Larissa is excited to be playing Lara, as she wishes she could be nearly as cool. She graduated the Two Year Acting Program at William Esper Studio and currently studies at the Ken Studio. She has recently been seen as Dorothy Secules and Nurse Klein, in the premier production of Sweet Lorraine, part of the 2024 Downtown Urban Arts Festival. Some of her other favorite roles include: Carrie, in the two-person play The Right Person (2022 Chain Theatre Festival). She has also had the honor to portray some fantastic women: Jane Wilde/Gwendolyn Fairfax/ Virginia Otis in an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's life and Bianca in a reading of Desdemona: A Play About A Handkerchief. Larissa can be seen on the internet, uncovering a mystery phenomenon In The Time Of... a story anthology on Instagram. She is in the short film Unvoiced, which received several nominations in NYC and International film festivals, and Over-Throne, which was Top 50 in AAFL 72hr Film Festival '20. 

Jake is a recent grad from Ithaca College with a degree in Musical Theatre. He’s excited to be making his professional debut in NYC with The Elevator Play! He’ll be at The Rev later this summer in Bonnie and Clyde the musical. Thank you to all involved that made this festival a possibility! Special thank you to Mom, Dad, Bros, and Ava! @jakejervis

(she/her) is a Baltimore-born actor with performance roots in dance. She graduated from NYU Tisch in May 2023 with a BFA in drama, where she studied with the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and Stonestreet Studios. Her notable roles include acting as Agnes in She Kills Monsters (Stella Adler Studio of Acting), Ama in School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play (Hangar Lab Theatre Company) and Lorraine Hansberry in Sweet Lorraine (Theatre Row). She aspires to create and partake in art that challenges both herself and her audience to laugh, think and feel more.

Alejandra is a Caribbean-born, NYC-based multidisciplinary artist from the island of Puerto Rico. Raised between colors, music, and storytelling, she began singing traditional Puerto Rican songs and painting as a child. She holds degrees in Fine Arts and Theater from the University of Puerto Rico, and trained in musical theater at Circle in the Square Theatre School in NYC. Her theater work includes regional productions of Rent, Godspell, Once on This Island, and Into the Woods. She toured the U.S. with Disney on Ice, and is now embracing new creative adventures—always carrying a piece of Puerto Rico in her heart.

Ria is a director, actor, playwright, and founder of The Skeleton Rep(resents), a 10-year old indie new works development company with a mission to explore modern myth. Through TSR they have produced 12 full stage shows, 3 short play festivals, 60+ salons of new plays, countless readings, and film projects. Most recently, Ria performed in “Track Change” downtown, as well as directed “No Better News” as part of FringeNYC in this very theater. Upcoming projects include a presentation of their play “Echo the Original” as part of LimeFest at The Tank on 8/23. Keep up with Ria and TSR @dilulloria / @skeletonrep / www.dilulloria.com / www.skeletonrep.org

Erin (she/her) is an award-winning playwright and teacher based in New York City. She is thrilled to be returning to the Chain Theatre with this incredible team! Her plays have been produced across the U.S. as well as in England, Canada, Australia, and France. Selected short plays can be found in editions of The Best Ten Minute Plays edited by Lawrence Harbison and Debbie Lamedman and her monologues can be found in Voices of America Vol 1, 3, & 4 edited by Mike Lesser of the Playground Experiment. Her play Prewritten won the 2024 best play award from the Loved Ones series by Broken Arts Entertainment. During the pandemic, she was commissioned by the Educational Theatre Association to write short adaptations for their design lesson plans.  Erin is a proud member of the Dramatist Guild and an Arthur Miller Fellow. @erinplaywright

Alexander has been a musician in NYC for over 25yrs.  Although his credits include Broadway shows & 50-piece orchestras, his favorite time has always been with the smallest, most intimate pieces.   Susan Marshall’s Sawdust Palace, John Mercurio’s Academy, Julianne Wick-Davis’s The Pen.  So, as excited as he is for his newest project (joining the faculty of the Berklee School of Music), he is unquestionably more delighted to be a small part of Erin Moughon’s The Elevator Play!