Meet the cast!

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Mark Cajigao

Mark is very happy to be working again with River's Edge Theatre Company. He 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. Mark also co-curates RETCo’s Cold Reads series, where every month local actors tackle a different play with no prior rehearsal. He lives with his family in Hastings on Hudson, and holds degrees from Wagner College and The New School for Drama. Mark is a proud member of Actors Equity and the Screen Actors Guild.

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Candice Cross

Candice trained in Voice and Musical Theater under Professor Florence Birdwell at Oklahoma City University. You may recognize her from previous RETCo shows as Henrietta Leavitt in Silent Sky and the Mother in Riverside Haunts 2. While she has had the chance to perform as Laurey in Oklahoma!, Grizabella in Cats, and Grace in Annie, her favorite roles have been as Wife to Rob and Mommy to Beckett and Eliot.

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Katie Kopajtic

Katie is a writer, actor, and teaching artist with River's Edge. She is currently performing her solo show Modern Witches as a double bill with the 5 star fringe show Brain Hemingway at The Players Theatre, May 2-19. www.katiekopajtic.com

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June Lienhard

June is an NYC based actor and teacher. She graduated from Smith College in 2021 with a major in Theater and a minor in Education. She works as a paraprofessional and drama teacher at The IDEAL School of Manhattan. In the fall of 2023 she starred in Kinderkrankenhaus by Jesi Bender. In 2022 she appeared as Chloe in Hook & Eye Theater's devised show Space Nunz of the Rescue Mainframe. June also enjoys self-producing: she has produced and starred in a virtual production of Happy Days by Samuel Beckett, An Intervention, and most recently Miss Margarida's Way. June is a classically-trained Shakespeare fan; she is particularly fond of his villains and fools. In 2022 she was lucky enough to play her favorite fool, Lance, in Two Gentlemen of Verona.

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Nicole Paap

Nicole is a theater undergrad from SUNY Binghamton, who has delved in the realms of film, improv, as well as ballet over the years. She was so thankful to stumble upon River’s Edge Theater Company and their Adult Acting Lab class this past fall, as this finally broke her 10+ year hiatus from acting, as well as introducing her to such a wonderful and talented artistic community right in her own neighborhood of Hastings on Hudson! Nicole is so excited to be in her first River’s Edge Theater Company production, AND this will be the first time her daughter gets to see her mom on stage.

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Billy Poorten

Billy has studied acting with Pamela Scott, James Price, Jed Aicher, and Julia Schonberg. His credits include crucial background work in more than one indie comedy video from the middle of the late 2000s, at least one of which even appeared on the Internet. More recently, he played Prince John in River’s Edge’s production of Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood. Billy is humbled and delighted to be working with all these wonderful people at River’s Edge. Instagram @billypoor10

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Marissa Porto

Marissa is thrilled to performing with River's Edge again after last summer's Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood in which she played Lady Shirley! For the past 15+ years, Marissa has been primarily working as a Theatre Educator. Over the years, however, she has continued performing wherever and whenever she could. Favorite recent roles: Alice in The Drowning Girls, Penny in Urinetown, and Baker's Wife in Into the Woods. Lately, Marissa has been spending most of her time raising her 2 wonderful daughters. She's honored to be part of this ensemble and to be performing with such an inspiring group of artists!

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Sam Rodd

Sam is thrilled to be a part Page to Stage this year! Sam is a recent graduate of Western Carolina University, with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Some of his favorite roles include Will in “Big Fish”, Dennis in “All Shook Up”, Mercutio in “Romeo and Juliet” and Lysander in “A Midsummer Night's Dream". Sam’s favorite movie is Robocop, and he would be glad to rant about why if you are curious.

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