Boy My Greatness (at New Genesis Productions) Cast

Rae is a New York based sometimes-actor. Select stage credits include Just Us (Sixth Fest NYC), Eight by Tenn (Zeigeist Stage Company), and This Other City (USA premiere) (Solas Nua). Film/TV credits include Selah and the Spades on Amazon Prime and Mostly 4 Millennials on Adult Swim.

Sophie is a New York based actor, writer, and teaching artist. New York theater credits include Comedy of Errors and The Oresteia (Gallery Players), The Seagull and RUR (Firebird Players), The Dream (Columbia University), Low Stakes (Frigid New York), and Horsegirls (Homemade Jean Shorts). Oberlin College theater credits include The Moors, At the End of the World, Hamlet, and Orlando. Upcoming: Abbie’s Mom Had Cancer (Murmuration Theater Co.), and Revolution 10 (Purple Light Productions).

Leo is a theatremaker, teaching artist, and producer from Brooklyn, and the founding Artistic Director of The Firebird Project, a multidisciplinary production & arts education company. Leo also serves as the Associate Artistic Director of Phoenix Theatre Ensemble and heads their PlayCoop New Works Incubator, a home for new storytelling forms like ARG and RPG. As a teaching artist, Leo leads workshops in improv, playwriting, and RPG storytelling. As a genderqueer first-gen immigrant, Leo seeks to create work that explores nebulous identities, placelessness, and unconventional methods of meaning-making.

Benny is thrilled to be back with the Firebird crew once again. Benny played Romeo in Firebird’s award-winning "Romeo + Juliet". Other credits with Firebird: Dr. Gall (R.U.R. 2023), Doc Gibbs (Our Town), Dr. Livesey (Treasure Island). He has trained at Lee Strasberg and H.B Studio, and with the Shakespeare company New Genesis Productions, he has performed various roles, including Hamlet, Brutus, and Benedick. Benny co-teaches Firebird’s MovieMaster Film Lab class and is currently studying Filmmaking and Cinema Studies at Tisch NYU.

Eli is an NYC-based actor and singer originally from Northern Virginia with a BA in Drama from Vassar College. They have most recently worked in the city with The Tank, Notch Theatre Company, Staten Island Shakespeare Theater, and Milky Way Theatre Company, and in addition to Vassar, trained with Hangar Theatre, Powerhouse Theater, Synetic Theater, and Traveling Players Ensemble. Eli aims to create inclusive, collaborative, and spectacular theater that challenges entrenched systems of power, especially gender.

Juli is an Oberlin College graduate from Alexandria, VA. They have worked as a composer and recording artist on films (Redwood, Wolf Girl, Designing Desire, Boys Who Fly); plays (The Moors, Orlando, The Tempest); and musical projects (Hotspur Johnny, SCAD Mom, South Professor.) They completed a semester at the British American Drama Academy, and have appeared in several plays at Oberlin (The Moors, Orlando, 12 Ophelias) as well as Firebird’s recent productions of RUR and The Seagull. They would like to thank the Firebird team and their friends (including family) for their support during this process.