The Last Astronaut
A Los Angeles Tragicomedy
Written by: Raúl Ramón Bencomo
Directed by: Christopher J. Salazar
Raúl Ramón Bencomo (Ray/playwright) has been hanging in there for 27 years. Originally from New Orleans, he split time in college between Auburn and Tulane University where he graduated with a degree in Political Science. Best known for getting asked to leave from the school that took him in after hurricane Katrina, and taking the LSAT, getting into law school and never going. He began taking one night a week acting classes 3 years ago at ACT; acting for the first time since second grade. Since then, his work includes: To Sleep and Dream (Theater Rhino); Andronicus (Coeurage) Orphans (Kentwood players); To Kill A Mockingbird, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and upcoming in Titus Andronicus (Theatricum Botanicum), and As You Like It (Culver City Shakes). This is his first endeavor as a playwright.
Megan Therese Rippey* (Wendy) is a Baltimore-born actor with
