CAST & CREATIVE
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Gloria Alcalá
Gloria (Glo) Alcalá is a trans non-binary theatre artist based in New York City. With a BFA in Theatre from Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle, WA), Glo has worked as an actor, musician, playwright and director on a range of American and international stages. Their verbatim, documentary-style solo play An Endless Shift debuted Off-Broadway in March 2022 at the United Solo Festival after the January 2022 world premiere production at ArtsWest in Seattle. Select credits: Suzette (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), WonderBoy (5th Avenue Theatre), Songs for a New World (Village Theatre), Butch Wicked (Brooklyn Comedy Collective), Cymbeline, Comedy of Errors, The Tempest, Romeo Y Julieta (Seattle Shakespeare Company). www.gloalcala.com.
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Marin Asnes
Marin Asnes (they/she) is a queer actor/singer/dancer and native New Yorker! They particularly enjoy new works of theater and theatrical movement. Some favorite recent credits include “OUT: a Queer Song Cycle” (Jaron Barney), Andrew Lippa’s “The Wild Party” (Dance Captain), and “Goliath: the Musical” (Ethan Carlson). Marin grew up studying dance at Steps on Broadway’s Pre-Professional program and received a degree in Sociology from Skidmore College. They're pumped to be a part of the development of such a wonderful work of theater with even more wonderful artists.
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Alyssa Cassese
Alyssa "Alyx" Cassese is an actor and writer based in NYC. After publishing their first queer fantasy novel at 15, they earned a BFA in Musical Theatre from Pace University. Recent credits include the New York Premiere of Girlfriend (Off-Broadway), How To Dance In Ohio (Pre-Broadway workshop), and Connecting Dot (Atlantic Records). Upcoming films include Despite Everything, Pieces, Fish Heads, and Vertical Storage Solutions for the Recently Bereaved. Honored and elated to return to Atalanta — invest in and elevate queer art by queer creatives! Find them wherever you social your media @alyssacassese or alyssacassese.com
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Blanca Del Loco
Blanca Del Loco (she/they) is a Brooklyn-based artist known for her incredible vocal range and charming personality. Originally from Shreveport, LA, she has a background in musical theatre and opera, having performed all over the US and in NYC. She is currently attached to the musical adaptation of the award-winning novel Too Bright To See. She is also the first Black trans woman ever to play the role of Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar. Selected credits: Tabitha in Totally Normal (Opera America); Jazz in The Valley of The Shadow (WP Theatre/Wolfsmouth); Kayleen in Gruesome Playground Injuries; Turn Back, O Man in Godspell (2012 version); Cynthia in Spectrum (New York Theatre Barn workshop); TV: Daredevil: Born Again (Disney Plus). She was recently interviewed by Rolling Stone for her work and was featured in PAPER Magazine. Last summer, she was a member of the 2nd cohort of the Breaking The Binary Theatre Summer Intensive, led by Tony Nominee L Morgan Lee. Aside from performing, she is currently writing a new musical, “The Perceived,” loosely inspired by Kindred by Octiva Bulter and infucanced by the stories of Trans sex workers. Texas Tech alum. Represented by Ally Taylor Artists. @BlancaDelLoco
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Maya Encila
A Tucson, Arizona native, Maya spent her formative teenage years in the Philippines on tour with Philippine Stagers Foundation (Katips: Ang Mga Bagong Katipunero), Repertory Philippines (Beauty and the Beast), and Frontrow Productions (M. Butterfly). Recently in The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley (Lydia) at Arizona Theatre Company, Beauty and the Beast (Fille de la Ville) with New Bedford Festival Theatre Company, and Crimes of the Heart (Babe) at her alma mater, Circle in the Square. She currently teaches young children at Treasure Trunk Theatre in Brooklyn.
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Ellie Frances
Ellie is a queer, genderfluid, lesbian storyteller rooted in activism through art. Based in Brooklyn, NY, Ellie started their career in theatre in 2008, with their formative years spent singing with opera companies, fronting swing bands, symphonies, and rock bands with plenty of regional theatre thrown in for good measure. Since then, they have added Director, Creative Consultant, Intimacy Professional and Audition Coach to their skillset list focused on new works and Queer works. Some favorite pieces of note include: Sparks Fly Upwards (workshop - Playwrights Horizon), Zigfeld's Midnight Frolic (Off-Broadway Liberty Theatre), Rock The Line (Flea Theatre/TOSOS).
