Kristin Cappon

Hailing from the snowy city of Watertown in Upstate New York, Kristin’s flair for the dramatic began as a child and grew through local theatre. With the love and unfaltering support of her parents, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University at Albany during which time she had the opportunity to study theatre abroad at London Metropolitan University. From there she was off to San Francisco to study at the American Conservatory Theatre Training Congress. Since arriving in New York City, Kristin is currently in advanced scene study with Terry Schreiber at T. Schreiber Studio and is thrilled to have become a member of the Black Door Theatre Company. Film Credits include: Kristen in A Day in the Life, and Julie in Temptation. Favorite Theatre Credits include: Dina in Juvie, Margarita in Stuck, Wife in Private Life of the Master Race, and Dawn in All in the Timing. Her work in both Private Life of the Master Race and All in the Timing earned her Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Irene Ryan Nominations.

Sara Laudonia is a veteran of the windy city where she landed after getting her BFA in acting from Otterbein College. During her time in Chicago, she was a founding member of The Treehouse Theatre Company and an ensemble member of The Cenacle Theatre. Some favorite theatre roles include: Alexa in As Bees in Honey Drown, Lesly in The House of Yes, Sunny in Last Night at Ballyhoo, Agnes in Agnes of God, Anna (Cecil) in And Baby Makes Seven. Film: Brushfires with Splitpillow, Pretty Pretty Lonely, Hold Let Go and Life Is So Easy with Patron Productions, Plan B and Clutter with Prairie Dust Films. Sara studies with Terry Schreiber of T. Schreiber Studio. She is a member of Actor’s Equity Association and is a Holistic Health Counselor on top of it.

Gina’s love for performing began at the age of 3 with a little help from her mom. Born and raised in Massachusetts, Gina moved to NYC at 18 to study at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and to pursue her acting career. She has appeared in numerous theatre and film productions. Some favorite roles include Samantha in the film An Open Frame and Madge in a production of Picnic. Gina now studies at the T. Schreiber Studio under the lovely Terry Schreiber. Much love to the rest of her Black Door Theatre family.

Josh Marcante

Josh was born and raised in Southwest Louisiana. His first acting gig came as a Junior in college at McNeese State University where he was cast as Joe Pitt in a production of Angels in America. From that moment, Josh knew he would pursue acting as a career. Having worked on numerous university and community theatre productions and graduating with a degree in communications, Josh moved to New York in the Fall of 2005 to work as a professional actor. He currently studies with Terry Schreiber at the T. Schreiber Studio. Credits include: The Nerd, Barefoot in the Park, The Woman in Black, True West, Little Foxes, The Sisters Rosensweig, Angels in America: Parts 1 & 2.

Brandon McCluskey was raised in Northern California, where he was annually amazed by the Shakespearean Theatre performances at Castle Crags. While studying theatre and psychology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, he spent a summer in his own outdoor theatre experience at the Denver Shakespeare Festival's production of Hamlet. He went on to study acting formally with Doug Zschiegner at Mill Mountain Theatre and toured with the MMT Players for two seasons. Upon moving to New York, Brandon followed Doug's encouragement and studied screen acting with Jeffrey Zeiner. He has since had starring roles in several independent short and feature films, his favourites of which include "Richard/Leonard Winter" in The Winter Men and "Freddy Twiselle" in Brahms & List. His favourite stage roles include "Blue Man" in Tubes (Blue Man Group) and "Otto" in The Food Chain, but he is especially thrilled to be joining the incredible ensemble of Black Door Theatre and proud to be part of Climbing Up Walls.