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Isa Condo-Olvera (sans hyphen in Spanish) was born and raised in San José, Costa Rica to an Ecuadorian dad and a Mexican mom. She most recently created and performed a bilingual one-woman verbatim theatre play called “¿love?” exploring and celebrating love in many of its iterations. Regional credits include playing Iphigenia in Iphigenia at Aulis (Ten Thousand Things), Marian in The Music Man (Texas Shakespeare Festival), understudying (and going on!) for The Tempest (Guthrie Theater), and playing Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Great River Shakespeare Festival). Her favorite theatrical experiences in the BFA include playing Cleopatra In Antony and Cleopatra, B in Get On Your Knees, and Gelsey in Ghost Quartet. When she’s not acting, Isa finds joy in spending time with her loved ones, nerding out about dialects, writing her feelings, interviewing strangers, eating tacos al pastor, and playing board games. This summer Isa will be part of the acting company at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, playing Miranda in The Tempest and Alice in Book of Will. Gracias familia linda por su apoyo y amor incondicional. And thank you to my English-speaking loved ones too, my wonderful friends and faculty members that made this Costa Rican girl love frigid Minnesota so much she decided to stick around.

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Jack Frommelt is a curious, sensitive and well read artist driven by the craft and impact of acting. Born in the Chuvash region of Russia and raised in Deer Park, IL, they were brought up on playing in the woods, the brilliance of Chicago theater, and loved ones who believed in them. Recent credits include contemporary projects like KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOVE WATER SO AS NOT TO SINK (Powerhouse Theater), A DOSE OF REALITY (NHSI Cherubs) and EVERYBODY (UMN/Guthrie), and classical works like THE WINTER'S TALE (Powerhouse Theater), MACBETH (Shakespeare's Globe Education) and ANTIGONE (UMN/Guthrie). Independently, Jack adapted and directed MEDEA: A BREAK UP STORY, voice coached GIAN AND LEONARDO and co-directed THE LIFE AND DEATH (AND TROUBLESOME REIGN) OF KING JOHN. This summer, he'll be working with The Gray Mallard Theater on Twelfth Night (the first Shakespeare play Jack ever read). Jack is full of love thinking of their family, teachers and company who've guided them towards understanding, humor and the importance of hard work.

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Isa is an actor, headshot photographer, horse girl, lover of nature and tall goddess hailing from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Catch her latest work, “a work in progress,” a short film exploring love and loss between two women, debuting May 2023. Her favorite roles in the BFA include Thersites in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, D in GET ON YOUR KNEES, Emma in STUPID FUCKING BIRD, River in APPROPRIATE, Tiresias in ANTIGONE, Charmian in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, Mrs. Pascal in HOUSE OF YES, Bianca in GIAN AND LEONARDO, Creon in MEDEA and last but not least FERAPONT ! In Moscow X6! She also had the joy of directing an original verbatim play called “¿love?” You can find Isa having a silent disco party in her room, horseback riding, eating all-you-can-eat sushi, swimming in large bodies of water, savoring her mother’s Italian food, drinking wine and spending time with her family. Big hugs and kisses to my family and my company! You guys are my everything.

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Ashley Horiuchi is an actor, stitcher, little bug girl from Salt Lake City, Utah.

You may have seen her in other BFA projects including MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW as Olga, ANTIGONE as Ismene, MEDEA as Medea, or GET ON YOUR KNEES as A. In her free time, you can catch her sneaking through the pit of Rarig like a little basement creature, educating youth in theatre for The Chicago Avenue Project and Theater Mu, or in a deep and heated conversation with her puppet Richard. Upcoming credits include THE BUDDHA PRINCE with Tigerlion Arts. As always, she would like to thank Zev, her roommate’s cat.

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Olivia (or Liv) Kemp is a Minneapolis-based actor, singer, intimacy director, and educator. Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Liv moved up to Interlochen for their senior year of high school, then over to the University of Minnesota/Guthrie program where they’ll graduate this spring with a BFA in Acting! Most recently, she produced, hosted, and performed a Sondheim Cabaret, which will be reprised at the Guthrie Theater Gala this May. Liv’s other favorite theatre experiences include…Understudying (and going on!) as Belle in A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Guthrie Theater), Nina in STUPID FUCKING BIRD, Pandarus in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, Chorus in ANTIGONE, Princess in LOVE’S LABOR’S LOST, and Toni in APPROPRIATE. Outside of theatre, Liv loves keeping up with new TV, hyperfixating on niche historical events, cuddling with her cat Seb, and crafting. Liv is incredibly grateful for their family, their chosen family, and their faculty for all their support during these four years :)

