Our concerts feature artists from the following roster:

Angel Desai | Ann Harada | MaryAnn Hu | Alvin Ing | Christine Toy Johnson | Francis Jue | Darren Lee |
Michael K. Lee | Telly Leung | Deborah Lew | Jose Lana | Orville Mendoza | Alan Muraoka | Manu Narayan |
Hazel Anne Raymundo | Ann Sanders | Yuka Takara | Kim Varhola

ANGEL DESAI Broadway debut: Company, directed by John Doyle. Off-Broadway credits include Manic Flight Reaction and The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (Playwrights Horizons), The Architecture of Loss (NYTW), The Winter's Tale (CSC), The Antigone Project and Gum (Women's Project), This End Up: A User's Manual for Lovers of Asians (Ma-Yi), Stop Kiss (u/s) and Henry VIII (Public/New York Shakespeare Festival), and Angelique (MCC).  Regional credits include Company (Cincinnati Playhouse), Riceboy (Yale Repertory) and An Infinite Ache (Long Wharf), Uncle Vanya (Arena Stage), A Christmas Carol (McCarter), The Tempest (Playmakers Repertory), Yerma (Cleveland Playhouse), Sundance Festival, NY Stage and Film, O'Neill Theater Center, Cape Cod Theater Project.  Regular volunteer with the 52nd Street Project.  TV credits include a series regular on "Briar and Graves", a pilot for FOX in 2005; recurring roles on all three "Law and Order"'s and "The Education of Max Bickford"; "As the World Turns," and "Guiding Light."  Film: The War Within, Heights, Black Knight, Robot Stories. Piano since the age of 6, violin since the age of 9, saxophone since August 2006.  BA in biopsychology/psychology from Oberlin College, MFA in Acting from NYU.

MARYANN HU TV: Played SooLin on the NBC sitcom WHOOPI; Law & Order. Film: Falling For Grace. Has appeared in both the Broadway Company and the National Tour of Miss Saigon. Off Broadway/Regional credits: The Audience (The Transport Group),The Beautiful Warrior (The Vineyard Theatre), Babes in Toyland (Lincoln Center), Tuptim in The King and I, Into The Woods, Song of Singapore, Sweeney Todd and Heading East. Workshops include: Please Don't Eat The Daisies, The Wedding Singer, Get Shorty and Desperately Seeking Susan! (featuring the music of Blondie). Concert appearances include CHESS with Josh Groban; FUNNY GIRL with Whoopi Goldberg and was recently featured as Agnes in On the 20th Century with Marin Mazzie. Vocalist on the Sondheim compilation album East West Overtures and the 2005 grammy nominated recording of HAIR (Sh-k-Boom/Ghostlight Records). Married to NY bassist, Dave Phillips. Dedicates all performances in memory of her dad, who inspires much of who she is today, on stage and off.

CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON has extensive performing credits on Broadway, Off-Broadway, national tour, film and television. Highlights of over twenty years of work include featured roles in the New York revivals of THE MUSIC MAN, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, PACIFIC OVERTURES, and FALSETTOLAND, the national tours of CATS, FLOWER DRUM SONG and BOMBAY DREAMS, and leading roles at some of the most well-respected theatres across the country including the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Huntington Theatre, The Denver Center Theatre Company, The Minnesota Opera and New York City Opera. Film and television credits include two years as "Lisa West" on ONE LIFE TO LIVE , CROSSING JORDAN, BLIND JUSTICE, GROUNDED FOR LIFE, NUNSENSE and NUNSENSE 2 (PBS and A&E), LAW AND ORDERS:  SVU and CRIMINAL INTENT, OZ, CONSPIRACY THEORY, JUNGLE 2 JUNGLE, L.I.E and ALL AMERICAN EYES which she also wrote and produced. An award-winning writer, Christine's play THE NEW DEAL was recently developed at the Roundabout Theatre Company in New York.  She recently received a grant from the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program to work on a documentary film about the first Asian American pro-basketball player, honored by the Japanese American Sports Hall of Fame in 2002, Mr. Wat Misaka. For more, please visit www.christinetoyjohnson.com

