DSA Theatre Alumni
Abbie Brady-Dalton began working at Telsey + Co in 2007. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Abbie pursued a career in musical theatre as a performer from 2004- 2007 working regionally and traveling with national tours. After getting married and settling down in New York, Abbie changed paths and eventually found that her true passion was in casting. She has since had the opportunity to work on numerous projects at Telsey + Co ranging from commercials, films, musicals and plays. Her recent projects include the first season of the CBS TV series A GIFTED MAN and the pilots HALLOWED HALL and the past three seasons of THE BIG C. Currently casting Season 4 of THE BIG C. Abbie recently won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Television Series - Comedy! Most recent projects include: PETER PAN Live for NBC, THE LAST FIVE YEARS Film, THE SOUND OF MUSIC Live for NBC, New York casting for HBO's LOOKING and New York casting for Showtime's PENNY DREADFUL.
Abbie Brady-Dalton
After leaving DSA, Juan moved to New York City and continued to hone his craft at the prestigious Wynn Handman Studios. Juan Castano is an American actor and model best known for his role as Marco Ruiz in What/If (2019). Before starring in What/if and Tales of the City, Juan closed his stand-out performance as "Cristofer" in MCC's production of Transfers by Lucy Thurber off-Broadway, for which he received a Lucille Lortel award for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play." Transfers was the latest in a non-stop stream of NY theatre, including starring roles in A Parallelogram at 2nd Stage (directed by Michael Greif) and the Public's Oedipus El Rey as "Oedipus." For his achievements in theater, Juan was also honored with the Drama Desk's highly coveted Sam Norkin Award given for off-Broadway excellence.
Juan Castano
PlayMakers: Little Red Riding Hood in Into The Woods, Bystander Woman in Assassins, Orderly in Imaginary Invalid, Janie in The Parchman Hour, Joanna Wilkes/ Ensemble in Big River.
New York: Almost, Maine (GroundUp Productions).
Regional: Nancy in Oliver!, Soloist in Red, White and Broadway, Vivienne in Legally Blonde (The Prizery); T-Rex 2 in Triassic Parq (Wagon Wheel Arts).
Education: Jessica is a recent graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill with a BA in Dramatic Art and minor in Music.
Jessica Sorgi
Katrina is a true southern girl, born and raised in Durham, North Carolina in a house full of music. With parents heavily involved in the community's Gilbert & Sullivan troop as well as church choir, Katrina was singing before she could speak. She studied at Durham School of the Arts and eventually New York University. Though unimpressed with New York's lack of sweet tea, she made waves at an open call for "Hairspray" and was shipped off to Toronto to learn the role of Tracy Turnblad. Katrina took her new role on the road as Tracy standby with the First National Tour of Hairspray, which prepared her for originating the role in Las Vegas's re-imagined production with heavy weights (no pun intended) Harvey Fierstein & Dick Latessa.
Since her first "big break" at that open call years ago, Katrina has been playing around New York City with her favorite band of misfits, The Joe Iconis Family, while working on several readings and workshops of new works. She also joined Harvey Keitel at Carnegie Hall in New York's first production of "Jerry Springer the Opera" as Shwantel to rave reviews.
Katrina saw one of her dreams come true when she played Mimi in "RENT" at Surflight Theatre on Long Beach opposite Justin Guarini and later in their season, Rizzo in "Grease" with Marc Summers. She rounded out her summer with a highly acclaimed production of "Legally Blonde" along side Sally Struthers. Katrina participated in the Eugene O'Neill's Music Theatre Writer's Conference with the piece, "String" written by Sarah Hammond and Adam Gwon. She also performed as Kaylee in the World Premiere of "Pregnancy Pact" at Weston Playhouse (Book/Lyrics: Gordon Leary; Music: Julia Meinwald).
Katrina can be heard on the album Things To Ruin: The Songs Of Joe Iconis. Buy your album today on Amazon.com or itunes!
Katrina Rose Dideriksen
Mora Harris graduated from DSA in 2008 and went on to study Theater and Creative Writing at Oberlin College in Ohio. Mora is currently pursuing a career as a playwright and actress in Greensboro, North Carolina. Her original plays have been performed at Oberlin, Bare Theatre in Durham, and City Arts Drama Center in Greensboro. Since graduation, she has worked as an actress with various film and theater companies in North Carolina, most notably the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. Mora's play, SPACE GIRLS, will had its World Premiere at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, GA. DSA produced SPACE GIRL in 2021 and we had the pleasure of getting to zoom with Mora during the process!
Mora Harris
Adrian Boyes graduated from DSA in 2007 and went on to study theatrical costume design at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond VA. She spent one semester in London at Wimbledon University of the Arts studying costume design. While in school Adrian worked at a variety of regional theaters including The Virginia Shakespeare Festival, The Illinois Shakespeare Festival, and the Maples Repertory Theater.
She graduated in 2011 and moved up to New York City where she has worked on a variety of Broadway shows including Leap of Faith and Bring It On:The Musical. Adrian has found a home at The Public Theater and Shakespeare in the Park where she has worked on seven different shows. She is currently working at the costume shop Parsons-Meares and is helping to build costumes for The Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera, The Las Vegas Ballet, and Barnum and Baily Circus. Adrian's most recent credit includes working on costumes for Sarah Jessica Parker in AND JUST LIKE THAT.
Adrian Boyes
After graduating from DSA, Emma went on to study musical theater at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. In addition to her training at BoCo she has studied at American Ballet Theatre’s summer program and the UNCSA summer dance program. After graduating, she moved to Atlanta and booked her first job out of school as Connie Wong in A Chorus Line directed by Tony award winning Baayork Lee. Later that year she reprised her role in the international tour of A Chorus Line, traveling to Japan. She grew up performing and doing local and school productions while continuing to take voice lessons, acting workshops, and ballet classes, and has appeared in summer stock and regional theatre, national commercials, and movies.