Petra-Brusiloff (Assistant Director) is a recent high school graduate and rising college freshman. This is her first time assistant directing, and her first time working with Theater East. She is thrilled to be a part of the team.

Ben Dawson (Joe, THE DEAD CAN ZOOM) His recent theatre includes JACKIE & JOHNNY &THE WHORACLE NAMED DAPHNE (NYC Fringe), CHEFS: THE SIZZLING KITCHEN SHOWDOWN (Mills Ent.), THE PROVINCETOWN MURDER MYSTERY (Lucky Devil). Recent film includes MIAO (Kiaro Pictures). Graduate of Stella Adler Studio and proud member of Theatre East.

Dan Domingues* (Phillip, AUDITION CLASS WITH DIRECTOR DASH) worked Off-Broadway at The Sheen Center, BAM, The Public, Atlantic, 59E59, Rattlestick Playwrights, Gingold Group, Cherry Lane, and the Abingdon, His regional work includes lead roles at The Alley, Guthrie, Arena Stage, The Goodman, Long Wharf, Kansas City Rep, Cape Playhouse, ART, Portland Stage, Studio Theatre, Rep Theatre of St. Louis, Pioneer Theatre, and George Street among others. His TV and film work ranges from features Run All Night and Future ’38 to the shows Blacklist, Law & Order, Royal Pains, 5A5B, and West 40s. Dan has an MFA from the ART at Harvard and is an Associate Artist with The Civilians.

Stephanie Fagan* (Playwright, BYE CHARLIE, BYE LANE) is a Brooklyn-based writer and actor. Stephanie's web series Woe is She screened at 24 festivals this past year and won Best Web Series and Best Dramedy in New York Women in Film and Television's 2020 Online Short Festival. Woe Is She is currently streaming on GITV Film & TV's Roku channel and Vimeo. Other works and readings include: THE BAND (PDU at The Actors Studio), HALLOWEEN AT ANNA MARIA'S (TheatreEast), I PLEDGE ALL (UglyRhino). Stephanie's short story THE BIRD was a Finalist for TulipTree Publishing's 2019 Stories That Need to Be Told contest. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and the Playwright/Directors Unit at The Actors Studio. Stephanie also teaches acting at St. Francis College. BA - Emerson College, MFA - Actors Studio Drama School. SAG/AFTRA, AEA.

Lori Fischer* (Playwright/Jilly, AUDITION CLASS WITH DIRECTOR DASH) received her M.F.A. from the N.Y.U. Dramatic Writing Department. She is a New York University Harry Kondoleon Graduate Award in Playwriting recipient, a Dramatists Guild Fellow, and a member of the Dramatists Guild Foundation’s new playwriting initiative. Theater Credits: Lori’s drama PETIE has been called a modern-day classic and was recently produced by Theatre East in NYC. Lori wrote and starred in her musical BARBARA'S BLUE KITCHEN at The Adirondack Theatre Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and Off-Broadway at the Lamb’s Theatre. Lori co-wrote and starred in her musical THE SPARKLEY CLEAN FUNERAL SINGERS at Capital Repertory Theatre and the Cumberland County Playhouse.
Screenwriting Credits: 2014 Independent Vision Award Nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting for the feature film Chasing Taste. The film was also the Feature Comedy Award Winner at the 2014 Manhattan Film Festival as well as at the 2013 Burbank International Film Festival. Chasing Taste is now available on Amazon Prime. Lori is an Adjunct Writing Professor at both New York University and Lipscomb University. A two-time All-American in Track and Field, Lori has performed regionally, Off-Broadway and in various movies and commercials.
To sign up for Lori’s next writing class go HERE.

Lyon Hamill (Jason, TOGETHER) is a rising senior and theatre major at Southern Methodist University. He is an aspiring actor and is excited to be included in this new and alternative form of live theatre. Big thanks to Benard Cummings and the whole Theatre East team!

