Meet the Cast of Elf

Caitlin Belcik

Associate Choreographer/Director, Dance Captain/Ensemble

Caitlin is thrilled to be making her Fulton Theatre debut! Favorite performance credits include Broadway: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Annie Who, OBC). Off-Broadway: Do Re Mi (Tilda, AMT). Regional: White Christmas (u/s Betty, Bucks County Playhouse), Hairspray (Brenda, MTWichita), Freaky Friday (Gretchen, Lyric Theatre of OK), Patience (NYGASP). Favorite Choreography credits include Off-Broadway: Seesaw (BWW nom Best Original Choreography), The Baker’s Wife, Smile. Regional: Disney’s Frozen (City Springs Theater Company), Parade (ATG, Dir. Hunter Foster), All Shook Up (College Light Opera Company). Proud Penn State University (BFA) and Oklahoma City University (MA) grad! Special thanks to Will, Mara, and the Fulton. @cebelcik

LaDonna Burns*

Deb

LaDonna Burns, a NYC based singer/actress born and raised in Indianapolis, is beyond thrilled to make her debut at The Fulton! NY: White Girl in Danger (Nell Standby), Caroline, or Change (Caroline-Audelco nominee), Follies (Stella Deems- NYIT Award – Outstanding Featured Actress). National Tours: RENT (Seasons of Love Soloist) and Seussical (Sour Kangaroo).  Regional: Ghost (Oda Mae Brown – 2024 Connecticut Critics Circle Award – Outstanding Featured Actress), Rock of Ages (Justice Charlier), Cinderella (Fairy Godmother), A Christmas Carol: The Musical (Mrs. Fezziwig), RENT (Joanne), Sister Act (Sister Mary Lazarus), Mary Poppins (Mrs. Corry), All Shook Up (Sylvia). Proud member of Broadway Inspirational Voices! Thank you to her family and friends for their constant support, especially my honey Chris C! I dedicate this performance to my angels. Thank you Mara!!!!

Noah Butz

Ensemble

Noah is excited to be on stage at the Fulton for the first time! His prior experiences at the Fulton have included being part of the audience and summer camps. Noah has performed in two of his school plays and will be in his third this spring. He thanks his family and friends for their support and encouragement. A special thanks goes to Mrs. Stetler and Ms. Christine for making him love acting through the theatre program at his school.

Quinn Corcoran*

Ensemble, u/s Buddy

Returns to the Fulton after 20 years since appearing as Winthrop in The Music Man! Off-Broadway: NYC premiere of Pasek & Paul’s James and the Giant Peach (Atlantic Theater Co), Rescue Rue (DR2), and work with both Ahrens & Flaherty and John Kander! Regional: Maltz-Jupiter Theater, Actors’ Playhouse, Florida Studio Theatre, Engeman Theater, Stages St. Louis, Servent Stage. Favorite productions include Jersey Boys, Waitress, Murder for Two, Legally Blonde, Heathers, Daddy Long Legs, Rock of Ages, and Bright Star. Pace University BA Acting. Thanks to my loved ones! @quinn.corcoran

Jordan Tremaine DeLeon*

Ensemble

Jordan Tremaine DeLeon is a Taurus double Leo and feeling super jolly this holiday season! Chicago born, Kansas City bred, and NYC based. National tour: Peter Pan. Regional: PCLO, KC Starlight, Lied Center, Theatre Aspen, Music Theatre Wichita, Lexington Theatre Co, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. University of Oklahoma alum. Thank you to friends and family! Happy holidays! @jordantdeleon

Marjorie Failoni*

Ensemble, u/s Deb

Marjorie Failoni is thrilled to be at the Fulton! Broadway: Escape to Margaritaville (Dance Captain/Tammy u/s.). National Tours: 9 to 5, High School Musical. Favorite credits: Escape to Margaritaville (La Jolla), A Christmas Story (Goodspeed, Tuacahn, Paper Mill), Anything Goes (MUNY, PCLO), La Cage Aux Folles (MUNY), Waitress and Something Rotten! (Pioneer Theatre), White Christmas (Tuacahn), Oklahoma! (NSMT), High School Musical 2! (TOTS), The Little Mermaid (TUTS/Dallas/LaMirada), 42nd Street (MSMT), Elf and The Witches of Eastwick (Ogunquit). Choreographer: World Premier of Christmas in Connecticut (Goodspeed Opera House, Connecticut Critics Circle Awards Nominee Outstanding Choreography), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Disney Wish). BFA University of Michigan. Thanks to Mara and the Fulton family, CTG, and my family! @mfailoni

