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Meet the Cast
Sarah Cooper
Jesse Eisenberg
Whoopi Goldberg
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Mark Hamill
Dulé Hill
Ken Jeong
Alan Kim
Richard Kind
Paola Lázaro
Kelly McCreary
Oscar Nunez
Bernadette Peters
Josh Andrés Rivera
Tracie Thoms
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Sarah Cooper is an actress and comedian living in NYC.
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Whoopi Goldberg is one of an elite group of artists who have won the Grammy, the Academy Award, the Golden Globe, the Emmy and a Tony. She is also a prolific producer, bestselling author and entrepreneur and she is well-known around the world for her many humanitarian endeavors. Born and raised in New York City, she performed in San Diego and the Bay Area with the Blake Street Hawkeyes theatre troupe. It was there that she created the characters which became “The Spook Show” and evolved into her hit Broadway show, Grammy Award-winning album and the HBO special that helped launch her career.
Whoopi made her motion picture debut in Steven Spielberg’s film version of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple,” for which she earned an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award. Her performance in “Ghost” earned her the Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and she has starred in such films as “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “Clara’s Heart,” “The Long Walk Home,” “Soapdish,” “Sister Act,” “Made in America,” “Boys on the Side,” “Ghosts of Mississippi,” “How Stella Got Her Groove Back,” “Girl, Interrupted,” and such animated classics as “The Lion King” and “Toy Story 3.”
Whoopi has recurring roles on Amazon’s “Harlem” and the EPIX series, “Godfather of Harlem.” She reprised her iconic role of Guinan in season two of the Paramount+ series, “Star Trek: Picard” and lent her voice to the recent animated features “Luck” (Apple TV+) and “My Father’s Dragon” (Netflix). She starred in the 2020 adaptation of Stephen King’s best-selling novel “The Stand,” and she appeared in and produced the critically-acclaimed feature film, “Till,” which has amassed countless awards and honors since its release in late 2022. She will appear in the highly-anticipated Amazon Prime Video series based on Neil Gaiman’s “Anansi Boys.”
Her new memoir, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me, is out May 7 and she will publish her first graphic novel, The Change, this Summer.
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Mark Hamill’s distinguished career spans film, television, theatre, and new media. He is internationally recognized for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in George Lucas’s original Star Wars trilogy, a role that became a cultural touchstone. His additional credits include Corvette Summer, Samuel Fuller’s The Big Red One, Slipstream, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Brigsby Bear, and the cult mockumentary Comic Book: The Movie, which he also directed.
On stage, Hamill appeared on Broadway in The Elephant Man, Amadeus, Harrigan n’ Hart, The Nerd, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, and the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Room Service.
As a celebrated voice actor, Hamill has performed in countless animated series, feature films, and video games. He first voiced the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series and later reprised the role in the Arkham Asylum games, earning a BAFTA Award, as well as in The Killing Joke. His work with Hayao Miyazaki includes roles in the English-language adaptations of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Howl’s Moving Castle. Most recently, he voiced Granduncle in Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning The Boy and the Heron and, in 2024, Thorn in the highly acclaimed film, The Wild Robot.
Hamill co-starred as Arthur Pym in Mike Flanagan’s The Fall of the House of Usher and appeared in two upcoming Stephen King adaptations, The Life of Chuck and The Long Walk. He will also lent his voice as the ghost pirate Flying Dutchman in The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.
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Dulé Hill has built an acclaimed career across TV, film and theater. On screen, he is most known for "Psych," "The West Wing," "Suits," ABC’s "The Wonder Years," and recently Hulu’s "Good American Family." Additional credits include “Bel-Air,” “Ballers,” “Black Monday,” and voiceover work on Disney’s “Robogobo” and the Audible Original series “The Prophecy.” On stage, he has starred in acclaimed Broadway productions including “Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk,” “Stick Fly,” “After Midnight,” and most recently NYTW’s “Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole.” Hill also hosted and executive produced PBS’s docu-series "The Express Way with Dulé Hill."
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KEN JEONG became a breakout star with roles in Knocked Up, Pineapple Express, and Role Models, but it was his portrayal of Mr. Chow in The Hangover trilogy and Señor Chang in Community that cemented his status as a comedy legend.
Recently honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Ken is currently riding the wave of success starring in Netflix's biggest hit of all time, the Oscar-winning K-Pop Demon Hunters. Ken is currently a panelist on the Emmy-nominated The Masked Singer and currently the host & executive producer of Fox's #1 new show 99 To Beat alongside Erin Andrews. He also has a recurring role on Fox’s Animal Control.
