Passing Strange

Passing Strange - May 08 - May 17, 2014

The Beacon School

Who's Who

Nico Esquilin

as Franklin Jones/Joop

(Junior) is making his B'DAT debut. His characters couldn’t be more different, but Nico is always ready for a new challenge. His whole life he thought baseball was his sole passion but now it is shared with acting. Ms Cimato helped him get over his stage fright and find his true love for acting. Nico is passing as an athlete who doesn’t care about the arts.
Jack Strosser

as Hugo/ Terry

(Junior) made his debut as a Lord in As You Like It, then played Caiaphas/ St Pete in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. Jack studied with the Atlantic Theatre Company last summer and is very honored to be a part of Passing Strange, his first musical, with B’DAT. Jack is passing for (and failing to be) a member of the Beat generation.
Lexis Harris

as Edwina

(Junior) is making her B'DAT debut in Passing Strange having joined the choir in the fall. Lexi is excited to be part of the B'DAT family and regrets not joining sooner. B'DAT has helped Lexi find herself. Also a poet, Lexi loves digging deeper into characters she performs. Lexi is passing for society's conception of normality because in reality she is much more than this simple concept.
Christopher Gambino

as Christophe/ Guard

(Senior) is acting in his third B'DAT main stage production. He was also featured in The Who's Tommy and played Ernst in Spring Awakening. He worked on crew for As You Like It and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. He enjoys performance art, black coffee and crying. Christopher is passing for someone with his life together.
Azali Cyril

as Sherry

(Senior) is seventeen years old and extremely excited to be part of Passing Strange. She's been acting since the age of eleven and dancing with Ifetayo Arts for eight years. Azali has sung with the B'DAT show choir and spent last summer performing as part of Shakespeare in the Park's The Tempest. She will be attending Howard University for musical theatre at the start of the fall.