SEE ‘ADDICTED IDOL’ > Sunday, January 11, 2 pm > LIVE at The McCadden Theatre in Hollywood > Or watch via LIVESTREAM on YouTube | Facebook
THE STORY: Lisa, a reality TV show-runner who’s suffered a substance-fueled career meltdown, chases her comeback by striking a deal with a devilish producer to create a surreally exploitive show pitting gifted drunks and junkies against each other in the familiar “Idol” talent-competition-with-judges format.
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‘Addicted Idol’ Cast & Fun Facts
MAUREEN DAVIS (Lisa)
BROADWAY: Original Tony-winning cast of Into the Woods w/Bernadette Peters. WORLD TOURS/CARNEGIE HALL: Chattering Order of St Beryl Tour for Amazon Prime’s Good Omens w/David Tennant & Michael Sheen; The Pearl – vocal trio with Japanese Jazz Quartet Dark Ducks, U.S. Vibraphonist Gary Burton & Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. RECORDED WORKS: Over 1000 TV & Film song placements and five internationally-released albums – Outlaw Country Band The Flutterbies (featured in the Oscar-winning George Clooney film “The Descendants”); Rockabilly Darlings Maureen & the Mercury 5, opening act for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Dick Dale, and house band for Second City’s After Dark with Julian Clark; Children’s Artists Sleepyland Band with Paula Keane.
TONOCCUS McCLAIN (Chase)
STAGE & WORLD TOURS: over 2400 performances of The Lion King (Banzai), West Side Story (Action in Helsinki) as well as world premieres of Four and Oy to the World. FILM & TV SOUNDTRACKS: 50 to date, including The Lion Guard, Avatar and The Lion King. RADIO THEATRE: Hashtag: Shine it On and Arkast Best Fiction Podcast Award-Winner Purgatory, Missouri with Dave Foley & Mindy Sterling.
TV & FILM: Young Sheldon, Call Me Kat, New Girl, Castle, Modern Family, St. Denis, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, How I Met Your Mother, Home Economics. STAGE: All About Walken, Waterworld Stund Show,Deathtrap, What Do I do with All This Heritage, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. VOICEOVER/AUDIO- BOOK: The Boyfriend, Shin Godzilla, Head Over Heels, Donut Fall in Love. Kenzo is also a notable acting coach for NBC Universal Launch’s Diversity Showcase and Los Angeles’ esteemed East West Players
SUZY LONDON (Vanessa)
STAGE: Marat/Sade (National Tour-ACTF Outstanding Actor Award), Three Penny Opera, Intent to Murder (Drama-Logue Award, Best Performance), Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, Man of La Mancha. WORLD TOURS: Opener for Frank Sinatra @ Sahara Hotel as well as US, UK, Scandinavia, Japan, Europe tours with Hodges, James, and Smith (2 Top 40 hits). VOICEOVER: ROBOTECH: “Rook” in Animated Series & Feature Film
HARPER O’LEARY (Portia)
STAGE: Matilda, Mean Girls, Newsies, Peter Pan, Beetlejuice, The Little Mermaid (JTF West Theatre) BROADCAST/JOURNALISM: Anchor, Editor, Producer, Writer, Reporter, A/V for “Good Morning GALA.” UCLA Summer Theater Activist Workshop at Glorya Kaufman Hall (2025), New Filmmakers LA Student Mentorship Program (2024).
MASON KEANE (Troy)
STAGE: Kinky Boots, Beauty and the Beast, Tartuffe, The Little Prince, Cost Fan Tutte, Miss Saigon, Amahl & The Night Visitors, Nises Off, Aida, Working, The Complete Works of Works of William Shakespeare. RECORDED WORKS: Sleepyland Band
SHANTILLY (Shantilly & Mickey)
STAGE: Claude in Conundrum’s HAIR (Best Performer in a Musical Nominee – Broadway World); Cinderella, Alice by Heart, Bare, A Pop Opera, Newsies RADIO THEATRE: Deep Fake Justice for Rock & Roll Radio Theatre (2026 release). A nonbinary actor/singer, Shantilly advocates for gender diversity in the arts and has been called a revolutionary songwriter and artist.
