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Julia Rae Maldonado is a Bronx based actor & writer for stage and screen from San Antonio, Texas. Her work has been developed & produced in NYC by companies including Theatre East (Muses), LAByrinth Theatre and internationally (MUT! Theatre, Hamburg & Interkultural Festival, Stuttgart). She was a 2024 finalist for the Judith Royer Award in Playwriting (Muses), a 2021 finalist in the Samuel French OOB Festival (Juntos), and a 2017 finalist for Actor Theatre Louisville’s Heideman Award (Buskers!); Her play Real Life is published in Gary Garrison’s A (More) Perfect 10 & A Younger 10. Julia is a founding member of the GirlSOUP Collective and currently a faculty member at the Actors Studio Drama School & Marymount Manhattan College. Member of the Dramatist Guild. BFA- NYU, Tisch, MFA - Actors Studio Drama School.

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Raised in Harrisburg, PA, Alicia Lion Januzzi’s love for theater began while watching her mother direct local productions from the pit orchestra where Alicia played trumpet. She is a recent MFA graduate from the Actor’s Studio Drama School. Recent acting credits include The Drowning Girls (ASDS Rep), Dead Air (Connelly Theater), and Intermission Play (The Players Theatre, SPF Winner). She also recently directed Hi My Name Is… (Denver Fringe, Minnesota Fringe, United Solo Festival), They Break up at the End (Denver Fringe), and Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (ASDS). She also recently cofounded MindMeld Productions and directed their inaugural Reading Rager.

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Aaliyah Alexis is a New York–based actress and director from Canton, Michigan. Known for her grounded intensity and emotionally rich performances, she is drawn to stories of resilience and transformation. She brings a deep emotional truth to her work, supported by training in movement-based performance and devising. She made her NYC debut in Space (SHEA) by Kelechi Udenkwo at the Chain Theatre. Her stage work includes The Yard (DAISY) by Iris Goode-Middleton at the Downing Gross Cultural Arts Center; Antigone Blue (ISMENE), the first-place production at the National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NADSA); and The Colored Museum (MISS PAT and MEDEA) by George C. Wolfe. Aaliyah holds a B.A. in Theatre Performance from Hampton University. An active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Aaliyah is committed to fostering creative opportunities that uplift underrepresented voices and expand access to the arts. She believes it is her calling to serve by bringing communities together through theatre.

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Alexa Olinto is a New York–born actor who earned her undergraduate degree in Arts Management and Theatre from Indiana University. She fell in love with acting at a very young age, thanks to her dad, who showed her all of his favorite films. Alexa strives to challenge her skills and open her mind to new ways of thinking with every role she takes on. Her favorite ASDS credits include Arrangements, North of Providence, and Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. Alexa is eternally grateful for her time at the Actors Studio Drama School and to all the teachers who guided her through the past three years. She would like to thank her mom and dad for always encouraging her to chase her dreams, as well as her family and friends who have loved her along the way.