Showcase

Nabi Abdurakhmanov first staged the showcase of “Kholstomer” at his ESSENCE Theatre-Studio, with actors that had training from all around the world. The performance took place:

- June 25, 2024, on the stage of URBAN STAGES in Manhattan

- November 21 2024 in a program of the IMAGINE Theater festival at Jersey City Theater Center together with a showcase of "Constollation of Omar Khayam"

- Novermber 23 2024 in a program of BROOKLYN BRIDGE International Theater festival at the ESSENCE Theater Studio together with a showcase of "Constollation of Omar Khayam"

The audience was thrilled with the showcase and expressed eagerness to see the full, finished version of the performance, exactly what was done not too long after.

Showcase cast

Actor

Lucas Herrera-Mindell (he/him)

Lucas was born in Vermont and raised in El Salvador. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 2021 and moved to New York City to pursue acting. He has a profound love of music and plays the fiddle in the contra dance group, The Contrapolitans. In 2023, he completed the Core Program at HB Studio. Lucas hopes to evolve his love of acting and music into a career and one day bring it back to his roots in El Salvador.

Actor

Deborah Gerofsky (she/they)

Deborah has recently graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic arts with an AOS degree and continued learning her craft through their theatre company. Now making her debut, Deborah’s grateful to her friends, family, and teachers for their support

Actor

Anatolii Ishchenko

Anatolii graduated from The Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in Moscow, Russia in 2018.

Worked in the Moscow Art Theater and Vakhtangov Theater, as well as

Moscow Operetta State Academic Theatre.

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JT Wen Zheng (he/him)

JT Wen Zheng moved to New York City in 2022 after spending a summer in Turkey performing as Escamillo in Carmen. Hailing from Spartanburg, South Carolina, he is excited to perform with the cast tonight!

Actor

Issac Echegoyen (he/him)

Issac holds a Bachelor of Arts from Tiffin University. His previous credits include Shakespeare in Hollywood (Parkside Players) and A Sketch of New York. Issac can be found @issacechegoyen on Instagram.

Actor

Johnny Rayer

Johnny is a New York City based actor who came from Israel to fulfill his destiny. Born to Russian Jews who taught him to never give up - no matter what, and to chase the dream - because no one is going to do it for you. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Actor

Alexandra Recknagel (she/her)

Alexandra Recknagel is a Russian-American actress from Prague, Czechia. Love at first vocal warmup propelled her from an acting course at LAMDA to New York, where she recently finished her studies at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Her credits include regional theatre, Off-Broadway productions, and independent films.

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Julia Sokol

Julia Sokol is a Ukrainian actress from Kyiv. She graduated the Kyiv Academy of Arts. Full time actress at the "Essence Theater".

Actor

Stalina Guberchenko (she/her)

Stalina Guberchenko is a passionate Ukrainian actress and a graduate of New York University. She pursued Method Acting at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in Manhattan, New York. Рlayed a lead role in a short film "Just a Little Longer" shot in Baltimore, US, which is now traveling around film festivals.

Actor

Beatriz Rodrigues (she/her)

Beatriz Rodrigues is a Brazilian actress from São Paulo. She graduated in theater in her hometown and is currently training at the William Esper studio. Her credits include two short films, the play "The crucible" and "A sketch of New York".

Actor

Jacqeline DiMare

Jacqueline DiMare is a French-born British-raised Swedish-American New York City based actress.

She is extensively trained in The Method at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in West Hollywood and New York, soon reaching three years.

Spirited away by acting on stage and in front of the camera, drama has become her mother’s tongue and she extends it to screenplays and music when not acting.