FRANCIS JUE On Broadway, Francis originated the role of Bun Foo in Thoroughly Modern Millie, and appeared in Steven Sondheim and John Weidman's Pacific Overtures and David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly. He has won awards for Red, Into the Woods, Cabaret, Pacific Overtures, and Kiss of the Spiderwoman. Some of his other favorite theatre credits include The King & I, A Language of Their Own, Amadeus, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and No Foreigners Beyond This Point. Francis has also appeared as Dr. Fong on Law & Order: SVU and Dr. Yamagachi on One Life to Live.

TELLY LEUNG Broadway: RENT (Angel, Steve), FLOWER DRUM SONG (2002 revival), Sondheim's PACIFIC OVERTURES (2005 revival). He originated the role of Boq in the Chicago production of WICKED. Regional credits include: GODSPELL (Paper Mill Playhouse), Simon in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (Music Circus), Barnaby in HELLO DOLLY (The Muny), Thuy in MISS SAIGON (PCLO), Lun Tha in THE KING AND I starring Lou Diamond Phillips (NCT), Toby in SWEENEY TODD (FST), & Seth / Shem in CHILDREN OF EDEN (Fords Theater). Telly is featured on the original cast recordings of FLOWER DRUM SONG (DRG records), PACIFIC OVERTURES (PS Classics), and WALL TO WALL STEPHEN SONDHEIM (Symphony Space). He has also released an EP of original music on Mopptopp Records entitled, GETAWAY. On television, Telly was recently featured on the season six finale of LAW AND ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT. BFA Carnegie Mellon University. Please check out www.tellyonline.net.

DEBORAH LEW recently starred on Broadway as "Belle" in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Last year, she was featured in the Broadway revival of the Roundabout Theatre Company's The Threepenny Opera at Studio 54. New York City Opera credits include Candide as the Pink Sheep and Cinderella. Also in New York, Deborah appeared as Psyche in the Off-Broadway musical Cupid and Psyche. Favorite regional credits: Maria in West Side Story, for which she received a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination (Marriot Lincolnshire and the Pioneer Theatre); Isabelle in Amour (Goodspeed); Cinderella in Cinderella (North Shore Music Theatre); Kim in Miss Saigon (WBT).

JOSE LLANA recently starred to critical acclaim on Broadway (and also the Los Angeles company) in William Finn's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, having originated his role as Chip Tolentino at The Second Stage Theater. Along with his cast he received the 2005 Drama Desk Award for Best Ensemble.
Jose burst onto Broadway his freshman year at the Manhattan School of Music, landing a lead role in the 1996 Revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I, playing the doomed young lover, Lun Tha, opposite Lou Diamond Phillips and Donna Murphy. He was then hand-picked by director George C. Wolfe to star in The New York Shakespeare Festival's production of On The Town in Central Park as Gabey and was part of the New York Premier of Adam Guettel's Saturn Returns at The Public Theater, directed by Tina Landau. He then went on to win raves as Jessie-Lee in the Broadway Motown musical, Streetcorner Symphony before taking over the role of Angel in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway Production of RENT, being the first Asian-American actor to play the role on Broadway.
Jose then went on to play the villainous Guillaume in Cameron Mackintosh's Martin Guerre, originating the role at The Guthrie Theater before touring to The Kennedy Center and The Ahmanson Theater. Shortly after, Jose lead David Henry Hwang's Revival Cast of Rodger's and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song, alongside Tony Award winner Lea Salonga, premiering first at The Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles before winning unanimous praise on Broadway in 2002.
Jose has also won audiences over in many of the best regional theaters across America. His award nominations include a Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Ballad of Little Jo at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago and a Barrymore Award Nomination for Best Actor for his work as the title character in Candide at The Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia.
In the summer of 2000, Jose was asked to take part in The Sundance Theater Lab in Provo, Utah to workshop Duncan Shiek's Spring Awakening, where he played the lead Melchior, directed by Michael Mayer.
In addition to his Cast Album Recordings for The King and I, Flower Drum Song and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Jose has appeared as a guest artist for numerous benefit recordings for Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS and as a guest artist on Jennifer Paz's debut solo-album, Awakening.
In the fall of 2003, Jose flew to Manila, Philippines to fulfill a lifelong dream of performing in his homeland. His debut solo album, Jose, quickly became a best-seller and peaked at number two on the Manila Industry Charts. Jose's touring highlights included a concert at The Cultural Center of the Philippines featuring the country's most respected artists and singing for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at Malakanang Palace. He continues to perform in sold-out concerts around the world with fellow Filipino-American performers. Jose, the album is currently available in the U.S. at www.CDbaby.com.
In his brief but hilariously memorable TV and film appearances, Jose has played the sidekick to comedienne Margaret Cho in HBO's Sex & the City and as Eva Mendes's photographer, Ross, in the 2005 box office smash hit, Hitch, starring Will Smith.
Jose is a proud and constant advocate for numerous charities based in New York City. He has performed for many Broadway Cares (BC/EFA) Events as well as hosting events for the Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS (APICHA) and other various AIDS and children's charities. He was a featured performer on Rosie O'Donnell's R Family Cruise and is prominently featured on the HBO Documentary All Aboard! R Family.

