Zach Fike Hodges*, he/they (Louis Ironson) Zach returns to CST after opening Part One: Millennium Approaches last spring. This summer, he was featured in the world premiere of Jonathan Larson’s RENT in Concert alongside the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. International: The Censor (Hannah Khalil/London); non tutti i ladri vengono per nuocere (Dario Fo/Rome); Three Sisters (devised, Moscow) Off Broadway: Public Enemy (Pearl Theatre Co.); Paradiso: Chapter 1 Regional:Riddle of the Trilobites (CollaborationTown/Flint Rep); Twelfth Night, world premieres of The Book of Will and Kate Hamill’s Pride and Prejudice (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival) NYC: Love’s Labour’s Lost (The Acting Company); Leonce and Lena, Electra (Two Headed Rep); #SERIALS (The Flea) Film: A Fine Line. Zach’s one-person adaptation of Frank Wedekind’s Spring Awakening premiered off-Broadway as part of the United Solo Festival in 2016. Readings and workshops with Playwrights’ Center, Clubbed Thumb, National Black Theatre, New Georges, The Fire This Time Festival, The New Wild, LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, The Brick, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Directing credits include Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Chinatown Soup), {POE} Concept Album with The Culprits, and assistant to Eliza Baldi on John Christopher Jones’ Three Sisters. In addition to his work as an actor, Zach is a passionate teaching artist on staff at New York Theatre Workshop and the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. He chairs the Drama Department of the Academy summer program at The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, where he also teaches acting. Training: MA Acting – Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, BA – Fordham Theatre Program/Moscow Art Theatre School. Love to my beautiful family and friends, and a very special thank you to Tony Kushner for your words and for prophesying my playing this role a decade ago. For OPD + sdh ZFHodges.com @zfike
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Kari Buckley* (Harper Pitt) is delighted to return to Central Square after making her CST/Bedlam debut in Part 1 of this astonishing play. Most recently, Kari played Mimi in the New England premiere of Is Edward Snowden Single? with Bardo Theatre Company at The Players’ Ring. Other favorite roles include Callie in Stop Kiss, Nora in A Doll’s House, and Mandy in Time Stands Still. Kari is also in a Lifetime movie if you’re into that sort of thing! A million thanks to Eric for including her on this journey, the sweeties and her mom for the never ending support. Proud graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse. IG: @misskaribuckley
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Zowie Rico, they/them/theirs/she/her/hers (Community Connectivity Dramaturg) is a Senior at Boston University studying Classical Civilizations with a minor in English. She is a Latine artist who primarily works with the theater group they are the president of at BU. Through this theater group, called Wandering Minds, Zowie has directed three plays and has acted in eight. She is currently cast in her ninth production with Wandering Minds. The shows they have directed include: Peter/Wendy by Jeremy Bloom, The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, and Melancholy Play by Sarah Ruhl. She has also just finished directing the staged-reading of The Re-Education of Fernando Morales with Teatro Chelsea as a part of their third A-Tipico theater festival. Zowie has recently accepted her spot at the University of East London for their MFA Theater Directing program, and is excited to start there in the fall.
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Cristhian Mancinas-García, he/him/his (Dialect Coach) is excited to collaborate with Central Square Theater in Alma! He is a stage actor with over 20 years of experience in México, the US, and the UK. Most recently, he played Ed in Torch Song (Moonbox Productions) and Tommy in Grand Horizons (Gloucester Stage). When not on stage, Cristhian plays the role of Software Engineer for a financial firm in downtown Boston. www.CristhianMancinas.com
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Laurel Stenzler, she/her/hers (Sub Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to have an opportunity to sub as an ASM at Central Square Theater. She is a student at Northeastern University where she has a combined major of Theater and American Sign Language. She is also currently the production intern at Central Square Theater. Her recent credits include Set Design for Suessical as a part of NU Stage Musical Theater company as well as Assistant Set Designer and run crew for Into the Woods and Little Women as a part of NU Stage Musical theater company. She has also previously worked in the scene shop for the Northeastern Theater Department. She would like to thank her family and friends for their support.
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