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Concert August 31 • 7:30 pm the Sun Valley Pavilion

Diva Party - July 30 Tickets: Sun Valley Opera 208-726-0991 / sunvalleyopera.com 24 MIKE EVARISTE - Director Mike Evariste is a partner of Arcis Capital Partners LLC, a New York/Atlanta/Hong Kong- based investment firm, where he focuses on theatre, media and entertainment investments. A Tony- nominated co-producer on the 2013 - winning Broadway play Disgraced, he has also raised capital on Broadway for Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical, Something Rotten, , and Be More Chill. For television, Mike was the creator and Executive Producer of Arsenic 9, a non-scripted created for The Sundance Channel in association with Big Fish Entertainment. He has also pitched non-scripted shows to NBC/Comcast, MTV, VH1, Oxygen, Bravo, and Lifetime. His independent film producing credits areConstruction and Pass the Light.

Mike is also Co-Founder/Producer of 42 Seven Productions, a New York/ -based production company that produces live shows featuring stars of Broadway, TV, and film for the luxury W Hotel chains in New York, Los Angeles, , Washington, D,C. and London, featuring a raw, up-close and intimate concert experience with past performances by cast members from , Dear Evan Hansen, Come From Away, The Lion King, Jersey Boys, Aladdin, Beautiful, , Chicago, Kinky Boots and Waitress.

As a performer, Mike was last seen on NBC’s critically acclaimed televised production of Jesus Christ Superstar Live featuring Grammy and Tony Award winners , Sara Bareilles and Alice Cooper.

Mike’s Broadway credits include Amazing Grace, the Tony Award-winning revival of , Les Miserablesand . He has also performed across the country with the national touring companies of The Book of Mormon, South Pacific, Hair, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Fameand . A graduate of The Juilliard School’s Music Advancement Program and with a Bachelor of Music degree from Florida State University, Mike continues to bridge the gap between business and entertainment.

RICKEY TRIPP - Choreographer Rickey Tripp is a Performer, Choreographer, Dance Educator, and Certified Zena Rommett Floor-Barre Technique Instructor. He holds a B.A. in Dance from San Jose State University.

Rickey’s Broadway credits include: Hamilton: An American Musical, Motown: The Musical, and Tony Award Winning In the Heights (Original Cast). Off-Broadway:In the Heights, which was awarded a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance. T.V./Film: , , Whatever Lola Wants, Janemaan. Other theatre credits include: Stagger Lee A New Musical: DTC World Premiere, AIDA National Tour, and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring the World’s Famous Rockettes.

Rickey’s choreography credits include: , DTC, which recieved the Irma P. Hall Black Theater Award for Best Choreography. He was associate Choreographer 25 August 31

for Cabin in the Sky, Encores! at New York City Center, a Victoria’s Secret Internet Commercial, and The Broadway Boys. He was Assistant Choreographer for Dreamgirls at North Shore Music Theatre, FLY A New musical: DTC World Premiere, A Winters’ Tale, Fortress of Solitude A New Musical. Additional choreography on: In the Heights, Desperately Seeking Susan the Musical West End Premiere, 9-5 The Musical, Encore Presentation, Bring It On A New Musical and SMASH.

Company Work includes Mark Stuart Dance Theatre. Rickey has taught Master Classes and set choreography for various dance studios across the country including the prestigious NYU Theatre Department. As a teacher, he has over 18 years of experience and currently on staff at Broadway Dance Center, NYC.

JARED JOSEPH Jared Joseph (Harlem, NY), Over the course of his career, he has collaborated with Bill T. Jones, Rueben Santiago- Hudson, Kenny Leon, Des McAnuff, Dominique Morisseau, Susan Stroman, and Patricia McGregor- to name a few. Jared was last seen in ‘Ragtime’ as Coalhouse Walker Jr. (Asolo Rep.) Outside of performing, he partners with Broadway Serves and ‘breaking walls’- an organization that ignites global dialogue by creating artistic, educational and ensemble-building opportunities for disenfranchised youth. Jared is a proud graduate of HSPVA and holds a B.F.A. from New York University. @jaredjosephnyc

ELIJAH AHMAD LEWIS Award-winning /songwriter, arranger and actor, Elijah Ah- mad Lewis is an internationally recognized entertainer, known for his energy, spontaneity and creativity. Coming from an entertain- ment-based family, Lewis started very young in the industry. He has worked in music with the artists Madonna, , Ariana Grande, SZA, and his uncle, James “JT” Taylor, the voice of Kool and the Gang, to name a few. He has appeared in the shows Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, , Guys and Dolls, and The Importance of Being Earnest, and also in a number of his family shows, including the longest black running Off Broadway theater musical in the history of American theater, the gospel classic, Mama, I Want to Sing. He just finished a three and a half year run featured as and in Berry Gordy’s Broadway hit, Motown The Musical. He is Vocal Instructor and Musical Director for his family’s nonprofit,Vy Higginsen’s Mama Foundation for the Arts, the school of Gospel, and R&B Arts, and the critically acclaimed Sing Harlem Choir. Lewis was recently seen on the Grammys, and released a new single, The Rest of My Life, @eal360 elijahahmadlewis.com

26 AARON MARCELLUS Singer, vocal coach, writer, musician, tap dancer and actor are all roles he successfully swings. Born and bred in Atlanta, Aaron has been entertaining crowds across the world for more than twenty years. He got his start in , and recorded albums un- der the Warner Brothers Christian label division, Word Records. In 2011, he auditioned for , and was voted Top 24. Sent on a world tour sponsored by the U.S. Armed Forces, he per- formed for thousands in England, Italy, Holland, , France, Korea, Kuwait and Japan.

Aaron has been featured in a Chapstick commercial, a role in a pilot for NBC’s Next Caller and is a current cast member in New York City’s Off Broadway hitStomp . Marcellus can be found hosting a weekly musical act at a local burlesque and live music restaurant, Duane Park, and singing all over New York City – directing show- cases, tap dancing, acting and serving as a vocal coach. Most important, Aaron is Founder and C.E.O. of Surrender To Love L.L.C., a foundation that finically supports music and arts programs, and feeds the hungry.

MARCUS PAUL JAMES An actor, singer and songwriter, Marcus has been seen in Broadway’s Motown, The Musical, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning In The Heights, Jonathan Larson’s Tony Award-winning Rent and The Public Theater’s Off Broadway run of Miss You Like Hell.

His work in television and film includesCollateral Beauty; Rent: Filmed Live; The Wiz Live and the Golden Globe-nominated The Greatest Showman. A native New Yorker, Marcus has albums available on Itunes and CDBaby, including his newest EP, Paper Hearts. For more information, visit marcuspauljames.com

RASHAD NAYLOR Broadway: Hairspray (Thad u/s Seaweed; Original Co.), Jersey Boys (Barry Belson), Motown the Musical (Jackie Wilson, , & Barry Gordon). Off Broadway;RENT! (Benny). National Tours: Rock of Ages (Ja’Keith), Book of Mormon (Middala), ​All the love to my Ma and fam.

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