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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST
ABUBAKR ALI (Toro) starred in Anything’s Possible (MGM/Orion) dir. Billy Porter and was the titular lead in the Netflix/Dark Horse series “Grendel.” Additional selected credits include “Walking Dead: World Beyond” (AMC), “Power Book II” (Starz), and “Katy Keene” (CW). Theater credits include We Live in Cairo (A.R.T), Kiss (Yale Rep), Twelfth Night (Yale Rep) and work with The 24 Hour Plays, Primary Stages, NYTW, Atlantic Theatre Company, The Public, and others. Abubakr is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.
b (Andrea) has made queer appearances in American (Tele)Visions (NYTW), Unprincess Non-Bride (MTC), Seven Deadly Sins (Tectonic Theater Project), Addressless (Rattlestick Theater), and two seasons at Clubbed Thumb Summerworks. Their television appearances include “WeCrashed” (Apple TV+), “Let t he Right One In” (Showtime), and “Witch Mountain” (Disney+ Pilot). b can be heard playing Azera in the hit podcast Birds Of Empire (QCode), Vanessa Garcia in Zero Tolerance (Audible Originals), and as Janessa in Love In Gravity (Harley & Co). b went to Juilliard.
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JUAN CASTANO (Juan) Theatre: The Inheritance (Geffen Playhouse), Romeo Y Julieta (The Public), Transfers (MCC, Lucille Lortel Award Best Lead Actor in a Play), Parallelogram (Second Stage), Oedipus El Rey (The Public, Drama League nomination). FILM: Red, White, & Royal Blue (Amazon, upcoming), Rob Peace (Independent, upcoming), Encanto (Disney).
TV: “The Great North” (Fox), “What/If (Netflix), “Tales of The City” (Netflix), “The OA” (Netflix). Juan received the Drama Desk’s highly coveted Sam Norkin Award for Excellence in Off-Broadway Theatre.
FRANK WOOD (Carl/Tica) Tony Award, Drama League Award for Sideman.
Broadway: Great Society; Network; Iceman Cometh; Clybourne Park; August: Osage County; Born Yesterday; Hollywood Arms. Off-Broadway: MTC; Signature; Vineyard; LCT; Atlantic; Playwrights. Film: She Said; Joker; St. Vincent; Changeling; Dan in
Real Life; Thirteen Days; In America; Down to You; Royal Tenenbaums. TV: (partial list) “Billions,” “Blacklist,” “The Night Of,” “Mozart in the Jungle,” “Newsroom,” “Girls,” “Flight of the Conchords,” “Sopranos,” “Law & Order: SVU” (recurring). Education: BA, Wesleyan; MFA, NYU Graduate Acting.
VERO MAYNEZ (U/S Andrea) is a queer, Mexican-American actor. Onscreen, one can catch Vero inaugurating @cheezit TikTok in a Cheez-It Puff’d commercial, and in the upcoming indie horror film Mr. Dust (executive producer, Eddie Linker). Selected theatre credits include: Alma (u/s, American Blues Theater), The Snow Queen (The House Theatre), Feel the Spirit (Shotgun Players), and The Mathematics of Love (Brava Theater Center). Vero has her MFA in Acting from DePaul University and is represented by Paonessa Talent. @veronicamaynez, veromaynez.com
DON NOBLE (U/S Carl/Tica). Broadway: Once, End Of The Rainbow. National Tours: An American In Paris, (M. Baurel), Mamma Mia! (Sam). Regional productions across Canada and the United States, including As You Like It (The Dukes), Woody Guthrie’s American Song, To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus), James Joyce’s The Dead (Gabriel), Funny Girl (Nicky Arnstein), An Ideal Husband (Lord Goring), Blood Brothers (Narrator), Henry IV, The Tempest. Recent TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “FBI,” “Madam Secretary,” “The Blacklist.” Proud husband of the amazing Laurie Wells.
TREY SANTIAGO-HUDSON (U/S Juan, Toro) is thrilled to be making his debut at Second Stage Theater with this production of Toros! A proud graduate of Binghamton University, he has also studied acting at Stella Adler and Oregon Shakespeare. OffBroadway credits include Jeremy in Awake (The Barrow Group) and Joe in What the Wine Sellers Buy (Segal Theatre Center). TV Credits include “New Amsterdam” (NBC) and “The Walking Dead: Dead City” (AMC). Recent film credit: You Hurt My Feelings (A24). Trey would like to thank his family for their never-ending support and guidance. Enjoy the show!
