The Playwrights 

Anel Carmona (Playwright/Actor)  is a multidisciplinary Theatre Artist originally from Mexico and based in New York City. She has participated in dozens of plays across North America. Her favorite acting credits include HallowStream (RSPC), Tales of the White Diamond Mountain (RSPC), Catch Me in America (Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble) and Ti Jean and his Brothers (MA's Playhouse) among others. Anel is also the author of plays such as ""Adios Fjord"" (Off-Broadway, Theater at Gibney), ""Ice Cream Fro-Yo"" (Hudson Guild Theater), ""The Church of the Winter"" (Gene Frankel Theatre), and ""Chocolate en la Estación"" (Teatro Jaime Torres Bodet). In 2020 her COVID-19 themed play ""A Seis Pies de Distancia"" had video production in Tabasco, Mexico and Alberta, Canada. It was also featured in the published anthology ""De Pandemia a Pandemonium"" in the Mexican Platform ""Dramaturgia Mexicana.""   Anel holds an MFA in Playwrighting from The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University; she is also an active member of the Playwrights and Directors Workshop at the Actors Studio, and The Dramatists Guild of America.  www.anelcarmona.com IG:@carmonaanel
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Becky Saunders (Playwright) is excited to be a part of the New York theatre scene as a resident member of the Rising Sun Performance Company! A lifelong professional singer and actor she intends to drop dead (many years from now, of course) either performing, directing or stage managing. From Las Vegas to the Micronesia Islands, Canada to Tahiti, onstage, on vinyl or on celluloid she has proudly paid her dues and crafted a career. Early training included a scholarship to the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Association, classes with Estelle Harmon, Michael Holmes and the adult conservatory at South Coast Repertory. Rising Sun Performance credits: Director of GIVE US THIS DAY; Charlotte in CHARLOTTE, CHARLOTTE AND THE BROOM!; The Miller and Grandma in F**D FAIRYTALES. All Zoom productions. Other New York credits: Lauren in a Zoom production of TIGHT (haha nice) (The Tank); Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music (Theatre 2020) and on tour Company/Stage Manager for Freedom Train (TheatreWorksUSA). A few favorite roles in regional theatre are; Dotty Otley in NOISES OFF, Lily Harrison in SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS, Nurse in ROMEO AND JULIET and Beverly in THE SHADOWBOX. Director credits: Always…Patsy Cline, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Church Basement Ladies: Away in the Basement, Away in the Manger: A Church Basement Ladies Christmas, and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. All produced by Sierra Repertory Theatre.
 
Ben Dworken (Playwright) is a neurodiverse actor/playwright who is very active in the NYC theater community. He is a member of companies such as AMiOS, New Ambassadors, The Playground Experiment and is very excited to be part of his first Rising Sun production.Outside of theatre, he is a strong advocate for the autism community and host his own webcast on Facebook called Benny D. Prime Time.
 
Donna Latham (Playwright) is an award-winning feminist playwright and author from Chicago, temporarily living in Houston. Her plays have been produced coast to coast in the US and in Northern Ireland, Ireland, England, France, Scotland, and Indonesia. Donna’s short plays are included in The Best American Short Plays 2016-2017, The Best American Short Plays 2014-2015, and 2016’s Best Ten-Minute Plays, and She Persisted: New Plays By Women Over 40, 2021. A resident playwright at Rising Sun Performance Company and a member of Honor Roll Playwrights, Donna’s a proud member of the Dramatist Guild. 
 
Kati Frazier (Playwright) is a playwright, dramaturg, and arts administrator from North Carolina, now based in Brooklyn. Their work has been seen at HERE, Players Theatre, Brooklyn's The Brick, Random Access Theater, LREI, Oracle Performing Arts, Greensboro Fringe Festival, City Arts, and more. They were a 2017 participant in Stella Adler's Harold Clurman Playwrights Division, and their short plays 'Girlfight' and 'My Emotions Are Too Big For This Room' were published by Smith & Krauss. Additional Plays include 'a sex thing (or, a bunch of liberals getting uptight about the sociopolitical implications of their desires),' 'Patronage,' 'The Couch,' '15 Feet,' 'The Last Year,' and 'Virtue Of Fools.' 
 
