Alexa Rosengaus (Maria) is an actress and writer from Mexico City. She trained at London drama schools Rose Bruford College and LAMDA. Credits in LA include the Beetlejuice immersive experience and Petra in A Little Night Music (Greenway Court Theatre). Other credits include Cinderella in Into The Woods, Eponine in Les Miserables, and Maria in The Sound of Music. She is so thrilled to be joining the Nocturne Theatre family!

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Jordan Iousa Taylor (Tony) Hi everyone, my name is Jordan, and I want to thank you for coming to see our show! This production has been magical, and that's largely due to everyone involved being truly wonderful and inspiring to work with. I'd like to spotlight someone specific: my Mom. I was 6 when she showed me the original movie, and it's been a favorite ever since. This is for you Mom: for your energy, your support, your devotion, and the unconditional love you continue to show thank you for being a core inspiration for me. Enjoy the show!​

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JETS

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Jesse Graham (Riff) is excited to be making his Nocturne Theater debut! He has worked up and down the west and Central Coast of California with companies such as; PCPA, The Solvang Theater Festival, Sierra Repertory Theater, SLO REP, The Rubicon Theater, La Mirada Theater, The Givens Theater (NC), and The Great American Melodrama. He graduated from PCPA Conservatory and resides in Ventura CA. With over eleven years of dance training experience, Jesse is also a musician, songwriter and releases his own music out on all streaming platforms under artist name “SESPE”. Thank you to my mom, dad and family for all their love and support. All glory to God. @sespemusic_

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Kong Vang (Action) (he/him) Originally from Colorado, Kong is thrilled to be making his Nocturne debut! Credits: Educational Tour (Musical Theatre West); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Casa 0101 Theatre); Crutchie, Disney’s Newsies the Musical (Town Hall Arts Center); Prince Topher & Jean-Michel U/S, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (The Candlelight); Something Rotten (BDT Stage); Disney’s Freaky Friday the Musical (Aurora Fox Arts Center). BFA Musical Theatre, AMDA LA. All of his gratitude to his family, friends, and Jill Cannon Nguyen for their endless love and support! #HmongRepresentation #AAPIRepresentation @kongpvang

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Patrick Fitzsimmons (Big Deal) is excited to return from his acting hiatus. As a child, Patrick has been in numerous shows such as Dill in multiple productions of “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Tom of Warwick in Glendale Center Theatre’s production of “Camelot”, as well as appeared in multiple commercials and tv shows. Patrick is a classically trained ballet dancer, and for the past several years, has been performing/touring with Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre and Anaheim Ballet. He has appeared as Arthur in PDBT’s production of “Little Match Girl”, Chinese Tea in PBDT’s production of “The Nutcracker” and English Toffee in Anaheim Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker.

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Robbie Mero Canevari (Baby John) began his dance training as a teenager: first with jazz, then evolving into a serious study of modern, contemporary, and ballet. He attended the Nevada City Ballet Academy and the Holt Ballet Conservatory, later joining the modern dance company "The Movement Alliance" as their classical artist in residence. Additionally, Robbie is an author; his debut poetry collection "As Wounds Love Salt" released in Spring of 2023; with his second book due this winter. He would like to thank his parents, siblings, extended family & friends for their rapturous and continual support!

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Carson Christ (A-Rab) is a performer based in Los Angeles CA and is a graduate of AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts in L.A. with a BFA in Music Theatre. Recent credits: Alice by Heart (Out of the Box Theatre Company) Footloose (Panic Productions) R&H Carousel (Opera SLO) Pup! A Chew Story (The Montalbán Theatre), Ronna Llama & Ready Player Three (MTW Ed-Outreach Tour),  Little Women (AMDA), The Spitfire Grill (AMDA) and 9 to 5 The Musical (AMDA) Recently a scare actor at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights. Enjoy the Show!  IG: cchrist_929_