Ben Fankhauser*

Buddy

Ben is delighted to be here at the Fulton, helping spread a little Christmas cheer! Best known as Davey from Disney’s Newsies on Broadway, Ben has also starred in the 1st national tours of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and Spring Awakening. New York credits include Mack & Mabel, Dear World (City Center Encores), Saturday Night (The York), Ghost of John McCain (Soho Playhouse) and Regina Comet (DR2) which he also co-wrote. Regionally Ben has performed at The Paper Mill Playhouse, TUTS, Bucks County Playhouse, Hartford Stage, Denver Center, The Olney, Gulfshore Playhouse, Broadway Sacramento and more. TV/Film: FBI: Most Wanted, The Deuce, Indoor Boys and Newsies: Live on Broadway. He can be heard on numerous cast recordings and albums, available wherever you stream music. Ithaca College Alum and a native of Cleveland, OH. Happy Holidays and enjoy the show! @PlzNfankU

Chris "Gibby" Gibson

Santa

A lifelong “theatrician”, Gibby has performed on stage all over the world. He produced the Orlando International Fringe Festival and co-founded the Harrisburg Fringe. Recently he directed Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Open Stage in Harrisburg. He currently co-hosts a bi-weekly Open-Mic at Midtown Cinema, also in Harrisburg. He has served as a producer on the original web series Black News Beat for more than 5 years. He has a clown band, a beautiful and talented wife, and 9 mostly useless cats. Last season, he was featured in Deathtrap at the Fulton Studio Theatre, and this is his first time on the Fulton Mainstage. He is grateful for the uncountable blessings in his own life and wishes you just as many in yours.

Lyda Jade Harlan*

Jovie

Lyda Jade Harlan (she/her) is a graduate from Manhattan School of Music where she received her B.M. in Musical Theatre. Credits include BONNIE AND CLYDE (Bonnie) at Bay Street Theatre, ANASTASIA (Anya) at Bucks County Playhouse and MAGGIE (Ensemble) at Goodspeed Opera House. She’d like to thank the cast and creative team, BRS/Gage, and her parents. She is so excited to be a part of such a joyous show for the holidays this year! IG: @lydaajadeee

Benjamin Howes*

Walter Hobbs

Originally from Australia, Benjamin previously appeared at Fulton a couple of decades ago in A Christmas Carol as Bob Cratchit. Currently, he is the co-host of the podcast “The Working Actor NYC” with funny man, Patrick Richwood. Broadway: Scandalous, Mary Poppins, and [title of show]. Off Broadway includes A Man Of No Importance for John Doyle, and The View Upstairs and its recording. First National Tours: Shrek, Mary Poppins, and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. Television includes “Elsbeth”, “The Deuce”, “Gossip Girl”, “Full Circle” for Steven Soderbergh and others. Follow on Instagram and TikTok @TheWorkingActorNYC, on our YouTube channel “The Working Actor NYC”, and find our podcast, Practical videos, resources, merch and more at TheWorkingActorNYC.com.

Hannah Hubbard

Ensemble, u/s Jovie

Hannah is filled with sparkle-jolly-twinkle-jingley-JOY to be back at the Fulton for the eighth time! Some of her Fulton favorites include; Something Rotten, Frozen, and 9 to 5. In her off time from her elf duties, you can find Hannah reading, playing on her Switch, or traveling the world with her favorite Ryno. Hannah would like to give a special thanks to her Mom, Dad, family, friends, agents @pmtheagency, fur brother Kobe, and the entire Lancaster community for being her home away from home. Enjoy the show!

