"Helena Zengel Gets Her Period" by Mindi Dickstein
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Emily Anne Goes
Emily Goes is a performer, arts administrator, community organizer, and graduate of NYU's New Studio on Broadway. Although she has been training in dance and musical performance since elementary school, her current (and forever) work focuses on decolonizing white settler myths and racial formations. She hopes to create/support culturally inclusive ecosystems and uplift all that is within their transformative power. She is represented by Entertainment Lab.
"Circular Wounds" by Jessie Field
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Lauren Brickman
Lauren Brickman is a NY based artist who has appeared in such projects as Ghost: Book of Power II, Bull, Alternatino, Gloria Bell, and Stuffed On Broadway. Lauren is a former Upright Citizen's Brigade house performer and Story Pirate company member. You can catch her co-hosting the weekly pop culture podcast We Stan Together on the More Banana Network alongside Caitlin Bitzegaio whom she also co-created One Horse Town with. When not performing Lauren is a teaching artist working at Queensborough Community College, New York Film Academy, Adelphi University, and more.
@WeStanSocial
"The Middle... or like, the Exact Opposite of That"
by Brandy Hoang Collier
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Kira Player
Kira Player is a New Jersey based actor who's had the fortune to work up and down the East Coast. She is eternally grateful to Root Beer Occasion for bringing her into the fold and presenting unique opportunities like this to her! Past credits include Inside Siberia, RBO; And Then They Came for Me, Alabama Shakespeare Festival; A Doll's House Part 2, Theatreworks Hartford; The Tempest, Commonwealth Shakespeare Co.
"Gray Green" by Julianne Wick Davis
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Mary Rose Go
Born in Los Angeles and raised in Honolulu, Mary Rose Go is a coloratura soprano and actress. Recent credits include Cindy in Cindy, the Dreamer (Or No Small Potatoes) (Hudson Stage Company) and Hope in a staged reading of Inside Siberia (Root Beer Occasion Theatre). Other roles include 17th century diva La Rochois in La Maupin with Fresh Fruit Festival, Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Amor (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Despina (Cosi fan tutte), Nella (Gianni Schicchi), Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), Rosina (The Barber of Seville).
"Rehearsal" by Gabrielle Mirabella
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Kirstin Wolf
Kirstin Wolf (she/her) is an actress from Lynchburg, Virginia. With a BA in Performance from Virginia Tech, she has appeared in numerous shows with Wolfbane Productions, including an upcoming performance this summer.
"Two-Percent Important" by Sam Rosenblatt
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Emma Yaniger
Emma Yaniger (she/her/hers) is an actor, singer, and writer based in Brooklyn and Atlanta. She is so grateful to be part of this exciting night of beautiful new works, and sends all her thanks to everyone involved! Last May, Emma graduated with honors from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her favorite credits from NYU include Tisch Drama Stage’s Promenade (Mother), and The Wild Party (Madelaine True), The Buffoons: A Ridiculous Comedy, and Machinal with the New Studio on Broadway. Next up, Emma can be seen in a special concert version of the musical
Nine with the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre, which will be available to stream online in late May. Stay safe and be well, everyone!
"Hearts" by Sara Cooper
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Katharine Chin
Katharine Chin is so excited to be working with RBO again! Film/TV credits include: FBI (CBS), Be a Man (Short Film). New York Theatre: Coriolanus at The Public Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park. Regional Theatre: Fred’s Diner (Magic Theatre), Hookman (Z Space). MFA: New School of Drama.
