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In the Metroplex, Major has performed as a soloist with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and appeared in regional theater roles that include Ragtime (Coalhouse Walker Jr.), The Mikado (Hot Mikado), Hands on a Hardbody (Ronald McCowan), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Ken), Rent (Tom Collins), Stagger Lee (T-Bone) and Frosty the Snowman (Frosty).

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Major’s voice characters have included characters in Borderlands 3, One Piece, Pokemon, Fairy Tail, Smite, Bread Barbershop, Dragonball Z Kai, Dragon Ball: Xenoverse, Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Battleborn, Snack World, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, and Space Dandy. He also can be seen in the final season of the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black and the film Carter High. As a voice actor, he’s voiced more than 30 characters in anime, video games, museum exhibits, narrations and teaching materials.

Major also played Fatty Arbuckle in the New York City Center Encores production of Mack and Mabel and was part of the Off-Broadway cast of Little Shop of Horrors as standby for the voice of Audrey II. Major performed the role for three years, making him the longest running Broadway Genie with more than 1,500 performances. He was the first Genie to take the role after it was performed by its originator, Tony Award-winner James Monroe Iglehart. Major Attaway is a Broadway, TV, film and voice actor best known for making his Broadway debut as the Genie in Disney’s Aladdin. She also worked on main stage productions as part of the production crew. While at Theatre Arlington as a student, Julie added to her story-telling skills by being in youth productions and Standing Room Only, the theater’s youth performing troupe. Julie has been featured on Good Morning America and in The New York Times and Teen Vogue. Her middle grade book, Dear Sweet Pea, has been optioned by the Disney Channel for an original movie. Dumplin’ was also named one of the best young adult books of all time by Time magazine.

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Julie’s young adult novel Dumplin’ was made into a NetFlix movie starring Jennifer Anniston with original music written by Dolly Parton. Her second adult novel is another romance called A Merry Little Meet Cute, which she wrote with her writing partner, Sierra Simone. She also was chosen to write Disney’s If The Shoe Fits (her first adult novel), which is a modern day romcom retelling of Cinderella and the first book in the series of Disney’s “Meant to Be” retellings of fairy tales. Dear Sweet Pea was her debut middle grade novel. Julie Murphy is the #1 New York Times best-selling author (and pizza enthusiast) of the young adult novels, Dumplin’, Puddin’, Ramona Blue and Side Effects May Vary.

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