Pegasus PlayLab 2025

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Cast Bios

Sarah Gruber (Angie) is a rising second year in the MFA Acting program. She was last seen on the UCF stage in The Last Firefly (Puppeteer) and Rhinoceros (Logician) as well as Assistant Directing Fiddler on the Roof at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Up next, Sarah will appear as Ferdinand in The Tempest with Ithaca Shakespeare Company in Ithaca, NY. She has her BA in Theatre and Sociology from Smith College. www.sarahgruber.com @sarahrgruber

Jeanine Henry (Grams) is excited to be making her Pegasus PlayLab debut. Favorite stage credits include Mary Tyrone (Long Day’s Journey into Night), Violet Venable (Suddenly, Last Summer) Paige Connor (Hir), and Vivian Bearing (Wit) at the Ensemble Company. She is the former Director of Theatre Arts at Eastern Florida State College where she taught acting, directing, voice and movement. She is a National Michael Chekhov Certified Teacher and Certified Meisner Teacher through True Acting Institute. She holds a B.A. in Theatre from Agnes Scott College and an M.A. in Theatre from Florida State University.

Riley Shanahan (Maggie) is a rising sophomore at the University of Central Florida, currently studying Acting and Criminal Justice. She was most recently seen in The Book Club, produced by Project Spotlight and That’s Why I’m Single at the Orlando Fringe Theatre Festival. Up next, she will appear in Public Wickedness as part of UCF’s Pegasus PlayLab. Riley is thrilled to be part of Visiting Hours and deeply grateful to work with such a talented team. @Rileyshanahan.official

Tristen Mendoza (U/S Angie) is a second-year in the BFA Acting Program. Tristen was last seen on the UCF Stage in Rhinoceros (Botard). Other theater credits include The Book of Will (Ben Johnson), Urinetown (Old Man Strong/ Tenor Ensemble) and The Little Mermaid (Ursula). This past Celebrates the Arts she also worked on UCF Opera production of Cendrillon as Hair/Makeup/Wardrobe/Props Coordinator. @tristenm_arts

Anna Reed (U/S Maggie) is thrilled to be making her Pegasus PlayLab debut! Anna is a current Junior studying Political Science and Theatre Studies. Her previous credits include Cabaret (Fraulein Schneider) Puffs! (Leanne) and Shakespeare in Love (Nurse). Anna is thrilled to be back on stage and is grateful for this amazing team! @anna__e_reed

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Creative Team Bios

Mia Boshoff (Stage Manager) is a rising second year in the BFA Stage Management program. Her most recent role at Theatre UCF was as a Production Assistant and U/S PUPPETEER for The Last Firefly. @orlandostagemanagers @miaboshoff

Freddy Cycholl (Production Stage Manager) is a rising second year in the BFA Stage Management program. Her most recent role at Theatre UCF was being a Production Assistant/Automation Operator on Imogen Says Nothing. Previous credits include Urinetown (Stage Manager), Company (Stage Manager), Hello, Dolly! (Stage Manager) and Theory of Relativity (Stage Manager). @orlandostagemanagers @freddycycholl

May Gold (Lighting Designer) is a rising second year in the BFA Design and Technology program.This is her first production role with UCF Theatre. Previous credits include Inherit the Wind (Set Designer), Mean Girls (Lighting Designer), and Henry IV (Lighting Designer). @masgold.design

Sam Gomez (Sound Designer) is a rising second year in the BFA Design and Technology program. This will be his first production role as a part of UCF Theatre. Previous credits include The Night Witches (Sound Designer), Mamma Mia (Sound Designer), and All My Sons (Sound Designer). @samuelgomez1225

Leigh Green (Associate Director/Dramaturg) is a rising third year in the MFA TYA program. She is also a graduate of the UCF BFA Musical Theatre program (c/o 2016). Directing credits include: The Last Firefly (Co-Director), The Lighting Thief (Assistant Director), Heathers: The Musical, Puffs!, and Pinkalicious: The Musical. Besides directing, Leigh is also a performer with an extensive list of professional credits. Currently, Leigh performs at Universal Orlando, works with Theater West End as their Marketing/Social Media Associate, and has just wrapped up a successful run at the Orlando Fringe Festival. Upcoming, Leigh will be starring as Jeannie in Hair with Renaissance Theatre Co. @leigh.shani.green

Ivey Roberson(Scenic Designer) is a rising second year transfer student in the BFA Design and Technology program. This will be her second production with Theatre UCF. Previous credits include Fiddler on the Roof (A3), Guys and Dolls (Carpenter), Little Shop of Horrors (Carpenter), Catch Me If You Can (Carpenter and A3), Kiss Me Kate (ASM), and Matilda (A2).

Aurora Ulrich (Stage Manager) is a rising second year in the BFA Stage Management program. Her credits include UCF Celebrates the Arts. Her prior credits include New Jersey Renaissance Faire (Assistant Stage Manager), Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire (Stage Manager), and Hedda Gabler (Volunteer Assistant Stage Manager). @auroraeulrich

Cadence Zenkel (Costume Designer) is a rising second year in the BFA Design and Technology program. This is her first production role with UCF Theatre. Previous credits include The Prom (Costume Designer), Concord Floral (Costume Designer), and Anatomy of Grey (Costume Designer). @czenkel_costuming

“Aging is a privilege that not everyone gets to experience.”

It was this quote that I saw posted on Facebook that inspired me to write Visiting Hours. I, like many others, have had friends pass away long before it was their time to go, teaching me the hard lesson that growing older isn’t an occurrence to fear, but the result of a life well lived.

