Monday, July 20, 2026 | 6:30 pm Doors | 7 pm Show | FREE!
Benny Boy Brewing, 1821 Daly St. Los Angeles, CA 90031
Featuring BRSP LA Stakeholders: Delia Baseman (Captain), Casey Morris (Co-Chief Engineer), Danny Bernardo
Featuring BRSP NYC Stakeholders: Torsten Johnson (Captain), Caroline Kingsley
With: Remy Ortiz, Jose Nateras, Michael McDonald, Christie Coran, Naiya McCalla, Jullianna Austin, Simon Gagnon, Chloe Flowers, Keegan Mgrublian-Stull
Prompter: Aurora Culver
Waiting in the Wings: Joshua David Bishop, Christie Coran
Co-Chief Engineer: Katherine Bourne Taylor
Violence Coordinator: Sam Hubbard
Intimacy Coordinator: Hadiyyah Noelle Smith
Espoused BRSPValues:
Clarity – make us understand what you say
Authenticity – speak in your own voice
DELIA BASEMAN (she/her) “Rosalind”
BRSP Projects: (LA) Winter’s Tale, Richard II, Comedy of Errors, King Lear, Measure for Measure, Much Ado About Nothing, Two Gentleman of Verona, MacBeth, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; (Chicago) Taming of the Shrew, Two Gentleman of Verona, MacBeth, Twelfth Night, Romeo & Juliet, Julius Ceaser, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Coriolanus, King John, Othello, Merchant of Venice; (Virtual) A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The three roles/projects that epitomize me: The Three Faces of Dr. Crippen (Steppenwolf Garage/Best in Fringe NYC); The Diary of Anne Frank (Writers Theater); ctrl alt delete (Emmy nominated series)
Favorite Shakespeare quote: Today it is: “Hold thy piece, I pray thee hold thy piece.”
CASEY MORRIS (he/him) “Amiens/Guitar”
BRSP Projects: (LA) Winter’s Tale, Richard II, Comedy of Errors, King Lear, Romeo & Juliet, Measure for Measure (Chicago) King Lear
The three roles/projects that epitomize me: Ray – The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Horatio – Hamlet, Officer Mike – Welcome to Jesus
Favorite Shakespeare quote: “For the eye sees not itself, but by reflection, by some other things.”
Shakespearean character I’m most like: Edgar
TORSTEN JOHNSON (they/he) “Richard II”
BRSP Projects: Over a dozen in New York and Chicago
Shakespearean character I’m most like: I want to say Duke Senior but probably Jaques
The three roles/projects that epitomize me: The Douglas in Back Room; When Crit Happens, my D&D podcast, and WrenchWorks Collective
Favorite Shakespeare quote: “There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.”
DANNY BERNARDO (he/him) “Jacques”
BRSP Projects: (LA) Comedy of Errors, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespearean character I’m most like: Equal parts Olivia (Twelfth Night), Hal (Henry IV, parts 1 & 2), and Bottom (A Midsummer Night’s Dream); best served shaken, not stirred.
The three roles/projects that epitomize me: “Harry Bright” in Mamma Mia (2019 East West Players, 2021 La Mirada/McCoy Rigby); Jerky (screenings: Cannes Court Metrage, OutFest Fusion, Reeling); “Joe” in the world premiere of Lauren Yee’s Young Americans (Portland Center Stage/Pittsburgh Public Theatre)
Favorite Shakespeare quote: “The quality of mercy is not strained | It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven | Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest; | It blesseth him that gives and him that takes” (The Merchant of Venice)
CAROLINE KINGSLEY (she/her) “Duke Senior”
BRSP Projects: (NYC) Been doing em for TEN years!
The three roles/projects that epitomize me: Wanda – Venus in Fur, Winnifred Coombe, and Mistress Quickly
Favorite Shakespeare quote: “Bear you body more seemly, Audrey”.”
