ACTORS
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Annemarie Alaniz is an actress, known for Productivity (2017).
Kortnee Brielle is a Los Angeles based actor.
Frankie Maria Corzo is an LA based actor.
Kiley has worked in the theatre, film, and commercial industries starting in her hometown of Chicago, IL. Recent theatrical credits include Antigone at APAF, DeLearious at The Open Fist Theatre Company as well as The Dead, and Foote Notes: Two Plays from Harrison Texas (Young Lady of Property). Recent TV credits include Grey’s Anatomy and the film Painted Beauty. A graduate of AMDA, Kiley also is a former intern of Piven Theatre Workshop. She would like to thank Nick for always running lines with her, helping her with scenes, and always being there for the other stuff. For more information see KileyEberhardt.com . IG @KileyEberhardt FB @KileyAnnEberhardt
Russell Edge is an actor, known for Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Changeling (2008) and Agent Carter (2015)
Clayton Farris is an actor and writer, known for SEAL Team (2017), All Rise (2019) and Jane the Virgin (2014).
Will Graziano is an actor and writer, known for The Green (2011), How to Grow Up (2016) and Elephante.
Bailey Humiston is an actress and producer, known for Unrelatable (2019), Sid Is Dead and Orange is the New Musical (2016).
Henry Alexander Kelly is a 1st Generation Nicaraguan - American! He loves long walks on the beach, venti caramel coffees, and Disneyland! (Oh...wait...this isn't a dating profile...#awkward)
A Los Angeles based actor, singer, and writer, and member of Ensemble Studio Theater Los Angeles and Hero Theatre; Henry has been involved in the world of the arts since he was a wee-infant singing show tunes in his childhood living room!
Charrell Mack is an LA based actor.
Cammie Middleton is an accomplished voice-over artist and Jazz & Blues vocalist. She has appeared in and provided voice-over work for more than 25 commercials, music videos, podcasts, and video games, including Dire Universe, Deliberations, and Emergency 911. Cammie cut her teeth in the theater at City Players Theater Company while attending the Conservatory & School for the Arts in St. Louis, MO. Over the past five years, she has toured the U.S. with the Metro Theater Company in “Super Cowgirl & Mighty Miracle” and co-starred in First Run Theater’s world premiere play, “Trick and Anatonia.” She also recently appeared in the 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival’s immersive play and Golden Key Award winner “Rochester 1996” and “Men-O-Pause: Ages of the Colors of Love Stageplay,” to rave reviews. From her work in “Shakespeare's Women:The Bard's Broads” or “Sluts Talk Back” to Playback, an improvisational group, Cammie is an established dramatic, stand-up comedienne, as well as comedic and character actor.
Best known for her role as 'Aster' on the award-winning series, Anyone But Me (hulu), Nicole Pacent is an actress, writer, and host. Screen credits include TNT's Murder in the First, ABC's Stumptown, the hit indie series Sorry, Ari, and the short film A Lesson in Grace and Modern Cordiality, which garnered Nicole the Best Actress award at the Rattlestick West Film Festival. LA theater credits include Time Stands Still (directed by Joel Zwick), Brain Problems (Ammo), A Midsummer Night's Dream and All's Well That Ends Well (Theatricum Botanicum), and Susan Miller's Average American with Liza Weil and Jenny O'Hara (The Blank Theatre). NYC theater credits include Revenge of the Space Pandas (Atlantic Theater Company), and Dark Rapture (Attic Theater Company). Nicole co-hosts the podcast Coming Out with Lauren and Nicole, which can be found on all streaming platforms. Twitter: @nicolepacent IG: @nicolepacent
Dennis Renard is a graduate of UCLA’s TFT, He has been making a home of the LA theater scene. His recent theatre credits include The City of Conversation at Coachella Valley Repertory, Mono/Poly at the Odyssey Theatre, Apollo 11 at the Rose Bowl, Baby Eyes with Playwrights’ Arena, and 12 Angry Men at the Laguna Playhouse. Film credits: San Andreas: Mega Quake (The Asylum), Mississippi Requiem (Elysium Bandini), Sinister Minister (Lifetime). Soon you’ll be able to catch him in his streaming debut on the sketch comedy/history show Book of Queer on Discovery+. He'd like to thank his family and friends for the undying support, as well as the other artists responsible for making this such a fantastic and fulfilling experience. IG - @dennisrenardii
Kristi Schultz is a hyphenate Theatremaker and Teaching Artist. She is dedicated to championing new plays. Her productions of IN THE HEIGHTS and CHICAGO at New Roads School received Jerry Herman Award nominations for Best Production and an award for Directing. She was Artistic Director of LA company, Zoo District where she directed Ionesco’s THE SUBMISSION and produced THE DEFENDERS, Padua Playwrights DESTRUCTION OF THE 4th WORLD, My Hero Project's INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY EVENT. Upcoming: premiere of FLESH by Ash Nichols at INKFest at the Broadwater. Company Member and Festival Producer at Son of Semele Ensemble, and a performer with the Grand Guignolers. Associate Producer for the SSDC Director’s Lab West 2020. Other performance: Third Rail Dance, New York’s Theatre Studio, Inc, and Yale Drama Cabaret. Alum: Carnegie Mellon University, British American Drama Academy, SITI Company. Thank you to Sophie Goldstein for the intro to MeetCute!