Christa Kimlicko Jones* (Petra, THE DEAD CAN ZOOM/Teresa, AUDITION CLASS WITH DIRECTOR DASH) was most recently seen in AWAKE AND SIGN with the Harold Clurman Lab Theater. Prior to that, she was in THE SEAGULL and THE WHALE (also with HC Lab). Other NYC credits: A NAME FOR A GHOST TO MUTTER, THE SOLDIER DREAMS (Theatre East). THREE SISTERS, UNCLE VANYA (HC Lab). UMBRELLA, HARVEST (Alchemy Theatre Company). Other NY credits: THE WOMAN STANDING ON THE MOON, OUR TOWN. Regionally: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (Austin Playhouse); HEDDA GABLER, DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS (B. Iden Payne Award), FOOL FOR LOVE (the dirigo group). Christa teaches at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting where she is also the Director of the Teen Conservatory Program. She is a member of V.A.S.T.A., League of Professional Theatre Women, and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. She received her MFA in Acting from the University of Texas at Austin. ChristaKJones.com

Julia Rae Maldonado (Playwright, KARULA'S DREAM SHOW LIVE/Kimberly, AUDITION CLASS WITH DIRECTOR DASH) is a Bronx-based playwright from San Antonio, Texas. Notable productions include BLACKSHEEP (ASDS Rep), WIMBERLEY (Midtown International Theatre Festival, FreshFruit Festival), EGGS (MUT! Theatre, Hamburg & The Interkultural Festival, Stuttgart) IN THE BASEMENT, WE THREE, & THE INTREPIDS (TheatreEast). She is also the author of a collection of short plays for teenage actors that have been produced by the Stella Adler Studio. She is a founding member of TheatreEast's Writers' Room and has also developed work with The Actors Studio and INTAR. Her play BUSKERS! was a Finalist for the Heideman Award National 10-Minute Play Contest (Actors Theatre Louisville). Her short play REAL LIFE is included in Gary Garrison’s A (More) Perfect 10 & A Younger 10. BFA - NYU Tisch, MFA - Actor's Studio Drama School. She is a proud teaching artist and member of the Dramatist Guild.

Shyama Nithiananda (Lillian, TOGETHER) is very excited to be working on her first virtual project with Theatre East. She is a current Theatre Studies BFA candidate at Southern Methodist University and is expected to graduate in the Spring of 2021 with emphases in acting, directing, and playwriting.

Bianca Puorto (Director, KARULA'S LIVE DREAM SHOW) is a Brooklyn based director from Montreal, Canada. Select credits include: ROGER AND VANESSA, TWO ROOMS, SAFE SEX (On Tidy Endings). New works include: WIMBERLEY by Julia Rae Maldonado, TRIGGERED by Thomas Dunn and LITTLE LIGHTS by Lacy Marie Meyer. She also had the honor of directing the premiere of OH, DANNY BOY, a new play by Edward Allan Baker. Bianca earned her MFA in Directing from the Actor’s Studio Drama School. She is a member of Barefoot Theatre Company and the Labyrinth Theater Company Intensive Ensemble. Most recently Bianca assistant directed Hurricane Party, under Maria Dizzia, at The Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City. She has also worked extensively with The Collective NY, Theatre East, and the Tribeca Film & TV Festivals.

Lauren Pisano (Missy, AUDITION CLASS WITH DIRECTOR DASH) is thrilled to have the chance to perform with Theatre East's 5x5 series again! Other credits include NY: HELOISE (Broadway Bound Festival at Theatre Row), JULIET + ROMEO (Pocket Universe), Regional: TAMING OF THE SHREW and ROMEO AND JULIET (Vermont Shakespeare Festival), ORSON WELLES/SHYLOCK (Redhouse Arts Center), UK Off West End premiere of WHISTLEBLOWER (Waterloo East Theatre). She is also a voiceover artist who has done work for Facebook, Peloton, and Vanity Fair. Lauren holds an MFA in Acting from East 15 Acting School. www.laurenmariepisano.com

Paula Pizzi (Mom, KARULA'S DREAM SHOW LIVE) Theatre: DEVIL OF CHOICE (Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019), BURNING CITIES (New Cirlcle Theatre Co.), LOS MONOLOGOS (Westside Theatre), UNDERNEATHMYBED (Rattlestick), FACE CREAM (E.S.T). WHERE'S MY MONEY (MTC/Labyrinth) WIT (original Off-Broadway production) – Union Square Theatre, MCC, Geffen Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre,) CLEAN (Atlantic Theatre Co/Hartford Stage), ANOTHER PART OF THE HOUSE, (CSC), DARK RAPTURE (Pope Theatre), DATING DUMMIES (Labyrinth) T.V./Film: Almost Anonymous, Loserville, The Smurfs, Frágil, Lloró, L&O, City of Angels, L&O: SVU. Member of Labyrinth Theatre Co, Barefoot Theatre Co, New Circle Theatre Co., and the Playwrights Directors Unit at the Actors’ Studio.

