Announcing the Cast and Creative Team of The Underground Rep

Coming to the Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families January 2026

The Alliance Theatre is pleased to announce the cast of its ambitious Underground Rep Series, where the same cast members will play a different role in each of the three productions running concurrently. The Underground Rep features the return of the Alliance Theatre’s delightful family musicals INTO THE BURROW: A PETER RABBIT™ TALE (Jan 31 – Jun 27, 2026); NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED: THE ROCK EXPERIENCE (Feb 21 – Jun 20, 2026); and the world-premiere, THE GREAT ANT SLEEPOVER (May 15 – Jul 5, 2025).

“This exciting repertory model lets us fulfill the promise of this new stage by offering families a reason to come back again and again – an open invitation to come whenever inspiration strikes, where every week holds something new to be enchanted by, and where the Alliance is a joyful part of growing up.”

– Jennings Hertz Artistic Directors Tinashe Kajese-Bolden and Christopher Moses

The Underground Rep follows a year of construction on the new Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families. Inspired by the massive construction project that uncovered the dirt floor beneath the Memorial Arts Building, the repertory runs from January 2026 through the summer. The Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families will be a transformative space for Atlanta’s youngest patrons, featuring thoughtfully curated, year-round programming by Alliance Theatre and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

The cast of the UNDERGROUND REP series will feature:

Shelli Delgado, playing:

• Squirrel Nutkin in INTO THE BURROW: A PETER RABBIT™ TALE
• Tall Mole Rat in NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED: THE ROCK EXPERIENCE
• And an Ant (Character TBD) in THE GREAT ANT SLEEPOVER

Blake Fountain, playing:

• Pricklepin in INTO THE BURROW: A PETER RABBIT™ TALE
• Grand-Pah Mole Rat/Stark Naked Mole Rat/Naked Mole Rat 4 in NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED: THE ROCK EXPERIENCE
• And an Ant (Character TBD) in THE GREAT ANT SLEEPOVER

Jontavious Johnson, playing:

• Mr. Alderman Ptolemy Tortoise in INTO THE BURROW: A PETER RABBIT™ TALE
• Venti Mole Rat in NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED: THE ROCK EXPERIENCE
• And an Ant (Character TBD) in THE GREAT ANT SLEEPOVER

Candy McLellan, playing:

• Benjamin Bunny in INTO THE BURROW: A PETER RABBIT™ TALE
• Grande Mole Rat in NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED: THE ROCK EXPERIENCE
• And an Ant (Character TBD) in THE GREAT ANT SLEEPOVER

Jordan Patrick, playing:

• Jeremy Fisher in INTO THE BURROW: A PETER RABBIT™ TALE
• Weather Mole Rat/Naked Mole Rat 5 in NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED: THE ROCK EXPERIENCE
• And an Ant (Character TBD) in THE GREAT ANT SLEEPOVER

Juan Carlos Unzueta, playing:

• Peter Rabbit in INTO THE BURROW: A PETER RABBIT™ TALE
• Wilbur J. Mole Rat, Jr. in NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED: THE ROCK EXPERIENCE
• And an Ant (Character TBD) in THE GREAT ANT SLEEPOVER

Understudies for each production are Karastyn Bibb, Sarah Ann Burke, Hope Clayborne, Evan Ellicott, Arianna Hardaway, and Chris McKnight.  

Creative team members for THE UNDERGROUND REP include:

INTO THE BURROW: A PETER RABBIT TALE 

• Mark Valdez, Director
• Kerrington Griffin, Spelman Leadership Fellow, Choreographer
• Kat Conley, Set Design
• Garry Lennon, Costume Design
• Rachael N. Page-Blackwell & Ben Rawson, Co-Lighting Designers
• Clay Benning & Hidenori “Hide” Nakajo, Co-Sound Designers
• Brittany Bland, Projection Consultant
• Imani Quinones, Music Director

NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED: THE ROCK EXPERIENCE 

• Samantha Provenzano, Director
• Kerrington Griffin, Spelman Leadership Fellow, Choreographer
• Kat Conley, Set Design
• Fabian Aguilar, Costume Design
• Rachael N. Page-Blackwell & Ben Rawson, Co-Lighting Designers
• Clay Benning & Hidenori “Hide” Nakajo, Co-Sound Designers
• Brittany Bland, Projection Consultant
• Imani Quinones, Music Director

THE GREAT ANT SLEEPOVER

• Jamil Jude, Director
• Kari Twyman, Choreographer
• Kat Conley, Set Design
• TBA, Costume Design
• Rachael N. Page-Blackwell & Ben Rawson, Co-Lighting Designers
• Clay Benning & Hidenori “Hide” Nakajo, Co-Sound Designers
• Brittany Bland, Projection Consultant
• Holt McCarley, Music Director

Performances of The Underground Rep run January 31 – July 5, 2026 on the Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families – learn more.