Digital Program

Jesus christ superstar

MUSIC
by Andrew Lloyd Weber

LYRICS
by Tim Rice

A THRILLING ROCK OPERA BASED ON THE LAST WEEK OF JESUS’ LIFE

PRESENTED by Cara Seguin, Realtor

TEAM

Director

Tara Kromer

music director

justin andrew adams

choreographer

chris payen

Stage manager

Zoe brown

assistant stage manager

Makenzie roberts

intimacy coordinator

desiree montes

assistant director/costume design

jonny jones

sound design

parker labonte

lighting design

chad loren

fight coordinator

bill warriner

asst. costume design

maria tew

BACKSTAGE CREW

TARA INGRAM

SET PAINTING

jax powers, Maine Rashaw

Set Construction

Ta'ryus Wilkinson, tommy bass

spotlight operators

cora bass, cadence mimms, Carter walker

Band

keys 1

justin andrew adams

keys 2

Mitchell Samuelson

guitar

nate chivers

bass

Dylan Rostin

drums

Michael Colbosanni

cast

  • Ayọ̀fẹ́mi Demps

    JUDAS

    Ayọ̀fẹ́mi Demps (she/they) is a Central Florida Director, Performer, Teaching Artist and intimacy professional. Recent directorial credits include The Light in the Piazza (CFVA), Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grille (Theater West End); Appropriate (The Ensemble Company). Orlando Sentinel Nominations include Best Leading Actor in a Musical (TWE's Sweeney Todd); Best DIrector of a Musical and Top Production (Lady Day) and Critic's Picks for Best Director of a Drama and Best Drama (Appropriate). She lives in Deltona with her wife Tiffany, the best of wives and best of women.

  • Alastor Milburn

    JESUS

    Alastor (they/he) is a music theatre graduate of Oklahoma City University (22’). After graduation they moved to Orlando and have since found performance venues within each theme park in Orlando. Al has performed with locally with The Studio Theatre and can be seen in their upcoming production of Suite Surrender this summer as Francis. This is Al’s first production with Theater West End and they could not be more excited to make their debut with a show so near and dear to their heart. Thank you for showing up to this production with an open heart. They would like to thank their friends and family for every ounce of support.

  • Avianna Tato

    MARY

    Avianna is honored return to TWE in this beautiful production! What a blessing it is has been to work with such an incredible cast, crew and creative team. You may have seen her in Dogfight and In the Heights here a few seasons back. Some of her other favorite performance credits include Barb in Stranger Sings (Dr. Phillips Center For the Performing Arts), Disco Singer in 54 (Renaissance Theatre Company), and Lois Warner in Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (Winter Park Playhouse). As always, thank you to my friends and family for their continuous love and support.

  • Kyle Price

    PETER

    Kyle Price is so excited to make his Theater West End debut! Past credits include Musical Mondays Sings: Lady Gaga, Off-Broadway’s Pip’s Island, the national tour of Pete the Cat, and workshops of Fat Kid Rules the World. Proud CAP21 alum. Big love to my amazing parents, supportive boyfriend, and our nine (!) furry companions for the unconditional encouragement! @kp.price 

  • E Turner

    SIMON

    E Turner is a rising junior in UCF's BFA Musical Theatre program. Her most recent credits include𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘺 as Monkey, 𝘙𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘴 as the Grocer woman, and swinging in 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘥. This will be E's professional debut! When E is not performing, she enjoys screenwriting, crocheting, and perfecting her latte art.

  • Adam Delmedico

    CAIAPHAS

    Adam got hooked on Jesus Christ Superstar in 7th grade when his dad gave him the brown record set, and he’s been obsessed ever since. He was last seen at Theater West End as Ernst in Cabaret. Some of his favorite roles include Johnny Cash (Million Dollar Quartet), Thomas Jefferson (The Foreplay), Harry Houdini (Ragtime), Mickey (Blood Brothers), and Billie Joe Armstrong (Your Mom’s in My Top 8: A Pop Punk Celebration)— an award-winning show he wrote for Orlando Fringe. Adam performs full-time at Universal Studios. Big thanks to his wife Jandrea, his brother Rob (who also played Caiaphas), his always supportive mom, and the memory of his dad, Tony, who he knows is listening.
    “One thing I’ll say for him, Jesus is cool.”

  • Christopher deJongh

    ANNAS (U/S PILATE)

    Christopher deJongh is honored to be telling this beautiful story with this wonderful group of humans! Before transplanting from Massachusetts, Christopher performed in regional and community theaters throughout New England. He was last seen at TWE as the Doctors in Next to Normal. Some favorite past roles include Charlie in Kinky Boots, Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, Roger in Rent and Jerry in The Full Monty. Chris would like to thank Tara, Justin, Christopher and the entire creative team for their artistry and collaboration. Special thanks to his wife Erica for being the best support system and his pup Luna for being a floof!

