The Understudy Cast

Katherine Duffy (she/her) is an actor, singer and award-winning stand-up last seen at Third Avenue Playhouse in ​The Amish Project, Sylvia, Educating Rita, Steel Magnolias, I Love a Piano​ and ​Private Lives​. Additional credits include ​The Bridges of Madison County, The Hollow, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime​, and ​The Full Monty​ at Peninsula Players; ​A Christmas Carol​ and ​The Amish Project​ at The Milwaukee Rep; ​Hair​ at Skylight Music Theater; ​Loves Labours Lost​ at Invictus Theater Company; and the Jeff Award winning new musical ​Haymarket​ at Theater Wit produced by Underscore Theatre Co. Look out for her playing Audrey in the webseries ​Like What You Like​ streaming this spring!

Ryan is honored to be acting with and under the guidance of the amazing artistic visionaries who call TAP home. Recently, he directed A LOST LEONARDO as part of this years reading series and was last seen performing in #ENOUGH. Other Tap productions include The Glass Menagerie, Greater Tuna and The 39 Steps. Favorite projects include: The Underpants - Milwaukee Rep; three seasons at The Utah Shakespearean Festival; Sylvia - Next Act, Boeing Boeing - MKE Chamber Theatre and RED - 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa, CA. Ryan recently edited the on-line performance of Rosalind for Door Shakespeare and is featured in the filmed production of a one-person Panto - Buttons’ Sleeping Beauty (stagestheatre.com). Upcoming: Solo performance of HAMLET - Door Shakespeare: July/Aug. A special thank you to the TAP staff and board for the drive to seek the change we wish to see in the world. *Member Actors' Equity Association

CHIKE JOHNSON is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a graduate of the Professional Theatre Training Program at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. He's been acting for over 20 years. He's been seen on the Broadway stage, appeared in numerous television programs as well as Major Motion Pictures. Select recent credits include RUNBOYRUN (New York Theater Workshop - nominated for Audelco Award for Best Actor), AMEN CORNER (Shakespeare Theatre Company), TWO TRAINS RUNNING (Cincinnati Playhouse and Milwaukee Rep), SWEAT (American Conservatory Theatre), 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (Lookingglass Theatre), GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (Indiana Rep and Geva) and A RAISIN IN THE SUN (Indiana Rep and Syracuse Stage. *Member Actors' Equity Association