Eduardo Curley returns to Remy Bumppo, having performed in Bertolt Brecht’s Life of Galileo (2016) and understudied in Tom Stoppard’s Pirandello’s Henry IV (2016). Chicago credits include Nancy García Loza’s RUST (The Goodman’s New Stages); Isaac Gomez’ The Leopard Play, or sad songs for lost boys (Jeff Award, Steep Theatre); A Doll’s House (Writer’s Theatre); Bilal Dardai’s The Man Who Was Thursday (Lifeline Theatre). Regional credits include Marisela Treviño Orta’s The River Bride (American Players Theatre); Bryna Turner’s At The Wedding (TheatreSquared); The Hypocrites’ Pirates of Penzance (Pasadena Playhouse); The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Children’s Theater of Madison). Film credits include Station Eleven (HBO). New media credits include Lake Song (Tribeca Official Selection, Apple Podcasts Recommended, Make-Believe Association); Brava (Make-Believe Association); The Last Hermanos (A Red Orchid Theatre). Thank you for supporting live theater, we count on you to help us fill these seats and tell these stories.

Dano Duran is thrilled to work with Remy Bumppo for the first time. His most recent Chicago credits include Killing Game (A Red Orchid Theatre); Traitor (A Red Orchid Theatre); Living Newspaper (Jackalope Theatre); The Room (A Red Orchid Theatre). Television and Film credits include Chicago Fire (NBC), Chicago PD (NBC), ER (NBC), The Last Shift (Sony Pictures) and The Quiet (Silva Company Productions). Dano is a proud graduate of The School at Steppenwolf and is a member of SAG-AFTRA.

Arash Fakhrabadi is an Iranian-Mexican-American actor and improviser dedicated to storytelling. He received his BFA in Acting from Cal-State Fullerton under Sventlana-Efremova Reed. Chicago credits include RUST (Goodman Theatre; New Stages Festival), Layalina (Goodman Theatre; New Stages Festival), The Leopard Play or sad songs for lost boys (Steep Theatre), & Chicago Fire (NBC). Arash Fakhrabadi is represented by Gray Talent Group & Odenkirk-Provissiero Entertainment.

Jalbelly is a proud, first generation, Dominican-American artist. Educational background includes her AS and AA degrees from Florida School of the Arts, and a BFA in Musical Theatre (Dance Emphasis) from Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Her Chicago credits include: Measure for Measure, (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Romeo & Juliet, (Teatro Vista); Killed a Man (Joking), (First Floor Theatre & The Sound); Virgins, (Jackalope Theatre Co.), Laced, (About Face Theatre). Regional work: West Side Story (The Encore Musical Theatre Company). For the occasional life update, follow @Jalbelly on all social platforms.

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Jonathan Moises Olivares was born in Hollywood, CA, raised in North Carolina, and is happy to split the difference and make Chicago their new home. Some of their recent credits include How To Defend Yourself, We’ve Come to Believe (Humana Festival); and When Harry Met Rehab (Greenhouse Theater). Jonathan is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a former Acting Apprentice at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, and part of the inaugural acting fellowship in Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Mentorship Program. This past year Jonathan completed THE ACADEMY at Black Box and participated in The School at Steppenwolf. They are beyond grateful for all the love and light their friends, family, and community have poured into them! Jonathan is represented by Gray Talent.

Krystal Ortiz is a Cuban-American actor, singer, and playwright originally from Miami, Florida. Krystal has performed all over Chicago in plays such as Verböten (The House Theatre), X (Sideshow Theatre Company), For Services Rendered (Griffin Theatre Co), Lettie (Victory Gardens), La Havana Madrid (Teatro Vista, Goodman Theatre), and The Fly Honey Show (The Inconvenience). Regional Credits include: Quixote Nuevo (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), Kid Prince and Pablo (New York Stage & Film Powerhouse; Ars Nova). As a playwright, Krystal is developing LOS FRIKIS— a historical musical centering the Cuban punk rock community and its powerful relationship to the HIV epidemic in the 80s & 90s. Krystal was nominated for a 3Arts Awards in Theater in 2021. Krystal is an alumnus of New World School of the Arts and The Theatre School at DePaul University. They are represented by Stewart Talent Chicago. www.krystalortiz.com.

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Alix is a born and raised Chicagoland artist represented by Gray Talent Group. She graduated with a BFA in Musical Theatre from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Credits include: Maruja in La Havana Madrid (Teatro Vista/Collaboraction), Maria Elena in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Maples Repertory Theatre), Carmela/Mami in Carmela Full of Wishes (Chicago Children’s Theater), the Bless the Lord Soloist in Godspell (Theo Ubique), Inez in Zorro: The Musical (Music Theater Works), and most recently Mimi Márquez in RENT (Porchlight Music Theatre). Many thanks to her ever-supportive family, friends and amazing agents! Find Alix on all social media @alixrhode and www.alixrhode.com