ORVILLE MENDOZA received a Barrymore Award for his performance as "Tempura" in Christopher Durang and Peter Melnick's new musical Adrift in Macao at the Philadelphia Theatre Co., a role he also originated Off-Broadway at Primary Stages 59E59 Theatres. He made his Broadway debut in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Pacific Overtures. National Tours include Miss Saigon where he appeared as "The Engineer" and The King and I opposite Shirley Jones. He's also appeared Off-Broadway in Antigone (National Asian American Theatre Company), Ivanov (NAATCO & The Mint Theatre), The Romance of Magno Rubio (Ma-Yi Theatre Company), Rashomon (Pan Asian Rep.), and Macbeth (McGinn-Casale Theatre). He has developed new works for The Public Theatre, York Theatre, Second Stage, New York Theatre Workshop and New Dramatists. Regional credits include: Long Wharf Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, East West Players (where he earned an Ovation Award nomination in the title role of Sweeney Todd), The Muny, St. Michael's Playhouse and most recently Des McAnuff's re-imagining of The Wiz at the La Jolla Playhouse. On television he has appeared on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and as "The Eskimo Dad" in the Thomas' Waffles commercials.

ALAN MURAOKA directed the Tony-nominated actor John Tartaglia ("Avenue Q") in his one-man show, "John Tartaglia AD-LIBerty," which ran at Joe's Pub at the Public Theatre, and won numerous cabaret awards. Other New York directing credits include the critically acclaimed all-Asian American production of "Falsettoland" (NAATCO), the world premiere of "Karaoke Stories," (IMUA Theater Company), "The Leading Men" and "The Leading Men 2", (BC/EFA), "Empty Handed"(Musicals Tonight), and cabarets for Tony-nominated actress Stephanie D'Abruzzo and Ann Harada. He has also directed for the Public Theater, the Village Theater in Seattle, and a three city Taiwanese tour of a rock musical called, "Making Tracks" for Second Generation. He most recently directed Disney's "High School Musical" at the Lyric Theatre in Oklahoma City.  Mr. Muraoka is a member of the Lincoln Center Director's Lab. As an actor, Mr. Muraoka is most recognizable for his role in the Emmy Award winning series, "Sesame Street," where he plays "Alan," the proprietor of Hooper's Store.  He has appeared in six Broadway shows; the recent revival of "Pacific Overtures," "Mail," "Shogun, the Musical," "My Favorite Year," "The King and I" (with Lou Diamond Phillips and Donna Murphy), and most notably "Miss Saigon," where he played the lead role of the Engineer. Mr. Muraoka is a graduate of UCLA, where he received the Carol Burnett Musical Comedy Award for performance. He was also the 2004 recipient of the APEX Inspiration Award and the FCC's 2007 Role Model of the Year Award. Please feel free to visit his web site at: www.alanmuraoka.net .

