TINY EMPTY NEST Cast

Haneen Arafat Murphy (Claire Booker)
has spent most of her career as a performer behind the microphone, as a radio host in NYC and internationally, and as a commercial voice over actor--with clients including Ford, Pringles, Delta Air Lines, Wal-Mart and others. Haneen is thrilled to be a part of Tiny Empty Nest in the 2021 TRU Voices Reading Series, and appears onstage next in Twelfth Night with Chester Theater Group.
Raeanna Peacock (Susan/Phoebe)
is very excited to make her acting debut in Tiny Empty Nest. She has been involved in performances through high school, college and community theatre and has studied vocal performance for 11 years. She graduated from Fort Hays State University, with a Bachelor’s of Music Performance, in the winter of 2019. Raeanna’s accomplishments include performing Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living at Carnegie Hall, NYC and W.A. Mozart’s Requiem at the Dom Cathedral in Salzburg, Austria (along with performing in the Melk Abbey in Melk, Austria and St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, Austria). She was a finalist in the 2018 Rondelli Vocal Competition and every year through 2014-2018 in the West Central Regionals of the National Associations for Teachers of Singing Competition.
Mark J. Quiles (Ben Booker)
was recently seen as Secretary of Beth Midrash (Recurring) on the TV Series The Chosen (2021). During the recent quarantine, he also has performed in two Shakespeare Radio Drama’s ( Richard II and Julius Caesar) with Keith Hamilton Cobb, Jamie Bellard, and Patrick Page. Before the world closed down, he played Juror 11 in 12 Angry Men ( Company Theater Group) and the Ghost/ 1st Player/ Gravedigger in @Shakespeare’s inaugural production of Hamlet. New York: Salesman in Ah Wilderness and Harry, Milt and Melvin in The Fight (Storm Theatre/Sheen Center); Zeno, the Isaurian in Romulus The Great (Yangtze Repertory Company). Regional: Scrooge in Menken’s Christmas Carol (Bergen PAC and Wyckoff Family YMCA); Theo Maske in The Underpants (The Company Theatre Group); Aryeh Lev/ Jacob Kahn in My Name is Asher Lev (Palisades Players); Henry II in Lion in Winter (12 Mile West Theater); and Gmork in The Neverending Story (Growing Stage). Film/TV: The Joke (2021); Il Ritorno (2019); The Game (2019); Émigré (2019); Annie’s World (2017- C Squared Pictures); Red Stars of Brighton (2018 - Truth Artists Productions). Training: Anthony Robert Grasso/ Natalie Roy/ Susan G. Cohen/ Melinda Hall. Grateful for every Kairos moment and the support of his wife and family. Proud member of Actors Equity, AGVA and SAG-AFTRA! www.markjquiles.com Instagram @markjquiles
Jade Anderson (Chloe/Dean Evans/Radio Voice)
is absolutely thrilled to be a part of Tiny Empty Nest. She studied acting at Circle in the Square and Stella Adler Theatre Conservatories. Currently, she hosts the webseries RetroCirque on Youtube and will soon release a short film she stars in, co-wrote and produced with ReelEyez Productions. "So much love and thanks to TRU, Jesica and the phenomenal cast that put Tiny Empty Nest together! You guys ROCK! Xoxo" Follow Jade Anderson on YouTube or Jade-anderson.com