While exploring these ideas of aging, loss, grief, and intergenerational relationships, I realized that I was writing more than just a story about the beauty of life. I was also writing about the nuances and strengths of women. The characters of Grams, Angie, and Maggie became so special to me, and I wanted to uplift their stories as much as I could. It’s because of this that I decided to take the Bechdel Test to the next level; Visiting Hours wouldn’t simply feature female characters, it would only have female characters. Women wouldn’t need to talk to each other about something other than men, they wouldn’t mention men at all. Because there’s more to women’s stories than love interests and heartbreaks, and their lives don’t end after thirty- it’s merely beginning.

Visiting Hours is a love letter to the women in our lives who have built us, taught us, and shaped us. May their impact never be taken for granted.

– Avery Lewis, Playwright

At its core, Visiting Hours is about what we carry across generations, silences, and hospital room thresholds. It’s a story of three women connected by blood, distance, and the ache of things left unsaid. Set in a sterile senior care facility, the play invites us into a space where memory, grief, and humor collide.

What struck me most while working on this piece is how much tenderness can live beneath sarcasm, and how much love can go unspoken when survival becomes the priority. Maggie’s presence—vibrant, persistent, a burst of color in a whitewashed world—offers the possibility of connection, even in the face of loss and despair.

Visiting Hours doesn’t tie things up neatly. It asks us to sit in our discomfort, to listen, and to reconsider the conversations we’ve been avoiding. My hope is that audiences leave this play not with answers, but with the courage to ask questions of their loved ones and of themselves.

– Leigh Green, Associate Director and Dramaturg

Studio One

Presents

Moments of Wonder

Stories That Endure

Directed by
Sage Tokach

*Theatre UCF student

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Joseph Slater*
Kirby Lee*
Tomas Principe*
Aberth Devallon*
Charlie Vega-Franz*
Rebecca Elizabeth Low*
Vernon L Crouse III*
Michael Lindsay
Elyse Mundelein

GUEST ARTISTS

Puppet Workshop - Jamie Donmoyer
Music Workshop - Christine Lapka
Guest Facilitator - Christian Anderson

*Theatre UCF student

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SHOW CREW

J'lyssa Herbert*, Corey Hicks*, Hannah Rushing*

E-SHOP (LIGHTING AND SOUND)

Samantha Perry*, Jackson Reed*, Alexander Robal*, Melina Gonzales*, May Gold*, Allison Fowner*, Sal Ripley*, Samuel Gomez*, Mace Lentini*, Ivanamarie Roncevic*

COSTUME SHOP

Chloe Evans*, Aisha Bader-Ortega*, Lissa Ortega*, Cadence Zenkel*, Sabrina Cervilla*, Veronica Mcgrath*

SCENIC SHOP

Lilianna Jacobson*, Gabriel Sanchez Canceres*, Anastasia Silva*, Rex Maltby*, Ivey Roberson*, Oliver Petersohn*, Anna Varias*, Savannah Clarington*

BOX OFFICE

Charlie Vega-Franz*, Zachary Berman*, Trinity Wortham*, Piper Sunvold*, Gineysha Gonzalez*, Jacob Jones*, Christian Perry*, Ally Hagenbuch*

USHERS

Jacob Jones*

PEGASUS PLAYLAB/Theatre UCF

Artistic Associates: Ty Simons,* Leigh Green*
Stage Managers: Sydney Agliano-Brennick,* Micayla Lise Ruby*
Production Manager PAs: Jonas Winter,* Odalys Lopez*
Dramaturg Coordinator: Alyssa Barrack*
Technical Director: Tramaine Berryhill
Interim Assistant Technical Director: David Jackson
Production Sound: Olivia Deiter
Production Electrician: Kevin Barkman
Costume Shop Manager: Allison Rexrode
Costume Shop Workroom Supervisor: Amanda Roberts
Marketing Communications Manager: Jillian Sterritt
Marketing Coordinator: Jessica Compton
FOH/ Box Office Manager: Imari Point-du-Jour

* Theatre UCF student

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Cast & Creative Team Bios

Vernon/Trey Crouse (Performer) is a 4th Year transfer student in the BFA Studio Art Program. He was a Prop Manager at Mattie Kelly Arts Center for their production of The Odd Couple (Female Vers).
@le_gaint_fairy @vc_designsiii

Joseph Slater (Performer) is a 1st Year graduate student in the MFA Theatre for Young Audiences Program. He has been the dramaturg at Pegasus Playlab’s Go Like Saints and UCF Celebrates the Arts’s Fiddler on the Roof. jo782554@ucf.edu josephslater@aol.com.

Elyse Mundelein (Performer) I am a graduate from University of Central Florida. I graduated from Inclusion Education Services in 2019. I have been a Zumba Instructor for 9 years. I am part of Best Buddies and I do a lot with them. I am Global Ambassador for Best Buddies International.

Michael Lindsay (Performer) is a 2021 graduate of University of Central Florida Inclusion Education Services with a certificate in Hospitality. He has been an actor with Central Florida Community of the Arts Upbeat Ensemble for several years. He has performed in over 10 plays with them. He loves performing.

Charlie Vega-Franz (Performer) is a fourth year in the BA Theatre Studies program. They have been seen on the Theatre UCF stage in Pegasus Playlab’s Desert Oceans (Sister Philomena) and in Project Spotlight’s Goblins (Magic/Swing). They were the house manager for Theatre UCF’s Imogen Says Nothing and The Last Firefly. They enjoy being involved in many aspects of theatre and are currently completing their internship with Theatre UCF’s Box Office. (They/them)

Tomas Principe (Performer) is a second year transfer in the BFA Acting program at Theatre UCF. He was recently seen in various short films and Theatre UCF’s production of Imogen Says Nothing.

