Welcome to our virtual showcase for The ACADEMY at Black Box Acting Class of 2025. Below you’ll find this ensemble’s culminating scene work with a digital program below the video — each actor’s name hyperlinks to an individual page where you’ll find their monologues, bios, contact information, and downloadable headshots and resumes.

Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties by Jen Silverman | 00:05
Betty 2 — Carol Pazos
Betty 3 — Diviin Javaan Huff

You Got Older by Clare Barron | 4:36
Mae — Catherine Rivers
Mac — Enrico Thomas

Breeders by Dan Giles | 9:47
Jason — Kane Jabbar
Tyson — Maya Garden

Athena by Gracie Gardner | 13:40
Athena — JC Clary
MW — Saloni Nahar

Put Your House in Order by Ike Holter | 17:55
Rolan — Nick Gaines
Caroline — Jewel Ifeguni

Plano by Will Arbery | 21:20
Genevieve — Emily Mange
First Steve/Second Steve — Luke Hoover

POTUS by Selina Fillinger | 24:37
Stephanie — Yibel Sulema
Dusty — Madison Tinsley

Prowess by Ike Holter | 27:39
Jax — Marcos de Oliveira
Mark — Joshua Thomas

Give It All Back by Calamity West | 31:50
The Artist — Octavio Montes De Oca
The Representative — Joey Hernandez

The Aliens by Annie Baker | 35:59
KJ — Andy Ryan
Jasper — Soren E Zanke

Search Party S1E8 “The Return of the Forgotten Phantom” by Anthony King | 40:43
Elliot — Parker Cloutier
Portia — Kennedy Frazier

Special thanks to our production team: Sid Branca, Derek Albert Spencer, Moll Jean, Erin Turney
This year’s showcase was directed by Andrew Cutler, Amanda Fink, Arti Ishak, and Gavin Rhys.

If you would like more information on specific actors, please feel free to reach out to any of the Black Box owners:

Andrew Cutler, Executive Director & Co-Owner, andrew@blackboxacting.com
Amanda Fink, Creative Director & Co-Owner, amanda@blackboxacting.com
Eric Gerard, Artistic Director & Co-Owner, eric@blackboxacting.com