The extraordinary lives
of ordinary people:

Theresa Cunningham

Theresa Cunningham has performed at Arena Stage; Round House Theatre; Imagination Stage; Stillpointe Theatre; Compass Rose Theatre; Theatre Alliance; Olney Theatre Center; Riverside Center; Toby’s Dinner Theatre. While living in in Atlanta, Theresa performed at Alliance Theatre; Horizon Theatre; Springer Opera House; Atlanta Lyric Theatre; Aurora Theatre; Synchronicity Theatre. among others. Theresa won the 2013 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical for her portrayal of Sofia in Toby’s Dinner Theatre’s production of The Color Purple.   Theresa studied musical theatre at Syracuse University. Theresa is also a certified leader in InterPlay, a community and play-based body-mind-heart-spirit art form.

Jay Frisby

Jay Frisby: Charles Weems in The Scottsboro Boys [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble] (Signature Theatre); The Doctor in Matilda, The Royale, South Pacific, Annie, Miss You Like Hell, Mary Poppins (Olney Theatre Center); Prince Jason in Cinderella [Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Production in a Musical], The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Imagination Stage); Dorian’s Closet (Rep Stage); Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet (Studio Theatre); West Side Story, Seussical (Papermill Theatre); Miss Saigon, The Buddy Holly Story (Toby’s Dinner Theatre); South Pacific (National Tour); Simba in Festival of the Lion King (Hong Kong Disneyland); Click Clack Moo (International Tour); The Whiffenpoofs of Yale (International Tour); Smokey Joe’s Café (Connecticut Repertory Theatre); South Pacific (Ogunquit Playhouse). BA in Theatre Studies from Yale University.

Randyn Fullard

Randyn Fullard is thrilled to be getting back to Work In Working, A Musical. Most Recently, You may have seen him strutting In Kinky Boots as Tiffinique His Drag Persona at Toby’s Dinner Theatre. When he’s not performing you can catch him at Lush in Georgetown playing with soap and sustainable cosmetics. He’d Like to Thank The Labor Heritage Foundation, AFL-CIO and Working cast and crew for coming together to celebrate and fight for our shared humanity!

Chris Genebach

NEW YORK: Broadway: Manhattan Theatre Club: Shining City; Off-Broadway: The Duke: Rose Rage: Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3; Manhattan Theatre Club: The Other Side. REGIONAL: Signature Theatre: Billy Elliot; STC: Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet; Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2; Measure for Measure (Pompey); The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Julius Caesar (2011 Free For All); Cymbeline; King Lear (Duke of Cornwall); Titus Andronicus (Lucius), Olney Theatre Center: The Mary Stuart Project, Oil, The Crucible, My Fair Lady, Carousel, Awake and Sing!; Folger Theatre: Davenant’s Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Twelfth Night, Henry V, Othello, Cyrano, Orestes: A Tragic Romp; Mosaic Theater Company: A Human Being Died that Night, Ulysses on Bottles; Everyman Theatre: Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, An Inspector Calls; Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play; Studio Theatre: The Big Meal, Superior Donuts, Shining City; Goodman Theatre: King Lear; Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Short Shakespeare! Macbeth, Rose Rage: Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3, King John, Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet; TheaterWorks Hartford: The Seafarer.

Alyssa Keegan

Meet Alyssa Keegan (she/they)! Alyssa has spent the last 18 months of the pandemic reflecting on what it meant to her to be an actor, to be an artist. As the theater industry slowly re-emerges, a project like WORKING IN DC is exactly what she hoped for upon returning to the stage and she couldn’t be more grateful. Notable DC credits include Come From Away, pre-Broadway run (Fords Theater) Helen Hayes Nomination; Best Supporting Actor, Cat on A Hot Tin Roof (Roundhouse Theater) Helen Hayes Winner; Best Actress in a Play, How I Learned to Drive (Roundhouse Theater) , Gloria (Woolly Mammoth Theater)Helen Hayes Nomination; Best Ensemble, Shipwreck (Woolly Mammoth Theater), Vanity Fair (Shakespeare Theater) Helen Hayes Nomination;Best Ensemble. TV: BULL (CBS) FILM: Kringle Time (Deep Structure Prod.)

Alyssa is a professional Life and Relationship Coach specializing in ethical non-monogamy and polyamory and she is connected to Equity and SAG-AFTRA. She is looking forward to collaborating with fellow artists after almost a year and a half away,  and uniting in the spirit of gratitude and justice, while sharing real people’s stories and celebrating those who kept this country moving during the pandemic.

Alexandra Palting

Alexandra Palting is ebullient to be making her post-pandemic theatrical debut with the team of Working! Favorite DC regional credits include South Pacific at Olney Theatre Center,  Anatole: Mouse Magnifique!, Davy Copperfield, and The Princess and the Pauper at Imagination Stage, Alice in Wonderland at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Top Girls at The Keegan Theatre, and staged readings at The Kennedy Center. Out-of-town regional engagements include InterAct Theatre Co. and Shakespeare in Clark Park. Most recently, she has premiered selections from 0874, an original musical she wrote about her grandparents’ love letters written during their migrations to the United States, at Olney Theatre Center’s Just Arts concert series. Up next: further engagements of 0874 (visible at www.alexandramariapalting.com and @alpal1210 on Instagram).

Thomas Adrian Simpson

For more than 30 years Tom has performed on stage in and around Washington DC and across the nation.  Highlights include frequent performances at Arena Stage, being directed by Molly Smith or Tazewell Thompson; collaborations with John Kander and Fred Ebb, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt and Adam Gwon at Signature Theatre;  and appearing in the world premiere production of Mary Zimmerman’s Candide at both the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre.  For four years Tom toured the nation as part of Chamber Theatre of Boston’s acting ensemble.  He can be seen or heard in multiple episodes of America’s Most Wanted and House of Cards.  Tom is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Carl L. Williams

Carl L. Williams is thrilled to get the opportunity to perform in a show as amazing as Working! Some of his favorite past credits include: Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds (National Tour) (Ziggy), First Date (Waiter), The Color Purple (Harpo), Ordinary Days (Warren), Parade (Riley), In The Heights (Benny), Sister Act (Sweaty Eddie), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Mitch Mahoney) and Once On This Island (Papa Ge). He would like to thank his parents, Luke and Barbara Williams for their never ending love and support in both life and his theatrical endeavors.

Emily Zinski

Emily is overjoyed to make her DC debut in Working. Previously based in New York City, Emily is a professional actress, singer, and recording artist with international experience. She spent two years traveling the world as a lead vocalist with AIDA Cruise Lines, where she performed nightly in major theatrical productions and her own solo cabaret. Additional theatrical credits include Fiddler on the Roof (Weston Playhouse) and White Christmas (Syracuse Stage). Emily earned her BFA in Musical Theatre from Syracuse University. Today, Emily is thrilled to join the DC theater scene, and connect with a new community of talented artists. To view more of her work, visit www.emilyzinski.com.
Special thanks to Mom, Dad, Amanda, Gretta, and Zach.