Edward Staudenmayer

Edward Staudenmayer was born and raised in California. He was involved in his high school's theater program and performed in The Music Man.^[1] He received a scholar ship to attend University of California, Los Angeles to study musical theater.^[1] While in college, he won the Carol Burnett Award.^[2]

Staudenmayer made his Off-Broadway debut as a performer in the 1998 production of Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act.^[3] He can be heard in the original cast recording published in 1999 for this musical.^[3] That same year, he played Kevin Bursteter in the Off-Broadway production of Exactly Like You.^[4]

In 2006, Staudenmayer made his Broadway debut as an understudy in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me.^[5] Five years later, he played the White Rabbit in the Broadway production of Wonderland.^[2]

In 2013, Staudenmayer joined the national tour of The Phantom of the Opera as Monsieur Gilles André.^[1] When he first saw the musical in junior high, Monsieur André was his favorite character, and Staudenmayer wanted to play him in the future.^[1] Two and a half years later, Staudenmayer took a short break from the tour but returned to play Monsieur André again.^[1]

Most recently, Staudenmayer played Vlad in the first national tour of Anastasia.^[6] His run as Vlad, which began in 2018,^[6] ended in March 2020, when all remaining performances of the first national tour were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]