Month: May 2016

Meet the hillarious cast of The Philadelphia by David Ives. Directed by Mariangela Saavedra

In this Play we meet Al and Marcus. Marcus is  a man in a restaurant who has fallen into “a Philadelphia,” a Twilight Zone-like state in which he cannot get anything he asks for. But Al has the answers about how to survive just a fate…or does he.

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Marcus

Thomas Taylor is pleased to be making his adult acting debut with Casabuena Cultural Productions! He wants to make clear that he finds his beloved adopted hometown to be much more Alice’s Restaurant than Through the Looking Glass. But seriously, cheesesteaks need to step aside for roast pork as our official sandwich. Thanks to Mariangela for the opportunity, and to Jared and Katherine for being so tolerant of the rookie.

 

 

 

Waitress

Katherine Cooper is very excited to perform as The Waitress in her first year with Casabuena. She is in tenth grade at Cheltenham High School. Previously, she has been in two musicals with her school, Footloose (Ethel McCormack) and Nine To Five (ensemble). Last summer, she was also in the Arden Theatre Company’s summer camp production of Les Miserables (Factory girl/ensemble). Outside of theatre, Katherine sings in the Pennsylvania Girlchoir, and in the Select Choir and Touring Ensemble at her school. She also enjoys reading, writing, and the internet. She would like to thank Autumn and Batya for introducing her, Mariangela for the opportunity, and Samantha for stepping in for her on night two.

AL

Jared Taylor is an actor, writer, director, and musician, This is his fourth year as a Casabuena member. Previous shows Jared has been in include MmmBeth(MacDuff), Puberty: The Game Show(Tommy), and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged(Prop Boy). Jared also worked on the short film High Stakes, and last summer shot and directed a short film he wrote called Eleventeen. He is heavily involved in the Central High School Drama Society, and has written and directed two one acts there. Jared is very excited to be in this year’s show, and wants to thank everyone in the shows, especially Brian and Batya for being so helpful with Hamlette

 

 

Waitress*
*Understudy, performing Saturday June 4th.

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 is currently featured in our short film Eleventeen in production now, in the role of “Secretary to the CEO”. She is currently stepping in as the understudy for the role of The Waitress in The Philadelphia and will be performing that role on Saturday June 4th at 7:30pm at Allens Lane.

Meet the talented cast of Words Words Words by David Ives. Directed by Mariangela Saavedra

This play is about Kafka, Milton, and Swift, three intelligent chimpanzees who are put in a cage together under the experimenting eye of a never seen Dr. Rosenbaum, a scientist testing the hypothesis that three apes typing at random  for an infinite amount of time will almost surely produce Hamlet (a variation on the infinite monkey theorem). The show’s title is a reference to a line from Shakespeare’s play. The performance comprises the ape characters humorously confronting and conversing with each other in order to understand the purpose of the exercise put upon them.

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Milton

Ben Vlam is currently a senior attending Friends-Select School. 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 this wonderful opportunity. If Ben sounds like someone you want to talk to, dial 1800-thisisnotarealnumber. Enjoy the show(s).

 

 

 

 

Kafka

Madeline Vlam is fifteen and in ninth grade at Friends Select School. She has been in many shows, including (not limited to) the Laramie Project, 25th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee, The Little Mermaid, Broadway on the Parkway, and many more. Madeline enjoys writing, singing, acting, reading, talking in third person, and many other things. She is thankful for her best friend Maggie, for being her best friend for almost sixteen years now (you poor soul).

 

 

 

 

 

Swift

Steven Lepore is an aspiring actor who’s been with Casabuena Cultural Productions for many years, as a stagelight manager, stage manager, and actor. He has been in multiple plays before such as Talk radio and Puberty The Game Show. He also does some acting for the Multimedia Club at Saul High School, of which he is soon-to-be graduating from.