati Pops. Angela is currently engaged to fellow performer and teacher, David Ayers, has taught at Broadway Dance Theater Workshop alongside Ann Reinking and is on the adjunct faculty for Wright State Universtiy.
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