The Aria of Julie d’Aubigny,

CAROLINE ARONOFF (Moureau, Lady, U/S Mistress) is thrilled to be making her T@F debut, returning to the stage after a nearly 10-year hiatus! Some previous roles she has performed include Kate Monster in Avenue Q, Yonah in Children of Eden, and she originated the role of Piston in the original production of Hack, Punt, Tool. She would like to send a huge thank you to the cast and crew for giving her the opportunity to get back on a stage and welcoming her so warmly into the T@F community!

NOAH BABB (Gossip 1) is thrilled to make this show his T@F and Boston debut. Research scientist by day and drag show DJ by night, Noah’s done productions such as Little Shop of Horrors, Trail to Oregon, and most recently Sometimes the Rain Sometimes the Sea. You can find them next at midnight if you chant “The Game” three times into your mirror.

ZACH BAUER (Assistant House Manager) is excited to be involved in his first T@F production! In college he was involved with with Acting Out at Northeastern as an actor, writer, and director, and he is thrilled to finally be returning to the local theater community. During the day he works as a software engineer building medical tools.

ALY BRANCIFORTE (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to return to T@F after playing Stephano in The Tempest last spring. Aly is a 2016 graduate of Dean college with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre and stage management. When not at rehearsal, Aly can be found at Trader Joe’s or taking a nap with their cats.

CATHERINE BROMBERG (Rochois, Intendant, U/S Florensac) is beyond thrilled to be part of The Aria of Julie d’Aubigny! Previous T@F appearances include the Boatswain (The Tempest), Delores (The Impracticality of Modern Day Mastadons), Paula (The Magic Fire) and Claude (The Eagle and the Cactus). Favorite roles with the Post Meridian Radio Players include Mrs. Hudson (Mrs. Hudson Investigates!), Mrs. Hart (The Stolen Body), Professor Abra Van Helsing (The Van Helsing Chronicles), The Red Queen/Alice’s mother (Alice in Wonderland), and of course, Dr. Lenore "Bones" McCoy in PMRP’s gender-swapped Star Trek series. She also sings in Zdravets, a.k.a. Boston’s friendly neighborhood Bulgarian band. Catherine is especially grateful to her family and friends-who-are-also-family for their love, support and general awesomeness.

ELI BURRUS (Props Assistant) is proud to make The Aria of Julie d’Aubigny his first T@F show! He has also appeared as cast in several shows with the Post Meridian Radio Players, Quannapowitt Players, and various online voice acting projects. He loves to spend his spare time playing video games and snoozing with his two cats.

KATHY BEDARD (Gossip 3) is enjoying their first main stage with T@F, having been in festivals and 24-hour shows prior. Local acting endeavors include, The Spooky One-Act Play Festival (Mystic Players Revival), Puffs (TCS), Almost, Maine (TCS), Talking to Strangers (Burlington Players), Check Please (QP), and The Myling (PMRP). Behind the scenes, they have worked on stage managing & stage crew for productions including The Importance of Being Earnest (Vokes) and Mrs. Hawking (Breaking Light Productions). Outside of community theater they perform with two local dance troupes, doodle, and cosplay. Thanks for supporting this world premiere!

JUAN JOSÉ BOSCHETTI MUÑIZ (Assistant Sound Designer) is a Puertorican who has been doing Theatre in Boston since college! He is very excited to be sound assisting! Juan previously has done acting and sound design in many shows in the past such as AAPC Playfest (Sound), Romeo and Juliet (Paris), Festival@First: Love is Love (Sound), and The Impracticality of Modern-Day Mastodons (Buster). 

NICK CALOW (Lighting Designer) has worked with T@F for four years now, with his first production being Cherry Orchard. When he's not shining bright lights in people's faces, you can find him in the woods with the spirits.

CHRISTIAN CHOUMENKOVITCH (Gentleman, U/S Gossip 4) is thrilled to be making his debut at T@F. He has been doing theatre since the 6th grade and has loved it ever since. Previous credits include Little Stone (Eurydice), Ensemble (The Prom), Train Conductor/Hans/Ensemble (Cabaret), Billy Cane (Bright Star), and Smee (Peter/Wendy). When not doing theatre, Christian is an avid movie lover, who is pursuing a career in the film industry.