Ken recently took a dramatic turn in Fox’s legal anthology Accused and appears in The 4:30 Movie, My Spy: The Eternal City, and A Great Divide. He’s known for his Netflix stand-up special You Complete Me, Ho (People’s Choice nominee) and hit films including Crazy Rich Asians, Fool’s Paradise, Ride Along 2, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Couples Retreat, Goosebumps 2, and Tom & Jerry. His voice work includes the hit Netflix film K-POP: Demon Hunters, the Oscar-nominated Over the Moon, Scoob, Lady and the Tramp, and My Little Pony. On TV, he created, executive produced, and starred in his own series ABC’s Dr. Ken, was a series regular on NBC’s Community, and was a series regular on Apple TV's The Afterparty. He also appeared on NBC's The Office, HBO's Entourage, and HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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Alan Kim can most recently be seen in Paramount’s IMAGINARY FRIENDS opposite Ryan Reynolds for director John Krasinski, but it was his standout portrayal of ‘David Yi’ at 7-years old in the Academy Award-nominated MINARI in which he stole our hearts and earned rave reviews. Alan won the 2021 Critics’ Choice Award for ‘Best Young Actor/Actress,’ and earned his place in history as the youngest BAFTA nominee in history, when he was nominated for ‘Best Supporting Actor in a Film.’ MINARI premiered to widespread critical acclaim at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award. Two years later, MINARI was nominated for 6 Academy Awards including ‘Best Picture.’
Now 14, Alan will soon be seen as the lead opposite Elsie Fisher in the independent film LATCHKEY KIDS. He can also be seen in the independent film, THEATER CAMP, alongside an all-star comedic cast including Ben Platt, Amy Sedaris, and Patti Harrison. Alan's credits also include NORA FROM QUEENS, opposite Awkwafina, and Apple’s LITTLE AMERICA. Alan is the current face of Thom Browne’s childrenswear fashion line and he also wrote, directed, produced, and starred in ‘The Search,’ his collaboration with Instagram, which over 3.5 million people have viewed to date. Alan's favorite school subjects are math and science. He loves riding his bike, reading books in his free time, and he especially loves being a silly brother to his older sister, Alyssa, and his rescue dog, Cream.
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Richard Kind is an actor who has been acting in a lot of stuff for 40 years. Richard appeared in the Academy Award-winning Best Picture, Argo for director Ben Affleck and voiced “Bing Bong” in the hit Pixar Film, Inside Out, and was ‘Uncle Arthur,’ brother to Michael Stuhlbarg in the critically acclaimed A Serious Man written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Most recently, he appeared in the fourth season of Only Murders in the Building, and has co-host with John Mulaney on his talk show Everybody’s In LA for Netflix.
Richard played a memorable, heartbreaking role in Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter, and worked a second time with the Coen brothers in Suburbicon, directed by George Clooney.
Richard was a series regular in the highly rated CBS drama, East New York. Additional film credits include The Station Agent, Tick Tick...Boom, Obvious Child, 18 and 1/2, The Bellmen, The Magnificent Meyersons, Andover, The Independents, All We Had, The Lennon Report and The Paper Store, just to name a few. His proudest work has been onstage.
A Drama Desk Award Winner and Tony Nominee for The Big Knife, he has also starred in Guys and Dolls in London, the smash hit musical The Producers (B’way and The Hollywood Bowl), The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Candide at City Opera, Bounce by Sondheim, (directed by Hal Prince), and most recently All In: A Comedy About Love. Richard started his career in Chicago with the Practical Theatre Company and Second City.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt is an actor, filmmaker, and entrepreneur known for films such as 500 Days of Summer,Inception, 3rd Rock from the Sun, and SuperPumped: The Battle for Uber. He also wrote and directed Don Jon, a prescient Sundance favorite.
Gordon-Levitt has always been passionate about the intersection of media and technology, co-founding the two-time Emmy-winning online community for creative collaboration, HITRECORD. Most recently, the United Nations appointed Gordon-Levitt as their first Global Advocate for Human-centric Digital Governance. He publishes “Joe’s Journal” on Substack and is directing an upcoming thriller about AI for NETFLIX starring Rachel McAdams with Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman’s T-Street.Headshot credit Evan Mulling
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Paola Lázaro is an actress and playwright from San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was recently on Broadway in Stephen Adly Guirgis’s adaptation of DOG DAY AFTERNOON. She is best known for her role as Princess on The Walking Dead, earning an Imagen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and is a Drama Desk Award nominee for To the Bone. She can most recently be seen on Netflix’s Obliterated. An award-winning playwright, she has received Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations, as well as the Steinberg Playwright Award. She was a Van Lier and Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence at The Public Theater and Atlantic Theater Company and a Sundance Institute Time Warner Storytelling Fellow. Film and television credits include The Walking Dead, Obliterated, Lethal Weapon, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, SMILF, Patty’s Auto, Black Bear, and Shelter. BFA in Dramatic Writing from SUNY Purchase and MFA in Playwriting from Columbia University.