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Malea Kimberly
Malea Kimberly's career began in theatre when she was 9 years old, in a musical review that introduced her to classic musicals like Newsies, West Side Story, and Wicked, and they've been dancing and singing ever since. You may have recently seen her in Shortbus, a live adaptation of the 2006 film, performing Burlesque at queer events in NYC, or as an extra in the Mean Girls movie musical. You can usually find her on Pinterest carefully creating the perfect outfit, or at Cubbyhole Bar wearing said outfit. Malea Kimberly is also very passionate about Black Lives Matter, Trans Rights, Reproductive Rights, and anything that threatens the health and safety of oppressed people. They hope to continue to work on projects of all kinds that are empowering and fulfilling.
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Chloe Kostman
Chloe Kostman (they/she) is a Brooklyn native actor/singer and is so happy to be back at Arts on Site and a part of another brilliant Lucier&Rose show! They are endlessly passionate about developing new works and queer stories. They’ve done lots of awesome work in and around New York City, including most recently - Myrina in Xena: Warrior Musical. @chloekostman www.chloekostman.com
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Jessie MacBeth
Jessie MacBeth loves gothic romance novels and intense thunderstorms. Favorite credits include Xena: Warrior Musical , Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar, Claire de Loone in On The Town, Margaret in Carrie, and Judas Iscariot in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. You can find her in Bushwick with her dog, Mr. French Toast.
@jessielouisemac
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Romeo Torres
Romeo Torres (they/he) is based in New York. They recently finished a 2-year process of The Banality of Evil with Meta-Phys Ed, after a residency at The Brick Theater, and Pericles with Hamlet Isn't Dead as Cleon/Lysimachus. Formerly with the company of Here Lies Love on Broadway and PA with SNL. They have been creating new works and devising since their graduation from NYU Tisch New Studio. Additional recent credits include Little Maestro (Vova) at A.R.T., River Phoenix Fugue (#1) at The Tank; I Love How You Love Me (Georgie) at The Brick Aux; We, Enheduanna (Enheduanna) at The Maker's Ensemble. They'll bring you a bottle of his homemade kombucha on the second date. To Deborah and my Mal. romeo-torres.com
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Corianne Wilson
Corianne Wilson is delighted to be joining the cast of a Lucier&Rose production! Favorite credits include Love Death Brains: A Zombie Musical (Monica) with OUT!Cast Theatre (NYC Fringe Festival), The Full Monty (Pam), Reefer Madness (Ensemble) with Mercury Players Theatre, and Last Summer at Bluefish Cove (Donna) with StageQ in Madison, WI. She also performed several times with the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. She has a B.A. in Theatre & Drama - Acting from UW Madison and has trained with Lisa Howard.
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Katie Chambers
CELLO
Katie Chambers is a cellist and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. Broadway World calls her “an exquisite player in every sense” and playing, called "heavenly" by DC Metro Theater Arts. Chambers plays prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kimmel Center, Kennedy Center, Strathmore, including numerous musical theater pits (her favorite!). Chambers works various singers/songwriters/performers, including Evanescence, Lindsey Stirling, Brian Falduto, Victoria Vox and pianist Ryan Shookman. Chambers’ improvising, extensive recording and performance experience won her a Washington Area Music Award for the album “Vox/Ukulele/Cello”. Chambers is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park and has a master's in cello performance from San Francisco Conservatory of Music. More at KatieTheCellist.com
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Caro Moore
PERCUSSION
Caro Moore is a drummer/percussionist/arranger based in Brooklyn, NY and is active in the theater, jazz, pop, rock, and punk scenes in the city. Caro started subbing on SIX in 2021, then opened the SIX Boleyn tour in September 2022. After a year on the road, Caro came back to the city and started playing with Gina Volpe (and Meghan!), touring Gina's debut solo album Delete the World. Currently, they are a sub for SIX on broadway/tours, and Drag: the musical on off-broadway.
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Kamila Cuevas
DOUBLE BASS
Kamila Cuevas is finishing her undergraduate degree in Jazz Performance with a specialty in Electric and Upright Bass at New Jersey City University. She has performed with New Jersey City University’s Salsa Orchestra, Big Band Ensemble, and various small ensembles. Atalanta is her NYC debut as a bass performer!
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S.C. Lucier
CO-CREATOR
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Meghan Rose
CO-CREATOR