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Anya Naylor was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is an actor, writer, musician, prop creator, YouTuber, and sometimes a singer and dancer. She started acting when she was six, writing when she was twelve, and directed her first written show MURDER, SHE SCREAMED when she was thirteen. Anya is proficient in piano, knows enough basic lyre, xylophone, clarinet, and ukulele to have played them in performance, and is in the process of learning guitar and harmonica, the latter of which is not going well. She is known as an actor for playing unhinged women on the verge of breakdown and remarkably sound men. Her most recent work was a play titled THE AUDIENCE, written, directed, and fight choreographed by herself. Despite her seeming desire to do everything independently, she was previously seen amongst her amazing and supportive company in the BFA as Irina in MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW, Eurydike in ANTIGONE, Everybody in EVERYBODY, and five different characters in MEASURE FOR MEASURE, including Escalus and Mariana. When not in school, Anya can be found doing pretty much anything as long as it's creative, be that origami, making vlogs, scrapbooking, writing fanfiction, or hot gluing items together that weren't meant to be that way. She would like to thank those who know her personally for putting up with the never ending chaos that she carries with her at all times.

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Dariana Elise Pérez is an actor, writer, singer, gluten-free baker, and cheeky sprite who is eager to embark on the new journeys life throws her way! An artist born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, she strives to dissect both inter- and intrapersonal relationships, as well as identity structures, while honoring the comedy of existence and the love/empathy behind all we do. Her favorite credits within the BFA include: Antigone in ANTIGONE; Natasha in MOSCOW x6; & Lucio in MEASURE FOR MEASURE. Outside UMN/Guthrie: Sahrah/Klingsor in SUNDAY IN SODOM/A PARSIFAL; Sonya understudy in NATASHA, PIERRE, & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812; (Hangar Theatre); Theresa in the world premiere of AQUELARRES (The Birth Play Project). She also wrote and workshopped her first original play "the untitled white boyz play" for FreePlay Weekend, also performing in MEDEA, GIAN & LEONARDO, and SONDHEIM SOIREE. Her poems have been featured in Mixed Mag and, as a Creative Writing minor, she hopes to continue working on her narrative voice. Currently, she is playing Cressida in the Company of 2023's production of TROILUS & CRESSIDA. When not being a creative Sagittarius, Dar can be found reading, shopping at vintage markets, propagating, and eating incomprehensible amounts of ice cream. Mami, Papi y Gian are her everything. Company of 2023, I have fallen in love and, now, how could I ever live without you!

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Isabel Lee Roden is an actor / poet / playwright / model / from Madison, WI. Recent credits include KING LEAR and MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Illinois Shakespeare Festival), THE USSES and THA CHINK MART (Playwrights’ Center), and THE TEMPEST (Oak Park Festival Theatre). They’re also the current Marketing & Programs Intern at Theater Mu. Favorite roles in the BFA include Mash in STUPID FUCKING BIRD, Solyony in MOSCOW x6, Britain in GHOST QUARTET, and Isabella in MEASURE FOR MEASURE. They’re currently playing Ulysses in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA. Isabel recently presented their original play, WILDERWHILE HOUSE, during the UMN/Guthrie Free Play Festival. They continue to work on other plays investigating why we love classic literature and art, and including those excluded from those stories. Isabel’s poetry can be found in several independent literary zines and journals, or on instagram @leewritespoems. To Isabel’s family, those by blood and those by choice: mahal kita, I love you, thanks for everything.

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Leo Rossmiller is an actor, dancer, music connoisseur, and lover of all things macabre in the fourth year company at the UMN/Guthrie program. As a Taurus with a proclivity to staying at home, Leo is often working on projects outside of acting, whether that be in fashion, music, or a damn good dinner. They are repping both Greek and Trojan camps in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA as Patroclus and Paris in their senior mainstage. Leo most recently collaborated on a mixed media piece entitled THE PRINCES with singer/cinematographer Emily Udom and dancer/choreographer Milo S-H. Leo was also in a reading at the Playwrights’ Center for THE USSES. In his time in the BFA, Leo has played Dev in STUPID FUCKING BIRD, Bo in APPROPRIATE, Antony in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, Macbeth in MACBETH. This summer, Leo will be filming a project with alumni from the program, stay tuned on Instagram to see the process. Much love to my company and those that have helped me get to where I am, I couldn’t be who I am without you.

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Jillian Rowe is an actor, dramaturg, director and girl trying her best to live in a Nora Ephron rom com. A scorpio with a fear of birds, she is a graduate of the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities. In 2019 she left her native South Carolina to attend UMN Guthrie and has only looked back a couple of times (in the dead of winter mostly). Recent credits include Masha in MOSCOW X6, Constance in KING JOHN, Rachel in APPROPRIATE, Hermione in THE WINTER’S TALE, and tired barista at her morning Starbucks job. Upcoming projects include directing and performing in TAMING OF THE SHREW and moving to Chicago! In May, she will graduate with TWO degrees in both acting and history (ask her about the Big Rocks). She is currently 23 years old and actively fighting loneliness and the squirrels trying to break into her bedroom. She is filled with the deepest love for her company.

