J.T. Arbogast (Mike)

J.T. is thrilled to be revisiting the role of Mike in Love Jerry, a role he originated at the University of Texas at Austin.  J.T. was most recently seen playing Lenny in Cycle (FringeNYC).  He is also the Assoc. Director and a founding cast member of the National Comedy Theatre - New York where he performs and teaches improv.
Theatre credits include: Indoor/Outdoor (Shuman, Portland Stage), The Spitfire Grill (Joe Sutter, Wayside Theatre), Are We There Yet? (Man #2, Wayside Theatre),My Way: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra. Film/TV: 30 Rock, The Life Before her Eyes, When In Rome.


Donna Lynne Champlin (Kate)

Past NYMF: Flight of the Lawnchair Man (NYMF ‘Outstanding Individual Performance’ Award), Finishing The Hat, and Meet John Doe. DL also serves as a ‘celebrity judge’ for the annual NYMF Broadway Idol series.

Broadway: John Doyle’s Sweeney Todd , Hollywood Arms, By Jeeves, James Joyce’s The Dead. Off Broadway: Dark at the Top of The Stairs (OBIE award), Master Class at the MET, Marcy In The Galaxy, First Lady Suite, My Life With Albertine, City Center Encores! Bloomer Girl and Carnegie Hall's Very Warm For May. Film/TV: My Father's Will, The Audition, The Dark Half, Law And Order, The Tony Awards, The View, and Rosie.

Recent regional: “Agnes Gooch” in Mame starring Michelle Lee at the PCLO and in Hot N’ Cole directed by James Naughton at The Westport Country Playhouse. Recordings include Sweeney Todd, Albertine, By Jeeves, Our Heart Sings and Carols for a Cure. Training: CMU (BFA), Oxford University (Shakespeare/Chekhov scholarship). DL is a Princess Grace Grant recipient. www.donnalynnechamplin.com.


Jonas Cohen (Clowny)

Jonas Cohen is thrilled to be a part of the creative team of Love Jerry and to be back in the New York Musical Theater Festival this year. Past NYMF: Maccabeat! New York: Glass Jaw (Barrow Group), Henry V (La Tea), and Les Artistes (52nd Street Theater Project) among others. Regional: Old Wicked Songs (Fulton Theater), Tuesdays with Morrie starring Alan Oppenheimer (Ivoryton Playhouse),

Fiddler on the Roof (Gateway Playhouse), Last Night of Ballyhoo (What Exit?), Carousel (Media Theater), and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Nebraska Rep) among many others. TV: All My Children. Upcoming: Glorious! at the Fulton Theater. Jonas is an instructor at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Training: William Esper Studio. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, MFA. Member of Actors' Equity. Thanks to Tim Howard, Jen, and Chris and Ron.


Harris Doran (Jerry)

Harris recently returned from playing Leon in The Cousins Grimm at the O'Neill Center. Theatre Credits include: Amadeus (Mozart, Pittsburgh Public Theatre); Hair (Claude, Actor's Fund Concert); Cabaret (Emcee, Pittsburgh Public Theatre); Oliver (DeafWest, Ovation Award Nomination); Brighton Beach Memoirs (Pioneer Theatre); Americamisfit (Baltimore's Center Stage); Richard Cory (NYMF); Joy; Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged); The Opposite of Sex;
The Red Eye of Love; The Seagull; Midsummer Night's Dream. Film & Television: 2+1, The Order of the Serpentine, "The Black Donnellys," "Malcolm in the Middle," "Any Day Now." Harris is currently writing book and lyrics for the new rock musical Higher. Training: The Juilliard School. www.harrisdoran.com

Annalyse McCoy (Sheila)

Annalyse McCoy is so excited to be a part of her first NYMF show. She was recently seen in Those Whistling Lads!, an homage to Dorothy Parker in the Midtown International Theatre Festival. Other credits include: Anne in The Diary of Anne Frank (Greenbrier Valley Theatre); Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and Ginger in The 1940's Radio Hour (Highlands Playhouse); Darlene in The Honky Tonk Angels (Clarence Brown Theatre, Little Theatre on the Square); Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Jenny Wiley Theatre).

She received her BFA from Northern Kentucky University. Annalyse is a member of 2/3 Goat, a folk-blues-rock band whose vibe can be found at myspace.com/twothirdsgoat. Thanks to Ryan, Mom and Dad, Josey, and the Kinteens for all their love.


Katrina Yaukey (Mrs. Harris)

Katrina Yaukey recently completed a year long tour of SWEENEY TODD where she was seen as Pirelli. Broadway credits include John Doyle's production of COMPANY and Roundabout's CABARET. Other touring credits include the international tour of CABARET, the First National tour of VICTOR/VICTORIA starring Toni Tennille, and as a tap dancer for ABSOLUT Vodka. Yet, again, she'd like to thank her parent's for all those music lessons!