Becky Bass, (Company) (she/her) hailing from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, is delighted to make her debut with The Front Porch Arts Collective and Central Square Theater! Off-Broadway: Yermedea at LaMaMa Theatre. Favorite Regional Credits: Once on this Island with SpeakEasy; A Night with Lady Day (Billie Holiday); Hairspray (Motormouth Maybelle); RENT (Mrs. Jefferson/Blanket Lady); Aida (Nehebka). Commercials: AAA; Hulu; Kohl’s. A proud graduate of Brown University’s Theatre program where she received Brown’s Weston Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre. Becky has performed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., New York City’s Lincoln Center, and Chicago’s Underground Wonder Bar. She has also opened for and performed with many international Grammy & Emmy-Award winning artists, including Oumou Sangare, Damien Escobar, Daniel Roumain, and Wyclef Jean. When Becky is not acting or playing music, she is teaching music & theatre in her community because she believes giving back and mentoring youth are extremely important aspects of being an artist. She’s very thankful to her family and friends for their continued love and support. BeckyBass.com IG: @beckybassmusic (she/her/hers)

Anthony Pires, Jr.* (Dan) is excited to return to CST, having appeared last season in the 2023 Elliot Norton Award winning musical for Outstanding Musical Production Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Company) co-produced with Front Porch Arts Collective and GBSC. Anthony is a local Boston Actor and a 2-time Elliot Norton Award Winner. Recent credits, Addams Family (Fester), Matilda (Mr. Wormwood/Escapologist), Ragtime (Coalhouse) Wheelock Family Theatre, The Prom (Mr. Hawkins) SpeakEasy Stage, Preludes (Chalipan) Lyric Stage Boston Company, Passing Strange (Mr. Franklin/Joop/Hugo) Moonbox Productions, Hair (Hud) New Repertory Theatre. Special thanks to his friends and family for all the support!www.anthonypiresjr.com

*Member of Actor’s Equity Association

Lorraine Victoria Kanyike* (Adiaha Ufot) is a Boston-based theatre artist. Credits include:  Regional: Clyde’s (The Huntington), A Raisin in the Sun, DIASPORA! (New Repertory Theater), Chicken & Biscuits (The Front Porch Arts Collective), BLKS (Speakeasy Stage Company), JOHN DESERVES TO DIE (Fresh Ink Theater Company), The Colored Museum (The Umbrella Stage Company), Young Nerds of Color, Splash Hatch on the E Going Down (Central Square Theater/The Nora Theatre Company). Education: B.A. in Theatre Arts and African Studies from The University of Massachusetts – Boston. Lorraine would like to thank The Front Porch and CST for sharing such an amazing, intrinsically African story. AFRICA TO THE WORLD!  Instagram: @lorrainevictoria.kanyike. https://lorrainevkan.wixsite.com/lorrainekanyike

Caron Sujean Kim (u/s Chloe Chen) (she/her) is a sophomore at Harvard University, studying Sociology and pursuing a potential secondary in Theater, Dance, and Media or Music. She is a first-generation Korean American who loves to sing, dance, act, and write. Some of her most recent work in theater include the role of Vera in Central Square Theater’s ongoing workshop of The East Side and the role of Margot in the Harvard Student Arts Project’s Legally Blonde (Fall 2021). She is also Publicity Chair and a choreographer for the Harvard Asian American Dance Troupe. She is overjoyed to be joining the Young Nerds of Color team and would particularly like to thank Lee Mikeska Gardner, Debra Wise, and Director Dawn Simmons for this opportunity, as well as her family and friends for their never-ending support.