Kelvin Summerhill (Teddy, AUDITION CLASS WITH DIRECTOR DASH) is a graduate of Morehouse College and studied with Maggie Flanigan at the Maggie Flanigan Conservatory. Check Kelvin out in the recently released web series Cheer Up, Charlie. Kelvin is excited to start the University of Georgia’s MFA program in Filmmaking inaugural class this fall. Join him on his journey at: www.KelvinSummerhill.com @iamSummerhill

Chrysi Sylaidi (Madame C, THE DEAD CAN ZOOM) is an actor and producer from Greece based in NYC. She is a graduate from the 3-year Professional Conservatory at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, a resident artist at the Greek Cultural Center, and a founding and board member of TeamTheatre LLC an International Theatre Company based in NYC. Selected NYC acting credits include: Marya Antonova and Bobchinsky, GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR (Eclipses Group Theatre New York), Angela, GOODNIGHT MARGARET (Cyprus New York Productions Inc.), Rhonda, ALMOST MAINE (TeamTheatre LLC), Hermione, THE WINTER'S TALE/ Pope Joan, TOP GIRLS/ Nora, ESCAPE FROM HAPPINESS/ Costard, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST (Stella Adler Studio of Acting). Selected Greek Credits include: Hecuba, HECUBA/ Bernarda Alba- THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA/ The Mother, BLOOD WEDDING/Goneril, KING LEAR (Omilos Ypokritikis Texnis Ziridi), and Elizabeth Proctor, THE CRUCIBLE (Akadimos Theatro).

Benard Cummings* (Director, TOGETHER) Directing credits include: HARVEST (Off-Broadway), FLYING WEST, THE THREE SISTERS, DARK OF THE MOON, Tennessee Williams one-acts at SUNY Purchase; AS YOU LIKE IT and PLAYING FOR TIME at Stella Adler Conservatory in NYC; CAN YOU SPARE SOME SOCIAL CHANGE: One-Woman show by Deirdre Boddie-Henderson at WOW Cafe in NYC. As an actor, he has worked in Regional Theatres across the country including The Goodman Theatre, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Hartford Stage Company, Yale Rep. Theatre, the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and the Shakespeare Theatre of Washington, D.C., Signature Theatre, and Working Theatre in NYC, as well as some episodic TV. As a Playwright, his work has been produced in the HumanaFestival of New American Plays, The Women’s Tapestry Project in NYC, Twice as Loud Theatre Company in London, England; Theatre Geo and Howard Fine Studios in Los Angeles, Stamford Theatre Works, Jubilee Theatre of Ft. Worth, TX and The E.T.A. Performing Arts Center in Chicago, IL, to name a few. He is a guest lecturer in acting at SUNY Purchase, The Stella Adler Conservatory, Pace University, and The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. A native Texan, he is a graduate of Tyler Junior College, Southern Methodist University, and the Yale School of Drama.

Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy* (Director, BYE CHARLIE, BYE LANE/Playwright, TOGETHER) is an actress, playwright, director, and producer. Recent directing work: THE  CATASTROPHE CLUB (Sea Dog Theater), ROMEO AND JULIET (Smith Street). Recent acting credits: HOLY GHOSTS (Theatre East), RICHARD III (NYIT Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role nomination, Smith Street Stage). She is the recipient of the Theatre Hall of Fame’s 2017 Emerging Theatre Artist Award, one of Gingold Theatrical Group’s 2018/2019 Speakers’ Corner playwrights, and a co-director of The Amoralists’ 2020/21 season of ‘Wright Club. She is also one of the Sheen Center’s 2020 Playwrighting Fellows and lives in Brooklyn with her dog Bentley, who is a tiny, majestic beast. AEA, DGA. www.shaunbfauntleroy.com

Peter Ferraiolo ("Bob", KARULA'S DREAM SHOW LIVE) is a New York-based actor/musician from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He holds an MFA from the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University where he studied under Elizabeth Kemp, Susan Aston, and Jacqueline Knapp. He also holds a BA in English Literature with a concentration in Film and Screen Studies and a theater minor from Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Recent credits include: WE THREE (lead), WIMBERLEY (Lead), IS THIS LIFE (supporting), &amp; LA CUMBIA FEMINAZI (supporting). Peter is also the drummer/vocals for the NYC-based rock/blues band 'All the Way Mae'. He currently lives in Brooklyn.<strong>