Ian Knauer*

Mr. Greenway/Fake Santa, u/s Santa

Broadway: Anastasia, Dames At Sea, Mamma Mia!, By Jeeves (Rev. Pinker), State Fair. West End: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Off-Broadway includes: The Most Happy Fella (NY City Opera), South Pacific (Carnegie Hall), six shows at Encores! Ten National/International Tours. TV: Law and Order: SVU, Billions, Harlem. Film: The Program, Kon-Tiki, D’ora, Coincidence, By Jeeves. Many shows, concerts, cabarets, and recordings around the world. Graduate of U of Michigan. www.Ian-Knauer.com @TheIanKnauer

Thaddeus (Teddy) Leaman

Michael Hobbs

Teddy is so excited to be making his Fulton Theatre debut! Some of his favorite previous roles include Charlie (Willy Wonka Jr) and Jack (Into the Woods Jr). This Christmas, he can also be seen playing Tiny Tim in Servant Stage Company’s A Christmas Carol. Teddy is a sixth grader at Lancaster Mennonite School and serves in the music ministry at Stumptown Mennonite Church. Besides musical theatre, Teddy enjoys soccer, piano, solving Rubik’s Cubes, and juggling. He would like to thank his amazing mom (aka manager, coach, etc.); his supportive theatre family at Servant Stage, who has helped him learn and grow; his family; and, most of all, Jesus. Soli Deo Gloria!

Jaygee Macapugay*

Emily Hobbs

Fulton debut! Broadway (Original Companies): SUFFS, Here Lies Love (Imelda Marcos), Shucked, School of Rock. Selected Off-Broadway: JOY, Suffs, Soft Power, Wild Goose Dreams, Here Lies Love. National Asian Artists Project: Cinderella, Hello, Dolly! (Irene Molloy). Recent Regional: Griswolds’ Broadway Vacation (5th Avenue), Jeanie in Hair (Old Globe), The Unofficial Bridgerton Concert (Kennedy Center). TV/Film: False Positive (Hulu), Kennedy Center 50th Anniversary Concert (PBS), The Language Lesson (YouTube), The Tony Awards (CBS). Upcoming: SUFFS on Great Performances (PBS). Wishing I could be with mom this Christmas, but thankful she supports me spreading holiday cheer! Thank you to David, my agents at Nicolosi & Co., & my family. Proud AEA member. @jaygeemacapugay

Mallorie Mendoza

Ensemble

Mallorie Mendoza is a Musical Theatre graduate from the Manhattan School of Music and is so unbelievably grateful to be spreading Christmas cheer at the Fulton! Some of her past credits include Kinky Boots at Bucks County Playhouse, The Sound of Music, Memphis, and White Christmas at The Lexington Theatre Company, and Anastasia, Frozen, Jersey Boys, The Little Mermaid, The Wizard of Oz, Newsies, and A Christmas Carol at Tuacahn Ampitheatre! She’d like to thank her friends, family and Jackson for their constant support, and Mara Newbery Greer for believing in her!

Sierra Naomi

Ensemble, u/s Emily

Sierra is fresh off the National Tour of Come From Away and thrilled to be back at the Fulton for her favorite season! Fulton credits: Narrator 2/Ensemble, Joseph; Mrs. Gloop, Charlie…Chocolate Factory, Emma Goldman, Ragtime; Marion Thayer, Titanic; Madame, Beauty and the Beast, and many Family Series shows. Regional favorites: Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd (HDG Opera House), Witch, Into the Woods (Prima), Fantine, Les Miserables (SRT), and Queen Sigrid in the TV series King’s Blade. When not performing, Sierra directs and teaches the next generation of artists. Endless thanks to my Fulton family and love to husband Matt. God is good! Remember: the best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear! @sierra.naomi.actor

Vincent Ortega*

Ensemble/Chadwick

Broadway/National tours: Mamma Mia!, In the Heights. Regional: La Cage Aux Folles (The Muny), Waitress (Pioneer Theatre), On Your Feet! (PaperMill), Saturday Night Fever, Peter and the Starcatcher (Black Stash), Shrek: The Musical (Farquad). Film/TV: Westworld, Movie 43, Enchanted, VMAs, AMAs, and projects for Netflix, Disney Channel, Warner Bros., and Nickelodeon, as well as dancing for artists like Janet Jackson, Ricky Martin, Black Eyed Peas, and Bad Bunny. Thanks to Fulton Theatre, and a big thank you to Mara Newbery Greer! vinceortega.com @VinceOrtega

Bryce Rugg

Michael Hobbs

Bryce Rugg is a 7th grader at Exeter Township Junior High School. He’s thrilled to be making his Fulton Theatre debut! Bryce has been involved in community theater for 3 years. Some of his favorite roles include ‘Greg Heffley’- Diary of a Wimpy Kid; ‘Oliver’- Oliver Twist; ‘JoJo’ – Seussical, Jr.; and ‘Nemo’- Finding Nemo, Jr. Alongside theater, Bryce runs cross country, swims, and is always singing a song! Special thanks to his family and friends for being his greatest supporters!