Kristi Schultz
Daniel David Stewart was born and raised in Southern California, and has been working as an actor for nearly a decade. Getting his professional start in theatre during his teens, he then transitioned to television and film work after his critically acclaimed performance as Hally in Master Harold...And The Boys, for which he won an Indy award for best performance by a lead actor. Recent feature film roles include Oliver Gingerfield in Kids Vs. Monsters and Willis in The Sound Of Magic. Other films include The Hair Cut, Incident(s) At Paradise Bay, Last Seen, and Reverie. Television appearances and guest starring roles include The Middle, Cougar Town, The Goodwin Games, Man Up!, Miss Mustard Glade, and This Just In. His professional theatre credits include: Spring Awakening, David Cromer's Our Town (with Helen Hunt) at The Broad Stage, Phaeton in Metamorphoses at Ensemble Theatre Company, Pete in the Burnt Part Boys (West Coast Premiere) at Third Street Theater, Originated the role of Smike in Little Miss Scrooge (World Premiere) at Rubicon Theatre Company, Dominic in Belfry (West Coast Premiere), Denny in Sixty Miles To Silverlake (West Coast Premiere), Prince John in The Lion In Winter, Leamy in The Field at Theatre Banshee , The Kid in Last Days of Mary Stuart (World Premiere), and as John Taplow in L.A. TheatreWorks production of The Browning Version which is part of their Audio Theatre Collection and Radio Theatre Series that can be heard on National Public Radio. Daniel is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory Program, and was a founding member of the improve group known as "The Brigade". He also has a passion for writing, and has written three solo shows, two sketch shows, and a recently completed screenplay. He also continues to train in various disciplines all over Southern California, while enjoying other interests, such as singing and songwriting. Daniel is a proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA.
Noelle Urbano was the lead role of "Florence" in the "Untitled Psychic" Pilot Presentation. She starred in the Feature Film "Citrus Springs" as the role of "Melanie Mont Claire" starring Christa Campbell (Drive Angry) and Jesse Luken (Justified). Noelle will be starring in the hilarious comedy "Everything is Going to Pot". She recently just completed a Test Shoot for the Feature Film "The Mad Whale" starring James Franco.
She is Meisner trained at the Joanne Baron/ DW Brown Studio.
Noelle Urbano is currently employed as the Executive Assistant to Christian Meoli at Arena Cinema, an Independent Film Cinema powered by Voltaire Media.
Noelle graduated from UCLA with a Bachelors degree in Communication Studies and Sociology, and was a graduate of a study abroad program in Rome and Paris with Film Direction, Production and Art History where she has produced her own thesis short film. Upon completion of graduation, she worked as a researcher for "The Hedy Lamarr" Feature Film starring Diane Kruger. She also worked with Reframed Pictures, a company founded by Susan Sarandon, on the PBS American Masters project on Hedy Lamarr, both sponsored by the Sloan Foundation. Her previous credits include positions at Disney/ABC, Untitled Entertainment, Exclusive Media, and an Executive Assistant to Valerie McCaffrey the Former Head of Casting at Universal and New Line Cinema.
Camila Ascencio is an LA based actor.
Meg Cashel is an actress and writer, known for Ten (2017), Next Question (2017) and Pantiless (2016).
Broadway: The Lion King. National Tour Credits: The Lion King. Other credits include West Side Story, Harlem Song, A Few Good Men, Dancin’, Nights on Broadway, Latin Heat. BFA in musical theatre.
Hi. This is Nathan. I think the industry standard is to write this in the 3rd person, so that you will think I am important enough to have someone else writing this about me. Well, this guy writes his own copy. I will never let anyone tell me that I forgot where I came from. Anyway, I am a comedian / actor / idiot living in Los Angeles by way of Austin, TX. Come see a show and then afterwards give me advice, which I am wholly soliciting in this bio.
Adam Ferguson is a southern boy at heart having grown up in Memphis, TN. He toured internationally (Asia, Europe, and South America) in A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Academy Award winner Tim Robbins. He appeared Off-Broadway in the World Premiere of Boys Just Wanna Have Fun. Here in Los Angeles, Adam has appeared in The Altruists (winner of StageSceneLA Best Actor in a Comedy), Picasso at the Lapine Agile, and The Dead Guy. He played Comendador Gomez in Anna Estrada’s bilingual production of Fuente Ovejuna and recently played Prior Walter in Angels in America. Adam wrote and starred in the webseries 30 is Still 30 which is available to watch on YouTube.
Daphne Gabriel is an actress and filmmaker based on LA. She received her training from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She has two upcoming feature films, “The Uncanny” and “No Volveré.” www.daphnegabriel.com
Jordan Michael Green is an LA based actor.
Taylor Hawthorne is an actress and director, known for Surreal Lounge (2012), What If ... (2011) and Stone Jones vs. The Recession (2010).
