THE TEAM

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LAURA BENANTI
star & Creator

“The divine Laura Benanti appears to have reached a point where there’s nothing she can’t do…” - Hollywood Reporter

Tony® Award-winner Laura Benanti is a highly celebrated stage and screen actress. Ms. Benanti debuted her critically acclaimed comedy show LAURA BENANTI: NOBODY CARES at the Minetta Lane Theater in NYC. Ms. Benanti created, wrote (songs co-written with Todd Almond), and starred in the show which earned rave reviews and was chosen as a New York Times Critics’ Pick. The show then had a sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2025 with encore performances in London and Berkeley. 

Ms. Benanti can currently be seen as a series regular in the role of ‘Cindy’ on the acclaimed Paramount+ series MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN, starring opposite Jeremy Renner. Ms. Benanti co-starred in the hit comedic film NO HARD FEELINGS with Jennifer Lawrence and Matthew Broderick. Ms. Benanti’s iconic impression of Melania Trump on THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT has earned praise from across the industry. Other comedic work includes regular appearances on ELSBETH and INSIDE AMY SCHUMER. In television, Ms. Benanti has played dynamic characters in YOUNGER, GILDED AGE, NASHVILLE, SUPERGIRL, and GOSSIP GIRL. Ms. Benanti earned rave reviews for her portrayal of a grieving widow in Netflix’s film WORTH, starring opposite Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, and Amy Ryan.

In the theater, Ms. Benanti has been nominated for 5 Tony Awards. She took Broadway by storm at the age of 18 as Maria in THE SOUND OF MUSIC  and has subsequently starred in ten more Broadway shows (musicals, straight plays, comedies, and dramas), including INTO THE WOODS, NINE (opposite Antonio Banderas), GYPSY (for which she won a Tony Award), SHE LOVES ME, MY FAIR LADY, and Steve Martin’s METEOR SHOWER opposite Amy Schumer and Keegan-Michael Key.

Song co-writer Todd Almond. A cis man with short brown hair, wearing a black T-shirt, resting his head on his hand and looking at the camera against a blurred abstract background.

TODD ALMOND
SONG CO-WRITER

Todd Almond is an acclaimed performer, songwriter, and playwright. His solo show I’m Almost There was hailed by The New York Times as “a work of wonder,” and his recent Broadway performance in Girl from the North Country was praised as “stunning” by The Washington Post and “roof-raising, uplifting, and invigorating” by The Hollywood Reporter. Almond co-wrote the songs for and music-directed Audible’s hit comedy Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares, and also appeared opposite Ms. Benanti as Gideon Wolfe in the HBO Max reboot of Gossip Girl. His musical adaptation of The Odyssey, produced at Shakespeare in the Park’s Delacorte Theater in Central Park, was hailed by The New York Times as “brash, funny and heart-stirring.” Todd recently toured the U.S. in his original musicalKansas City Choir Boy, co-starring rock icon Courtney Love; Rolling Stone called the piece “awesome, slyly punk rock.” He also starred in three of his original musicals at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park: The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale, and The Odyssey. His musical Girlfriend, based on the Matthew Sweet album of the same title, has become a perennial favorite for theater companies across the U.S. and in Japan. His past collaborators include Sarah Ruhl (Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical), Jenny Schwartz (Iowa), Laura Benanti (In Constant Search for the Right Kind of Attention), Sherie Rene Scott (Piece of Meat), Kelli O’Hara (Live at Carnegie Hall), and Andrew Rannells (Live from Lincoln Center). As a composer and orchestrator, Almond has written and arranged music for Noises Off on Broadway, Iowa at Playwrights Horizons, Fcking A* at Signature Theatre, How to Transcend a Happy Marriage at Lincoln Center Theater, and the film adaptation of Michael John LaChiusa’s Hello Again. Other New York acting credits include Stage Kiss by Sarah Ruhl at Playwrights Horizons, People Are Wrong at the Vineyard, and Law & Order: SVU.

Director Annie Tippe. A woman with short brown hair smiling, wearing a white shirt, with a blurred pink background decorated with small blue and purple confetti.

ANNIE TIPPE
DIRECTOR

Annie Tippe is an award-winning director and creator of new work, music theater, and film. Off-Broadway: Octet (World Premiere; Signature. Lortel Award: Best Direction, Best Musical), Three Houses (World Premiere; Signature. Lortel Award: Best Musical), Ghost Quartet (World Premiere; Bushwick Starr. Norton Award: Best Visiting Production), Magnificent Bird / Book of Travelers (Playwrights Horizons), Your Own Personal Exegesis (LCT). Regional: HUZZAH! (World Premiere; Old Globe), Life After (Ed Mirvish CAA; Goodman, Jeff Award Nom), COWBOY BOB (World Premiere; Alley), Cult of Love (World Premiere; IAMA), POTUS (Berkeley Rep). Film: “HELP ME MARY'' (Lower East Side Film Fest; Best Narrative Short), "EGG TIMER" (Austin Film Fest). Former Ars Nova Director-in-Residence, Drama League Directing Fellow, Williamstown Directing Corps. Upcoming: Cyrano @ Old Globe; Babysitters Club with Mark Sonnenblick and Kate Weatherhead. www.annietippe.com