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THE CAST

Noel Joseph Allain*, Brittany Bellizeare, Charles Browning*
Toccarra Cash*, Chris Davis,
Christian Felix*, Scott Kerns*,
Rebecca Nyahay, Keona Welch*,  John Austin Wiggins*

* Appearing courtesy of AEA

​Noel Joseph Allain: New York credits include Motel Cherry (Clubbed Thumb/New Georges), How Much Is Enough? (The Foundry Theatre), The Wife directed by May Adrales, The Tempest (Target Margin), Gonna See A Movie Called Gunga Din and Rocky/Philly (Van Cougar), Sa Ka La (Oslo Elsewhere), Tender (Thirteenth Night Theater), and Now That Communism is Dead, My Life Feels Empty (Richard Foreman). Regional credits include Asher in My Name Is Asher Lev (Cleveland Playhouse), Tom in The Glass Menagerie (Arizona Theater Company), Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice (Playmakers Rep), and Transition with Reggie Watts and Tommy Smith (On the Boards). Awards: Xammie for Best Male Actor for The Glass Menagerie. TV; Blue Bloods, Law and Order:SVU, Damages, Guiding Light,. Noel is Artistic Director of the Obie Award winning Bushwick Starr Theater. TRAINING: Juilliard, Member of The Actor’s Center.

 

Brittany Bellizeare: NY credits: Lost in the Part (Sophie), a 10 minute play performed this summer in the Beer Plays Festival, A Raisin in the Sun (Beneatha) with The Gallery Players, Ambrosia (Ada) and Turning the Glass Around (Daina) with Horsetrade Theater Company, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck), directed by Aleta Chappelle, and last summer she produced and stared in the one-woman show, Chain by Pearl Cleage. In Martha’s Vineyard she performed in the one-Act musical Archy & Mehitabel. She has her MFA in Acting from The New School for Drama where she performed in Den of Thieves (Maggie), Pillars of Society (Lona Hessel), Alls Well That Ends Well, and the title role, Juniper, in Juniper; Jubilee, which was a winner of the Samuel French Festival in 2008. She has also participated in the Shakespeare Lab (2008) at The Public and the Bridge Program at One on One Productions.

 

Charles Browning: has been seen in NY: Classic Stage Company, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Classical Theatre of Harlem, 48 Hours in Harlem, Mabou Mines, Target Margin Theater, Kraine Theater, Fringe Festival and Regional: Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, Timeline Theatre.  He received his training from DePaul Univeristy, BFA; Columbia University, MFA and the British American Drama Academy.

 

Toccarra Cash: is thrilled to be a part of this exciting production. Theatre credits include—OFF B’WAY: Playing with Fire (August Strindberg Rep./Negro Ensemble Co.) OFF-OFF B’WAY: Bonfire Night (The Cell Theatre); REGIONAL: Race (Florida Studio Theatre); Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (CENTERSTAGE/Philadelphia Theatre Co.); A Long and Happy Life (NY Stage & Film Festival); The Syringa Tree; A Raisin in the Sun (Kansas City Rep.); The Wiz (True Colors Theatre Co.); We Are Antigone (Alliance Theatre); Intimate Apparel (Unicorn Theatre); A Star Ain't Nothing But A Hole in Heaven (Coterie Theatre); Blue (Horizon Theatre). Film/tv credits include—ATL (Warner Bros.); Blue Car (Miramax). She is a proud graduate of Spelman College & received her M.F.A. from University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is also a Teaching Artist for HBO, a Resident Artist of The Cell, and a recipient of the prestigious Princess Grace Award (George C. Wolfe Theatre Award - Acting).