Molly Kirschner (Playwright) is a playwright and poet. She is a resident playwright of Rising Sun Performance Company. Her play L’appel du Vide had a workshop production at UNDER St. Marks Theater in New York City in 2017, directed by Jean Randich. A monologue from this play was included in Best Men’s Stage Monologues 2018, edited by Lawrence Harbison. Her play Vagabonds has had staged readings at The Kraine Theater (New York City), Dixon Place (New York City), and the Writers Theatre of New Jersey (Madison, NJ). Kirschner’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in numerous journals including The Southern Review, The New Ohio Review, and One Magazine. Her new manuscript was a semi-finalist for the Louise Bogan 2020 Award for Artistic Merit and Excellence. Kirschner’s first book of poems, Hard Proof, was released in July of 2015 from Red Mountain Press. Her second collection, Notes For Further Research, was released in December 2017. 
 
Orlando F. Rodriguez (Actor/Playwright) is a graduate from the University of Texas at El Paso, and has a degree in Theater Tech and Design. He is currently living in NYC to further pursue his career, and his new found love of writing. Credits include (Theater:) Voice 1 in Betty's Summer Vacation, Greta in Bent, Barrosa in a staged reading of Itzel the Pirate Queen (Film:) Ben in Cleo y Los Cabrones, Jimmy in Exponential, King Ralphy in Placed, (Directing:) Dead Awake an excerpt from "Reveries," The Fall of Wallace Winter, A Marriage Proposal (Playwright:) The Legend of The Beast in That Place with the Woods an excerpt from Rising Sun's HollowStream, "The Armando Project, Dead Awake an excerpt from "Reveries," Dolores.
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Susan Goodell (Playwright) is proud again to collaborate with Rising Sun as a resident playwright. Susan is author of the full-length HEELS OVER HEAD (Tri-State Actors Theatre; Rover Dramawerk’s Seconds Award) and HOPE THROWS HER HEART AWAY. The latter premiered at Genesis Theatrical Productions in Chicago with readings at Virginia Stage Company and The Women’s Theatre Company. Her short plays have been staged at numerous venues including NYC’s Fresh Produce’d , The Abingdon, the Boston Theatre Marathon, The Source Festival and Mildred’s Umbrella. Other recognition: inclusion in Best American Short Plays 2014-2015, Best 10-Minute Plays 2016, and 105 Five-Minute Plays for Performance and Study.

The Actors

Anel Carmona (Playwright/Actor)  is a multidisciplinary Theatre Artist originally from Mexico and based in New York City. She has participated in dozens of plays across North America. Her favorite acting credits include HallowStream (RSPC), Tales of the White Diamond Mountain (RSPC), Catch Me in America (Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble) and Ti Jean and his Brothers (MA's Playhouse) among others. Anel is also the author of plays such as ""Adios Fjord"" (Off-Broadway, Theater at Gibney), ""Ice Cream Fro-Yo"" (Hudson Guild Theater), ""The Church of the Winter"" (Gene Frankel Theatre), and ""Chocolate en la Estación"" (Teatro Jaime Torres Bodet). In 2020 her COVID-19 themed play ""A Seis Pies de Distancia"" had video production in Tabasco, Mexico and Alberta, Canada. It was also featured in the published anthology ""De Pandemia a Pandemonium"" in the Mexican Platform ""Dramaturgia Mexicana."" Anel holds an MFA in Playwrighting from The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University; she is also an active member of the Playwrights and Directors Workshop at the Actors Studio, and The Dramatists Guild of America.  www.anelcarmona.com IG:@carmonaanel



Chris Jumper (Actor) was most recently seen in Ego Actus’ reading of A Shot Rang Out and Rising Sun’s Hallowstream. Favorite New York Credits include: "The Music of Karl Jenkins" and Zimbe! at Carnegie Hall , The Hidden Ones, The Frankenstein Musical, Chess, and staged readings Dublin Rising and Spice World: A Musical. Chris is a graduate of The Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University. Chrisjumper.com

Ellie Mae Miller (Actor)  is a theater, film & TV actor, writer, and plus size model. She holds a BFA in Theater Performance from Ohio University. Recent: The Wind Telephone (Rising Sun), LAKE PLAY (Rising Sun), ELIZABETHS (Manhattan Repertory). Film: Adapting LAKE PLAY for film, A MURDER PARTY, a dark Victorian comedy. Ellie has also been modeling continuously for artists in sketching, painting, and sculpture. Currently: writing new works to be explored in poetry, theater, film, and novel formats.

