CAST
Clara Tristan (Micaela)
“Theater. A magnificent illusion. An illusion that I am willing to take on for life.”
Clara Tristan is an actress born in Panama City and now based in New York City. She is a MFA candidate for The Actors Studio Drama School. Her latest performances in New York were in the play Pegao written by Cin Martinez which had a Regional run and at the Off Broadway Showcase of the play Two Girls directed by Karen Carpenter. Among her film credits include The Unknown (TVN Series), The Retrievers (Adam Johns), Fallen from the Sky (Gino Casasola Productions), Panama Canal Stories (Manglar Films). She has received training worldwide with international figures such as Tito Ochoa, Ted Gregory, Monalisa Arias and Esteban Roel; all in different techniques for film and stage.
Valerie Huntington (Irene)
Valerie Anne Huntington is a New York City based actress who is originally from Northeast California. She is starting her second year at the Actors Studio Drama School, getting an MFA in performance. Recent work includes a stage reading of Penny For Your Traumas by Lindsay Partain (The Altered Minds Play Festival), a stage reading of Martina Majok’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Cost of Living (Ashland New Plays Festival), Phoebe in As You Like It (Island Shakespeare Festival,) and Polina in Seagull (Southern Oregon University.)
Ayse Eldek (Dina)
Ayse ( i-shea) Eldek is an actress/writer/director/dancer and was born in Turkey. She came to USA in 1997 to pursue acting and attended Harvard Extension Drama in Boston. Then met legendary Uta Hagen and with her suggestion she continued her studies at HB Studio. She was a resident actor at the Flea Theater which was founded by Sigourney Weaver and Jim Simpson. She then founded her company Turkish American Repertory Theater and Entertainment. Her film and TV works include " The American Assassin", "INFERNO", "The Ottoman Lieutenant", Marvel's "The Defenders", " Blacklist", "David Letterman Show", "What Would You Do?, "Sex and The City", "Damages", "Rescue Me", "The Book Of Truth and Book Of Lies" ( she received best comedic actress award) , "Oh Boy" (written by Ayse Eldek which was in Cannes 2008 Short Film Corner). She was a co-star in a multiple award winning film “David”. She recently finished three international voice over projects and she is the voice of three characters in Caillou for theTurkish audience. Her theater credits include "Cellophane" by Mac Wellman directed by Jim Simpson, "O Jerusalem" by A.R. Gurney directed by Jim Simpson, "Oh Boy " by Ayse Eldek directed by Trudy Steibl, "To Love..."by Ayse Eldek directed by Assistant Professor Zishan Ugurlu of New School.
Schuyler Van Amson (Kelvin)
Schuyler Van Amson is a recent graduate of Columbia University where he majored in Theatre with a concentration in Acting. He was recently featured in Pocket Universe's Off-Broadway production of Juliet+ Romeo and has also been seen in productions such as Tumbleweed at Dixon Place, Blood Orange at the Fresh Fruit Festival and the Downtown Urban Arts Festival, Nature Whatever at New Georges and VANTABLACK at NYU’s Playwrights Horizon.
Rakel Aroyo is a New York City based performer coming from Istanbul-Turkey. She a graduate of the musical theater program at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.She recently got off a 6 month run of playing the principal role of "Girl" in an immersive show about two families hiding during the Holocaust called "The Hidden Ones”.Her other recent credits include performing in the NYC debut of "City of Light", a new musical directed by Tony award winner Cady Huffman, the premiere run of Sean Welch and Melody Erfani's play "Bee", the story of Izat, at HB Playwrights Theater and taking the lead in some NYC readings such as Elise Forier's new play "John Henry" at The Provincetown Playhouse and "Scrubs", her Musical with Fundamental Theater Project, directed by TV's Sam Underwood. As she’s recently gained a new interest for the TV/Film and commercial world, it’s always wonderful to come home to the stage.
Raised in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Matt "UgLy" McGlade moved to Brooklyn at 20 with his then band, Mistakes. Studying acting under Lynette Sheldon and Valerie Kingston, Matt found his calling in performance. Since then, he has been seen acting in various short films, plays, and fronting his current band, Fright Barker and Sons.