Ella Stiller
(Dilaria)
Ella is beyond thrilled and grateful to be making her Off Broadway debut. Select credits include the upcoming “Driver’s Ed” and the new season of “And Just Like That…” Training: The Juilliard School (Group 53). Thank you to my family and friends, my team, every teacher who ever understood me, and my best friend Maya.
Chiara Aurelia
(Georgia)
Chiara Aurelia is thrilled to be making her New York on-stage debut in Dilaria. Later this Summer she will also join the cast of John Proctor is the Villain on Broadway. Recent Film: Luckiest Girl Alive, Fear Street: Part 2 – 1978, Back Roads, Gerald’s Game. TV: Hysteria!, Cruel Summer, Tell Me Your Secrets. She dedicates this performance to her mother who inspired her love for the stage at a very young age, and to her friends, family and team at Paradigm, Industry, ImPRint and Yorn Levine who have supported that love every day since.
Christopher Briney
(Noah)
Christopher Briney is rising quickly in the ranks of Hollywood's leading men, distinguishing himself with a variety of nuanced, memorable performances. He is best-known for his starring role as "Conrad Fisher" in Amazon’s hit series, The Summer I Turned Pretty, based on the popular, bestselling book series of the same title. Season three will premiere in Summer 2025. In 2024, Briney starred as "Aaron Samuels" in Paramount’s highly anticipated Mean Girls movie musical, produced by Lorne Michaels and Tina Fey. Briney made his film debut starring opposite Sir Ben Kingsley in Dalíland as "James," Dalí’s young gallery assistant who is thrust into the vibrant but turbulent NY art scene of the 1970's. The film premiered at the 2022 Toronto Film festival. Briney grew up in Connecticut before moving to New York to attend Pace University where he received a BFA in Acting for Film, TV, Voiceover and Commercial.
Rebecca Ho
(u/s Dilaria and Georgia)
Rebecca Ho is a half Vietnamese, half Chinese actor originally from Brisbane, Australia. And she's fr like so hype to be making her Off-Broadway debut in this like literally killer show! Select NEW YORK:
The World's Most Boring Murder (The Players Theater),
The Fantastical Fellowship... (Frigid NYC),
The Seagull, Loves Labours Lost, Office Hour, A Lie of the Mind (Columbia University);
Single Asian Female (Australian Theatre Festival NYC). REGIONAL:
A Christmas Carol (Portland Stage),
Richard II, As You Like It, The Importance of Being Earnest, Eurydice (Theater at Monmouth). FILM:
Amici, Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow... VO:
Bibigo Dumplings, StreetEasy, My Name is Trouble audiobook.
Columbia University MFA Acting (2023).
www.rebeccahoactor.comAri Dalbert
(u/s Noah)
Off-Broadway: Blue Man Group (Astor Place Theatre). Other NY theatre credits include Picture Day (Quick and Dirty Theatre Company), Othello(s) (The Shakespeare Forum). Television: “Law & Order: SVU” (NBC), “Marvel’s Inhumans” (ABC), “Project Blue Book”(History), “Hawaii Five-0” (CBS), and the upcoming “The Copenhagen Test” (Peacock).
Heidi Armbruster
(Dilaria’s Mom)
New York premieres: Time Stands Still (Broadway), Disgraced (Lincoln Center), Lewiston/Clarkston (Rattlestick), Man from Nebraska (Second Stage), Poor Behavior (Primary Stages), Boy (Keen Company), Dov and Ali (Playwrights Realm), The Fifth Column (The Mint), and Sea of Tranquility (The Atlantic). Drama League Nomination for Tea and Sympathy (Keen Company). World premieres: Wife of a Salesman (Milwaukee Rep), Queens for a Year (Hartford Stage), At the Old Place (The Old Globe), and The Great Gatsby (The Guthrie). Playwriting credits: Dairyland (Playmakers Rep), Mrs. Christie (Milwaukee Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, McCarter, Theaterworks, Dorset Theatre Festival) Scarecrow (Dorset Theatre Festival, Next Act) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), Murder Girl (Milwaukee Chamber Theater, Forward Theater). Numerous Film and TV credits including Evil, Daredevil, Pose, Dead Ringers, Ray Donovan, Michelle on Younger, Karen on Partner Track, and Noelle on Manifest.