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Kelly McCreary is an award-winning actress and producer best known for her nine-season run as Dr. Maggie Pierce on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy. Her recent projects include the upcoming Starz series Power: Origins, in which she recurs as Officer Melanie Rivers, and Dominique Morisseau’s Off-Broadway play Bad Kreyòl. Beyond entertainment, McCreary is a passionate advocate for voting rights, racial justice and equity, having served as a When We All Vote ambassador and on the Equal Justice Society board.
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Throughout her illustrious career, Bernadette Peters has dazzled audiences and critics with her performances on stage, film and television, in concert, and on recordings. She has garnered numerous accolades including three Tony Awards, a Golden Globe, four Emmy and four Grammy Award nominations and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
One of Broadway’s most critically acclaimed performers, Bernadette recently starred in the highly successful run of Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, celebrating the life and work of Stephen Sondheim. The production first premiered in London where she made her West End debut before transferring to Los Angeles ahead of its extended Broadway run in Spring 2025.
Other Broadway credits include Hello, Dolly!; Follies; A Little Night Music and Gypsy where she garnered both Tony and Drama Desk Award Nominations. She also starred in City Center’s Encores! Production, A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love Affair featuring the music of Stephen Sondheim and orchestrations by Wynton Marsalis.
Peters garnered both the Tony and Drama Desk Award for her performance in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s, Song and Dance. She also won a Tony for her performance in the revival of Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun. She received Tony nominations for her outstanding performances on Broadway in Neil Simon’s The Goodbye Girl, Stephen Sondheim’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park with George, the Jerry Herman/Gower Champion ode to the movies, Mack and Mabel, and the Leonard Bernstein/Comden and Green musical On The Town. Peters also earned a Drama Desk nomination for her unforgettable portrayal of the Witch in Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods.
Bernadette also enjoys a career which boasts an impressive list of television credits, most recently “High Desert” and “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” (Emmy nomination). The popular series was made into a made-for-TV holiday movie, “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas” for The Roku Channel. Other TV appearances include, “Katy Keene”; “The Good Fight”; “Mozart in the Jungle”; “Smash”; “Grey’s Anatomy”; “Ugly Betty” and “Ally McBeal”(Emmy Nomination) to name a few.
In addition to starring in the Lifetime TV movie Living Proof, Peters has lit up the silver screen in over 30 films throughout her distinguished career. She received a Golden Globe Award for her memorable performance in “Pennies From Heaven.” Other film credits include The Jerk, The Longest Yard, Silent Movie, Annie, Pink Cadillac, Slaves of New York, Woody Allen’s Alice, Impromptu, It Runs in the Family, Coming Up Roses, The Broken Hearts Gallery and a surprise appearance in the popular Jonathan Larson biopic, tick, tick…BOOM!
Later this year she will be seen in two feature films, Last Train to Fortune and The Debut, both of which will receive theatrical releases.
Bernadette has recorded six solo albums, including the Grammy-nominated I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight, Sondheim, Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall, and Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein, in addition to numerous original Broadway cast recordings.
Peters devotes her time and talents to numerous events that benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Her “pet project” Broadway Barks, co-founded with Mary Tyler Moore, is an annual, star-studded dog and cat adoption event that benefits shelter animals in the New York City and tri-state area. In 2023, while in London, Bernadette introduced West End Woofs, a sister to Broadway Barks. The event, co-hosted with Elaine Paige, is the first of its kind in the UK that fostered a spirit of community among animal shelters and rescue groups. The American Theater Wing honored her efforts and awarded her with the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award which recognizes an individual from the theatre community who has made a substantial contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of one or more humanitarian, social service or charitable organizations, regardless of whether such organizations relate to the theatre.
She is a New York Times best-selling author who has penned three children’s books: “Broadway Barks”, “Stella is a Star” accompanied by original songs and “Stella and Charlie: Friends Forever”. All of her proceeds from the sale of these books benefit both animal charities.
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Josh Rivera is quickly becoming one of Hollywood’s most compelling rising stars. Currently, he is on stage for his Broadway Debut in ROCKY HORROR SHOW, with Sam Pinkleton directing, playing the role of ‘Rocky’ opposite Luke Evans, Rachel Dratch, and Stephanie Hsu. The show was nominated for a Tony and has been continuously extended.
Most recently, Josh captivated audiences in the titular role in Ryan Murphy’s FX limited series AMERICAN SPORTS STORY: AARON HERNANDEZ, a performance that earned widespread critical acclaim and secured him coveted spots on Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch and The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Gen Talent lists for 2024.
