Author: dan scully

Slater Ashenhurst

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“Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.”

Oscar Wilde

Slater is from a small Wyoming village called Wheatland. He comes from a long line of farmers. He grew up painfully shy but joined theatre his freshman year of high school after some coercing by some upper-classmen. He NEVER LOOKED BACK, BABY.⁣
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Slater received his BA in Musical Theatre from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK, after which he immediately was accepted to his dream school, Mason Gross School of the Arts.⁣
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Slater has his toes dipped in many genres of theatre, including Shakespeare, TYA (Theatre for Young Audiences), Contemporary, and Musical Theatre. He has spent the last 7 summers at various regional theatres in the U.S., doing summerstock musicals.⁣
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Some of his favorite past credits include: Willy in Willy Wonka, Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet, Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, Leontes in The Winter’s Tale, and Lucas in The Addams Family.⁣
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He is just a little country boy who can’t wait to set up camp in the big citay.⁣

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Samantha Arthur

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Samantha Arthur made her way to New Brunswick, NJ from the one and only Lone Star State.  She was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Prior to life at Rutgers, Samantha attended Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Through Booker T. Washington, Samantha worked and collaborated with the Dallas Theater Center on productions of Hair and Oklahoma! She’s worked with various theatre companies around the Dallas-Fort Worth
Metroplex including the Dallas Theater Center, Shakespeare Dallas, and Casa Mañana. Before coming back to Rutgers this semester, Samantha was a part of a COVID-19 accommodated summer stock season in Utah. She has also recently opened the door to the voice-over industry, and is excited to pursue opportunities with anime/character work as well as commercial work.

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Robert Patricio Spellman

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“Every step we take on earth brings us to a new world.”

Federico Garcia Lorca

Robert Patricio Spellman calls both Orlando, Florida and Chicago, Illinois home. Robert played Soccer his entire life and went on to play Division I soccer at Stetson University with hopes of playing professionally. With a feeling of longing for something more fulfilling to him personally, Robert instead decided to take the plunge into the arts where he is now committed to a career of artistic expression. Along with completing his Actor training at Rutgers University, Robert has worked as a faux finisher, model, coach, shoe salesman, and English teacher. His hobbies include hiking, fitness, boxing, poetry, and occasionally dabbling in some axe throwing. His most recent credits have been the neon demon in an untitled film written by himself, Leontes/Polixenes/Clown/Bear in the Winter’s tale, and Drawcansir the Hero in The Rehearsal. Roberts next venture and passion project will be in writing a horror series set in and based on the folklore of Colombia he grew up hearing from his mother.        

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Petey McGee

“I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dream”

Petey McGee is an actor and creator born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised partially in New Jersey. Before coming to Rutgers for his MFA he attended University of Missouri Kansas City(UMKC)  to obtain a bachelors in Theatre Performance. He has performed on stages locally in Kansas City and all over the US, including; New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, St. Louis, and New York. Most recently he has set his sights on the world of filmmaking with an emphasis on directing, writing, and acting. He was in U Shoot Videos which won big at Tribeca Film Festival last year and Skin Deep which he wrote, directed, and starred in.

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Miranda Purcell

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“The revelations that come along with growing-up and finding oneself in this complex world need to be shared. I will always advocate for narratives of growth, of moving on, of becoming who we are meant to be…”

Straight from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Miranda Purcell is an up and coming actress that has been turning heads in the Latin-American market from an early age. Her film debut as the lead in the awarded film “Antes que cante el gallo” gained her stellar reviews from the Hollywood Reporter, allowed her to work with crème-of-the-crop industry professionals, and opened the door to many international connections. Aside from her acting training in Rutgers University, Miranda has a strong dance background, singing abilities, has done competitive fencing and is trilingual. She also has experience as an award presenter in the prestigious “Premios Platino” and as a virtual moderator for an economic development project. Most recently, you can find her in a guest appearance in season 2 of Crackle’s TV show “The Oath”. During the pandemic, her interest in expanding her artistic reach landed her the position of PA in the production company “Cinetrix” where she collaborated with various Latin celebrities. In the future, she hopes to enter the playwrighting profession and share her own perspective of current events.

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Maxim Bouffard

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“It is only when focusing on others that we allow our own light to shine through the surface.”

