Mainstage NYC Callboard
July 8 – 12, 2019

Kristine Bendul is thrilled to be returning with Camp Broadway in 2019. Kristine brings her her experience of seven Broadway shows. Aside from being nominated for a Helen Hayes award for Movin’ Out, other favorite theater credits include performing Live at Lincoln Center and five Broadway productions with the City Center Encores series. You may even recognize her from NBC’s Smash or most recently, the first episode of Baz Luhrman’s new Netflix show, The Get Down. She has performed at both the Tony’s and the Oscars with Hugh Jackman and Beyonce and holds two First Place ProCabaret titles, one with The International Hustle & Salsa Congress and the other with Bill Cameron’s Swing Dance Championships. Her ballet experience includes being one of the selected company members of NJ Ballet to tour alongside with New York City Ballet to Russia and Taiwan. As a choreographer, Kristine has been creating works for Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS’ highly profiled annual events the Easter Bonnet and Broadway Bares Fire Island. She has choreographed for immersive theater, musical showcases, a music video and the International Hustle & Salsa Congress. She was asked back a second time to premiere a new piece for The Actor’s Fund benefit Dancers For Good hosted by Bebe Newirth. Her newest achievement however, is as a published children’s book author & illustrator of Noodles Needs A Nap which was inspired by a character she played in Broadway’s Cinderella in which she was the assistant choreographer and partnering consultant. She is ever grateful for her years in show ‘biz’ and it brings Kristine so much joy to now be able to give back by sharing what she has learned over the course of her career. www.kristinebendul.com

Michelle M. Robinson, a native of New York, is an accomplished dancer, actress, and choreographer. As a dancer, she began her training at The Dance Theatre of Harlem. As early as her pre-teens she became a member of the Marie Brooks Children’s Dance Theater, a professional children’s dance company devoted to researching dance forms from other countries. She has had the opportunity to travel to such places as Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, Martinique, Suriname, Ghana, Italy, and Brazil. The recipient of the coveted Harry Belafonte Performing Arts Scholarship, she went on to attend the State University of New York at Purchase where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. After graduation, her talents were sought after by many prestigious dance companies: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, The Bucket Dance Theater, The Dance Theatre of Harlem and The Eleo Pomare Dance Company. But that was only until Michelle set her sights on Broadway.

From Europe to Broadway, Ms. Robinson’s musical theater credit include: Ain’t Misbehavin’, Can-Can, For Colored Girls…, Jelly’s Last Jam, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Sophisticated Ladies, They’re Playing Our Song, Sweet Charity, The Tempest, and the smash Broadway musical revival, Chicago. She has had the opportunity to work alongside notables as Bebe Neuwirth, Gregory Hines, Patrick Stewart, Joel Grey, Debbie Allen, Melanie Griffith, and Brooke Shields, just to name a few. However, Ms. Robinson admits that one of her most memorable show biz moments was becoming a Radio City Rockette. She acknowledges that nothing gave her as much joy and pleasure as when she heard her mother say, “No matter where my child is on that kick line, I will be able to find her!” No stranger to film and television, her television credits include appearances on Deadline, Law and Order, New York Undercover, Third Watch, and HBO’s Lackawanna Blues. Ms. Robinson has also had a long running, recurring role on the daytime soap opera, One Life to Live. On film, she can be seen in Spike Lee’s Malcolm X, Flawless starring Robert DeNiro.

As a Canadian music director holding experience in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, Sean brings a wealth of experience to the musical theatre scene as both a musical director, conductor, arranger, orchestrator and performer.

Sean holds a Masters in Music Direction from the University of Surrey in England, graduating with Honours with Distinction from the Guildford School of Acting, one of the top respected conservatories in the United Kingdom.

Sean’s UK experience has included work with music team of the UK Tour of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Sean was also music director/supervisor and dramaturg on the creation of a one-hour musical adaptation of the recent West End musical, LOSERVILLE, in collaboration with the authors and licensors.

As an arranger & orchestrator, Sean’s work has been played by and written for some of the top Pops Orchestras and musical theatre performers in North America.

Sean works between New York and Toronto, and is a frequently sought out accompanist & conductor for numerous musical theatre performances & performers in both countries.

Private study in conducting in musical theatre has included study with Jeffrey Huard, conductor of Kiss of the Spider Woman on Broadway.

Didi Gomez hails from Buenos Aires, Argentina where she performed professionally as a singer, actress and dancer in different musicals, as well as private events. Some of her favourite credits include: Ensemble in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ (with Geronimo Rauch as ‘Jesus’), Martha in ‘Spring Awakening’, BJ Crosby in ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’, Joanne in ‘Rent’, Abuela Claudia in ‘In The Heights’. She moved to New York City to attend The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, to further her studies as a musical theatre actress. Upon graduation in 2012, Didi was featured in the documentary ‘Broadway Dreams’, with the famous Japanese pop group ‘AKB48’, which was released in Japan. She has done various workshops and readings of new material ever since, and had the honor to be directed by Bob Cline, in ‘Evita’, where she played the role of Eva Peron in 2013. Didi is honored to have spent the past 3 years working with the Drama Desk Award winning company Camp Broadway, where she teaches and performs. And is also very excited to be a new member of Inside Broadway, where she will be teaching musical theater to kids all around the 5 boroughs.

Regional Theater credits include: Shrek, Annie Get Your Gun, Les Miserables, Once On This Island, Repertory Theater’s 49th Season. Alexandra is a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College where she received her B.A. in Theater Performance/Musical Theater. Teachers include: Patricia Simon, Christine Riley, Jeff Shade, Ed Kresley. Alexandra has worked as a camp counselor for 4 years teaching everything from soccer to theater to sailing; she was in a production of the musical Rags directed by Barbara Siman-Strouse, and did a workshop of a musical short written by Sara Wordsworth & Russ Kaplan

Diego Rios Originally from Mexico City, Diego is a proud graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in NYC. He’s currently a principal soloist for AIDA Cruise Lines. Credits include Jesus Christ Superstar Mexican Tour (Jesus), Cyrano de Bergerac (D’artagnan, Mexico City). Off-Broadway: Godspell (Judas). Regional: Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Civil War, West Side Story, Man of La Mancha.

Justin Choi is so excited to be joining Camp Broadway this summer! His recent credits include Pleasure Men (Hook and Eye Theater), The Rocky Horror Show (Mountain Rep), Richard II, The Heart of Robin Hood, and The Sea Maid’s Music (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival). Other previous credits: Hand to God, The Pillowman, The Imaginary Invalid, and In The Heights. Training: BFA Acting – University of Michigan, American Conservatory Theater.