About the Project
A new play by 2025 Best Dramatic Theatre Nominee, Dionysius Vlachos.
Saturday June 6th – 7:30PM
Sunday June 14th – 11PM
Tuesday June 16th – 11PM
Wednesday June 17th – 5pm
Friday June 26th – 5pm
The Broadwater Mainstage
An examination of racism, sexism, and classism in vertical microdramas. When the sensibilities of a Chinese production crew clash with their American actors, a dayplayer’s innocent conversation about acting with the male lead threatens to derail the entire production.
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Alex L, Nick P, Nick W, Joe M, David Z, Imran C, Tim L, Dealz, Francesco M, Albob, Dee V, and 2025 2x League Champ Jon-Paul C
Cast:
Richmond Keeling as Noah – The Male Lead
Alison Iles as Sarah – The Female Lead
Nina Rancel as Mariela – The Dayplayer
Risa Hayase as Yinou – The Client
Mai Yang as Chloe – The Casting Director
Stan Zhu as Yang – The Director
Ruixue Chen as Raine – The Scripty
Jove Wang as Andy – The DP
Lonnie Sugarman as Tony – The Supporting
Mara Weisband as Dalia – The Supporting
Nick Enea as Kyle/Brock – Bodyguard 1/The Superstar
Anoop Surya as Jayant – Bodyguard 2
Dionysius Vlachos as Steve – Bodyguard 3
Bios:
Dionysius Vlachos
Dee is a writer/actor from the Philadelphia suburbs. He received his undergraduate degree from Penn State and his masters from Savannah College of Art and Design. His first play “My Tiger” premiered at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2025 where it was nominated for Best Dramatic Theatre. The play had an extended run with the Write Act Repretory at the Brickhouse Theatre. My Tiger explored his upbringing as a mixed race Asian American. He currently works as an audio engineer for Warner Bros Studios. You can also find him on his YouTube channel “Courageous Eater”, where he explores interesting restaurants around Los Angeles.
Nina Rancel
Nina Rancel is an award-winning film, TV and theater actress from Venezuela who loves being an actor with her whole heart.
Richmond Keeling
Richmond Keeling is an actor from Houston, Texas. He spends his time acting in small soap operas and performing as an extra in larger productions. Richmond is excited to be a part of all things creative and to help others bring their visions to life.
Alison Iles
Alison Iles is a Peruvian-American Actress and Singer based in Los Angeles. With years of experience at Speiser Sturges, Lesly Kahn, and Berg Studios, Alison has produced and acted in several short and feature films. You can see Alison in Glass Casa, on AppleTV and other streaming platforms.
Stan Zhu
Stan Zhu is an actor based in Los Angeles, originally from Chengdu, China. Stan has graduated from the Performing Arts Program at Savannah College of Art and Design. He has performed in over fifty films and several plays, including Moonlake, Kill the Roses, Cannibal: The Musical, and Marian: the True Tale of Robin Hood. Stan has won four acting awards and his work has gotten into multiple international film festivals, including China Golden Rooster Award, Lift-Off Tokyo, and Los Angeles Shorts.
Anoop Surya
Anoop Surya is an Indian actor based in the United States who holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from The University of Alabama in Huntsville. His recent television credits include co-starring and guest starring roles on Atlanta, Cobra Kai, Snake Oil, The First Lady, and Class of ’09, as well as a series regular role on Operation Fernsby, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. His film credits include Mirror Mirror and GENESIS 1.0, for which he also received two Telly Awards.
Mara Weisband
Mara Weisband is an actor, writer, and comedian who has performed at The Comedy Store, The Comedy Cellar, Dangerfield’s, and other notable clubs across the country. Her one-woman show Poached debuted at the 2025 Hollywood Fringe Festival, earning an Adelaide Fringe Festival Exchange Award nomination, and will next be performed at The Blue Door for the Athena Festival (April 26, 2026). She appeared as Kristine Linde in A Doll’s House at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and has trained extensively in improv at UCB (NY/LA), Second City Hollywood, and musical improv at the Leela Theatre Company (SF). With a background in psychology, she loves to dissect life’s most serious and uncomfortable moments—and turn them into something we can all laugh at… while we process.
Lonnie Sugarman
Lonnie Sugarman is a SAG Actor who’s about to embark on his 2nd Hollywood Fring project and is his 3rd stage production of the year.
He’s been busy with a variety of projects and still manages to put up scenes at his theatre school, Beverly Hills Playhouse, which he has been enrolled in since 2022.
He loves to cook, has an extensive athletic background, and loves to help kids find their way.
Nick Enea
Originally from San Jose, Nick took the scenic route to LA with a three year stop at UC Santa Barbara, a few stamps in the passport, and plenty of lessons along the way. Nick is a proud member of Arts for Change, a nonprofit touring troupe that brings Holocaust education to schools and the public through the play SURVIVORS by Wendy Kout. He has performed at local theaters including La Mirada Theatre, Santa Barbara’s Ensemble Theater Company, Long Beach Shakespeare and the Temporal Refugee Foundation based in Silverlake. He’s been fortunate to perform internationally with the Verona Shakespeare Fringe Festival in Italy and Prague Shakespeare Company in the Czech Republic. This will be Nick’s SECOND Hollywood Fringe and he is looking forward to meeting and collaborating with new people.
Risa Hayase
Risa Hayase is an actor based in Los Angeles, originally from Japan. After appearing in multiple independent films and theater productions in Tokyo, she decided to take a leap into a new world and moved to the United States on her own. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Theater from UC San Diego and relocated to Los Angeles, where she has continued to appear in films and stage productions. This is her first Hollywood Fringe Festival, and she is beyond excited to be making her debut in The Vertical and to meet and collaborate with an incredible new community of artists. Beyond the screen and stage, Risa is also a TikTok live performer, collaborating with people from around the world and building connections that transcend culture and borders. She also brings joy to children and live audiences through dance and performance at parties and holiday events.
Jove Wang
Jove Wang is an actor born and raised in Colorado. He tossed himself into acting after being fed up with his stage fright and fell in love with it. Originally starting in theatre he continued on to do speech and debate prioritizing speech.
He would eventually go to the University of Miami where he began his film acting journey. It was there he was encouraged my friends and teachers to pursue acting, which resulted in him moving to Los Angeles where he has been partaking in short films and other projects ever since.
He has played 16 different sports and loves challenging himself with new things.
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