About
The Company
Mariangela Saavedra
Artistic and Managing Director
Eric Gershenow
Music Director
Eric has been Music Director for Casabuena Cultural Productions since 2013, writing and recording original songs for short films and theatre productions as well as engineering sound for live performances. A DC native, Eric G. Has been a live performing artist for over 20 years having performed in various cover projects before moving to Philadelphia in 2010 where he began focusing on writing and recording original music. Having grown up in the 90’s, his influences include 90’s-era hip hop and rock, as well as the classic blues that spurred the British Invasion of the 1960’s to the 1970’s R&B can be heard throughout his self-titled EP Harmonic Frequency Matching due in March 2018. Since moving to Philadelphia, Eric has performed and recorded with numerous local artists from both rock/folk and R&B jazz communities, most notably performing with R&B heavy hitters Stephen Wise and Grammy-nominated bassist Doug Grigsby III (StepWiseEntertainment).Kate Bianco
Actress
Kate is thrilled to be working with Casabuena Cultural Productions again this season. She'e been seen most recently in last years holiday show The Ultimate Christmas Show (Abridged), An Adult Evening with Shel Silverstein, A Coffin in Egypt, and Death on the 16th Fairway, as well as in several short films. She is a producer of the upcoming feature "American Curse" written and directed by Jack Culbertson. Kate enjoys all aspects of the arts and aspires to run her own theatre company in the future. Kate would like to thank Mariangela Saavedra for this incredible opportunity to perform in her first one-woman show!Stephanie C. Kernisan
Actress
Stephanie is a writer and performer based in Philadelphia, PA. Originally from Wilmington, NC, she graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in December of 2010 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies. She has been a loyal contributing artist at Casabuena for six years. She was an Actor in The Ultimate Christmas Show (Abridged) and the short films Bros and Arrows, Every Day is Christmas and Prove Yourself: The Feminem Story. She Directed Puberty: The Game Show and the short film Day. Other notable works in Philadelphia include Yitzhak in ReTheatre’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Sweet in PHIT’s Buffy: Once More With Pheeling. This year she debuted her first one woman show, Bad Sex and Other Problematic Analogies. She also cohosts a weekly podcast called Deadtime Storiez with Sarah Heddins.
Jim Broyles
Actor
Jim has been a CCP company member since 2014, and has appeared in their productions of The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged), Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some), Complete History of America (Abridged), Puberty: The Game Show, and Mmmbeth. Mostly recently, he appeared in Spinning into Butter at The Stagecrafters. Other appearances at The Stagecrafters include: Come Back Little Sheeba, On Golden Pond, Shakespeare in Hollywood, Trouble In Mind, Of Mice and Men, Clever Dick, The Importance of Being Earnest, Play It Again Sam, Tartuffe, All My Sons, and A Shayna Maidel. He has also done several productions at Allens Lane Theater: An Adult of Evening of Shel Silverstein, Rapture, Blister, Burn, Talk Radio, and Expecting Isabel. Other favorite productions include Frost/Nixon at Players Club of Swarthmore, and The Weir at Pulley & Buttonhole Theatre Company. Jim is also a member of the Allens Lane Theater Committee.