David Huynh is a film, television and stage actor. He's worked with some of the industry's top talents including Clifton Collins Jr., Anthony LaPaglia, Francesca Eastwood, Ian Anthony Dale, Tzi Ma, Kenneth Choi, Linda Cardellini and Evan Peters, among others. David currently stars in MFA, a feature film that world premiered at SXSW.
David won a Special Jury Prize at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, garnering the Outstanding Newcomer and Best Emerging Actor Award for his starring performance in the feature film Baby.
Huynh has appeared on stage at the Sacred Fools Theater Company, The Kirk Douglas Theater, The Colony Theatre and starred as Neil in the East West Players Production of Mysterious Skin. The play was adapted by Prince Gomolvilas from Scott Heim's Novel by the same name. David has also performed with Center Theatre Group Los Angeles and South Coast Repertory.
Austin Klich is an actor, known for Rise & Shine (2016).
Raised in Studio City, CA, Sadie has been performing on the stage since she was 5 years old. Her first on camera job came as a child actor, earning her SAG card at the age of 12.
Sadie began her formal acting training at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) where upon graduating she was honored with the Theatre School award Most Outstanding Fourth Year Student.
Sadie is a graduate of the BFA Acting Program at CalArts with a minor in Creative Writing.
Sherry Mandujano is a graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. Most recently, she starred in ABC’S SPEECHLESS and previously, she has appeared on shows such as THIS IS US, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, THE MICK, SHAMELESS, Ray Donovan, I’m Dying Up Here, and Baskets. Theatre credits include Real Women Have Curves, Man of La Mancha, Songs For a New World and The Rain of Gold. She has also performed in many showcases and cabarets for new musical works such as the NHMC Latino Scene Showcase, A Little New Music and A Night: Benefit Concert for The Actors Fund
Mateo Mpinduzi-Mott is an LA based actor.
Katie Pelensky spent her childhood days in the semi-gardened part of the Garden State, dreaming of being an animator or Buffy the Vampire Slayer. After
discovering Shakespeare through McCarter Theatre in Princeton, she swapped those aspirations for theatrical ambitions (much to the vampires’ delight). After high school she migrated west and graduated from Santa Clara University with a BA in theatre arts. Since then she has worked in the Bay Area and Los Angeles. She is
proud to be part of the Coeurage Theatre Company family, and hopes to one day grow up to be Miss Piggy or Katharine Hepburn.
Tyler Riggin is an actor, known for Black Masks (2016), Yes Day and In Your Favor (2014).
Kait Schuster is an LA based actor.
Carla Valentine is a native New Yorker of Honduran decent. She has performed on various New York stages including Henry St. Settlement, Intar-53, P.S 122 and The Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe. Since moving to LA Carla has made several national commercials and appeared in the shows The Politician, Love, S.W.A.T and Gaslit. Her film credits include Moxie by Amy Poehler, Huella by Gabriela Ortega and the Golden Globe awarded Oscar nominated film Lady Bird by Greta Gerwig. LA theatre include Cumbia De Mi Corazon; La Casa De Bernarda Alba; Our Leading Lady; Mae West’s SEX; Power in the blood; and originated the lead role of Emma in Shout out Above Life’s Storms, I Have Wings to Fly. Carla has appeared in the Hollywood Fringe Festival with Don’t Talk About It Spit About It, by Alex Alpharaoh and Life’s A Bitch And So Am I, by Touch Brandon in which she starred, produced and co-directed. For more visit carlavalentine.online
Jamil Zraikat is an LA based actor.
Richard Azurdia is an LA based actor.
Karl Calhoun is an LA based actor.
Jessica Damouni is an Australian/American Actress and Filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She is of Lebanese and Palestinian descent and was raised in Perth. Jessica's most notable roles include leading roles in Choke directed by Rolla Selbak, the Oscar qualifying film Like Salt directed by Darine Hotait and Tribeca Film Festival's Salam by Claire Fowler. She can be seen in roles on God Friended Me (CBS) and Crashing (HBO) as well as commercials for brands such as Adidas, Fisher Price, Snickers, Dollar Shave Club and more. As a writer, Jessica has produced and acted in her one act play Our House which was inspired by her first trip to Lebanon. Most recently she has directed her first short film, Be Good which follows a young woman battling an eating disorder. IG: jessicadamouni
Jono Eiland is a founding member of Sojourn Theatre. He is also a member of two Los Angeles based classical companies Porters of Hellsgate and Method & Madness. Recent roles include Iachimo in Cymbeline, Palamon in Two Noble Kinsmen (Porters of Hellsgate), Lucio in Measure for Measure (Method & Madness), and in the ensemble of Miss You Like Hell (Baltimore Center Stage). He holds a BA in Theater Arts from Virginia Tech. He is thankful to be on the roller coaster with Annette, Margaret, and especially Renée.
Ale Flores is a trained actress and produced playwright. She is a sag-aftra performer that has acted in feature films, plays and commercials. She excels at both drama and comedy and embraces the contradictions in her characters. She enjoys pole dancing and connecting with other creatives.