Isabelle Barany (Actor) holds an MFA in fiction from the University of New Orleans. She has acted in Vision Quest (Intramural Theater and KrisP Productions: My Crazy Childhood Showcase), the UNO Playwrights Festival, and as an ensemble member in the University of Chicago’s Commedia dell’Arte troupe. Her play The National American Theater Company was performed in the Unstaged Reading series, a collaboration between Intramural Theater and Beaubourg Theatre.

Ita Korenzecher (Actor) is very grateful to be in this production. In these trying times, it is wonderful to know and experience first hand that theater is alive and well.  She has been a member of Rising Sun for four years now and counts her past experiences on stage with RSP as some of her absolute favorites. They include "Friendly's Fire" at the 14th Street Y and "Elephant" as part of Planet Connections Theater Festivity. 

Jennifer Atkinson (Actor) is a New York-based actor-writer. She holds two Bachelor’s Degrees from Hofstra University — a B.A. in Drama and a B.A. in Creative Writing, with a minor in Radio, Television, Video, and Film. She has experience working in a variety of artistic mediums, including theater, film, voice over, playwriting, screenwriting, and poetry. She is currently the Literary Manager for HERE WE GO: A Site-Specific Production Company, and a proud Ensemble Member of Rising Sun Performance Company. Some of her most recent roles with Rising Sun are Lady of Charity in Scrooge!, Gladys in My Lover, the Alien, Madame Chastidy in Zoom-inatrix, and Mary in Hope Throws Her Hear Away. She is very grateful for this opportunity to get to perform with Rising Sun again!

Jennifer Iris Rivera (Actor/Social Media Manager) is a Latinx NYC based Actress and Costume Designer. She received her Bachelors in Theatre Performance and Costume Design from Marymount Manhattan College. Most recent work includes various virtual performances with her ensemble company, Rising Sun Performance Company. As well, she is the Social Media Manager for Rising Sun. This past year she has also interned with Spellbound Theater as their Family Engagement intern and most recently joined the company full time. Past credits include Hallowstream (Rising Sun), F**cked Up Fairytales (Rising Sun), 12 Angry Women (AlphaNYC Theater Company),  A Child is Born (Theatre 315), and Stalled (web series from Gal Pals Presents).  For more information on her career, visit www.jenniferirisrivera.com.  

Jo Walker (Actor) is a New York-based actor, singer, writer, and designer. She is a founding member of Four Quarter Theater, an ensemble-based company that presents readings of new short plays based on a seasonal theme. Favorite roles include: Aunt Jane (Storming Heaven, West Virginia Public Theatre); Woman 5 (Titanic), Dr. Brookner (The Normal Heart), Mrs. Pugh (Annie Warbucks, Signature Theatre), Zinaida (Ivanov), Heidi Von Sturm (Nine), Chorist (The Christians, Playwrights Horizons), Group Leader/Singer (the public domain, Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart Festival). Her short play Underwater was recently produced in Brooklyn. Proud member of the Dramatists Guild.