DANNY TEJERA (Playwright) is a writer, actor and teacher from Madrid. He’s a member of EST/Youngblood and has received fellowships from MacDowell, Millay Arts, and Tofte Lake Center. He has received a commission from Second Stage Theater. Plays include Toros (Second Stage Judith Champion New Voices Series) and Scary Faces Happy Faces (Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival, The Best 10 Minute Plays 2023). He teaches with The Bushwick Starr’s Senior Storytelling program. He got a B.A. from Columbia University and a Playwriting M.F.A. at Hunter College/UTAustin, where he was mentored by Annie Baker and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.
GAYE TAYLOR UPCHURCH (Director) is a freelance director with a background in dance. World premieres include: Sanaz Toossi’s Wish You Were Here (Playwrights Horizons); Anna Zeigler’s The Last Match (Old Globe, Roundabout); Clare Lizzimore’s Animal (Studio Theater, Atlantic Theater); Lauren Gunderson’s The Half-Life of Marie Curie (Audible, Minetta Lane); Nick Gandiello’s The Blameless (Old Globe); Laura Marks’s Bethany (WP). Other: The Member of the Wedding (Williamstown); Year of Magical Thinking (Arena Stage); Simon Stephens’ Bluebird and Harper Regan (Atlantic); the musical Songbird (Two River); Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It and An Iliad (Hudson Valley Shakespeare). Proud member of SDC.
ARNULFO MALDONADO (Scenic Design).
Broadway: A Strange Loop (Tony Nominee); Topdog/Underdog; Trouble In Mind. OffBroadway: Shhhh (Atlantic); Nollywood Dreams, School Girls... (MCC); The New Englanders, Sugar in Our Wounds (MTC; Lortel Award); Dance Nation, Wish You Were Here (Playwrights Horizons); To My Girls (Second Stage); A Case For The Existence of God, Fires in the Mirror (Signature). 2020 Obie Sustained Excellence in Set Design, Princess Grace Fabergé Theater Award, Henry Hewes Design Award nominee. IG: arnulfo.maldonado.design arnulfomaldonado.com
ENVER CHAKARTASH (Costume Design) is a British-born Turkish Cypriot. Broadway: A Doll’s House, Is This A Room. Off-Broadway: Public Obscenities (Soho Rep.), The Trees (Playwrights Horizons), Wolf Play (MCC/ Soho Rep.), Catch as Catch Can (Playwrights Horizons), English (Atlantic Theater Company/Roundabout Theatre Company), Bodies They Ritual (Clubbed Thumb). Other recent works: Tina Satter/Half Straddle’s Ghost Rings; The Wooster Group’s A Pink Chair, The B-side, The Town Hall Affair, Early Shaker Spirituals; Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group’s POWER. Film: Reality (HBO).
BARBARA SAMUELS (Lighting Design). New York theater includes designs at LCT, Soho Rep, Ars Nova, NYTW, Playwrights Horizons, WP Theater, The Bushwick Starr, Beth Morrison Projects, New Georges, and Clubbed Thumb. Regional: Pig Iron, Bard SummerScape, The Alley, Long Wharf Theatre, A.C.T., Woolly Mammoth, Playmakers, Kansas City Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Shakespeare Theater Company, Trinity Rep, and Chautauqua. Education: BA, Fordham; MFA, NYU. Member USA829. New Georges Affiliated Artist. WP Lab 202224. www.barbarasamuels.com
DARRON L WEST (Sound Design) is a Tonyand Obie Award-winning sound designer whose 33-year career spans theater and dance, Broadway and Off Broadway. His work has been heard in over 650 productions all over the United States and internationally in 15 countries. Additional honors include the Drama Desk, Lortel, Audelco and Princess Grace Foundation Statue Award, among many others. His soundscapes for Photograph 51, Paradise Blue, and Coal Country can be heard on Audible.