RICHIE DEJESUS (Fight Director, U/S d’Albert) is happy to be returning to T@F. He has performed in previous Festival@First shows and most recently Co-Directed Water By The Spoonful. Recent favorite credits include Aaron in First Date (CCP), Robert in The Play That Goes Wrong (Quannapowitt Players), Usnavi in In The Heights (Nashoba Players), and Horton in Seussical (Spotlight Playhouse). 

PETER DUERST (Director) is delighted to be working on his 9th production with T@F! Recent T@F credits include: A King and No King (Stage Manager), The Tempest (Antonio), None Escape (Assistant Director/Fight Choreographer), Water by the Spoonful (Co-Technical Director), and Festival@First 12 (Director of The Prince’s Shadow). He’s also worked in various off-stage roles with Dream Role Players, PMRP, Company One, and Boston Conservatory. Peter would like to thank more people than can be listed here: Monica Cross for writing this excellent script and entrusting its world premiere to us; the great people of T@F for giving him this opportunity and for bringing this story to life; and the friends and family who have supported him in ways big and small throughout this process. In particular, he wants to thank his wife Tal Scully for her constant support. After staying behind in Boston to direct this play, Peter is excited to be joining Tal in Europe at the end of June!

LAUREN ELIAS (Gossip 2) Selected credits include: T@F’s A King and No King, Hub Theatre’s The Bald Soprano & The Lesson, Tartuffe (Elliot Norton Award Nominee-Outstanding Actor/Outstanding Production), Into The Breeches! (Elliot Norton Award Nominee-Outstanding Production), Peter and the Starcatcher (IRNE Award Nominee-Best Play/Best Ensemble), Wit (IRNE Award nominee-Best Supporting Actress). She has also worked with Theatre UnCorked, Arlekin Player, Hovey Players, Dream Role Players, The Gold Dust Orphans and Commonwealth Shakespeare. Much love and gratitude to Peter and this amazing team for all their hard work and dedication.

HOLLIS (U/S Impresario, Costumes Assistant) is excited to be returning to the stage after a long break. They would like to thank their cat for his (reluctant) support.

SHANNON FAY (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be returning to a T@F production and working on their first show as ASM! Shan has experience with props design, show run crew, and set design/building for various community theater, high school, and college productions. Other theater experiences include performing in Lucky Stiff with Natick Players; Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood with T@F; and A Little Women Christmas with Colonial Chorus Players. When not hanging out in a theater you can find Shan working in architecture in Boston or painting. 

KRIS (Assistant Lighting Designer) has worked with T@F for multiple plays, including The Tempest, Festival and the night of short plays. He’s currently a Junior at UMASS Boston working towards a degree in Business Management and plans to use the knowledge to help bands tour and grow. He’s a disabled military Veteran who served 15 years in the Coast Guard. He moved up here in 2020 and has made Boston his home.

THERESA GRIFFIN (Gossip 5) is pleased to be working with T@F again, having previously appeared as Lyubov in The Cherry Orchard, Big Stone in Eurydice, and Scratch in Festival@First 12. Offstage, Theresa is a Medical Writer and child free cat lady. She would like to thank her friends and family for their support, the cast and crew for their amazing talent and hard work, and her husband, Matt, for his ongoing encouragement and love.

DAN GOLDEN (Assistant House Manager) has appeared previously at T@F as Keith Latimer (Web of Murder). By day, he works as a bioinformatician involved in biomedical and public health research. In his spare time, he plays Dungeons & Dragons as often as he can, and appears in the occasional play or musical at T@F or Arlington Friends of the Drama.

ARI HERBSTMAN (Dumesnil, Duke d’Orleans) has appeared in numerous T@F productions over the years, most recently as Dr. Moreau (None Escape). In his spare time, he enjoys playing TTRPGs with friends, walking his silly dog, and playing melodramatic video games. He would like to thank his brilliant daughters and beloved wife for allowing and encouraging him to participate in this crazy hobby.

EMILY ISAAC (Florensac) is thrilled to make her T@F debut! This is her second performance since moving to Massachusetts from Maryland, after Megan Jones (Puffs @ TCAN). In her 9-5 life, she works for Mass Audubon, and enjoys crafting, vegan baking, and hiking. She’d like to thank T@F for making Somerville feel even more like home.

ALINA ISHIZAKI (Technical Director) is delighted to be joining this talented Cast and Crew as the Technical Director for The Aria of Julie d’Aubigny. She has worked with T@F as Assistant Costume Designer (Marian, or the True Story of Robin Hood), Assistant Stage Manager (Festival 12: Love is Love), and Costume Designer (None Escape). Alina has also worked more recently as a Costume Designer for the Dream Role Players’ Scottish Play.