  • Jeremy Hudson

    PILATE

    Jeremy Hudson is thrilled to be returning to Theater West End, having last been seen as Dan Goodman in Next to NormaI. A New York native, he has performed professionally for the last 20 years all around the country and is happy to be continuing that process here in his new home in Florida. Past favorite credits include: Balladeer/Oswald in Assassins, Bobby Strong in Urinetown, Enjolras in Les MIserables, and Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors. He would like to thank his wife Samm for her love and support and his dog Stan for being the best boy.

  • Parker Williams

    KING HEROD

    With a passion for performing arts, Parker has appeared in numerous theater productions throughout the greater Orlando area, including Ronnie in Until Next Time for the Orlando Fringe Festival and Robbie in Dragons Love Tacos at Orlando Family Stage. Other favorite roles include Peter Cratchit/Turkey Boy in A Christmas Carol (Orlando Shakes), Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird (Theatre West End), and Young Charlie in Kinky Boots (Orlando Shakes). Parker also enjoys voiceover, commercial, and film acting and is represented by Innovative Artists (New York), Reel Casting Management (Los Angeles) and Brevard Talent Group (Florida). Parker is a 7th grader in Seminole County. He is also a student of Sarah Lee Dobbs Acting Studio and Laura Mehl, voice studio. You can follow his performance adventures on Instagram at parkerrosswilliams.

  • Cole Abrahams

    ENSEMBLE/PRIEST

    Cole Abrahams is so excited to be back for another show at Theater West End! You may have recently seen him here in “Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812” (Ensemble/Anatole and Dolokhov Understudy). Some recent credits include “Waitress” (Ensemble) and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (Phoebus). He would like to thank his friends and family for their endless support over the years and hopes you enjoy the show!

  • Aaliyah Amarante

    SOUL SISTER/ENSEMBLE

    Aaliyah is based in Orlando, Florida and currently studies Health Sciences at the University of Central Florida. She had the honor of performing for Mr. Harris Rosen’s Celebration of Life as well as other Rosen events like the Hall of Fame. Alongside that, she’s been in Rosen Pineapple Theater Club’s spring and fall productions. You may have seen her in their productions of The Drowsy Chaperone (Trix/Ensemble), Into the Woods (The Witch), Footloose (Wendy Jo), and Legally Blonde (Store Manager/Judge/Ensemble). She is proud  to work with Theater West End and honored that they gave her an opportunity to perform. 

  • Alice DeHaen

    ENSEMBLE

    Alice DeHaen is thrilled to be returning to Theater West End to join the cast of Jesus Christ Superstar. She was last seen here as Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird. Endless thanks to the entire creative team and coaches Sarah-Lee Dobbs and Jason Bailey. Reps: The Carson-Kolker Organization and Brevard Talent Group.

  • Tiffany Demps

    ENSEMBLE (VOCAL CAPTAIN)

    Tiffany is so excited to be back on the Theater West End stage! You may have seen her previously at TWE in Rocky Horror, Sweeney Todd, She Loves Me, and Memphis. She has also been a music director for numerous West End Prep productions. Tiffany is a graduate of Stetson University’s School of Music, a middle school chorus and theatre teacher for Volusia County Schools, and the organist/accompanist at Faith Lutheran Church in Deland. She has performed, music directed, and taught at numerous other area community and professional theaters throughout central Florida since 2010.

  • Zoa Starlight Glows

    JOHN/FEATURED ENSEMBLE

    Zoa Starlight Glows is a passionate performer based in Orlando. She graduated from college with a BFA in Musical Theatre and a minor in dance from the University of Central Florida. Zoa is excited to be back on stage performing in the theater world. Recently she's been seen performing at Renaissance Theatre Company for Musical Mondays. As an educator Zoa has taught all grade levels musical theatre. One of her proudest accomplishments was starting a GSA at the high school she directed at. Previously Zoa has traveled performing as a lead singer on a cruiseship. She’s also sung and danced at theme parks in Orlando and California. Local theatres Zoa has worked at include Orlando Shakes and Orlando Family Stage. Zoa also creates uplifting trans nonbinary videos on social media and hopes to inspire people to believe in themselves. Zoa also loves taking Vogue dance classes and asking for what she needs.