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Sam Tilley (Anybodys) is a dancer and actress located in Los Angeles, California. She studied dance at the University at Buffalo and graduated in 2022. After graduating, she performed in an excerpt of Nocturnas with the Edgar Cortes Dance Theatre. Since arriving in LA, she has performed in House of Spirits (The Nocturne Theatre), Into the Woods (Milky White), Beauty and the Beast (Silly Girl/Dancer) and Madam Scrooge (Dance Captain). Sam is so excited to be a part of this production of West Side Story! IG: _SamTilley_ 

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Dani Yousefivand (Graziella) is a Los Angeles native of Iranian/American heritage. She has 15 years of experience in Jazz, Contemporary, Modern, and Hip Hop. She holds a B.A. in Dance and a B.S. in Kinesiology from Cal State University, Long Beach. After her undergraduate education, Dani furthered her training by specializing in new performance styles: Bellydance, fire dance, and aerial arts. She teaches dance and fitness at Sony Pictures Studios and LA Bellydance Academy; Dani is a resident performer with Bellydancers Orange County and Mosaique Dance Company. This is her first production with Nocturne Theatre.​

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Nicole Geis (Velma) grew up training and dancing competitively in Orange County, California specializing in jazz, jazz funk, contemporary, musical theatre and hip hop. She attended college at San Diego State University and was a member of the dance team. Following college, she danced for the Los Angeles Laker Girls for 3 seasons and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in commercial dance as well as theatre and has since danced in several music videos. Theme park credits include Parade Performer in Mickey's Soundsational Parade at Disneyland Resort and Ensemble Dancer in 3 different stage shows at Knott's Berry Farm.

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SHARKS

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Zachary Balagot (Bernardo) (They/Them) is thrilled to join this amazing company. They trained at and attended Orange County School of the Arts. They have been dancing for 22 years in tap, hip hop, jazz, and ballet. Their favorite roles include; Matt in the Fantasticks, Riff Raff in Rocky Horror, Nicky/Trekkie in Avenue Q, Sonny in In the Heights, Angel in Rent, and Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. They would like to thank their family and friends for their endless love and support. 

 

Liana Rose  Vertudela (Anita) (She/they) is a California-grown Mexican-Peruvian artist who graduated from UC Irvine with her BFA in Music Theatre. Some of her favorite roles include Cakehead/Cristina in The Refugee Hotel, Paulina in A Winter’s Tale (Sontag Greek Theatre). Most recently, she played the Witch in Into the Woods (The Nocturne Theatre), and Carla in In the Heights (Lewis Family Playhouse). She's so happy to return to the Nocturne Theatre for this iconic show. She'd like to thank the dedicated team for their hard work, and her family and support system for their love. 

@lianacat  

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Jewell Valentin (Chino) is an actor, producer, and writer, originally from Greenville, South Carolina.  He excited to be back at Nocturne (previously seen in Cabaret, Hunchback of Notre Dame, and House of Spirits).  He has performed throughout including The Producers at Celebration Theatre (Leo Bloom), the Southern California tour of Charlottes Web(Templeton the Rat), and the National Tour of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer(Hermey). He would love to thank his family for their love and encouragement as he pursues his dreams. Shoutout to Jim Keith at MTA for the career/support! Follow him at @iamjewellvalentin for more info on his upcoming work.

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Lee Baladejo (Pepe) (they/he) is an LA-raised and based actor, director, and choreographer. A recent graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (‘24), since returning to LA Lee has become a member of Open Fist Theater Company, directed a staged reading of SUPERFAKE written by Aphrodite Armstrong at Company of Angels, and won indieXfest’s “Best Acting Duo” award for their performance in the short film Some Sorta Queer (dir. Rick Simone-Friedland). UNCSA Performance credits include Sebastian (Twelfth Night), Tobey (Sweeney Todd), and Oliver (As You Like It: The Musical). Learn more about them at LeeBaladejo.com and on insta @Leebaladejo.

