Julia Wonkka, she/her (Properties Designer) Julia is a designer and theater-maker based in the Boston area and is thrilled to be returning to CST! Previous credits include – CST: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Your Town (Scenic/Props Designer), Her Portmanteau, Beyond Words, Machine Learning, Perestroika (Props Artisan), Umbrella Arts: The Counter (Scenic/Props Designer), The Spitfire Grill, The Minutes (Props/Set Dressing), Moonbox: Guts, Legally Blonde (Props Designer), American Repertory Theater: The Odyssey, Diary of a Tap Dancer, Gatsby, Evita (Stage Operations), The Hub: Tartuffe, Burn This (Props Master), Spindrift Theater: My Mama and the Full Scale Invasion (Scenic Designer), Emerson Stage: Are You Someone to Somebody? (Scenic/Props Designer), Three Romances… (Scenic Designer)

Ryan Rappaport (he/him/his) is a Boston-based actor, dramaturg, and theatre artist finding his way through the wild world of theatre. He is excited to be working as dramaturg for Angels in America, Part 2: Perestroika. Ryan is also serving as the newly-minted Connectivity Fellow here at CST. Ryan holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Western Connecticut State University, where he had the opportunity to facilitate the production of two new plays, Benjamin Colón’s Dognap on Dekalb (Assistant Director and Production Dramaturg) and John Nordt’s Night #3 (Dramaturg). Since graduating, Ryan has acted in CST’s YU reading of Super Happy Story in the summer of 2022. He has also been learning the art of playwriting and aspires to see a show of his own onstage someday.

Kayleigh Kane is a Boston-based intimacy professional and multi-disciplinary artist working in theater and film around New England, New York, and beyond. Select recent Intimacy Direction credits include Summer Stock (Goodspeed Musicals), Torch Song (Moonbox Productions), Dracula: a feminist revenge fantasy, really and Rent (Umbrella Stage Company), and The Moors (Entropy Theatre). She has provided intimacy support and education at higher education institutions, including Harvard University, Tufts University, Brandeis University, and more. Kayleigh also works frequently with improv theaters and experimental ensembles, implementing intimacy tools and safety protocols for consent-based improvised contact and physical play. She holds a certification in Intimacy Direction from IDC. In everything she does, Kayleigh is a joyful believer in pushing the boundaries of the artform while supporting the boundaries of the artists. Learn more at kayleighkane.com.

Ana Muñoz* (they/them) is thrilled to work with Central Square Theater for the first time. Ana is a theatre artist who especially enjoys working on Queer and Latine-centric stories, and they’re a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association. Previous credits include work at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (AL), Hippodrome State Theatre (FL), Cleveland Playhouse (OH), TheatreSquared (AR), and Trans Theatre Fest Madison (WI). Early career stage managers, let’s connect! IG: @anacammunoz. For my fiancé, Mars, the most fabulous creature I know.

Athéna-Gwendolyn Baptiste*, (Assistant Stage Manager) They|Them|Theirs is a Trinidadian-American musician, actor, and stage manager in Greater Boston. Some stage management credits include: Breath and Imagination, The Cake (Lyric Stage Company of Boston), Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Next to Normal (Central Square Theater), Diaspora, A Raisin in the Sun, The Normal Heart (New Repertory Theatre), King Hedley II (Actor Shakespeare Project) The Banned Ballet, Tales from the Crips (Abilities Dance Boston). Some performance credits: Madame White Snake (Opera Boston), Midwinter Revels: Feast of Fools (Angel, Chorus, Dancer) The Selkie Girl and the Seal Woman (Selkie, Chorus, Dancer).