The Wolves Cast

Olivia Jane Parisi (11)
has a Bachelors Degree in Performing Arts from Marymount Manhattan College. You can watch her in “Rerouting” on Amazon Prime. She is so excited to be making her debut with Ghostlight Productions and to be working alongside such wonderful talent.
Daniela Favaloro (25)
is SO EXCITED to be dribbling her back way onto the soccer field! Soccer stage? This is Daniela's second Production with Ghostlight; you may have seen her running by as Edith in "Blithe Spirit." She has also performed in 7 Women's Playwriting Collective Productions. Daniela would like to thank Mayah, Karla, Javan, Cris, and the Wolves for reminding her what it's like to be on a team. Daniela would like to dedicate this performance in memory of her Nonno who always had a soccer game on every Sunday morning.
Alexandra Gullo (13)
is thrilled to be playing the role of #13 in The Wolves! You may recognize her from her roles in past SIST, Women’s Playwright Collective, and Ghost Light Productions, such as Envy in The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (2025), Phoebe in “As You Like It” (2024), Paisley in “Ceramic Rose” (2024), an ensemble member in “Saint Joan” (2023), Megan in “Puffs” (2022), and Salarino in “The Merchant of Venice” (2022). She thanks Mayah, Charles, and Gary for this amazing opportunity. She also thanks her sister, Victoria, for always encouraging her to be confident and put herself out there!
Sophia Condon (46)
is thrilled to be a part of this show, marking her 3rd production with Ghostlight! This year she played Sara in “Stop Kiss” at Seaview Playwrights Theatre & Participated in Ghostlight’s “And The World Goes Round” & “Bridges Of Madison County”. She extends her heartfelt thanks to Mayah, Javan, Karla, Cris, Katie and this incredible cast of women. This performance, along with all her future endeavors, is dedicated to her father, Christopher.
Giavanna Rotondo (2)
is a young actress based in New York. She is thrilled to be acting with Ghostlight again, and is very excited to portray #2 in Ghostlight’s production of “The Wolves.” Some of her previous credits include Betty in Seaview’s “The Crucible,” Inspector Goring in The Little Victory Theatre’s “Holmes for the Holidays,” Letta and Jenny in Seaview’s “Death of a Salesman,” Miss Foxhill in Seaview’s “Suddenly Last Summer,” Fabry in the student-led “Rossum’s Universal Robots,” and Gypsy in Ghostlight Productions’ “Incident at Vichy.” Giavanna is deeply grateful for the unwavering support of her friends and family. She is honored to perform on this stage and collaborate with this talented cast and crew. She would like to thank her wonderful friends and her amazing boyfriend for their never ending support and encouragement in pursuing her passion for acting.
Abby McNulty (7)
is excited to be part of this production of The Wolves! Her previous credits include Ghostlight’s Saint Joan (Joan), The Rise & Fall of Falstaff (Lady Percy/Davy), Staten Island Shakespeare’s Uncle Vanya (Yelena), The Merchant of Venice (Portia), Troilus & Cressida (Helen of Troy), and The Tempest (Antonio). Big thank you to Mayah, Gary and Charles for this amazing opportunity.
Kayla Cariffe (14)
is super excited to be jogging back onto the Ghostlight Stage, having last been seen causing mischief with the Sycamores as Rheba in their production of “You Can’t Take it With You”! Other credits include “And the World Goes ‘Round,” “The Rise and Fall of Falstaff”, “Urinetown”, “LysistrataS”, “Blood Brothers”, and “A Christmas Carol”. Other credits across the island include “The Grown-Ups,” “A Dream Play,” and “Kiss Me, Kate.” Endless thanks to Mayah for the opportunity and to her and Karla for their support throughout the process, as well as the cast for being so amazing to work with and feeling like an actual team. Thank you to Javan and Cris for making her fighting and soccer skills believable (although she asks you to be the judge). Special shoutout to her family and friends who continue to support her in everything she does.
Joanna DeJesus (8)
is a New York–based actress with recent credits including Grease, Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties, and Little Rock. She trained in Theatre and Musical Theatre at SUNY Geneseo and has performed in two seasons of an original radio show. She is very excited to join the Ghostlight family and see where her journey takes off.
Caroline Russell (00)
is a local animal lover and arts enthusiast. The Wolves marks her second show with Ghostlight Players after her role as Nell Poins in The Rise and Fall of Falstaff in 2024, and she’s thrilled to be back. Since the bulk of her stage experience has been with Shakespeare (Rosalind in As You Like It, Emilia in Othello, Ferdinand in The Tempest, and more), she relishes this opportunity to play a Midwestern soccer teen using modern curse words. #00 has been a dream role within a dream play, and it’s made her very happy to live it alongside this stellar team. Let’s go Wolves!
Carrie Ellman-Larsen (SOCCER MOM)
is a NYC based theatre maker, actor, teaching artist and applied theatre practitioner. Carrie is the creator of two community-based documentary theatre pieces, The Staten Island Dialogue Project and Buried Stories: Stories Buried in the Fresh Kills Landfill (Jolie Tong co-creator). Favorite roles include Jessie in Sweat, Sister James in Doubt, Lysistrata in LysistrataS, Eurycleia in The Penelopiad, Old Woman in Moss and Pregnant Woman in Born in the Ruins. Carrie has been working in the arts education sector for close to twenty years for some of the city’s top theatre and arts education organizations such as The Roundabout Theatre Company, The Theater Development Fund, Arts Connection, Strike Anywhere and countless others. She is the Education Director at Keen Company, an Off-Broadway theatre company for the Keen Teens program. Carrie is a four time recipient of the DCLA Premier Art Grant and has been awarded the Howard Gillman PARC Grant. While Carrie is not a soccer mom, she is a fencing and violin mom to the incredible Oliver who inspires her always! carrieellmanlarsen.com siburiedstories.com