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In this episode, Dr. Joseph Stoltz sits down with Hamilton musical U.S. tour cast members Sabrina Sloan (Angelica Schuyler) and Nicholas Christopher (Aaron Burr). 

Sabrina Sloan: Broadway: Motown (Florence Ballard/Suzanne Depasse-Diana Ross U.S.), Catch Me if You Can, Hairspray (Original Broadway Casts). National Tours: In the Heights (Vanessa), Hairspray. Regional: Rent (LA premiere, Mimi), Children of Eden (Eve). TV: "Blindspot," "Mysteries of Laura," "Boston Legal." Northwestern graduate.

 

 

 

Nicholas Christopher: Broadway: Hamilton (George Washington), Motown the Musical (OBC). Off-Broadway: Lazarus (NYTW), Whorl Inside a Loop (Second Stage), Rent (First Revival), Hurt Village (Signature Theatre). National Tour/Regional: In the Heights (First National Tour), Fortress of Solitude (Dallas Theatre Center), Motown the Musical (First National Tour). TV: "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" (FX). Training: The Boston Conservatory, The Julliard School. 

Joseph Stoltz is a historian and the Deputy Director of Leadership Programs at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon. He is also the author of A Bloodless Victory: The Battle of New Orleans in History and Memory.

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