The Ensemble

Tucker Aust is a New York based actor and creator. Recent credits include You Can Tell From the Twisted Juniper with Chautauqua Theatre Company, Vatican Falls, Moonchildren, and Can't You Tell! (Queerly Frigid Fest Audience Choice Award). He has appeared in several short films, most recently Frank Avella’s Fig Jam. Tucker is also a co-founder of the The Queer Ensemble, a collective of LGBTQ+ performers and artists dedicated to enhancing queer voices in the American Theatre. A graduate of the BFA Acting Program from the University of Southern California. @tuckeraust

Annika Chavez (she/her) is an award winning filmmaker based in between LA and NY. Her films have screened at Palm Springs International Shortfest (best US Short nominee), Annual Copenhagen FF (Best Short nominee), IFF Boston, Film Shortage, among others. As a writer, she was semifinalist for the NBC Nosotros Monologue Slam and works as a script consultant. Clients include: Flaunt Magazine, Molly Baz, MCM, Dior, Fossil, and Vice.

Broadway: Merrily We Roll Along, The Shark is Broken, The Book of Mormon, Brighton Beach Memoirs. National Tour: The Band’s Visit, Spring Awakening. Regional: The Lieutenant of Inishmore, David Cromer’s Our Town, The Black Suits. TV: The Deuce, God Friended Me, Encore.

Jack Higgins (he/him) is a Brooklyn based actor. His work has been seen on stage at Northern Stage, The Oklahoma Shakes. Festival, The New London Barn Playhouse, JAG and more. His work on screen includes collaborations with The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival and internationally with The Goldfish Company, a creative offshoot of L’École de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq. He trained at Ithaca College but encourages young Queer actors to forgo drama school. @imjackhiggins

Lou Liberatore is a Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee for his portrayal of Larry, (alongside John Malkovich and Joan Allen), in Lanford Wilson’s Burn This. Lou re-created his role in London (with Malkovich and Juliet Stephenson) as well. He made his Broadway debut in William M. Hoffman’s groundbreaking play, As Is, (the first play about the AIDS crisis to premiere on Broadway) - both plays were directed by Marshall W. Mason and developed at the award-winning Circle Repertory Company where Lou began his career, starting as an intern and eventually becoming a longtime company member. Off-Broadway: Bruise & Thorn (Pipeline Theatre Co./ART/NY Theatres), Preparedness (Bushwick Starr/HERE Arts Center), Paradise Lost (FPA/Theatre Row), God Shows Up (Actors Temple), Daniels Husband (Westside Theatre, Primary Stages, Penguin Rep), Orpheus Descending (Bartley/Glezos Productions), A Class Act (New World Stages), A Midsummer’s Night Dream (Masterworks Theatre Co.), Pushkin (Sheen Center), Rocket to the Moon (St. Clement’s), and has appeared at The Vineyard Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Lark and at the Orpheum, among others. Regional theatre credits include; Angels in America Pt.1&2 (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Intelligent Homosexuals Guide… (Berkeley Rep & Theatre J), 12 Angry Men (Pioneer Theatre), The Diary of Anne Frank & That Championship Season (Westport Playhouse), also appearing at the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival, Two River Theatre, the Alley Theatre, Mark Taper Forum and at Steppenwolf, among others. TV/Film: “Law & Order: SVU”. “Law & Order”, “Blindspot”, “The Affair”, “The Good Wife,” “Nurse Jackie,” “Sex and the City,” “Who’s The Boss?", "Relay" (with Riz Ahmed), "Barrio Boy", "Blood from a Stoner", "Mary & Louise", "It's My Party" and "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience" (Disney World/Epcot Center). Lou is a graduate of Fordham University (Lincoln Center) and has studied with legendary acting teacher William Esper. Lou is a Member Artist of Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Actor’s Center, Circle Repertory Company (1985-1996).

Ashton (they/he) is an actor, performance artist, activist and emerging producer based in New York. Ashton’s artistic goal is to instill joy into the world by embracing the realities of the present.

Chris Murphy is a writer, actor, and comedian living in Brooklyn, NY. Chris is currently a staff writer at Vanity Fair, covering entertainment and popular culture. As an actor, Chris has performed at Atlantic Theater Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Flea Theater, 54 Below, New York City Children’s Theater, and Theater Row. As a comedian, he’s performed all over New York at Ars Nova, Club Cumming, Union Hall, The Bell House, the Netflix Is A Joke Festival in Hollywood, and on The Real Housewives of New York. You can follow him on Twitter/Instagram @christress.

Award winning multi-hyphenate artist across medium of theatre, television, film, music and comedy. Theatre: A Strange Loop (Actor, Playwrights Horizons. Awards: Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Obie), Larry Owens’ Sondheimia (Creator/Director. Carnegie Hall, Cafe Carlyle, Pasadena Playhouse) Selected Onscreen: Abbott Elementary, High Maintenance, Search Party, A24’s Problemista, Sony’s Dumb Money, and more. Comedy: Larry Owens Live at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (NextUp Comedy Award Nominee) Writing: Musical comedy scripts developed at FX, Netflix, and Paramount. WGA Award Winner. Owens is the author of three full length musicals and one play: The American Football Musical a satire of The Blind Side-esque sports/white savior films; The Talk Show, about an evil female talk show host (directorial debut, Tribeca Film Festival, under title “The Gag”, starring Sherie Rene Scott); unannounced jukebox musical for Primary Wave records; and Five Sisters, a play about gendered succession written in iambic pentameter and AAVE.

