Evan Turissini (video performer) is a long-time fan of the work of Underground Railway Theater, and is elated to make his debut with the company in Vanity Fair. Acting credits include: The View UpStairs [u/s, performed], Every Brilliant Thing [u/s, performed] (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing (Shit-Faced Shakespeare/Magnificent Bastard Productions); Twelfth Night, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment (Moonbox Productions); Three Sisters (Apollinaire Theatre Company); Julius Caesar, Incident at Vichy (Praxis Stage Company); Trapped (Strange News Theatre); Same River (Strike Anywhere Movement Ensemble); and more. Evan Turissini is the artistic director of Acropolis Stage Company, where he recently directed their inaugural production of Cherry Docs. By day, Evan serves as the Creative Services Associate for SpeakEasy Stage.

Josephine Moshiri Elwood* (Pat) is excited to return to Central Square Theater after appearing in Vanity Fair. Regional: JOB, English, People, Places, & Things, Hand to God, The Whale (SpeakEasy Stage), Our Town (Lyric Stage), Someone Will Remember Us (Trinity Rep), Emma, Othello, God’s Ear (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), Wish You Were Here (Gloucester Stage), The Band’s Visit (Huntington/SpeakEasy), Prayer for the French Republic (Huntington Theatre), Onegin, Gabriel (Greater Boston Stage), Old Money (Commonwealth Shakespeare), Long Ago and Far Away, The Cherry Orchard (Walking the dog Theatre). Film/TV: “Nos4A2,” The Immigrant. Josephine holds a BFA in Acting from Emerson College.

Malikah McHerrin-Cobb (Amelia Sedley) Central Square Theater: debut;  Malikah has appeared in a number of roles in Regional Theatre including Zoe, from The Niceties at The New Hampshire Theatre Project, and The Prince/Balthazar, in Romeo + Juliet at Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. She wants to thank God, family, and friends for always being so supportive of the journey and process! Follow @thesouthernboheme

Karina Wen (Mercy Lewis) Central Square Theater: debut; Recent credits include Pacific Overtures (Lyric Stage), The Joy Luck Club (The Umbrella Stage Company), Bye Bye Birdie, Guys and Dolls, and A Chorus Line (Priscilla Beach Theatre). Karina spent this past summer as an artistic intern at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, New Jersey. Originally from Lexington, she is currently in her final year at Brandeis University, majoring in theater and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies.

August 2019

Randolph Curtis Rand (Reverend Samuel Parris)  Central Square Theater: debut; Randolph is a theatre artist, working in design, directing, teaching, and performance. He has appeared with many artists throughout the country, and abroad, including: Bedlam, Burning Coal Theatre (NC), Joseph Chaikin, Compagnia de’ Colombari, Elevator Repair Service, Richard Foreman, The Foundry,  Meredith Monk, Not Man Apart (CA) Pig Iron Theatre, The Rude Mechs, The Talking Band, Target- Margin, and The Wooster Group to name a few, and in many institutions like Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Adelaide Festival, Carnegie Hall, The Cockpit (UK), The Duke Ellington School of the Arts, The Public Theatres (New York, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh), The Kitchen, La Mama, Lincoln Center, The Meltdown Festival (UK), Naropa University, NYU Tisch School of the Arts (Both the Graduate Acting School, and Undergraduate Theatre),  On the Boards, The Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, P.S. 122, UCLA, University of the Arts, The Walker, and The Wexner among many others.

August 2019