CAST
Kim Klasner (she/her) - Owl
Recent credits include Vietgone (Huong/Asian Girl/American Girl/Thu/Translator/Flower Girl, Company One), An Oak Tree (The Father, Theatre on Fire), Winter Panto: Paul Bunyan and the Blue Snow (La-Shirl, Imaginary Beasts), Winter Panto: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Yves, Imaginary Beasts), A Bright Room Called Day (Zillah Katz, Flat Earth Theatre), and Peerless (M, Company One). Upcoming productionS: Dance Nation (Maeve, Company One) and Camp Strangewood: The Rooster and the Magnet (Ensemble, Sparkhaven Theatre).
* Owl appears in Prologue & Episodes 1-12
Sara Kerr (they/she) - Kit
Sara Kerr is an actor, teaching artist, and puppet designer in the Boston area. Trained as an actor in Boston and New York City, they are constantly in search of roles that defy stereotypes and embrace their identity as a queer, biracial person. Recent roles include The Leading Player in Arlington Friend’s of the Drama’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Wolf in Fresh Fruit Festival’s Red and the Wolf, and a founding member of the Juniper Tree Ensemble, a devising group that creates queer theaters for all ages.
* Kit appears in Episodes 4-12
Jo Michael Rezes (they/them) - Mist
Jo Michael Rezes works as a director, educator, and performer in the Greater Boston Area. They are a Ph.D. student in Theatre and Performance Studies at Tufts University where they instruct Introduction to Acting and research the queer temporalities housed in Camp creations of all artistic forms. Directing credits include School (Boston Theatre Marathon) and the Elliot Norton award-winning Cloud 9 (AD, Nora Theatre Company). Selected acting credits include Entropy Theatre Company’s a grimm thing (Boston Center for the Arts), a touring production of The Rocky Horror Show (Frank N. Furter, Prescott Park Arts Festival), an upcoming production of Bakkhai (Dionysos, Chelsea Theatre Works), a Zoom production of Nosferatu, the Vampyr on HowlRound.TV (Count Orlok, Sparkhaven Theatre), and many more quarantined readings you can find on their website! Jo is a proud alum of Vassar College and very grateful to have joined the lovely team of The Legion Tapes! Learn more about Jo at: JMRezes.com.
* Mist appears in Episodes 5-12
Jon Vellante (he/him) - K0diak
Jon Vellante is a Boston-based actor who is excited to be recording with such a great ensemble. Recent credits include The Birch Prep Five (Homesick Play Project); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Sh*t-faced Shakespeare); The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Hub Theatre Company of Boston); Heritage Hill Naturals (Fresh Ink Theatre Company); and Peter and the Starcatcher (Hackmatack Playhouse). For more information, visit www.jonvellante.com.
* Kodiak appears in Episodes 1-6, 8-9 & 12
Veronica Wiseman (she/her) - Hawk
Veronica Anastasio Wiseman is a Boston area actor, voice artist and speech language pathologist, proudly working (and playing) most recently with Company One, Fresh Ink, Boston Playwrights Theatre, Central Square Theatre, Sleeping Weazel, Gloucester Stage, Commonwealth Shakespeare &, Bridge Rep.
* Hawk appears in Prologue & Episodes 1-3, 5-6, 9, & 11
Hayley Spivey (she/her) - Bug
Hayley Spivey is an actor, playwright, dramaturg with a B.F.A in Theatre Arts from Boston University. Her previous acting credits includes Twelfth Night (Lyric Stage Company and Actors' Shakespeare Project)), Orlando (Lyric Stage Company), Men on Boats (SpeakEasy Stage Company), Crossing Flight (TC2), First Love Is the Revolution (Apollinaire Theatre Company), and Don't Give Up the Ship (Fresh Ink Theatre).
* Bug appears in Episodes 1, 5, 9-12
Cody Sloan (he/him) - Raven
Cody Sloan is an actor and second-year MFA Acting student at the University of California San Diego. Originally from Pennsylvania, he graduated summa cum laude from Boston University and has studied at the American Conservatory Theater and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Select credits: Boston premiere of Men On Boats (SpeakEasy Stage Company), Nurse Play (IRNE Award Nomination - Best Actor, Exiled Theatre), Mozart in Amadeus (Moonbox Productions), Love! Valour! Compassion! (Zeitgeist Stage), The Extraordinary Fall of the Four-Legged Woman (NY Fringe Festival). UC San Diego credits: Orestes 2.0, Man in Love, Incendiary (staged reading) and Shame Spiral (WNPF ‘19), The Misanthrope. Film credits: Selah and the Spades (Dir. Tayarisha Poe), Brad’s Status (Dir. Mike White).