Johnny Blaze Leavitt (Actor) is an actor, playwright, and comedian. Recent credits: The Stage Manager in 'Don’t Stand Up!' (an Amy Losi production, winner of Best Ensemble, Excellence in Direction and Spirit of the Festival awards in the 2020 Hartford Fringe Festival), Zombie Dean Martin in 'The Rat Pack Undead' NY and East Coast tour (Cooper Jordan Entertainment), The Love Doctor in the Off-Broadway run of 'Love is a Bad Neighborhood' (Miller-Coffman Productions), Jason/Male Swing in 'Friendly’s Fire' (Rising Sun Performance Company) and The Judge in recent workshop productions of 'Street Walker the Musical' (Mark Barkan, composer). Recent TV/Film: 'Armageddon Rising' (a Tom Zanca Production), 'Creation, the Abbreviated Version' (Solar Plexus Productions) and the 'Monster in MYTH: A Short Movie' (SPOV Productions). He was the Head Writer of the sketch comedy troupe 42nd NIGHT LIVE (NYC’s Elektra Theatre) and can still be spotted performing stand-up comedy around NYC (including at Caroline’s on Broadway). He is the co-creator and book writer for 'Taking Wing: Legends of Emimencia' which recently had a ZOOM reading with a Broadway cast. 
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Jonathan Wong Frye (Actor) is a NYC based actor of Chinese, Danish and German heritage. He grew up overseas the son of a US Diplomat and was educated in the French system.  He holds a degree in Film from Le Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français and a BFA in Performance for Stage and Screen from George Mason University.
Josephine Pizzino (Actor) I'm very happy to be part of Rising Sun's production of Rites of Spring! For our December holiday show I was a caroler in Scrooge, and I've also contributed to the Online Mini Scenes Group both as an actor and also a writer of two under 15 minute shows produced for our Zoom shows. Outside of RSPC, I am an ensemble member in Theatre Nerds, which presents live Zoom murder mystery shows for colleges throughout the US and UK. This summer I portrayed a hapless Hasidic woman, Mrs. Lustig, in the YouTube “Brooklyn noir” web series, Trillo and Suede.

Judd Silverman (Actor) is a playwright/director/actor whose work has been seen across the country and in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.  A member of RSP, he has read frequently in the company's various play development projects.  Favorite roles over the years include Lindkvist in Strindberg's EASTER, Duncan/the Doctor in MACBETH, Lord Summerhays in Shaw's MISALLIANCE, and Matt Friedman in TALLEY'S FOLLY, as well as several characters in YOU CONNECT THE DOTS, a video installation at the Whitney Museum of Art.  For several years an acting coach and scene study instructor at Brooklyn College, he currently teaches Playwriting and Dramatic Literature at Pace University and does freelance voiceover work.

Lluvia Almanza (Actor) To the minorities, immigrants, and refugees you matter and you belong. I love you, Orlando. Thank you. You are my Beast and my Princess Jasmine. Theatre: The Outside (Metropolitan Playhouse), Scrooge! A Zoom Christmas Carol (RSPC), Hallowstream (RSPC), F**ck’d Up Fairytales (RSPC), Why Me? (Lady B Productions), Return to Sender (Provincetown Playhouse), Itzel the Pirate Queen (Provincetown Playhouse), Mother Moon: The Play (Gene Frankel Theatre). Film: Cleo y Los Cabrones, Mayra. TV: Dead of Night (Discovery ID).

Luana Seu (Actor)I have been interested in pursuing the field of the arts since I was 7 years old. I decided to study classical piano & flute and concurrently spent most of my childhood learning ballroom dancing, at least for long enough to know that I wanted to become a professional dancer.When I turned 13, I had achieved the title of National Ballroom dancing champion. In order to acquire a firm foundation within my chosen profession, I pursued further studies in acting at the Drama National High School, participating in several festival events which included such specialities as drama, workshops, masterclasses, contests & film features. Having graduated from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts just recently, I am currently pursuing my acting career in New York City, enjoying every single day as an aspirant artist.I know that every small step of the creative journey has brought me to this point in time. The adventure has enabled me to create unimaginable moments of wonder, gifted me with inspiration and has moved me to inspire others with my work and vision going forward.

