CAST (recurring), Younger, Law & Order: SVU, Madame Secretary, For Life, Search Party, The Defenders, 30 Rock, Law & Order, Unforgettable. Film: Irresistible (directed by Jon Stewart), I’ll Meet You There, Violet Tendencies, Santa Con, Off The Rails, Flatbush Luck, Norman, Gimme Shelter. Andrea is a proud union member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA.
Octavia Chavez-Richmond (Romola, and others) is an actor, playwright, and storyteller whose work has been featured at international film festivals and regional theatres. She holds an M.F.A. in acting from Brown University/Trinity Repertory where she received the David Wickham Playwriting Award. After graduating, Trinity Repertory awarded Octavia with the Margo Skinner Memorial Fellowship for 2018. Her original short film Lolita Express recently debuted at the NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival (March 2021). Octavia uses theatre and film to explore women’s relationship to their bodies. She is particularly interested in women of color and their sexual agency. Her work disrupts hierarchy, racism, and misogyny and challenges conventional beauty standards.
Rishan Dhamija (Raj) is an actor/writer based in New York. Rishan’s parents were hyped to hear that after graduating from acting school (UNC, M.F.A. ‘19), he’d get to play doctors and IT guys on TV. Something they couldn’t get him to do in real life. He wasn’t going to give them the satisfaction. And so, he got his second M.F.A. in dramatic writing (NYU-Tisch ‘21) so that he could create authentic South Asian content for himself and his friends. Rishan recently appeared on TV shows like Apple TV’s Little Voice and NBC’s New Amsterdam and will be seen next in Apple TV’s limited series WeCrashed.
Andrea Cirie (Joan) is delighted to be making her debut at Syracuse Stage with this production. Select theatre credits include: OffBroadway: The Cherry Lane Theater. Regional Theatre: Shakespeare Theatre of DC, Hartford Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Old Globe, Barrington Stage Company, Florida Stage, Contemporary American Theater Festival, Olney Theatre Center, Berkshire Playwrights Lab, Capital Repertory, Virginia Stage, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and Playmakers Rep. Television: Blue Bloods, House of Cards
Christopher Gurr (John, and others). Broadway: Cats (revival), Tuck Everlasting, Kinky Boots, Amazing Grace, and All The Way with Bryan Cranston. National Tours: Memphis, Monty Python’s Spamalot. OffBroadway: Cyrano with Peter Dinklage at New Group, Arturo Ui with Raul Esparza at Classic Stage, Call
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