Meet the first-year Brown/Trinity Rep MFA students Ross Barron, acting
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Aizhaneya Carter, acting
Hometown: Boulder, CO Alma mater: Princeton University Favorite role: Pig (Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh) There are so many reasons why I chose Brown/ Trinity Rep! To name a few, auditioning for [MFA Director] Angela Brazil and [Artistic Director] Curt Columbus was an especially positive experience because of the warmth, openness, and genuine interest they showed me. Furthermore, I am a screenwriter/playwright as well as an actor so the trinity of curricular opportunities here, (acting, playwriting, and directing), aligned with my desire to grow as fully and widely as possible. Finally, I know Providence to be a beautiful city with incredible parks, warm people, and unimpeded stargazing that reminds me of home. You can find more information about my writing and acting at www.rossbarron.com.
Bianca Rosa Brockl, acting
JāQuan Malik Jones, acting
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Alma mater: University of Pennsylvania (International Relations and Theater Arts double major, with a concentration in French) Favorite role: I haven’t played her yet. She may currently be unwritten. I chose Brown/Trinity Rep because I wanted a container to record and illuminate the stories of Black womxn for our collective liberation, joy, and light. I am a producer of the series Gales about Black millennial nurses in Baltimore who are navigating the roller-coaster that is “adulting.” You can learn more about me www.aizhaneya.com.
Hometown: South Norfolk, VA Alma mater: Norfolk State University Favorite roles: Booth (TopDog/UnderDog by Susan-Lori Parks), Citizen Barlow (Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson) I chose to attend this program because it was the place that felt like home. I equally felt like this was the ideal place to serve as my new artistic playground. During the pandemic this summer, I had the opportunity to write a play and later publish it called Billiards. I am excited about the journey it will embark on while I’m here in Providence. I am currently a recipient of the Brown Arts Initiative Grant which will help fund a special project attached to Billiards, which will be made accessible to the public on December 19, 2020. I am indeed blessed and honored to call myself an artist during this time that we are living in.
Sophie Zmorrod Laruelle, acting
Molly Houlahan, directing
Hometown: Westchester, NY Alma mater: Columbia University Favorite role: Scheherazade (Marjana and the Forty Thieves at Target Margin Theater) Hometown: Manteca, CA Alma mater: CalArts Favorite role: Stella (A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams) because the actor playing Stanley was also Latinx. I chose to attend Brown/Trinity Rep because other schools said “show me what you got” and Brown/ Trinity Rep said “show me who you are.”
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Alma mater: Yale University Favorite role: Paulina (A Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare as a high schooler) I chose to attend Brown/Trinity Rep for the amazing and unique community of theater-makers. You can learn more about me at www.mollyhoulahan.com.
I chose to attend Brown/Trinity Rep because the curriculum is built upon the notion of the actor as a multi-dimensional artist. The opportunity to take directing, playwriting, and dramaturgy classes in addition to technique work was thrilling to me. I can already tell I am going to learn so much in collaboration with such exceptional artists! Find out more at www.sophialaruelle.com. continued on next page THE TRINITY SQUARE • FALL 2020
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