On the big screen, Rivera made his feature debut as 'Chino' in Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated adaptation of WEST SIDE STORY. He followed that breakout role with a leading performance in Lionsgate’s global box office THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES starring opposite Tom Blyth, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Rachel Zegler, and Hunter Schafer. The film debuted at No. 1 worldwide and maintained its position for several weeks. Rivera also starred alongside Nicholas Braun, Emilia Jones, and Geraldine Viswanathan in Susanna Fogel’s feature CAT PERSON, based on the viral New Yorker short story by Kristen Roupenian. Immediately after, he headlined the indie thriller INHABITANTS, which won Best Genre Feature at the 2023 Austin Film Festival.
His additional work includes a series lead in the Max pilot VEGAS HIGH, directed by Gillian Robespierre. A graduate of Ithaca College, Rivera began his professional journey as part of the original cast of the first national tour of HAMILTON, marking the start of what has quickly become a remarkable and ascending career.
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Tracie Thoms has had wide-ranging success in film, television and theatre throughout her busy career.
Tracie reprised her role as Lily in Disney’s The Devil Wears Prada 2, returning alongside Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci. She recently wrapped production on Misty Green, the A24 feature written and directed by Chris Rock, where she appears alongside Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, and Anna Kendrick.
Tracie realized a long-held dream when she starred as 'Joanne' in the final weeks of the historic Broadway run of the iconic musical, Rent. She played the same key role in Sony's film of Rent opposite Rosario Dawson and Idina Menzel. She was seen opposite Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Rian Johnson's Looper, and with Denzel Washington in Safe House. She starred with Kurt Russell in Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse: Death Proof and was also featured in Columbia’s remake of Annie with Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhané Wallis. She's been featured in dozens of indie films throughout her career.
On television, Tracie currently recurs as Karen Wilson on ABC’s hit drama 9-1-1, a role she has portrayed for nine seasons. She was a series regular opposite Octavia Spencer in Apple TV+’s Truth Be Told, and is widely recognized for her work in Cold Case, UnREAL, and Netflix’s Love. Additional credits include Station 19, Queen Sugar, Lincoln Rhyme, The First, and Gone.
Tracie starred on Broadway most recently in the acclaimed production of James Lapine’s Falsettos. She also starred opposite Dulé Hill and Mekhi Phifer in Stick Fly, and opposite Alfre Woodard in Drowning Crow. She starred Off-Broadway in Working at Encores! Off-Center, with Oscar nominee John Hawkes in the world premiere of David Auburn’s Lost Lake at Manhattan Theatre Club, and she was a lead in the acclaimed The Exonerated at The Culture Project. She's been featured in The 24 Hour Plays, The 24 Hour Musicals, and 10 Things To Do Before I Die at New York's Second Stage.
Tracie began studying acting in her hometown of Baltimore at age 9. She attended high school at the prestigious Baltimore School for the Arts. Later, she received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Howard University and a graduate degree in acting from New York City's renowned Juilliard School.
Supporting Cast
Dan Burke
Chris Coreschi
Amanda Cortinas
Jess Craven
Bradley Dean
Colin Donnell
Lawrence Stallings
Caleb Stallings
Malky Goldman
Adam Harrington
Patti Murrin
Matthew Nardozzi
Allison Posner
Jay Riedl
Abigail Rose Solomon
Guiding us through the night are our co-hosts, Ken Jeong and Whoopi Goldberg. Ken — the comedy powerhouse behind The Hangover and Community, star of Netflix’s smash hit K-Pop Demon Hunters, and The Masked Singer favorite — brings his signature wit, energy, and maybe a little chaos. Joining him is the legendary Whoopi Goldberg, one of the rare entertainers to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony, and the iconic star of The Color Purple, Ghost, and Sister Act. Together, they’ll keep the stars, songs, and surprises coming all night long.
During a special intermission conversation, acclaimed journalist Joy Reid will interview Workers Circle Community Catalyst Arianne Betancourt about her ongoing work to shine a light on human rights abuses in immigration detention, including the treatment her father, Justo Betancourt, experienced while detained at the Everglades detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz.
Adding even more spirit to the evening, acclaimed klezmer violinist Jake Shulman-Ment will bring the vibrant sound of live klezmer music to this special performance.
The 1986 film was directed by Don Bluth from a screenplay by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss; based on a story by David Kirschner, Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss; with original songs composed by Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann in collaboration with James Horner, who composed the original score. It was produced by Bluth, Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. This special live table reading of An American Tail is directed by award-winning producer Steven Tabakin.
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Why This Event Matters
Nearly 40 years after its release, An American Tail remains a powerful story about immigration, hope, resilience, and the search for freedom.
As attacks on immigrants and democratic freedoms continue, this beloved film reminds us why these stories — and the values they represent — still matter today.
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About the Workers Circle
The Workers Circle is a 125-year-old social justice organization founded by Eastern European immigrants seeking freedom and democracy.
Today we continue that legacy by defending constitutional rights, protecting immigrants, empowering voters, celebrating Jewish and Yiddish culture, and building a more inclusive democracy.
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