About the Show
Who’s who
JULIANA BLACK (Amy) is thrilled to be a part of Motherhood the Musical®! Other credits include Shear Madness (Barbara), Florida Studio Theatre and Blumenthal Performing Arts Center; The Taffetas (Cheryl), Denver Center; West Side Story (Anybody’s), Central City Opera; The House of Blue Leaves (The Little Nun) and Thoroughly Modern Millie (Ruth Devereaux), Arvada Center. Thanks to everyone at GFour Productions and Ann Steele. Black is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
ANGELA BOND (Barb) moved to Tampa Bay in 1999 after two decades in NYC. She has performed on Broadway, in Europe and throughout the country. Locally, she has performed with American Stage, Stageworks, Show Palace and the Golden Apple. Her Eva (Evita) and Kate (Kiss Me Kate) garnered her an award from the Sarasota Herald Tribune for best actress two years in a row. Motherhood the Musical® marks Bond’s return to the stage after four years during which she became a first-time mom to Luke, her husband’s grandson, now 12. Bond is married to James Markus, who has enhanced her life immeasurably since 2003.
BECCA McCOY (Brooke) was last seen in The Frogs (Virilla) with freeFall Theatre and previously as Madelaine True in the critically acclaimed freeFall debut production of The Wild Party. McCoy’s diverse resume includes Seussical (Sour Kangaroo) at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre; A Moon for the Misbegotten (Josie) at Illinois Theatre Center; and Love’s Labour’s Lost (Princess of France) with American Stage in the Park. She is a popular Bay area cabaret artist, most recently having presented The Pearl in the Hogwaller at the Palladium in St. Pete. McCoy is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, and even prouder mom of 3-year-old Nancy Judith.
JAYNE TRINETTE (Tasha) is excited to be a part of the cast of Motherhood the Musical®. Credits include Broadway: Disney’s The Lion King, Caroline Or Change; Regional: Fences, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Ain’t Misbehavin, Purlie, Four Women, God’s Trombones, Black Nativity and Steal Away. Trinette performed her production of My Tribute to Lena Horne for the Jazz @ The Straz series. Trinette is a student of the Patel Conservatory and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. She received her BFA from NC A&T State University. “I would like to thank Mom, my husband Bryan and my Perfected Love International Fellowship church family for their love and support,” Trinette says.
SAMANTHA McKINNON BROWN (Understudy Tasha, Barb, Amy, Brooke, Dance Captain) is not a mother, but she is delighted to be a part of the Motherhood The Musical® team! A graduate of the University of Central Florida’s BFA in Musical Theatre Program, and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, Brown grew up in the Tampa Bay area. Regional theater credits include: Sister James in Doubt; Roxie Hart in Chicago; Betty Haynes in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas; Rhetta Cupp in Pump Boys and Dinettes; and Charity Hope Valentine in Sweet Charity. Brown also writes her own one-woman cabarets, focusing on influential female performers throughout history including Patsy Cline and Peggy Lee. Many thanks to her family and friends who give her the challenge and support that she needs.