Virtual Playbill!

Dan Kelly (Romeo) is an actor, writer, and improviser originally from Springfield, MA. After playing Demetrius in a Midsummer adaptation Off-Broadway for most of last year, Dan is excited to switch to Team Lysander! More Off-Broadway: Dear Mom, Sorry for Being a Bitch (Soho Playhouse), Lady Macbeth (The Cutting Room) Regional: Babes in Arms (Douglas Carter Beane's Revival @ Forestburgh Playhouse) Fantastic Mr. Fox (Majestic Theater) Other Credits: Ariel in The Tempest, Robert F. Kennedy in RFK with Face to Face Films, Feature film "Outed" premiered last year at The Chelsea Film Festival. Dan is a regular performer in Accomplice New York, a long-running interactive comedy-mystery show. Dan is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and was a member of their 2019-2020 Acting Company. Enjoy the show! www.itsdankelly.com

Emily Dziak (Juliet)  is an actress and scenic charge artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Her credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Snug/Cobweb), As You Like It (Rosalind), We Are Proud to Present (Actor 5/Sarah), Kodachrome (Suzanne/The Photographer), The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Beatrice), The Green Plays Project (Kara, Actor B), Listening (Hailey). When Emily isn’t on stages, she’s painting them, her work including sets from Saturday Night Live, VMAs, CMAs, The Today Show, and various films.

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Chase Lee (Mercutio) is delighted to be performing in this unconventional production of R&J with River’s Edge. Recent credits include Macbeth (Shakespare in the Woods), Romeo & Juliet (Arachne Theater Company), and The Shylock and The Shakespeareans (Untitled Theater Company No. 61). He also recently starred in the short film Echo, and in the vertical miniseries My Billionaire Ever After. Chase has trained at Trinity University, at the Atlantic Acting School in New York, and with El Escafandra Teatro in Pereira, Colombia. To check out more of his work, visit him at chaseleeacts.com and follow him on Instagram @chaseleeacts.

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Jonny K (Benvolio/Friar Lawrence) is proud to be a part of this production, his first with River’s Edge Theatre Company. He is a proud father and teacher at CHHS and Theater O.

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Kathryn Alexander (Nurse) is an actor and acting instructor who currently resides in Westchester County, NY. Favorite theater roles include: Point Last Seen (Atlantic Stage 2), Three Women in Indecision (The Kraine Theater), God of 16 Acres (Atlantic 453), Happy Journey from Trenton to Camden (Atlantic Conservatory), The John Wayne Principle (The Ohio Theater), and Antigone (Nashville Shakespeare Festival) among many others. Ms. Alexander can be seen in the film Choke (Sundance Grand Jury Prize, 2008). Television roles include Law & Order and Dickens in America (BBC Scotland). She received her BA from Brown University and completed the Conservatory Program at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School. After 20 years of teaching at the Atlantic Acting School, she is now a proud member of Theater O's faculty in Ossining, NY. She is thrilled to be back onstage with River's Edge for this production.

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​Mark Cajigao (Capulet Father)  is an actor, singer, director and producer who has worked on stage and in film in NYC, regionally, and as far abroad as Cairo, Egypt. Now settled in Hastings on Hudson, he is so grateful that he gets to play and collaborate with everyone at River’s Edge. Recently, he was seen as The Stranger in Peek-a-Boo, Theseus/Oberon in Midsummer Night’s Dream, and barely survived the Women’s Writes: 24 Hour Play Fest. He also directed Nick Payne’s Constellations and for the past two years has co-curated RETCo’s Cold Reads series, where every month local actors tackle a different play with no prior rehearsal. Other favorite roles through the years include Dylan Thomas in Sidney Michaels’s Dylan, Arthur in Camelot, Einstein in Picasso at the Lapin Agile, John Adams in 1776, Trigorin in The Seagull, and Zach in A Chorus Line. Mark holds degrees from Wagner College and The New School for Drama. Endless thanks to Alex, Ella and Henry, you are MY world.