  • Tristan Haberland

    ENSEMBLE (U/S PETER)

    Tristan Haberland is delighted to be making his professional debut with Theater West End. Favorite credits include Big Fish (Edward Bloom), White Christmas (Bob Wallace), and Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Joseph). He is currently a student at UCF pursuing a BFA in musical theater. He also works as a content creator. IG: @tristan.haberland

  • Eli David Hamilton

    JAMES/SOUL SISTER/ENSEMBLE (U/S HEROD/SIMON)

    Eli Hamilton is an alumnus of both Marymount Manhattan College (BFA in Musical Theatre) and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. He has performed in and produced numerous cabarets at venues such as Feinstein’s/54 Below and others. Selected credits include: Rocky in The Rocky Horror Show (Theater West End), Shrek in Shrek: The Musical (Weston Playhouse), and Jamal in the world premiere of Junie B. Jones in Boo… and I Mean It! (Orlando Family Stage) and various ensemble roles throughout Central Florida and NYC. He thanks his Mom, Dad, Ariana Grande, and his team at the GBM Agency. @elijahhamilton

  • Ryker Ingram

    ENSEMBLE

    Ryker Ingram is a 9-year-old actor with a deep passion for the stage. He most recently appeared as Young Gabe in Next to Normal at Theater West End. Previous credits include lead roles as Simba in Lion King Kids, Charlie in Willy Wonka Kids, and Nemo in Finding Nemo Kids. Ryker thrives on bringing characters to life and continues to pursue new opportunities to grow as a performer. He is currently in the 3rd grade at The Master’s Academy.

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  • Bobbi Morgan

    SOUL SISTER/ENSEMBLE

    Bobbi Morgan is a local performer of Central Florida. They studied at AMDA College of the Performing Arts, Los Angeles, majoring in Musical Theatre. Their previous performance credits include: Little Shop of Horrors (Ronnette) with Magic Curtain Productions, Musical Mondays (Special Guest) at The Renaissance Theatre. Ragtime (Sarah) with Little Radical Theatrics, Back to School Cabaret (Special Guest) with The Reveler's Hour, ANNIE! (Star-To-Be and the u/s of Grace) with Theatre South Playhouse, Freaky Friday (Ensemble) with the Ritz Theater, and latest The Prom (Kaylee) with Breakthrough Theatre. When they’re not performing Bobbi enjoys reading, writing poetry and spoken word, listening to music, and researching all types of mythology (Greek Mythology is their favorite). Keep up with them on their Instagram: bobbiimorgan

  • Jandrea Novak

    ENSEMBLE (DANCE CAPTAIN)

    Jandrea is over the moon to be making her Theater West End debut! She’s so excited to perform alongside her husband in one of their favorite musicals. Recent shows include White Christmas (Betty), Jersey Boys (Mary), and Your Mom’s In My Top 8 (Avril).

  • Patrick O'Hara

    PRIEST/ ENSEMBLE (U/S ANNAS/JUDAS)

    Patrick O’Hara is thrilled to be back at Theater West End for this incredible production.  He made his TWE debut as Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Show, and recently finished his run in Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812.  Patrick would like to thank the cast and crew this fantastic experience.  He is excited for more opportunities here in the future.

  • Neftali Rivera-Ramos

    ENSEMBLE (U/S PRIESTS)

    Neftali Rivera-Ramos is beyond excited to be in his first production at Theater West End! And one of his favorite shows!!! Some past credits include The Light in the Piazza (Ensemble), How to succeed in Business (J.B. Biggley), Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Judah), The Color Purple (Ensemble), Evita (Ensemble), West Side Story (Toro, Chino u/s). He is so grateful to be working with this amazing group of people and thanks his family and friends that continue to support him in all he does. Insta: neftalii__

  • Madelynn Roberts

    ENSEMBLE (U/S MARY/SOUL SISTER)

    Madelynn is so excited to be a part of this amazing cast and creative team. Most recently, you may have seen her playing JAN in the Athens Theatre’s production of Grease! Madelynn is an alumni from the Theatre Westend Prep program starring in numerous shows like Legally Blonde, Cinderella, and Beauty and the Beast. Madelynn holds numerous awards from the Dr.Phillipps Applause Award Program including the 2024 Jimmy Nominee Runner Up ( National High School Musical Theatre Awards) representing Orlando and an Outstanding Lead Performer for her portrayal of The Chaperone. She hopes you sit back and enjoy the show and encourages you to keep supporting live theatre!! @madelynnroberts_131 @madelynnrobertsarts

  • Jared-Austin Roys

    ENSEMBLE (U/S JESUS)

    Jared-Austin Roys is an Orlando Based Performer. He was last seen on the Theater West End stage in Cabaret as Victor. He has performed for numerous parks including Universal Studios, Legoland Florida and Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Favorite credits include Cabaret at The Orlando Shakes, Jordan in Significant Other and Harold Bride in Titanic the Musical. He also has been a Choreographer and Director for numerous West End Prep productions and is very excited to perform for some of his students. He only hopes that he has taught them even a fraction of what he has learned from them.

