▁and ▁promised ▁an ▁additional ▁U . S . ▁tour ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁Am ber ▁R iley ▁( Mer cedes ▁Jones ) ▁shared ▁the ▁cast ' s ▁enthus ias m ▁for ▁the ▁tour ▁extension ▁remark ing , ▁" I ▁loved ▁performing ▁for ▁the ▁fans ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁Chicago , ▁Phoenix ▁and ▁New ▁York ▁last ▁year ▁and ▁didn ’ t ▁think ▁there ▁was ▁any ▁way ▁to ▁top ▁that ▁experience . ▁But ▁performing ▁in ▁the ▁great ▁aren as ▁of ▁London , ▁Manchester ▁and ▁Dublin ? ▁How ▁cool ▁is ▁that ? ▁We ▁cannot ▁wait ." ▁Jo ining ▁the ▁tour ▁extension ▁are ▁new ▁cast ▁members ▁Ch ord ▁Over street ▁( Sam ▁Evans ), ▁Ash ley ▁F ink ▁( La uren ▁Z izes ) ▁and ▁Dar ren ▁Cr iss ▁( B la ine ▁Anderson ). ▁ ▁Con cert ▁syn opsis ▁▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁ ▁The ▁concert s ▁began ▁with ▁a ▁pre - record ed ▁gre eting ▁from ▁Jane ▁Lyn ch ▁as ▁cheer leading ▁coach ▁Sue ▁Syl v ester , ▁ins ult ing ▁both ▁audience ▁members ▁and ▁the ▁forth coming ▁performances . ▁Cast ▁members ▁all ▁performed ▁in ▁character , ▁including ▁able - b od ied ▁actor ▁Kevin ▁Mc H ale ▁appearing ▁in ▁a ▁wheel ch air ▁as ▁disabled ▁g lee ▁club ▁member ▁Art ie ▁Abr ams . ▁As ▁in ▁the ▁show , ▁for ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁" J ump " ▁the ▁stage ▁was ▁filled ▁with ▁mat tr esses ▁and ▁the ▁cast ▁wore ▁matching ▁p aj am as , ▁while ▁an