COVER STORY ARTICLE
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AYVAH | LILLIAN | ANIYA | DAELYANA
FOUR GIRLS MAKING THEIR WAY AROUND THE U.S. HELPING TELL TINA’S STORY ALL WHILE CREATING THEIR OWN ALONG THE WAY.FOUR GIRLS MAKING THEIR WAY AROUND THE U.S. HELPING TELL TINA’S STORY ALL WHILE CREATING THEIR OWN ALONG THE WAY.
THE NATIONAL TOUR OF TINA TURNER: THE MUSICAL LAUNCHED IN FALL 2022 AND CONTINUES THROUGHOUT 2023.
RISING TALENT MAGAZINE GOT A SPECIAL INSIDE SCOOP FROM THE KIDS OF THE NATIONAL TOUR.
EACH YOUNG TALENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN TELLING TINA’S STORY.
AYVAH JOHNSON |YOUNG ANNA MAE| AKA YOUNG TINA
LILLIAN CHARLES |YOUNG ALLINE/YOUNG CRAIG
ANIYA SIMONE | U/S YOUNG ANNA MAE
DAELYANNA KELLY BENSON | U/S YOUNG ALLINE/YOUNG CRAIG
GET TO KNOW THE GIRLS OF TINA
AYVAH JOHNSON
AYVAH JOHNSON (YOUNG ANNA MAE) IS A 9 YEAR OLD
FROM SLIDELL, LOUISIANA.
RECENT CREDITS INCLUDE: YOUNG ANNA MAE/ALLINE TINA BROADWAY, LITTLE TI MOUNE IN ONCE ON THIS ISLAND; OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL. RAYNELL, FENCES; SLIDELL LITTLE THEATRE. MOLLY, ANNIE; 30 BY NINETY.
AYVAH LOVES SINGING, DANCING, ACTING AND CREATING ART WITH HER HANDS. SHE HAS A DOG NAMED BELLA WHO SHE LOVES VERY MUCH, AND HER FAVORITE PERSON IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD IS HER BIG BROTHER!
AYVAH REALLY ENNJOYS BEING ON TOUR AS YOUNG ANNA MAE IN TINA, BECAUSE IT’S ONE OF HER DREAM ROLES. MUCH LOVE AND GRADITUDE TO HER PARENTS BEING SO SUPPORTIVE IN HELPING HER ACHIEVE HER DREAMS, AND HER MANAGER LISA CALLI.
AYVAH ALWAYS SAYS
"IF YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN REACH YOUR DREAMS,
THIEN YOU CAN REACH YOUR DREAMS.“
ANIYA SIMONE
ANIYA SIMONE IS A SPUNKY TALENTED ACTRESS, SINGER AND ENTERTAINER. SHE LANDED A RECURRING ROLE ON DISNEY’S SYDNEY TO THE MAX PLAYING THE ROLE OF "LEXI”. SHE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH TALENTED RAVEN-SYMONE, ONE OF HER FAVORITE ACTORS, WHO DIRECTED HER DEBUT EPISODE. ON OCTOBER 11TH 2021, HER BIRTHDAY, SHE RELEASED HER FIRST SINGLE CALLED ‘IMAGINATION’ ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS. SHE ALSO RELEASED A MUSIC VIDEO FOR THE SINGLE ON OCTOBER 23 2021
WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE.
AS OF MID MARCH 2023
ANIYA JUST FINISHED HER RUN PLAYING THE YOUNG UNDERSTUDY OF YOUNG ANNA MAE ON THE TINA TURNER NATIONAL TOUR AND IS NOW ON TOUR WITH THE LION KING NATIONAL TOUR AS “YOUNG NALA”.
SHE LOVES SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY, SINGING, DANCING, PLAYING GAMES, CREATING ART, COOKING AND HAVING FUN!
SHE IS POISED TO TAKE THE WORLD BY STORM!
LILLIAN CHARLES
LILLIAN CHARLES (YOUNG ALLINE/YOUNG CRAIG) IS THRILLED TO MAKE HER STAGE DEBUT.
IN 2019 AFTER ATTENDING HER FIRST BROADWAY TOURING SHOW AND SEEING A YOUNG ACTRESS HER AGE PERFORMING, LILLIAN WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE IT ON STAGE!
LILLIAN SIGNED TO GRAY TALENT GROUP IN 2021 IN CHICAGO, IL AND HAS STARRED IN SEVERAL COMMERICALS AS WELL APPEARED ON BILLBOARDS ACROSS CHICAGO.
DAELYANNA KELLY BENSON
DAELYANNA KELLY BENSON (U/S YOUNG ALLINE/YOUNG CRAIG) IS A 12-YR-OLD STUDENT AT THE DEBBIE ALLEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, LOS ANGELES. FAVORITE ROLES PLAYED ARE NALA (THE LION KING), TRACY TURNBLAD (HAIRSPRAY).
MOVIES SHE IS IN: HOSTILE TERRITORY, SEPARATE.
HER ORIGINAL MUSIC “FREE THE BUN” AND “WHO I AM”.
SHE’S ECSTATIC TO BE PART OF TINA!
LOVE AND HUGS TO
HER TWO DADS, COACHES AND KURT DOMONEY, LISA CALLI AND PAT GOODWIN.