Broadway Cast Creative Team

Broadway: The Who's Tommy (Tommy) 2024 Theatre World Award, Jeff Award (performer in a leading role), OCC and Drama League nominations. Off-Broadway: We Live in Cairo (Amir) NYTW. First National Tours: Company (Paul); The Band’s Visit (Haled.) Select Regional: World Premiere ofLayalina (Young Mazin/Yousif); The Who’s Tommy (Tommy) The Goodman Theater. Film / VO: Quiet Part Loud (Jordan Peele/Gimlet), The Ghost Light (Tiny Viking Productions). One half of the band Resident Lightweight (debut album summer 2025) @ali.louis

Phillip Boykin is a 2012 Tony Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee for his work in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. He is also a Grammy Award nominee for his role as Tonton Julian in the Tony Award-winning Once On This Island. Winner of a Theatre World Award and The Distinguished Alumni and The Anchor Award from the U of H Hartt School of Music. Other performances on Broadway: The Music Man, On the Town and Sunday in the Park With George. Other performances: Joe in the National Tour of Show Boat, The Pirate King/Samuel in Pirates of Penzance, Ken in Ain’t Misbehavin’, Crown/Jake in Porgy and Bess, Caiaphas in JCS, and Jesus Christ Superstar Gospel, Fred in Smokey Joe's Cafe, The Lion in The Wiz, and Jim in Big River, just to name a few. Phillip performed as Booker T. Washington in the Anniversary Concert of Ragtime at Lincoln Center. Mr. Boykin portrayed the role of Big Hand in the movie Freedom (starring Cuba Gooding Jr.) and The Driver in Top Five (starring Chris Rock). He also studied at SC State University, Howard University, and the NC School of the Arts. He has toured throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, Russia, Poland, and North America. Mr. Boykin is the Founder, Director, and Manager of the NY GOSPEL BROTHERS.

Broadway: Hamilton, Book of Mormon, The Performers, Shrek: The Musical (Drama Desk Nomination), Passing Strange (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Nomination, Theatre World Award, AudelcoAward) Cymbeline, Well. Off-Broadway: Loves Labour’s Lost; (Shakespeare in the Park) By The Way, Meet Vera Stark (Second Stage); Passing Strange (The Public Theater); Fabulation (Playwrights Horizons); Pericles (Red Bull, Culture Project). London: How to Act Around Cops (SoHo Theatre). Regional: Judgment Day (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), A Doctor in Spite of Himself (Intiman Theatre), Life is a Dream (South Coast Rep), The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare Theatre Company; Helen Hayes Nomination),The Caucasian Chalk Circle (SCR), The Tempest (STC; Helen Hayes nomination), A Midsummer Night's Dream (STC), The Rivals (STC), The Silent Woman (STC), H.M.S. Pinafore (Berkshire Theater Festival), Black sheep (Barrington Stage), Sundance Theater Lab, 2005. Film: Sisters (with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler), Limitless (with Bradley Cooper & Robert De Niro), He’s Way More Famous Than You, Redhook Summer (dir. Spike Lee), Passing Strange (Spike Lee). Television: “Billions,” “Girls 5Eva,” “The Good Fight,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Mozart in the Jungle,” “Unforgettable,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” Training: The Juilliard School.

Merle Dandridge most recently starred as Desiree Armfeldt in the critically acclaimed production of A Little Night Music at the Pasadena Playhouse. Coming up, Merle has joined the cast of Amazon Prime Video’s “Citadel” for season 2 of the series. Most recently on screen, Merle reprised her role of Marlene, leader of the fireflies, in HBO’s adaptation of “The Last of Us,” based on Naughty Dog's video game of the same name. “The Last of Us” recently received 24 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama series. Merle can also be seen as Chief Ross in ABC’s “Station 19.” Merle starred as Grace Greenleaf in Oprah Winfrey’s hit series “Greenleaf” which ran for five seasons, and she recently appeared as Zarina Killebrew in Apple TV+’s “Truth Be Told.” Other television includes HBO’s “The Flight Attendant,” FX’s “Sons of Anarchy,” CW’s “Starcrossed,” and NBC’s “The Night Shift.” 

In the video game space, she is known for Naughty Dog’s “The Last of Us” and “The Last of Us Part II” as Marlene, the leader of Fireflies, Evelyn and the Nun in “Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End,” Legion Commander and Winter Wyvern in “Dota 2,” Alyx Vance in “Half-Life 2,” and Katherine Collins in “Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture” for which she won the 2016 BAFTA for “Best Performer.”

Born in Japan, raised in Nebraska, and schooled in Chicago at Roosevelt University, Dandridge began her acting career with leading roles on Broadway in Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), Rent (Joanne), Aida (Aida), Tarzan (Kala) and Jesus Christ Superstar. More recently, Merle took on the role of Pharaoh in The Manhattan Concert Productions’ presentation of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Lincoln Center. She is also the first woman to play the role of Papa Ge in the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Ahrens and Flaherty’s Once on This Island, which received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theater Album. She has toured the U.S. and Europe six times and has been featured in several regional theatre productions (including multiple stints at The Geffen and Pasadena Playhouse). She has also performed at The Hollywood Bowl, Boston Pops, and at Royal Albert Hall.

Broadway debut! Myra Molloy is a Thai American actor, singer, and music producer. She starred as ‘Quinn’ in the Netflix feature He’s All That and previously appeared in a series regular role in the Annapurna/Amazon YA pilot “Hot Pink.” She also recurred on Hulu’s “The Bold Type” as well as HBO Asia’s “Halfworlds.”  

On stage, Myra portrayed ‘Kim’ in the 2018 national tour of Miss Saigon. Prior to that, she won the first season of “Thailand’s Got Talent,” and became a finalist on ABC’s “Rising Star.” As a singer, Molloy has performed with David Foster, Andrea Bocelli and Kenny G. More recently, she voiced ‘Moana’ in the Thai-language versions of Disney’s Moana and Moana 2. Myra is repped by Luber Roklin Entertainment and Gersh. This is for grandad x

Broadway Debut! National Tours: Hadestown, Finding Neverland, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged, Scooby Doo, LIVE! Regional: Murder On The Orient Express (The Old Globe) La Cage Aux Folles (Riverside) Matilda (Northern Stage) A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder (Engeman) The Addams Family (Ogunquit) To my family and friends who championed me to this moment, I love you! Endless gratitude to ATB Talent, Whitley Theatrical and my Hadestown family. Follow @Matthewpatrickquinn