Love's Labours Lost Cast

John Paul Abela (King Ferdinand)
John Paul is a junior and has participated in seven productions with the Heights before this, certainly the most notable being the Insect Play, which all would agree was a grand success. He only had a few lines, but he crushed them better than the Ichneumon fly crushed the dung beetles. He is an aspiring cinematographer and is very fond of climbing, cliff jumping, parkour, trampolining, snowboarding, and oxford commas. He attributes his recklessness to the knowledge that if he dies, he will never have to experience the awful feeling of beginning a line through without his lines memorized.
Salvatore Arrigo-Manrique (Berowne, a nobleman)
This is Salvatore's fourth production at the Heights. He previously acted in Twelve Angry Men and was part of the stage crew in Our Neighborhood and The Insect Play. He enjoys studying Math, History, and Science at school. In his spare time, he likes to read and play board games and pool. As a (somewhat) fun fact, his father, grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grandfather were also named Salvatore. Also if large noses don’t bother you, then Salvatore is the actor for the job! He also enjoys long walks on the beach and Pina Coladas.
Logan Austin (Boyet)
Logan Austin is junior in high school, who has been enjoying his Liberal Arts education for seven years. He has participated in four previous plays, three times as stage manager and once as a confused mailman with very wrinkled pants. He enjoys staring at walls, professional cup-stacking (Which can get quite heated mind you), and being Gotham’s reckoning. He was also born in the shadows.
Devon Bogucki (Rosaline, lady-in-waiting)
Devon is a Senior at Oakcrest has been involved in oakcrest theater for 5 years. Some of her notable roles have been Amy in Little Women, Sponge in James and the Giant Peach, and most recently Rosaline in Love’s Labour’s Lost. In her free time she enjoys playing sports, making art, driving, and spending time with dogs, family, and friends. She is thrilled to have been part of this year’s virtual Heights production and plans to continue theater in college.
Heidi Burke (Jaquenetta)
Heidi Burke is the second of a family of six. She has had experience with Shakespearean acting before, and has been in Oakcrest school theater productions in the past. She loves singing, music writing, script writing, and guitar. She also loves musical theater, rock climbing, tubing, skimboarding, and driving her three siblings up the wall. She has two dogs named Whiskey and Fergus and aspires to own a fish. She goes to Oakcrest School in Vienna.
Sam Desalle (Longaville, a nobleman)
This is his first play with the Heights Drama group. He is a Junior. He his identifiable by his crazy hair that may be cut by the time of the play or cleverly hidden beneath a wig. He was convinced to join by the play by his friends who have been several other productions playing major characters. He has three cats that often show up during rehearsal and walk across the camera. He enjoys reading, listening to music, and making his own music. He has enjoyed the fun of being a play.
Patrick Dunn (A Lord, Understudy (Armado et al.))
Patrick Dunn is a freshman at The Heights. He played Lysander in the lower and middle school’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Mr. B in their production of A Door in the Woods. He enjoys skiing, biking and baseball.
Sam Hatch (Holofernes, a scholar)
Sam Hatch is one of seven siblings; he has attended The Heights since third grade, and is currently a freshman. Sam is a two sport athlete (basketball and baseball), and also climbs for fun. He performed in the GGT Theatre radio plays this past summer. Sam was a Tower Fool during middle school, acting Mr. L in Mikey’s Dragon and serving as a student director for The Door in the Woods. Love’s Labours Lost will be Sam’s first Shakespearean production, as well as his first with the Omnibus Players.
Michael Kish (Don Adriano de Armado)
Michael Kish is a junior currently attending the Heights School. He has been at the heights since the 7th Grade, and has participated in drama in one form or another every year. Michael played the Vagrant in the Insect Play, Bottom in a Midsummer Night’s dream, Juror 10 in 12 Angry Men, and most recently Don Adriano de Armado in Love’s Labour's Lost. He wants to be a writer, and has written two plays, one of which is going to be performed as the Heights Drama Senior project. In his free time, Michael writes every day, and is the founder and President of the Advanced Computer Science Club.
