OUR ALL STAR CAST LINE UP
Veanne Cox
Veanne Cox has received a Special Drama Desk Award for Excellence and Significant Contributions to the Theatre and an OBIE Award for Sustained Excellence. She has appeared on Broadway in An American in Paris, A Free Man of Color, La Cage aux Folles, Caroline or Change, The Dinner Party, Company (Tony Award nomination), and Smile. Off-Broadway: The Wedding Band, The Old Friends, The Most Deserving, Damn Yankees, Blind, Paradise Park, Spain, Last Easter, The Wooden Breeks, House and Garden, Labor Day, The Altruists,The Batting Cage, The Waiting Room, Flora the Red Menace, Freedomland, A Question of Mercy, The Food Chain, The Vagina Monologues. Film and TV includes: “Only Murders in the Building,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Summoning Sylvia, The Mandalorian, Erin Brockovich, Big Eden, Beethoven's 4TH, You've Got Mail, Marci X, Odd Mom Out, “Louie,” “Smash,” “Pan Am,” “Two Broke Girls,” “Seinfeld,” “Cinderella,” “Boston Legal,” “Royal Pains,” “Joan of Arcadia,” all “Law and Orders” and the web series Indoor Boys (Emmy nomination) and Cady Did. She has performed regionally in DC, the Berkshires, Sag Harbor, Hartford, San Diego, San Francisco, La Jolla, Los Angeles, Houston, Minneapolis, and Louisville in Shakespeare, Moliere, Coward, Wilde, Simon, Durang, Ives, Foote and Ludwig.
Judy Gold
Judy Gold is a stand-up comedian, actor, author, TV writer, and activist who the NY Times dubbed, “an underappreciated gem of the New York comedy scene,” which is the kind of back-handed compliment she adores. She has been making audiences howl for over 40 years. and has had stand-up specials on HBO (Cable Ace Award), Comedy Central and LOGO. Judy is one of the subjects featured in the Netflix documentary “Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution”. She is the author of “Yes I Can Say That: When They Come For The Comedians We Are All In Trouble”, which was featured in the New York Times Book Review. The off-Broadway show, “Yes I Can Say That!” received rave reviews.
Judy hosts the weekly podcast, “It’s Judy’s Show with Judy Gold”. From 1999-2010, Judy was the host of HBO’s “At the Multiplex with Judy Gold”. Judy won two Emmy awards for writing and producing “The Rosie O’Donnell Show”. She was also the story editor on the final season of FX’s “Better Things”.
Judy has written and starred in three critically acclaimed Off-Broadway hit shows; the aforementioned,Yes I Can Say That!, The Judy Show – My Life as a Sitcom(Outer Critics Circle Nomination), and25 Questions for a Jewish Mother(GLAAD Media Award – Outstanding NY Theater, Drama Desk Nomination – Actor). Judy played Gremio in The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park all-female production ofThe Taming of The Shrew.
Judy’s three albums, “Conduct Unbecoming”, “Kill Me Now”, and “Judith’s Roommate Had a Baby” are available wherever you get your music. You can follow her on social media at @jewdygold.
Susan Lucci
The most famous face in daytime television history, Susan Lucci held audiences spellbound for over 40 years as the iconic Erica Kane, on ABC's award-winning daytime drama All My Children. In May of 1999, on her 19th nomination, she won the EMMY for "Best Actress," a historic moment for all of television, receiving the longest-standing ovation in television history. Beyond daytime drama, Lucci also starred in Lifetime’s Devious Maids, and Hot In Cleveland, played a role in the film Joy, and hosted Investigation Discovery’s Deadly Affairs. A versatile performer, she has appeared on popular shows like Dancing With The Stars and Saturday Night Live and made her Broadway debut in Annie Get Your Gun. Her biography All My Life was release in 2011 and topped The New York Times bestsellers list upon release.
Among her numerous honors and accolades, Susan was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2006, received the Disney Legends Award in 2015 and has a star on the prestigious Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was named one of E! Entertainment's "Top Entertainers of the Year" and one of the late broadcast legend Barbara Walters' "Ten Most Fascinating People." VH-1 has also named Lucci one of its "200 Top Icons of all Time." Most recently, she received the Daytime EMMY’s “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2023.
Coming up, Susan is set to appear alongside Keanu Reeves in the upcoming Apple Original Film, Outcome.
Tonya Pinkins
Renowned theater actress, Tonya Pinkins is a three-time Tony nominee, winning the award in 1992 for her performance as Sweet Anita in Jelly’s Last Jam. Over the course of her career in theater, she has also been recognized with Opie, Lortel, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, AUDLECO, Garland, LA Drama Critics Circle, Clarence Derwent and NAACP Theater awards.
On television, Pinkins can currently be seen in Tyler Perry’s popular dramedy series Sistas, and she recently starred in the critically acclaimed ABC limited series Women of the Movement. Pinkins also appeared in the series God Friended Me, Fear the Walking Dead, Gotham, 24 and J.J. Abrams’ 11.22.63. Notable silver screen credits include Above the Rim, The Book of Henry and Enchanted.
Pinkins made her feature directorial debut with the 2021 horror-comedy Red Pill, which received numerous accolades, including Best Narrative Feature at the Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival. Her second feature, Game Nite premiered at the Pan African Film Festival in early 2024. A 2019-2022 Fulbright Specialist and published author, she also was the 2020 recipient of the Franky Award and the Rachel Crothers Leadership Award. Her podcast You Can’t Say That is available for streaming on the Broadway Podcast Network. Visit her at www.tonyapinkins.com or www.redpillmovie2020.com.
Lana Young
Lana Young (Understudy)Lana’s US stage credits: Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, Paulina in The Winter’s Tale at Hartford Stage, Fever Dreams at TheatreWorks. Uk credits: Lady M, Lona Hessel in Pillars of the Community, The Graduate. TV/FILM appearances include WandaVision, The Resident, Law & Order, Greenleaf, Southpaw, The Girl on the Train and Tyler Perry’s A Jazzman’s Blues, earning her an NAACP Image Award nomination. This is her Off-Broadway debut. IG @actorlanayoung www.imdb.me/lana