Aberth Devallon (Performer) is a third year Biotechnology student with a Minor in Theatre. This is her debut at Theatre UCF. She has been involved in theatre groups such as the Improv Academy.

Kirby Lee ( Participant/Dramaturg) just finished her 2nd year in the MFA Theatre for Young Audiences program and is going into her final year. She received her BFA in Theatre for Young Audiences at East Carolina University in May 2023! She is so excited to be a part of Pegasus Playlab for the 2nd year in a row! This is her 5th production as a dramaturg.

Anna Varias (Co-Set Designer) rising true 2nd year in the BFA Design and Technology program.

Oliver Petersohn (Co-Set Designer) is a true second-year in the BFA Design and Technology program. Since he has only just completed his first year at UCF this is his debut.

Aisha Bader-Ortega (Costume Designer) is a first-year transfer student in the BFA Design and Technology program. This is her Costume Designer debut, and she is also part of the costume crew at Theatre UCF.

Sage Tokach (Facilitator) is a graduate of UCF’s Theatre for Young Audiences MFA program and currently serves as the Director of Education for the New London Barn Playhouse in New Hampshire. This is her third summer as a facilitator for the inclusive devising project. Sage is always grateful for the opportunity to return to Pegasus PlayLab for such a unique and exciting process.

Ralph Krumins (Facilitator) is a graduate of UCF Theatre for Young Audiences MFA program. A new theatre instructor at UCF, he has created music for Pegasus Playlab original works like Sombra Del Sol and Daring to Dream. He’s also a proud dad to Benji and Mabel—aka Gladiator and Gremlin. Thank you for such a creative process to the entire team!

Anthony Francis (Facilitator) of this year's Pegasus PlayLab devised theatre program. Drawing on his multifaceted career as an acting and improv performer and acting teacher, along with 7+ years using improv to build confidence/self-esteem in special populations (founder, Improv U LLC), he equips ensembles with essential skills for spontaneous narrative creation and authentic ensemble work.

Ineta Lopez (Facilitator / Dramaturg) is a second-year graduate student in the M.A. Theatre program. This is her UCF debut. Before moving to the USA, in her home country of Lithuania, she led the Cultural Activities Department at Klaipėda Drama Theatre and managed the international festival TheAtrium.
@ineta_lopez

Hunter Clark (Production Stage Manager) is a rising 2nd Year transfer student in the BFA Stage Management Program. He has been an SM at UCF Celebrates the Arts and a PA on Theatre UCF’s RENT.
@orlandostagemanagers @huntergclark1418

Sydney Agliano-Brennick (Stage Manager) is a rising 2nd Year transfer student in the BFA Stage Management Program. She has been a part of Theatre UCF’s Production of The Clean House (Deck Crew Member),Theatre UCF’s Production of Rhinoceros (Tech PA), and a part of UCF Celebrates The Arts 2025 (Stage Manager). @orlandostagemanagers

Micayla Lise Ruby (Stage Manager) is a first-year in the BFA Stage Management program. They recently concluded their first Theatre UCF production, Fiddler on the Roof (Production Assistant), a part of UCF Celebrates the Arts 2025. Other credits include Ride the Cyclone (Assistant Stage Manager) and The Phantom of the Opera (Assistant Stage Manager)
@micaylaliseruby

Building on last year’s Daring to Dream and 2023’s Building a Shared Home workshop, Moments of Wonder is a collaboration between TheatreUCF, UCF’s Student Accessibility Services, and Central Florida Community Arts, with the goal of creating a community of collective care where all participants learn from each other, and each contribute to the final product.

This type of collaborative creation is rare in university theatre settings and challenges us to reconsider traditional theatre production schedules, leadership structures, and rehearsal models. Our activities in the first week consisted of ensemble-building, visual art exercises, examination of personal objects, embodied memories, and improvised scenes and movement. From these explorations, we selected moments that impacted us most and arranged them into a story framework, assembling a final piece that connects the webs of each participants’ individual experiences and offers a glimpse into the collective mind of our ensemble.

Beyond the connection of our cast in rehearsals, we have been building an ongoing inclusive creative community since the project’s inception in 2023 with several organizers and participants returning to the project in each iteration. This year, Ralph and I brought this model of inclusive creative practice to the New London Barn Playhouse in New Hampshire and facilitated a truncated version of this process with middle and high schoolers with and without disabilities. This fall, we will share our inclusive devising model with students and educators at UCP of Central Florida. We are grateful for each of the foundations, community partners, festival organizers, and participants who believe in the value of this work, and we hope to continue layering and exploring possibilities in the future.

- Sage Tokach, Director

Responding to the theme "Moments of Wonder: Stories That Endure," this devised theatre project brought together students and community members with all abilities to collaboratively create an original piece of theatre. Inspired by Wanda Gág's centenarian children's literature, including Millions of Cats, Snippy and Snappy, and Nothing at All, we embarked on a journey of exploration, improvisation, and reflection to uncover stories that resonate and invoke awe, relationship, and transformation.

Participants explored the extraordinary within the ordinary through a process that employed body, voice, movement, and multiple performing objects such as yarn, fabric, shadow theatre, and light. Even when the AC unexpectedly went out in the rehearsal room, hand fans became more than just a tool to fight the Floridian heat—they transformed into performing objects, adding another layer of creativity to our process.

From the playful exploration of personal objects to the realization that behind every person lies a complex and vivid story, our exploration of WONDER led us to the concept of SONDER—the profound awareness that every passerby has a life as rich and intricate as our own, filled with their dreams, struggles, and experiences. As one participant reflected, "For someone, these are just tap shoes, but for me, I could talk about them for hours—about the sweat they've seen and the dreams they've carried me toward."

