Ross Kugman is an American born actor and recent graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA). Having taken on roles such as Melchior in the musical Spring Awakening he has also starred in the film "11/9" and TV Series "Evil Lives Here". He began his acting career at sixteen apprenticing under veteran Chicago actress Rusty Schwimmer - at the same time studying singing technique with Melissa Foster of Northwestern University's Musical Theatre Program. He's worked with off-Broadway director Lori Adams (Falling) and was subsequently nominated for Best Actor in a Musical by the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (Region III) for his portrayal of Jud Fry in "Oklahoma!". He's also an award winning painter and published illustrator (his work featured in Ashley Denise Robinson's "Soy Milk and Agave").