MUSIC AWARDS: several ACE awards (Australian Music Awards) as a soloist and with The Zips of Sydney; NAACP award nominee for his work for best Music Director in LA for the musical Fergusun. CONCERT & TOURS: His singer/actor/comedian father, Jack O’Leary, Robby Krieger of The Doors, Sergio Mendes, Maxine Nightingale, Joely Fisher, Fisher & Thames, The Twilight Lords and the Man in Black – a Johnny Cash Tribute Show with Shawn Barker
NIC JACKSON (Leon)
STAGE & WORLD TOURS: The Novo in Los Angeles (The Fillmore in San Francisco, Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland STUDIO & TOURMATES: Stevie Wonder, Anderson Paak, A Taste of Honey, The Dip, Dave Koz, Ray Parker Jr., The Mint, The Emotions, Blackstreet. TV & VOICEOVER: Netflix’s animated series, Motown Magic, playing characters Uncle Rod and Brad. ORIGINAL MUSIC: ‘Waiting For The Day’ Solo Album
STAGE: Over 250 credits nationally and internationally, including two Dramalogue Award-winning live stage productions – Pulp Shakespeare and The Devil & Billy Markham; Measure for Measure, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Crucible, Macbeth (Anteus Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (American Shakespeare Company). RADIO THEATRE: Moriarty: The Devil’s Game with Dominic Monaghan; A Falling Star at Buzzard’s Roost with Dave Foley.
TAYLOR JABARA (Luna)
TV/FILM: Second Chances (Tubi – w/AnnaLynne McCord); Lethal Love Triangle (Lifetime); Kids Vs. Monsters, opposite Armand Assante, Malcolm McDowell, Keith David, Elaine Hendrix, and Francesca Eastwood; Stranger Bully High (Amazon Prime); The Price of Fame (as Angelina Jolie) – REELZ Channel
CHRIS ELLIOTT
Chris Elliott (“Addicted Idol” songs, lyrics, book) is a writer and musician who splits his time between Palm Springs and Kittery, Maine. He works as a trumpet player with The Funk Monks, a popular R&B band in the Coachella Valley. He has written many plays including “Deuces Wild,” “Bad Relationship” and “All He Had to Do Was Move the Car.” He leveraged his English degree from Yale University into a career first in news, then in technical documentation for large-scale software suites and finally in marketing and advertising. Recently retired from Guitar Center as lead copywriter for its band and orchestra division, he is a versatile writer, musician, stand-up comedian and spoken word artist. He is pleased and proud to see “Addicted Idol” continue its development.
JOHN BRENEMAN
John Breneman (“Addicted Idol” book co-writer) is a lifelong humorsmith and literary prankster. His (YouTube) music credits include his COVID rap classic Scrub Your Hands n Cross Your Fingers and M-Tone: World’s #1 Monotone Rapper. His short film Bicycle Time Traveler appeared in the 2024 New Hampshire Film Festival. John’s small-screen (YouTube) acting credits include his signature characters: Triple Action News Anchorman Reid Page; and Mr. Billy Buck Teefus, the American Redneck Savant. A career journalist, he is the author of the dark humor/suspense novel A Man of Remarkable Restraint.
Chris and John began writing “Addicted Idol” in 2009. Their 2019 collaboration on “Deuces Wild” / “Bad Relationship” (Players’ Ring, Ports., NH) is John’s lone live theater credit.
ALEX JULES (Music Director)
WORLD TOURS: Monty Python’s Eric Idle, The Monkees, Denny Laine (Paul McCartney & Wings, The Moody Blues), Joey Molland (Badfinger). FILM & TV: HBO’s The Rehearsal Season 2; 2024 On Cinema Oscar Special; 1883; RuPaul’s Drag Race; Central Park; Joker: Folie A Deux (with Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga) and projects with Katy Perry, Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde.
SPECIAL THANKS
The McCadden Place Theatre | School of Rock West LA | Minuteman Printing Burbank | The Spot Recording Studio | Scott Fox Insurance | Fred 62 | Tammy Quinn McKillip | Samantha Wylie | Paul Mounce Photography | Laura Davidov Attorney at Law | Guitar Center Hollywood | Revolution Stage Company
“Addicted Idol” website by John Breneman and Jeff Raper (Triple Action Enterprises)
