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What Happens at The Abbey: Meet the Cast

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Meet the Cast

What Happens at The Abbey is set to premiere on May 14! Here's a preview of the cast of E!'s upcoming series!


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David Cooley

Originally from Ohio, David Cooley moved out to Los Angeles in 1981 to pursue a new career in finance. Shortly thereafter in 1991, Cooley set out on his own and invested in a small, discreet space in West Hollywood that he renovated into a coffeehouse called The Abbey. After nearly twenty-five years and five expansions, The Abbey is more than 14,000 square feet and known as the Best Gay Bar in the World, having won the award twice from Logo


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Brandon

Brandon is David Cooley's assistant. When David isn't around, Brandon is his eyes and ears.


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Brandi

Brandi is a VIP host and former bartender at The Abbey. She's ultra sassy and intimidating, and she's a lesbian in pursuit to have a child with her best friend and colleague Lawrence. It's their perfect arrangement for a modern family.


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Lawrence

Lawrence is a VIP host at The Abbey. He's ready to start a family with Brandi, he faces the reality of fertility tests, various relationship struggles and the most emotional of them all, revealing to his family that he is ready to become a father.


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Murray

Murray is a VIP Host at The Abbey and has had an on and off relationship with his co-worker Cory, a bartender at The Abbey.


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Cory

Cory is a bartender at The Abbey who has an on and off relationship with Murray.


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Chelsea

Chelsea is a management trainee at The Abbey. Blurring her personal and professional life, she dreams of becoming a nightclub mogul. She governs with sass and her strict high standards.


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Billy

Billy is a 23-year-old VIP server at The Abbey and you also might know him as Ellen DeGeneres' gardener on The Ellen Show!


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Ashlee

Ashlee doesn't work at The Abbey, but she's friends with Chelsea and becomes close to the employees throughout the season...especially Billy!


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Kim

Kim is a 26-year-old server at The Abbey. Kim is best friends with her co-worker Elizabeth, and this season they'll see what happens when they try to take their relationship from friends to something more.


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Elizabeth

Elizabeth is also a server at The Abbey. She's 23 and is interested in exploring a relationship with her friend and co-worker Kim, which we'll see this season.


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Kyle

Kyle is a 34-year-old bartender at The Abbey and he's majorly crushing on Marissa.


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Marissa

23-year-old Marissa just moved to L.A. from Long Island. She's new to The Abbey and she quickly catches the eye of Kyle.


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Daniel Eid

Daniel is a server at The Abbey. The ultimate comic relief, he is the self-proclaimed "best server at The Abbey." A quirky personality and cocky attitude make the perfect recipe for the Zoolander server.


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