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William Deforest Rushman, or as you may know him, Billy, is an actor / creatively inspired human being who is just happy to be here. Hailing from the Twin Cities, Billy is extremely excited to graduate this spring and head on down to the windy city of Chicago this fall with his friends and create stunning art. During his stay in the BFA, you may have seen him as Andrey in MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW, Duke Salisbury in THE LIFE AND DEATH (AND TROUBLESOME REIGN) OF KING JOHN, The Boy in ANTIGONE, Claudio in MEASURE FOR MEASURE, and Franz in APPROPRIATE. He also created a documentary about his company’s work in FREE PLAY, which can be viewed on YouTube. Billy has never worked professionally, but he’s looking to change that. When not in a rehearsal room or on stage, Billy can be found collecting and engaging with clothing, writing poetry, building Mobile Suit Gundam models, or reading 3 books at a time (that he might not finish). Billy is extremely grateful for his family, friends, and peers that surround him, reminding him of this simple truth: the evidence of a higher power can be found in our connections with one another and the love we share. What a joy to share this world with each other.

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Dominic Schiro is a rabble rouser hailing from the big apple, Milwaukee Wisconsin. If you saw some BFA shows in the last four years you may have seen him in APPROPRIATE as Rhys, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA as Enobarbus, ANTIGONE as Haimon, STUPID FUCKING BIRD as Con, GHOST QUARTET as The Astronomer, and in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA as Ajax the mid. This company is his second family, and he's looking forward to seeing what each and every one of them do. Love y’all bunches!

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Henry David Silberstein is an actor, musician, board-game fanatic and a current fourth year in the UMN/Guthrie BFA Actor Training Program. He is so excited to be playing Achilles in his company’s upcoming senior mainstage TROILUS AND CRESSIDA. Earlier this year Henry made his directorial debut with GHOST QUARTET, which starred fellow classmates Isa Condo-Olvera, Dominic Schiro, and Isabel Roden. During his time in the BFA program, he has played Vershinin in MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW…, Duke Vincentio in MEASURE FOR MEASURE, Love in EVERYBODY, and even made an appearance in last year’s senior mainstage as Philante in THE SCHOOL FOR LIES. Upcoming credits include MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING and AS YOU LIKE IT at Cape Cod Shakes and A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS New Jersey Shakespeare. Shout out to the Silberstein clan #grabyourdream

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Gabriel Smith is an actor / writer / human being who is really interested in shifting the zeitgeist and leaving the world a little bit better than he found it. This spring, Gabe will be graduating with a BFA in Acting and Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature (surprise, mom! he double-majored!!!). Gabe came to the UMN / Guthrie BFA by way of Milwaukee, WI, where he worked with Milwaukee Rep (A CHRISTMAS CAROL, OUR TOWN) and @first.stage (GOOSEBUMPS THE MUSICAL, THE MIRACLE WORKER, ANIMAL FARM). Favorite BFA credits include Trigorin in STUPID FUCKING BIRD, the Guard in ANTIGONE, and Octavius Caesar in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Gabriel has been fortunate to direct and perform in two student-produced projects: his original play, GIAN AND LEONARDO (Gian), and THE LIFE AND DEATH (AND TROUBLESOME REIGN) OF KING JOHN (the Bastard). When not in a theater, Gabe can be found near a large body of water (preferably Lake Michigan, but any will do), in a coffee shop with exposed brick at the table by the window, riding public transit for fun, or anywhere where he can get a good look at the beautiful world around him. He is currently playing Diomedes and Priam in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA. This summer, Gabe will be working on AS YOU LIKE IT and THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON at Door Shakespeare. After that, he will head to Chicago and keep his mind on what matters, his work, “which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished” (thank you, Mary Oliver). Gabriel is profoundly grateful to the stunning people who lift him up and remind him how lucky we are to be alive.

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Jaden Tatge is an actor / doodler / Lego enthusiast from Kansas City KS. Recent BFA credits include Tuzenbach in MOSCOW x6, Angelo in MEASURE FOR MEASURE, and Anthony in THE HOUSE OF YES. When Jaden isn’t acting it’s not unusual to see him frequenting bookstores, searching for a smoothie, or playing with his kendama. This Summer you can find Jaden working crowds and working puppets in Open Eye Theater’s production of Tucker’s Robot. Who knows, Maybe it’s touring to a place near you! You can spot him as the “sneaking fellow coming yonder” Troilus in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA. He feels very fortunate to be placed in a company with such talented, driven, and compassionate human beings who make him laugh a lot and love a lot.

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