Art by @hors.snoot
Creator of the original Reality Shaper book series and musical podcast, Sair also serves as lyricist, librettist, and reluctant Executive Producer of the project. Oh, and they play CB. Sair is an award-winning queer and autistic musical theatre writer and performer, with Broadway World describing their writing as “laugh-out-loud.” They also run a newsletter for writers called Theatre Writers Digest. For more on Sair, visit sairkaufman.com.
The voice of our hero, Boris Dragonheart, is Broadway's Christian Thompson - actor, singer, dancer, writer, and superstar who somehow found the time to squeeze us in between Hamilton rehearsals. Thanks, Christian! For more on Christian, visit itschristianthompson.com.
Art by @hors.snoot
Composer, arranger, and music lead for the podcast, Ammon is an award-winning pianist, composer and music director. He performs and music directs with various musical improv troupes and comedy theatres, including Baby Wants Candy and The Second City. For more on Ammon, visit ammontaylor.com.
Lead orchestrator for the podcast, Simon likes making things. Simon works as a composer, lyricist, orchestrator, MD, all things music &/or theater. Simon has been on the hunt for a D&D campaign for several years, and continues to search. For more on Simon, visit simonbroucke.com
Cole Raser is a recording engineer and post-production designer intermittently lost in the woods your local tri-state area. An advocate for treating all things like a puzzle missing 2 pieces, to the benefit of whimsy; Cole will be assisting with The Reality Shaper's social media campaign, in addition to the mix and mastering of the lovely tunes contained therein.
Editor and SFX designer for the podcast, Steph Carlin is an autistic and queer composer, writer, sound designer and orchestrator based in New York City. They have provided sound design for works such as Twenty Sided Tavern at Broadway Playhouse. For more on Steph, visit stephanielcarlin.com.
Art by @hors.snoot
Travis - Drew's cousin Bronson loves D&D! Broadway: Buena Vista Social Club (OBC). Select Regional: Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour) at North Shore Music Theater, Rent/The Three Musketeers at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. TV/Film: Fortheboys (Jamal) on YouTube. @drewboigenius
Julia/Missy Sorrel/Others - Chloe is an NYC based actor and VO artist who LOVES DnD! She was the DM of the campaign that The Reality Shaper spun off from! chloechappa.com
Hannah Gadriel - Maria Wirries always plays as a tiny little elf who collects teeth when she plays DND! She’s currently playing a vampire named Star in Lost Boys on Broadway. So teeth is clearly the theme! mariawirries.com
Adam Morlasar - Oliver is a big fan of D&D, and being in this project is the closest he’s gotten to playing. He also loves to write songs and talk about corn popsicles. oliverrichman.com
Edith Dragonheart/Frankie Sorrel - As an AEA actor and musical theatre writer, Andrea has done some cool stuff. But after Sair entered her life, Andrea quickly found herself swept into a wild world of even COOLER stuff, including D&D podcasts, summer camp shenanigans, and nail polish art. She would highly recommend finding good and talented people and making silly and meaningful stuff with them; all data collected up to this point indicates it's one of the best ways to journey through life. www.andreajlove.com
Lloyd Dragonheart - Matt Giroveanu is not a "monster in the world" and has been seen and heard all over TV and radio as an actor and award-winning voiceover artist. More at MattGiro.com / IG: @Matt_Giro
Billie Gadriel/Others - Emy is really excited to be making their VO debut on Reality Shaper. They fell in love with D&D after one campaign and now has an incurable addiction to Dimension 20.
Rachel Sorrel - Carly is an New York City based actor, improviser and singer. She recently originated the role of Caty in "BUM BUM" in NYC this December. Other favorite roles include Baker's Wife in Into the Woods, Rona in Spelling Bee, and Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy (okay she didn't play Gandalf, that was Sir Ian McKellen, but is it a favorite role!) carlyhayes.com
Headshot by @themichaelkushner
Peter Harrison - Max Tunney is an actor, singer and member of EPIC Players. Performance credits with EPIC include Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, the Baker in Into the Woods and Sean in Bum Bum. He has performed in cabarets at Joe’s Pub and the Green Room 42.
Mr. Belmorn/Others + Audio Editing - Abram is a musical theatre writer (BMI-Advanced) arranger (Hazbin Hotel) and musician around NYC, who has a lifelong love of all things fantastical and accordingly had a D&D-themed 11th birthday party. His favorite shape of reality is probably a cantellated great dodecahedron.