Maxim Bouffard is from Paris, France and Santa Rosa, California, and has lived in a handful of countries across the globe. His life of constantly adapting to new cultures has allowed him to approach acting as a familiar ritual of wearing a new skin. Besides his main passion for the theatre, he spends his time making films and music videos, playing the drums and the ukulele, solving the most difficult Sudoku puzzles he can find, people watching, and searching for new things to learn. His most recent roles include Alan, in “Break”; Leontes, in “The Winter’s Tale”; Prince Pretty-Man, in “The Rehearsal”; Slim, in “Cowboy Mouth”; Milty, in “Dead End” and Gerald, in “Sisyphus is Happy”. Maxim is hungry for creation and can’t wait to see what life has to offer him.

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Mahkai Dominique

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“When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to
realize his dream.”

Paulo Coelho

Mahkai Dominique is an artist from Washington, D.C. who’s been involved in the arts her entire life, but she knew acting was it. While attending the notable high school, Duke Ellington School of the Arts Mahkai gained a better sense of self, which inspired her to really get to the root of what kind of actor and artist she wanted to be. She knew that she wanted to travel the world telling stories, while of course speaking from an honest and truthful place and Mason Gross was the right choice for her. During her junior year she trained in London, England and had the opportunity to learn about their culture, which confirmed her wants and desires to tell stories about POC all over the world.

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Lazarus Simmons

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“There is nothing noble about being superior to your fellow man,
True nobility comes from being superior to ones former self.”

Ernest Hemingway

Lazarus Simmons was born in Missouri, but has bounced around all over the United States and London. He would describe himself as a super-nerd and dreams of being
Blue Marvel in the MCU–or any character when the West Wing eventually reboots.

 
He has been in theater since six when he was in Fairy Tale Remix in elementary school.  He graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA in Dramatic Art and Political Science. While there he competed in collegiate level fencing.  After graduation he worked in the North Carolina regional theater scene. Without a doubt, his
driving force is the love of creating work with his theater tribe.  

He owes any successes of character to his father. 
Some recent credits include: Bad American Dreams, The Winter’s Tale, Cymbeline, The Rehearsal, Dead End, The Typographer’s Dream, The Nether, The Creature, Brabo,
Brownsville Song, The Shipment, and Recall.

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Gloria Cardona

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“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”

Gloria Cardona is a Puerto Rican actress from Miami. She received a BFA from NWSA, had privilege of training at BADA and Springboard NYC and pursued her MFA at Rutgers MGSA, becoming the first person in her family with a graduate degree. Some of her past credits include “Sonia Se Fue” as Jenny/Pilar, “Winter’s Tale” as Hermione, “The Rehearsal” as The Physician, “Dead End” as Kay and “Los Libres Cautiverios de Ricardo y Leonisa” as Colaborador.

“Al mal tiempo buena cara.”

Gloria Cardona es una actriz puertorriqueña de Miami. Adquirió su BFA de NWSA, entreno con BADA y Springboard NYC y obtuvo su maestría de Rutgers MGSA. Gloria está orgullosa de ser la primera en su familia en obtener una maestría. Créditos anteriores incluyen “Sonia Se Fue” como Jenny/Pilar, “Winter’s Tale” como Hermione, “The Rehearsal” como The Physician, “Dead End” como Kay y “Los Libres Cautiverios de Ricardo y Leonisa” como Colaborador.

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Allie Novell

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“People are hungry for stories. It’s part of our very being.Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too.”

Studs Terkel

Allie Novell is from Orlando, Florida where she spent her teenage years as a citizen of the theatre, performing and apprenticing in many different positions in Orlando’s arts community. She relocated to Winston-Salem, NC upon her acceptance into University of North Carolina School of the Arts for her senior year of high school studying drama. She often returns to UNCSA as a teaching artist for their Summer Intensive Program. Allie chose to pursue her BFA in Acting from Rutgers University where she completed the Meisner progression and spent a year training at Shakespeare’s Globe in London, culminating in a production of The Winter’s Tale. Allie has nurtured her love of travel by backpacking several countries including Portugal and Denmark, immersing herself in Berlin’s theatre scene, and driving cross country to work outside of a national park at a hundred year old bakery.

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