Nienke Latten

ICH

Nienke Latten is originally from Voorburg in the Netherlands. In 2012, she was accepted for a preparatory year at the conservatory in Tilburg; after only one year, she began her regular studies there, graduating with a bachelor's degree in May 2017. In Tilburg, she received intensive vocal training from Edward Hoepelman, among many other subjects. Nienke appeared as Maria in a concert version of WEST SIDE STORY in the Netherlands. Between 2018 and 2021, she was the first cast Jasmine in DISNEY'S ALADDIN in Hamburg and Stuttgart. She then returned to her homeland, where she was the first cast Mira in ONE DE MUSICAL. This was followed by engagements in Vienna as Mary Magdalene in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and as the first cast Ich in REBECCA at the Raimund Theater. Most recently, she appeared on stage in the Netherlands as the first cast of Princess Anna in DISNEY'S FROZEN. She was nominated for a Musical Award for her role. Nienke was also the Dutch voice of Disney's Snow White in the film of the same name.

Mark Seibert

MAXIM DE WINTER

Born in Frankfurt, he received his training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute New York and at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien. While still a student, he played roles at VBW including Pygar in BARBARELLA and Tybalt in ROMEO & JULIETTE. Afterwards he appeared on stage as Radames in AIDA, Fiyero in WICKED - THE WIZARD OF OZ, Ranger in DER SCHUH DES MANITU, as well as Galileo in WE WILL ROCK YOU. He embodied Death in ELISABETH in Vienna and in parallel Jesus in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR in Bonn and was seen as Lancelot in the world premiere of ARTUS - EXCALIBUR at the Theater St.Gallen as well as again as Death in ELISABETH in Shanghai and on tour in Germany. This was followed by Prince Archbishop Colloredo in MOZART! and the title role in SCHIKANEDER at the Raimund Theater. As Count von Krolock in DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES he appeared on stage in Berlin, Stuttgart and Vienna. In PRETTY WOMAN in Hamburg he could be seen as Edward Lewis. Most recently, he played Robin Hood in ROBIN HOOD - DAS MUSICAL in Fulda and embodied Death in the concert highlight ELISABETH at Schönbrunn 2022 - as he did in 2019.

Annemieke van Dam

Annemieke van Dam comes from Rotterdam and studied musical theatre in Tilburg. She played Sleeping Beauty in the musical of the same name, Polly Baker in CRAZY FOR YOU and, in Germany, appeared in Stuttgart as the understudy for Elisabeth and Constance in 3 MUSKETIERE and as Lisa Carew in JEKYLL & HYDE in Bad Hersfeld. She celebrated her breakthrough in 2008 in Berlin in the title role of ELISABETH. She played the role on several tours of Germany, in the anniversary version at the Raimund Theatre in 2012, and appeared as Elisabeth in a total of 22 cities in six countries. Further engagements included Guinevere in ARTUS – EXCALIBUR (St. Gallen) and the title role in the German-language premiere of DISNEY'S MARY POPPINS at the Ronacher. This was followed by Florence in CHESS (Graz Opera), Louise in GYPSY, Eva Perón in EVITA (Klagenfurt, Bern) and Beatrice and Mrs. Danvers in REBECCA at the Raimund Theatre. In 2024, she appeared as Cynthia in DEAR EVAN HANSEN (Gmunden) and again as Elisabeth in the concert version in Schönbrunn. Most recently, she appeared in ELISABETH and as Mrs. Danvers in REBECCA on tour in China. Annemieke has been authorised as a Complete Vocal Technique Teacher since 2018 and is certified in CVT voice rehabilitation (NCFE & CACHE).

Boris Pfeifer

Born in Vienna, he completed his training at the Conservatory of the City of Vienna. Engagements at home and abroad followed, including as Chè in EVITA, Judas in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and Mackie Messer in DREIGROSCHENOPER. At VBW he was engaged as Utterson in JEKYLL & HYDE, Prince of Verona in ROMEO & JULIETTE and as Sam in MAMMA MIA! He has also appeared on stage as Captain von Trapp in THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Moonface Martin in ANYTHING GOES, Cornelius Hackl in HELLO, DOLLY!, Nick Arnstein in FUNNY GIRL and as Chip in ON THE TOWN. Operetta engagements include Leopold and Sigismund in IM WEISSEN RÖSSL, Count Boni in DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN and Louis Philipp in DIE BAJADERE. He made guest appearances at the Wiener Kammerspiele as Jerry in SUGAR - MANCHE MÖGENS HEISS, Vincent di Ruzzio in LUCKY STIFF and in 39 STUFEN. He appears regularly at the Volksoper Wien - among others as Roderich in DER VETTER AUS DINGSDA, Calicot in MADAME POMPADOUR, Hysterium in DIE SPINNEN, DIE RÖMER!, Brasilianer in PARISER LEBEN and most recently as Goldoni in VIVALDI - DIE FÜNFTE JAHRESZEIT as well as Sancho Panza in DER MANN VON LA MANCHA.

