Dreams This Way
Biographies

Cast

Jimmy Bennett was last seen on Broadway posing with The Naked Cowboy. Other New York credits include Playwrights Horizons, The York, NYTW, Madison Square Garden, Chekhov Now, Westside Theatre, The Abington Theater, FringeNYC, and the Peking as well as two National Tours. He can be heard on the cast recordings of Through the Years and Fine and Dandy. He is co-creator of Off-Broadway’s cult classic The Nuclear Family as well as the TV LAB’s The Extended Family currently airing on The Sundance Film Channel.	Gavin Esham spent most of last year starring as Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar. When he returned, he participated in RIMT #12 where he created the roles of Michael in Man Near the Moon and Dr. Ian Wilmut in Goodbye, Dolly. He played Toby in the American premiere of Primrose with Musicals Tonight!. He is also in development for All in Full of Love, a dance play featuring the music of Björk, which will have its world premiere in September.
Patrick Mellen is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. Professional performing experience includes work at Lincoln Center, HERE, and Actors Theatre of Louisville. Most recently Patrick understudied for The Trans-Siberian Orchestra. He gives great thanks to all of the artists who have made Raw Impressions possible. www.patrickmellen.com	Amanda Ryan Paige – Off-B’way: Zanna Don’t! (John Houseman Theater). NYC Credits: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Lucille Lortel); Babes in Toyland (Lincoln Center); Chess (Actors’ Fund Benefit Concert, New Amsterdam Theater). National Tour: Fiddler on the Roof (Theodore Bikel). Regional: No, No, Nanette (Goodspeed); Brighton Beach Memoirs, Noises Off (Leatherstocking Theater).
Lucy Sorensen is an Ithaca College graduate where her roles included Lucille in Parade, Petra in A Little Night Music, and the Nurse in Terrance Mann’s Romeo and Juliet. Other favorites include Eliza in My Fair Lady, South Pacific at Barrington Stage, and being a news DJ for Radio Aahs. Since moving to New York, she has toured with Sarah, Plain & Tall and performed in numerous workshops.	Jennifer Waldman – B’way & Nat’l Tour: Titanic. Off-B’way: Heat Lightning; John and Paul. Regional: Dracula (La Jolla Playhouse); Fiddler on the Roof (North Shore Music Theatre); Saturday Night (Weston Playhouse); and more. Jennifer is also an award-winning director and choreographer. BFA Ithaca College.