Olivia de Guzman (Cheryl, TOGETHER) is a Dallas-based actor and teaching artist. New York: The New York Musical Theatre Festival; NYCFringe; New Dramatists. DFW: Undermain Theatre; Circle Theatre; Theatre Three; Amphibian Stage Productions; Ochre House Theatre; and others. US/Canada Tour: Wishing Star Productions. Olivia has taught acting at KD Conservatory and at Dallas Theater Center, and served as a regional coordinator for Statera Arts Mentorship. She is currently pursuing her MFA in acting at Southern Methodist University.

Judson Jones* (Director, THE DEAD CAN ZOOM/Dash, AUDITION CLASS WITH DIRECTOR DASH) is an award-winning producer and director who has had the privilege of collaborating on the premieres of Tim Blake Nelson’s EYE OF GOD, Christopher Durang’s THE VIETNAMIZATON OF NEW JERSEY (NY Times Critic Pick), David Crawford’s HARVEST (Smith & Kraus Best New Plays of 2008; Back Stage Critic’s Pick), Bennett Windheim’s NORMALCY, Megan O’Brien’s THE JUNGLE BOOK, Daniel MacIvor’s THE SOLDIER DREAMS, and DEVIL AND THE DEEP with Air Supply‘s Graham Russell. Regional producing credits include: THE JINN (The American Theatre Critics Award) HEDDA, BASH, and DESIRE. His directing credits include: HOLY GHOSTS, NAME FOR A GHOST TO MUTTER, and THE SOLDIER DREAMS (Theatre East), HARVEST (Alchemy Theatre Company), BASH (the dirigo group), S-MAN (Scriptworks), THE ELF and GIFT (Salvage Vanguard Theatre). He serves on the Board of Directors for Texas Dramatists, is a member of Actors’ Equity and SAG/AFTRA, and is an instructor at the Kanbar Institute of Film &amp; Television, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

Kim Rios Lin* (Karula, KARULA'S DREAM SHOW LIVE) is so grateful to Theatre East for keeping theater alive while we need it the most, and for the opportunity to share the screen/stage with such brilliant Artists. Her most recent credits include: The Politician (Netflix), New Amsterdam (NBC), Bull (CBS), FBI: Most Wanted (CBS), and Almost Family (Fox). She also is a part of an award-winning comedic pilot, Peri-Street that is currently touring the circuit. Kim is a Barefoot Theatre Company Ensemble Member, Labyrinth Theater Company Intensive Ensemble Member, Rock The Bells Sketch Comedy Team Member, and holds an MFA from The Actor’s Studio Drama School. She is the Founder of a socially conscious indie production company And She Flew LLC and Co-founder of Colors of Community, an organization that bridges the divides between communities through theater. KimRiosLin.com

Mike McNulty (Wonder Boy, AUDITION CLASS WITH DIRECTOR DASH)  is originally from Lenexa, KS, and graduated with dual degrees from Missouri State University in theatre performance studies and entertainment management. Most recently he played Hamlet in a production staged in Helsingør, Denmark, and has worked with various theatre companies in NYC, including the SITI Company, Say What? NYC Comedy Improv, the Ume Group, Superhero Clubhouse, and Palissimo Company.