Ana Milva Gomes

Ana Milva Gomes is Dutch with Cape Verdean roots and studied in Amsterdam. She moved to the German-speaking world for Nehebka and later the title role in AIDA. Engagements in LION KING and Disney's TARZAN followed, and she also appeared as a soloist in BEST OF MUSICAL. At the VBW, she has appeared on stage as Deloris van Cartier in SISTER ACT, Maria Magdalena in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and Paulette Buonufonté in NATÜRLICH BLOND. In MAMMA MIA! she embodied the world's first dark-skinned Donna and was nominated for the Austrian Music Theatre Award for the role of Baroness von Waldstätten in MOZART! Further engagements included Betty Jean in WINTER WONDERETTES/ Kammerspiele, Oda Mae Brown in GHOST - DAS MUSICAL/Linz, Inez in ZORRO and the title role in CARMEN/ Winzendorf, Shug Avery in DIE FARBE LILA/Amsterdam and Justice Charlier in ROCK OF AGES/Amstetten. She was a finalist in the 11th season of "Dancing Stars" and received the Broadway- World Austria Award for the best supporting role in a musical for her impersonation of Nicki Marron in BODYGUARD - DAS MUSICAL (VBW). Most recently she appeared on stage as Grizabella in CATS at the Ronacher.

James Park

James Park was born in Korea and studied classical singing at the Robert Schumann Musikhochschule Düsseldorf. After graduating, he became a member of the Opera Studio Niederrhein of the Theater Krefeld-Mönchengladbach and participated in various opera and musical productions. These include DER ROSENKAVALIER, PETER GRIMES, DER BARBIER VON SEVILLA, HOFFMANNS ERZÄHLUNGEN, the operetta premiere of WÄR NUR DIE SEHNSUCHT NICHT SO GROSS, the baroque opera pastiche THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY, the crime musical DAS GEHEIMNIS DES EDWIN DROOD, LEND ME A TENOR! (OTELLO DARF NICHT PLATZEN) and MY FAIR LADY. For the production DER GOLDENE DRACHE at Theater Krefeld, James was nominated as NRW's best young singer for his role of Junger Asiat by Opernwelt critic Regine Müller in "Welt am Sonntag," and last season he made his debut in the same role at the Semperoper Dresden. In addition to his operatic career, he can be heard as a soloist in concert, ensembles and choral formations. Most recently, he appeared at the Raimund Theater as Thuy in MISS SAIGON.

Silke Braas-Wolter

BEATRICE

Aris Sas

The Viennese has been on stage practically without interruption since his earliest childhood. After his time with the Vienna Boys' Choir, he played Gavroche in the German-language premiere of LES MISÉRABLES at the Raimund Theater in 1988, and in the years that followed was the "theater kid on the block" at almost all Viennese theaters, especially the Volkstheater. He achieved great fame when Roman Polanski cast him as Alfred in the world premiere of DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES in 1997. Furthermore, he could be seen, among others as DʼArtagnan in THE THREE MUSKETERS, Ché in EVITA, Rudolf in ELISABETH, Billy Flynn in CHICAGO, The Beast in Disney's THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Joe Gillis in SUNSET BOULEVARD, Curtis in SISTER ACT, Seymour in THE LITTLE HORROR SHOP, Pilate/Herod in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, Enjolras in LES MISÉRABLES, Johnny Stark in PINKELSTADT, Lancelot in CAMELOT, Claude in HAIR, the Narrator in BLUTSBRÜDER, Frederic in DIE PIRATEN VON PENZANCE, Fritz Steppke in FRAU LUNA, Tschudi in TOP DOGS, Tom in FETTES SCHWEIN, Leopold in IM WEISSEN RÖSSL, Dr. Wangel in DIE FRAU VOM MEER, Marc and Serge in KUNST erleben.