Ramón Garcia is an LA native with a passion for Theatre, Music, Dance and Pasta ( quadruple threat obtained at the University of Northern Colorado 2017). When he’s not cooking, serving or eating Pasta, you might find him on stage - most recently with the Open Fist Theatre Company in the revival of the acclaimed musical , “ DeLEARious “. Move on over a pew and you might find him singing some Gospel music in “ BOTH A Hard Days Silent Night “, the Beatles Christmas Spectacular produced annually by OFTC and Jason Paige.
Christian A. Henley is an LA based actor.
Savannah L. Jackson is excited to join MeetCute this season! Recent credits include: Rosalind in As You like It (Milwaukee Reperatory Theater); Marianna in Passing Strange (Wilma Theater); Celia in As You Like It (Saratoga Shakespeare); Katherine in Henry VI and Luciana in Comedy of Errors (Delaware Shakespeare); Reggie in the world premier of Kristoffer Diaz’s Reggie Hoops (Temple University); Kenny Ortega’s HAIR pitch for Netflix. Savannah is a MFA Acting grad from Temple University. Endless thanks to my community of friends and family! This one is for my parents. savannahljackson.com
IG: @savannah.l.jackson - Isaiah 43:19
Caroline Kinley is an LA transplant from Northern NJ who came out for college and never looked back. She is one of four kids and grew up in an overly competitive sports household (sports!), and was on track to play college lacrosse. Her love of performance began when she would sneak into the city to go to concerts alone on weeknights, but she wasn’t really musically gifted so ~acting~ it was. Caroline has been making her way in the voice over world, debuting as Violetta in Annapurna Interactive’s BAFTA winning game The Artful Escape, alongside Game of Thrones’ Lena Headey, Jason Schwartzman, and The Mandalorian’s Carl Weathers.Caroline studied theatre at Stella Adler Studio of Acting, obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre with a minor in film from the University of Southern California in 2020, and has since been a part of The 24 Hour Plays: 2021 Nationals cohort.
@carolineivykinley
Geri-Nikole Love is an American Actress. Born in Oxfordshire, England on an Air Force Base, she split her childhood in Central Florida and Atlanta, GA. She moved to New York City after high school to obtain a BFA in Theatre at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Since graduating, she became a co-founder of The Movement Theatre Company, and has performed in various plays; 'Carlisle: a different Three Sisters' (La Mama), 'Black Boy & the War' (Harlem School of the Arts). As well as appeared on The Biography Channel's Celebrity Ghost Stories and the Independent Feature 'Purpose Built'.
Elise Martin is an LA based actor.
Elise Martin
Grace Morrison is an LA based actor.
Conor Murphy is an actor and casting director, known for The Good Place (2016), The Longest Night (2018) and Straight Up (2019).
Maxwell Peter is a theatrical educator throughout the United States.
Jeremiah Ripley is an LA based actor & writer. He was born and raised in Wheeling, WV. He studied at Fairmont State University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Theatre with a minor in Sociology. He is currently in graduate school working towards his MFA in Television, Film and Theatre / Acting option at Cal State LA. He was most recently seen as Louis Ironson in Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches and Orcus in She Kills Monsters both at Cal State LA. You can see Jeremiah next in a web series he co-created and stars in called JERRY, which will be streaming later this year. Follow Jeremiah on Instagram & Twitter @jereripley and check out his website JeremiahRipley.com
I'm an Argentinean-American actor and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. I’m an East Coaster at heart and have spent most of my life in and around Manhattan.
I grew up in a family of self-hating artists…really. With filmmakers as parents (NYU, A love story- don’t steal my script idea) who begged me to consider anything but being in the arts…whoops.
Forever a rebel I caught the acting bug when I was cast as Little Fan in A Christmas Carol at age 9, at the Luna Stage Company and have been pounding the pavement and working ever since.
I graduated from Barnard College with a dual degree in Theatre (with a focus in Theatre History) and Anthropology. I moved to LA in 2016 and have completely given up my subway crawling for traffic jams, a 2007 Prius named Ruth Bader Ginsburg and a shit ton of palm trees.
I love to read, I write my own cabaret and comedy material and I'm incredibly passionate about using my art to empower young women and girls.
You can usually find me in a Los Feliz coffee shop or at a bar with a trashy novel or feminist treatise and a LARGE glass of wine.
I’ve just completed my MFA in acting at The University of Southern California under the tutelage of David Warshofsky, Natsuko Ohama, Andy Robison, David Bridel, Alexandra Billings and Kate Burton.
I am currently bicoastal, acting and auditioning and creating content in LA and flying home to NYC for meetings, mom cuddles and hangouts with my baby niece Ella.
Stay tuned for more details on my directorial debut film Pizza Party- hint…there are some festivals coming up!
Robin Vega is known for his work on Tyger Tyger (2020) and Second Acts (2019).
Jenapher Zheng is an LA based actor.