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Meghan Covington (Lady Capulet) started working professionally as an actor almost 20 years ago in her hometown of Richmond, VA. Her most notable performance work took place regionally on the stages of The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co, The Shakespeare Theatre, Round House Theatre, Olney Theatre in Washington DC, and Firehouse Theatre, Richmond Shakespeare Festival, and Theatre Lab in Richmond, VA. Most recently she performed in RETCo's productions of The Parking Lot, Every Brilliant Thing, and Peek-a-Boo. As a playwright Meghan’s work has been featured at The Tank (NYC), Tigers Heart Theatre Co (NYC), Phillipsburg Depot Theatre, Musco Center for the Arts, and River’s Edge Theatre Co. Meghan has a BFA in Theatre Performance from Virginia Commonwealth University and currently serves as Artistic Director and board president of RETCo.

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David Covington (Prince and Paris) began his performance career tap dancing his way across the globe with the internationally acclaimed company of TAP DOGS.  Other tap dance credits include  Lincoln Center with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and the Kennedy Center's 13th Annual Gala: A Salute to the 1940’s Broadway Musical with the National Symphony Orchestra In Washington D.C., David founded his own tap company, MetroTAP, and youth company, Metropolitan Youth Tap Ensemble. David has appeared in numerous stage performances Off-Broadway and regionally, including performances at the Kennedy Center, Signature Theater, Arena Stage, Theater Row, and the historic Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. ​

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Josh Santiago (Tybalt) is a musician, producer, and actor in Westchester, NY. He performs with his band Boojum and cover collective Bushwick's Dead. Josh studied theatre and philosophy at SUNY Oneonta. He's piloted after-school theatre programs in Upstate NY, led improv workshops in NYC, and co-founded NYC-based sketch comedy group, Loop Troupe. Selected notable acting roles include Alceste in The Misanthrope, Touchstone in As You Like It, and Barnaby in The Matchmaker. He's also had a successful career off the stage as a director, lighting, and sound designer. He's extremely grateful to RETco for including him in this year's production of Romeo and Juliet. He'd like to thank his friends and family for their continued support! To keep up with Josh's many projects in and around Westchester County, follow him on Instagram at: @joshrsantiago

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Alejandro Flores (Montague Father/Gregory)Alejandro is a rising actor in the NYC area and an Ossining native who was introduced to acting via the Ossining High School Drama Club. Since his time at OHS, Alejandro has been a part of productions such as Sweat, Pipeline, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Sketch of New York, and most recently Romeo and Juliet. He is excited to be able to act in his home town again and work with new and amazing people!

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Jacob Irons (Balthazar) is a rising junior at Cornell University studying mathematics and government. He is a co-director of the Whistling Shrimp Improv Comedy Troupe on campus. Jacob recently performed at Cornell as Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, Ken in Rumors by Neil Simon, and Orpheus in Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl. Earlier this summer, he played Boy in The Makeout Session by Meghan Covington as a part of Glass Ceiling Breakers 2025. Last Summer, he played Flute in Midsummer Night’s Dream with River’s Edge Theatre Co. He grew up acting and improvising at Theater O in Ossining, NY.

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Traci Redmond (Lady Montague/Sampson) is a theater artist based in Dobbs Ferry, NY, working as an actor, voice actor, and improviser. A regular collaborator with River’s Edge Theatre Company, she recently appeared as Susan in Happy Hour for the 24 Hour Women’s Writes Festival and Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She also leads monthly adult improv classes, nurturing creativity and play. Outside of RETCo one of her favorite recent roles was Sandra in The Play That Goes Wrong at Elmwood Playhouse. On screen, her short film An American Love Story? is currently making its way through the festival circuit. Offstage, Traci is proudly embracing her most challenging role yet: stage 4 colon cancer survivor. She encourages everyone—seriously—to schedule that colonoscopy!

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Giverny Petitmermet (Prithee Master) is a New York based actor/director/producer/educator originally from San Diego, California. She is the Artistic Director of The New Collectives and a founding member of BREAD Arts Collective. Giverny is a board member of The Sleepy Hollow Arts Collective (SHAC). As a teaching artist she works with Theater O, Children's Shakespeare Company, The Young Collectives, and SHAC. Some of her acting credits include: The Weir (Lovely Calamity Productions), The Hill - Stories from Spoon River (Sleepy Hollow Arts Collective); Bug Play, M4M, Life Brief & Glorious, The Trojan Women, The Witches, (The New Collectives); Waiting for Lefty, Rise and Fall (BREAD Arts Collective). Training: Boston University, BFA in acting; London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA), British American Drama Academy (BADA). givernypetitmermet.com

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Noni Alley  (understudy) Noni Alley (they/them) is an actor and award-nominated Voice Over artist based in NYC. An acting alumni of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, with a background in circus arts, Noni performs in film, live theater, animation and audiobooks, with a special interest in characters that break gender stereotypes and productions that delve into societal standards and outlooks.