REMY ORTIZ (he/him) “Celia”
BRSP Projects: (LA) Twelfth Night (2015), Much Ado About Nothing (2015)
Favorite Shakespeare quote: “Go, girl, seek happy nights to happy days”
The three roles/projects that epitomize me: El Grito Del Bronx at The Goodman was the first project to give me creative freedom and inspiration; 9-1-1 was my first time as a reoccurring character which still continues to humble me; LA Chekhov is a project I’ve worked on throughout the years to keep my spirits up, muscles flexed, and raise money for organizations doing work I believe in
Shakespearean character I’m most like: Beatrice
Connect: Instagram
MICHAEL MCDONALD (he/him) “Touchstone”
BRSPLA Projects: Richard II, King Lear, Julius Caesar
The three roles/projects that epitomize me: Ken in RED, Sir Galahad in SPAMALOT, Mercutio- R&J
Favorite Shakespeare quote: ““t is required you do awake your faith”-WT
Shakespearean character I’m most like: Casca-. I’m a blunt fellow, but the rudeness is a sauce to my good wit
Connect: Website
KEEGAN MGRUBLIAN-STULL (he/him) “Le Beau and Corin”
BRSP Projects: (LA) Winter’s Tale, Richard II
Shakespearean character I’m most like: Falstaff…or more honestly good ole Snug the Joiner
The three roles/projects that epitomize me: Horton the Elephant, The Conductor, Ghost of Christmas Present
Connect: Instagram
NAIYA VANESSA McCALLA (she/her) “Phebe”
BRSPLA projects: Richard II
The three roles/projects that epitomize me: Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, If and When You Said Goodbye, Pinocchio in Shrek The Musical
The Shakespeare character I’m most like: Miranda from the Tempest if only because I, too, often “prattle something too wildly.”
Favorite Shakespearean quote: “I am too childish-foolish for this world.”
Connect: Instagram
CHRISTIE CORAN (she/her) “Adam and Jaques de Boys”
BRSP LA projects: Debut!
Three roles/projects that epitomize me: “The 39 Steps” at Rubicon Theatre Company; “One Man Two Guvnors” at A Noise Within; “Constellations” at Heart of Heart Theatre
Favorite Shakespearean quote: “It is required you do awake your faith.”
The Shakespearean character I’m most like is: Viola, “Twelfth Night”
JOSE NATERAS (he/him) “Oliver”
BRSPLA projects: Debut!
Three roles/projects that epitomize me: Richard Mayhew in ‘Neverwhere’ (Lifeline Theatre), Federico Garcia Lorca in ‘My Soul’s Shadow’ (Manual Cinema), and Horatio in ‘Hamlet’ (Montana Shakespeare in the Parks)
The Shakespeare character I’m most like: I probably fall somewhere between Horatio from ‘Hamlet’ and Beatrice from ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
Favorite Shakespearean quote: “Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more.” — Macbeth
SIMON GAGNON (he/him) “Duke Frederick and Audrey”
BRSP projects: Coriolanus (DC)
Favorite Shakespearean quote: “Nothing will come of nothing. Speak again.”
The Shakespearean character I’m most like is: A combination of all the Mechanicals from Midsummer
Connect: Instagram
CHLOE PAIGE FLOWERS (she/her) “Silvius”
BRSPLA Projects: Debut!
The three roles/projects that epitomize me: A soon to be released coming of age sci-fi film called “Ivory and Gold”, Newly released mockumentary feature “Dave Vs Hollywood”, and Squeak in The Color Purple
Favorite Shakespeare quote: “We are such stuff as dreams are made on” – The Tempest
Shakespearean character I’m most like: Juliet
Connect: Instagram
JULIANNA AUSTIN (they/she) “Charles and William”
BRSP Projects: Coirolanus (DC)
The three roles/projects that epitomize me: Mary Wallace in Athena by Gracie Gardner; The Dancer in Purgatorio (devised); Marion in One Day Down by Samantha Toy Ozeas
Shakespearean character I’m most like: Puck or Mercutio and i dont think i need to elaborate.
Favorite Shakespeare quote: “O wonderful, when devils tell the truth! / More wonderful when angels are so angry.”
TONIGHT’S BAND:
Noelle Fabian Dragon – woodwinds
DJ Taylor – trombone
Tiffany Johns- brass
Brian Cannady – percussion
Robert Todd – tuba
Tom Hanslowe – fiddle
(photo by David Sprague from The Winter’s Tale 3/2/26)
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