Patrick is a multidisciplinary Artist, identifying as limitless and beyond gender. Film and Television credits include THE OTHER TWO (HBOMax), DATING MY MOTHER (Peacock), You Can Stay Over if you want and The D*ck Appointment (Outfest), and Indiewire’s acclaimed web series Danny the Manny. As a writer, his Feature Film KILLJOY received a 9 on the Blacklist and is currently in development with Casting Director Henry Russell Bergstein attached to the team. Patrick comes from the Theatre world where he starred in Off-Broadways AFTERGLOW which ran for a year, bolstered by the Queer community. A gift he will never forget. He is the Co-Creator of The Queer Ensemble: New York City’s latest theatrical collective that exists to bring queerness into the zeitgeist more radically. Outside of Art, Patrick is a healer- he teaches people how to help themselves, learn from themselves, and guide themselves into their highest good. Patrick desires to create industry relationships that foster a queer way of looking at entertainment with courage, risk, and trust in order to get Patrick, and his community to a wider audience. Insta: @pat_titty

Michael Hsu Rosen was most recently seen starring as Ben in Netflix's “Glamorous” opposite Kim Cattrall and Miss Benny. Previous series regular roles include the Netflix sitcom “Pretty Smart” and ballet drama “Tiny Pretty Things.” His other television credits include the Annapurna/Hulu anthology series “Monsterland” opposite Bill Camp, Jessica Jones, The Good Doctor, Looking: The Movie, and Taxi Brooklyn. His film credits include Daughter of the Bride opposite Marcia Gay Harden, Nora Highland, After Class, and the award winning Fox Searchlight short film Lavender. Most recently on stage, Rosen starred as “Alan” in the 2018 Broadway revival of Torch Song opposite Michael Urie and Mercedes Ruehl. While in high school, Rosen performed with the New York City Ballet and made his Broadway debut at seventeen in the 2009 revival of West Side Story before matriculating as an undergraduate at Yale University. He then returned to Broadway in the 2014 revival of On the Town.

Zach Siegel (he/they) is an award-winning gay writer, director, and editor. He’s directed shorts that have played at film festivals internationally, including You Can Stay Over (If You Want), which was awarded Best of Outfest (Awards Daily) and Wanna Go Camping?, which also had a residency at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle for several months. He’s directed live plays including the musical comedy More Guns!, which ran at Second City for two years, and for which he won Stage Scene LA’s Best Director. He’s edited on Mean Girls (2024), Yo! MTV Raps, and music videos for artists like PHINNEAS, Andrew Bird, Iron & Wine, and Lindsey Stirling. His NSFW poetry book While I Shit Out Your Cum & Other Gay Poems is available at select bookstores. He’s also a proud graduate of the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, and still resides in Los Angeles.

Michael received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his work in Poor Clare at Echo Theater Company. On television, he starred with Mark Duplass in Room 104 on HBO, and with Mayim Bialik in Call Me Kat on FOX. His short film Every Other Week is a Staff Pick on Vimeo.

Jax Terry (they/them) - is a multidisciplinary actor, producer, and director. Their debut short film "The Invite" screened at festivals nationwide and now streams on the Tiny Scripted platform. Jax co-devised and acted in Tyler Taromina’s feature film “Happer’s Comet” (Berlinale, BAM). They also served as Associate Producer on IFC Films' upcoming “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point” starring Michael Cera (Cannes). Other on screen acting credits include "HomoSapien" (LogoTV), "Mrs. Maisel" (Amazon Prime), and many others. They've provided voiceover for Nickelodeon, Disney, and most recently HBO Max's "We're Here". On stage: Beatsville (world premiere), Jersey Boys (NSMT), June Moon (Williamstown), Altar Boyz (Sharon Playhouse), Joe Iconis Xmas (54 Below), Spring Awakening, Urinetown, Assassins, Theater Row, Playwrights Realm, and more. Their writing was featured in the New York Times Bestselling anthology “Channel Kindness” from Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation. They currently serve as consulting producer for The Queer Ensemble. All love to my team and family! IG: @_jaxterry_

Raised in community theater, Will Tranfo moved from a small island off the coast of Washington state to pursue his BFA in Acting at USC on scholarship. Upon graduation, he workshopped and performed in the West Coast premiere of ‘Appropriate’ alongside Branden Jacobs-Jenkins at the Mark Taper Forum. Will has been featured in a lead role opposite Jay Duplass on HBO’s ‘Room 104’, ‘Criminal Minds’, Alan Ball’s ‘Here and Now’ among other film and television roles. Acting in dozens of independent films and plays, he appreciates how vital the community around a project can be in creating its work.

Jose Useche is an actor and writer from Queens, NY. His series 30 DAYS IN BAYSIDE was featured on the 2022 GLAAD x Black List, a selection of Hollywood’s most promising unmade LGBTQ scripts. It is now currently in development with Elliott Page’s Page Boy Productions and Tanya Saracho’s Ojalá Productions. Jose was on Broadway for a short amount of time and on TV for an even shorter amount of time. He writes to make people laugh, and hopefully to make them understand themselves and each other better. Jose is queer, Latino, and a bunch of other things. His web series pilot, SLUT, which he also co-produced and starred in, was programmed at Official Latino Film Festival, Web Series Festival Global, Baltimore Next Media Web Fest, Chicago Pride Film Festival, and more. Jose lives in Brooklyn now, with his boyfriend and dog, both of whom will remain nameless. He plays Settler of Catan (well) and the guitar (poorly). He speaks Spanish but needs to practice.

Brittany Zeinstra is an actor and dancer based in New York City. Theatre includes Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Prom (OBC). National Tour: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (San Francisco), The Little Mermaid. Regional: Mamma, Mia! (The MUNY), How to Succeed… (TUTS).