CAROLYN JONES (Costumes and Wigs Designer) has designed costumes for a number of T@F shows, including The Tempest, Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood, Double Bill, Macbeth, Hamlet, and The Magic Fire, as well as Comedy of Errors (Quannapowitt Players) and Twelfth Night (Dream Role Players). She appreciates the patience of her 2 1/2 cats while she’s been focused on this show, but promises them they can sleep on the piles of fabric again soon.

DELPHINE KAISER (Producer, French Consultant) is producing her fifth show with T@F after having participated in dozens of other shows in various other roles (most recently with T@F, coordinating props for The Tempest). She is so impressed by the magnitude of talent accumulated in this production, amazed by the beautiful artistry that her friends created, and generally excited to help bring this amazing story to life. She would like everyone to remember that a correct approximation of "d’Aubigny" is 🍞-🐝-🦵. She would like to thank Peter for bringing her along on this mad cap ride, her cat, Selene, for reminding her to take a break from sending emails to pet her, and her husband, Sam, for his love and support.

LAUREN KIMBALL (House Manager, U/S Gossip 3) is thrilled to be part of both the crew AND cast this time! You may have seen her onstage as part of the ensemble in T@F’s The Impracticality of Modern-Day Mastodons or 1/3 of a snow globe collection in this year’s Giving@First, or hanging in front of house at the box office & concessions tables as House Manager. She also serves as T@F’s Production Coordinator. 

TIMOTHY LACROIX MESERVE (d’Albert) has appeared at T@F as Sebastian (The Tempest), Swordsman (A King and no King) and a myriad of other characters during the Night of One Acts. Tim is thrilled to be back with T@F as d’Albert, and hopes you all enjoy the show!

XUAN LI LEONG (Stage Manager) is honored to be a part of this team. Every moment has been a joy, and she is continually impressed by everyone’s talent. Her favorite prop is the baguette. Shout out to her friends for coming to watch the show!

JAMIE LIN (Co-Dramaturg, Publicity Designer) is so happy to celebrate the biconic life of Julie with publicity design and history deep dives as co-dramaturg — thanks to Sam for being such an amazing teammate! She’s worn many Firstie hats over the years but most notably as EDI Coordinator. Offstage, she is a graphic designer, D&D gamemaster, and beloved underbutler to Tia 🐶.

TED OVERHOLT (King Louis XIV, d’Armagnac) has been active around local community theater for about a decade, most recently as the nefarious grand vizier in A King and No King.

ADDIE PATES (Gossip 4) is thrilled to be back in the basement—she was in previous T@F shows as Puma Woman in None Escape and Will Scarlett in Marian. She’s also a familiar face among Somerville’s Dream Roll Players: Witch in Macbeth and Buckingham in Richard III. Other favorite roles include Ted in Peter and the Starcatcher, #25 in The Wolves, and Ernst and Hanschen in Spring Awakening. When she’s not onstage, you can find her building sets, baking cookies at Quebrada Belmont, or pricking her thumb needle felting. Coming up, she’ll be onstage and behind the scenes in Singing in the Rain at Hackmatack Playhouse. Her many thanks to the cast and crew. Enjoy the show!

TYLER PELÁEZ (Impresario, U/S Gossip 1) is grateful to be making his T@F debut! Despite spending most of his life frozen with fear, he’s doing a thing that he’s been wanting to do for years! Quit your job, join a band, text your ex!!

PAMELA PETTERCHAK (Vocal Director, Composer) is joining Aria for her first T@F production. She previously vocal/music directed for MIT MTG (Spelling Bee, Assassins) and Weston Friendly Kids (Shrek Jr.). She has also performed in Heathers (Veronica), The Lightning Thief (Clarisse), and The Last Five Years (Cathy). When not in the theatre, Pamela works as a computer engineer, plays Dungeons & Dragons, and cross-stitches.

EMMA PICHT (Julie d’Aubigny) is delighted to return to T@F after performing as Trinculo in The Tempest last summer. Other local credits include a very Scottish landlord in PMRP’s The Man Who Could Work Miracles. Originally from Northeast Ohio, Emma has been performing at community and professional theaters for more than 15 years. She is delighted to have a show where she finally gets to put all that sword training to use (see it was a good investment Mom)! She is so grateful for the experience this show has provided her and how, since moving to Boston, the theater community has welcomed her with open arms. The biggest of thank yous to her family and wife for all the loving support. And to the cast—you all are genuinely the only reason I am able to look this cool on stage. 

