Rumors

Rumors - February 25 - February 26, 2025

JC Arts

Who's Who

*Dereck Diller

as Ken Gorman

is in DTC IV & a senior at Ferris HS. His latest JCArts performances are A Game (Baker) & Check Please! (Guy) and numerous competitions & festivals. Dereck performs with Keen Company, NYC in Milewalkers (Luis), Buckstars (DownLow), and Bakesale (Austin) & The Door (Green). Dereck thanks his amazing cast and loving family for all the support and his mother for making his high school experience the best it could be. Enjoy the show!
Leora Vainer

as Chris Gorman

is in DTC I and a freshman at McNair HS. She has acted in 15 productions throughout elementary and middle school as well as having designed lights and sound for MS 4 productions. Leora is excited to make her JCArts debut and thanks her family and friends for coming and supporting her theater endeavors.
*Emilio Castillo

as Lenny Ganz

is in DTC IV and a senior at Ferris HS. Recent JCArts performances are A Game (Edson) & The Philadelphia (Mark) and numerous competitions & festivals. He is excited for the first JCArts full-length production. Emilio also performs with City Kidz in Annie (Mr. Warbucks), Into the Woods (Cinderella's Prince), Mean Girls (Aaron Samuels) and many others. Emilio thanks the people who got him here through love & support for his passion: his mother, grandfather, grandmother, and all his uncles.
*Mame Traore

as Claire Ganz

is in DTC IV and a senior at Lincoln HS. Mame is honored to portray Claire in Rumors and excited for the first JCArts full-length production. Previous credits include The Actor’s Nightmare, Start Here, Desire, Can’t Buy Me Love, & Medea. Mame expresses sincere gratitude to her mother and siblings, Awa, Ousmane, Ngone, and Ndeye Fatou. Thanks to her aunt, Nydia Otero, and best friend, Goudy, for unwavering support & encouragement.