This process has also revealed the beauty of collaboration: the balance between individuality and community and the power of unity in creating something greater than ourselves. Whether through the creation of a yarn web to symbolize connection, the interplay of light and dark to reveal hidden depths, or the freedom of shared movement, participants have danced with the beauty of belonging with patience and in honor of individual voice.

At its heart, this project is about discovery—of ourselves, each other, and the stories that endure. Our most profound experiences of awe have come from embracing the unknown and allowing the process to take us where we did not expect. As we share this performance with you, we invite you to join us in celebrating awe and embracing that there is not just "you" here in the world but "us," a living collective of lives, stories, and dreams. We invite you to step into this shared journey with us, embrace the wonder of the unknown, and discover what this experience will reveal—for all of us.

- Ineta Lopez, Dramaturg

Studio One

Presents

Public Wickedness

By Lee Osorio

Adonis Perez-Escobar
Director

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CAST

LAUD: David Joshua Martinez*
ACTOR 2/NANCY: Faith Klick*
ACTOR 3/LEE: Lincoln Stone*
ACTOR 4/DUCKY: River Banks*
ACTOR 5/ALVIN/FRANK: Marty Gnidula*
UNDERSTUDY: Joseph Luzier*
UNDERSTUDY: Riley Shanahan*

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PRODUCTION TEAM

Stage Managers: Ruby Hernandez*, Mia Boshoff*
Assistant Director: Alessandra Almanza*
Show Crew: J’lyssa Herbert*, Corey Hicks*, Hannah Rushing*

E-SHOP (LIGHTING AND SOUND)

Samantha Perry*, Jackson Reed*, Alexander Robal*, Melina Gonzales*, May Gold*, Allison Fowner*, Sal Ripley*, Samuel Gomez* , Mace Lentini*, Ivanamarie Roncevic*

COSTUME SHOP

Chloe Evans*. Aisha Bader-Ortega*, Lissa Ortega*, Cadence Zenkel* Sabrina Cervilla*, Veronica Mcgrath*

SCENIC SHOP

Lilianna Jacobson*, Gabriel Sanchez Canceres*, Anastasia Silva*, Rex Maltby*, Ivey Roberson*.Oliver Petersohn*, Anna Varias*, Sevannah Clarington*

BOX OFFICE

Charlie Vega-Franz*, Zachary Berman*, Trinity Wortham*, Piper Sunvold*, Gineysha Gonzalez* , Jacob Jones*, Christian Perry*, Ally Hagenbuch*

USHERS

Jacob Jones*

PEGASUS PLAYLAB/Theatre UCF

Artistic Associates: Ty Simons,* Leigh Green*
Production Manager PAs: Jonas Winter*, Odalys Lopez*
Dramaturg Coordinator: Alyssa Barrack*
Technical Director: Tramaine Berryhill
Interim Assistant Technical Director: David Jackson
Production Sound: Olivia Deiter
Production Electrician: Kevin Barkman
Costume Shop Manager: Allison Rexrode
Costume Shop Workroom Supervisor: Amanda Roberts
Marketing Communications Manager: Jillian Sterritt
Marketing Coordinator: Jessica Compton
FOH/ Box Office Manager: Imari Point-du-Jour

* Theatre UCF student

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Cast & Creative Team Bios

Lee Osorio (Playwright) is an Atlanta-based actor and playwright. His plays have been developed through the Alliance Theatre's Reiser Artist Lab, the Alabama Shakespeare Southern Writers Festival, Working Title Playwrights’s Ethel Woolson Lab, Theatrical Outfit's Made in Atlanta, with funding from Idea Capital and the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, and in residence at Hambidge and the Eugene O'Neill Foundation's Tao House. Lee received his MFA in Acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep and is a proud member of Actor's Equity and SAG/AFTRA. www.LeeOsorio.com

Adonis Perez-Escobar (Director) is a director, playwright and actor based in Orlando, Florida. Other directing credits include Hair currently running at the Renaissance Theatre Company where he is an Artist in Residence. Creative Directing credits include Renburn, The Afters, Bloom, and Rizen. He is known for his immersive and devised works blending nightlife, performance art, drag, and all around queer-culture. Writing credits include The Cocaine Play and ‘24, both produced at the Ren. Recent acting credits include The Pitchforks, Nosferatu, ‘24, The Cocaine Play, La Medea (Renaissance Theatre Company), Comedy of Errors, The Complete Works… Abridged, The Tempest, The Book of Will (Illinois Shakespeare Festival), Henry V, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Charley’s Aunt (Michigan Shakespeare Festival), Henry IV, Henry VI Part 1, and Much Ado About Nothing (Orlando Shakes). He received his BFA in Acting from UCF. @adonisperezescobar

River Banks (Actor 4/Ducky) is a recent Theatre UCF graduate with credits including The Cherry Orchard (Yepikhodov), Indecent (U/S Avram), Once on This Island (Agwe, Riverside Theatre), and Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Lionel James, Orlando Family Stage). He was active in Alpha Psi Omega, The Improv Academy, and Project Spotlight. River is passionate about both performing and arts education, aiming to support and inspire the next generation of artists.

