2022 CAST

Gilligan's Island: The Musical, The Shoes Have Left the Building, The Marvelous Wonderettes

Haley Abbott

Coming all the way from San Jose, California, Haley is thrilled to be debuting at Carousel Music Theater. Haley graduated from Manhattan School of Music as a part of the inaugural musical theater program in 2020. Some of her favorite past credits are Robin Gibson in Smile the Musical, featured performer in Tony Awards: The Early Years, That Certain Feeling: A Gershwin Showcase, and Cole Porter Showcase. She has also performed in NYP: Most Wonderful Time at Carnegie Hall, Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala at the Asia Society. She has also been a backup singer for Jay Leno on Tour. Susan Boyle in Concert, and Styx in concert. Haley wants to thank her friends and family who always support her. Follow her on instagram @haleyoctavia.

Kasie Buono

Kasie is thrilled to be returning to The Carousel for her second year in a row! She is originally from Buffalo, NY and a recent graduate from The University of Tampa with her BFA in Musical Theatre. Since graduating, she has spent the last year performing professionally throughout the US and Mexico! Kasie holds national titles such as “Best Actress in a Musical” and “Outstanding Female Performer” from various performances in NYC, Atlanta, & Tampa. She also had the honor of playing Fiona in the Jr. World Premiere of Shrek under Music Theatre International. Other favorite credits include ​Young Frankenstein (Inga) 25th Annual… (Marcy Park) Drowsy Chaperone (Drowsy Chaperone) Footloose (Urleen) Chicago (Hunyak)
​ kasiebuono.com | @kasiebuono

Calvin Cich

Calvin is so excited to be making his Carousel Music Theater debut! Calvin is currently a Rising Senior Musical Theatre Major at Point Park University! Calvin has been seen previously in the Pittsburgh Playhouse’s production of It’s a Wonderful Life as Uncle Billy/Mr. Martini and Spring Awakening as Father Kaulbach/Reinholdt U/S Melchior and Adult Men. Recently he has been in Point Park Pinnacle Productions’ 35MM as The Manny and How I Learned to Drive as the Male Greek Ensemble. He would like to thank Carousel for the incredible opportunity as well as the cast and crew for everything! Of course he would also like to thank his Mom, Dad, and sister, Skylar, for their incredible support and love.
calvincich.com | @cal.cich

Pedro Coppeti

Pedro Coppeti (Porto Alegre, Brazil - NYC) studied Vocal Performance at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and recently graduated from AMDA. Credits include The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Quasimodo), Out Of Water - A Brazilian Pocked Musical (Charles) - Off-Broadway, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Linus), All Hands on Deck (John Handley), Beauty and The Beast (Beast u/s) - Educational Tour, Occasion for Sin (Vega) - Outstanding Featured Actor nomination. He was the youngest main soloist ever to perform at “Nativitaten,” the largest known outdoors Christmas project in the world, for a total of 500,000 people. He has performed as a featured soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of Porto Alegre, Philharmonic Orchestra of Gramado and Terra Symphony Orchestra. He has represented AMDA at the Broadway Rising Stars concert at The Town Hall, an iconic Broadway stage in Times Square. Pedro now unites over 800,000 followers through his social media. In his videos, he talks about vocal technique, music and musical theatre. You can find him on TikTok and Instagram respectively at:
​@pedrocoppeti | @brazilian.voice.teacher

Chase Crane

Chase Crane graduated last May from Northwestern State University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Theatre, with concentration in both Musical Theatre and Performance/Directing. His professional credits include Under The Colorado Moon (Lorne Stone); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Pierre/Bill/Featured Dancer) with Thin Air Theatre Company; and Paul/Simõn in Emilia and the Heart of the Amazon with The Rev On Tour. He also starred in Northwestern State productions such as Great American Trailer Park Musical (Norbert Garstecki) and 1940’s Radio Hour (Biff Baker). He is ecstatic to be a part of Carousel Music Theater’s 2022 Summer Season and would like to thank his family, friends, and wonderful fiancée Maci for their endless support.

Zion Hall

Zion Hall (based in East Providence RI) is performing at Carousel Music Theater for the first time and is very excited and thankful for this opportunity! He is a rising senior at Dean College where is pursuing a bachelors degree in Theatre with a concentration in musical theatre! Some of his favorite credits include "Jesus of Nazareth" in Jesus Christ Superstar, "Tom Collins" in Rent, "Arthur Roeder" in Radium Girls and most recently "Lumiere/Ensemble" in MTI's All Together Now! He wants to spread his love and gratitude to his family, friends and professors for their constant support! 
zionihall.wixsite.com/personalwebsite | @zionhalll

Sydney Weiser

Sydney Weiser is a New York-based actor and director. Favorite past credits include Sandy in The Spongebob Musical and Columbia in The Rocky Horror Show (The Barn Theatre), Ella in Windywoo and Her Naughty Naughty Pets (Legacy Theatre), Mrs. Kendal in The Elephant Man (Marymount Manhattan College), and Sydney in Hey, Professor! (webseries and official pick of NYC Webfest 2021). This spring, Sydney returned to her alma mater, Marymount Manhattan College, as a guest director for I’m Living in a Wonderland, a new play. Recipient of the Gold Key for Musical Theater from Marymount, she also had the honor of being Marymount’s valedictorian and is a graduate of Barrington Stage Company’s Musical Theatre Conservatory. Sydney extends tremendous gratitude to her loved ones, who support her as she hops around the country from theaters, to theme parks, to singing ice cream shops. 
sydneyweiser.com  | @sydney.weiser

Shaughnessey Gower

Shaughnessey Gower is extremely excited to be doing her first show at Carousel Music Theater! She has recently graduated from Nazareth College with a BFA in musical theatre and is in the process of earning a second bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern Maine in costume design. Some of Gower’s previous credits include: The Sound of Music (Maria), Gilligan’s Island The Musical (Ginger), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Rosencrantz), The Marvelous Wonderettes (Missy). She would like to thank her family and friends for all their support.