* Raven appears in Prologue & Episodes 1, 3, 5 & 11
Jude Torres (he/him) - Groundhog
Jude Torres is thrilled to join the world of the Legion Cycle! He is a Boston-based composer and performer, and is a songwriter and bass guitarist for the band FuzzKill. This fall he will be starting a graduate program for Speech-Language Pathology at MGH Institute of Health Professions. Recent theatrical productions Jude has worked on include Vietgone (Company One), Moby Dick (ART), Last Ship to Proxima Centauri (Fresh Ink), and Women Behind the Curtain (AATAB). Much love and thanks to Erin and Josh and this incredible cast!
* Groundhog appears in Episodes 1-2, 5, & 9
Brenna Fitzgerald (she/her) - Croc
Brenna Fitzgerald has appeared in Company One’s Peerless as Dirty Girl and The Flick as Rose (nominated for Elliot Norton Award: Outstanding Actress, Small or Fringe Theatre). She is currently appearing as an essential worker and hopes you wear a mask.
* Croc appears in Prologue & Episodes 1, 2, 5, & 11
Jackie Chylinski (they/them) - Roach
Jackie is very excited to be a part of The Legion Tapes among such wonderful, talented folk. Recently, Jackie had the honor participating in World Line, another Erin Lerch original, with TC Squared Theatre Company. Other recent credits include: Fun Home (Company Theater) and The Rocky Horror Show (Moonbox Productions). Special thanks to my dog, Pippin.
* Roach appears in Prologue & Episodes 2, 5, & 12
Nicole Ventura (she/her) - Shrike
Nicole Ventura is an actor, TC Squared executive board member, and Master's candidate in clinical mental health counseling with a specialization in drama therapy at Lesley University. Over the past two decades, Nicole has collaborated with a number of talented artists on projects from New York City to Sydney, Australia. In Boston, she has had the pleasure of working with Open Theatre Project, Apollinaire Theatre Company, Fort Point Theatre Channel, The Longwood Players, TC Squared, and Company One. She believes theatre and drama, especially new work, are essential components for healing, communication, and growth.
* Shrike appears in Episodes 1, 2, 5, & 11
Francis Xavier Norton (they/them) - Rabbit
Francis Xavier Norton is thrilled to be a part of such a fresh and new experience. They are a Latinx theatre-maker, composer, visual artist, and educator with credits from SpeakEasy Stage Company, Greater Boston Stage Company, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Brown Box Theatre Project, Arlekin Players, Apollinaire Theatre Company, Fresh Ink, Praxis Stage, Ridiculous Project, amongst others. They were a finalist for the KCACTF SDC directing fellowship in 2017, a KCACTF Dramaturgy nominee, a recipient of two Special Recognition awards, and a BFA in Theatre Performance from Salem State University.
* Rabbit appears in Prologue & Episodes 2 & 5
Alex Alexander (she/her) - Ibis
Alex Alexander is a Massachusetts actress who spent most of her adult life in San Francisco and acted with many companies there. She is still an active member of the San Francisco Bay Area improv group Barewitness Films. Most recent work includes a monologue by Judy Lee in round 12 of the Quick Quarantine Play Fest, a reading of Random Access Memory by Erin Lerch with TC Squared, and a TNT festival reading of No More Therapy by Lyralen Kaye and Amy West. Alex will be participating in Another Country’s upcoming production of Assigned Female at Birth, A Body Image Play by Lyralen Kaye. Alex’s last stage performance was as the Demon - the inner voice of addiction in the play Recovery by Anne Lucas at MLT. In the Boston area she has worked with Exiled Theatre on The Wasteland, Fresh Ink Theatre Company as Diana in Don’t Give Up The Ship, Company One and TC Squared on the development of Shrike and has participated in the Boston Theatre Marathon. She has also performed on the North Shore with Salem Theatre Company, Marblehead Little Theatre, and Mugford Street Players. Alex studied acting in San Francisco and London and has a BA in Theatre from Hamilton College.
* Ibis appears in Prologue & Episode 5
Grace Trapnell (she/her) - Badger
Grace is jazzed to be a part of The Legion Tapes with such a wonderful team! Recent regional credits include The Earth Room (Fresh Ink Theatre), Wit (Hub Theatre), Julius Caesar (Praxis Stage), and Move Your Face (Boston Theater Company). Grace hails from Virginia, and holds a BA in Theatre from the University of Vermont.
* Badger appears in Prologue & Episode 5