Creative Team
Julia Randall
(Writer)
Julia Randall is a born and bred New York writer and actor. Her work is celebrated for its fresh, dangerous and playful approach to contemporary storytelling. Her play “Little Miss Ransom” had a sold out run in Bushwick in April, 2024. Her short film “BITCHHH”, which she is also acting in, will be in production this fall, directed by J. Tinneny. Her interest as a writer is over the series of complex questions that arise when a woman is declared to be "difficult" or "evil”
Training: Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Representation: CAA and Sugar23.
Alex Keegan
(Director)
Alex Keegan is a director specializing in new work, adaptations, and devised pieces. Her recent directing includes the world premiere of
Manning by Benjamin Benne (Portland Stage),
Maiden Voyage by Cayenne Douglass (The Flea),
Affinity co-adapted with Ryan Adelsheim from Sarah Waters' novel (Yale Drama),
Auntie Vanya by Reed Northrup (Ars Nova ANT Fest), and new work in development with Primary Stages, Signature Theater, NYTW Adelphi Residency, and Ensemble Studio Theatre. She's a member of the 2024-2026 WP Lab, a New Georges Affiliated Artist, and on faculty at Wesleyan University. Alum: Drama League FutureNOW Fellowship, Rattlestick Directing Fellowship, Roundabout Directors Group, The Civilians R&D Group, Williamstown Directing Corps, and the Lincoln Center Directors Lab. MFA: Yale Drama.
alex-keegan.comFrank J Oliva
(Scenic Designer)
Frank J Oliva is a Cuban-American Stage Designer. With Alex Keegan:
Maiden Voyage (The Flea) and
Lost/Not Found (UP Theatre Co.) Frank’s design for
Lost/Not Found was selected for exhibition at the 2019 Prague Quadrennial. This season, Frank’s work has been seen at New York Theatre Workshop, George Street Playhouse, Curtis Opera Theatre, The Edinburgh and Dublin Theatre Festivals and The Royal Court Theatre in London, among others. Extensive credits designing world premiers and new productions Off-Broadway, Regionally and Internationally. Winner of a Drama Desk, Carbonell and 3 Silver Palm awards. Henry Hewes and Audelco Award Nominee. Member of Wingspace, United Scenic Artists Local 829 and a proud graduate of NYU’s Tisch School.
www.frankjoliva.comPeter Mills Weiss
(Sound Designer)
Peter Mills Weiss is a designer and theater artist based in Brooklyn, NY.
Off Broadway: The Headlands (Henry Hewes Design Nomination), Selected Design Credits:
Notes on My Mother's Design (PlayCo),
Far, Far Away (SharonPlayhouse),
while you were partying (Soho Rep). More information about his longstanding theatrical collaboration with Julia Mounsey can be found here:
peter-julia.comPaige Seber
(Lighting Designer)
Paige Seber is a New York City based lighting designer for live performance. Credits include
Titanique (Off-Broadway, West End, Australia, Canada, Paris),
Jersey Boys (Paper Mill Playhouse),
Fowl Play (AMT Theater),
Is Anyone Alive Out There? (Minetta Lane),
Wolf Play (Rec Room Arts),
Blackbirding (WP Theater),
Ready. Set. Play! (Virgin Voyages),
Nine (Manhattan School of Music),
The Consul (SF Conservatory of Music),
Powerline Road (Theatre NOW),
Cunnicularii (Good Apples Collective),
Inspired by True Events (OOTB Theatrics),
The Slow Dance (59E59), and
Swann: A Digital Opera Short (Catapult Opera). Upcoming:
All Shook Up (Goodspeed Musicals),
Evita (The Muny). Paige is a Corps member of the Good Apples Collective & a proud member of United Scenic Artists 829. For more about her work, visit
seberlighting.com.
Cat Raynor
(Props Designer)
Cat Raynor is a set and production designer from New York. Recent set design credits include
You Don’t Have to Do Anything (HERE Arts),
FISH (Signature Theatre),
The Undercity (Culture Lab),
S.I.M.P.S. (I.R.T.),
The Vicky Archives (The Tank),
The Brightest Thing In The World (Yale Repertory Theater),
Brainsmash (59E59),
Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea, The Ruminants (The New School),
Affinity (Yale School of Drama). Assistant:
McNEAL (L.C.T.),
Millions (Alliance Theater),
Kiss Me Kate (Barbican Centre). She previously worked in the art department of
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Cat holds an M.F.A. in Design from Yale School of Drama and a B.A. in Fine Art from Kenyon College.