Jared Taylor
Actor/ Director/Writer
Jared Taylor has been with Casabuena since he was 10 years old. He graduated from Central High School in 2019 and is attending Temple University. He is a regular member of the casts of Casabuena Cultural Productions shows. In fact Who's Holiday marks his 8th show with Casabuena! Recent credits include Himself in The Bible: The Complete Word Of God (Abridged) (Allen’s Lane), Edward Bloom in Big Fish, and Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (Arts at Central). He would like to thank his friends for always supporting him. Find him on social media and SoundCloud @jaredhtaylorAngel James
Actress/Photographer/Cinematographer/Director
Thomas Taylor
Actor
Thomas made his adult acting debut with Casabuena Cultural Productions as Marcus in The Philadelphia! (Part of A Casabuena Evening of One Act Plays, June 2016) He is delighted to return to Casabuena this year with Jared and Lia as AL this time in The Philadelphia. Previous Roles include Farmer Zombie in Day for Casabuena, and The Best Daddy in Allens Lane's production of An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein. In his day-to-day life, Thomas works for Philly 311, trying to keep folks from falling into a Philadelphia.Halin Hegamyer-Gershenow
Crew/Actor
Halin Hegamyer-Gershenow was the Stage Manager for Uncle Shelby's Tall Tales and Puberty: The Game Show, as well as playing the roles of Miguel and Kevin's inner voice in that show back in 2015. He has been working with Casabuena on many of our plays over the last 7 years as a script holder, assistant stage manager, light an sound board operator and stage crew as well. He worked on The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), and MmmBeth and on the staged reading of Talk Radio. He most recently was the Light and Sound Board Operator for The Bible: Abridged at Allens Lane Theater. Halin just graduated from Franklin Learning Center High School and will perusing a Graphic Design certificate at UArts in the future.Youth Company Members
Lia Taylor
Youth Actor
Lia is 14, finishing 8th grade at Cedarbrook Middle School, and excited to start at Central High School this fall. A Mt. Airy native, Lia has been performing since she was 3 years old. Recently, she has been performing in her school’s performances: The Frogs and Spamalot. She has been working with Casabuena since 3rd grade, when she played Twit in Mmmbeth. Other Casabuena credits include the short film Day for the 48 hour film project, Puberty: The Game Show and Life Comes to the Old Maid. Other area credits include An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein at Allens Lane Theater in 2017.Zivia Avelin
Youth Actor/Crew
Zivia has been in one other show with Casabuena and also three shows with Yes! And... She is currently enrolled at The Miquon School. Other than theater, she enjoys doing art and role-playing games. She is happy to be back with Casabuena this year as the Assistant Stage Manager for the Night of Short Films and Short Plays.Taj Jacobs
Youth Actor
Last year's production of Dear Chuck was Taj's first time taking part in a Casabuena Cultural Production. In the past, he has done a plethora of theater shows, such as Hairspray (Gilbert) and Grease (Doody and Teen Angel). Taj not only has a talent in acting, but also has a talent in singing, music production, and film production. Taj has sung around the world such as Australia, New Zealand, Chile, and Peru. He has had an interest for cinematography for many years and still continues to write his own stories and create his own films. Taj participated in Casabuena's award winning short film Prove Yourself: The Feminem Story which won BEST SCORE at the 2018 Philadelphia 48 Hour Film Project. He will be seen and his music will be heard in the upcoming shorts screening this June at Allens Lane.
Ensemble Company Members
Sarah Heddins
Actress
Sarah Heddins made her Casabuena Cultural Productions debut in June 2015 as Elana in Puberty! The Game Show. She had recently relocated to Philadelphia after earning her BFA in Performance from the University of Houston. Some recent memorable roles include: Cherie in "Bus Stop", Laertes in "Hamlet", Agnes White in "Bug", and Kelly/Alex in the world premiere of Tomato/Tomàto to name a few. This season she did the fight choreography for our production of Hamlette in June, and our 48hr Film Project submission "Day" as well as starred in it. Also in 2016 she appeared as Malcom in a female cast version of MacBeth at the Venice Island Performing Arts Center!Teresa Nutter
Actress
Teresa is an actor, storyteller, producer, and comedian in Philadelphia. She most recently performed with First Person Arts & WHYY's Commonspace: Conception. This is her second Casabeuna show, her first, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some) saw her as "The Elf." She also worked under Mariangela's direction in Allen Lane Theater's An Adult Evening with Shel Silverstein (Celia, Snooky, Lucy). Her producing credits include Philly Geek Awards and Duofest.
