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The Great Debate: Spies ARE Forever vs GUY WHO DIDn’T LIKE MUSICALS
It’s a massive musical matchup in this Great Debate pitting the casts of Spies Are Forever up against The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals!
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Spies Are Forever vs. The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals
NOBODY is more opinionated than theater kids! Folks from the viral musicals Spies Are Forever and The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals go head-to-head in the latest installment of The Great Debate, a live, high-stakes comedy showdown where logic is optional, passion is mandatory, and the topics are extremely dumb.
Our panel of performers will battle it out in a series of rapid-fire debates, games, and challenges. In the end, only one person will be crowned Master Debater (which, in musical theatre terms, is basically the ultimate Tony Award… but way more prestigious and with significantly worse odds of industry recognition).
Created By:
Brian Rosenthal, Corey Lubowich, & Joey Richter
For
Spies Are Forever
For
Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals
Who's Who
Cast & Creative Team
Contestant
Curt Mega
(he/him)
Mary-Kate Wiles
(she/her)
Brian Rosenthal
(he/him)
Bio
Brian is a founding member of Tin Can Brothers as well as StarKid Productions (A Very Potter Musical Trilogy, Apocalyptour). Writing/Producing Credits: Choose Our Destiny: Improv Adventure (Legendary Digital), Flop Stoppers (Buffer Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival), Idle Worship, Spies Are Forever, The Solve It Squad LA & Off-Broadway), and Wayward Guide. As an actor, he has appeared at regional theaters across the country, off-broadway, in national commercials, and in dozens of projects on the web. He has a BFA in acting from the University of Michigan.
Corey Dorris
(he/him)
Lauren Lopez
(she/her)
Bio
Lauren is an actress singer and dancer currently living in Los Angeles. After graduating from the University of Michigan's acting program, she went on to perform in productions based in LA, Chicago and NYC. Lauren continues her training in improv, having studied at iO and The Second City in Chicago, and currently working through the Groundlings program in LA. Lauren is part of the Tin Can Bros' weekly show Choose Our Destiny on Geek & Sundry's streaming channel Project Alpha Wednesday nights at 7:30pm. You can also see some of Lauren's recent work in Shipwrecked Comedy's digital series Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party, Tin Can Bros' Spies are Forever and StarKid's Firebringer, all available on YouTube. Look for her in the new digital series Stellar People which just wrapped production in February! Aside from acting Lauren also enjoys coaching high schoolers for their college auditions and choreographing things. Lauren recently gave birth to her daughter Diane, a 10 year old chihuahua. She is still glowing.
Jon Matteson
(he/him)
Host
Joey Richter
(he/him)
Bio
Joey is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan BFA Acting program where he also Minored in Global Media Studies. Film/TV credits: Nickelodeon’s Genie in a Bikini and Henry Danger, Disney Channel’s Jessie, Glee, The Legend of Korra, Triggerfish’s film Khumba, GKid’s film Ride Your Wave. Online credits include: School of Thrones, I Ship It (The CW, Sundance Film Festival, ), Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party, and The Case of the Gilded Lily. Joey is an original member of the online sensation, StarKid Productions, and can be seen in countless productions, including the A Very Potter Musical Trilogy, the S.P.A.C.E and Apocalyptour national concert tours, Starship, Firebringer, and The Trail to Oregon! (Cherry Lane Theatre, Off Broadway), The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, and most recently sold out runs of StarKid Homecoming (The Theatre at Ace Hotel, LA) and Black Friday (Hudson Theatre, LA). Writer/Producer/Actor/Founding Member of Tin Can Brothers.