Siobhan

Hi! I'm Cecília Carollo, but also go by Ceci! I'm 21 years old, born in Brazil, and have been with the performing arts since I was 3. I grew up singing, acting, and dancing on the stage. Being a storyteller artist, I came to New York to study Musical Theatre at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA), and share my views in my character work. Some of my work includes Helena from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Imelda Rivera in an adaptation of COCO, and The Queen of Hearts from Alice In Wonderland. My hobbies include: bursting into random songs, drawing, playing the piano, reading tarot cards, and drinking coffee ☕️ .

Maurya

Mezzo-soprano Christine Duncan has always been fascinated by the voice and all the different ways it can sound, convey emotion, and tell a story. Trained simultaneously in classical, world folk and musical theater, she has developed a passion for a diversity of vocal styles and projects that cross genre boundaries. Her pursuit of vocal performance has led Christine to work with companies such as Grammy-winning Odyssey Opera/Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Beth Morrison/White Snake Projects, New Amsterdam Opera, The Center for Contemporary Opera, Fresh Squeezed Opera, Astoria Music Festival and the Narnia Festival. Favorite recent roles include The Witch in Into The Woods (Off-Brand Opera), La Principessa in Suor Angelica (Narnia Festival) and Nemine in Captain (Susanna Payne-Passmore/University of Oregon). Christine is a founding member of Off-Brand Opera and thrilled to embark on another exciting project with this amazing musical family!

Bartley

Sam is thrilled to make his NYC and Off-Brand Opera debut in Riders to the Sea. A recent graduate of Syracuse University (BFA MT), he performed last summer as a vocalist in the production cast of Norwegian’s RSS Explorer cruise ship. In April, he played the role of “Logan Leibowitz” in Farmers Alley Theatre’s comedy, Chicken & Biscuits. Other credits include: Grumpy Old Men: the Musical (Onstage swing) at Plaza Theatricals, A Grand Night for Singing (Man 5) at SU Dept. of Drama, Walmart Live with TBA Global, and a chorus member in MCP's Parade and The Secret Garden at Lincoln Centre (conducted by Jason Robert Brown and Michael Kosarin, respectively). He is so grateful to bring Bartley to life in this wonderful adaptation! samhoffman7.com @samsteven.h

Ailbhe

Sydney Kamel is an actress, singer, dancer who has trained with the Syracuse University Department of Drama for her BFA in Musical Theater, and she has additionally spent time training at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. She began story-telling at a young age, and since then, she has never been able to stop! During her time as a performer, Sydney has gained experience writing plays and writing original music for shows and albums, swinging and understudying, and she has gained experience in both on-stage and on-screen acting. Sydney is a huge believer in doing every small act with immense joy and love, and using the arts to lift others up and pursue the betterment of this world.

Nora

Michelle Pauker is an actress, singer-songwriter, and artist from Westport, CT. She was most recently seen performing her own tribute concert to Joni Mitchell, The Gallery, as part of Music at MoCA’s concert series. Past credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Idaho Shakespeare Festival), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Great Lakes Theatre Co.), Into The Woods (Forestburgh Playhouse). Michelle is grateful to the team at Off-brand Opera for creating a space where artists can embrace their curiosity, explore, collaborate, and push boundaries! www.MichellePauker.com

Cathleen

Camille Umoff is so excited to be a part of such a unique musical work. Recently, Camille originated the role of Renia Spiegel in the world premiere cast of Witnesses at the California Center for the Arts Escondido and played Tanja Visser in developmental workshops of the new musical Maiden Voyage. Other select theater credits include: How to Defend Yourself (Lincoln Center Reading, Ojai Playwrights Conference), Fun Home, Into the Woods, and She Loves Me (Yale University). On screen, she can be seen in the upcoming Mean Girls Musical and Cat Person, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. She will be pursuing an MFA in Acting at The Juilliard School starting in the Fall of 2023.

Director

George Abud is an Arab-American actor and director. Riders to the Sea marks his New York directorial debut. As an actor, he was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Nerd Face in Emojiland at The Duke on 42nd Street. On Broadway, he has originated roles in The Band’s Visit starring Katrina Lenk & Tony Shalhoub, for which he received a Daytime Emmy Award; as well as The Visit starring Chita Rivera & Roger Rees; featuring on both Original Broadway Cast Albums. Off-Broadway: The Beautiful Lady directed by Anne Bogart (La MaMa); Cornelia Street opposite Norbert Leo Butz, The Band’s Visit directed by David Cromer (Atlantic Theater Company); The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui opposite Raúl Esparza, Nathan The Wise opposite F. Murray Abraham, Ibsen’s Peer Gynt, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Allegro (Classic Stage Company); Lolita, My Love (York Theatre Company). Regional: Lempicka directed by Rachel Chavkin (Craig Noel Award nom., La Jolla Playhouse), August Rush directed by John Doyle (Paramount Theatre); Annie Get Your Gun directed by Sarna Lapine (Bay Street Theater); and Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Geva Theatre Center).

Adaptor & Dramaturg

Phoebe Corde (she/her) is a dramaturg, writer, and illustrator from Westport, Connecticut, specializing in stories of the strange, magical, and otherworldly. She is currently Resident Dramaturg at The Civilians, an investigative theater company based in Brooklyn, NY, where she is director of their artistic development group, the R&D Group. She was previously New Work Development Assistant at The Public Theater, where she provided dramaturgical notes and creative support to shows like Ain’t No Mo’, Wild Goose Dreams, and Disney’s Hercules. She has a BFA in Creative Writing from Connecticut College, where she was awarded the Sally Abrahms Prize in Fiction. https://phoebecorde.wixsite.com/portfolio

Clarum Sonum Conductor

Rider R. Foster (Conductor, Tenor) (he/him) studied at Westminster Choir College, and has performed with myriad prominent conductors, choirs, and orchestras. As both a conductor and a soloist, his professional engagements have included all manner of civic ensembles, professional recordings, various opera companies including New York City Opera, and a multitude of sacred music ensembles in the New York Metropolitan area. He is the founding director and conductor of Clarum Sonum, which is an entirely volunteer choir dedicated to the performance of new music and collaboratively enriching local music programs both sacred and secular.

Music Director & Adaptor

Jake Landau (he/him), b. 1995, is composer and music director based in New York City. His works have been performed by the New York Philharmonic, Houston Grand Opera, and headlining Broadway stars in venues as diverse as Carnegie Hall, Birdland Jazz Club, and the Royal Palace of Amsterdam. Select works of his have been published by G. Schirmer (Ayres, for SA and piano) and Edition Peters (Hardware Love, for orchestra). Landau is the youngest-ever winner of the Walter Hinrichsen Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; one of NYFOS’S (New York Festival of Song) “9 under 34” composers; a Clarendon Scholar of Oxford University; and an Extension-Division faculty member at Juilliard in New York, where he is based full-time. Landau is represented by UIA Talent Agency.

Assistant Director

Sadie Veach is thrilled to be making her directorial debut alongside her sweet “big brother” George. TV: Young Shira in Harlan Coben’s Shelter (Amazon Studios and MGM); Sienna Barton in Law and Order (S22 E18); Sadie can also be seen as Whitney in the feature film Lucy and Whitney, and various shorts. Theatre: Shay in Fish in a Tree (NYCCT); Cassius in Julius Caesar; Grusha in Caucasian Chalk Circle; Caroline Bingley in Pride and Prejudice; and Ralph in Lord of the Flies (Brigham Young University). Sadie also participated in developing work at New York Stage and Film with George this past Summer.