Browning Sterner
Actor
Browning is thrilled to be working with Mariangela Saavedra and Casabuena Cultural Productions again on this wonderful show! Browning was last seen on stage at Old Academy Players for the one act Are There Blintzes on Mars? this past June. He most recently stage managed On Golden Pond directed by Mariangela at The Stagecrafters Theater. He is also currently cast in You Can’t Take it With You directed by Noel Hanley being performed at Allen’s Lane Theater opening January 12th. Browning holds a BA in Theater from Temple University.Christian Lepore
Actor
Christian Lepore has been pleased to appear with Casabuena Cultural Productions twice on stage and three times so far on film. He was seen as the Narrator for MmmBeth in 2014 and in 2013 he was seen in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), as well as in October 2013 he and his children were featured actors in Casabuena's Shel Silverstein Short Films that screened in Mt. Airy as well as in our soon to be released short films High Stakes and Eleventeen. He has appeared numerous times at The Stagecrafters in Chestnut Hill in such roles as Tartuffe in last season's Tartuffe, Rev. Lawrence T. Shannon in Night of the Iguana, Roy Hubley in Plaza Suite, and Norman in The Dresser, and he has been active with their Readers' Theatre program in the past, appearing in a number of readings and directing Three Tall Women. He toured with the Maryland Traveling Repertory Company in their production of Biloxi Blues and directed Lend Me a Tenor for the MTRT at the Garrett Lakes Arts Festival in McHenry, MD. Some of his other favorite roles over the years include Feste in Twelfth Night, George Spelvin in The Actor's Nightmare, Stanley Jerome in Broadway Bound and Jerry in The Zoo Story. He has felt incredibly blessed to have his children be a part of Cast, Stage Crew and Ushers on past productions and short films. He would like you to know that he could not appear before you without the steadfast love and support of his wife, Melanie.Adrienne Cascarella
Actress
Adrienne is playing the role of "Victim" in our latest short film Eleventeen. She was seen in 2014 as Soldier 2, Murderer 2 and Carla in MmmBeth and as "Angry Chess Girl" in our short film High Stakes. Previous roles include productions of All My Sons (Sue Bayliss), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Loretta, Soldier 3), and Almost Maine (Glory, Marci) with The Stagecrafters theater. Adrienne also appeared in Haddonfield Plays and Players production of The Real Story of Little Red Riding Hood (Skunk) and Indiana University of PA's Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (Young Mona). When not involved in theater, she sings and plays guitar with South Jersey cover band Crashing Saturn.Samantha Simpson
Actress
Samantha Simpson is a graduate of Washington College in Chestertown, MD, and just received her Masters Degree in Theatre from Villanova University in May 2015. Some of Samantha's favorite roles onstage have been Sally in John van Druten's The Voice of the Turtle, Corie in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park, and Ann in Arthur Miller's All My Sons. Samantha is a co-founder of the Villanova Shakespeare Initiative, which had its debut in August of 2014 at the Media Theatre with Twelfth Night, where she will be played Viola. Samantha is a resident of Mt. Airy, where she lives with a small menagerie. Samantha's first productions with CCP were as Lady MmmBeth in MmmBeth, June of 2014, and as "The Assistant" in our short film High Stakes shot in July 2014. She was featured in our short film Eleventeen in post-production now, in the role of "Secretary to the CEO". She also stepped in as the understudy for the role of The Waitress in The Philadelphia and performed that role on Saturday June 4th, 2016 during A Casabuena Evening of One Act Plays.Kyle Paul Dandridge
Actor
Kyle has been acting since he was in the single digits and has appeared in various projects of both stage and film in the Philadelphia area. He was seen in 2016 in Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some), and was previously seen in August 2015 in our production of The Complete History of America (Abridged). He was seen in 2014 as Soldier 1/ Murderer 1/ Big Mama Hecate in MmmBeth (June 2014) and lent his voice to P is for Pony and D is for Daddy for the Short Films of Uncle Shelby's ABZ's. Other Recent roles were Officer James Bailey in Superior Donuts, Jerome Kisembe in Ruined, an actor in the Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged, Damis in Tartuffe, the Mute in the Fantastiks, Joaquim in Mud River Stone, Lysander in A Midsummer's Night Dream, as well as various other stage and film parts.Dan Shefer
Actor
Dan was thrilled to make his debut with Casabuena Cultural Productions in their 2018 production of Dear Chuck. Some of his most recent credits include Matinee (Rodney) and You Can’t Take It With You! (Ed) at The Allens Lane Theater. Others include: Shakespeare In Hollywood (Daryl), On Golden Pond (Charlie), and The Miser (Master Jacque) at The Stagecrafters. Dan is a graduate of Indiana University Bloomington with a B.A. in acting and directing. He is currently a local Philadelphia artist, but originally hails from South Bend,IN.Anna Horsey
Actress
