DIRECTOR & CHEREOGRAPHER

NATASHA DANIELS- JEFFRIES IS THE FOUNDER OF H.Y.P.E. INC., WHICH STANDS FOR HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE EXCEL. SHE IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE CHURCH AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.

REV. LESLIE DUROSEAU- REV. DUROSEAU IS THE PASTOR OF THE SOUTHAMPTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. SHE ALSO TEACHES DANCE AS WELL SHE IS THE CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE SHOW. 

A LIL BIT ABOUT THE CAST!

SHANAI BROWN- "DOROTHY"

  SHANAI IS KNOWN FOR HER VOCAL ABILITY. HER VOICE HAS BEEN HEARD SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE LITTLE GIRL. SINGING ON THE FORMER HIT T.V. SHOW "SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO" WHERE SHE TIED FOR FIRST PLACE. NOT ONLY HAS SHE BEEN ON THE APOLLO SHE HAS SANG WITH GROUPS SUCH AS THE WELL KNOWN LONG ISLAND VOICES WHICH WAS UNDER THE DIRECTOR OF PASTOR MARY L. SHARPE. SHANAI IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT PLAYING THE ROLE OF DOROTHY.



JAMAAL BROWN- "LION"

JAMAAL IS A RESIDENT OF DIX HILLS WHOS VOCAL ABILITY IS OUTSTANDING HE IS A MEMBER OF VY HIGGINSEN'S AWARD WINNING GROUP "GOSPEL FOR TEENS". HE WILL BE PLAYING THE ROLE OF THE "LION". HE HAS BEEN IN ALL OF HIS FORMER HIGH SCHOOL'S PRODUCTIONS.

TRAMAR PETTAWAY- "TIN MAN"

TRAMAR IS KNOWN FOR HIS GIFT OF SINGING AS WELL AS ACTING. HE WILL BE PLAYING THE ROLE OF THE "TIN MAN". TRAMAR'S VOICE CAN BE HEARD EVERYWHERE. HE HAS SANG FOR SUCH PEOPLE AS KATHY JORDAN SHARPTON, DHONNA HARRIS GOODALE. HE AUDITIONED FOR VY HIGGINSEN. TRAMAR HAS BEEN ACTING AND SINGING SINCE HIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DAYS WHERE TRAMAR MADE HIS DEBUT AS THE LEAD ENSEMBLE MUNCHKIN IN "THE WIZARD OF OZ". IN AUGUST TRAMAR WILL BE SINGING THE "NATIONAL ANTHEM" AT THIS YEARS HAMPTON CLASSIC ON AUGUST 28TH. TRAMAR LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH AN AMAZING CAST.

ALETHEA MCELROY- "AUNT EM/ GLINDA"

ALETHEA HAS NOT ONLY AN EAR FOR MUSIC BUT SHE SING LIKE NO OTHER. ALETHEA WILL BE PLAYING THE ROLE OF "AUNT EM/ GLINDA". SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH IN RIVERHEAD WHERE HER FATHER IS THE PASTOR REV. A CHARLES MCELROY AND HER MOTHER MINISTER MARIANN MCELROY IS THE ASSOCIATE MINISTER. ALETHEA ISN'T THE ONLY ONE IN HER FAMILY TO SING HER MOTHER MRS. MCELROY IS A VOCAL COACH WHO HAS ATTENDED SCHOOLS SUCH AS JUILLIARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC JUST TO NAME A FEW. WHEN ALETHEA AUDITIONED SHE JUST AMAZED THE JUDGES WITH HER VOCAL ABILITY. NOT ONLY WITH HER VOCAL ABILITY BUT HER ACTING ABILITY TO AS WELL.

MYKAELA JHANE BRANCH "GATEKEEPER/ MUNCHKIN/ LEAD ENSEMBLE MEMBER"

MYKAELA WILL BE PLAYING DUAL ROLES THROUGHTOUT THE SHOW. SHE IS A LITTLE GIRL WITH A GREAT VOICE. SHE LOVES TO SING AND ACT. SHE HAS PARTICIPATED IN PLAYS WITH STAGES.

BIG CONGRATS

On last week we held auditions for The Wiz the following people have been casted for the following roles:

Shanai Brown - "Dorothy"

Alethea McElroy- "Aunt Em/ Glinda"

Jamaal Brown- "Lion"

Tramar Pettaway- "Tin Man"

Mykaela Jhane Branch - "Gatekeeper/ Munchkin/ Lead Ensemble Member"

 

 

Other roles have not yet been announced yet but Big Congrats to those who have been casted in those roles. This page will keep you up to date on rehershals and the progress that the cast of "The Wiz" is making :)