More of her work can be seen at
catraynor.com Lily Cunicelli
(Costume Designer)
Erin Sullivan
Video Designer
Erin Sullivan is a video designer and film editor. Her projection installation
Spine Lines was a national selection at The Prague Quadrennial Performance of Design and Space. She was the Visual Effects Editor for HBO’s
The Penguin. Recent theater work includes
Future Stages Festival at Julliard.
ErinMSullivan.comHethyr (Red) Verhoef
(Production Stage Manager)
Hethyr’s work has been seen in Los Angeles at her home theatre, The Pasadena Playhouse, as well as the Mark Taper Forum, Main Street Theatre Company, and Reprise Theatre Co. She toured for many years with A Night With Janis Joplin and has worked extensively on productions both regionally and in NYC. Red is excited to be part of this amazing team and sends love to her husband, friends, and family.
David Anzuelo
(Fight/Intimacy Director)
David Anzuelo is the founder of UnkleDave’s Fight-House which is a three-time Drama Desk nominated team of fight-directors. Broadway: Sunset Blvd, Uncle Vanya, Appropriate, Merrily We Roll Along, Great Gatsby, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Bad Cinderella, Ain’t No Mo’,Kimberly Akimbo, Girl From The North Country, Escape To Margaritaville; The Great Society,Tuck Everlasting, An American In Paris and Disgraced. Off Broadway: Prince Faggot; Lights Out! Nat King Cole; Grangeville, SHIT.MEET.FAN, Soft (Drama Desk nom), Halfway Bitches Go Straight To Heaven (Drama Desk nom), Oedipus El Rey (Drama Desk nom).
Amauta Firmino
(Dramaturg)
Amauta M. Firmino is a writer, producer and dramaturg based in NYC. He was the production dramaturg for Slave Play (Broadway), a resident dramaturg at the Sundance Institute, and has developed new plays at the Yale Repertory Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, the Kennedy Center, and Lincoln Center. Most recently, he was a producer and dramaturg on Invasive Species.
Kayla Owen
(Assistant Stage Manager)
Broadway: Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Roundabout Theatre Company), The Queen of Versailles (Emerson Colonial Theatre, Boston). Off-Broadway: The Keep Going Songs (Lincoln Center Theater, LCT3); Wish You Were Here, The Trees, Selling Kabul (Playwrights Horizons); The Comeuppance (Signature Theatre); The Tempest, Manahatta (The Public Theater), The Apiary (Second Stage). Regional: Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them, Do You Feel Anger? (The Kitchen Theatre); Mystic Pizza, The Last Stop on Market Street, The Hobbit (Adirondack Theatre Festival). Thanks to her family and friends for their support.
Tom Meglio
(Assistant Director)
Tom Meglio is a director, performer, and writer based in Brooklyn, NY. Recent directing credits include Denmark at the Brooklyn Centre for Theatre Research, and Little Miss Ransom, by Julia Randall. Tom is the co-writer and host of the musical sketch comedy show Ze Follies Doreè! which completed a sold out run at the AMT Theatre on 45th St, and the Brooklyn Comedy Collective. He is currently at work with writing partner Karl Amundson on a top secret musical that he will tell you about if you ask him.
Mott/Fischer Productions
(General Management)
Mott/Fischer Productions is an award-winning producing, consulting, and general management firm with expertise in commercial theatre, venue management, and experiential production.
Seth Pecore
(Company Manager)
Seth is a second-year MFA Theatre Management & Producing candidate at Columbia University, making his Off-Broadway debut with Dilaria. He has produced and managed for professional and educational theatres in Florida, Texas, and New York, most recently serving as the Artistic Associate at Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS). At Columbia, he produced The Visit at the Lenfest Center for the Arts. Seth is passionate about developing new work and building producing models that champion artists, foster meaningful audience engagement, and thrive in both non-profit and commercial spaces.
Taylor Williams, CSA
(Casting Director)
Artios Award Winning Casting Director. Film:
Good One (Sundance Selection 2024)
The Front Room (A24),
Omni Loop (2am Films),
Rocky’s Deli (Ben Cohen)
What the Constitution Means to Me (Amazon Prime). Broadway:
John Proctor is the Villain, The Last Five Years, All In ,Romeo and Juliet, Stereophonic, Illinoise, An Enemy of the People,
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window,
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, Slave Play (Broadway remount and original, CTG, NYTW),
Is This a Room & Dana H, What the Constitution Means to Me (NYTW, Barrow Street, Broadway, National Tour).