Patrick Dean Batiste Jr. is an American actor, singer and performer, born and raised in Berkeley, California. At an early age he found his passion for entertainment and received a scholarship to the Young Musicians Program at U.C. Berkeley where was trained as a vocalist. He went on to star in all of his High School musicals and plays and it became clear that acting and performing was a God given talent. When he was 16, Patrick secured his first local talent agent in San Francisco and also went on to secure his commercial agent in Los Angeles. He became used to auditioning and booking jobs in both markets, juggling both high school curriculum and basketball practice with flights to Los Angeles for auditions. In 2009, he book his first Co-Star in NBC's Trauma playing opposite Derek Luke and Kevin Rankin. He then moved to Los Angeles and attended California State University, Northridge while pursuing his acting career where he graduated with a BA in Theatre and a Minor in Music. He has since shot over 20 union commercials, starred and co-starred in various shorts and feature films and is a company member with the Independent Shakespeare Co.
Su Castillo is an American Actor. Her most notable work to date is The Walking Dead After Show and the feature film, The Bounce Back. Su served honorably for 7 years in the U.S. Air Force and deployed in support of both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. She graduated from UCLA with an MFA in Acting as the first female Veteran accepted into the program and was the recipient of a full scholarship to BADA (British American Drama Academy, Oxford, UK) and Norris Grant Fellowship Award Recipient.
Ashley Dixon is an actress, comedian, and writer based in Los Angeles. Her work is heavily influenced by her Blackness, queerness, and the color pink. You can catch her show, The Ashley Show, on Instagram, and catch her at open mics around LA. She is so happy to be performing in this play by the talented Santi MacLean, and is so excited to be a part of MeetCute! Thank you!!
Instagram: @ashleysunshinee and @theeashleyshow
Tiktok: @ashleysunshineee
Tesiana Elie is an actress, known for John Henry (2020), Ride Sesh (2018) and My Name Is Jill (2012).
Giselle Gilbert is an actress and producer, known for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017), All I Want (2017) and Fatale Collective: Bleed (2019).
Kyle T. Hester: Recent theatre credits include The Canadians (South Coast Repertory) Wild Goose Dreams (La Jolla Playhouse), A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet (Santa Cruz Shakespeare), King Lear (Harold Clurman Laboratory Theatre), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (A Noise Within), and Death and Cockroaches (Chalk Repertory Theatre). He received his MFA from UC San Diego and BFA from NYU Tisch.
Jerrie Johnson (she/they) is an actor, poet, and arts activist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is excited to be making her CalShakes debut in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Johnson is a recent graduate of the American Conservatory Theater’s MFA program’s class of 2019, where she has been seen as Olga in Three Sisters, The Slave Leader in The Bacchae of Euripides, Olivia in A.C.T.’s Will on Wheels production of Twelfth Night, and many more. Her regional credits include: A Christmas Carol Belle (ACT); Airness The Nina and As You Like It Phoebe/Celia (Chautauqua Theater Company); Men On Boats OG and Hawkins U/S (ACT). Johnson has also written a one-woman show called The Crooked Room, which is being produced by BATCO, and will premiere during the 2019 National Queer Arts Festival. Showings will take place at the AAACC, June 28th and 29th. Follow her journey on Instagram @thejerriejohnson
Adam here. I'm an actor and sketch comic. I'm nice, smart, and in over my head. I'm like Joaquin Phoenix, meets Johnny Galecki, meets your Rabbi's son.
This past Fall I made my Television debut playing an excitable baseball nerd in the FOX TV Movie THE PINE TAR INCIDENT.
I recently graduated from USC's MFA Acting program. Prior to earning my graduate degree, I was doing sketch comedy and underground theater in New York City. I performed at UCB as well as every hole-in-the-wall and performance-space-in-the-back-of-an-Irish-Pub in Manhattan.
I grew up in Philly worshipping Will Smith, Allen Iverson, and Tastykake's, but now that I'm in LA I only eat organic Tastykake's.
I'm secretly a killer guitarist. I grow a sweet beard. And on Sunday's my family emails each other New York Times Crossword Puzzle questions.
Drop me a line and let's meet up!
Elena Campbell-Martínez is a bilingual Mexican-American actor-director committed to telling stories that reflect her family background, as well as other Latinx experiences on the screen. As the daughter of a Mexican writer, she spent summers in Guadalajara at her maternal grandparents’ home, but took several detours before choosing the artist life herself. Currently, Elena is the neighborhood curandera Doña Lupe on three seasons of the Starz series Vida, which is widely acclaimed for its authentic representation of Latinx people. She recently appeared in director John Butler’s Papi Chulo, an indie feature that also got kudos for its non-stereotypical portrayal of a Latinx family. Elena’s most recent TV appearances include This Is Us, Unbelievable, Atypical and Liza On Demand. Elena volunteers her time supporting new voices in the theatre, working with the Seedlings program at Theatricum Botanicum and the LA Female Playwrights Initiative. She recently directed two scenes in the National Hispanic Media Coalition’s 2019 Latino Scene Showcase, and a play about the family separation crisis at our border as part of the Latino Program of the Short+Sweet Hollywood festival.Elena and her husband Dennis share their cozy Highland Park home with their family of three adorkable rescue pups (Baxter, Sarita and Dobbie). IG: @elenurcia; Twitter: @ElenaCampbell; FB: @ElenaCampbellMartinezActorWebsite: https://campbellmartinez.com/
Yumari Morales keeps herself preoccupied with work in Film, Television, Theatre, Commercials, and Voice Over. Most recently, she has appeared in shows such as The Dropout (Hulu) & The Shrink Next Door (Apple TV). And coming up, in Barry (HBO) and Star Trek Picard (Paramount+). You can also catch her in two feature films, released this summer, Hypochondriac & American Carnage. Yumarie also thinks it significant enough to mention that she is a cat person and board game enthusiast with Wingspan being her current favorite.
