Jonathon Acosta (Max Weinbaum) Jonathan Acosta graduated from Texas State University in 2022 with a BFA degree in Performance and Production. He is currently getting his MFA in Acting at the FSU/Asolo Rep Conservatory for Actor Training. Select credits include The Mayor in Escobar's Hippo by Franky D. Gonzalez (Repetorio NYC), Rafael in Clyde's by Lynn Nottage (FSU/Asolo Rep), and Nurse in Romeo and Juliet (FSU/Asolo Rep).  

Jasmyn Ackah (Ensemble) Jasmyn Ackah is an actress and singer, born and raised in the heart of New York City. She is a recent graduate of Temple University, majoring in Acting concentration. Her most recent credits include Clyde in Clyde's by Lynn Nottage, Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet, and Irina in Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov.  

Sasha Andreev (Jack Paar) Sasha Andreev has been seen at Asolo Repertory Theatre in Twelve Angry Men: A New Musical, Intimate Apparel, Inherit the Wind, Ragtime and most recently in All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, in which he performed on national tour, Off-Broadway, with Theatre Latté Da, and on PBS. Regional credits include Guthrie Theater, Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Mixed Blood Theater, History Theatre, and Theatre de la Jeune Lune. On screen he recently appeared in A Taste of Love (Hallmark Channel) and Stranger Things (Netflix). He has been seen as host of Curb Appeal (HGTV) and Operation Build (A&E), as a tech expert on home shopping networks in the US and abroad, and in numerous commercials and films.  

David Breitbarth (Bob Sarnoff) Over 85 productions at Asolo Rep include: Murder on the Orient Express (also Old Globe; San Diego), Rhinoceros (also A.C.T.; San Francisco), Inherit the Wind, The Little Foxes, Both Your Houses, The Grapes of Wrath, Glengarry Glen Ross, Clybourne Park, God of Carnage, Twelve Angry Men, The Immigrant, Men of Tortuga, A Flea in Her Ear, Art, Nicholas Nickleby, and 70 others. Broadway 1st National Tour: Spring Awakening. Film and television: Frasier, Taken, Law & Order, and Fame. He is 13 years an ensemble member at Florida Repertory Theatre and has numerous appearances regionally around the country. David is a 2013 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow selected by the prestigious Ten Chimneys Foundation.  

John Leggett (Ensemble) This is John’s second season with Asolo Rep! John was seen on the Mertz stage in 2021 as a Fight Swing in The Three Musketeers and in the world premiere of Ken Ludwig’s Lady Molly of Scotland Yard! John is a Third Year MFA Candidate in Florida State University’s Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. Recent Credits include Piknik Theatre’s Complete Works [Abridged] (Daniel as Self) and Patches: A New Musical (Will), Asolo Conservatory’s Romeo & Juliet (Tybalt) and Chekhov’s The Three Sisters (Baron Tuzenbach).  

Catherine Luciani (Ensemble) Catherine is excited to be working again with Asolo Rep while completing her MFA Acting journey with FSU/Asolo Conservatory. She was previously seen in Asolo Rep’s Anna in the Tropics, The Three Musketeers (u/s Sabine) and FSU’s: The Three Sisters; Miss Julie; Romeo & Juliet. Other credits include All About Image/We are the Elite (NY Fringe Festival); Nevermore (Old Sturbridge Village); The Panto Games; Fall River Axe Murders (Imaginary Beasts); Sisters (Keeler Tavern Museum); The Independents; Julius Caesar; (Curtain Call).  

Ashley McCauley Moore (Ensemble) Ashley McCauley Moore is a union actor originally from North Carolina, by way of Los Angeles CA. She is currently in her final year at the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. Ashley is returning to Asolo in the productions tour of Much Ado About Nothing as Hero/Don Jon. Her recent work includes Shakespeare & Company’s Comedy of Errors as The Courtesan/Balthazar, Romeo & Juliet as Juliet, and Lynn Nottage’s Clyde’s as Letitia.  

Ibukun Omotowa (Alvin Finner) Ibukun Omotowa is a conservatory trained actor who most recently appeared as Montrellous in Clyde’s and Lord Capulet in Romeo and Juliet. Of note, Ibukun was awarded 2024 Best Performer in a Play by Broadway World Sarasota. With roots in the Atlanta Film Scene, featuring in award winning independent films, theater has become a new love for the up-and-coming artist. Previously, Ibukun obtained his B.A. in History and Molecular Biology from Harvard University.  