Sal/Walter Sorrel/Others - Angela Strauman’s first-ever D&D roll was a nat 20—an auspicious start for someone who “had no idea what she was doing.” Beginner’s luck, or the mark of a chosen one? Alignment: chaotic optimistic—will absolutely press the big red button. Now accepting quests and snacks. Off the table, she makes theater, film, and audio magic —see: angelastrauman.com
Evan Gadriel/Stephen Downey/Others - Jake Gluckman is an actor, composer, and medical student at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Jake is grateful to Sair and the entire Reality Shaper team for introducing him to the exciting world of DnD through this project, and he is excited for new listeners to fall in love with CB, Boris, and the entire cast of characters as much as he did!
Amy/Others - Anna DeNoia is an NYC-based writer and producer of musical theatre. Original works include Open, Stay and Grace and the Ghost. Anna is actually 1/8 goblin on her father's side, and is thrilled to have had this chance to celebrate her heritage. Anna also had this to add: "I LOVE SAIR (ALL CAPS)"
Serving as our featured band of bards, the Fantasy Tavern are a band of adventurers known for their raunchy pop-culture parody songs about all things nerdy. Their rowdy live shows are full of audience interaction and themed cosplay. They're your favorite bards' favorite bards! thefantasytavern.com
Addtl. Voices - George Luton is an internationally-recognized musical theatre composer, arranger, and musician from New York City, where their work has been heard off-Broadway at the York Theatre, Prospect Musicals, Signature Theatre, and Lincoln Center, where they were awarded the Across a Crowded Room artistic fellowship through the NYPL Library of the Performing Arts. George also tours nationally as an improvisational pianist and music director for the Broadway’s Next Hit Musical comedy show. Follow George @GeorgeLuton.music or learn more at www.GeorgeLuton.com
Addtl. Voices - Jax is a Brooklyn based actor, singer, director, and producer. Their work - spanning plays, musicals, films, and voiceover - has taken them to 49 of 50 states and 3 different continents. Say hey at @_jaxterry_
RJ plays some random drunk and served as production coordinator for the project. He was last seen Off Broadway and on the National Tour of Dungeons and Dragons: The Twenty Sided Tavern. He can not escape the fantasy world.
Based on The Reality Shaper books by Sair Kaufman
Lyrics by Sair Kaufman
Scripts by Sair Kaufman, Shane Dittmar, and Noah Weisbart
Music by Sair Kaufman, Shane Dittmar, Noah Weisbart, and Ammon Taylor
Additional Lyrics by Shane Dittmar and Noah Weisbart
Directed by Sair Kaufman, Shane Dittmar, and Noah Weisbart
Dialogue Editing and SFX Design by Stephanie L. Carlin
Dialogue Archiving by Cole Raser
Mixing and Mastering by Cole Raser and Gary Calhoun James
Production Management provided by RJ Christian
Boris - Christian Thompson
CB - Sair Kaufman
Travis - Andrew Montgomery Coleman
Lloyd - Matt Giroveanu
Edith, Frankie - Andrea J. Love
Morlasar - Oliver Richman
Rachel - Carly Hayes
Hordeson, Pastor, Timothy - Noah Weisbart
Harrison, Gambler - Max Tunney
Hannah, Fennie - Maria Wirries
Billie, Housekeeper - Emy Ramos
The Bards - The Fantasy Tavern Band: Emily Johnson-Erday, Petrea Whittier, Clayton Matthews, and Josh Karam
Nancy - Renée Corbin
Julia, Missy, Gnome - Chloe Chappa
Amy, Boy - Anna DeNoia
Sal, Mrs. Downey, Walter - Angela Strauman
Mrs. Belmorn - Ziz Adler
Mr. Belmorn, OM2 - Abram Foster
Drunk - RJ Christian
Evan, Mr. Downey, OM1 - Jake Gluckman
Additional Voices provided by Sam Caps, Natalie Myrick, Jax Terry, George Luton, Abram Foster, and Jason Weisinger.
Special thanks to Andrew Underberg, Angela Strauman, Annie Kaufman, Chloe Chappa, Gina Dimino, James Kaufman, Lucas Kaine, Kai Bonacorso, Kaitlin Dittmar, and Thomas Chappa.
Directed by Sarah Kaufman & Shane Dittmar. Book and Music by Sarah Kaufman & Shane Dittmar with Lyrics by Sarah Kaufman and Additional Lyrics by Shane Dittmar. Orchestrations and Music Direction by Shane Dittmar. Featuring performances by Drew Coleman, Chloe Chappa, Jake Gluckman, Jimmy Schumacher, Kaylee Robinson, and Sarah Kaufman. Additional voices were provided by Natalie Myrick and Shane Dittmar. Special thanks to Angela Strauman, Chloe Chappa, Lucas Kaine, Kai Bonacorso, Kaitlin Dittmar, and Thomas Chappa.