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Nick Cartusciello (he/him) is a Brooklyn born; New York City-based director. After receiving his BA in Theatre Arts from Rutgers University, he worked as an actor. During that time, he has toured nationally with companies such as Theatreworks USA, Two Bean Productions and has toured nationally and internationally with Missoula Children’s Theatre. After the pandemic, he felt the need to move to the other side of the table to work with new plays and help tell stories that show audiences lives outside of their own. His work has been in festivals such as Frigid New York and the Queerly Festival. Currently, he is a resident director at the Wingspan Arts Summer Conservatory. He has had a wonderful time at the Actor’s Studio Drama School, honing his craft and working with his incredible cohort. He would like to thank his family, friends and fiancée for all their continued support. To all of his professors at ASDS, “Thank you all for sharing your knowledge, courage, and hearts. You have all inspired me to take what I’ve learned and change the world.

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Alexandra Matsu is an actor and burlesque clown raised on the Lower East Side of New York City. Her passion for theater sparked when she attended the High School of Art And Design and was able to work with the Roundabout Youth Ensemble. As an acting artist she has devised and supported productions in found spaces all over the East Coast, including the East Village Gardens with Lungs NYC and the Farm Arts Collective’s Dream on the Farm in Damascus, PA. She also has a B.A. in Musical Theatre from SUNY Oswego. Recent credits include Spring Awakening (regional) and As You Like It. Alexandra has also been part of various entertainment shows such as Serafina Production’s Murder Mystery Burlesque and is a proud member of the Golden Boarstags at the New York Renaissance Faire.

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Timothy Nolan is an NYC-based playwright, actor, and teacher. He received his MFA in playwriting at the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University and was named an Indie Theater Now Person of the Year. His play Acts of Contrition received an Excellence in Playwriting award from the New York International Fringe Festival and his short play E Minor Seventh (developed at ASDS) was a finalist in the City Theater’s National Short Playwriting Contest. Other plays include Stuck With Fred (AMT Theater New York, ROAD Theater Company Los Angeles), The Sugar Plant (Chain Theater One Act Festival, Actors Studio Drama School MFA Repertory Season, Rogue Theater Festival), What Happened Was (New York Theater Festival), What’s In A Name (Samuel French Critics’ Choice award), The Way Out (FringeNYC Excellence in Acting award), and The Bull Ring (Samuel French OOB Festival). Acting roles include the films She Said, Affliction, My Brother’s Last Advice, and Gimme A Sex! and the plays Big D, Their Great Magic, and If Only… He is a member of the Actors Studio Playwrights/Directors Workshop and the Dramatists Guild. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, filmmaker Susannah Nolan.

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Billy Oxendine is a Native American actor of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Raised in Maxton, NC. He earned his bachelor's degree in theatre arts at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Some of his most noteworthy performances have been Henry Berry Lowery in Strike at the Wind, Macbeth, and Orsino in Twelfth Night. As well as Dollar in the award-winning short film LumbeeLand. Billy would like to thank his family for supporting him on this journey.

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Dakota is a New York-based actor from Pensacola, FL. Before moving to NYC, he worked with Emerald Coast Theatre Company in several of their productions including: Romeo and Juliet and Snow White. He also returned to his undergrad alma mater to appear in their annual production of A Christmas Carol as Ebeneezer Scrooge. Dakota had his New York theatre debut this past summer in the original play; Mothman in New York. In addition to his acting training, Dakota has done some voice acting work, including a master class with the renowned voice actor Sonny Strait.

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Grace Sallee is a West Coast native, and University of Southern California graduate, where she completed her BA with the School of Dramatic Arts. A newly NYC-based multi-hyphenate artist, some of Grace's credits include, Trouble in Mind (USC), Fuente Ovejuna: A Disloyal Adaptation (USC), and If I Were President (Players, Performers, Portrayers). Most notably, she performed in Flight Risk (Gene Frankel)--winner of Lucky's Lighting & Gail's 24 B.A.C. 15 Minutes of Frame Playwright Competition. Grace would like to give a big thank you to her cheerleaders on both coasts for all the support--both in and out of this grad school adventure!

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Vaibhav Taparia (he/him) is a South African actor of Indian descent who graduated with a BCom Honours in Accounting, Corporate Finance & Investments from the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa). He has performed at the Joburg Theatre (South Africa) and made his first New York City stage debut in Summer '24, performing in 2 original pieces. He has also received classical training from The London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He is bilingual in both English & Hindi and loves to play tennis, soccer and do long-distance running. He looks to broaden his horizons across screen & stage and entertain people across the globe.