Alex Kreins (Costard, a rustic)
Love Labour’s Lost will be Alex Kreins’s eleventh performance at The Heights. He has previously played in Twelve Angry Men, The Insect Play, Macbeth, And Then There Were None, and more. Alex is excited to give his performance of Costard. Alex will be applying to colleges for a degree in audio engineering. When not on stage, Alex enjoys video games and mountain biking.
Alex Lee (Moth)
Alex Lee is 13 years old and in the 8th grade at The Heights School. His experiences include both drama and piano performance. He performed as Kevin in The Tower Fools’ production of The Magic Door in 2019. As a result, sometimes people call him “Kevin”! He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Manhattan School of Music, Kimmel Center, and the Hungarian Embassy, upon winning piano competitions. He has also won piano composition competitions. He plays trombone in The Heights’ Symphonic Band. Alex greatly enjoys surf fishing. He looks forward to participating in and contributing to The Omnibus Players!
David Maxham (Constable Dull)
David is in eighth grade at the Heights, where he appeared as Mr. L. in The Door In The Woods. He loves acting, reading, and making up stories for his seven siblings. He enjoys tennis, rugby, tasty food, The Heights, and Magic The Gathering, which is the main topic of interest at the game club he runs.
James Murphy (Dumain)
James Murphy’s experience in the drama department involved the writing of the new middle school play with some friends last year. He is a fan of Lacrosse, Rugby, Surfing the New York Giants (unfortunately), anything to do with the ocean and his beloved chinchilla, who was unanimously voted the play mascot.
Anna O'Malley (Maria)
Anna O'Malley is a senior at Duxbury High School in Massachusetts. She has appeared onstage as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet. Although she's a theatre enthusiast, Anna's first love is music so she has supported her high school musicals by playing the flute and piccolo in the pit orchestra for Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and Les Miserables. She also participates in her school's jazz and pep bands. Anna is excited to be part of this production because she lives in Massachusetts and loves the idea of connecting with students across the states through the arts!
Zayd Patel (Mercade)
Zayd Patel is an 8th grader at The Heights. He served as the stage manager of the Lower School production of Mikey’s Dragon, but he is making his acting debut in this production. His main interest outside of regular classes is debate. He debates on the regional and national circuits, and greatly enjoys it. He also maintains a passion for math. He plays oboe in the Symphonic Band at the Heights and outside of school, and plays piano for the Middle School jazz band. Zayd enjoys playing golf and tennis.
Ava Quaale (Princess of France)
Ava is delighted to partake in the Heights School's Love Labor's Lost this year! A senior at Oakcrest school, she first performed Shakespeare through the National Shakespeare monologue competition. Love Labor's Lost is her first full-length Shakespeare play. She is excited to share this story virtually. She is thankful for the hard work and creativity of our cast and crew, and would like to thank her wonderful family and friends for their loving support.
Peter Schindler (Sir Nathaniel, a curate)
Peter is in 11th grade. He has been in the plays Our Neighborhood and the Insect Play at the Heights. He enjoys drama, as well as hiking, visiting battlefields, historic sites, and national parks
Katiebelle Thompson (Katherine, lady-in-waiting)
Katiebelle is a senior at Oakcrest school. She's never done a zoom play before, though she has been in several live plays, including The Wizard of Oz and Bye Bye Birdie. She likes sharks, board games, and fun facts. Her fun fact for the audience is that across all his plays, Shakespeare named four characters Katharine, including the Lady in waiting in Love's Labour's Lost. Enjoy the show!
Stas Yaceczko (Forester (u/s Moth, Costard))
Stanislaus hails from Laurel, MD, and is a freshman at the Heights. In his free time, he studies Tolkien’s invented languages, solves mysteries before the detective in the book, and plays so-called “nerdy” games such as D&D and Magic the Gathering. Staš’ previous acting inexperience is limited to Learning in Bottom’s Dream (a heavily adapted version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Mikey in Mikey’s Dragon, and George in The Door in the Woods, the latter two by our very own Mr. Tom Longano.