GENEVIEVE ORTIZ (Production Stage Manager) Off-Broadway: Catch As Catch Can (Playwrights Horizons); Patience (Second Stage); Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members (Soho Rep); 7 Minutes (Waterwell); What to Send Up When It Goes Down (Playwrights Horizons, BAM, Woolly Mammoth, A.R.T, UTR at The Public, The Movement Theatre Company); Hercules (The Public); Recent Alien Abductions (The
Play Company); Is God Is (Soho Rep). Regional: Living and Breathing (Two River Theater); The Christians (Baltimore Center Stage).
CAROLINA ARBOLEDA (Stage Manager)
Broadway: A Strange Loop, Slave Play. OffBroadway: This Land Was Made (Vineyard Theatre), Man Cave (Page 73), (The Movement Theatre Company, BAM, Playwrights Horizons). Regional: Fandango For Butterflies (And Coyotes) (En Garde Arts / La Jolla Playhouse), A Christmas Carol (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), La Egoista (Actors Theatre of Louisville.) International: Festival de Teatro Alternativo, Festival de Mujeres En Escena Por la Paz.
MARCUS WATSON (Fight/Intimacy Coordinator) is a fight director, intimacy coordinator, actor, movement specialist and teaching artist working in NYC. His violence and intimacy work has been seen on and off Broadway and on many streaming platforms. Marcus pulls techniques from his extensive background in physical storytelling to ensure that the story being told is clear, safe and intentional. He is honored to be a part of the creative team of Toros. Find him on IMDb or IDCProfessionals.com
THE TELSEY OFFICE (Casting) With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theater, film, television, and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable, and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability, and advocacy.
SECOND STAGE THEATER Under the artistic direction of Carole Rothman, SECOND STAGE THEATER operates three New York City venues, exclusively dedicated to producing living American playwrights.
Among Second Stage’s 180 productions are the 2015 Pulitzer Prize winner Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis; the 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner Next to Normal by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey; the 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes; Mary Page Marlowe by Tracy Letts; The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown; Dogfight by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Peter Duchan;
Dear Evan Hansen by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson; Clyde’s and By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage; Trust and Lonely, I’m Not by Paul Weitz; Grand Horizons by Bess Wohl; The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristoffer Diaz; Everyday Rapture and Whorl Inside a Loop by Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott; Let Me Down Easy and Notes From the Field by Anna Deavere Smith; Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo; Torch Song by Harvey Fierstein; Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl; The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane; Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin; Jitney by August Wilson; Crowns by Regina Taylor; Saturday Night by Stephen Sondheim; Afterbirth: Kathy & Mo’s Greatest Hits by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy; This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan; Coastal Disturbances by Tina Howe; A Soldier’s Play by Charles Fuller; The Good Times Are Killing Me by Lynda Barry; and Tiny Alice and Peter and Jerry by Edward Albee. The company’s more than 170 citations include the 2022 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for Take Me Out, as well as Best Featured Actor in a Play for Jesse Tyler Ferguson; six 2017 Tony Awards for Dear Evan Hansen (Best Musical; Best Lead Actor in a Musical, Ben Platt; Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Rachel Bay Jones; Best Book of a Musical; Best Original Score; Best Orchestrations); the 2009 Tony Awards for Best Lead Actress in a Musical (Alice Ripley, Next to Normal ), Best Score (Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, Next to Normal ), and Best Orchestrations (Tom Kitt and Michael Starobin, Next to Normal ); the 2007 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed ); the 2005 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (Rachel Sheinkin, …Spelling Bee) and Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Dan Fogler, …Spelling Bee); the 2002 Tony Award for Best Director of a Play (Mary Zimmerman for Metamorphoses); the 2002 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Body of Work, 29 Obie Awards, 11 Outer Critics Circle Awards, four Clarence Derwent Awards, 20 Drama Desk Awards, 11 Theatre World Awards, one Dorothy Louden Award, 20 Lucille Lortel Awards, the Drama Critics Circle Award and 23 AUDELCO Awards.
In 1999, Second Stage Theater opened the Tony Kiser Theater, its state-of-the-art, 296-seat theater, designed by renowned Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. In 2002, Second Stage launched “Second Stage Theater Uptown” to showcase the work of up-and-coming artists at the 99-seat McGinn/Cazale Theater. The Theater supports artists through several programs that include residencies, fellowships and commissions, and engages students and community members through education and outreach programs.