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Kendre Scott (Luis) is ready to be a part of his first show at Nocturne as well as performing for the first time in the round. Rarely does Kendre get to act in a role representing his Puerto Rican side, so he is excited to do so in such a classic story and show. He'd like to thank his wife Gina for always pushing him to perform and do what he loves. His previous roles include Jack Kelly (Newsies at CTG Santa Clarita), Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors at ActingOut!), and Benny (In The Heights at Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center)

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Chelsea Piñero (Consuela) originally from NYC, Chelsea is very excited to make her Nocturne Theater debut! Her Off-Broadway and Regional New York theater credits include: Seussical (Jojo), The Wizard of Oz (Glinda), A Flea in her Ear (Lucienne), Three Sisters (Natasha), Cabaret (Kit Kat Klub Girl), Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Eloise/Dance Captain). She currently performs with The Dollface Dames and Nocturna Entertainment as a dancer, fire eater, and aerialist. You can also see her performing in the parades at Disneyland Resort. She wants to thank her family and friends for all their love and support. Special shoutout to Maurice, Beckett, and Ellie.​

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Kasey Hentz (Rosalia) is a dancer, singer, actress located in Los Angeles, California. She recently graduated with her BFA in Musical Theatre from AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts! After being in last year's Christmas production of Madam Scrooge she is thrilled to be returning to The Nocturne Theatre!! Kasey has been involved in a variety of musicals including Guys and Dolls, Drowsy Chaperone, Wizard of Oz and Little Women! She sends lots of love to her family and friends for constant support!! IG: kaseyhentz 

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ADULTS

 

Stamford Hill (Doc) is excited to be making his first appearance with the Nocturne
Theater. He has been performing in the Los Angeles area for more than 20 years.
Some of his favorite roles have been Herr Schultz in Cabaret, Florenz Ziegfeld in
Funny Girl, FDR in Annie, Vice Principal Panch in 25 th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee, Grandpa in Grumpy Old Men, the Musical and the Blind Hermit in Young
Frankenstein, the Musical. He thanks his wife, Marie, for her support and this
talented cast and staff for making this such an enjoyable experience.

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Joe Salling (Lt. Schrank/Glad Hand/Diesel) is a returning member of the Nocturne Theater, and close friend of Meyer2Meyer entertainment, with a shared production history dating back to 2014. After playing various dark, macabre characters in their yearly immersive production of House of Spirits, and Jekyll and Hyde in 2024, he is excited to return with a gambit of characters in West Side Story. In addition to musicals, Joe also works as an actor in film, immersive theater, and sketch comedy. Known as a versatile character actor, he has enjoyed juggling multiple roles in this production with the intensity of Lt. Schrank, the comedy of Gladhand, and Diesel, one of the rambunctious Jets.

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Justin Meyer (Officer Krupke) As an actor, Justin earned a degree in Musical Theatre Performance from Wagner College in NYC, performed in regional theatres across the country and on cruise ships all over the world.  He most recently performed as Poirot in Murder On The Orient Express at the Fort Peck Summer Theatre, played Bill in Madam Scrooge and was seen last season as Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde in Jekyll & Hyde.

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Meyer2Meyer Entertainment Owners: Justin & Melissa Meyer

Director: Justin Meyer

Choreographer: Melissa Schade

Associate Choreographer: Mackenzey Franklin

Music Director: Nolan Monsibay

Costume Designer: Koalani Walkoe

Scenic Design: Jay Michael Roberts

Lighting Designer: Justin Meyer

Assistant Lighting Designer: Micah Delhauer

Sound Engineer: Matt Merline

Stage Manager: Micah Delhauer

Scenic Builders: Jay Michael Roberts, David French

Show Captain: Sam Tilley

Meyer2Meyer Entertainment GM: Randi Stuart

Meyer2Meyer Entertainment Art Director: Tanya Cyr

Meyer2Meyer Entertainment Wardrobe Lead: Gavin Dietz

Casting By Meyer2Meyer Entertainment

Casting Assistant Brayden Hade