Marty Gnidula (Actor 5/Alvin/Frank) is a rising second year MFA acting student. Originally from Orange, CT, Marty received his BA in Theatre and English/prelaw from the University of Vermont. Some of Marty’s favorite credits include Berenger in Rhinoceros (Theatre UCF), the Narrator in Every Brilliant Thing (Self-produced), Sir Robin in Spamalot (Vermont Rep), and ensemble/ Tevye understudy in Fiddler on the Roof (Theatre UCF). @martyg246

Faith Klick (Actor 2/Nancy) is a rising second year MFA Acting student. She received her BA in Musical Theatre and English Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Most recently she has been seen onstage in Fiddler on the Roof as an Ensemble Member/Golde understudy (Theatre UCF) and as the Imogen understudy in Imogen Says Nothing (Theatre UCF). Next, catch Faith teaching at Orlando Family Stage this summer. @klickfai101

Rex Maltby (Scenic Designer) is a phoenix rising from the ashes of the engineering department, a junior who transferred to a Set Design major this past year, some of his recent roles and achievements include, Fiddler on the Roof (show carpenter), RENT (show carpenter), Top of the Shop Block Tower, Freelance Carpenter at Kadan production. After college he wants to pursue a career as a technical director in the special event industry with a special interest in museum related work.

Joshua Martinez (Laud Humphreys) is beginning the second year of the UCF MFA Acting program this Fall. He graduated from Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas, in Spring of 2018. He has been in dozens of musicals and plays including Don Quixote (Man of La Mancha), Jamie Wellerstein (The Last 5 Years), Anthony Hope (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street), Frank Butler (Annie Get Your Gun), Stanley Kowalski (A Streetcar Named Desire), Alan Raleigh (God of Carnage), Lord Macduff (Macbeth), and Lord Capulet (Romeo and Juliet). Now, in addition to continuing the never-ending journey of acting, he will take the next steps as an artist; directing, playwriting, and educating.

Riley Shanahan (Understudy) is a rising sophomore at the University of Central Florida, currently studying Acting and Criminal Justice. She was most recently seen in Visiting Hours (Maggie) as part of UCF’s Pegasus PlayLab, and That’s Why I’m Single (Swing) at the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival. Up next, she will be Assistant Directing The River Bride at Theatre UCF. Riley is thrilled to be part of Public Wickedness and deeply grateful to work with such a talented team. @riley.shanahan_ @rileyshanahan.official

Lincoln Stone (Actor 3/Lee) is a rising second year MFA acting student. His most recent roles at Theatre UCF were as Constable in Fiddler on the Roof and Richard Burbage/Harry Hunks in Imogen Says Nothing. Lincoln received his BFA in Classical Acting from Southern Utah University. Some of his favorite credits include Macbeth, The Baker in Into the Woods, and Eilif in Mother Courage. @actuallylincolnstone & lincolnstone.net

Joseph Luzier (Understudy) is a rising junior at the University of Central Florida, currently studying Finance and Acting. He was most recently seen in That’s Why I’m Single (Swing) at the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival, and Book Club featured at the Project Spotlight One Act Festival. Up next, he will be performing in The Great Gatsby at Imagine Theatre as Nick Carroway. This is his debut at Theatre UCF.

Melina Gonzales (Lighting Designer) is a second-year student in the Technical Theatre and Design program. This is her first role at Theatre UCF. Her upcoming role in Theatre UCF is Assistant Production Electrician on Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.

Ivanamarie Roncevic (Audio Designer) is a rising second year student in the Design and Technology program. Her most recent role at Theatre UCF was Qlab Operator for Rent. Other credits include Sister Act at Florida State College at Jacksonville (A2), Kinky Boots at Players by the Sea (Wardrobe Crew), and Ruthless at Players by the Sea (Stagehand).

Sav DeBaylo (Dramaturg) is a rising second-year MA Theatre Studies student. She received her BA in theatre studies from the University of Central Florida, with a minor in journalism. This past semester, Sav helped develop and facilitate a devised piece exploring AI as part of UCF Celebrates the Arts. Their artistic interests blend research, collaboration, and storytelling on and off the stage. Her favorite acting credits include Chloe (Poltergeist) for Project Spotlight and understudying as #11 (The Wolves).

Sara Jacobson (Production Stage Manager) is a rising second year in the BFA Stage Management program. Her most recent role at Theatre UCF was as an SM for UCF Celebrates the Arts and a PA for The Clean House. Her other credits include Finding Nemo Jr. at Central Florida Community Arts (Production Stage Manager), How it Gets In (Production Stage Manager) at Whiskey Theatre Factory, and Orlando Fringe Festival (Outdoor Stage Technician/ Swing Tech). @orlandostagemanager @sgjacobson_23

Mia Boshoff (Stage Manager) is a rising second year in the BFA Stage Management program. Her most recent role at Theatre UCF was as a SM on The Visiting Hours for Pegasus PlayLab, as well as a Production Assistant and U/S PUPPETEER for The Last Firefly earlier in the Spring. @orlandostagemanagers @miaboshoff

Ruby Hernandez (Stage Manager) is a rising second year in the BFA Stage Management program. Her other credits include being a Production Assistant for Theatre UCF’s Imogen Says Nothing.

What you are about to hear is based on a true story. It’s a Queer story. It’s a story about the men who have sex in public restrooms and the scientist who studied them. But more than anything, it is a story about the roles we play. It’s about the costumes we wear that no longer fit comfortably and the ones we’ve been forced to wear so long we’ve forgotten who we are underneath them. It’s a story about a man named Laud Humphreys who is trying to find the role, the costume, the words that will finally make his world make sense.

The play you are about to hear is in a very similar position as Laud. They both desperately want to know what they have to offer the world and if they’re any good. These are questions that can only be answered in community.

Tonight, you’ve agreed to be a part of the community that receives this fledgling play. Thank you. Whether the play flies or falls (or the most likely scenario of doing some of both), I will learn an invaluable amount from you about where it is and where it needs to go from here.

