Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh Cast
Laura Rocklyn (Elisa)REGIONAL: Tartuffe, The Book of Will (Hub Theatre Company of Boston); Red Velvet, Wild Oats, Christmas Carol, Dracula, Hamlet (Chesapeake Shakespeare Company); Pride & Prejudice (Round House Theatre); Sense & Sensibility (Folger Theatre); Jane Eyre, The Learned Ladies, The Glass Menagerie, A Tale of Two Cities, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Classic Theatre of Maryland); Clover (Ally Theatre Company); As You Like It (Kentucky Shakespeare); Richard III, Twelfth Night, The Winter’s Tale (Richmond Shakespeare); Henry VI, Parts 1-3, Richard III (Adirondack Shakespeare), Perfect Pie (Potomac Theatre Project); TOURS: Cato & Dolly, How Long Must We Wait? (History At Play); The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, Dracula, Taming of the Shrew (National Players). TV: Legends & Lies: The Patriots. TRAINING: STC’s Academy for Classical Acting at George Washington University (MFA); AWARDS: Elliot Norton Award Nomination 2024 (Outstanding Featured Performance), BroadwayWorld Baltimore Awards 2018 (Best Actress in a Play). www.LauraRocklyn.com
Mecca Verdell (Marie)An internationally winning spoken word champion. She has won titles from Brave New Voices, and was one of the top five spoken word artists in the Individual world poetry slam, the woman of world poetry slam and the first person to win the Busboys and Poets Cuba poetry slam. As an actor, she lead in her first feature film Once Again for the very first time by Boaz Yakin. She has created a corner for herself in the Baltimore theater scene playing roles like Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), or Molly Cunningham (Joe turners come and gone) as a member of Chesapeake Shakespeare company. She is also a social media admin at Baltimore Center Stage- Understudying and helping bring free theater to the community. Her next project will be her one woman show Da Art of Letting Go sponsored by the Map Fund.
Gil Mitchell (Alexis)A multi-hyphenate artist and educator currently based out of Washington, DC. He has worked professionally at the American Shakespeare Center, Shakespeare Theatre Company, and most recently, the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. Gil takes his coffee black and frequently.
Hanlon Smith-Dorsey (Alexis Understudy)An actor and dancer who most recently appeared in The Metromaniacs, and The Birthday Party at St Mark's Players, Is He Dead? at the Little Theatre of Alexandria and Table Manners at NOVA Nightsky Theater. Prior to that he graced the stage in numerous productions in Philadelphia, New York City, and Chicago. He holds a BA in Theater from Bard College and an MFA in Acting from DePaul University.