Marcella Adema

Ulrich Allroggen

Ulrich Allroggen completed his training in acting and musicals at the Schauspielschule Bühnenstudio Hamburg. He subsequently appeared on stage as Enjolras in LES MISÉRABLES, Simon Stride in JEKYLL & HYDE, and Leopold in MOZART! He embodied the leading roles Sky Masterson in GUYS AND DOLLS, Petrucchio in KISS ME, KATE and Professor Higgins in MY FAIR LADY. At Stage Entertainment Ulrich Allroggen could be seen as Bill in MAMMA MIA!, Axel in ICH WAR NOCH NIEMALS IN NEW YORK and Scar in DER KÖNIG DER LÖWEN. For BODYGUARD he came to Vienna, where he also played George in ASPECTS OF LOVE. Most recently he could be seen in Nuremberg as President Chamoix in MÄRCHEN IM GRAND HOTEL.

Arvid Assarsson

Bianca Basler

Jev Davis

ROBERT / ENSEMBLE / COVER: GILES

Philipp Dietrich

Philipp Dietrich completed his training as a musical performer at the Joop van den Ende Academy in Hamburg, under the direction of Perrin Manzer Allen, and successfully graduated in 2012. His first engagements took him to the Theater Bielefeld, where he was seen in the title role of Tommy in THE WHO'S TOMMY and in DIE HEXEN VON EASTWICK. Afterwards his way led him to the Theater des Westens in Berlin for GEFÄHRTEN. Furthermore he was on stage in TITANIC - DAS MUSICAL, DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES, FLASHDANCE, ARTUS - EXCALIBUR, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (as Jesus), as well as in BODYGUARD at the VBW. In 2021 he was part of the ensemble of DER SCHUH DES MANITU. Most recently he thrilled in PRETTY WOMAN as cover Edward Lewis & Phil Stucky and in TINA TURNER - DAS MUSICAL.

David Eisinger

David Eisinger completed his training at the Fontys Dance Academy in Tilburg (NL). He played Pepper in MAMMA MIA! (Utrecht), Peter Pan in ONE MAN'S DREAM (Tokyo), THE WIZ (Utrecht), WE WILL ROCK YOU (Utrecht, Amstetten), JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (Utrecht), DADDY COOL (NL tour), 49 ½ SHADES! (Düsseldorf, Zurich), WEST SIDE STORY (Braunschweig, Hanover, Nuremberg, Mörbisch, Vienna), FLASHDANCE (St. Gallen), DER MEDICUS (Fulda), TABALUGA (EU tour), HAIR (Amstetten), GHOST – NACHRICHT VON SAM (Linz, Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart), PRISCILLA – QUEEN OF THE DESERT (St. Gallen, Munich), WE ARE MUSICAL – The Grand Raimund Theatre Opening Gala, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (Vienna), GREASE (Amstetten), Disney's THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (Vienna), REBECCA (Vienna), CABARET (Vienna), IM WEISSEN RÖSSL (Vienna) and FOLLIES (Vienna).

Florian Fetterle

Marja Hennicke

Marja Hennicke was already drawn to Vienna for her musical studies at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität. After her bachelor's degree followed engagements in the touring production of SHREK - DAS MUSICAL, the world premiere of DON CAMILLO & PEPPONE in St.Gallen and at the Ronacher Vienna, as well as June in CHICAGO at the Domfestspiele in Magdeburg. An engagement in DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES brought her to Berlin's Theater des Westens and subsequently also to Oberhausen and Stuttgart, where she was seen as the vampire and first cast Rebecca. She has also performed the role of Tracy Turnblad in HAIRSPRAY at Theater Baden bei Wien, Theater Dortmund, on tour and at Staatstheater Nürnberg.

Maximilian Klakow

Annemarie Lauretta

Annemarie Lauretta, born in Utrecht in the Netherlands, completed her studies in musical theatre at the Fontys Conservatory in Tilburg, where she was taught by Edward Hoepelman, Marc Krone and Brigitte Odett, among others. Immediately after successfully completing her studies in 2017, she moved to Hamburg, where she played the fortune teller in DISNEY'S ALADDIN until the end of October 2018. She then appeared in SISTER ACT in Lucerne as the cover for Deloris van Cartier and in the ensemble. This was followed by another engagement for DISNEY'S ALADDIN in Stuttgart, before she appeared in PRETTY WOMAN – THE MUSICAL in Hamburg as the cover for Kit De Luca and Violetta, as well as in the ensemble. She made her Vienna debut in MISS SAIGON, playing the role of Gigi at the Raimund Theatre. Most recently, she was part of the ensemble and understudy for Mrs. Van Hopper in REBECCA, also at the Raimund Theatre.

