Staged Reading
Philadelphia Fringe Festival
September 1 & 16, 2025
Part of Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Text & Dramaturgy Cohort and Cannonball Festival in collaboration with Upstream Performance Collaborative
Artists:
Cleo/Cleopatra - Kishia Nixon*
Anthony Marc/Marc Antony- Ross Beschler*
Mama/Crocodile/Charmian- STARFIRE
Enoch/Enobarbus- Dante Brattelli
Otto/Octavius- Adam Howard
Vee/Agrippa/Octavia- Katherine Perry
Written by Rayne
Stage Management by Eleanor Safer*
Live Music by Karen Smith
Directed by Shamus
*Artist appears courtesy of Actor’s Equity Association
Ross Beschler & Kishia Nixon. Photo by Samuel Vargas
Staged Reading
Philly Theatre Week april 7, 2025
Photos by Samuel Vargas
the Team
Rayne the Playwright
Kishia Nixon* as Cleopatra
Ross Beschler* as Marc Antony
STARFIRE as Charmian & Crocodile
Adam Howard as Octavius et al
Jo Vito Ramírez* as Enobarbus et al
Katherine Perry as Octavia et al
Live Original Music by Karen Smith
Stage Management by Randi Alexis Hickey*
Direction by Shamus
*Artist appears courtesy of Actor’s Equity Association
Philly Theatre Week Reading presented with the generous support of our space partner
Christ Church Neighborhood House.