ELIZABETH ROSS (Intimacy Director) is so pleased to be working on this wonderful show with all these amazing and talented folks! Most recently, Elizabeth has also done Intimacy Direction for T@F’s production of A King or No King and directed None Escape - The Island of Dr. Moreau. 

JAMES SCHEFFLER (Lead Carpenter, U/S Gentleman) most recently appeared as the Captain and the Dog Man (None Escape). Often helps as he’s able, for this show he’s the carpenter.

TAL SCULLY (Consulting Dance Choreographer) has about two decades of experience in ballet and other dance styles, and previously she has acted in T@F’s Festival@First 12 (Mabel in The Spirit of Goodwill). Tal currently lives in Vienna, Austria, where she studies how axolotl salamanders regenerate limbs. It has been a delight to contribute to this production from afar, and Tal is immensely proud of her husband, Peter, and everyone at T@F who brought this story to life.

EMMA SHARFF (Makeup Assistant) was newly appointed the role in this production, is very enthusiastic and loves theatre. In her spare time she is a tech consultant that loves to read and cook.

AMELIA SMITH (Mistress, U/S Julie d’Aubigny) is so grateful to be performing with T@F for the fourth time in this particularly special and ambitious show! Other recent credits include A King and No King, None Escape (T@F), and Macbeth (Dream Role Players). Offstage, Amelia works as an engineer at a nuclear fusion company and will talk endlessly about magnets and plasma. Huge thanks to this incredible cast and crew, my favorite Julie (Emma), and my favorite Divas (Robert and the cats). So much love and gratitude to Peter.

ARI SYLVIN (Makeup Assistant) has appeared on stage numerous times with T@F (Agnes in She Kills Monsters, Radius in RUR, Talthybius in Trojan Women) in years past, but this time around they are helping to ensure everybody on stage looks impeccable from the Green Room! Please enjoy the show, and thank you all for attending this performance. ^_^

ROBERT THORPE II he/they (Thevenard) is delighted to return to T@F having previously appeared in The Tempest, Festival 12, Marian, The Cherry Orchard, and She Kills Monsters. Recent credits: Medea (Deadword Theatre); Horseplay (Played by Medusa the Horse) (Fork&Shoe Theatre Co-op); Macbeth, Othello, Twelfth Night (Dream Role Players); Much Ado About Nothing (THT Repertory); Tartuffe, The Book of Will (Hub Theatre). When not on stage you can find Robert writing code, playing DnD, or chilling with his cats Nox and Dora. Many thanks to his friends, family, and partner Amelia, as well as his friends Peter and Tal who he’s sure reads bios.

CHLOE TREPANIER (Publicity Manager) has worked on a number of T@F shows that she can’t seem to remember. She carries many keys and is really good at distracting actors in rehearsal. 

KEISHA WARRINER (Props Designer) is thrilled to work with T@F again and tell this incredible story. Previously they have designed props for Hamlet and Marian, as well as the sets for Festival@First (Love is Love, and Myths & Legends). They have also worked with PMRP doing foley and graphic design, and helping with the Mrs. Hawking series. In their spare time they continue their love of making wonderful things, both in their day job as a jeweler and trying new crafting and storytelling hobbies every day. 

MARCO WHITE (Sound Designer) is a sound designer, composer, and music producer based in the Greater Boston area. He’s a recent UMass Amherst graduate, with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater. He has designed a plethora of shows, such as John Proctor is the Villain (UMass), Dentata (UMass), Yoga Play (UMass), and Night Train (Theater Between Addresses). This is his first main stage production with T@F and is excited to be working alongside a talented cast and crew of people! Outside theater, he loves geeking out about indie music, video games, webcomics, or new animated shows. You can find him at marcowhitesound.com

BEY WOODWARD (Makeup Designer) would like to thank her husband and chosen family for continuing to support her creative endeavors. While she is an 18 year veteran of T@F, this is her first time officially doing makeup. She is grateful to cut her teeth on such a fun and inspiring production.

SAMUEL ZEIBERG (Co-Dramaturg) is excited to be back with T@F working on Aria! Last seen on stage with T@F in Giving@First and last summer’s The Tempest, he is excited to be working behind the scenes to help bring the real world of Julie d’Aubigny to life! Special thanks to his family and his wife Kara for all of their love and support.