Kevin Cahoon
(Master Classes)
Cahoon received his BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. As an actor on Broadway, Cahoon originated the roles of Ed the Hyena in The Lion King, George in The Wedding Singer, The Childcatcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, numerous roles in the revival of The Rocky Horror Show, making his Broadway debut in The Who's Tommy.
Off-Broadway credits include the title role of Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (also Boston, San Francisco, The Edinburgh Festival), The Wild Party at Manhattan Theatre Club, the Roundabout's revival of The Foreigner, for which he received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination,The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World at Playwright's Horizon and the revival of Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive at Second Stage. For NY's Encores! Series, he was seen as Woof in Hair and Peter in Babes in Arms. He has performed regionally at The Berkshire Theatre Festival, NY Stage and Film, The Guthrie, and The Williamstown Theatre Festival, among others.
On television, Kevin has been seen The Good Wife, Nurse Jackie, Black Box, The Mentalist, CSI, Modern Family, Franklin and Bash, NCIS, Canterbury's Law, Six Degrees, The Royale, Hope and Faith, Ed, Law and Order, and Law and Order: Criminal Intent. On film he can be seen in Gus Van Sant's I Am Michael, Disney's Mars Needs Moms, Woody Allen's The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, Paul Reiser's The Thing About My Folks, Adrienne Shelley's Sudden Manhattan, One Night, and the documentary, Whether You Like It Or Not: The True Story of Hedwig.
His debut album Doll, from his band Kevin Cahoon and Ghetto Cowboy, received The Out Music Award for Outstanding Debut Recording, a Citation of Merit from Billboard Magazine's World Songwriters Awards, and The Pabst Blue Ribbon Live & Local Award for NYC. .
As a director, Kevin has worked extensively with the Ars Nova Theatre in NYC, directing Toe Pick! The True Ice Capades of Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding, Grifftopia, and Tastiskank, which went on to win the Aspen Comedy Festival.
Cahoon has been both profiled in media outlets, such as The New York Times, Time Out New York, Paper Magazine, Gotham Magazine's 'It List', The San Francisco Chronicle, The Houston Chronicle, and The Scotsman in Edinburgh.
Xavier Joseph, is a professional tap dancer and up and coming country music artist from the great state of Texas. From a young age Xavier grew up being very wellrounded in the arts studying dance, singing, acting, and martial arts to name a few. His training experience includes Ballet, Tap Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Hip hop, Country Western and Musical Theater. He has studied under some of the best dancers in all areas of dance; some of which include Ben Stevenson, Li Cunxin, Clara Cravey, Acia Grey, Tony Merriwether, Jason Samuel Smith, Derick Grant, Mike Minery, and Anthony Morigerato just to name a few.He has performed in a number of main stage productions in Houston, TX, at Theatre Under the Stars, including Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Urban Cowboy, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Camp Rock the Musical and My Son Pinocchio as well as multiple shows with the Bay Area Houston Ballet and an off-Broadway show in NewYork City titled Slide. Growing up he traveled all over the country competing in various entertainment competitions, coming in as national champion 4x for his tap routines.At 15, Xavier joined a country western swing dance group known as the "Elite Wranglers". Being on this team introduced him to the amazing world of country musicand his obsession with the genre quickly grew! After attending his first country concert (Brad Paisley), he knew he had found his forever passion. Shortly thereafter, he began practicing guitar to grow his arsenal of skills.He has recently completed a two year recording contract and has release two singles, “Long Overdue” and “Gotta Be Bad” both of which quickly became top 75 Texas charting songs. He is currently traveling all over Texas doing radio interviews and performing live shows.You can follow his journey and get the latest updates by checking out any of the below social media platforms.