Lillian Maandag

ENSEMBLE / COVER: ICH

Robert David Marx

ENSEMBLE / COVER: JACK FAVELL / COVER: OBERST JULYAN

Sophie Mefan

Ariane Swoboda

Ariane Swoboda graduated from the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien and the Studio Theater an der Wien. For 30 years she has appeared in VBW productions, including GREASE, DIE SCHÖNE UND DAS BIEST, ELISABETH, TANZ DER VAMPIRE, JEKYLL & HYDE, THE PRODUCERS, EVITA, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and I AM FROM AUSTRIA. She has also participated in numerous municipal theater productions - especially in St. Gallen, Bregenz, Klagenfurt, Baden and at the Graz Opera - including ARTUS - EXCALIBUR, DER MANN VON LA MANCHA, ANATEVKA, HELLO, DOLLY!, HAIRSPRAY, SWEET CHARITY, XANADU, WEST SIDE STORY and ANYTHING GOES. She has appeared in various revues at the Kabarett Simpl. For several years she has been teaching song interpretation and has written the book "Mein Audition-Journal" as a guide for students.

Timo Verse

ENSEMBLE / COVER: BEN

Lucius Wolter

Born in Hamburg, he has appeared in many musicals in German-speaking countries. Among the most important roles are: Marius in LES MISÉRABLES in Berlin; Maxim de Winter in REBECCA and Colloredo in MOZART! at the Raimund Theater; Raoul in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and Crown Prince Rudolf in ELISABETH in Essen, Jesus in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR/u.a. at the VBW; Kerchak and Mr. Clayton in Disney's TARZAN in Hamburg, Stuttgart and Oberhausen; Dracula in Frank Wildhorn's DRACULA/u. a. at the Landestheater Detmold; Baron von Geigern in GRAND HOTEL at the Gärtnerplatztheater in Munich; Tony in WEST SIDE STORY/ a. at the Thunerseespielen; Lanzelot in CAMELOT at the Freilichtspiele Tecklenburg; Thomas Andrews and Barrett in TITANIC/ a. at the Stage Theater Neue Flora, Hamburg. At the Musical Summer Winzendorf, he was on stage in 2019 as Garcia in Frank Wildhorn's CARMEN. At the Opera Magdeburg he will embody Athos in 3 MUSKETIERE in the season 2019/20. In addition, Lucius Wolter works as a musical director, among others for the Joop van den Ende Academy, Aida Cruises, the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, or for teatro in Vienna.

Livia Wrede

ENSEMBLE/ COVER: ICH

Livia Wrede studied at Stage School Hamburg and appeared on stage as Lisa in MAMMA MIA! at the Raimund Theatre, among other roles. She delighted audiences as Wendy Jo in FOOTLOOSE, Columbia in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, Estella in WEST SIDE STORY, Marty in GREASE, Lorraine in JERSEY BOYS and as the understudy for Molly in GHOST. As Ali, she toured with MAMMA MIA! and performed at the Theater des Westens. She played the title role in CINDERELLA PASST WAS NICHT at the Theater der Jugend and appeared in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, MESSIAH ROCKS, HAIR and the world premieres of SCHIKANEDER and KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR. At the Raimund Theater, she also appeared on stage as the understudy for Ich in REBECCA, and she also appeared as Mary Livingston in DIE KÖNIGINNEN at the Musiktheater Linz, as Mathilde on tour in DIE SCHÖNE UND DAS BIEST, and as Åsa in NILS HOLGERSSON at the Graz Opera. She also appears on television, having played in ‘GZSZ – Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten’ on ARD and as Ronja Richter in ‘Spotlight’ for Netflix.

