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BROADWAY AND FIRST NATIONAL TOUR
CAST MEMBERS FROM
TONY AND OLIVIER AWARD^® WINNING
“OPERATION MINCEMEAT”
HOST BENEFIT CONCERT
“MISSION RECAST”
RAISING OVER $4,000 FOR BROADWAY CARES / EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS

To download photos by Nicole Wilson, click here

New York, NY (August 19, 2026) – Cast members from the Broadway and first National Tour company of Tony and Olivier Award^® Winning hit musical comedy Operation Mincemeat, raised over $4,000 for Broadway Cares / Equity Fights Aids in benefit concert “Mission Recast” at Greenroom42. The concert was produced by Broadway cast members Gerianne Pérez and directed by Sam Hartley. Photos by Nicole Wilson can be downloaded here.

The concert featured Broadway cast members Allison Guinn (Understudy), Sam Hartley (Understudy), Jessi Kirtley (Jean Leslie & Others), Gerianne Pérez (Understudy), Lexi Rabadi (Understudy) and Amanda Jill Robinson (Johnny Bevan & Others) and first National Tour cast members Cassie Austin (Understudy), Jake Bentley Young (Charles Cholmondeley & Others), Mariah Copelane (Johnny Bevan & Others), Genevieve Ellis (Understudy), Luke Antony Neville (Hester Leggatt & Others), Erin Ramirez (Jean Leslie & Others), and Loren Stone (Understudy).

Gerianne Pérez said “The turnout was better than we ever could’ve anticipated and the energy from the audience was palpable from the start. We have an incredibly dedicated fan base who really clamored for the opportunity to see different cast members step into roles they’d never normally play. We had a beautiful femme trio sing ‘Dead in the Water,’ we surprised them with Sam Hartley doing a Bevan rap they’d been begging for, we had the wonderful new tour cast to join us in the finale, and with every new surprise, the audience just went wild.”

“It’s not just the best musical I’ve ever seen; it’s the most rewarding theatrical experience I’ve ever had,” said Taffy Brodesser-Akner (The New York Times).

The Broadway regiment features Brandon Contreras as ‘Charles Cholmondeley & Others,’ Jessi Kirtley as ‘Jean Leslie & Others,’ Tony Award Nominee Julia Knitel (Dead Outlaw, Beautiful, Bye Bye Birdie) as ‘Ewen Montagu & Others,’ Jeff Kready (Masquerade, The Great Gatsby, Company) as ‘Hester Leggatt & Others,’ and Amanda Jill Robinson as ‘Johnny Bevan & Others.’ The understudies include Robert Ariza, Allison Guinn, Sam Hartley, Gerianne Pérez and Lexi Rabadi.

Operation Mincemeat is currently in performances on Broadway, in the West End, and has just launched its world tour, beginning with a UK leg ahead of travelling across the USA beginning October 2026, followed by Canada, Mexico, China, Australia and New Zealand.

Tickets are available at Telecharge.com or by phone at 212-239-6200. For more information, please visit operationbroadway.com.

Across over 2,000 performances – from its origins on the London Fringe to the West End, to Broadway, and now currently on a world tour, where the show runs simultaneously – Operation Mincemeat has cultivated a fervent fanbase, affectionately dubbed “Mincefluencers.” On Broadway alone, more than 5,000 audience members – roughly one in 25 – have bought tickets for multiple performances, including 205 superfans who have purchased tickets for ten or more shows.

Operation Mincemeat has been nominated for 64 awards since opening at the 77-seat New Diorama Theatre in 2019, winning 13, including Best Musical 3 times, from the Olivier Awards®, WhatsOnStage Awards, and Off-West End Awards. On Broadway, the show was nominated for 4 Tony Awards® in 2025, including Best Musical. The production won Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Jak Malone’s portrayal of Hester Leggatt, who previously won the Olivier Award® in the same category. The production has also received nominations for Outstanding Production of a Musical at the Drama League Awards, Outstanding New Broadway Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, Best Musical at the BroadwayWorld Theater Fans’ Choice Awards, and Favourite New Musical at the Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards.

In Operation Mincemeat, it’s 1943, and the Allied Forces are on the ropes. Luckily, they’ve got a trick up their sleeve. Well, not up their sleeve, per se, but rather inside the pocket of a stolen corpse. Equal parts farce, thriller, and Ian Fleming-style spy caper (with an assist from Mr. Fleming himself), Operation Mincemeat tells the wildly improbable and hilarious true story of the covert operation that turned the tide of WWII.

Written by triple Tony Award nominees SpitLip (comprised of David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts), and directed by Robert Hastie, Operation Mincemeat began performances on Broadway on February 15, 2025 and is currently playing at the historic Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street), as well as in the West End, and has just launched its world tour, beginning with a UK leg ahead of travelling across the USA from October 2026, followed by Canada, Mexico, China, Australia and New Zealand.

Operation Mincemeat is produced on Broadway and in the West End by Avalon (in association with SpitLip). The show was commissioned by New Diorama Theatre, co-commissioned by The Lowry, and also supported by the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat.

A B O U T  B R O A D W A Y  C A R E S  /  E Q U I T Y  F I G H T S  A I D S

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the philanthropic heart of Broadway, is one of the nation’s leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theater community, since 1988 Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has awarded more than $300 million for essential services for people with HIV/AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the major supporter of the social service programs at the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), including The Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts, the HIV/AIDS Initiative and the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative. Broadway Cares provides annual grants to more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., providing lifesaving medication, healthy meals, counseling and emergency assistance. At times of crisis, Broadway Cares also awards one-time humanitarian grants to provide emergency aid across the US and around the world. You can donate to BC/EFA here.

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