Rough Crossing

The Cast

 

Carlo Alban | LydiaCARLO ALBÁN (MISHA)

appeared in the world premiere of Lydia last year at Denver Center Theatre Company. His other theatre credits include References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot (The Public Theater), Dreamlandia (Dallas Theater Center), A Small Melodramatic Story (Labyrinth Theater Company/The Public Theater), All About Us (Westport Country Playhouse), Night of the Iguana (Guthrie Theater), and Ice Glen (Florida Stage). His autobiographical solo show Intríngulis, about his experiences growing up as an illegal immigrant, was produced by the Labyrinth Theater Company (of which he is a member) at The Public Theater. His film and television credits include Hurricane Streets, Hi Life, The Tavern, Strangers with Candy, Life Support, 21 Grams, Margaret, House of Buggin’, Law & Order, Touched by an Angel, Oz, the TNT original film Thicker Than Blood (ALMA Award nomination), Prison Break (recurring), and Sesame Street (series regular, 1992–97). Later this year he will appear opposite Alia Shawkat and Ellen Page in Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut, Whip It!.
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Christian Barillas | LydiaCHRISTIAN BARILLAS (ALVARO)

is making his Yale Repertory Theatre debut in the role he originated in the world premiere of Lydia at Denver Center Theatre Company. Most recently, he appeared in A Christmas Carol at South Coast Repertory. Other theatre credits include the west coast premiere of Sonia Flew (Laguna Playhouse); Cornerstone Theater Company’s As You Like It (Pasadena Playhouse); the west coast premiere of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Center Theatre Group); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello (Theatricum Botanicum); Vieux Carré (Ivy Substation); the title role in Anatol (Pacific Resident Theater Company, of which he is a member); The Tempest (Ark Theater Company); and The Beaux’ Stratagem. Film and television credits include The Appointment, Sabotage, Incitement, ’Til Parole Do Us Part, Without a Trace, Passions, The Playbook, and series regular for the pilot episode of I See You. He attended the University of North Carolina and received his MFA from UCLA, where he received the George Burns Fellowship in Comedy and the Jack Nicholson Prize in Acting. He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.
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Stephanie Beatriz | LydiaSTEPHANIE BEATRIZ (LYDIA)

appeared in this role in the world premiere of Lydia at Denver Center Theatre Company in 2008. Her other theatre roles include Catherine in A View from the Bridge directed by Libby Appel, Bianca in Othello directed by Lisa Peterson (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Rosa in Summer and Smoke directed by Michael Wilson (Paper Mill Playhouse, Hartford Stage); Erica in Hold Please (The Old Globe); Amazing Voice in The Adventures of Barrio Grrrl! (Summer Play Festival, New York); Matilde in The Clean House directed by Juliette Carrillo (TheatreWorks); Marela in Anna in The Tropics (Pittsburgh Public Theater); Maya and Yemaya in Yemaya’s Belly (Portland Stage Company); The Bitch in Misterioso-119 (Berkshire Theatre Festival); and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Theatreworks USA National Tour). Stephanie received her BFA from Stephens College.
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Armando Duran | LydiaARMANDO DURÁN (CLAUDIO)

has been a member of the acting company at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for ten
years, where his roles have included Antony in Antony and Cleopatra, Lorca in Lorca in a Green Dress, Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard, and Eddie Carbone in A View from the Bridge.
At Oregon Shakespeare, South Coast Repertory, Seattle Rep, and other theatres, his work has included world premieres by Howard Korder, Frank Galati, Luis Alfaro, and Pulitzer Prize winners Nilo Cruz and Robert Schenkkan. This spring, he will return to Oregon Shakespeare to play the title role in Octavio Solis’s new adaptation of Cervantes’s Don Quixote. He is delighted to be making his Yale Rep debut.
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Catalina Maynard | LydiaCATALINA MAYNARD (ROSA)

is making her Yale Rep debut. Her stage credits include the world premiere of Lydia directed by Juliette Carrillo (Denver Center Theatre Company); Electricidad directed by Lisa Peterson (Mark Taper Forum); Living Out directed by Armando Molina (TheatreWorks, Mixed Blood Theatre); Romeo and Juliet directed by Tony Plana (East LA Classic Theatre); La Gaviota directed by Glenn Paris (Ion Theatre LAB); Esperanza Rising directed by Rebecca Brown (Children’s Theatre Company); The Heart’s Desire directed by Patricia Troxel and The Imaginary Invalid directed by Roger DeLaurier (Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts). A native of San Diego, Ms. Maynard has also appeared in numerous productions at San Diego Repertory Theatre, including Hamlet, A Quiet Love, A Streetcar Named Desire, Burning Dreams, and Mummified Deer.
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Onahoua Rodriguez | LydiaONAHOUA RODRIGUEZ (CECI)

is thrilled to reprise the role of Ceci, which she originated in the play’s world premiere at Denver Center Theatre Company. Other theatre credits include The Bride in Blood Wedding directed by Mark Wing-Davey at La Jolla Playhouse, the role of Marela in Nilo Cruz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Anna in the Tropics directed by Juliette Carrillo at South Coast Repertory and directed by Nilo Cruz at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, followed by the world premiere of Mr. Cruz’s Beauty of the Father directed by Sharon Ott at Seattle Repertory Theatre. Various venues in New York City include INTAR, Repertorio Español, Theatre Row’s Beckett Theatre, and MCC Theater. Film work includes Rhythm of the Saints (Official Sundance Selection) and Love Song by Lucy Rodriguez. She has guest starred/recurred in various television shows including Cold Case, CSI, and Saving Grace; she is best known for playing Emolia on The Shield and most recently Mermex on Weeds.
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Tony Sancho | LydiaTONY SANCHO (RENE)

is making his Yale Rep debut. Tony is a proud ensemble member of Teatro Vista, the only Equity Latino theatre company in the Midwest. Based in Chicago, his previous theatre credits there include playing Ritchie Valens in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Drury Lane Theater Oakbrook Terrace and Water Tower Place), Lazado in the Teatro Vista production of Octavio Solis’s Dreamlandia (Victory Gardens Theater), Cheche in Nilo Cruz’s Anna in the Tropics (Goodman Theatre), as well as productions at Remy Bumppo, The Journeymen Theater Company, and Pegasus Players. His film and television credits include the award-winning On the Downlow and the 300th episode of ER.
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The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.