Ayda Ozdoganlar (Ensemble) Ayda is delighted for her second season with the Asolo Rep, where she appeared in the world premiere of Ken Ludwig’s Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, and understudied the role of Margret in Silent Sky. She attended Carnegie Mellon University, where she played Sophie in Mamma Mia! and received her B.S. in Biology and Minor in Drama with a dramaturgical focus. Recent credits include Regan in Lear and Jane in Pride and Prejudice at the Texas Shakespeare Festival, as well as Irina in Three Sisters, Kristin in Miss Julie, and Benvolia in Romeo and Juliet.  

Harris Milgrim (George Gershwin) is thrilled to make his Asolo Rep debut! Selected credits: BROADWAY: Tootsie (OBC), Cats (2016 Revival OBC); OFF-BROADWAY: Grand Hotel, Call Me Madam, Paint Your Wagon, Piece of My Heart; NATIONAL TOUR: West Side Story 1st National (u/s Tony). WORLD PREMIERS: The Honeymooners (Dylan Casey); Secondhand Lions (Bruno); REGIONAL: Frozen (Hans), West Side Story (Tony), The World Goes ‘Round’ (Man #1), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Benjamin), Joseph…Dreamcoat (Reuben), Smokey Joe’s (Michael), Altar Boyz (Abraham).  

Gail Rastorfer (June Levant) has appeared at Asolo Rep in Heidi Chronicles, The Game’s Afoot and You Can’t Take It With You. Theatre includes: Murder On the Orient Express (Milwaukee Rep), Women In Jeopardy (Arizona Theatre Co), Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (Indiana Rep & Syracuse Stage), Mousetrap (Maltz Jupiter Theatre), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Drury Lane Oakbrook), Ten Chimneys (Cleveland Playhouse). TV/Film: 911, American Horror Story, Emperor of Ocean Park, Being the Ricardos, and over a dozen national commercials. In 2023, Gail took a musical adaptation of her play, Hello Kitty Must Die, to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.  

Max Roll (Oscar Levant) is proud to be making his Asolo Rep debut! Broadway: The Hills of California, An Enemy of the People, Good Night, Oscar. Off Broadway: Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Regional: The Importance of Being Earnest. Canada: 2 Pianos 4 Hands. UK: Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, The Great Gatsby. Narrator of multiple audiobooks.  

Brian Zane (Ensemble) Brian recently appeared in Asolo Rep’s world premiere production of Ken Ludwig’s Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, and was an understudy for The Three Musketeers and Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Other regional credits include Master Class (Timeline Theatre Company), Clyde’s (FSU/Asolo Conservatory), Far from Heaven and City of Angels (Porchlight Music Theatre), The Tempest (Virginia Shakespeare Festival), South Pacific and Anything Goes (Music Theater Works), Noises Off and The Fantasticks (Crossroads Repertory Company), One Flea Spare (Connective Theatre Company).  

Understudies 

Moriel Behar (u/s June) Asolo debut and delighted to be here! National tours: Little Women, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Recent regional: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania/Hippolyta), The Sound of Music (Baroness Elsa Schraeder). Originally from Seattle, Moriel holds her BFA in Drama and Musical Theatre from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. When not performing, Moriel runs marathons and drinks a lot of coffee. Thanks to Chondra at FSE, Hannah at Serendipity, Jon at home. morielbehar.com, @momo_behar. 

Brandon Billings (u/s Ensemble) is beyond ecstatic to begin his MFA training at the renowned FSU/Asolo Conservatory. From Colorado, Brandon has performed in The River Bride and understudied for Noises Off (Arvada Center); The Cherry Orchard (Miners Alley Performing Arts Center); The Inheritance Parts 1 & 2, The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong, The Hombres (Vintage Theatre). www.brandonbillings.net 

Trent Dahlin (u/s Oscar) is making his Asolo Rep debut! He has played major roles at top regional theaters, including five seasons at the Utah Shakespeare Festival - Feste (Twelfth Night), Gardiner (Henry VIII), and many more - and three seasons at TheatreSquared - A Christmas Carol (Fred/Young Scrooge). Catch him co-leading his first feature film, Mission Stories (Deseret). He recently played Jerry Lee Lewis (MDQ) and is excited to understudy another iconic pianist in Goodnight, Oscar. 

