Eternal Flamer: The Ballad of Jessie Blade Cast

Aaron Drill is pumped to be a part of this production! He's recently been seen at the Nutley Little Theatre as Charles Parker/Willie Wilde in Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde and as Herschel Weinberger in Gemini, for which he was nominated for an NJACT Perry Award. He was also seen in Legally Blonde, Urinetown, and My Big Gay Italian Wedding at Old Library Theatre. He holds a BFA in Theatre & Performance from Emerson College. Thank you to interACT for this joyous opportunity!

No stranger to the interACT Stage, Mentha was seen most recently as Arnold Hart in "The Wedding Singer" and "Amityville '74" by Tommy Jamerson. Other interACT shows include: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "Sister Act the Musical" and "Clue the Musical". As a member of The Strollers Mentha has appeared on this stage in "The Shadow Box", "Urinetown the Musical" and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels". Thank you, friends and family for keeping this septuagenarian working!

Anthea Marley (She/Her) - After an eleven year hiatus from acting, Anthea will be making her debut as the incorrigible "Rudy". Anthea has performed in community productions such as "You can’t take it with you" (Penny), "The Crucible" (Mary Warren) and InterACT's "A Funny thing happened on the way to the forum" (Vibrata). Anthea can't wait to finally achieve a lifelong dream of acting alongside her father and InterACT veteran Mentha Marley.

Tasha R Williams - studied theatre at Fordham University. Some of her recent credits include American Son (Kendra Ellis-Connor), Defying Gravity (Donna), Amityville ’74 (Alexis Russo), Lines in the Dust (Beverly Long), Intimate Apparel (Ester), To Kill A Mockingbird (Calpurina), For Colored Girls (Lady In Orange), Sister Act (Deloris Van Cartier). This production is near and dear to her heart. She is dedicating her performance to her bonus son, Erik. I love you, Smerik!

Red is honored and excited to be performing for interACT Theatre Productions. They have played numerous roles across Northern New Jersey and have just performed as Nick in Old Library Theatre’s production of The Prom. They have also had multiple art exhibitions throughout New Jersey and New York. Overall they would like to thank the cast and crew for their support.

Michael Schulz is excited to be onstage again with InterACT. Michael is a hair stylist, makeup artist and salon owner and no stranger to the stage. He has performed in shows such as, The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot with In Death’s Company, Come Alive and color our world, Pippin and This Is Our Story with InterACT,He would like to thank his partner Gabe and his staff, for their support and encouragement, the directors, the producers the writersand the cast and crew.

Christopher Siley is ecstatic to be coming out of a 13-year theater hiatus and making his interACT Theatre Productions debut, in Eternal Flamer! The Ballad of Jessie Blade. Some of Christopher’s favorite roles include Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Danny in Xanadu, Herman in Sweet Charity, and Judas/John the Baptist in Godspell. Christopher would like to thank his friends and family, for all the love and support in pursuing all his passions in life…aka putting up with his insane schedule.

Tahyira Savanna is an actor, producer, screenwriter, and lyricist from Brooklyn, NY. She creates and performs her music underneath the moniker ‘Tee Slaves’. Tahyira has been working in tv and film for over ten years. She started as a talent manager back in 2011 in New York City, after earning a MS/BA in Criminal Justice from LIU Post. She produced her first feature length documentary entitled New Minds In New York in 2012. In 2017 she moved to Hollywood garnering credits with CBS, ABC, E! News, and more. While appearing on an episode of Let’s Make a Deal, producers told her “she had something special”. In 2021, she portrayed Tanasia in Chill Bucket’s stage production of Its Not An Italian Thing, Its A Black Thing! playing a pansexual woman in love with a trans woman performing at the Episcopal Actors Guild. She was casted as a performing storyteller in TMI Project’s Stories for Choice season 2, performing on January 22 2022, the last official Roe v Wade remembrance day. In 2022, she signed on a the co-director to Emma Lefkowitz’s For My Very Own and helped the cast get featured on Pix 11 during Black History Month. She was on the only Black cast member apart of the story focused on white privilege. Her passions include performing arts, activism, and having fun. Her Instagram is @iletthegoodtimesroll and she owns that handle with pride.