Tipping The Velvet Cast

[they/them] BFA, Musical Theatre, Second Year. Ohio University: Hate Love (Jill).

[she/her] BFA, Musical Theatre, Third Year. Ohio University: The Lightning Thief (Ensemble/Thalia), Into the Woods (Rapunzel), Mountain Girl (Reina), History of the Waltz (Anna), For the Tenth Time (u/s Mary). Other: 9 to 5 (Ensemble/Kathy) Tantrum Theater, Carousel (Ensemble), Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker (Maid), Swing! (Band Singer/Soloist), 12 Incompetent Jurors (Foreman), Spongebob the Musical (Swing) Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center,  Urinetown (Soupy Sue) Center Theatre Players.

MFA, Acting, First Year. Other: Elephant (Clarissa) Monument Theatre Company, Call Me Sister (Elizabeth) Hyperion Players, The Flick (Rose) Misguided Productions, RENT (Maureen) Misguided Productions.

[She/Her] BFA, Musical Theater, Actor-Musicianship Certificate, Fourth Year. Ohio University Lab Shows: See Rock City and Other Destinations (Kate); Little Women (Jo March); The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)[revised](again) (Alex); The Spitfire Grill (Effy Krayneck); Lavender Grace: The Dead Grandpa Play (Elizabeth Devreau); The Final Voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Stage Manager/Emma); History of the Waltz (Lis); Other: Jerry Finnegan's Sister (Beth), Windmore Foundation for the Arts; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena), Woodberry Forest School. Hocking College Film: Fix (Lisa), Elanna Fernandes. Ohio University Film: Eldritch (Riley), Deric Bucher, Figure It Out (Sarah), Noah DuMont.

[He/Him] BFA, Acting, Second Year. Ohio University: Tipping The Velvet (Chairman). Other: Hate Love (jack)

MFA, Acting, First Year. Ben has appeared with several professional theatre companies while living in Seattle, including Book-it Repertory Theatre, Taproot Theatre Company, Theatre 9/12, Theater Schmeater, GreenStage, Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse and more. After being diagnosed with Marfan syndrome in 2019, Ben has become an advocate to raise awareness of the genetic disorder. He hopes that his involvement in the theatre community will inspire others with Marfan syndrome to pursue their passions; and provoke others to google it, because an early diagnosis can literally save lives.

BFA, Musical Theatre, Second Year. Ohio University Lab Show Series: Across the Stars (Enzia) Other: The Tempest (Miranda) Rustic Mechanicals Shakespeare Troupe, OU Film: Sophie is Dead (Amber).

[they/she] BFA, Acting, Fourth Year. Ohio University Acting: An Inside Job (Ivy), Dr. Voynich and Her Children (Rue). Other: Twelfth Night (Assistant Director/Dramaturg) Tantrum Theater, Marianne (Director) Ohio University Student Production, The Easy Way to Find Love (Director) Ohio University Lab Series. 

[she/they] BFA, Musical Theater, Fourth Year. Tantrum Theater: Twelfth Night (Olivia’s Attendant/1st Officer/Viola U/S). Ohio University Lab Shows: See Rock City (Claire),  Little Women(Beth/Laurie), The Easy Way to Find Love (Stella), The Revolutionists (Marie). OU Rough Cut: I’m The Boss(Employee), Everything (Faith). 

BFA, Acting, Fourth Year. Ohio University: People, Places, & Things (Ensemble), En Las Sombras (Vulture), Effective Magic (Bully). Ohio University Student Films: The Bed Bug (Mother), Eldritch (Blake), Red Flags (Natalie), The CROOK Project (Actor). OU AVW Film Productions: Pronouns (Miria), Prohibition: Initiation (Athena).

[she/her] BFA, Musical Theater, Fourth Year. Ohio University SOT: 9 to 5 The Musical (Ensemble/Violet u/s), Shining Girls (Savannah). 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). 

BFA, Musical Theatre, Third Year. Ohio University: See Rock City (Evan), Island Song (Will), Spitfire Grill (Caleb), Into the Woods! (Jack), Ride The Cyclone (Ricky/Mischa-Swing).

MFA, Acting, First Year. Other: I Hate Hamlet (John Barrymore) Rattlestick Theater; Sylvia (Tom/Phyllis/Leslie) Summer Repertory Theatre; The Prom (Swing) Town Hall Arts Center; Oh! What A Lovely War (Sir John French/Soldier) The York Theatre Company. Will received a BFA in Musical Theatre from Marymount Manhattan College.

[he/him/his] MFA, Acting, First Year. Other: The Vast of Darkness (Kennedy), Our Lady of the Tortilla (Nelson) Orlando Fringe ArtSpace; Wingman (Nick) Orlando Family Stage; The Consciousness (Reece) Orlando International Fringe Festival 2021; Good Person of Setzuan (Mr. Shu Fu/Second God), Urinetown (Old Man Strong) Annie Russell Theatre; Speech and Debate (Solomon) Lyman Street Theatre. Solis-Bauza received a BA in Theatre from Rollins College.

[She/Her] BFA, Acting, Fourth year. Ohio University: The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Marge), An Inside Job (Herself). Other: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania) Boardman Performing Arts Center, Chicago (Merry Murderess) The Millennial Theatre Company, The Easy Way to Find Love (Siobhan) Ohio University Lab Productions. Ohio University School of Film: This Memory Has Static (Jess), Showstopper (Michelle), Silent Echos (Ketta).