Austin Ridley (u/s Ensemble) is excited to make his Asolo Repertory Theatre debut. Seen before at the Indianapolis Fringe Festival in *Check Your F*%&^ing Email*.  A first-year student at FSU/Asolo Conservatory, he looks forward to engaging with Sarasota's vibrant arts community. IG: @austinrid 

Edgardo Solorio (u/s Max Weinbaum) is delighted to be making his ASOLO REP debut! Edgardo most recently Played Prince Charming in Cinderella. Edgardo has also found joy in performing in Dancing Home (San Francisco Youth Theater) and consistently with the African American Shakespeare Company in the San Francisco Bay Area. Enamored by the support of family, friends, and mentors. Thank you! 

Dani Trevino (u/s Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her Asolo Rep debut! Dani’s most recent projects are A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes as Cheesecake (The Public Theater of San Antonio) and Mother Courage in Mother Courage and Her Children (TSU). Many thanks to Belinda, Kelley, and Jonathan for their support.   

Katriana Velez (u/s Ensemble) most recently participated for a second consecutive year in the Puerto Rican and International Theater Festival, playing Fabiola in El Olor del Popcorn. During a previous edition of the same festival, she co-produced Fefu and Her Friends, where she also performed as Cecilia. Her film credits include Katelina in Neon. Special thanks to Candu Management! IG: @Katrianaalexa 

Patrick Vest (u/s Bob Sarnoff) is delighted to be working with the wonderful people at Asolo Rep! Patrick received his MFA in acting from the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. His regional theatre credits include Henry VIII and Much Ado About Nothing at Utah Shakespeare. Almost Maine, Taking Sides, and Moonlight and Magnolias at The Rubicon. He also played Iago for Nebraska Shakespeare. Aside from acting, Patrick is a fight choreographer and a father of two. 

Zoe Zervas (u/s Ensemble) is delighted to make her Asolo Rep debut! Her past credits include Caius Cassius in Julius Caesar, Marmee in Wheaton’s Conservatory Opera mainstage production of Little Women: The Musical, Ruth in The Ruth Project, credits in Spoon River, and worked for three years with the Wheaton Park District’s Shakespeare in the Park productions, including Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Henry IV, Part 1. In her spare time, she loves to read, dance, and bake bread. 

PETER AMSTER (Director) is thrilled and grateful to be returning to the Asolo, having been a guest director, choreographer, and performer there for 15 years. He directed Three Musketeers, Morning After Grace, Born Yesterday, Living on Love, The Matchmaker, You Can’t Take It With You, and Murder on the Orient Express. He also directed Dead Man’s Cell Phone for the MFA program, choreographed 1776, and crooned some tunes on the outdoor stage in We Need a Little Christmas.

He has been directing and choreographing theatre and opera for over 50 years. In Chicago, he has worked at the Goodman Theatre, Court Theatre, Northlight, Apple Tree, Route 66, Live Bait, the Lyric Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre, Chicago Symphony, and Steppenwolf. His work has also been seen at The Old Globe, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, American Players Theatre, Peninsula Players, Weston Playhouse, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Syracuse Stage, Laguna Playhouse, and most recently, Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples. He has also taught at Northwestern University, Louisiana State University, CalArts, Columbia College, and Roosevelt University.

DAWN CHIANG (Lighting Design)
On Broadway, Dawn was the lighting designer for Zoot Suit and the co-designer for Tango Pasion. She co-designed five productions for City Center’s Encores! Series and was the resident lighting designer for the New York City Opera at Lincoln Center.

Off-Broadway, she designed Little Girl Blue and Robin and Me, along with productions for Roundabout Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club. She has designed lighting at numerous regional theaters, including Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Guthrie Theater, Mark Taper Forum, Alliance Theatre, South Coast Repertory, and Denver Center Theatre Company. She received USITT’s Distinguished Achievement Award in Lighting Design and Technology and Broadway World’s Best Lighting Design (Off-Broadway).

PATRICIA DELOREY (Voice and Dialect Coach)
Asolo Rep favorites include Knoxville (World Premiere), Silent Sky, Crazy For You, Cabaret, Sweat, The Cake, Sweeney Todd, Gloria, Ragtime, Rhinoceros, Roe, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, The Great Society, Josephine (World Premiere), All The Way, West Side Story, Sotto Voce, Other Desert Cities, The Grapes of Wrath, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Clybourne Park, The Innocents (World Premiere), Twelve Angry Men, Bonnie & Clyde (World Premiere), Doubt, and Equus.

