The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess 

ALLISON JONES – MTH CREDITS: My Fair Lady; Ragtime. SELECT REGIONAL CREDITS: Fun Home, School Girls or The African Mean Girls Play, A Christmas Carol; Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Once On This Island; Spinning Tree Theatre. Godspell; Starlight. The Play That Goes Wrong; New Theatre & Restaurant. ASSOCIATE DIRECTING: The Royal, Directed by Steph Paul, Kansas City Repertory Theatre. BROWN UNIVERSITY/TRINITY REP: Allison is a rising third-year MFA Acting student in the Brown/Trinity Rep program. Credits include: Claudius, The Taming of Hamlet; Darcy, One Flea Spare; Weezy, Alabaster; Cold War Choir Practice by Ro Reddick (MFA Playwright ‘24). AEA Member.

Catera Combs – Sister Act, Dreamgirls (Arrow Rock Lyceum) Gypsy, Spectacular Christmas Show (MTH), Rise Up, Charlie Brown Christmas (Coterie Theatre), Boeing Boeing, The World Goes ‘Round (Okoboji Summer Theatre). Represented by Moxie Talent Agency.

Douglass Walker is a native of Kansas City, MO and has been singing since the age of 10. He started singing in church and his love for singing grew from there and transitioned to the stage. He is excited to be apart of the cast of Porgy and Bess. Performance credits include: Ruby Room Series- Let’s Get It On; KC Melting Pot Theatre: The Amen Corner; The Coterie Theatre: Alice’s Wonderland; Musical Theater Heritage: The Christmas Spectacular, Ruby Room Series-For The Culture, STEVIE, In The Heights; Spinning Tree Theatre: Caroline or Change, Billy Elliot, Once On This Island; The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City: 5 Guys Named Moe, A Soldier’s Play, Memphis (2018), OTHELLO: A Hip-Hop Remix; The Black Repertory Theatre & The White Theatre at the J; Memphis (2022). Douglass would like to thank his family for their support. A special thanks goes to his beautiful and loving wife Melonnie Walker.

MTH: Carousel. LaTeesha has been featured
regionally and internationally ni concerts, benefits, and tours. LaTeesha has performed locally with the
Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Quality Hil Playhouse, The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City, Civic Opera Theater, American Tapestry Chorale, Kansas City Symphony Chorus, Atchison Orchestra and others. She thanks her amazing family and friends.

LUCAS LOWRY (MINGO/ENSEMBLE) is thrilled to be returning to the MTH stage! Recent Credits include: Stranger Sings! KC Premiere (Padgett Productions), Awesome Allie (Theatre in the Park), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (MTKC Pro), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (The Coterie), DreamGirls (New Theatre & Restaurant), Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (The Coterie), A Charlie Brown Christmas (The Coterie), Man of La Mancha (Music Theatre Heritage), Freaky Friday (New Theatre & Restaurant), Pete the Cat (The Coterie), and The Wiz (Roxy’s Downtown). Treat people with kindness. “No Pare Sigue Sigue!” Represented by Moxie Talent Agency. (Corinthians 13:4-8) IG: lucas_styles_lowry

MATTHEW HARRIS – Sam Waymon, AMD (Nina Simone: Four Women) Tiny Joe, Frank/Wayne (Dreamgirls), Collins u/s, Mr. Jefferson/Grey, Ensemble Soloist (RENT), Wino, Audrey II [Voice], Keyboard II (Little Shop of Horrors), Judge Turpin (Sweeney Todd), Soloist (HAIR the Musical: Then and Now), “Flash-Mob” Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Bass Soloist (Messiah), Bob (The Old Maid and the Thief), Inspector Kildare (Elizabeth Cree), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Achilla (Giulio Cesare in Egitto), Le Fauteuil, L’Arbre (L’Enfant et Les Sortilèges), David (A Hand of Bridge), MD, Pianist (The Craft: The Unauthorized Musical Parody)(After Midnight), Guitarist (9 to 5)

Robert is very excited to be returning to MTH performing the role of Crown. His recent engagements include the world premiere of A Celebration Mass by Sharon J. Willis with the College of Charleston, and the world premiere of Bumpy Johnson: Harlem by Dwayne Fulton with Trilogy Opera. In the summer of 2023 Robert was awarded the ‘Pick of the Fringe’ by the Beford Fringe Festival for his production of the one-man musical play Paul Robeson by Philip Hayes Dean. After returning to the states, he was hosted for a solo faculty recital at Morehouse College.

Sheriece Veazey-McNally – Sheriece is thrilled to be back at MTH! She has appeared in The Secret Garden (MTH), Albert Herring and Dido and Aeneas (UMKC Conservatory), Candide and Suor Angelica (Varna International Music Academy), Trial by Jury (Landlocked Opera), Big River (MTKC/BRTKC), Les Huguenots (Amici Opera Company), Carmina Burana and La chanson d’Ève (Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts), and A God*Sib’s Tale (BRTKC). She is a development manager at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and a teaching assistant at UMKC Conservatory Academy.

MTH: Ruby Room Series: ForLovers, BeatnikCafe, Autumn Leaves, Family Ties, Piece of my Heart, Get Up, Let’s Get it On, Natural Woman, IWill Always Love You. MTH Main Stage Productions: Stevie: Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats Waller Musical Show, The Glass Menagerie.

Originally from Cameroon in Central Africa, Nsikoh (See-Ko) came to the U.S in 2014 with the dream of becoming one of the most prolific Bass players in the World. He started his journey at KCKCC under the mentorship of Jim Mair, who introduced him to the world of Jazz and to the music scene in KC. Later on while pursuing his associates degree in general studies, he started playing full time in the city at some of the most famous clubs “the Green Lady Lounge, The Black Dolphin, the Phoenix, Johnnie’s, The Blue Room, etc..“ with influential musicians and bands in the city such as Tim Withmer, Lonnie McFadden, Desmond Mason, Hot club KC, Son of Venezuela, The Ernesto J Band and many more… From those experiences his dreams have become bigger and are pushing him to pursue higher goals (entrepreneurship and public speaking) to inspire and teach people how to live a life of purpose.

aka Mr. High C, is a full time musician working with countless ensembles in the KC area. He has recorded with The Phantastics, Marcus Lewis Big Band, and as a featured soloist on other individual albums. Other notable ensembles are: Louis Neal Bgi Band, Mundo Nouvo, The Black Repertory Theater, Joe McGuire Band, 2Proud2Beg, Diamond Empire, and ni 2022 he was an inaugural member of the KCJO’s Rif Generation. The only time he is not active in KC is when he is with Princess Cruises performing for audiences around the globe. He not only performs, but also arranges for horns, and composes for orchestras His music was performed by the Springfield Youth Symphony ni a concert featuring black composers. Find out more about him at MrHighC.com

Recent MTH: Godspell and It’s A Wonderful Life on
the Main Stage, Natural Woman in the Ruby Room,
and Bubbles & Broadway. Select credits: Starlight
Theatre (most recent – 2023: Legally Blonde), KC
Rep, KCKCC, Unicorn Theatre, The Coterie, The
New Theatre, Jewish Community Center, Eventology LLC, KC Symphony and Pops, Worlds of Fun, All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church and The Tom Jacobs Ensemble. Other: orchestrations
and arrangements for various entities including MTH, Starlight Theatre and KC Rep. Previous: road stints with the Broadway Tour of Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby and the National Tour of CATS.