The Directors

Antonio Minino (They/Them) (Director) is a genderqueer native of the Dominican Republic whose work as an actor, director, writer, dramaturg, producer and intimacy coordinator, has been seen in Santo Domingo, New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Dublin, and Belgrade. Antonio is also an intimacy consultant with Intimacy Coordinators of Color, a Jonathan Alper Directing Fellow (Manhattan Theatre Club, 2019 & 2020), and a two-time Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Observer. Antonio is the founder and a creative partner of Different Translation, and former founding member, company actor and co-artistic director at Manhattan Theatre Works (2006-16).  Outside of the performing arts world, Antonio is also a well-being life coach at Grace in Progress Consulting, and the writer of the #PersonOfChange series on Medium, showcasing persons of color and/or persons who identify as non-binary (soon to be a podcast). You might also catch them performing burlesque as "Mx Dream Beautiful" and hosting the "Queer Dance N8k3d Party". SAG-AFTRA/SDC. www.antoniominino.com

Brock H. Hill (Director) is a New York based director.  He is the Producing Artistic Director of the Planet Connections Festivity and Artistic Director of the Altruistic Theatre Company.  He is known for ensemble based, organic work.  Selected projects include: Helvetica (Rising Sun, current); Mistakes Madeline Made, Humans Anonymous (Tongue in Cheek Prod); Books on Tape (TIC, FringeNYC); Civilization! (Planet Connections Festivity); Choose Your Grown Adventure, Wardrobe of the Living Dead (Altruistic Theatre); Committed(14th St Y); Long Rail North (Soho Playhouse).

Chelsey Smith (Director) is a queer, female, stage director and theater maker. Her most recent works include  F***k'd Up Fairytales by Michael Hagins, Quarrel a la Quarantina by Logann Grayce, and "Here and Us" by Ian August. Two of her recent works: "Same" by Logann Grayce and "172 Push-Ups" by Scott Mullen are now published and she is listed as the original director for both productions. She also directed a selection from Spike Heels by Theresa Rebeck as part of a directing showcase at The Drama League. She is particularly proud of "Something by Tolstoi," which she co-created and developed over the course of a year and had sold out runs each night. She also directed the premiere productions of "The Social Drama Play Play" by Ivan Faute and "Conversion" & "Make Believe" by Erica Magrin. She has an affinity for dark humor with a touch of the absurd and loathes capitalism, willful ignorance, and the patriarchy. She is also quite good at solving three dimensional puzzles. Chelseysmithnyc.com

Crystal Ramirez (Director) is a Brooklyn kid currently living in Staten Island. She fell in love with The Stage in elementary school and the love affair carried on until well after college. She's had the pleasure of being ASM and SM for multiple shows, as well as an actor for a few pieces here and there. She is very excited to be in the Director's Seat once again and looks forward to contributing to this new outlet of Theatric Expression.

Lanise Antoine Shelley (she/her) (Director) is an actress, director and playwright. She presently hosts the podcast When They Were Young: Amplifying Voices of Adoptees available on all major platforms including her website. Selected directing credits include: Rastus and Hattie, Black and Blue, and movement consultant for Muthaland (16th Street Theater), Hear Me See Me (Silent Theatre), The Luck of the Irish (virtual reading), Identity Lab (Lookingglass Theatre), The Tenant (Akvavit Theatre), RefuSHE Project (Voices & Faces Project), Rumors (DePaul University), and a staged reading of The Convert (Stratford Shakespeare Festival). As an actress, she is known for Chicago Fire, Empire, Chicago Med, Discovery World, Macbeth HD and Goodman Theatre’s live stream of School Girls: African Mean Girls.She holds a BFA in Directing, Acting and Playwriting from Cornish College of the Arts, an MFA from ART/MXAT at Harvard University, and a certificate in Classical Theatre from both BADA in Oxford, England, and Birmingham Conservatory in Canada. Awards/ Fellowships include Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s Chicago Fellow 2016 and Victory Gardens Theatre’s Directing Fellow 2019. www.laniseantoineshelley.com
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Mia Y. Anderson (Director) a native of the Republic of Brooklyn is an actress, director and writer. She spent over 10 years in Boston, and founded, directed & produced the all-female of color cabaret troupe Drag Kings, Sluts & Goddesses which was profiled nationally and internationally. She has extensive experience in actress working with Radio Disney, Commonwealth Shakespeare, and Boston Theatre Works for a short sample. A 2016 BarnArts Hamilton Project writing resident, 2017, her first solo work “her, him, prince, michael, and marvin aka love is love is love” was selected for the 2017 Failsafe Festival.  A workshop production in 2018 produced by the Dirty Blondes Theater and it was a 2019 Quicksilver Theater POC Summit Finalist work.  Check her out www.miayandersonchannel.com
Paige Washington (Director) is a DC-based director, choreographer, and performer. Her past credits include There is No Hope in the City of Chaos with Keegan Theatre (Director), The Infinite Tales with 4615 Theatre (Choreography), Soul Redeemer with LaTiDo- DC (Ensamble) and By the Hand of a Woman with Keegan Theatre (Director). She is the Director of Patron Services and frequent collaborator with 4615 Theatre Company.
Paul Andrews (Director) is a director, writer and performer based in Ithaca, New York, who graduated from Ithaca College in 2020 with degrees in theatre and film. Paul’s favorite recent projects include assistant director for Hotel Good Luck (Cherry Arts/New Ohio) and director/writer/producer of an original musical titled Wordplay. Paul is super excited to be working with Rising Sun for the first time!!