May this story bring you closer to finding the role/s that make you feel most alive.

- Lee Osorio, Playwright

What does it mean to be truly authentic? Public Wickedness asks us to consider the complex identities we carry, who we are at work, in love, in private, and in secret. What happens when those identities conflict? What if the version of ourselves we present to the world is easier, but ultimately unsustainable?

Inspired by a true story in queer history, Public Wickedness explores the ripple effects of actions taken with good intentions, some of which harm more than help. It challenges us to ask: Is an act inherently wrong, or does its impact define its morality? And if we never see the ripple, does it still matter?

At the center is Laud Humphreys, a man torn between the comfort of a constructed identity and the terrifying clarity of self-understanding. His journey invites us to reflect on the masks we wear, and what it costs to remove them.

- Sav Debaylo, Dramaturg

Black Box Theatre

Presents

The Drolls

By Deborah Brevoort

Nick Bublitz
Director

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CAST

ETHEREGE, Co Fight Captain - Arius West
COX - Chris Bresciani*
LITTLEWOOD - Paige Mason
MAGISTRATE COWLY - Ger Grandfield*
ROXOLANA - Dominique Marshall
WILLIAM DAVENANT - Wyatt Hubbard*
U/S LITTLEWOOD - Matthew Gennell*

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PRODUCTION TEAM

Stage Managers - Zachary Reinhardt*, Chelsea Montes*
Assistant Director - Jaz Griffiths*
Production Manager PAs/Props Managers - Odalys Lopez*, Jonas Winter*
Props Artisan - Oliver Petersohn*
Deck Crew - Aurora Ulrich*, Maria Palacios Aliaga*, James Smith*
Wardrobe Supervisors - Veronica McGrath*, Freddy Cycholl*
Wardrobe Crew - Hunter Clark*, Lindsay Goldman*
Assistant Sound Designer - Mace Lentini*
Q-Lab Operator - Micayla Lise Ruby*
Assistant Lighting Designer - Ivy Muller*
Lighting Programmer - Madelyn Considine*
Light Board Operator - Zachary Berman*

E-SHOP (LIGHTING AND SOUND)

Samantha Perry*, Jackson Reed*, Alexander Robal*, Melina Gonzales*, May Gold*, Allison Fowner*, Sal Ripley*, Samuel Gomez*, Mace Lentini*, Ivanamarie Roncevic*

COSTUME SHOP

Chloe Evans*, Aisha Bader-Ortega*, Lissa Ortega*, Cadence Zenkel*, Sabrina Cervilla*, Veronica Mcgrath*

SCENIC SHOP

Lilianna Jacobson*, Gabriel Sanchez Canceres*, Anastasia Silva*, Rex Maltby*, Ivey Roberson*, Oliver Petersohn*, Anna Varias*, Savannah Clarington*

BOX OFFICE

Charlie Vega-Franz*, Zachary Berman*, Trinity Wortham*, Piper Sunvold*, Gineysha Gonzalez*, Jacob Jones*, Christian Perry*, Ally Hagenbuch*

USHERS

Jacob Jones*

PEGASUS PLAYLAB/Theatre UCF

Artistic Associates: Ty Simons,* Leigh Green*
Technical Director: Tramaine Berryhill
Interim Assistant Technical Director: David Jackson
Production Sound: Olivia Deiter
Production Electrician: Kevin Barkman
Costume Shop Manager: Allison Rexrode
Costume Shop Workroom Supervisor: Amanda Roberts
Marketing Communications Manager: Jillian Sterritt
Marketing Coordinator: Jessica Compton
FOH/ Box Office Manager: Imari Point-du-Jour

* Theatre UCF student

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Cast & Creative Team Bios

Deborah Brevoort (Playwright) is the award-winning author of plays, musicals and operas librettos. She is best known for The Women of Lockerbie, which is produced internationally. Other plays include Blue Moon Over Memphis, a Noh Drama about Elvis, The Poetry of Pizza, The Blue-Sky Boys, The Comfort Team, The Drolls, The Velvet Weapon, Into the Fire, and Signs of Life. My Lord, What Night was originally commissioned by Premiere Stages in their Liberty Live program. After a rolling world premiere at CATF, Orlando Shakes & Florida Studio Theatre it was performed at the historic Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC. Her plays are published by Bloomsbury Methuen, Applause Books, Samuel French, DPS and No Passport Press. She has written 4 musicals and 10 operas and was awarded the Campbell Opera Librettist Prize by Opera America. She teaches in the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program and is a Fulbright Specialist with the US State Dept.

Nick Bublitz (Director) is a Director, Actor, Producer and Educator who specializes in New Play Development and currently serves as the Associate Artistic Director at Orlando Shakes. Directing Credits include Puffs (Theater South Playhouse), Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, Static Space, Up The Ladder Down The Slide (Orlando Shakes) Slaymaker, Witch (Hippodrome Theatre). Regional acting credits include: The Vote, Unnecessary Farce (The Studio at Tierra Del Sol), Every Brilliant Thing, Henry VI Pt 1: Joan of Arc, Comedy of Errors, Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing (Orlando Shakes), White, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Hippodrome Theatre), Hills on Fire, The Magnificent Revengers (Tilted Windmill Theatricals), and A Christmas Karen (Gamiotics Studios). MFA in Acting (University of Florida). IG: @bicknublitz

Evan Alexander Jones (Musical Director) – Evan earned his BFA in Musical Theatre at UCF and works in the Orlando area as a musical director, actor, and violinist. Recent MD credits include Runway to Hope’s 2025 Spring Soiree and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs at Orlando Shakes. Evan starred in the World Premiere of The Seekers and the Song (Fergus, Violin) and served as a consultant for string arrangements. He also performs at the Universal Orlando Resort and was part of the opening team for Universal Epic Universe. Evanalexanderjones@gmail.com

Jaz Griffiths (Assistant Director) is a 2nd year in the BFA Stage Management program. She directed shows throughout high school and has been a Stage Manager for UCF Celebrates the Arts for the last two years 2 years. She has also done work at the Orlando Family Stage as a Production Assistant and Assistant Teaching Artist.