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Chris Davis: originally from MAINE, is a recent graduate of the Atlantic Theater Conservatory here in NYC. He holds a BA from Connecticut College and trained for a semester at the Academia dell’Arte in Arezzo, Italy. Chris’ favorite role was playing alongside Playwright Eric Lockley on the Old Vic Stage in London in the summer of 2011 as part of the TS Elliot US/UK Exchange. He has performed all over the city including The Fringe NYC, The Tank, Manhattan Rep, NYTW 4th St. Theater and Atlantic Stage 2. He is currently producing his first feature film called Paper Dreams which he will also star in. Chris would like to thank his family and friends for their unwavering support. He would also like to thank the cast and crew for this incredible journey! Congratulations Eric! Check him out: www.chrisdavisnyc.com, www.paperdreamsthefilm.com

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​Christian Felix: originally from Chicago, Christian received a BA in English and Drama from Dartmouth College.  Past theater credits include: Romeo and Juliet (Public Theater), Take Me Out (Barebones), The Two Lives of Napoleon Beasley, Titus Andronicus (Defiant), and Women and Water (Eclipse).  TV Credits include: Guiding Light (CBS) and What About Joan (ABC).  Christian is delighted to be making his Liberation Theater Company’s debut with Blacken the Bubble.  He would like to thank his family and friends for their continued love and support

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Scott Kerns: NY Credits include Macbeth (Epic Theatre Ensemble), The Shaughraun (Irish Rep), Loaded (Theatre Row), Heart of the City (Urban Stages) and It Pays to Advertise (Metropolitan Playhouse). Scott has worked in DC and regionally at the Folger Theatre, Studio Theatre, Kennedy Center, the Asolo Rep and Two River Theatre. Some selected credits include The Innocents, Macbeth, Polaroid Stories, The Death of Meyerhold, Four, and Candida. Scott has been a teaching artist for over ten years and has trained with the SITI Company, The Gaiety School of Dublin and Shakespeare & Co. www.scottkerns.com

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​Rebecca Nyahay: recently produced and starred in her first film, The Ribbon (www.theribbon-movie.com) and appears as Nikki in the web series Haywire (www.haywireseries.com).  Past credits include Carol in North of Providence, Lady MacBeth in MacBeth, Li’l Bit in How I Learned to Drive, Kate in Uncommon Women & Others, Viola in Twelfth Night, Joan in Sexual Perversity in Chicago and Rosemary in Rosemary with Ginger.  Rebecca has directed many original plays and recently directed a number of pieces for the Root Collective’s Nomad Series.  Rebecca is a graduate of the Maggie Flanigan Studio, has a BA in Theatre from SUNY Geneseo and a LAByrinth Master Class Alumni.   www.rebeccanyahay.com

 

Keona Welch: Off-Broadway: The Flower Thief (Fire This Time Theatre Festival); goodness (Project Y Theatre Company); Court-Martial At Fort Devens (Castillo Theatre); We in Silence Hear a Whisper (Red Fern Theatre Company); Colored Peoples Time, Savanna Black & Blue (Negro Ensemble Company); The Ritual (New Perspectives Theatre Company); The Cold Chill of Winter (Strawberry Theatre Festival). Regional: Ruined (The Philadelphia Theatre Company). Film: Black Girl In Paris; End Of Hope; Birth Report; The Riot; Candy. TV: Law & Order; Law &Order SVU. Training: Duke Ellington School; Rutgers University, BFA; Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (London; England).

 

John Austin Wiggins: received his acting training at The Acting Studio, where he continues to study with John Grabowski, and also studies with Charles Goforth of LAByrinth Theatre Company. He holds a BA in Cultural Anthropology and Asian Studies/ Mandarin Chinese from Rutgers University, and spent a year on scholarship studying Mandarin in Taiwan. Most recently, he was seen in The Last Yankee at Theatre Row, and Whispers in the Dark, screened at the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. He
is a member of Chelsea Repertory Company, where he appeared as Mrs. Orcutt in Stage Door, and William Snelgrave in One Flea Spare. Film credits include Delivering the Goods, with Thomas Ian Nicholas and Dominic Fumusa, Wounded Man (Rooftop Films Summer Series), Missing (NYC Intl. Film Festival), Burials (Brooklyn Film Festival), The Hypocrite, and Caught. John thanks the cast and production team for this wonderful journey, and his family and friends for their love and support.

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