Anna was excited to return to the stage for her first production with Casabuena Cultural Productions in June of 2017 playing the MOM in The Shakepearecist after spending some years in Canada studying Wine and Viticulture which helped her “Get A Real Job”. She has been involved in performing arts most of her life. Film and Television Highlights include: standing next to Harrison Ford in the movie Working Girl when she was a teen, On Road Traffic Reporting for NBC10, and featured Bar Patron in Pizzaria Uno commercials. National Tour for Theater IV: Stuart Little (Margalo), Raggedy Ann and Andy (Camel with the Wrinkled Knees). Favorite Stage work: The Wizard of Oz (The Wicked Witch) for which she received an EMACT award for Best Actress in Boston, MA, Through the Looking Glass (Alice - rod and stick puppet). She is an experienced voice over artist and is very proud to have done the first U.S. television commercial produced for the LGBT traveler by the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Corporation: Tag “Get your History Straight, and your Nightlife Gay”. She would like to say thank you and “Halllaaah?” to her friends and family and dedicates this performance to Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner (talking about the dog). Special thanks and love to Ned for forcing her to audition for this role! ALSO, she’s on the job search so see her at the end of the show if you have any leads for a Communications Major who plays nice with children and most adults.Brian Weiser
Actor
Brian was involved with Casabuena since 2013's production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised]. Casabuena film credits include the Shel Silverstein shorts "Bus Stop" and "Smile", vocals on "Uncle Shelby's ABZ's", the short "Eleventeen", and Casabuena's 2014 48-Hour Film Project submission, "Bros and Arrows". Brian also wrote and starred in our short film "High Stakes". Onstage, Brian appeared as the title character in Mmmbeth in 2014, "Adam" in The Complete History of America (abridged) in 2015 , various characters in The Church Bells All Were Broken and "Johnathon" in Every Chiristmas Story Ever Told (And then Some) in 2016, as well as Errol in The Shakespearecist and Jacob Marley in Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol in 2017. Other productions in the area include Tartuffe, The Importance of Being Earnest, Twelfth Night, Shakespeare's R&J, and Of Mice and Men. Our 4th season (2016) marked his directorial debut for our Casabuena Evening of One Act Plays, where he directed the one act spoof Hamlette by Alison Williams. Brian's last show with Casabuena was Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol in December of 2017.Paul Del Signore
Actor
Paul is super duper excited to be working with the Casabuena Team on his first stab at "Shakespeare" in Hamlette as The Ghost and Polonius. Part of A Casabuena Evening of One Act Plays presented in June of 2016. He'd like to thank and congratulate the wonderful cast and crew. He'd like to, but then again, he'd like to star in Polonius, King of the High Seas, too!! And that ain't happening either!!Patrick Cathcart
Actor
Patrick is a Philadelphia area actor, last onstage as Winston Smith in 1984. This is his first performance with Casabuena Cultural Productions. In 2017, he performed here at Allen's Lane, The Stagecrafter's Theater, The Chapel St. Players and The Walnut St. Theater. Past roles include Arnold Epstine in Biloxi Blues, Bernie Dodd in The Country Girl, Karl/Steve in Clybourn Park, many roles in An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein and Jerry in The Zoo Story for which Patrick won Best Actor in a Lead Role at the AACT National Theater Festival. Training includes Hedgerow Theater Company and The Walnut St. Theater. Love to Mom, Dad and Nerd Sister.Faith Yesners
Actress
Faith has been active in theatre productions in the Philadelphia area for many years. Gertrude in Hamlette (Part of A Casabuena Evening of One Act Plays in June of 2016) was her debut with Casabuena Cultural Productions! Favorite rolls include Maudie (To Kill A Mockingbird), Florence (Odd Couple, Fem.version), Elizabeth Proctor (The Crucible), Esther (The Price) various roles (Les Miserables), Godspell, String of Pearls. Faith has appeared in commercials and film, but her passion is the stage. She is also a singer-songwriter, with 2 solo CDsVincent Rafaelle
Actor
Vincent is thrilled for his Casabuena debut in The Death of Trotsky and Phillip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread. (Part of A Casabuena Night of Short Films and Short Plays in June 2019) He is glad to be back performing at Allen's Lane. Vincent would like to thank the cast and crew for a wonderful experience. He'd also like to thank his friends and especially his family for their ongoing support. He loves you all and hopes you enjoy the show. "When he told a story there was silence" -VJR
Maxwell Vlam
Actor
Maxwell is back again with another Casabuena production! He's been in many shows, but his two most recent shows were Chicago as an ensemble member and Our Town as Doc Gibbs. He's very excited to be in three one acts, and very thankful for everyone in this community for welcoming him back before going to Arcadia in August. He'd like to thank his family for pushing him into theater and showing him how much he loves being on stage.
