ShiningGirls Cast

Shelby Merchant (Reigna)
BFA, Musical Theatre and Playwriting, Fourth Year. Ohio University: What The Gods Gave Me (Sophie), Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Roving Accordion), Summer and Smoke (Nellie U/S), Stagedoor Theater: Once (Ex-Girlfriend and Roving Violin), Miner’s Alley Playhouse: The Stuff Dreams are Made of (Olivia). Shelby’s original musical Zelda’s Girls will go up in the Spring.
Kayamarie Roll (Mom)
BFA, Acting, Fourth year. Ohio University: Julius Caesar (Casca), Secretaries (Peaches). Other; Ohio University Undergraduate Playwright Festival: Em’s Story (Em). Cincinnati Actor’s Studio and Academy: Cabaret (Fraulein Kost), Young Frankenstein (Inga), Avenue Q (Kate Monster).
Kekoa Huihui-Andrew  (Kermit)
BFA, Musical Theater, Third Year. Ohio University Mainstage: Carrie the Musical (Tommy) Tantrum Theater, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Ensemble/US Balaga) Tantrum Theater. Other Ohio University: ...and others (Randall) SOT Lab Productions, Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead (CB) SOT Lab Productions. Other Ohio: Rent (Benny) Ohio Valley Summer Theater.
Freddie Masselli  (Tom)
[he/him] BFA, Acting, Fourth Year. Ohio University Laboratory Shows: A Murder (Landlord), Dog Sees God (Beethoven). Other: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Tragedian) Lost Flamingo Theatre Company.
Felipe Luz  (Tony)
[he/they] MFA, Acting, Third Year. Ohio University: Julius Caesar (Portia), Concord Floral (Fox). Other: Men are trash and I’m a raccoon (Actor, Playwright, Producer) Vibrancy Theater. Film: Fourth of July (Quincy), Gender Reveal Party (Chris). Bachelor of Acting from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Vibrancy Theater’s Co-Artistic Director. Miranda Family Fellow.
Sean McGlynn  (Dad)
BFA, Acting, Fourth Year. Ohio University: Squeakers (Ken), Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Understudy - Anatole).
Holden Evans (Hank)
BFA, Musical Theater. Tantrum Theater: Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Dolokhov), Eighty-Sixed (BJ Rosenthal), Spring Awakening (Ensemble/Melchior u/s), Hotel Berry (Ensemble/Harry u/s). Ohio University: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Joe Pitt), Imaginary Audiences (Ensemble). Other: Roundtown Players, Dramatic Braves.
Lee Gilbert (Catherine)
BFA, Acting, Third year. Ohio University: Imaginary Audiences (Marvel Cunningham, Mom), Ohio University Lab Shows: Lavender Grace (playwright), the final voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Production Designer), Marina Davis Performing Arts Center: Newsies! (Ike), Peter and The Starcatcher (Molly Aster)
Geneviève Shaftel  (Connie)
[she/her/hers] BFA, Musical Theatre, Fourth Year. Ohio University: Squeakers (Squeakers), Into the Woods (Cinderella), Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Actor Musician and Opera Singer), Men on Boats (Bradley), Spring Awakening (Anna) Tantrum Theatre. Other: Into the Woods (Cinderella) Ohio University Lancaster, Kiss me Kate (Ensemble) People’s Bank Theater, Broadway Back to School (Soloist) Educational Theatre Foundation, Bright Star (Featured Ensemble) Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute.
Joey Negrete (Matt)
BFA, Musical Theater, Third Year. Ohio University: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Ensemble), Carrie (George/U.S. Tommy), Ride The Cyclone (Ricky), Karma, Adulting, and Forgiveness (Brad).
Campbell Hogue (Jessica)
BA, Theater and Art History, Third Year. Ohio University: Dog Sees God (Van’s Sister) Bury the Lead (Marlene) The Night Shift (Saige).
Victoria Skok (Savannah)
[she/her] BFA, Musical Theater, Third Year. Ohio University Laboratory Productions: Into the Woods (Cinderella’s Mother), Dog Sees God (Van’s Sister u/s). Other: Pippin (Catherine), The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), Once Upon a Mattress (Lady Larkin).
Isabella Zallo  (Ashley)
[she/her]: BFA, Musical Theater, 2nd Year. Ohio University Lab Show Series: The Spitfire Grill ( Hannah/Effy Swing) Into The Woods (Florinda), 24 Hour Immersive Play fest (Charlotte).
Sam Erwin  (Flynn)
BFA, Acting, Fourth Year. Ohio University: The Secretaries (Dawn Midnight/Buzz), The Alchemist (Drugger/Kastrill/Ananias), Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Asst. Director).
Erin Abney  (Kim)
[she/her] BFA, Acting, Fourth Year. Ohio University: Yerma (Washer Woman #5), Julius Caesar (Cinna). Other: Stall Talk (Val) John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, God of Carnage (Annette) Lost Flamingo Theater Company, The Regulars (Grace) Ohio University Laboratory Production, The Lightning Thief (Intimacy Coordinator) Ohio University Laboratory Production.