Anthony Savino

Ensemble

is so excited to be back at The Fulton, and spreading Christmas cheer! You might’ve seen him this past spring at The Fulton in Jesus Christ Superstar. Select Regional: Albert in Newsies (Tuacahn), The Little Mermaid (Tuacahn), A Christmas Carol (Tuacahn) Jersey Boys, & Memphis (The Lexington Theatre Company), 2022 Resident Company at Forestburgh Playhouse. Anthony received his BFA in Musical Theatre from Montclair State University in 2024, go red hawks!!! Thank you to Mara, & Ben. And as always, thanks to Mom & Dad, who he is endlessly grateful to for their love and support. www.Anthony-Savino.com ig @anthony.savino

Austin Schulte*

Ensemble

Austin Schulte (Ensemble) is honored to be returning to the Fulton Theatre after playing Alonso in Cats earlier this year. Broadway: Elf. Regional: Pittsburgh CLO, La Mirada Theatre, The Rev Theatre Company. BFA: Point Park University. Shoutout to his family, his partner, and his wonderful friends for being the reason he is able to be onstage. @_austin_schulte

Peter Matthew Smith*

Ensemble/Sam Matthews, u/s Walter & Greenway

was last seen here at the Fulton as Simon Stride in Jekyll & Hyde. Before that he was touring the country with Hamilton as King George III. Broadway credits: RENT, Mamma Mia, Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof, and Cry Baby. Other Fulton credits include Mary Poppins, Les Miserables, White Christmas, A Christmas Carol, And Then There Were None, The Producers, and The Full Monty. His proudest achievement is being a father to his fantastic daughter, Addison.

Renell Taylor*

Ensemble, u/s Store Manager

Renell Taylor, a New Orleans native, is making his Fulton debut! Broadway: A Wonderful World (Banjo Ben, Lincoln Perry u/s). Off-Broadway: Jelly’s Last Jam (New York City Center). Select Regional: A Wonderful World (Pre-Broadway), Bye Bye Birdie (Kennedy Center), Anything Goes (PCLO), White Christmas (Bucks County Playhouse). Renell thanks his family, friends, mentors, his team at HCKR, and the man upstairs. Elon MT 2023! Instagram: @renellt21 TikTok: @renell (creator of viral Stepsister’s Lament dance)

Anthony Wayne*

Store Manager

Mr. Wayne is pleased to make his FULTON Debut. Broadway: TINA – The Tina Turner Musical (Raymond), TOOTSIE, Once On This Island, PIPPIN (Manson Trio), Anything Goes, Priscilla (Jimmy). Off-Broadway: Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester Musical (Sylvester), Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole (Nat & Sammy Standby; NYTW), A Chorus Line (Richie; NY City Center). REGIONAL: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Lumiére; Northern Stage), Mary Poppins (Bert; NCT), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (André; Cape Playhouse). BLACK BROADWAY MEN, INC. (Exec. Dir.; @BlackBroadwayMen). www.MrAWayne.com / JustMeShowLive.com / IG: @MrAWayne. Norfolk, Va Native.

External Understudies

Megan Hibbard

Ensemble Swing

Megan is originally from Michigan but a new Lancaster local and thrilled to be making her Regional debut at The Fulton! Some of her recent credits include: Rock of Ages (Sherrie Christian), A Chorus Line (Judy Turner), Next to Normal (Natalie Goodman), and Mamma Mia! (Lisa). Special thanks to Marc, Joey, and The Fulton team, and much love to her friends and family who have supported her since day one. @_megan__lee

Carter Rutkowski

Ensemble Swing

Carter Rutkowski (Swing) is thrilled to return to the Fulton Theatre, where he previously appeared in 9 to 5. Other credits include Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof, White Christmas, Footloose, and Disney’s The Little Mermaid. He holds a BFA in Musical Theatre and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Education. Special love to his family. 1 Corinthians 10:31