Other credits include Judith (World Premiere, Urbanite Theatre), Pitmen Painters (American Stage Theatre), The Smuggler (Urbanite Theatre), and productions at American Repertory Theatre, Urbanite Theatre, and Royal Caribbean International Cruises.

ROSS EGAN (Managing Director)
Ross is the Managing Director at Asolo Repertory Theatre. His arts administration career began in Chicago, where he co-founded Jeff Award-winning Refuge Theatre Project. He has served as Managing Director at Barter Theatre, the nation’s longest-running professional theatre, and as Director of Marketing & Operations at Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Ross holds a BFA in Acting from Michigan State University and an MBA from Illinois State University. He lives with his family in Lakewood Ranch and serves as a den leader for the Boy Scouts of America.

MICHELLE HART (Hair, Wig, and Makeup Design)
Michelle designs for Asolo Rep and FSU/Asolo Conservatory. Other credits include Sarasota Ballet, Palm Beach Dramaworks, freeFall Theatre, Urbanite Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, West Coast Black Theatre Troupe, Banyan Theatre, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Venice Theatre, Dorset Theatre, Barrington Stage, and Open Stage Theatre.

She has worked with Joan Rivers, Doris Roberts, Martin Short, Jane Russell, and others, and her credits include music videos (Second Chance by Shinedown, Reverse Cowgirl by T-Pain) as well as film and TV (Lady of the Manor, Paradise, FL, and The Real Stephen Blatt).

KAITLIN KITZMILLER (Stage Manager)
Kaitlin is excited to make her Asolo Rep debut. Previous regional credits include Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Resident Ensemble Players, Theatre Silco, and Peninsula Players. She is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association.

BETH KOEHLER (Assistant Stage Manager)
Beth is thrilled to join Asolo Rep for the first time! Regional credits include Inherit the Wind, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, The Matchbox Magic Flute, A Christmas Carol, The Who’s Tommy (Goodman Theatre), and Where We Stand, Or, Bad Dates (Portland Stage Company). She was a Stage Management Apprentice at Portland Stage Company and graduated from Northwestern University.

JAMES MONAGHAN (Dramaturg)
James is the Programs Director for the Hermitage Artist Retreat and was previously the Literary Manager and Dramaturg at Asolo Rep. His past experience includes work at Roundabout Theatre Company, the National Theatre of Croatia, PlayCo, and Catwalk Institute. He holds an MFA from Columbia University and a BFA from NYU.

MATTHEW PARKER (Sound Design)
Matthew has designed sound for many Asolo Rep productions since 1993. He wrote and performed the musical scores for The Count of Monte Cristo and Nicholas Nickleby. Outside theatre, he designed the show control system for Livingston’s Amusements Bazooka Ball arena and produced virtual expositions for the National Watercolor Society.

ROBERT PERDZIOLA (Scenic and Costume Design)
For Asolo Rep, Robert has designed Knoxville, Rhinoceros, A Doll’s House, Part 2, Born Yesterday, and Living on Love. His work has also been seen at American Ballet Theatre, Bolshoi Ballet, Boston Ballet, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera. Upcoming projects include La Traviata in Kyoto and The Flames of Paris in Tokyo.

PETER ROTHSTEIN (Producing Artistic Director)
Peter is the Producing Artistic Director for Asolo Rep. His directing credits at Asolo include Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Twelve Angry Men: A New Musical, Inherit The Wind, Man of La Mancha, Sweeney Todd, and Ragtime.

Previously, Peter was the Founding Artistic Director of Theater Latté Da in Minneapolis. He has worked with Guthrie Theater, Children’s Theatre Company, Seattle’s 5th Avenue, Minnesota Opera, and Chicago Opera Theater. He created All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, which won the Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience and aired on PBS.

MURNANE CASTING (New York Casting)
Murnane Casting specializes in theatre, film, and television projects nationwide, with a focus on new works and emerging creators. Learn more at MurnaneCasting.com.

GOODMAN THEATRE
Chicago’s theatre since 1925, Goodman Theatre is a not-for-profit arts and community organization known for artistic excellence and civic engagement. Under Artistic Director Susan V. Booth and Executive Director John Collins, the Goodman has produced more than 200 world or American premieres, earning two Pulitzer Prizes, 22 Tony Awards, and over 175 Jeff Awards.