In 2018, Second Stage began producing at its 581-seat Broadway home, the Hayes Theater. Originally named “The Little Theater” and built in 1912, the city landmark has been remodeled by David Rockwell of Rockwell Group.
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Second Stage Theater
Carole Rothman
President & Artistic Director
LISA LAWER POST
Interim Executive Director
Administrative
New York State Council on the Arts Commission
Second Stage Commissions
Johnny G. Lloyd
Lydia R. Diamond, Larissa FastHorse, Ross Golan, Alexis Scheer, Keenan Scott II, Jen Silverman, Danielle Stagger, Anna Ziegler
Kenyon Playwrights Conference Commission
2ST/CTG Stage-2-Stage Commissions
General Manager
Associate General Manager
Interim General Management Assistant
Company Manager, McGinn/Cazale Theater
Company Manager, Hayes Theater
Director of Operations
Operations Coordinator
Building Manager, Tony Kiser Theater
Chief Engineer, Hayes Theater
Engineers
Porter, Hayes Theater
House Manager, Tony Kiser Theater
Database Administrator
IT Help Desk Associate
Director of Human Resources & EDI
Interim Chief Financial Officer
Administrative Manager
Controller
HR & Payroll Manager
Finance Associate
Finance Assistant
Executive Assistant
Chief Development Officer
Director of Institutional Partnerships
Director of Special Events
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Manager of Development Operations
Special Events Manager
Special Events Associate
Chris McGinnis
Connor Davis
Onastasia Ebright
Christian Rene Palomares
Ashlyn Smith
Jim Joseph
Fabiana De Cicco
Steven Ganpat
Richardo Deosarran
Kevin Beresford, NFN Deosarran, Devendra Gangaram
Travis Chinapen
Joshua Schleifer
Kathleen Smith
Christian Frazier
Megan Thiele
Lynne Pratt
John Mackessy
Guanying Lan
Andrew Hurst
Gabriela Hammond
Catharine Guiher
Daniel Kang
Lindsey Forden
Catherine Sumner
Brianna Sauvage
Robert Friedlander
Jose Guzman
Onastasia Ebright
Kayla Juntilla
Manager of Institutional & Educational Partnerships
Membership Manager
Membership Benefits Associate
Chief Marketing Officer
Associate Director of Marketing & Communications
Assistant Director of Marketing & Design
Community Outreach & Group Sales Manager
Digital Marketing Associate
Marketing Intern
Director of Sales Operations
Ticket Operations Manager
Ticket Services Manager
Assistant Ticket Services Manager
Ticket Services Assistants
Director of Artistic Production
Manager of Artistic Development
Manager of Artistic Programs
Artistic Assistant
Artistic
Cassidy Kaye
Kayla Eisenberg
Willyan Ferreira
Laura Dilorenzo
Abby Hull
Cynthia Astmann
Stacy Leigh
Margot Trouvé
Ryan Gomez
Artie Sievers
Ed Precht
Aaron Roitman
Audrey Adams
Sunni Day, Marleny Figueroa
Bennett Leak
Stella Bowles
Will Steinberger
Jonathan Chang
Lauren Yee
Lisa D’Amour, Lisa Kron, Young Jean Lee, Matthew Lopez, Lynn Nottage, Sarah Ruhl, Paula Vogel
Stage-2-Stage Commissions are supported in part by Louise Bryson, Terry Lindsay, Chula Reynolds, Sophia Collier
Peter Jay Sharp Foundation Commission
Production
Danny Tejera
Senior Production Manager
Production Consultant
Michael Catalan
Josh Helman
Assistant Production Manager Cassandra Richards
Production Administrative Assistant Kathryn Turney
Lead Technician Stephen Walton
Press Representatives
POLK & CO.
Matt Polk Tom D’Ambrosio
Lauren Duffy Emma Bird
Casting
THE TELSEY OFFICE
Karyn Casl, CSA
Charlie Hano, CSA
Special Services
Advertising Agency AKA NYC
Branding 2x4
Attorney Carolyn Casselman, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Attorney Stephanie Grassi, Esq. P.C.