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Aaron Cirillo (understudy) is happy to return to River’s Edge Theatre! Aaron is a proud graduate of UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts. Theatre: Patroclus in Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare produced at Staten Island Shakespeare Co., Sergius Saranoff in Arms and The Man by George Bernard Shaw produced at UC Irvine, and Tom in The Firefighters Wife by John Attanas at Sunlight Studios. Film: Young Andrew in In the Radiant City directed by Rachel Lambert, Alex in Out of Frame directed by Adhurim Tetaj, Noah in Film Cult directed by Michael Sarkisian. 

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Jessica Irons (Director) an Ossining resident,  is the current board president of Bethany Arts Community.  She sat on the Board of Ossining MATTERS for 6 years and was president for 2. For 10 years she was the Artistic Director of the award winning , NYC based Andhow ! Theater Company where she fostered new plays from a seed of an idea through to full productions. She directed Off & Off Off Broadway at the Flea, The Ohio, HERE Arts Center, 78th Street Theater Lab, Dixon Place, The Blue Heron Arts Center, The Ontological at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery New Georges and adobe theatre company.  She was the Associate Artistic Director of adobe theatre company and the Artistic Associate at Adirondack Theater Festival. As an educator she has directed/taught in Newark NJ, Redhook, Brooklyn, for the 52nd Street Project in Manhattan, Allan Stevenson, Fordham University, the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester and elsewhere throughout the tri-state area . Locally, she has directed adults professionally for Rivers Edge Theatre Co.  She was the original therapeutic arts director at Children of Promise, NYC in Bedford Stuyvesant, where she developed and implemented therapeutic art & theater curricula for children of incarcerated parents.  Jessica studied theater at Skidmore College (BA) and Creative Arts Therapy at the New School.

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Monica Robles (Stage Manager) 

Monica is the co-founder of Tres Brujas Productions where she serves as a producer and stage manager.  Past production credits include work in NYC, Puerto Rico and Edinburgh. During the day, she is a media Partnerships Director at SiriusXM and sits as the chair of their DE&I Board and their Pride ERG, developing partnerships with non-profit organizations such as The Ally Coalition, New Alternatives and Live Out Loud.

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​Andrew Irons (Lighting Design) is a playwright and a founding member of ANDHOW! Theater Company. For Andhow! he has written Linus & Alora (The Flea Theater), Little Suckers (The Ohio Theater), Non-D, (the Ontological Theatre; Backstage STIMY Award: Powerful Production 2003-2004), Paschal Full Moon (78th Street Theater Lab), and has received readings / workshops of Yakima Man and Iris. His play Tunnel was produced at Expanded Arts. His toy theater piece And Away! was presented at The Brick, as well as with Andhow! at The Connelly Theater.  And as an actor and playwright he has worked with several New York theater companies including the Ontological, New Georges, Turnip and 78th Street Theater Lab. His play Linus & Alora was published in Plays & Playwrights Best Plays of 2010. Andrew has been a Teaching Artist at The Hudson River Academy, Sarah Lawrence College’s Summer Writing Intensive, Westchester Community College, Allen Stevenson, and Penobscot Theater Company. He was Program Director for Off the Hook a playwriting to performance program in Red Hook Brooklyn, 2006-2008. He has been teaching in the New York City public school system for the last 8 years.  Andrew studied theater at the American Conservatory Theater (Young Conservatory), National Theater Institute, Skidmore College (BA) and Sarah Lawrence College (MFA). 

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Ray Flaks (Sound and lighting Technician) is an A/V technician and audio engineer from Westchester, NY, and currently based in Ossining, NY. This is his third time collaborating with Rivers Edge Theater Company (Ichabod, Marian), and he is grateful to be working with this wonderful team again. Ray has worked on a variety of theater productions from a young age, including a few recent shows at Bethany Arts Community. He received a BA in Cinema from Binghamton University in 2021, and is excited to continue supporting the arts in his community.