MANU NARAYAN Broadway: Bombay Dreams (Drama League nom.). OFF-BROADWAY: subUrbia (revival), Second Stage Theater; Getting Home (world premiere), Second Stage Theater; Sidd: the Musical (world premiere), Dodger Stages; Suzan-Lori Parks' Fucking A (world premiere), NYSF/ Public Theater; Bintou, The Play Company; I am Mou, Circle East; Josephine's Song, The York Theater. NATIONAL TOUR: Miss Saigon, 2nd National Tour, Cameron Mackintosh Inc. REGIONAL THEATER: The People Next Door (Am. Premiere), Yale Rep.; The Boys from Syracuse, Baltimore Center Stage; Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink, Wilma Theater; Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses, St. Louis/Cincinnati; Romeo and Juliet Swine Palace/Shakespeare and Company; Largo at New York Stage and Film; A Winter's Tale, Missouri Rep; A Christmas Carol , Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Fame, Mame, and Godspell at Pittsburgh CLO, Atlanta's TUTS, Houston TUTS, and The St. Louis MUNY. TELEVISION: Law and Order SVU, The Sopranos, Cashmere Mafia, Lipstick Jungle, M.O.N.Y (pilot), As the World Turns. FILM: Quarterlife Crisis, Hiding Divya, Two Men in Shoulder Stand. RECORDINGS: singles on Vanessa Williams' upcoming film And Then Came Love and the independent film Hiding Divya; Frank London's concept album A Night in the Old Marketplace, and Sidd: the musical-LIVE. GRADUATE: Carnegie Mellon University.
Manu is currently the lead singer of D A R U N A M a neo world rock band that he founded with Radovan Jovicevic former leader of the European band ZANA. Look for their single and debut video "All That's Beautiful Must Die" on www.darunam.com

HAZEL ANNE RAYMUNDO is thrilled to be sharing the stage with such a talented group of Asian American performers.  She has appeared on Broadway in the revival of Pacific Overtures and most recentlyin Avenue Q.  Her professional career began in the First National Company of Miss Saigon where she played Kim.  Additional credits:  Jesus Christ Superstar (Mary Magdalene); The King & I (Tuptim); Making Tracks (Miyuki); Personals (Kim); The Good Woman (Shen Te); The Vicar's Wife; pre-Broadway workshops of Aida, Flower Drum Song, and Clear Day.  Hazel graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.  She thanks God for His many blessings, her parents, family and friends for their support.  Favorite roles: Wife to Daniel whose love makes all things possible and Mama to Zachary whose smile lights up her life.

KIM VARHOLA currently has taken a brief hiatus from performing in order to pursue other career ventures. In 2005 Kim was awarded a Masters in Cinema Studies from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and this spring she completed an MA in Arts Administration at Columbia University. Her last appearance on the Broadway stage was in the 2005 revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Pacific Overtures. OtherBroadway credits include Thoroughly Modern Millie (Gloria), RENT (Alexi Darling), Anything Goes, and Flower Drum Song; Kim remains the only actor to appear in every production of Flower Drum Song, from concept workshops to the Broadway revival to the national tour. Regional credits: Flower Drum Song (Mark Taper Forum and Houston's Theater Under the Stars); No No Nanette (Goodspeed); Redhead (Goodspeed); Sweet Charity (Wagonwheel Theater). Kim has also made numerous singing appearances benefiting Lincoln Center Theater, The American Theatre Wing, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Young Playwrights Inc., and the Castle Performing Arts Center in Kaneohe, Hawaii. Kim holds a BS in Theatre from Northwestern University.