Phoenix Festival Playbill 2025 (1) - Flipbook - Page 41
KALEB BAKER (Demetrius)
Kaleb Baker is an actor, 昀椀lmmaker, middle school teacher, and aspiring New Yorker originally
from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He recently graduated from the University of Minnesota Theatre and Film programs. Favorite Minnesota credits include The History Plays, and
Shane (Guthrie Theatre), as well as work with Frosted Glass Creative, Theatre in the Round,
Pillsbury House Theatre, Combustible Company, etc. Kaleb recently made his New York
theatre debut in Murmuration Theatre’s A Very Different Kind of Truth, and he’s so excited
to be making his Shakespeare in the Parking Lot debut with the incredible cast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. When not acting, Kaleb enjoys going to the movies, weightlifting,
and wasting his paychecks on Spider-man comics. Say hi at @kalebjb or kalebjb.com!
LIA BONFILIO (Helena)
Lia Bon昀椀lio is an actor, deviser and movement artist who is passionate about collaboration
and has a penchant for playing 昀椀ery women. This is her Parking Lot debut! She has been a
member of the Bessie Award-winning Third Rail Projects since 2013 when she joined the cast
of Then She Fell, which ran for 7 years in Brooklyn. Recent work includes the co-direction of
the critically acclaimed immersive theater experience, First, Do No Harm, about nurses and
patients in a working hospital in Denver and a SOOP Theater debut as Beatrice in A View from
the Bridge. She has a degree in dance from Columbia College Chicago and is a graduate of
the Terry Knickerbocker Studio Meisner conservatory. Lia is from Minnesota, an only child, has
two dogs and one partner. Let’s connect!@liabon昀椀lio | liabon昀椀lio.com
ÚNA CLANCY (Titania/Hippolyta)
With The Drilling Company: The Winter's Tale (Paulina), Romeo and Juliet (Nurse) and
Hamlet (Gertrude) and Macbeth (1st Witch). With The Irish Rep: The Dead 1904, The
O'Casey Cycle and Lady G. Origin's 1st Irish Festival: Herself (Mary) and The 8th (Fionnuala) Selected T.V./ Film: Moratorium, (dir: Kevin Conolly), Wu-Tang: An American Saga
(dir: Mario Van Peebles), The Stain (dir. Brian Petchers). Úna is thrilled to be back on the
tarmac, inviting the magic with this band of troubadors! My thanks to Hamilton. This one
is for Lady Leonora, Marie-Claire and all the children, with love and high hope.
ALESSANDRO COLLA (Nick Bottom)
Alessandro Colla is a 昀椀rst generation Roman-New Yorker, alumnus of LaGuardia Performing
Arts High School and Boston University. Previous Parking Lot highlights include Mercutio,
Hamlet, & Richard 3. It has been a joy to play with this wonderful group of artists, and an honor
to help in keeping Shakespeare free for the people of NYC. www.sacolla.info
EVANGELINE FONTAINE (Peter Quince)
Evangeline Fontaine is a graduate of the New School For Drama MFA Acting program and
returning member of the Drilling Company. Previous Parking Lot highlights include Kate
(Taming of the Shrew), Maria (Twelfth Night), and Margaret (Henry VI Part III). It’s always
a privilege to bring free Shakespeare to the Lower East Side!
