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Dante Billups

as Ruben

Dante Billups is a Drama student at NYU Tisch in the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. His theater credits include The Public Eye (Julian Christoforou), Midnight Summers Dream (Nick Bottom), and Kids on Broadway (George Banks). 

Instagram: @dae_billups

Yohann Parasnis

as Tom

Yohann Parasnis is an actor majoring in Psychology at NYU’s College of Arts and Sciences. He attended a speech and drama school in his hometown from the age of eight until he was sixteen. He then trained to be a teacher and taught drama to children from grades three through nine. He has directed two schoolwide plays at his high school and hopes to continue his journey with acting!

Instagram: @yohann_parasnis

Flora Zhai

as Paige

Flora Zhai is excited to be playing Paige in the production of Ruben’s Cube. She is currently a Drama student at NYU Tisch in the Experimental Theatre Wing. Over the past year, she has enjoyed working on many student projects with Film & TV students as well as playwrights and directors. 

Instagram: @strange_matters

Ayden Chacko

as Anita

Ayden Chacko is a Drama student at NYU Tisch in the Lee Strasberg Film & Theatre Institute. Previously she has performed for the SF Opera and SFMoMa and is currently happy to be part of numerous students’ work. She is so grateful to be playing the role of Anita in this production and would like to thank the cast and crew for a memorable first staged performance at NYU!

Ella Vertenten

as Jean

Ella Vertenten is a Drama student at NYU Tisch in the Playwrights Horizons studio. Her past work includes local theatre and commercials in the New England area. She is very excited to be doing her first production at Tisch and hopes you enjoy the show! 

Instagram: @ella_vertenten