Ensemble Youth Company Members
Batya Reich
Actress
Batya is so excited to be in her 4th show with Casabuena. She is currently a senior at Cheltenham Highschool and will attend Tufts University this fall. Some of her previous roles with Casabuena have included Naggy Witch (Mmmbeth) and Hamlette (Hamlette). Batya has been very involved with theatre at Cheltenham; some roles include Maria (Twelfth Night), Vi Moore (Footloose), Narrator (Thurber Carnival), and Mrs. Peterson (Bye Bye, Birdie). Additionally, Batya has worked for many years with Yes! And... theatre Collaborative in their annual shows, summer camps, and high school group. Batya would like to thank Mariangela for so many wonderful experiences; her cast mates, for making her laugh; and her parents, for their support.Colin Polisano
Youth Actor
Colin is a Senior at Cheltenham High School, and has been seen in Dear Chuck!, The Shakespearesist, and Hamlette. He has been honored to work with such talented and brilliant cast members over the years. Other appearances on stage include the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, The Addams Family: The Musical, Footloose!, Bye Bye Birdie, The Servant of Two Masters and The Crucible. Aside from being on stage, Colin co-leads his school’s all-male a cappella group, Sons of Pitch, enjoys reading, singing, and working as a camp counselor over the summer. He would like to thank his friends, Jennifer Hutton, Mariangela, and - most importantly - his friends for their constant encouragement and support.
Autumn Angelettie
Actress
Autumn is thrilled to perform in her second show with Casabuena Cultural Productions! Prior to Puberty, Autumn played Haggy the Witch in MmmBeth (2014), and appeared in the short film High Stakes (coming soon). Outside of Casabuena, Autumn has played several roles including Gary Coleman in Avenue Q: School Edition (2012), Elizabeth Benning in Young Frankenstein (2013), Lady Lucille in Once Upon a Mattress (2014), and Violet Newstead in 9 to 5 (2015). In addition to acting, Autumn has student directed Cedarbrook Middle School's production of The Laramie Project (2013), and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [abridged, revised] (2014). Aside from acting, Autumn performs with Touring Ensemble, her school's show choir, and Up the Octave, a student run, all female a cappella group.Steven Lepore
Actor / Crew
Hayden Dalrymple-Lepore
Actor
Hayden is happy to be on stage with Casabuena Cultural Productions for the first time in June of 2015. He has ushered for several of CCP's previous productions, and he participated in the short films Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book and the upcoming High Stakes. He was very happy to be in Uncle Shelby's Tall Tales, and is still entertaining all serious offers on the sister-for-sale thing.Ben Vlam
Actor
Ben Vlam graduated from Friends-Select School in June of 2016. He was seen in the CCP shows Complete History of America (Abridged) in August 2015 and Words Words Words (Part of A Casabuena Evening of One Act Plays) in June 2016. He like long walks in the park, star gazing, and dank memes. In the past, he was homeless man #2 in RENT, Dracula in Dracula, and Mitch in A Street Car Named Desire. Ben would like to thank his cat Violet for being his rock. He guesses he would also like to thank his parents. Finally, he would like to thank Casabuena Cultural Productions for the wonderful opportunities to play on stage with them. If Ben sounds like someone you want to talk to, dial 1800-thisisnotarealnumber. Enjoy the show(s).Zoey Dalrymple-Lepore
Actress
Hi! My name is Zooey (but my friends all call me Zoey). Here are a few things about me: I like to play the guitar, violin and piano. I go to Lingelback Elementary with my best friend, Myla. I've ushered for most of the plays put on by Casabuena Cultural Productions, and I was in their short film, Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book. Those are some things about me. Bye for now, and enjoy the shows!Marcus Smith-Hobbs
Actor
Rosa Wright
Youth Actor