TaylorWilliamsCasting.comVanguard XP
(Experiential Marketing)
Vanguard XP is a new theatre consulting firm, founded by Zachary Hausman with Jennifer O’Grady, specializing in bespoke, high-impact experiential marketing strategies that amplify engagement and drive ticket sales. Prior credits include Invasive Species, I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire, and Other People’s Dead Dads. Vanguard XP is excited to make its Off-Broadway debut with Dilaria.
Invasive Studios
(Marketing)
Invasive Studios is a creative studio founded by Maia Novi, Amauta M. Firmino, and Jessie Char, with a focus on producing digital content and branded merch for theatrical and film productions. Recent credits include:
Invasive Species (Vineyard). For more information visit:
invasivestudios.com.
Ian Tarbert
(Digital Strategy)
Ian Tarbert is a marketing strategist, producer, and distributor with over fifteen years' experience in the film and theater industries. As principal and chief strategist for the marketing firm Tarbert Digital, Ian has developed hundreds of marketing campaigns for clients in the entertainment space, including prominent independent film studios, web series, streaming services, podcasts, and Off-Broadway and Broadway productions, including To Kill A Mockingbird, The Book of Mormon, West Side Story, The Lehman Trilogy, King Lear, Job, Invasive Species, and more.
Nelson & Tao
(Producer)
The producing duo of Benjamin Nelson and David Thomas Tao. Broadway co-production credits include
Good Night, and Good Luck, All In, Oh, Mary!, and
Illinoise. Off-Broadway credits include
Grandiloquent!, Hold On To Me Darling, Other People’s Dead Dads, and
Invasive Species. Nelson has worked on dozens of productions in New York, London, and at North America's most vital regional theaters, including the American Repertory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, and the Stratford Festival. Tao is a Kentucky Colonel and multimedia producer whose credits include Michael Mann’s
Ferrari (Executive Producer) and
Insomnia (streaming on Revry). He is also a writer and editor whose work has appeared in publications including Forbes, VinePair, and Food & Wine. He was the co-founder and CEO of
BarBend.com.
Caroline Moss
(Producer)
Caroline Moss is a New York-based creative with an illustrious 15-year career in media and the arts. She is the co-author of Hey Ladies! and the founder of Gee Thanks!, helping people shop more efficiently through community-driven product recommendations. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, BuzzFeed and beyond, and she sits on the board of Miry’s List, a non-profit that directly helps new arrival refugee families with the incredible challenge of resettlement in the United States. She’s thrilled Dilaria is her first Off-Broadway production credit.
Evangeline Morphos
(Producer)
Evangeline Morphos has worked in theatre, film, television and new media. She has produced over twenty-five off-Broadway productions including new plays by David Mamet, Anne Meara, Frank Pugliese, David Rabe, and Sam Shepard.
Karen Brooks
(Co-Producer)
What an honor to be part of the team creating this production! Past shows: Lempicka, Hadestown, Illinoise, Hold on to Me Darling, and Good Night and Good Luck.
AMPLIFY PICTURES
(Co-Producer)
AMPLIFY PICTURES is an independent studio founded by Emmy and Tony winner Joe Lewis. Their first Tony nomination was from Gutenberg! The Musical! Mean girls were obviously the next step. Season three of their Emmy-winning docuseries, 100 Foot Wave, just released on HBO MAX. IG: @amplifypics
Robyn Goodman
(Co-Producer)
Robyn Goodman founded Aged In Wood Productions where she now partners with Josh Fiedler. She has produced 11 Broadway shows and has 4 Tony Awards won for Avenue Q, In The Heights, Angels In America, and Company. Off Broadway:Tick, Tick...Boom! and Bat Boy. Currently she is producing Giant starring John Lithgow in London and doing developmental productions of the musicals Regency Girls and Working Girl. She is an Artistic Consultant to Roundabout Theatre Company and the Executive Producer of Bucks County Playhouse.
Mary Moss Greenebaum
(Co-Producer)
Founder & producer of the Kentucky Author Forum, nationally aired on PBS affiliates as Great Conversations and on all platforms as Great Podversations. Dedicated Democrat (husband John wisely changed his registration). Gave NYC terrific offspring: Stacey (Simons Foundation), Elliot (psychotherapist/filmmaker). Fan and friend of Evangeline's.
Jennifer Moore
(Co-Producer)
Jennifer A. Moore, Producer, is a long-time supporter of local theater, the arts, and women running for office in Kentucky. Jennifer is the founder of a national law firm based in Louisville, Kentucky that represents cancer victims injured by environmental exposures from harmful products.
Thomas Shea
(Co-Producer)
Tom is the Director of the Entrepreneurial Institute at Fairfield College Prep School. His wife is Jana Shea, a co-founder of Seaview Productions.