Alyssa Barrack (Dramaturg) is a second-year PhD student in the Texts and Technology program. This is their second Theatre UCF production, following the AI Cabaret (Gretta). An enthusiastic jack-of-all-trades, Alyssa often works as an event manager, scenic artist, and lighting designer in Central Florida. Their research explores audiences in theatre, film, and digital media, horror, and tech-mediated performance.

Leigh Green (Artistic Associate) is an MFA candidate in Theatre for Young Audiences at the University of Central Florida (Class of 2026) and currently serves as the Artistic Associate for Theatre UCF. She also holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from UCF (Class of 2016). Leigh recently co-directed The Last Firefly as part of Theatre UCF’s MainStage season and for UCF Celebrates the Arts, and served as Associate Director for Visiting Hours during Pegasus PlayLab. In addition to directing, Leigh is an active performer, portraying multiple roles at Universal Orlando Resort. Her favorite performance credits include: Lois in Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (The Wick Theatre), Sheila in The Office Party Musical Extravaganza (Renaissance Theatre Company), Belle/The Little Mermaid/Rapunzel in Disenchanted (Theater West End), Squeaky Fromme in Assassins (Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol). Leigh also works as the Marketing and Social Media Associate for Theater West End. Follow her journey on Instagram: @leigh.shani.green

Sabrina Cervilla (She/They) (Costume Designer) is a first-year transfer student in the BFA Design and Technology program. This is their Costume Designer debut, and they are also part of the costume crew at Theatre UCF. sabrinacervilla.com

Mason Lentini (Assistant Sound Designer) is a second-year transfer student in the BFA Design and Technology program. He has previously worked with Theatre UCF’s production of Fiddler on the Roof (A3) and RENT (Light Board Op). Other theatre credits include Valencia College’s 2023 haunted house (Props Artisan) and their production of How to Succeed in Business (Stage Hand). He has also done live mixing and tech work at small shows for local bands in both Orlando and Gainesville.

Ty Simons (he/him) (Company Manager) is a KCACTF Region IV award-winning director and third-year MFA TYA candidate with a B.A in Theatre Studies and a minor in Education! His previous credits include: Regional Theatre; A Christmas Carol (Assistant Director, Orlando Shakes), The Facts Are As Follows (Dramaturg, Orlando Shakes), Theatre UCF: The Last Firefly (Co-Director), Rhinoceros (Associate Director), Working (Assistant Director), Dance Night (Associate Director) and Affinity Lunch Minutes (Assistant Director) as part of UCF Pegasus PlayLab. MAKE ART NOT WAR! @tylersiimons UPCOMING: The River Bride (Co-Director) as part of Theatre UCF's 25-26 Season!

Arius West (ETHEREGE) is an alumni of the BA Theatre Studies program. He is also certified in seven out of eight stage combat weapons. He has been seen on the Theatre UCF Stage in Spunk and the Harlem Literati (Richard Bruce Nugent) and An Octoroon (BJJ, George, M’Closky). Some of his other notable works are Snowball: A Tragedy (Platinum), Beat Bugs The Musical (Jay), Vote? (Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglass), and Sweat (Evan). He is involved with Orlando Fringe Festival 2025, in which he is reprising his role in Lenox Avenue!

Chris Bresciani (COX) is a second year MFA theatre student in the Theatre for Young Audiences track. Select theatre credits include: Dance Night (Harry Fischer), A Christmas Carol (Solicitor, Mr. Fezziwig and The Ghost of Christmas Present), Ribbit! (Professor Newt), Oklahoma! (Judd Fry), and much more. Chris is also an atmosphere performer at SeaWorld Orlando. Learn more about Chris at chrisgbresciani.com

Ger Grandfield (MAGISTRATE COWLY) is a 1st year MFA in Acting, & a recent graduate from Virginia Commonwealth University (BFA in Acting). Previous Theatre UCF credits are Imogen Says Nothing (Henry Condell), Fiddler on the Roof (Rabbi). VCU: Nils/Torkel in Let The Right One In, & Queensberry in Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. Montjoy/Macmorris in Henry V and Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night at The Prague Shakespeare Company.

Dominique Marshall (ROXOLANA) just finished her professional internship at Orlando Shakes and through UCF, gained her MFA in Acting ‘25. She played the following in the Shakes’ season 2024-5 season: Stuart Little (Snowbell), Henry IV part 2 (Pirate and Spirit), and Macbeth (Lady Macduff/ Weird Sister/Gentlewoman). Dominique’s UCF credits include: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet St. (Ensemble), Chicken & Biscuits (Beverly),(Emmanuele Giri) in Arturo Ui, and (Reporter/ Marcie) in The Interference. She is the former ESU Boston branch National Shakespeare Competition winner.

Wyatt Hubbard (WILLIAM DAVENANT) is a soon to be, third year theatre studies major. He has most recently been seen in theatre UCF’s production of Imogen Says Nothing as Alexander Cooke. He is very excited to be working on this production.