the actors

Maggie Kissinger (Actor) has been a proud Rising Sun ensemble member since 2014 after completing the Dramaturgy and Literary Management internship. She served as the Literary Manager for three years and now focuses on acting and casting pursuits within the company. Recent credits include “A Shot Rang Out” by Michael Hagins, presented by Ego Actus Theatre Company and “HallowStream: A Spine-Chilling Virtual Festival of New Short Plays,” presented by Rising Sun Performance Company. 

Mary Sheridan (Actor) is thrilled to be an Ensemble Member of Rising Sun Performance Company.  She is the recipient of the 2016 Best Featured Actress Award for the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. Her favorite NYC theatres to work at include: New Perspectives, The Culture Project, Urban Stages, New York Theatre Workshop & Theatre Row. Her past favorite roles include: Maxine in “Tongue of a Bird”, Alma in “Summer and Smoke”, Savage in “Savage in Limbo”, Ophelia in “Hamlet” & Ann in “All My Sons”. Mary has done several short films with J. Boyett (www.jboyett.net), is currently working on a cabaret show and a solo show and is a Yale University graduate. www.marysheridan.net, www.facebook.com/mary.sheridan.50

Mateo Moreno (Actor) Recent acting credits: ‘Art’ (The Strollers), Krampus Search 2020 (Rising Sun), MetalBird (The Tank), For the Love of Lina (Conch Shell Productions), An Enemy of the People (The Strollers), Not-Knowing (3LD), Pride & Prejudice (interACT), Snipped/Cut/Tied (Step1 Theatre Project), City of Glass (UTC #61) Dead Wait: A Journey into Afro-Existentialism (Parsnip Ship, dir. Tonya Pinkins). Recent playwriting credits: Pitch (Reset Theatre Coalition), No Hablo Español: Mix-Tape of a Mexi-Can’t (NY Fringe), Bohemian Valentine (NY Fringe), Broken Pieces, Within Our Walls, Happily After Tonight. He is also a film reviewer and resides in NYC. Wear a mask. Black Lives Matter. www.Mateo-Moreno.com www.TheArtsWireWeekly.com 
Maya Schnaider (Actor) is an Israeli-American actress, and received her BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She has continued perfecting her craft and creating theater every chance she gets both in NYC and LA as well. Most recent credits include Maya's first co-star role in NBCUniversal's limited series Angelyne, and originating the lead role of Musket in the highly acclaimed original play Musket and the Rat, which had its world premiere at the Arena Stage Theatre in Los Angeles in 2020. Maya has been a proud member of the RSP family since 2017 and is thrilled to collaborate once again with the beautiful and talented minds that form the company.

Natalie Osborne (Actor) is a Brooklyn based actor and writer. She is an alumna of Bennington College, where she studied drama and anthropology. She’s been a member of the Dramatist Guild of America since 2015. After years of being too intimidated to step into the spotlight, Natalie booked a job as a professional clown and fell back in love with acting. She packed her bags, left her New England hometown, and came to NYC. She incredibly grateful to be able to live her childhood dream of playing make-believe for a living. When she isn’t performing, Natalie enjoys exploring new towns, adventuring in the forest, and anything and everything to do with Halloween.