Daryl Roth Theatre
(Venue)
This landmark Off-Broadway theatre was founded by producer Daryl Roth in 1996 andcomprises two exceptional venues. The unique main theatre space is currently home to the Off-Broadway hit
Titanique. The DRT was one of the first performing arts venues to reopen its doorsduring the pandemic with the esteemed production of
Blindness by Nobel Prize winner JoséSaramago. Other notable shows that have made their home at the DRT;
In & Of Itself created byDerek DelGaudio and directed by Frank Oz (now on Hulu), Hannah Gadsby’s
Douglas,
Gloria:A Life and
Cyrano (with Peter Dinklage). The DRT hosted
De La Guarda and
Fuerza Bruta,which played an exceptional combined 14 years. The intimate DR2 has been home to criticallyacclaimed shows such as
All the Devils Are Here performed by Patrick Page,
Everything’s Finewritten and performed by Douglas McGrath and directed by John Lithgow,
Accidentally Brave,Still and
A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet, as well as our DR2 Kids programming thatintroduces the youngest patrons to the theatre, including
Paddington Bear and
The Very HungryCaterpillar.
Darylroththeatre.comSTAFF
General Management
Mott/Fischer Productions
Karly Fischer……………….Co-Founder and General Manager
Kate Mott Morrow………….Co-Founder and General Manager
Seth Pecore……………………………….….Company Manager
Press Representative
DKC / O&M
Rick Miramontez
Sam Corbett
Abby Kelley
Advertising & Marketing
Invasive Studios
Maia Novi
Amauta M. Firmino
Ian Tarbert
Vanguard XP
Zachary Hausman
Jennifer O’Grady
Graphic Designer & Webmaster
Jason K. Murray
Casting
Taylor Williams, CSA
Legal Services
Feldman, Golinski, Reedy + Ben-Zvi PLLC
M. Kilburg Reedy
Production & Technical
Sean McGrath…………………………Production Manager
Hethyr Verhoef………..……….Production Stage Manager
Kayla Owen……………………...Assistant Stage Manager
Tom Meglio……………………………..…Assistant Director
Brendan Warner………………...……Lighting Programmer
Daniel Hughes…………………….………..Crew Head / A1
Kai Sun…………………..…..Assistant Costume Designer
Garrett Deutsch…………………………………….Electrician
Conor Powers……………………………………….Carpenter
Sean Coffman………………………………………Carpenter
Dominic Reyes……………………………………..Carpenter
Julia Sioaa………………………………Production Assistant
Trevor Kirschenheiter…………………Production Electrician
Vincent Randazzo…………………………………Electrician
Jarrod Fries………………………………………..Electrician
Mikelle Kelly……………………………………….Electrician
Abigail Hall…………………………………………Electrician
David Aab…………………………………………..Electrician
Geoff Grimwood…………………………………….Audio Tech
Rebecca Karlin…………………………Production Carpenter
Eric Emerick……………………………Production Carpenter
Katherine Dumais……………Associate Production Manager
Keith Steele…………………………………………Carpenter
Elinore Tolman……………………….Wardrobe Supervisor
Lauren Yeoman…………………………….Vocal Consultant
Joel Pau…………………………………………….….. Intern
Venue
Daryl Roth Theatre
President – Daryl Roth
General Manager, Daryl Roth Theatre – Erika Feldman
Facilities Manager – Chandler Black
Box Office Treasurer – Carter Iddings
Assistant Box Office Treasurer – Katie Cooper
House Manager – Milton Lopez
Management Associate – Manya Johnston-Ramirez
Assistant House Manager – Bobby Fields
Executive General Manager, DR Theatrical – Adam Hess
Business Manager, DR Theatrical – Emily Currie
Video Extras
Claudia Mayo
Swasti Maharaj
Tom Meglio
Deborah Gerofsky**
Elian Wigisser
Clarita De Gennaro
Jessica Graf
Maripili Garcia
Sarita Trujillo
Liberty Ward
Jimena Rosas
Jaelyn Wilson
Emily Rosen
Jack deBruin
McKenzie Smith
Lindsey Sagrera**
Dee Slavin
Isabella Alfaro
** signifies those who had speaking roles
Special Thanks
Jonathan Gomolka
Cal Christie
Rafe Carlotto of Sound Associates
Lily Guerin, Bailey Trierweiler, and Liam Bellman-Sharpe
The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors' EquityAssociation, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.
