The Fantasticks

“…an electrifying performer for his powerful stage presence and spontaneity that grows irresistible” Backstage New York. Since his Carnegie Hall solo debut, (2009) multi-faceted touring artist Nilko Andreas has been entertaining audiences in three continents as an internationally awarded classical guitarist, Composer, Actor, Music Director as well as a singer (La Cumbiamba eNeYe, Moneco, LaMar NYC), Born in Colombia, he carries the musical legacy of his mother land, layered with his experiences as a leading classical musician around the world and 22 years of living, performing as a soloist and chamber Musician, producing and conducting in New York City.
He has performed almost every major concerto for guitar and orchestra including the famous “Concierto de Aranjuez” by Joaquin Rodrigo. He is the founder of the “Amazonas” series presented at Carnegie Hall since 2010, with a heavy interest on raising awareness over environmental damage. He recently performed the role of “Don Quixote” in the acclaimed Musical “The Man of La Mancha” by Musical Theater Heritage, His passion for Spain and for the work of Federico Garcia Lorca made him collaborate and produce many Lorca plays Including “La zapatera prodigiosa” (Spanish repertory theater NYC) his collaboration with grupo “Artificio Theater” on Lorca’s “The butterfly’s evil spell”, lead to rave reviews and awards. he conceived and directed “Asi Canta Federico” and interactive theatrical concert around the life and work of Garcia Lorca, With emphasis in the Sephardic spirit of the South of Spain performing Music in Ladino. An accomplished educator, Nilko Andreas has given Lectures, master classes and conferences on classical guitar, LatinAmerican and Colombian Music in universities and conservatories around the world, including, Columbia University, Berkley college of Music, Manees Music School and more. He is the Founder of the NY Latin American Chamber Music Society and Artistic Director at Azlo Productions. www.nikoandreas.com

Actor, artist, clown, man of many faces, and a Charlie Chaplin impersonator known from coast to coast. Selected CV: ‘Ruby Room Christmas’: Music Theater Heritage ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ (Inspector Fixx and Passepartout): Kansas City Symphony, 2012 and 2024 ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Boris)’, ‘The Cat in the Hat (Fish)’, ‘Lyle the Crocodile (Hector. P. Valenti)’ :Coterie Theatre ‘A Bucket of Blood’ (Leonard DeSantos), ‘The Accidental Waiter’ (The Waiter). ‘The Accidental Holiday’ (The Waiter): The Living Room Theatre ‘Golden! Girls Gone Wild’ (Stan), ‘Slashdance!’ (Mitchie) ‘Beyond the Valley of the Dolls’: Latenight Theatre ‘Violet’ (The Preacher): Spinning Tree Theatre

Richard E. Harris is an accomplished actor, musician, producer, and sound designer whose work bridges stage and studio. He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. Theatre: Coconut Cake and Jitney (The Black Rep, St. Louis); Grumpy Old Men, Elvis The Musical, Arsenic and Old Lace, and A Christmas Carol (Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing and The Threepenny Opera (Greenhouse Theatre Project); and Fences (Columbia Entertainment Company). Television and film: Bones (FOX), Bronx SIU (UMC), and Sharknado 3 (SyFy).

Ron Megee – Actor, Producer, & Director. A comedic favorite in KC for decades, Ron is the co-producer of Late Night Theatre (alongside Jessica Dressler and Chadwick Brooks). He has brought over 100 campy hits to the stage, including Valley of the Dolls, Golden Girls Gone Wild and Redesigning Women. Beyond that, Ron’s versatility has graced the stages of KC Rep, New Theatre, Unicorn, Starlight, Coterie, and the Lyric. A GLAADKC Citizen of the Year, Ron lives with his husband Jon Fulton Adams in a (very) haunted house in the Historic North East.

Tim is so happy to be returning to the MTH stage. He was last seen here as Franz in THE PRODUCERS and Harold Hill in THE MUSIC MAN. In NYC Tim played Matthew in a new musical adaption of SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL at Town Hall and subsequent tour. Regionally he was Hamlet in HAMLET THE MUSICAL at Temple Theatre in NC, the Pastor in CHURCH
BASEMENT LADIES at Maples Rep, Narrator/Mysterious Man in INTO THE WOODS at MWST and Frank Decker in WORKING THE MUSICAL at GPTF in Abilene. Locally many shows at Quality Hill Playhouse, CHAUVELIN in SCARLET PIMPERNEL at New Theatre and Razoul in ALADDIN at STARLIGHT to name a few. Tim has been a proud member of Actors Equity for
nearly 40 years.

Daniela is excited to be working with Music Theatre Heritage! She is a graduate of Webster University’s Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts (BFA in Musical Theatre, minor in Dance Technique). Recent theatrical credits: María in West Side Story (The Encore Musical Theatre Company), Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol (Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre), Carmela Full of Wishes (Metro Theatre Company); Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, American Idiot, and Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Sargent Conservatory). Vocalist work: Broadway in the Park at Chapultepec Castle, backing vocals for Intocable’s “Día 730”. Rep: The Luedtke Agency. Instagram: @danyyrdzdelbosque.

Ty Tuttle is a KC based pianist and musical theatre coach. He recently received his Master’s degree in Vocal Coaching and Accompanying from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Recent credits: Secret Garden, Titanic, Jump and Jive (MTH), Ordinary Days (Krannert Center for the Performing Arts), Mamma Mia! (Central Illinois Stage Co.), and Gianni Schicchi (Eastern Illinois University).