About THE PRETTY PANTS BANDIT: Inspired by True Events
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From housewife to hero, Marie Baker, her gang, and one infamous pair of guns took the country for a year-long ride that would make headlines.
Notoriously leaving the men she robbed with their pants down, her evolution became a revolution. Amongst the sparkling and scintillating back drop of 1930s Miami, and with an unforgettable pop-rock score, THE PRETTY PANTS BANDIT will steal your inhibitions and your heart. |
A story of a woman leaving an abusive marriage to pursue a vigilante quest for vengeance quickly becomes something so much more. Set against the economic and racial disparity of this time in Miami, THE PRETTY PANTS BANDIT gives voice to the voiceless and empowers the powerless; shedding a light on very present issues through the vintage lens of the golden age of the American Gangster.
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THE WRITERS
CHASE PEACOCK is an actor, singer, composer from Atlanta, Georgia currently based in New York. He was a member of the original cast of Green Day's American Idiot on Broadway. Chase wrote and recorded the entire score for the web series Wiener And Wiener. As a songwriter he has written and recorded many songs as a solo artist and wrote the song "Boomerang" which appeared on Country artist Rachel Potter's album NOT SO BLACK AND WHITE.
JESSICA DeMARIA is a New York based performer and writer. Jessica's first co-written musical, THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, appeared at the New York Musical Theatre Festival in June 2015 and received a workshop production at Synchronicity theatre in August of 2016. Her original arrangements of American folk music have appeared in productions of The Sleepy Hollow Experience all over the country and she was featured on the Spotify Original Podcast, "You Heard Me Write" during its inaugural season. Her most recent composition premiered in a new short film, "The Name", in Chicago in September of 2022.
THE CAST
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CHRISTINE DWYER* (Marie): Christine Dwyer appeared on Broadway and the 2015 Tony Awards as Elphaba in Wicked. National Tours: Waitress (Jenna), Finding Neverland (Sylvia), RENT (Maureen). Other credits include Ragtime (Mother), Murder Ballad (Sara) Rock Of Ages (Regina), and JCS Live on NBC with John Legend, Sara Bareilles and Alice Cooper. IG: @cteendryer
GERALD CAESAR* (Lawrence): Gerald is excited to be joining the cast of Pretty Pants Bandit! Broadway/National Tours: A Bronx Tale (OBC), Choir Boy (OBC), Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (OBC), Disney’s The Lion King. Select Regional: The MUNY, Pittsburgh CLO, SAC Music Circus, North Shore Music Theatre, Paramount Theatre. Film/TV: “Dear Evan Hansen”, “Law & Order”, “Helpsters.”Gerald is represented by DGRW, inc. and 11:11Entertainment. BFA Elon University.
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BRIAN CHARLES JOHNSON*(H. Leslie Quigg): Original Broadway Cast member of both Spring Awakening and American Idiot. Some Tv/Film credits include Wolf of Wall Street, Law & Order: SVU, Gotham, Master of None, and Chicago Fire BGV for Allen Stone. AEA/SAG-AFTRA. Go Bills!
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XAVIER REYES* (Cesario): Xavier is a proud Puertorican actor! Having worked all over US, Puerto Rico, Japan and Canada, favorite credits include: Lynn Nottage's CLYDE'S, Pulitzer Award Winning SWEAT and Anna in the Tropics , Moliere's SCAPIN, Trading Places directed by Kenny Leon, Kinky Boots Broadway National Tour, Fun Home, Hair, In The Heights, Rent, West Side Story and others.
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QUENTIN AVERY BROWN* (Sam) was last seen making his Westchester Broadway Theatre debut as Eat Moe in Five Guys Named Moe! Regional: True Colors Theatre Company, Alhambra Dinner Theatre, Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Starlight Theatre. You can find his singles “To Be In Love” and “Find Someone to Love” available on all music platforms. Film/TV: Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square and A Jazzman’s Blues by Tyler Perry on Netflix, Apple TV recurring co-star role in 2023.
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JACK BAUGH (Jaye): Jack is so excited to be Jaye in The Pretty Pants Bandit! His most recent credits include Dwight in The Office! A Musical Parody, Troy in High School Musical, and Spencer in Here I Am. He would like to thank his family and friends for helping him get to where he is today!
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CARLA MONGADO (Gloria Rowe): is grateful to the Pretty Pants Bandit family! Carla is a singer and actor whose credits include: the US Premiere of Clockmaker's Daughter as Constance, Dear Mom, I'm Gay; Island Song as Jordan, Ellipses as Triangulum, and Wow, Seattle?" as Pax; She can be heard on the Original Concept Album Recording of Goodbye New York and Platinum Girls. @mecarlalooo
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TIFFANY RENEE THOMPSON* (Kat):Tiffany is a proud NYC-born and based actor. Off-Broadway -Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal), Pip’s Island (Shelley). Select Regional Credits: Ghost: The Musical (Oda Mae), Seussical (Sour Kangaroo), and Avenue Q (Gary).
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Music Director MATT DEITCHMAN: Matt Deitchman is a NYC based music director, orchestrator, actor, composer and multi-instrumentalist. Music credits incl. — Broadway: A Strange Loop, Almost Famous; Off-Broadway: Trevor the Musical; Regional; Chicago Shakespeare, South Coast Rep, Asolo Rep, Shakespeare Theatre (D.C.), Marriott Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse.
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Band: Matt Deitchman, MJ Stilp , Chase Peacock, Micah Cowher
THE MUSIC
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THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION
THE PRESS
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"Chase & Jessica offer a fresh new voice in the musical theatre world with powerful storylines and exquisite melodies! A dynamic duo with a bright future ahead! They understand the power of collaboration, which creates an efficient and highly creative pre-production period!"-Ricardo Aponte, Choreographer/Director
“Jessica and Chase have a knack for writing incredibly melodic music and they also have such a penchant for interesting, unexpected stories. It is always a treat to see what new tricks they have up their sleeves.”-Freddie Ashley, Artistic Director, Actor's Express "It's rare to find a writing/composing team that's capable of doing more than one aspect of musical theatre well. Chase Peacock and Jessica De Maria can do it all, and do it extremely well to boot. "-James Donadio, Associate Artistic Director of Georgia Ensemble Theatre "Chase and Jessica, in seven years, have found all the aspects of what makes this play worthy of being noticed and off the charts!" Media Contact
Ph: 631.561.8424 Email: chaseandjessicamusicals@gmail.com IG: @theprettypantsbanditmusical TikTok: @theprettypantsbandit www.chaseandjessica.com Production Photo credit: Casey Gardner Ford |
"The Pretty Pants Bandit is proof that Atlanta continues to raise its profile in the national theater scene as a real contender for developing new work."-ArtsAtl
"...unlike anything we've ever seen before in the literal sense that the homegrown musical is being produced and presented for the very first time, and we're among its very first audiences. In more ways than one, that rocks indeed.-Atlanta Journal Constitution "catchy pop-rock tunes...the lively choreography by Kari Twyman is well executed."-Atlanta Journal-Constitution "The Pretty Pants Bandit is wholly original and highly energetic...This is an exciting venture."-ArtsAtl "Creators Chase Peacock and Jessica De Maria have written a show which is as sassy as it is sensually superb...The music is superb, eclectic, and thrilling, the cast stellar, and the book funny although intelligent and wickedly cheeky." |