Rosa Wright made her Casabuena debut in Puberty: the Game Show! in June of 2015. Rosa is now a 11th grade actress currently attending The Crefeld School. She participated in Casabuena shows in 2015, 2017 and 2018. Other than Casabuena she has participated in her former high school’s fall plays and EST (the school’s student run improv club/yearly show.) She loves to perform and is so thankful that there are places like Casabuena that give younger actors this opportunity and experience. Besides performing she also loves her cats: Mimzy and Puddin’ Divine, art, poetry, and takis. A special thanks to all of you for coming out to support us, to my parents for supporting my efforts, and to Sophia for hauling me to and from practice most of the time.Sophie Ashley-Carner
Actress
Sophie Ashley-Carner has been acting since she was six and went to her first acting camp. She has been in five plays before, most recently at the McGuffin acting class; the play was Caps for Sale, where she played a monkey, a boy named Max, and a spirit. She goes to the Miquon school. She has an older sister named Mayana, a step-bro named Jack, and a half-brother named Max. Sophie is known for her ability to put both her feet behind her own head.Sophia Crocker
Youth Actor
Sophia is a senior at Cheltenham High and is also thrilled to be in her second show here at Casabuena. She has loved her time here and the people she’s worked with, and will miss it super bad next year. Other than Casabuena, she has participated in a few of the CHS productions, plays the cello, and watches a lot of Netflix. She would like to thank Mariangela and the cast and her parents and everyone else who has supported her endeavors here. Special shout out to Rosa and Colin for being carpool buddies, and to Dad for letting her use the car. She hopes everyone enjoys the show! Has anyone seen Chuck?
John Apice
Youth Actor
I was born on July 26, 2005. Jerry was born a minute before me. Having a twin, a hermit crab, two dogs, two guinea pigs, a fish and a tortoise, it gets pretty fun. Being a professional actor, I have been in 3 plays, 1 movie, 1 Youtube Movie, 1 commercial, 1 web series, and 4 musicals. Being a twelve year old 7th grader is actually pretty interesting. In the past year, I have improved my sing, dancing, and acting skills and have learned to put my foot behind my head! 😀
Zac Brodsky
Youth Actor
Zac is very excited to be in his first show at Casabuena! He’s a member of the Philadelphia Boys Choir and performs locally around South Jersey.
Arielle Moore
Actress
Arielle is born and raised in Philadelphia, and has always had a love for acting. She started in theater and dance as a child, and later studied acting at the Arden Theater and the Community College of Philadelphia. At age 16, Arielle made her debut performance with Casabuena Cultural Productions in The Shakespearecist and the short film Every Day is Christmas. Her hobbies include writing, reading, and of course, acting. She wants to thank her parents, grandparents, sister, and best friend Tori for always supporting her.
Katherine Cooper
Youth Actor
Katherine is a senior at Cheltenham High School. She has previously been in three school musicals and a school play, as well as Casabuena's production of the short play The Philadelphia in 2016. Katherine sings in the Pennsylvania Girlchoir and in school ensembles, and will be attending Mount Holyoke College after graduation. She hopes you all enjoy the show!
Elias Musselman
Youth Actor
I am 16 years old and a Sophomore at Central High School! I’ve been involved with theatre since sixth grade, but Dear Chuck was my first show with Casabuena Cultural Productions in 2018. I was absolutely ecstatic to be a part of that wonderful show with all those amazing people.
Worth Osborne
Youth Actor
I’m an aspiring actor and singer who is seeing what this subculture of theatre is all about and loving it so far! Dear Chuck was my first production with Casabuena and I also perform with the Keystone State Boychoir.
Sage Torrisi
Youth Actor
2018's production of Dear Chuck was her first performance with Casanuena. Other shows she has been in include Alice in Wonderland, The Sound of Music, and Romeo and Juliet. She goes to Harriton High School and is a part of the Pennsylvania Girlchoir.