IG@yumariesafari
Saliha Muttalib is a multidisciplinary artist from Chicago by way of Cleveland. She specializes in 2D art, voice over, comedic and dramatic acting. She has formerly performed with the Hollywood Improv, the Second City Chicago, iO Chicago and many more theaters. Follow her @salimuttali
Isabella Petrini is an LA based actor.
Joshua Rivas is a Los Angeles based activist, actor, director and theatre maker. Joshua received their Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from California Institute of the Arts. In addition to acting, they have pursued the visual art form of Shadow Puppetry under the guidance of Janie Geiser and Joshua has developed multiple shows, using this medium, that have premiered in Los Angeles and internationally at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Joshua has also curated a drag persona named Rosay Ratcheté, which every so often performs locally in Los Angeles.
Yolanda Snowball is an actress, known for Easy A (2010), Parks and Recreation (2009) and My Name Is Earl (2005).
Edem Atsu-Swanzy is an American actor, writer, and model, known for Snowball (2019) and The Hamilton Mixtape: Immigrants We Get the Job Done (2017).
He was born in Accra, Ghana and lived in the United Kingdom. When he migrated to the United States, he lived in Glassboro, NJ.
Following, his period of time after college and in the United States Navy, he dedicated his career to becoming a storyteller.
Edem went to college at the U.S. Naval Academy and moved to San Diego, CA following his graduation. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.
His full name is Chris Edem Atsu-Swanzy.
Jalen Stewart is an LA based actor.
Lauren White is an actress, known for The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) and Present Company Excluded (2015).
Annette Bizal is an actor, baker, writer, and clown. Favorite credits: UCLA's A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck) and Eugene Ionesco’s The Chairs (Old Woman). She’d like to thank her time working in guest services as training for this role. instagram: @annettebizal or annettebizal.com
Provvidenza Catalano (they/them) is a fat, queer, genderful multidisciplinary artist and organizer living in Los Angeles. Provvidenza's work centers on the intersections of queerness, gender, fat bodies, chronic illness and the search for emotional fullness. They also create social justice curriculum for Rock and Roll Camp for Girls Los Angeles and organize the Los Angeles League of Lady Arm Wrestlers.They would love for you to hire them as an actor for your film or play, writer for your publication or literary event, model for your cute clothing line, host for your drag show and any other exciting collaborations we dare to dream up together.
Andy Dubick is an LA native and graduate of New York University's Tisch's New Studio on Broadway and Stonestreet Screen Acting Studios. Seen recently on stage in "Big Rick's Rockin' Skydive Academy" at MeetCute at Thymele Arts, "Disney's Beauty and the Beast" in Anchorage, Alaska and "The 8th Fold" at the New York International Fringe Festival. Screen credits include commercials for Honda, Disney Channel, Fox, Oreo Cookies and more as well as co-starring roles on "Scandal", "Victorious", and "iCarly." Proud member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, and AGVA
Oscar Emmanuel Fabela is a Mexican-American Actor and Writer raised in South Texas, and a proud Scholar and Legacy Artist of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts. A Graduate of UCLA's School of Theater, Film & Television, and The British American Drama Academy at University of Oxford, he was awarded the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Golden Globes Acting Fellowship. After working with Francis Ford Coppola on his latest project Distant Vision, Oscar has served as an Actor and/or Writer for theater companies such as The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Anne Bogart's SITI Company, A Noise Within Theater in Pasadena, and the Grotowski Institute in Wroclaw, Poland. Oscar's original play Don Carlos: Prince of Asturias will have its World Premiere as part of United Solo Festival in New York City.
Kaitlyn Gonzalez (she/her) is a NYC & LA based actor / comedian. She is excited to be back on stage after COVID being the longest break she has taken from the theater. She started acting at the age of 5 in her preschool production of "Snow White" where her first kiss was during "Someday My Prince will come". Too young to read her own lines, Kaitlyn memorized her lines by repeating them back to her older sister, who continues to be her biggest fan. Recent Credits include- DINNER WITH EDIE- USC MFA Film, NEW CHOREOGRAPHIC WORK- The Tank NYC, ...SO UNHAPPY- Williamstown Theater Festival. She is a graduate of Pretty Funny Women and currently works at Dynasty Typewriter. Kaitlyn holds a degree from UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television. Peace and Love!
@kgonn
Mandi Moss-Holmes is an LA based actor.
Michael is an award winning storyteller, coach and facilitator living in Los Angeles. His solo show, Ceremony, has toured nationally and continues to attract audiences seeking a transformative evening of story and ritual. His coaching and consulting focuses on helping folks discover and harness the power of their stories to move with a greater, grounded sense of purpose and create change. Michael also facilitates private and group breathwork sessions and struggles daily with a brownie addiction.
