Kristy Cates has appeared on Broadway as Grandma Josephine in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as Ms. Bassett in Finding Neverland, and was a member of the original broadway cast of Wicked (Elphaba understudy). She went on to play Elphaba in the highly acclaimed sit-down production of Wicked in Chicago. Select Off-Broadway and Regional: Marvelous Wonderettes (Missy), The Brady Bunch (Shirley Partridge) Jerry Springer, the Opera at Carnegie Hall Ragtime (Mother), Will Rogers Follies (Betty Blake), Boeing Boeing (Gloria), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Christine Colgate), Cabaret (Fraulein Kost). She is the Creative Director of the Professional Conservatory of Musical Theatre at the New York Film Academy, has a private voice studio in NYC, and has taught master classes across the USA as well as in Rio and London. Kristy has her BFA from The Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music. She lives in NYC with her husband, Patrick, and 4-year-old daughter, Gracie.