  • Chloe Annette

    ENSEMBLE

    Chloe’s thrilled to be in yet another production with TWE, especially in this exhilarating story. She was previously in a few shows with Theater West End including the most recent roles Ensemble in Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, as well as Persephone in Hadestown. Chloe is also currently playing the Red Cross Nurse/ Queen of hearts, in West End Prep’s high school production of Alice by Heart! She is so grateful for these current opportunities and is extra, EXTRA grateful to everyone who came out to support her and this company in this production. She would like to thank her family and friends for supporting her in theater. She hopes you enjoy this beautiful show! Instagram & Facebook (the.chloe.annette / chloe.annette.wellner)

  • Ta'ryus Wilkinson

    PRIEST/ENSEMBLE (U/S CAIAPHUS)

    Ty is really excited to be part of this show with these amazing people and hopes you rock with the message as much as he does,

Director’s Note

If Jesus showed up in today’s world, would we even recognize him? Or would we crucify him all over again—on social media, in state legislation, or in the court of public opinion? Would the Christian right even recognize him at all—if he were a poor child of undocumented refugees? A gender-nonconforming preacher? A New Age healer? And if that were the case —would those who claim his name still call him Lord, or would they hurl slurs at him?

When I first approached this production of Jesus Christ Superstar, I kept returning to those central questions: Who would Jesus be today? The show has always walked the line between the sacred and the subversive—a glam-rock gospel that throws tradition into the spotlight and asks us to look again. In our version, we pull that line tight, placing Christ’s final days squarely in conversation with the here and now: empire, power, protest, and identity.

It’s impossible to ignore the parallels between the Roman Empire of Jesus’ time and today’s America: patriarchal strongmen consolidating power, exploiting labor, and cloaking systemic violence under the guise of law, order, and divine will. Rome was built on conquest, slavery, and spectacle—and in many ways, so was our nation. Jesus, in this context, is less the sanitized Sunday School savior and more a radical truth-teller—a refugee, a political dissenter, a gender-nonconforming prophet whose movement threatened the elite because it centered the margins. This wasn’t meek obedience. This was revolution.

Much of Jesus’ message—as captured not just in the canonical Gospels, but in the Gnostic texts of Mary Magdalene, Thomas, and Judas—was explicitly anti-hierarchical. These so-called “heretical” writings paint a picture of a teacher who challenged patriarchy, embraced the feminine divine, and encouraged personal revelation over institutional control. Unsurprisingly, the Church scrubbed those stories, rejecting anything that didn’t fit the narrative of male dominance and centralized power. Sound familiar?

Through this lens, Jesus Christ Superstar becomes more than a retelling of the Passion—it becomes a mirror to our own cultural moment. Our production opens with a family of refugees, drawing a direct line from the Holy Family’s flight to Egypt (to escape Herod’s massacre of innocent children) to the displaced and criminalized migrants of today. And in a deliberate casting choice, we depict these refugees as white—a subversion meant to provoke reflection: many white American audience members have never had to imagine themselves in the shoes of the undocumented and displaced. By showing a white family fleeing violence, we aim to evoke empathy that transcends political rhetoric and taps into something deeper—what happens when the “other” looks just like you?

Jesus’ ministry—his defiance of purity laws, his solidarity with sex workers, his elevation of women, his insistence that the last shall be first—reads today as a manifesto for liberation. He stood with those pushed to the fringes: the sick, the poor, the nonconformists, the unclean, the outcasts. He was not apolitical; he was revolutionary. In our production, that revolution is alive in the voices and bodies of the marginalized—those still being crucified by systems of white supremacy, cisheteronormativity, and economic oppression.

We’re especially interested in reclaiming voices long erased: Mary Magdalene not as the repentant whore, but as a disciple and leader in her own right; Judas not simply as villain, but as a tragic figure of resistance, disillusionment, and doomed love. Drawing from feminist theology and queer interpretations of scripture, we’ve aimed to tell a version of this story that disrupts the binaries—of good and evil, male and female, divine and human.

At the core of our Superstar is a belief that there is no “other” in the kingdom Jesus imagined. Empire will always fear what it can’t control, and history shows us that prophets rarely die of old age. But love—the radical, inclusive, world-turning love that Jesus preached—is still the biggest threat to tyranny there is. 

So we’ve turned the volume all the way up. We’ve reclaimed the story and we’re telling it loud, proud, and unfiltered, because if Jesus comes back, you better believe he’s not showing up in a business suit at a megachurch.

He’s marching at the front of the protest.
He’s flipping tables.
And he’s not asking for your permission.

Tara Kromer

DIRECTOR

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