Daniel is a Denver native living in LA. Whenever he isn’t eating a cheesecake or teaching a Pound Fitness class you can find him looking for diverse stories. He is very grateful to be a part of the MeetCute event. You can also see him in the new web series, FUNCTIONAL now on YouTube.
Alexander Matos is excited to make his MeetCute debut! Raised in Brazil and LA, he is a recent graduate of the Brown University/Trinity Rep MFA Acting program and holds a BA in Music from UC Berkeley where he focused on Ethnomusicology and Composition. His recent theater work includes Gordon Silver in Dr. Silver (South Coast Rep, dir. Logan Vaughn), Florizel in The Winter’s Tale (A Noise Within, dir. Geoff Elliot), Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chautauqua Theater, dir. Sarah Wansley), Ensemble/Band in One Man, Two Guvnor’s (Chautauqua Theater, dir. Andrew Borba), Younger Brother in Ragtime (Trinity Rep, dir. Curt Columbus), Caliban in The Tempest (Trinity Rep, Tatyana-Marie Carlo), and several virtual theater performances of new work during the pandemic (Kennedy Center/NNPN, Hudson Stage Company, Pork Filled Productions). He also co-stared on ABC’s American Housewife. –www.alexandermatos.com— IG/Twt: @AlexanderDMatos
Jacob Nava is an actor and a tech person. Currently getting his BA from CSULA in theatre design and production. Jacob was the master carpenter for fall season 2019 at CSULA theatre department. Jacob was also in Hamlet and Antigone all CSULA.
Jacob Nava
Gabriella Rafiele is a Salvadorean/American transplant from Dallas, Texas. She has appeared in various films, series and commercials as well as play festivals such as Brown and Out 2019 and Hollywood Short and Sweet 2019.
Teddy Alexis Rodriguez was born and raised in Ponce, PR. He attended University of Puerto Rico (MS, Physics) and Texas Tech University (PhD, Theatre). He is writer/director/actor and his most dear roles are Juan in “Altar Boyz, the Musical” and El in Myrna Casas's “Voces.” His original play “How Did Edward Lose his Accent?” was a semi-finalist at Short+Sweet, Hollywood. Currently, he is working in his film “Hell No.” IG/Twitter: @teddyalexis, Facebook: @tedyalexisrodriguez
Erika Sorondo is an experienced Behavioral Therapist, who studied Psychology with an emphasis in Child Development and Special Needs at California State University, Los Angeles. She is now the owner of A Part of Your World Events- an event planning service catered to clients on the autism spectrum. In her free time she paints and continues to take art classes to better her craft. Her goal is to continue to aid students both typical and atypical integrate and flourish, by using the arts as a way to inspire confidence, self expression and collaboration
Erika Sorondo
John C. Sweet is an actor, known for Living With Strangers
Tagged as a fierce component amongst the illustrious female creative entities on the rise Farelle Walker continues to align herself with projects that demand change and if nothing else a long look in the mirror. She started her acting career -- in a baby food commercial -- while still in her mother's womb. Farelle entered this world with a mission to move people, and through profoundly incomparable stage productions like NAACP award-winning The Girls of Summer, HBO award-winning feature film 10-20, and BET's hilariously edgy and #1 television series Hell Date she is accomplishing nothing short of her undertaking and even more important her dreams. As the creator and Founder of Flyy Gyrl Renegade Productions an entertainment company aimed at using art to influence collective change and allowing societal change to stimulate contemplative art Farelle has lent her expertise to various stage and film productions. Whether behind the scenes or in front of the camera Farelle personally takes a magnifying glass to every project she participates in.
Nathan Streifel is an LA based actor.
Kay Wilson is an LA based actor.
Actor BILL BLUSH, a native of a small town called Los Angeles, has performed Strings & Stories with Linda Rosenthal throughout the United States for over ten years. He has long been involved in all aspects of the theater with emphasis on acting, writing and directing. As an actor, Bill has played just about everything from classic characters to more original roles including…The Kitchen Sink. His works as a playwright which have had successful Southern California engagements are This Above All, About What?, Darn You Kenny!, Ziggy’s Right and most recently A Bad Idea.
Bill’s love for humor has inspired him to develop and direct several improvisational theater troupes and to venture into the arena of stand-up comedy where he has performed at The Laugh Factory, The Improv and The Comedy Store in Hollywood.
Tad is an actor, and an ass-kickin' cancer survivor, who was born in Kingsport, Tennessee and jetted away to Chicago, then New York City, and then Los Angeles as soon as he was legal. He studied at American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC and the Gene Frankel Theatre Workshop. He's done a TON of work in Theater around the world, from Musical Theater to Drama to experimental Dance-Theater, improvisation, to Television and Film. Acting has been his calling since childhood, and nothing makes him happier than sharing a special moment with an audience and taking them on a unique journey.
Chloe Dworkin is an actress, known for Criminal Minds (2005), Masters of Sex (2013) and Hollyweed (2018).