Paige Mason (LITTLEWOOD) is a recent graduate of the MFA Acting Program. She has been seen on the Theatre UCF stage in The Cherry Orchard (Lyubov Andreyevna), As You Like It (Rosalind), and The Prom (Dee Dee Allen). Other Orlando theatre credits include Stuart Little (Mrs. Little), Henry VI: Part 2 (Duchess of Gloucester), A Christmas Carol (Charity Collector/Charwoman), and Macbeth (Banquo) at Orlando Shakes.
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Matthew Gennell (U/S LITTLEWOOD) is a Junior in the BA Theatre Studies, and will be making his theatrical debut in the production of The Drolls. Back at his previous school, Seminole State College of Florida, Matt stared in Witches of Shakespeare (Undead Shakespeare). Other theatre credits include Love's Labbour's Lost (Longaville), The Edgar Allen Poe Radio Show (Rodrick Usher/Taylor), and The Importance of Being Earnest (Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.) Matthew is involved with the UCF Theatre Company through the college's work-study program, and assists with many of the behind-the-scene tasks.

Aanya Holsinger (Production Stage Manager) is a rising sophomore in the BFA Stage Management program. Her past Theatre UCF credits include Fiddler on the Roof (Production Assistant). She has also previously worked on productions with Stagelight & Magic Inc. and The Workshop Players in Sri Lanka.

Chelsea Montes (Stage Manager) is a rising second year in the BFA Stage Management program. They worked as an SM at UCF Celebrates the Arts, and a PA on Theatre UCF’s RHINOCEROS.

Zachary Reinhardt (Stage Manager) is a rising second year transfer in the BFA Stage Management Program. This is his second Theatre UCF production with previous other credits including Fiddler on the Roof at UCF (Production Assistant), Haunted House Attraction at Valencia College (Production Stage Manager), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Calling Stage Manager) and The Orlando Fringe Festival (Venue Technician).

Aurora Ulrich (Deck Crew) is a rising second-year student in the BFA Stage Management program. Her credits include Visiting Hours (Stage Manager) and UCF Celebrates the Arts. Her prior credits include New Jersey Renaissance Faire (Assistant Stage Manager), Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire (Stage Manager), and Hedda Gabler (Volunteer Assistant Stage Manager).
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/auroraulrich Instagram: @auroraeulrich

Veronica McGrath is the Co-Wardrobe Supervisor for The Drolls. She has worked on previous productions at UCF, like Imogen Says Nothing, as wardrobe crew. And worked costumes on several productions at her alma mater, College of Central Florida like the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Veronica is very excited for this opportunity and hopes you enjoy the show.

Lindsay Goldman (Wardrobe Crew) is a 4th year in the Theatre Studies program. You may know her work from Murder at the Mirage Hotel (Director) or the 10-Minute Play The Lesson Plan in which she won best director at Project Spotlight’s 2024 10-Minute Play Competition.

Hunter Clark (Wardrobe Supervisor) is a rising 2nd Year transfer student in the BFA Stage Management Program. He has been a PSM for Pegasus PlayLab's Moments of Wonder, an SM at UCF Celebrates the Arts, and a PA on Theatre UCF’s RENT. @orlandostagemanagers @huntergclark1418

Many years ago, I was reading a book about Shakespeare that discussed how his plays were almost lost. It happened during the Interregnum, when the Puritans overthrew the British monarchy and imposed authoritarian rule in England. They closed the theatres, burned Shakespeare’s Globe to the ground and outlawed all forms of entertainment. The English, caught in the grips of extremism, and deprived of theatre, began to lose touch with who they were.

The thought of almost losing Shakespeare haunted me. What would the world be like without those plays? There is not a human situation or condition that isn’t contained in them. Without Shakespeare, we quite simply wouldn’t be who we are.

As I explored the history, I discovered the drolls, the outlaw actors and blackamoor musicians who took to the streets during this dark era to perform forbidden comedy routines for a populace starved for laughter. It was the drolls—the masters of low comedy—who kept the theatre alive during the Puritan crackdown and are credited with saving Shakespeare from the dustbins of history.

That the drolls, the vulgar clowns of the street, were instrumental in delivering to us the world’s greatest poet became for me an exploration of the necessity of theatre and its power to restore a society to its senses.

Many thanks to UCF for this workshop production, the actors who brought their talent, energy and hearts to the process and Nick Bublitz for so beautifully excavating the comedy and tragedy in the script. I am deeply grateful.

- Deborah Brevoort, Playwright

As a dramaturg, I love collecting and sharing information that enriches and adds depth to a production. Over the five weeks of this process I’ve read 7 books, 20+ articles, and an array of additional content in dictionaries, historical sources, museum sites, and more to add the maximum possible life and context to this production. There’s ample research and records about the Interregnum, Oliver Cromwell, English monarchs, and chronistic politics. However, two notable histories still lack adequate attention: theatrical activity during the ban, and the long-overlooked presence of African immigrants in England since the 1200s. 

Conversations about Black communities in the west often begin with the transatlantic slave trade, but this framing erases the agency, humanity, and contributions of Black individuals in earlier periods. Records show Black citizens at every level of Tudor society – as craftsmen, merchants, artists, servants, and members of the royal court. Their stories challenge dominant narratives and reveal a richer, more complex history. 

Recent scholarship has uncovered evidence of Black individuals as contemporaries of Shakespeare and active participants in England’s artistic and cultural life. The stories of the “blackamoors” featured in our production are not only historically grounded but deeply relevant. 

The Drolls, with its wit and subversive energy, invites us to rediscover this neglected past. It affirms the vital presence of Black English citizens in preserving theatre during the Puritan Interregnum and beyond as the writers, performers, and artists that keep the craft alive. 

- Alyssa Barrack, Dramaturg