LEGACY OF LIGHT Cast

Louise Heller (Emilie du Chatelet) is a New York and Berkshire based actress. Select Credits: The Rice Eaters (AMT Theater), Beatrice (The Cell), Marco Millions (Target Margin Theater), The Royal Family (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey), Fragments of Outside (WAM Theater), Hamlet (Hudson Theater Works), O Negative and At the Gallery (Hudson Guild Theater),Measure for Measure and Tanya’s Lit Clit (EBT Theater). She trained at The Barrow Group in their 1.5 year professional conservatory program and at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA. Louise has appeared in numerous indie films. She is also a trained and avid researcher. https://louise-heller.com

Pneuma Jeanele ( Olivia) is a proud New Jersey native and recent graduate of Montclair State University’s Acting conservatory program. Her recent credits include Pride and Prejudice and Macbeth. She is ecstatic to join this production and grateful to share the stage with such a talented company. She is also happy to work alongside the wonderful crew who help bring this story to life.

Michael Latshaw (Voltaire) Michael previously performed with Catalyst as Dr. Whackoff in the campy science fiction musical “Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens.” Michael was also the Emcee and Performer for the Catalyst Love Cabaret and the Catalyst Laugh Cabaret in 2023 and 2024. He used to live in NYC, where he spent over a decade working in New York and regional theaters. After moving to Plainfield in 2005, he transitioned his acting appearances to social media platforms like YouTube and TikTok. And now, after a decade of doing that, he is pleased to be performing for LIVE audiences again

Alexandra Recknagel (Millie/Pauline) is a Russian-American actress from Prague, Czechia. After completing a degree in filmmaking, she found her passion for acting in an improv class in Prague and went on to receive conservatory training at AADA (NY), LAMDA (UK). Some recent stage and screen credits include This is My Sister (Capital Fringe Festival, Washington DC), Kholstomer (Theatre 86, NYC), Skin of the Woods (indie/Roff Media LLC, AZ).

Kyle Walton (Peter/ Marquis De Chatelet) is thrilled to be making his Catalyst debut! Previous credits include The Seafarer with Zenith Theatre company, Titus Andronicus with Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, A Christmas Carol with Centenary Stage, and many more. Kyle also narrated audiobooks available on audible and is a proud High School teacher at CAPS in Plainfield!

Derek Crosby (Lewis/Saint Lambert) is thrilled to be working on this play with Catalyst Theater Company Productions. He is an actor, sometimes-playwright, and occasional drummer and theater producer. Recent regional credits include national children’s theater tours in the US and in Germany. He has a BFA from Boston University, and when not acting, he is probably hiking, reading a book, looking at a map, or running quite fast through a field somewhere.