Anna Zagler

ENSEMBLE

Denise Jastraunig

SWING

The native of Lower Austria completed her training at the Performing Arts Studios Vienna. In 2011 she toured Europe with CATS and made her musical debut as Swing, Jellylorum/Griddlebone and Jenny Fleckenreich. This was followed by REBECCA (cover "Ich") and MAMMA MIA! (Ali and Sophie) in Stuttgart. In SHREK - DAS MUSICAL Denise was Assistant Dance Captain, Swing and cover Fiona, in Disney's TARZAN she impersonated Jane among others. In Berlin, she appeared in SISTER ACT as Mary Robert, among others, and in Stuttgart in 2018 she was convincing in the title role of MARY POPPINS. In Hamburg, she appeared on stage in KINKY BOOTS as Nicola, among others. In 2019, her path led her to her homeland, where, after the concert performance of ELISABETH at Schönbrunn, she also appeared in CATS as Swing, Jellylorum/Griddlebone, Jenny Fleckenreich and Grizabella.

Shane Landers

SWING/ ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN

Shane Landers received his training at Laine Theatre Arts in London. His engagements have taken him to German-speaking countries, where he has appeared on stage as GI and Swing/Cross Swing in MISS SAIGON, as Big Deal in WEST SIDE STORY at the Staatstheater Nuremberg and as Swing in GHOST - DAS MUSICAL at the Stage Palladium Theater and in the ensemble at the Theater des Westens. Furthermore he was engaged as Cross Swing in DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES at the Theater des Westens, in the ensemble in ICH WAR NOCH NIEMALS IN NEW YORK on the Stage Entertainment Tour as well as at the Theater an der Elbe, as Spirit of Fosse in CHICAGO at the Theater des Westens and at the Deutsches Theater Munich. He was also Dance Captain of the production ALL MALE HMS PINAFORE and PIPE DREAM in London.

Kaj-Louis Lucke

SWING

Tommie Luyben

SWING/ COVER: BEN

Tommie Luyben was born in Tilburg, the Netherlands, and began his artistic training here in childhood at the Fontys Dance Academy. He then went to the Rotterdam Dance Academy and attended the Amsterdam School of the Arts. Abroad, Tommie Luyben studied at Purchase College in New York and at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. His first successes were in the Netherlands, where he appeared in HET BETERE WERK, LE TEMPS DE ISOMO and CATS. He also played there in DOE MAAR!, FAME, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, WE WILL ROCK YOU and WICKED. In Germany, he appeared in WICKED, CATS, WEST SIDE STORY, GREASE and MAMMA MIA! In addition, he was in front of the camera for the television series "Annie M.G.", "'t Spaanse Schaep" and "Moeder, ik wil bij de Revue". He also works as a theater producer and realized numerous own projects. In addition, he writes for various magazines and websites.
 

Wolfgang Postlbauer

SWING / COVER: OBERST JULYAN / COVER: GILES

Born in Upper Austria, he completed his training at the Stage School in Hamburg. This was followed by engagements in JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, HAIR, as well as EVITA in a touring production, among others. He was seen in ANYTHING GOES, ELISABETH - DIE LEGENDE EINER HEILIGEN, AIDA, EVITA, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, ARTUS - EXCALIBUR, DAS DSCHUNGELBUCH, DON CAMILLO & PEPPONE, DOKTOR SCHIWAGO, ANNA GÖLDI - DAS MUSICAL and BLUTSBRÜDER. At VBW he has appeared on stage in ICH WAR NOCH NIEMALS IN NEW YORK, ELISABETH, DER BESUCH DER ALTEN DAME and DON CAMILLO & PEPPONE. Tour productions of ELISABETH have taken him to Shanghai, Munich, Essen and Linz.

Rebecca Soumagné

SWING/ COVER: BEATRICE

Shari Lynn Stewen

Shari Lynn Stewen graduated from the Joop van den Ende Academy in her hometown of Hamburg. She developed the role Die junge Claire in DER BESUCH DER ALTEN DAME for the Thunerseespiele, played among others the roles Ingrid Lubanski and Annette Ackermann in DAS WUNDER VON BERN at the Theater an der Elbe Hamburg, was as Swing and Ass. Dance Captain in the world premiere of SCHIKANEDER at the Raimund Theater in Vienna and impersonated Mary Poppins in MARY POPPINS in Stuttgart and Hamburg. She performed in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, FLASHDANCE and WÜSTENBLUME and was most recently seen at the Theater des Westens in Berlin in KU'DAMM 56 as Swing, cover Caterina/Helga and Ass. Dance Captain.