Dan O’Neil (Playwright, THE DEAD CAN ZOOM) is an NYC-based writer who grew up on a farm in northwestern Minnesota, where he learned to drive a tractor, use a chainsaw, and identify various star constellations. Recent work includes: the alleged children of darkness, developed through Art House Productions reading series (Finalist for Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Semi-Finalist for Bay Area Playwright’s Festival); librettist on THE HOUSE OF INFLUENCE, an experimental opera composed by Alec Hall and performed in a parking garage in Harlem in 2018; BEAR SLAYER, presented through a 2016 Project Residency by Ars Nova, developed during ANT Fest 2015; The Wind Farmer, which received a production at Barter Theater in 2012 and was a finalist for the ACTA/Steinberg Award for Best New Play produced outside of NYC and NNPN’s Smith Prize for Best New Political play in 2011; Victor Frange Presents Gas, commissioned and produced at the Incubator Arts Project in 2012; HOW THE DOG RUNS, produced by Newman University in 2013 as their first selection in a nation-wide initiative to produce new plays; DRAW A LION, a Heideman Award finalist, produced by the Brooklyn Generators in 2013 and subsequently published by Smith & Kraus in 2013 Best Ten Minute Plays collection.
His work has also appeared at Abrons Arts Center, HERE, Ugly Rhino, Dixon Place, the International Festival of Art &amp; Ideas, Stella Adler Conservatory, the Museum of the Moving Image, the Playwright’s Center, Red Eye Theater, Prelude Festival, Target Margin Theater, Tangent Theater, Cloud City, and the Chocolate Factory. Dan was a member of the 2018-19 Art House Productions writing group, a Playwright’s Center Core Apprentice and Affiliated Artist, a 2014 member of Bookshop Workshops Playwriting Group, two-time winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Screenwriting Award, and winner of the Mary Marlin Fisher Playwriting Award. Leadership roles include Theater Editor of Culturebot, contributing arts writer for Exeunt Magazine, and founder and co-artistic director for Designated Movement Co. Education: BA in performance from the University of Minnesota, MFA in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon University.

Rachel Towne* (Lane, BYE CHARLIE, BYE LANE) is an actor and teaching artist. Credits include: ROMEO AND JULIET (Smith Street Stage); BRAVE SMILES...ANOTHER LESBIAN TRAGEDY (Pride Plays); THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA (Gene Frankel Theatre); MERCHANT OF VENICE (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey); A MIDSUMMERS NIGHT'S DREAM &amp; TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Syracuse Stage); BASKERVILLE &amp; THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Cider Mill Playhouse); COMEDY OF ERRORS, HAMLET, RICHARD III, and TWELFTH NIGHT (Allentown Shakespeare in the Park); and THE GREY BOY (Dixon Place). TV/Film: Law and Order SVU, (I’m Gonna Make You a Star). In addition to her work as a performer, Rachel teaches phonetics and dialects to fellow actors. She will be starting her MFA at NYU this fall.

Misti B. Wills (Director, AUDITION CLASS WITH DIRECTOR DASH) is delighted to be directing a show for Theatre East. She recently directed GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER in Greenville, SC, and MY REAL MOTHER (New York Musical Festival, Signature Theatre) on Off Broadway in NYC. Additional credits include; THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME and Ovation Recommended SISTER ACT (5 Star Theatricals, Best Director and Best Overall Production in Subscriber Awards) in L.A., Premiere of A POUND IN YOUR POCKET (by Charles Strouse/Lee Adams), FLOYD COLLINS, 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, ORDINARY DAYS, SHAKE THE EARTH (2015 NY Fringe Festival, Theater is Easy Best Bet), THE DRUNKEN CITY (NY Workshop Theatre), AFTERLIGHT (Cherry Lane, NYC Fringe Festival), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, TWELFTH NIGHT (Shakespeare's Sister Co.), THE PEARL MERCHANT (Threads Theater Company). Other regional; MY FAIR LADY (Forestburgh Playhouse), and NEW YORK WATER (Depot Theatre). Member Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. www.mistiwills.com

Jennifer Tsay (Charlie, BYE CHARLIE, BYE LANE) is an NYC based actor. Theater credits include: TWO MILE HOLLOW (Yale Cab), MOPE (Ensemble Studio Theatre), I AM THIS FOR YOU (Ars Nova), 4000 MILES (Baltimore Center Stage), THE MYSTERIES (The Flea). TV/Film credits include High Fidelity, The Village, The Blacklist, Marry Me, Inside the Rain, When We Grow Up, and Deborah Kampmeier’s Split. She is also the co-founder of the female-run startup Shoott.
www.jennifertsay.com @jenjentsay

Debra Wassum* (Cheri, THE DEAD CAN ZOOM) is so happy to venture into the world of theatre on Zoom. A veteran stage performer, she appeared with Theatre East in their production of HOLY GHOSTS, as Mrs. Wall. Most recently, she can be seen on the CBS hit, Bull, as Juror 8, and performing an original monologue as part of Primary Stages, ESPA's live monologue night, via Zoom. It's always a pleasure to be able to work with Theatre East.