Orlando F. Rodriguez (Actor/Playwright) is a graduate from the University of Texas at El Paso, and has a degree in Theater Tech and Design. He is currently living in NYC to further pursue his career, and his new found love of writing. Credits include (Theater:) Voice 1 in Betty's Summer Vacation, Greta in Bent, Barrosa in a staged reading of Itzel the Pirate Queen (Film:) Ben in Cleo y Los Cabrones, Jimmy in Exponential, King Ralphy in Placed, (Directing:) Dead Awake an excerpt from "Reveries," The Fall of Wallace Winter, A Marriage Proposal (Playwright:) The Legend of The Beast in That Place with the Woods an excerpt from Rising Sun's HollowStream, "The Armando Project, Dead Awake an excerpt from "Reveries," Dolores.
Raiane Cantisano (Actor) is an award winning actress/singer born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, who moved to NYC to further her education at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Institute. Recent credits include the films “Gym Class Heroes” and “Cyclone”, and plays “The Cherry Orchard” at the Schapiro Theater, “BareNaked Reading Series” in LA, “Good Friday” at the Flea Theater. She was nominated for her performance in the ensemble of “Raft of the Medusa” and won Outstanding Lead Actress for “Éléphant” at Planet Connections Theater Festivity. For more info go to www.raianecantisano.com
Raul Chavez (Actor) is a graduate from The University of Texas at El Paso with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Theatre Performance. Raul is also a Director/Instructor at Kids N' Co theatre company. This is his first time working with Rising Sun Performance Company.

Rick Benson (Actor) is an actor in New York City. He has performed at The Secret Theatre as Baron Bigbutt and King Loadsadough. He has performed lead roles in Cyrano de Bergerac and The Misanthrope and The Chairs.

Samantha Simone (Actor) is a Brooklyn based actor, dancer, voice over artist and teacher. She is thrilled to be a part of Rising Sun Performance Company's spring show!! Past favorite credits include: Nina "The Seagull", Julie "Miss Julie", and Female 2 "The Laramie Project." Samantha's work can be seen on the CBS show "Blue Bloods" and the fitness program "The Daily Burn." Samantha would like to thank Rising Sun for the opportunity and constant support! 

Samuel Neagley (Actor) is an actor and musician based in NYC. After graduating from Dickinson College with a degree in theater arts and spanish, he studied acting and improv comedy in Los Angeles and now New York. Having worked as an actor, director, composer and writer, Samuel founded Blue Otter Theatre as a means to produce his own work and the work of his very talented friends. His most proud productions include A Self Help Guide To Killing Your Boss, Tween Souls as part of Hollywood Fringe Festival, and The Cigar Lounge as part of Brick Theater’s ‘Unstageable Festival.”

​Sean Phillips (Actor) is a graduate of AMDA and current student of Yale School of Drama graduate, Roger Hendricks Simon. Theatre: Scrooge! ( Rising Sun Theatre Company), The Treatment ( IATI Theatre), Three On A Match( IATI Theatre), Mother Courage with Meryl Streep, In The Heat Of The Night (59e59st/ Godlight Theatre Company). Film/TV: Evil, Prodigal Son, Madam Secretary, The Following, Person of Interest, The Good Wife, Difficult People, Louie, House of Cards

Stephanie Barney (Actor) is a stage and film actress from MA, where she currently resides. She received her degree in Musical Theatre Performance from RIC and moved to NYC after college. Some of Stephanie's favorite credits include Cindy Lou Huffington (The Marvelous Wonderettes), Meg MaGrath (Crimes of the Heart), Velma Kelly (Chicago), Mona Stangley (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) and Jaques (As You Like It). Stephanie is thrilled to be doing another show with Rising Sun and hopes everyone is staying safe and sane! 

Zarra Kaahn (Actor) is a multi-lingual actress and writer who trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.  Zarra is a multi-lingual actress who did her acting training from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.