Real Estate Attorney Robert S. Nash, Erin L. Chizner/Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLP
Accountant Withum, PC/Karen Kowgios
Banking Flagstar Bank/Thomas Kasulka/Margaret M. Monigan
Insurance DeWitt Stern Group
Web Design and Development Plusthink
Staff For Toros
Company Manager Christian Rene Palomares
Production Stage Manager Genevieve Ortiz
Assistant Stage Manager Carolina Arboleda
Production Manager Cameron Camden
Fight/Intimacy Coordinator Marcus Watson
Production Assistant Joseph Distl
Assistant Director Violeta Picayo
Associate Scenic Designer Joe Burt
Assistant Costume Designer Aleta Findlay
Assistant Lighting Designer Vittoria Orlando
Assistant Sound Designer Ryan Matthew Hall
Production Electrician Desi McCoy-Fischer
Lighting Programmer Evan Herman-Chin
Light Board Operator Aaliyah Stewart
Production Audio Bridget Mundy
Audio Engineer — A1 Mark Rufino
Props Supervisor Samantha Shoffner
Wardrobe Supervisor Mary Margaret Powers
Deck Carpenter Stephen Walton
Special Thanks
Mahagany Adair, Justin Ahdoot, Annie Baker, Adriana Banta, Cynthia Bastidas, Spruce Bohen, Daniel Martin Caballero, Sebastian Cahill, Isaac Calvin, Seth Calvin, Camila Cano-Flavia, Luisa Sánchez Colón, Steph Del Rosso, Ethan Dubin, Kate Eberstadt, Liz Engelman, Emily Everest-Philips, Jeff Gahn, Justine Gelfman, Graeme Gillis, Susanna Guzmán, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Sarah Knight, Brittany Annika Liu, Zach Martin, Eliza McLamb, David Mendizábal, Hanna Novak, Caitlin Ryan O’Connell, Tatiana Pandiani, Robert Pierson, Pauli Pontrelli, Joan Sergay, Amelia Shugrue, Hayley Stahl, Mike Steele, George Strus, the Tejera Family, RJ Tolan, Amalia Ulman, Lizzy Weingold, and Nat Wyatt.
Credits
Scenery built and provided by Hillbolic Arts & Carpentry Lighting equipment provided by 4Wall Sound equipment provided by FiveOHM
MCGINN/CAZALE THEATER STAFF
House Manager
Joshua Schleifer
This theatre operates under an agreement between The League of Regional Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
The Director is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.
United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 of the I.A.T.S.E represents the Designers & Scenic Artists for the American Theatre.
Second Stage Theater is a member of ART/New York and the League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers. In case of an emergency: Resuscitation masks and latex gloves are available from the House Manager. Learn CPR. For more information, contact the American Heart Association.
WARNING
The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device for such photographing or sound recording inside this theatre, without the written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. Violators may be punished by ejection and violations may render the offender liable for money damages.
Fire Notice
The exit indicated by a red light and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of fire or other emergency, please do not run — WALK to that exit. Thoughtless persons annoy patrons and endanger the safety of others by lighting matches or smoking in prohibited areas during the performances and intermissions. This violates a city ordinance and is punishable by law.
Board Of Trustees
Kevin Brockman, Board Co-Chair
Terry Lindsay, Board Co-Chair
Trustees
Mia Campbell
Debra Martin Chase
Lawrence G. Creel
Margaret Lee Dees
Laurie Erlandson
Frances Daly Fergusson
Tony Goldwyn
Mary Tavener Holmes
Wendy Evans Joseph
Anthony C. M. Kiser**
Janet Lynne Knopf
Sarah Kupferman
Gina Maria Leonetti
Dre Taylor Lindsay
Oren Michels
Robert Nash
Lynn Nottage
Alice Pacthod
Gabrielle London Palitz
Bambi Putnam
Carole Rothman*
Nathan E. Saint-Amand
Stephen C. Sherrill
Sydney R. Shuman
Stewart R. Smith
John Sorkin
Angela Sun
Natasa Valocchi
Susan Wasserstein
Candace K. Weir
*Co-Founder
**Chairman Emeritus
Artistic Advisory Board
Uzo Aduba
Amith Chandrashaker
Steve Cohen
Joshua Dachs
Rajiv Joseph
Ian McKellen
Joe Morton
Emilio Sosa
David Stone
Meryl Streep
Tessa Thompson
Bess Wohl
Liza Colón-Zayas