Taryn Falcetti has studied professionally at the Beverly Hills Playhouse starting in 2013. She has recently hopped back into the game, studying acting and directing at the Hudson Theatre with Michael Petted. She's recently been featured in 4 Dogs and a Bone by John Patrick Shanley, Reasons to be Happy by Neil Labute, and Proof by David Auburn.
Marian Gonalez is an LA based actor.
Ben Horwitz is a Philadelphia native who journeyed out to Los Angeles after completing the Stella Adler Studio 3 Year Day Conservatory program in NYC. His recent Indie Film Credits include 'Rose is A Rose Is A Rose' which will be going through the festival circuit this year and 'Looking For The Jackalope' which just won the Austin Film Festival Jury Award for Best Comedy Feature and their Audience awards for Best Comedy Feature and Best U.S Feature. He also recently appeared in a cameo role alongside Academy Award winner Allison Janney in the second season of the Emmy Nominated Web Series 'Break A Hip.' He thanks his family and friends for all their support.
Tova Katz is a queer, genre-bending lyricist-composer, writer and performer. She’s performed across NYC with her musical work featured at La Mama, Ars Nova, 54 Below and Joe’s Pub. Select LA credits include the west coast premiere of her original award-winning solo dark musical comedy See You at the Funeral! (Broadwater Main Stage, 2019); she composed and music directed a reading of Menstruation: A Period Piece by Miranda Rose Hall (Center Theatre Group, We the Women Collective, 2020), with a full production set for 2022 with Big Little Theater Company. Last year, Tova wrote an irrevevrent, queer contemporary Western short musical film called Dina (The Barn, Jer Adrianne Lelliott), gearing up to film this fall. Tova is currently developing the new musical Beneath the Bowtie with collaborators Alexandra Kalinowski and Katie Lindsay in the Geffen Writers’ Room. Imagination saves her life every day. ig: @_tovakatz_ | tovakatzartist.com | SAG•AFTRA | AEA | ASCAP
Renee is a graduate of UCLA's school of Theater, Film and Television, and a co-founder of Method and Madness Theater Company alongside Margaret Starbuck and Will Block. She is thrilled to be working on a new piece of theater with long time friends Margaret, Annette, and her rollercoaster-of-life partner Jono. Enjoy the show! More info at reneetm.com.
Proud Oregonian, Nicholas moved to Los Angeles to study acting at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He later went on to study at South Coast Rep. Theatrical credits include: Anthony Pascal in THE HOUSE OF YES (The Zephyr Theater), Yves BEING AT HOME WITH CLAUDE, Mercutio ROMEO AND JULIET, Tranio TAMING OF THE SHREW, Puck MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM (Lovers and Madmen)
Kari Nicolle is a storyteller. An actor-producer originally from the San Francisco Bay Area she moved to New York to attend NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where she studied at the Atlantic Theater Company. Graduating with honors, a BFA in Drama, and minoring in English. She has worked on Broadway, Film, and TV and she can be found around the country either training indoor cycling stars or teaching epic indoor cycling classes as a Master Instructor at CycleBar.
Erin Rein is a Los Angeles-based actor and writer, born & raised in Virginia and trained in improv and Meisner in Chicago. She loves comedies that get a little serious and dramas with a sense of humor. You can see her and/or hear her voice in films, web-series, and commercials for very useful things (e.g. medicine, college, and booze) and she is an ongoing student at Warner Loughlin studios and the Storyteller’s Conservatory. Hobbies include pilates, watching carefully for coyotes when walking her small dogs, and uninstalling Facebook from her phone then reinstalling the next day for “networking.” She will ALWAYS wave if you let her into your lane in traffic.
Erin is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA. She’s represented by BBA Talent for commercial work.
Dallis Seeker is a Los Angeles-based actor and voiceover artist. Recent theatrical credits include A Phrasal, Likewise Me by Rose McAleese and We Are Proud To Present... by Jackie Sibblies Drury with Third Culture Theatre, and the West Coast Premiere of A Small Group by Taylor Gregory at the Hudson Theatre. He has also been seen onscreen in numerous short films and web series. As a voiceover artist, Dallis can be heard in various audio dramas such as Tandon Productions’ Life on Pause and The Sword and the Stoner, and Hartlife NFP’s Unwell: A Midwestern Gothic Mystery. He holds a degree in Theatre & Performance from Emerson College and is a proud member of the musical improv comedy group Miss Texas Cupcake. www.dallisseeker.com; IG: @dallis_seeker
Dallis Seeker
Dee Dee Stephens is an LA based actor.
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I'm Hannah Trujillo. I'm a Latinx actor, writer, director, and stage manager based in LA. Though, I spend a lot of time working in San Diego too. I have my BFA from the California Institute of the Arts.
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Mary Ann Welshans (she/her) is so excited to be working with Tova Katz & Lane Stanley as a part of this MeetCute program. She is incredibly happy to be back on stage after such a crazy few years. Recent credits include Helga in Cabaret & Ulla in The Producers at Celebration Theatre. Also she’ll be making her TV debut on the second season of HBOMax’s The Flight Attendant. Thank you, Tova & Lane, for your patience and being so amazing!
Krystle Tugadi is an LA based actor.
Makelea Yepez is an LA based actor.